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Post by Kachu on Feb 21, 2022 17:06:23 GMT
The sound of ass-slapping echoes through the elevator. Though once the noise subsides, the whole elevator jumps down, suddenly accelerating more than before...
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Post by Panda on Feb 21, 2022 17:39:49 GMT
"I thought you were an expert!" Graham yelled at Fen, cutting the yellow wire. "Oh wait, should that have been the red one?"
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Post by Bad Player on Feb 21, 2022 18:03:05 GMT
"Damn, the puzzle must be based on a different school of ass-slapping than the one I'm used to!" Fen yelled.
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Post by Blinky on Feb 21, 2022 18:06:22 GMT
Ari just…stared at the rest of the group, watching their ass-slapping hijinks in total confusion.
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Post by Kachu on Feb 23, 2022 7:06:20 GMT
The elevator begins to accelerate rapidly, to the point where it puts everyone on edge.
They've run out of time.
Before one could even blink, the elevator crashes down, violently crushing everyone inside, leaving puzzles incomplete, and much left undone.
[BAD END]
[#spoiler]...
The group finds themselves on the elevator, slowly lowering itself, much like it did near the start.
They look around at each other and scratch their heads. Weren't they solving puzzles? Didn't they fail and die?
Around them they see each of the puzzles they were previously working on, exactly as they remember them.
Whatever happened, it seems like they were given a second chance...[/spoiler]
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Post by Panda on Feb 23, 2022 10:34:56 GMT
"No, not this again..." Graham mumbled, recognising the time loop for what it probably was. "No, this time will be different. We just need to escape from here, that'll break the loop. It has to."
He looked up at the others, raising his voice to normal speaking volume. "Come on, we've got this. I believe in you all."
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Post by Blinky on Feb 23, 2022 18:37:29 GMT
Ari jumped up, eyes frantically darting around the room. "Was that..." She didn't finish her sentence, as her dad began talking. "Fuck...is this real?" She sounded too confused to even focus on solving puzzles.
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Post by Planetbox on Feb 23, 2022 21:45:44 GMT
"I guess...maybe we're not supposed to be focusing on the puzzles?" V mumbled, scratching her head. "Seems like it didn't do us much good...last time? Though if anyone remembers the solutions, maybe we can get it done faster now?"
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Post by Blinky on Feb 24, 2022 16:18:02 GMT
As the elevator descended further and further, Ari’s confusion and panic slowly seemed to disappear. She just stood there, staring at the floor as the group fell down, deeper and deeper, until suddenly…
Ari sprinted over to her father’s side, hugging him tightly.
“There’s no use, is there. We’re just gonna keep falling forever.” Ari looked like she was about to cry. “Dammit…”
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Post by Panda on Feb 24, 2022 17:11:01 GMT
"No," Graham said firmly, turning his attention away from the current puzzle to focus on Ari. "That's the one thing I will never allow to happen. I swore I'd keep what happened to me from ever happening to you, and I still stand by that now. We just have extra time to figure this out is all." He moved, a little awkwardly at first, to return Ari's hug reassuringly.
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Post by Bad Player on Feb 24, 2022 17:39:25 GMT
"Maybe we're just getting... extra chances," Fen suggested as she attempted to solve some of the less juvenile puzzles.
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Post by Planetbox on Feb 24, 2022 22:25:35 GMT
V had moved on from trying to bust through the door to trying to break apart the actual puzzles. She was currently tearing wires out of a computer screen.
"At this point, we just have to try everything, right? Eventually we'll get out of here. Just keep your spirits high!"
She smiled at Graham and Ari's embrace before returning diligently to her work.
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