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...The girl, Amber, listens as Wendy reads this new revelation aloud, shaking her head in disbelief...
"When he says unanimous, does he mean... everyone?" I say outloud, to the room full of equally edgy people, looking around at them all. "Like any of us is going to offer ourselves up to be slaughtered!"
The unthinkable has happened, and the one thing that I care about in all the world is now potentially at risk. I turn to the tall guy, and manage to flash him a smirk, despite my dour mood.
"I guess our fight is off," I hiss at him. Then I wander over to a corner, and slump down onto the floor.
"This is heavy..." I whisper to Celene, "So much so, that, if I didn't think you offer yourself up on a plate to be the first to go, I'd let you take over again, and have you deal with it." For once, I share Celene's fear, and I don't like it, not one bit.
...The girl, Amber, remains in her corner, waiting for one of the others to speak...
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Wendy looks down at Adam from her perch. Having just come in to the room, he's unaware of the note she's just read out to her fellow inmates.
"I wouldn't trust the food here, if I were you," she tells him. "Hungry? Read this first. It'll soon kill your appetite." She attempts to throw the paper to him, but it flutters randomly to the ground.
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The creature sniffs at his skin. At long last, the doctor's drug is wearing off. If Setsu had bothered to glance his way, he would have seen the purple aura deepen and flare into a black flame that radiated from the core of the man...
To all the others, the only change is a curl in the neck and a twitch in the lips. "The doctor is unsubtle, is he not? I must remind my companions that some of us..."
His eyes flicker over the bloodfang, the cleanser...
"...some of us cannot be killed by mortal means." He wraps a hand over Ally's shoulder. "And I say that this child is my possession; those that harm her will find EXACTLY why I am HERE!"
He sniffs the air, cautiously attempting to determine if there's another gas-drug in this room. "I for one nominate the man with the most flesh. I have not eaten, and I will not consent to consuming poisoned food...."
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As everyone seems to be eyeing everyone else, wondering, Who will we select... my God... not ME I hope! (well, almost everybody), a pall of mistrust settles over the room. Some must be thinking, I can't do it! I can't make a decision that will lead to someone else's death! Others, Which of these idiots do I dislike the most. And under it all, nearly everyone must be wondering, HOW are we EVER going to come to a concensus on this? And where the HELL have we ended up? This surely isn't any sort of TREATMENT??? Is it?
A voice suddenly echoes from an unseen speaker somewhere in the room, though the sound fills the small chamber so thoroughly that it's next to impossible to place its origin. The voice, of course, is that of the 'good' Doctor.
"Allow me to expand upon this little challenge. If none are selected, ALL of you will die! Furthermore, I must take a brief moment to explain how the decision making process will work here.
First of all, the machine which has heretofore given you food with perspective shall now convert itself to a voting tool. As you may have guessed, the machine buttons recognize the identity of the individual whom selects from it. And the buttons that now whirr to face you, each inscribed with a name, each of you assigned one button, shall become your voting tool.
I will allow you up to ten voting rounds to make a unified determination. Those of you who care not to vote, or refuse to, shall become a default vote for the individual whom has been selected by the majority of the others. Therefore, even choosing NOT to choose, is yet a choice nevertheless.
I shall give you the next ten minutes (1 week real time) to discuss and strategize whom will be our evening's victim."
Abruptly, as the machine seems to convert itself, its food selection panel disappearing and being replaced by the voting tool Dr Z mentioned, the voice finishes its speech, leaving you once more to cast shifty glares at one another.
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This has to be some sort of test, Wendy thinks. She casts her mind back to the doctor's introductory speech.
“You all come from very diverse backgrounds and you’ve all been brought here for your own, very personal reasons. But the one thing you all share in common with each other, is that you have all been found to have a skewed perspective of reality. There is a schism between the world that most perceive, and the world YOU perceive.
My job is to define that schism and to repair it, if it is in need of repair, or to understand it, if it is found to be representative of a more accurate model of perception.”
She looks around at her fellow inmates, reasoning that like her, none of them are what they seem, and if the doctor is to be believed, it is because to them the world is not as it seems.
It may all be in the roll of a dice, she thinks, and climbs down from her tower. She approaches the vending machine and presses the button, her eye on the man with the dice in his hand.
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The voice crackles across the speaker once more upon Wendy's button press.
"The device is not powered on to receive your votes quite yet. You have nine minutes yet remaining to discuss to a unified conclusion." It seems to interrupt its own cackle with an additional, "However, nice to see some initiative Wendy... especially from the one I would have thought the LEAST murderous among you. I wonder... what is it that you have against the roll-player?"
His voice ends, leaving Wendy amidst the stares of the others.
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Richard shakes his head, recovering from the emotional bath. He memorized the whole deal without fail though, and he was quite lucid, though torn. He thought and thought about choosing... But who to choose? Why would he choose? He never meant anybody harm, not really anyway. He liked people being in worst position than him, maybe because it gave him hope or comfort or just made him feel safe and superior. Nevertheless, his intentions were never really quite mad.
He looked around the room, seeing some really shady and scary figures. Even he, emotinoally challenged as he was, saw that there was definitely something wrong with the creature of visually barely scathed flesh, but a shattered soul, if any. This was beyond medical help, way beyond. But still, it's never worth to kill unless you are really threatened, and he would not take the first strike. There were others, worse than him, some of them even deserving the punishment of death, while others deserved a punishment more severe than that.
"There is no logic in the doctor's orders. What kind of treatment is this? This is not a gladiator arena. I for one don't want any of you to die. We barely know each other and the only things we can judge on are our physical appearances, our "gut feeling" about each other and the scarce interactions between each other. I don't want to die, no." He walked by the wall and then sat on a dirty chair, which was unusual even for him. "I can't believe this..."
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...The girl, Amber, still slumped on the floor, listening and watching the others, and finding that the fear of what might happen is just too much to deal with...
"Do you want to die?" I murmer to Celene, feeling her own fear and worry pressing against our shared consciousness. "I know that you might feel that we deserve to, but is it really what you want?"
"No," she replies quietly. "No, I don't want to die. But I also don't want to kill, and I don't seem to have any more choice on that matter as this, do I? I don't want to be here. I don't want my parents to hate me. I don't want to be... split like this, I want to be whole. I think we can safely establish that I don't get what I want very often."
I pause before answering. I'm not entirely sure about how she will react to this situation, but I can't take it anymore.
"Good enough," I finally reply, "Try not to get us killed... please. And if you do something stupid, Celene, I will take as many of them as I can with me, you got that?"
... The girl Amber disappears, delivering control back to Celene...
"Amber?" I say, quietly. But her silence only confirms what I already know. She has retreated to the furthest corner of my consciousness, unable and unwilling to deal with the situation at hand.
I look around at the roomful of people, some of whom I dislike, and others I have no real opinion of. The boy, Richard, was right. We hardly knew each other, yet we were being forced to choose who was to live, and who was to die. Should we go for the weakest, and vote tactically, or for the person we disliked the most, or deemed the most dangerous? I let out a short, mirthless laugh, as I realise that I could be considered that by many of the people here. Added to that, we were only given ten minutes to decide, a minute of which had already gone.
I look at Richard, where he is sat in a chair, by the wall.
"I feel the same, but it seems that we don't really have a choice. Unless we all want to die, we have to pick someone. We just have to work out how we're going to do it. There is no way we can know what awaits us after this, or who here might come in use later on. So how do we choose?"
...The girl, Celene, awaits the others response...
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The creature looks at Celene closely. "Ah. The weak half...."
He then turns to face the others. "In my view, practicality is our measure. I cannot die, save by flames, and that would bring forth a new world era involving much chaos." He chuckles. "Somehow, doubt you all would like that, you worthless mortal vermin dirtlings...."
A finger points at Setsu. "He is a bloodfang, what you would call a vampire; you can't kill those without finding their contract first. The woman," a nod at Celene, "houses a cleanser who would not allow her to die. The newcomer's death would destroy the universe by paradox. And the child is mine; she could die, but she won't. Not yet; she has such potential..."
He sniffs at Aly's hair, making the girl somewhat uncomfortable. Then he turns toward the other members of the room.
"The doctor, the fat on, the mistress, the hero.... which one would least service us in our stay here?"
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...The girl, Celene, looks up at the words of the wildman...
I am surprised by the jolt of annoyance running through me, and even more surprised to find that it comes from me, and not Amber. Though it's not long before she's there, radiating pure hate towards the wildman.
"He dares to call you 'the weak half'! We are one, and as strong as each other, regardless of what anyone else thinks." She pauses, and I know she's pondering something secretly. Finally she speaks again. "I have a proposition for you Celene. Let us 'repair' ourself. I know that we split for a reason, but I truly think that we will work better as a whole in this situation. Plus, I'm getting tired of being refered to as though I am an invader of your body. It belongs to me as much as to you. What do you say?"
I listen to her, frightened at the prospect of her feelings and desires being my own. But then, it would also work vice versa, she would gain a little of my compassion and morals. As much as the thought daunted me, I agreed.
"You're right," I admit, "Let's go for it."
Immediately, the empty feeling, that I have felt for so long, begins to fill. I feel her emotions and desires merging with my own, becoming my own. Within mere moments it's over, we are complete once again. A feat that multiple doctors and specialists have tried and failed to succeed in over the last couple of years, we have managed in thirty seconds. I feel stronger than I have in months. I feel controlled, and brave, and lucid. It feels good...
...The girl, Amber Celene Merrick, gets to her feet...
"I have a proposal to make," I announce to the other residents. I turn to the wildman. "You are so keen to decide who deserves to live, and who does not. Who is 'weak'" I say the word with scornful emphasis, "and who is strong. Like I said before, we have no idea who will be of use for what lies ahead of us, whether it be brains, brawn, size or experience that makes them worthy. None of us, including you, can know any of these things." I turn away, walking a few steps into the centre of the group. "But there is one thing that I do know... I have a certain curiousity, about your claims to having a certain level of... immortality. I wish to put these claims to the test." I turn back to him, with a small smile. "I propose that we choose you."
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The creature scans the girl even more carefully. "...You have destroyed yourself, half you not? no matter. The cleanser will come out again. You still are not amongst my choices."
He turns again to Leroy. "You! Argue your case. Explain why we should spare you. I listen with great in-ter-esssssst...."
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The cautious stare of the lady by the machine slowly penetrated his awareness. Nothing in the time since entering the 'food' room had registered on Paul. Lost to his own world he'd hunkered down in a corner whilst mentally traversing field and forest, slaying goblins, trolls and other evils along the way.
Now a series of rapid blinks brought him back to the small room. A nervous flick of the eyes upwards spies the scrap of paper on the floor nearby and a random impulse makes him reach out and snatch it, holding it near his chest protectively as if the most precious item in the world. As he reads he realises he's already heard it, some unconscious part of his mind absorbing all he'd heard in the room despite not being aware.
He risked another glance around. The lady was still eyeing him. Others had been talking. With some effort he dredged through his memories to recall what had been said. There was one man, louder than the others. Talking a lot. Talk of chaos and flames. The words of a demon as far as Paul was concerned.
Once again his hands made the shaking action of preparing his die for some decision. He threw them against the corner he crouched in, once again noting the scores. The fear and confusion faded from his eyes and he rose smoothly to his full height.
"This place be riddled with demons it seems. But fear not brave warriors and fair maidens, Captain Awesome his here to see you safe. There is but one course open to us. If the magic device has the power to kill then we must turn its terrible power upon the evil amongst us. The evil such as this." As he finishes, complete with a similar heroic pose as his threat to the Doctor, he thrusts out his imaginary sword toward the loud wild man.
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Wendy stares in the direction from where the Doctor's voice came. "Richard vocalised my precise thoughts before I did," she replies to the Doctor. "How can I be expected to make a choice in so little time, with so little knowledge of these people here? So in answer to your question, I have nothing against the Roll Player, it is simply a random vote.
But since it is not yet valid, and we still have some minutes left, I would like to ask you, Dr Z, what gain would you and this establishment make should one of us die, and what would you or it lose if all of us died?"
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"Suffice it to be known," the voice speaks from the unseen speakers, "I have much to be gained from the decision you all have to make. Enough that it inspires the need to place the pressure upon you that has been placed. Perhaps you should be asking yourselves what YOU might have to gain by making a decision on this matter."
Once more, Dr Z has left you all in thought.
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"I for one nominate the man with the most flesh. I have not eaten, and I will not consent to consuming poisoned food...."
He turns again to Leroy. "You! Argue your case. Explain why we should spare you. I listen with great in-ter-esssssst...." |
Leroy is sprawled with his back leaning against the wall and he is once again sweating and breathing heavily. The man with hot blood in his veins, who looks as though he may truly have fire burning inside of him, stands over Leroy like an executioner. Leroy laughs pitifully.
"You want to eat me?" he asks of the demon. "I hope you have a big take-out box, cause I don't think you can handle me in one sitting. And as for arguing my case, what case? I'm a mental case, that's what I am. I have no skills, I can't even run a few laps around this cafeteria without nearly dying. And you know what else?"
Leroy sits up and stares directly into the man's evil eyes. "I don't blame you for wanting to eat me. Actually you look pretty tasty to me too. Like barbeque ribs, nice and hot, and the meat is so tender, it's practically falling off the bones. I think you got it right, my friend. You should kill me. You should do it before I make you into a buffet."
Leroy leans back again and closes his eyes. He's in pain all over and he doesn't want to worry about anything, even the threat that everyone will die if a unanimous decision isn't made. He could be the one who dies for all he cares. It would have happened a long time ago if he believed in suicide.
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The voice from the hidden speakers chimes in once more, "It was my understanding, Rupert, that you sought your own destruction. You claim that you might only be destroyed by fire. I most certainly wouldn't mind providing you the chance to prove this and be rid of your despised flesh. Thus, I find it surprising you have not yet nominated yourself.
In light of the potential end of your mortality, has your perspective altered?"
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...The girl, Amber Celene Merrick, still standing in the centre of the room, listens intently to the others...
I try to process the large amount of information, coming at me from all angles. Leroy's vague, but sinister confession, Paul's choice, aimed, like myself, at the wildman, and most of all, the bombardment of declarations from Dr Z, over the seemingly invisible speaker. Had I still been a half, I would have fallen to pieces already, either reacting with violence, or merely curling into a ball in the corner of the room, unable to cope. Now that I am once again whole, the fear is there, Celene's fear, but it's balanced out by Amber's strength, and will to survive. Despite the fear, and the pressure, there is a small feeling of elation too.
I begin to wonder what Z meant, when he said to ask ourselves what 'we' might gain from making a decision. Does he merely mean that we gain the chance to live a while longer, or something else? Again, I wonder what we are all doing in this place. I can barely remember the bus journey here, or how I ended up on the bus in the first place. My past exists in flashes of memory, most likely a side effect of the split.
I look around again at the others, this room of strangers. Each of them have done something to get in here, but, with most of them, what that something is I don't know. All I know is, some of them are highly dangerous, some of them admitting so. Others are weaker, including the little girl, Ally. As I look at her, I can see the children again, the ones that I... No, she most certainly does not deserve to be the one to die. I will have no part in such an act again. I firmly decide to stick to my choice, though a thought does cross my mind. What on earth did a child do to end up in a place like this?
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"Let the voting begin..." chimes the Doctor's voice as the machine lights up and humms with energy.
"You have ten minutes to vote. (1 wk)"
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"Only 4 minutes (3 days) left to vote. I realize, as we have a split vote, we shall not be having a final decision this time around. Nevertheless, declaring your opinions with your votes can go a long way towards narrowing the field.
Furthermore, consider that this time might be taken to work out a method to devise your ulitmate decision. Voting for the second round shall begin immediately upon the completion of this failed voting round."
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The voice emerges from unseen speakers once again, "Voting for this round is complete and the results are now listed on the screen of the voting box.
I have taken note that only one among you, the child, has not voted. Good. Assert yourselves here, but do try to come to a concensus... for your own sakes.
A new voting round now begins. This time, I shall be putting up only those who have been voted for thus far.
Now this is very important:
In THIS vote we shall be selecting a survivor. A consensus here is unnecessary. The one who gets the most votes (both if there is a tie) shall be elminated from consideration.
I shall consider how to arrange the next poll as this one runs. In the meantime, I would be discussing how to come to a final conclusion among you."
The screen flickers and displays the results of the last poll:
Who Among You Shall Die? (Round 1)
Celene
12% [ 1 ]
Leroy
12% [ 1 ]
Wendy
0% [ 0 ]
Richard
12% [ 1 ]
Paul
0% [ 0 ]
Ally
0% [ 0 ]
Rupert
50% [ 4 ]
Setsu
0% [ 0 ]
Adam
12% [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 8
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Roommate Selection
"Very well," Dr Z's voice blares from the speakers. "I tire of this exercise. And besides, its given me what I wished to know regarding your personalities. That was really all this was for in the first place."
As he speaks, the voting machine begins to slowly slide to the side, revealing a dark passage with stairs carved into the stone leading down to a dimly lit hallway about ten feet under the bedrock upon which this facility seems built.
The voice continues, "I want only two at a time to enter the passage. These groups shall be... room-mates. You may work out among you who you will bunk with. Once you have a partner, you may proceed downward and take one of the rooms lining the hall.
Do not attempt to enter the passage without being in physical contact with your partner. You have been warned."
And like that, the strain of attempting to determine which of you should die on this day vanishes, to be replaced with a new challenge.
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Richard looks sideways and says:
"Well, I'll be. So we all get to live after all? Sure got my adrenals in a spin..."
He looks around.
"I'll take whoever is left or whoever wants to bunk with me. I'm clean but not a clean freak and everything can be arranged."
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| Through habit more than choice, Wendy begins by ruling out all of the females as a bunk-mate.
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A slow smile spreads across my face. Sliding over to the room's newest addition, I slip an arm around his shoulders. Giving him my sweetest smile, I ask, “How about rooming with me, little one?”
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...The girl, Amber Celene Merrick, peers down the staircase, into the ill lit hallway...
A mixture of emotions shoot through my brain, like a selection of tv ads, on super fast forward... fear, panic, curiousity, determination... one after the other, along with an unexpected feeling of relief, at the thought of getting out of the cafeteria. But this passes quickly, the new lucid thinking of this whole soul starting to take hold. I look around at my fellow residents, trying to figure out who would be the best room-mate.
"Well, I find myself unable to decide which of you I would prefer as a room mate," I announce, calmly and quietly, to the others. "Though there are those of you whom I have found I like the company of less than others," I look pointedly at the wildman, and Setsu, "I don't trust a single one of you. I, more so than anyone else in this room, have no idea why any of you are here, having been the first to have admitted my crime.
"But, I'm dying to get out of this bloody room, even if it is, possibly, to another one as confined as this. And to my way of thinking, one of you will be far easier to deal with, than the whole lot of you at once. So, I don't care who I'm sharing with, but I do want to get out of here, as quickly as possible."
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Wendy's choice is narrowed to Rupert, Paul, Richard and Leroy....
She scratches her head, wondering which would prove to be the most advantageous ally.
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Getting no response from the boy beneath my arm, I step back. With a sigh I look around the room for another option. Hearing the one called Richard say he'd bunk with anyone, I sidle over. Still feeling a little giddy, I say, “Care to be my bunk-mate?” He stares at me for a good while before nodding. Grinning, I slip an arm around his shoulder. Steering him towards the opening, we walk through the gaping maw.
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Richard feels the hand around his shoulder as a bit weird gesture, but nevertheless passes through the door.
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Leroy furrows his brow as he hears that he should pick a roommate.
"Doctor Z, do we have to have a roommate? Wouldn't it be safer to have our own rooms?"
"Safer for whom?" Doctor Z replies with a grin.
"... For everyone. I mean, we're all really disturbed people right? Can't I have a room to myself please? I don't like sleeping in the same room as other people...."
"You have your instructions."
Leroy covers his face with his hand and looks at the others between fingers. He can't decide this. It would be bad enough if he was assigned a roommate, but having to choose for himself... he can't do it.
"Can't you just assign us or something? I can't pick."
"Must I repeat myself? You have your instructions. And, I might add, I am looking forward to seeing the results."
Leroy feels like he is spinning. He stumbles to a wall for support as he is overcome with vertigo. Looking at the others makes it worse, so he stares at his feet and concentrates on putting one foot in front of the other. The only thing he can concentrate on is getting away from them and making slow progress toward the stairs, the only exit.
Though he has no idea what will happen if he enters the passage alone, he can not choose a partner nor can he stay there any longer. He prepares to make the fateful step with his whole body trembling.
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Stepping forward, Leroy hits an invisible barrier that seems to have been erected momentarily behind the previous two, Richard and Setzu.
"Ah-ah... not so fast, Leroy. Take note that there is an odd number of individuals in this room. IF you are last to find a partner, you may be the one who remains in a room alone. That said, I didn't take you for being so withdrawn as you were one of the more talkative of those among you." states the voice from the unseen speakers.
Meanwhile, Richard and Setzu find themselves wandering down what appears to be a dungeon-like passage. At the end of the passage is a heavy steel door without a window. It appears sealed shut, presumably locked. However there are fairly spacious cells lining the left and right of the passage, open steel bar doors inviting them to select a room. As they look inside, each room is given identical decor, a bunk bed, a table, a mini kitchen, toilet facilities, a shower, a sink, some storage cabinets, a couple of chairs. Not too bad for what appears to also be an oversized jail cell.
However, each room differs in the color painted on its walls. Each major color of the rainbow is represented in a room, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple. It is clear all that can really be done at this point is selecting which room you shall reside in.
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"What do you think Setzu? I'd like it blue, the other colors just hurt my eyes..."
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Ally didn't really want to share a room with anyone, but as Leroy had already made an attempt to go through without a partner and failed, then she had to make a choice. So who did she feel safest sharing a room with?
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I smile down at the boy Richard and say, “Blue it is then. I enjoy the color's calming effect.” With that, my arm still around the boy's shoulder, I walk into the cell. Letting him go, I wander over to the bunk beds and ask, “May I have the bottom bunk?”
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"Fine with me, Setzu. I'm a calm, deep sleeper, so I won't be falling down."
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Leroy's foot feels the pins and needles of partial numbness, though he doesn't know if it is his own system's response to vertigo, or if it came from kicking the barrier. Feeling resistance from something invisible adds even more disorientation. It pushes him to the point where he feels he can not let himself be pushed anymore. He looks at the group, forcing himself to make that dreaded choice. It will have to be the one he likes least.
"Rupert. You want a partner?"
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As soon as Richard and Setzu enter their 'blue' room, the door shuts behind them, leaving them to explore their environment, isolated from the hall except by a tiny barred window at the top, perhaps but a hand's width in size.
"Do not be alarmed," Dr Z announced from unseen speakers that are not quite so blaring as they were in the 'cafeteria'. "You are being given some time to get familiar with your room. Feel free to get to know one another. You may appreciate this brief respite and the opportunities it may provide."
If you feel curious about any features, the narrator is prepared to answer your investigative questions regarding them.
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Wendy furrows her brow at Leroy's offer to Rupert. Not sure why she resents Leroy's choice - all three of them are as repulsive to her as each other - for different reasons, she resigns herself to her choice.
She looks at Paul who is standing with his legs apart, hands on hips, like Superman, or something. At least his delusion seems the easiest to deal with.
"I'll bunk with you then, Captain Awesome."
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