You're gonna test, and I'm gonna watch.

[testgasm]

Who: Weetabix. YOU.
What: TIME EATING
When: Who even knows.
Where: APERTURE WHEATLEY LABS
Warnings: Weird time shenanigans. Inappropriate noises.

You walk through the door and find yourself in a room.



You appear to be alone. The room is empty save the door you came from and a door that is obviously the exit--though neither will open. A large, red button sits in the middle of the chamber, surrounded by several cube...things.

There is an oversized TV monitor bolted to the wall but it appears to be off.

In front of you is a pedestal that holds two things--a strange device and a pair of boots. The gun-like apparatus has two triggers, but firing either at any of the walls does nothing. More fiddling, however, and you might realize that the gun can be used for picking things up--and perhaps even used to put things on other things (HINT HINT).

The floor and walls shake gently around you, tremors of some far-off disturbance. You might want to put those boots on, and find a way out of here while you're at it.

Comments

It's irony to the nth degree

[testsubject1]

Great. This is different. Chell had done so many of the solo tests, becoming confident in her abilities to use the Portal gun, but now it was a brand new thing.

Chell nods and places the portals where the other indicated, as she studies the arena. She hated to have to depend on someone else for this, because she just wanted to get this done. And out of here. But fortunately, GLaDOS probably wanted that as much as she did.

So, she figures that the portals are used with the reflecting cube to shoot a laser into its receiver. However, she'll let GLaDOS handle that cube.

I know right? Wow Whit, watching us play co-op much?

[did_well_enough]

GLaDOS does in fact handle the cube, holding it to the laser via the portals she set up. Once that's done, she watches Chell be taken by the gravity emitters. She taps her foot, waiting for her to set up the light bridge just so. Once that's all set up and Chell's left the platform, she can continue on.

[testsubject1]

Seeing that GLaDOS isn't slouching off, Chell moves to the upper area with the light bridge. She peers around the test chamber, knowing that it has a use. But what is it to be used for?

She sees the other receptor for the laser and realizes that the light bridge and the gravity emitters could be used in conjunction to aim the laser into into it. With her portal gun, she creates an opening for the light bridge to jut across the room right by the second laser receptor.

GLaDOS had designed this test, so she would know what to do. No need to ping her, she hoped.

[did_well_enough]

Once Chell is down and set up the light bridge, GLaDOS sets up the new batch of portals and sets up the cube so that it will redirect the laser onto the device and unlock the door. After that, it's a simple matter of letting the reflector cube go its way on the gravity emitter.

Once that's all well and good, GLaDOS makes her way to the elevator and folds her arms across her chest, waiting for Chell to catch up and for the lift to move.

[testsubject1]

As the cube drifts through the gravity device, Chell leaps down from the ledge and swiftly lands on her feet with no damage done, thanks to the Aperture Long Fall boots. Quickly, she scurries over to the lift before the cube reaches the laser it's supposed to reflect.

Good, that didn't take too long. GLaDOS was a decent partner indeed. Well, since she designed the tests, obviously she knew what she was doing. If she didn't, it would obviously be a gesture to annoy her.

[did_well_enough]

While GLaDOS did NOT enjoy her situation, she was at least grateful that she had a competent test subject. Chell learned quickly, had a brain about her, and was usually knew what needed to be done. Not like one of those stupid sappy types that died so easily. With them working together, the rest of the tests should be a piece of...pie.

Speaking of tests, it was only a matter of time before the cube hits its destination and the test was solved, allowing the lift to move and the door to open. Welp, time to see what Wheatley had in store next.

[testgasm]

WELL, look at that. They solved it. Against all odds, they had actually worked together.

He could see where this was going, and Wheatley didn't particularly want another attempt on his life. He'd have to nip this in the bud--all he needed was the right moment.

In the meantime, he could test them some more.

"Great. Good job. Good for you. The both of you. Next chamber, if you would."

[testsubject1]

Chell had a feeling that she would have to go through several more of these tests before she had a shot at defeating Wheatley... again. But she had done it once, and she could do it again.

As she entered the next room, she looked around again, trying to figure out what to do. She found white walls, in addition to a blue screen that neutralized portals. So, she began shooting portals around the walls, moving around to check out the situation.

There were no turrets, but there was the pool of acid, capable of dissolving her in an instant. She had been able to avoid it thus far, so it didn't concern her too much, but she worried about what would happen if GLaDOS succumbed to it. She wouldn't have a partner, then, to complete these tests, and she could be stuck, waiting for the laboratory to explode.

Eventually, Chell was able to make her way behind a blue screen, portaling up to the top where she found a white platform at an angle. Behind that was a conveniently-placed chasm where she could fall endlessly, thus building up speed if she wanted to pop into the air from the angled platform. However, she would need the help of GLaDOS, so she waited.