LOCKDOWN

[saw_a_deer]

Who: GLaDOS and everyone.
What: Testing.
Where: Aperture Smash Academy
When: August 13th
Warnings: Homicidal AI, science, testing, and more science.
Reference: Partner ooc post.

You know, it's funny how things work in life. Chell had had returned to the school after feeling guilty, in order to warn everyone about the impending danger that would befall them. What she didn't know, however, was that once the warning goes out, all it does is enrage the AI. So before anyone would dare leave, all the exit doors in the school became boarded up with panels. Any windows that may have been at the school were closed off, preventing any other means of escape.

For an hour or so, nothing happens besides that. No announcement, no warning, nothing. That is, until panels on the floor open up underneath any unsuspecting victim. The panels will lead to tubing, sending them downwards. Down into a plain white room. Thankfully, for those of you who didn't put on your Long Fall Boots, there will be a cushion to land on. Other than that, the room itself is fairly empty. The only things of mention is a table containing the equipment from the beginning of the week (if you didn't take it), a door (that won't open unless you have all the equipment), and...another person: your partner. Meanwhile, a message from GLaDOS chimes in over the intercom:


"The lockdown of Smash Academy is now complete. For those of you who are curious as to what is going on, a manual testing initiative has been added to the school's curriculum, for students and staff alike. In order to advance, you will need to work with your partner to complete the test. Failure to do so will result in...dangerous consequences.

No one will be allowed out of their current chamber until they are equipped with a communicator, a pair of Long-Fall Boots, and a Dual Portal device. Once those objects are in hand, you may start testing.

That is all."

Good luck testing, Smash. You're going to need it.

Comments

MEETING YOUR PARTNER

[saw_a_deer]

[drawin_on_trees]

Meet your partner? Naaaah, Skull Kid is just gonna lie here on this soft cushion and stare at the ceiling where he just fell from.

Sorry, Mac.

[star_punched]

Well he finds himself in that room when no one comes out. So he investigates...thank goodness he can get here...OMG THERE IS A KID DEAD ON THE CUSHION??????? HOW??? WHY??? Mac is there at his side lickity split, shaking him. Oh god, no. No one be dead. NO ONE BE DEAD.

"Kid! KID!"

Re: MEETING YOUR PARTNER

[idealisms]

Hopefully, his partner was going to cooperate with him. He was still feeling suspicion with every which way he moved and turned. Now that he received his weaponry, N was ready for whatever came at him, but he was still disgusted by the over-abundance of technology in general.

No, he hated this.

He sighed, adjusting the gun in hand a little further. Just who was going to be his partner?

Re: MEETING YOUR PARTNER

[fullunlifeconsequences]

WELP. So much for staying out of the bullshit.

Blacky was taken by surprise when the floor beneath her opened up, and before she had time to grasp the situation and take on a form that could float right on back up, she fell right into the cushion in the small chamber.

"What..." She groaned, contemplating for a moment just sleeping there and waiting for this whole thing to blow over. She was so not in the mood for any of this. Especially not lately.

But then she noticed she wasn't alone.

"...I don't suppose you know any more about this than I do?"

Re: MEETING YOUR PARTNER

[obfuskate]

Normally, Shadow didn't care about receiving a partner. Hell, he didn't want one, but if it meant reuniting with Sonic within these chambers, he was absolutely going to adhere. He was not about to let him get hurt, and even though he knew he could take care of himself, the fact that he was all in GLaDOS's hands now...

His nose crinkled, a headache rising already.

She better not make any quick moves.

[testsubject1]

Chell had only done the co-op tests a couple times before, and her experience in them was not quite as good as the single tests. But even so, if she had to do it again, she would get through them and get to the end of this maze.

GLaDOS should have learned her lesson.

But Chell should have learned hers. She should have stayed away from the school, should have savored her freedom, but she didn't. She had to come running back into the place she dreaded so much, only because she couldn't escape the city. And because... guilt. In Aperture, she hadn't seen the other test subjects; she had no idea who they were or where they were, and when she had woken up from stasis, she was the only one left.

But now these were people she had seen. Innocent people. They didn't want their freedom snatched away either, so she had to warn them. Unfortunately, as soon as she warned them, she was trapped.

Either way, she came to find her partner for the next co-op round. Well, she knew it wouldn't be GLaDOS like last time. So when she found her partner, her eyes widened slightly in surprise. It was that black hedgehog thing, the one who had initially told her about being trapped in this school when she first arrived...

[tenderhoof]

NO WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

Aquenda had the feeling that none of this was supposed to be happening. She hit the cushion with a loud "oof" and wished she'd rolled mage for slowfall. Too bad those boots didn't really fit nicely over her hooves.

Speaking of, it looked like there was another pair on a table there. And another one of those guns. What did it all mean? She didn't even know how to use guns, what was the point...

She grabbed it anyway, testing its weight, when the announcement began. Now what?

[planking]

"...aaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAA!"

It's raining men. The man in question lands face-first on the cushion and grumbles loudly as he readjusts his hat.

"What in tarnation-" He starts, but trails off when he spots the cowperson in the room with him.

[roses_are_blue]

This cannot get any worse whatsoever. Garry was sure of this.

[paletteknife]

Nope, not at all.

In completely unrelated news, Mary just fell out of the tube behind him.

Phoenix & Marie

[thewrightidea]

And so, Phoenix had unexpectedly fallen through a trap door down into a room. On a cushion. No, he had never bothered to put those boots on, because he had no idea what they were even for. He had seen some of the others wearing them, and a female student had worn them when she first arrived.

Fine, he'll put on the damned boots. So he did.

But either way, Phoenix was scared. He assumed this was Eggman's doing, but maybe not. He had heard that voice before from one of the faculty.

Dangerous testing.

God, he didn't want to die.

[tidalwaves]

Wiping the bitter tears from his face as he finished putting on the last of his long-fall boots, Marie finally acknowledged his ... partner. He'd given him a passing glance just after being dropped into the empty room, but greeted him with a timid nod of his head.

"I don't know what's going on..." he admitted to Phoenix, his voice sticking in his throat just slightly. He fumbled with the communicator, trying to figure out a way to contact either of his sisters.

Naturally, he forgets to (or otherwise doesn't care to) introduce himself to the stranger.

Kanji & Kumatora

[findthepenguin]

Kanji angrily grabbed the gun and began shooting frantically at the walls, finding that the lasers did nothing, only bouncing off. He knew that it wasn't a violence gun, but he was still angry as all hell.

Once he calmed down, he put on the boots and fastened the gun securely to his hand.

"All right, let's get this shit over with."

[kumagypsy]

Kumatora was also firing her portal gun, in dismay at her inability to cause any damage. "The least they could do is give us a gun that's not broken! This sucks!"

Byrne & Shinon - WILL THEY BE ABLE TO COOPERATE?

[dothelokomotion]

Byrne wasn't too familiar with that voice. He knew the school looked different. Eerily different. Actually, it looked exactly like the kind of environment he was thrown into when Wheatley "tested" him.

He had expected Wheatley to do that kind of announcement if he was back and forcing everyone to test, but no, it was a female. He had heard the voice somewhere, but what did it matter? He was back in this hellhole, forced to test until his death. Was this supposed to be atonement for all of the sins he committed?

He had somehow conquered death last time, but he wouldn't count on surviving again. He had to be careful, check every crevice for traps.

Byrne hadn't worn those Aperture boots. He stuck with his own attire, thanks, not wanting to affiliate himself with more ridiculous things from that laboratory. But now it looked like he had no choice. The boots were on and the gun was fastened to his right hand, while his left hand sported his gauntlet.

Seeing no way out initially, he simply waited. He'd play their stupid game for now.

Sonic & GOD WHY Eggman's Bot

[bluestreaker]

"HNN!!"

That buzz saw grinding was cutting the thick of the air surrounding him.

"AH!"

And he fell back into the ground again, the pounding of his spines resounding off the steel walls.

Sonic groaned as he sat up again - rubbing at his skull, cringing at his tingling, prickling spines - and came to the conclusion that GLaDOS had built these walls to the standards of immortality. Knowing he couldn't get out with brute force alone, he figured the gun was his only other option, and it was about as good as trusting Eggman to help him out. A 50/50 chance of getting screwed.

Propped up against a wall, Sonic made his way to pulling his mobile from his sea of spines and checking on those he could reach. What information he could pull had left him satisfied, but also unsure of the equipment left to him. From here, he wasn't positive on what to do... All he could do was think, and it wasn't exactly this blue 'hog's strongest suit.

Rhys and Sig

[robinsegg]

Well, the announcer did say they needed to put the weird boots and the gun on. Sig managed to get the Long-Fall Boots, but he wasn't sure how he was going to go about with the gun as he fiddled around with it. He really wanted his normal right arm to be open, but it looked like there wasn't really a way out of this.

"...?" Did the announcer also say he needed to work out with someone else? Who was this person he was going to be his partner?

[twistedspoon]

Testing? What? Like Casey needed to test. She could teleport out whenever the heck she wanted.

But she didn't. This was exciting! It sounded like a good way to challenge her own intellect, which was something she'd been craving for a good long while. Alright, she'd play fair and square until she got bored again.

Boots, though. Those weren't going to fit on her big clawed feet. Were they really necessary?

[pinkgingham]

Sable very cautiously approached the portal gun and long fall boots. Yes, she did notice them at the school ever since everyone arrived back from the love hotel, but she never thought to mess around with them. Well, now she supposed she didn't really have a choice in the matter.

She started to try on the boots, wondering who she'd be partnered up with. All that she wanted to do was to get out of here as soon as possible!

Evve & Sophie

[idowhatilike]

As it would turn out for one of the more vagrant and independent spirits within Smash's confines, Evve was in a position of reliance. She had received once again the boots and gun, the fashionable accessories fitted to her strong legs and the gun fixed to her arm. She hadn't messed much with either to understand their fullest capabilities, but considering the situation, she imagined the time where that knowledge would remain hidden would be short.

All she could hope was that for whatever reason this situation was occurring, that she wouldn't be partnered with someone broken and incompetent. That was a pretty large list and left her few options she felt confident in.

Until then... she would wait.

NOEL AND JIN

[majorjealousy]

Jin paced, grumbling. He was stuck in a situation without his sword. Just excellent. How could this get any worse... ?

Pit & Goombella

[raw_angel_power]

Pomf. What're we gonna do on the Pit was deposited on the cushion. Just like that, a fallen angel.

He sat there and guided his eyes over the entire room around him cluelessly. "Testing? I didn't know I had a test today! I'm not even taking any classes yet..."

Peacock and Navarre

[bassinyoface]

Peacock is tapping her foot looking annoyed. "Why do I need to wait for a partner for this thing? They are just going to get in my way!"

Sheik and Eli!!

[princessninja]

Zelda had more-or-less suspected that something was up as soon as they all returned to school, and had bowed out discreetly, deciding that her slightly more physically-inclined alter ego was more suited for the boots and strange devices presented to the student body.

It was lucky, she supposed, to be prepared when the floors fell, depositing her in a white room with the necessary equipment. The announcement told Sheik all she needed to know.

There would be time to find a way out. For now, she'd play along, taking a moment or two to make sure the boots were on properly.