WEEK 4

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 4


[It is late in the afternoon when the Titled finally wake up from their long, vivid sleep. What day is it? Maybe it doesn't matter.

They weren't awake when it happened, but the final set of doors have opened. The Intercessor hasn't emerged from their room. There is no sign of the grumpy old man. And, the Titled may notice that nothing has been cleaned up - including the remains of those who prompted the Investigation - since they went into the Debate Hall. No new food has been supplied in the Kitchen, either.

The only replenishing food supply is in the Conservatex - who knows when those'll get ripped out from the ground out of spite, though. Their captors certainly showed themselves to not be above petty revenge, unfortunately.

So many questions now swirl. Is the old man hiding? Is the Intercessor ok? What the hell happened with the dragon? What about that other group which the Titled have come to realize exist? What did their captors have planned? And...really, what the hell else is going to happen now?

Whatever it is, it's not going to be good.

So get ready, Titled.

There are nine (but perhaps only eight?...) strangers in this place.]

Comments

[defriendestration]

HELLO! UM. HI?

[Is it going to do anything???]

[strangerpeople]

[There are three levers on the wall behind the centurion. All of them are flipped in the down position.

The centurion, meanwhile, keeps walking slowly, but there is something glowing on its back.]

[socialhacktivist]

Hey Papyrus! There are some levers on the wall over here! I'm going to try and check them out. But-- you see that glowing thing on it's back? Can you try and get a better look at it for me!

[And since she trust him-- she's going to take off towards the wall behind it. Are there any labels on the wall or anything otherwise indicating which might be for what?]

[defriendestration]

NYEH-HEH-HEH! I CAN DO IT!

[Time to see what the glowy thingy is!]

[strangerpeople]

[The...glowy thingy is some kind of crystal, fastened into a slot on the robot's back. It pulses with each step.

As for the levers, the labels seem to be pictographs. Two of them are circles, and one is a single horizontal line.

Try one?]

[socialhacktivist]

[Once it looks like Papyrus got a good enough look and she's had a chance to scan the pictures--]

Alright step back I'm gonna give this a try!

[Ten seconds later she pulls the one corresponding to the horizontal line-- quickly watching for a result just in case she has to quick switch it back.]

[strangerpeople]

[The centurion has been deactivated.

What now?]

[socialhacktivist]

[Good to know-- in case anything bad happens later. For now, she'll flip the horizontal line switch back up to turn it back on.

Once it's activated again she tries flipping the first of the circle switches.]

[strangerpeople]

[The centurion is reactivated. It begins to resume its lumbering watch.

One of the spheres has been activated, and it begins to roll out of the cage.]