Experiment 10 - Beta

[testingphase]

[ The elevators do not take you up to your living area. Rather, they take you DOWN, to a small room with three white walls, and one that is a thick, translucent plastic. There appears to be a chute of some sort behind the plastic wall. ]

Now, in order to determine how well you know each other, we're going to see which teams are the most popular. The rules are simple:

* At the end of the test, each team will suffer an attack. Each attack will kill about half of everyone present.
* You may choose one team (other than your own) to defend from this attack. A team that is defended will not be harmed.
* If you wish to defend yourself instead of another team, you must choose a team to attack.
* You may not refuse to choose.

Comments

Ask GLaDOS questions here

[shockingly_nice]

Final decision

[shockingly_nice]

Re: Final decision

[threateningflour]

Defend Eta.

[threateningflour]

[clenches his fists and frowns when he sees the instructions]

[icicleiciclebaby]

I'm guessing you don't wanna attack anyone, huh?

[threateningflour]

No.

[icicleiciclebaby]

So we're at a standstill then.

[threateningflour]

Tell me your thoughts.

[icicleiciclebaby]

Like it's hard to guess. I wanna defend us, so we'll just pick a team to attack.

[thebiggestloser]

「Oh my. What a heavy game...」

[threateningflour]

[schools his features again]

Yes. Any preferences, Kumagawa?

[thebiggestloser]

「I prefer that we do what we can to protect ourselves.」

「In other words, I have no real preference on what team we attack, so long as we do. I trust you have no intentions of attacking Eta at all?」

[threateningflour]

None. I know we'll be protected so I want to defend.

[thebiggestloser]

「Heeeeh, you sound pretty sure about that.」

Results

[shockingly_nice]

I'm impressed, Agent Coulson. You were very convincing. But you were also wrong.

Standby to test the Aperture Science Turret Vertical Assurance Rack.

Re: Results

[threateningflour]

I expected as much.

[watching the chute and watching Icicle and Kumagawa's locations]

Re: Results

[icicleiciclebaby]

--I fucking trusted you.

Re: Results

[threateningflour]

I'm sorry. There was a chance they would have.

Re: Results

[icicleiciclebaby]

[ LET'S SEE IF I CAN PUNCH YOU BEFORE ONE OF US DIES ]

Re: Results

[thebiggestloser]

[Shoves Coulson out of the way]

「OH NO! I APPEAR TO HAVE SLIPPED!!」

Attack

[aperture_property]

[ A rack of turrets moves up the chute. They are secured in place, unable to tip. Not that you would be able to get close enough to do so. Even before the wall slides up, bullets are flying. They are generally directed toward Icecicle and Kumagawa. ]

Re: Attack

[icicleiciclebaby]

[ BULLETS HURT ]

[ ker-dead ]

Re: Attack

[thebiggestloser]

[KER SHOT!!!1

wheezing a little]

「C-- Coulson... san...」

[...c'mere...」

[Shakily reaches out for him.]

Re: Attack

[threateningflour]

[god damn stray bullets, clutching his left arm a bit but goes over to Kumagawa]

Yes?

Re: Attack

[thebiggestloser]

[Laughs weakly, then smiles, creepily.]

「Haaaaah, this hurts a lot more than I remember...」

[Holding up a piece of paper to him]

「Give this... to Rogers-san... Please...」