Room 2

[testingphase]

[The room, once you've entered it, has a number of ear buds laid out on a table.]

Now, pop those ear buds in and we'll begin the test! Failure to comply will result in desyncing and forcing your team to pay for a replacement body.

Comments

[not_so_fast]

Uh, I'm Wally West. I'm 16... I like science? But not the neurotoxin kind.

[threateningflour]

[slight raise of his eyebrows but doesn't say anything]

What kind of science?

[not_so_fast]

Chemistry and physics, mostly. But a little bit of everything that isn't crazy robot death science.

[threateningflour]

[nods] Mind if I ask what your childhood was like?

[not_so_fast]

Pretty average? I'm an only child, I'm really close with my Aunt Iris and Uncle Barry... I dunno.

[threateningflour]

That's good.

[loyal_tothecore]

How 'bout them three laws of robotics, eh?

[not_so_fast]

Yeah I'm guessing whoever's in charge here isn't a big Isaac Asimov fan.

[loyal_tothecore]

Trust me, most roboticists aren't.

Has anybody tried the whole, "this statement is false" routine yet?

[not_so_fast]

...Man, I'm actually embarrassed that I didn't think to try that.

[loyal_tothecore]

Taking pictures of them with a flash-bulb camera? Getting Jeff Goldblum to write you a virus?

[not_so_fast]

That's gremlins and aliens, but points for effort.

[loyal_tothecore]

AHA! NERD NUMBER TWO, FALLEN NEATLY INTO MY TRAP!

[not_so_fast]

Yeah, me being a nerd really isn't a secret.

[loyal_tothecore]

So you express your fandom openly, huh? Dress up, go to cons, that sort of stuff?

[not_so_fast]

Uh, only on Halloween. But I have comic books and collectibles and stuff, sure.

[thirtysteps]

Do you like it here at all? Is there anything else you can say about yourself?

[not_so_fast]

Yeah uh I got blown up the other day. I love it here.

[thirtysteps]

You-- I-- Aside from that?!

[not_so_fast]

I'm here with two friends from home on my team, so I guess it could be worse?

[thirtysteps]

You... have people here too? I see...

[detonatsun]

What do you do? Do you have a job?

[not_so_fast]

I'm a high school student.

[detonatsun]

. . . so's everybody else.

[not_so_fast]

Seems like kind of a weird age range for violent science experiments.