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

[thirtysteps]

It could be a pattern in the Robot GLaDOS's methods...

[ thing to think about, Kouyuu! ]

I do quite a bit of desk work, yes, which I don't mind at all.

[universalboy]

So it's a pretty okay job? No ridiculous overtime?

[thirtysteps]

If the King asks me to work, then I work - however, most of the extra time I work is of my own choice.

[universalboy]

Ohhh. So you're dedicated. But a King? Wow, that's something you don't hear much anymore.

[thirtysteps]

Which-- dedication, or a King?

[universalboy]

A king! Where are you from?

[thirtysteps]

It's called Saiunkoku. It seems, so far, that no one has heard of it at all.

[universalboy]

Sounds kinda pretty. Like a fairy tale world.

[universalboy]

--not that I'm saying your home isn't real or anything!

[thirtysteps]

It's a land that's been recovering from an internal power struggle and has just recently begun to get back on it's feet. I'm not even listening to the implication that it may not be real - but I wouldn't call it anything like a fairy tale.

[universalboy]

I didn't know, okay? Sorry.

[thirtysteps]

I'm just speaking of it as a matter of fact. Apologies aren't what matter - it is moving forward from them. That's the King's vision.