[Backdated before the Swear-In] A Story.

[perfectlyhuman]

You're in a broken down space station.

The lights are off. There's no one here. The team working the planet observation project were planning their mission to planet Xyrek 5X0 to look for alien life and rock samples to bring back home. One day they started sending distress signals and asking for help, saying space motors were beginning to malfunction. You were sent in for repairs, but because Xyrek 5X0 is so far away, it took you a week to get there. And now there's no one there to greet you.

You stand in a dark hallway, and there's three doors, one in front of you, one to your left, and one to your right. There's one enough power to open one at a time.

The door to your right has a broken OPEN button, but you can probably fix it. The one in front of you looks fine. The one to your left looks like it's stuck on something, so it's a couple of inches off the floor.


What do you do?

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[sathan]

( he should probably say no magic but she'll play nice )

Can I light the hallway?

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[perfectlyhuman]

There's emergency lights on, but it's too dark.

You have a flashlight on your tool belt.

[sathan]

And they're my only options?

[perfectlyhuman]

Right now, yes. Maybe you'll find something else ahead.

[sathan]

( SIGH )

The door on the right.

[perfectlyhuman]

The button for the door on the right is broken. Looks like it was smashed by something or someone. What do you do?

[despicableglee]

Teleport home.

[perfectlyhuman]

You can't teleport home.

Magic doesn't work in space.

[despicableglee]

If THAT were true, I wouldn't BE in space!

[perfectlyhuman]

It's just pretend. You can be someone else.

[despicableglee]

Then why can't I pretend to be someone who can teleport?

[perfectlyhuman]

Because that would ruin the story.

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[drivesadesk]

I look to see what the door on the left is stuck on.

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[perfectlyhuman]

You look under the door. It's stuck on some kind of machinery.

From under the door you see that hallway is even darker than the one you're in. There's only one emergency light really far into the corridor, and it's flickering.

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[drivesadesk]

I use my Reptilian strength to force the door up.

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[perfectlyhuman]

You're just a repairman.

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[drivesadesk]

Lizard people have repairmen.

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[perfectlyhuman]

I guess that's true

But how strong are they?

[threeisapattern]

> examine left door

[perfectlyhuman]

The left door looks like it tried to close all the way but got stuck on something. It's some kind of bit of machinery.

[pullsheavendown]

Oh. Is this a game?

I try and break the door on the left open.

[perfectlyhuman]

Yeah.

How do you try to break it?

[pullsheavendown]

Hmm.

Probably I summon my Keyblade and smash it.

[perfectlyhuman]

You can't summon weapons here. You just have your own repairman tools.

[pullsheavendown]

I can't? Why not?