Specimen 26, Young Lin

Licking the remnants of the red bar she so quickly devoured, she was about to leave the room with a slightly satisfied stomach and the still unscathed disk at hand when she heard a familiar thud against the wall but this time in a more spastic manner. Happy to find the wall or at least something responding to her actions, she slammed her disk hard and as frantically as the thumping, all to eager to find a playmate and a reason to cause hurt and extract revenge on her red disc. "Hahaha this is fun!", she exclaimed as she tried to match the beat and sometimes made small rhythmic beats from time to time. Amidst her games however the room turned dark all around her, stunning her for a while as the metallic beating sound filled room now turned silent if not for the soft thumping from the other side of the wall. Memories of being electrocuted fresh in her mind, she dashed over the now concealed pool and back to her room while slamming her disk to the side of the wall as she move. As if communicating to the wall to tell the floor not to electrocute her just yet. Tripping over her own foot and falling face first onto the floor, she slid back into her room as the wall behind her slam down shut. Rubbing her nose, "Ugh.. Safe..." she muttered as the lights above her dimmed down. But after the run and the knowledge that someone or something other than her was here, she couldn't sleep. With the disc in hand, she slammed the walls around her in hopes of finding the new 'friend' she made just moments ago.

Test #5 **[see below first]
When the light wakes you as before, and the wall opens into another room, you find that, rather than being made of the same pearlescent solid as the other rooms you have experienced, this one is lined with what seems to be some kind of soft foam, with no visible seems. The room is about eighteen feet long and there is something glittering in a line across its center. Upon close examination, you find that the chamber is divided by a strip of water that runs from wall to wall. It is about six feet from one “bank” to the other, but you can’t tell how deep it is because the bland overhead light doesn’t let you determine any bottom to the trench. About three inches above water-level, the edges of the trench, as well as the corners between the walls and floor, are rounded so that there is little chance of hurting yourself. Although the water itself is probably room temperature, it feels cold against your body heat.

Unless you fancy taking a swim, you must find a way to cross the trench, which seems available as a long board, for lack of a better word, lying against the wall. If you knew what such a thing was, it might remind you of a swimming-pool paddle-board, except that this particular one is rectangular (about 8” x 2”) and about eight feet long (i.e. longer than the trench is wide). Although the board is grey instead of white, it looks similar to the foam that the room is made of, though it is rather stiffer. If you were to stand on it, you would find that it can support your weight with very little bending.

You can see that, on the other side of the water, opposite where you entered this room, there are once again two buttons situated about halfway up the wall. One is red; one is blue. Below each button is a small rectangular hole, about nine inches long and three inches tall and deep. If you feel around inside a hole, you will find that there is nothing exceptional about it, other than being a niche in the smooth wall. In addition to the holes between the buttons, there is also a third one between them. It is about six inches deep, but otherwise identical to the other two.
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**Error: all specimens have failed to participate in Test #5. Emergency medical diagnostic will commence immediately.


[flashing red lights accompanied by electronic beeping. Over the intercom, which the specimens cannot hear:]
"All available medical personnel please report to the Animal Behavior Laboratory. All medical personnel to Animal Behavior Lab, please.


When you wake, the first thing you notice is that the normally-white light above you has turned a subtle shade of red, which also reflects off the walls. Second, you notice that you feel rather groggy, as if you had been recently sedated. The sensation is not unlike the one you encountered when you first awoke in these white rooms, but minus the aching pain. As you sit up, the room seems to recognize that you have regained consciousness and the lights above fade back to white once more. Then, as expected, the wall opens into another room, containing whatever new test your captors have created for you.
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[OOC: I don't understand how everyone didn't post at all in an entire week. Did I miss something? Did you all decide to get together and abandon me?
Treats will be offered to those who continue to participate!]
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