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fandomhigh2012-09-25 09:05 pm
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Personal Improvement Through Science: Aperture Laboratories Presents Physical Education (Wed/Per. 2)
As was clearly becoming a theme, today's classroom setup was the Aperture Science version of a gymnastics arena: white tiled panels, testing apparatus in place of, well, actual gymnastics apparatus, and a grossly exaggerated sense of scale.
Sort of.
Mainly, the floor-to-ceiling wall that was just on the other side of the ridiculously high "vaulting table" (with an aerial faith plate for a springboard) might be a concern. Also, the three-inch-wide hard light bridge that served as a balance beam was about twenty-five feet off the ground. As for the exit door . . . that was up even higher on one of the walls, with no platform you could even reach via portal.
However much help today's sign was in warning you of any of this was . . . probably negligible.
"Does any of this look vaguely familiar to any of you?" GLaDOS asked the class. "It is an Olympic year so the odds of that are marginally better, but let's just say it's a good thing I don't have any breath to hold. Still. Try not to think too hard. You'll probably strain something and then you'll be even less interesting." For her, that was actually a pretty affectionate statement.
"This next test applies the use of portals to a range of exercises in strength, flexibility, and fine motor control," she went on in a tone that implied she'd be surprised if any of them possessed those qualities. "Maybe if you do well enough, you'll get medals when you're done. Chocolate ones. I might even make sure it's edible chocolate. Good luck."
There so wouldn't be medals. Not even chocolate ones. Honestly, you were probably better off that way. Look, if it was any consolation the pommel horse and all the bar apparatus were perfectly normal, and there was even a padded mat for any tumbling you might want to do.
[OOC:No medals for anyone if you don't wait for the OCD. OCD is up. However, the Enrichment Center regrets to inform you that in a cost-cutting move, the Aperture Science Medal Incentive Program has been discontinued.]
Sort of.
Mainly, the floor-to-ceiling wall that was just on the other side of the ridiculously high "vaulting table" (with an aerial faith plate for a springboard) might be a concern. Also, the three-inch-wide hard light bridge that served as a balance beam was about twenty-five feet off the ground. As for the exit door . . . that was up even higher on one of the walls, with no platform you could even reach via portal.
However much help today's sign was in warning you of any of this was . . . probably negligible.
"Does any of this look vaguely familiar to any of you?" GLaDOS asked the class. "It is an Olympic year so the odds of that are marginally better, but let's just say it's a good thing I don't have any breath to hold. Still. Try not to think too hard. You'll probably strain something and then you'll be even less interesting." For her, that was actually a pretty affectionate statement.
"This next test applies the use of portals to a range of exercises in strength, flexibility, and fine motor control," she went on in a tone that implied she'd be surprised if any of them possessed those qualities. "Maybe if you do well enough, you'll get medals when you're done. Chocolate ones. I might even make sure it's edible chocolate. Good luck."
There so wouldn't be medals. Not even chocolate ones. Honestly, you were probably better off that way. Look, if it was any consolation the pommel horse and all the bar apparatus were perfectly normal, and there was even a padded mat for any tumbling you might want to do.
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