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fandomhigh2012-10-23 10:06 pm
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Personal Improvement Through Science: Aperture Laboratories Presents Physical Education (Wed/Per 2)
The test chamber -- sorry, "classroom" -- today contained recreations of several setups the students might remember from past weeks. There was the panel-equipped basketball court; the hard-light bridge that was the unholy offspring of a balance beam, a high wire, and science; a scaled-down version of the aerial faith plate vault-through-a-wall; a smaller repulsion gel pit (half the size, all the bounce!).
"Oh, you're here," GLaDOS said distractedly once test monitoring equipment scans indicated that an acceptable percentage of the students had arrived. "I have a situation to deal with at the main facility."
Which was to say that a bird had gotten in and made a nest in one of her old prototype mainframes, and now she had to go and goad the bots into taking care of it for her.
"Test on your own recognizance today. Assuming your memory isn't tragically short-term, these elements may be familiar to you already. You know what they say about doing the same thing and expecting different results?" She paused for an interval calculated down to the millisecond to be exactly long enough to hint at waiting for an answer, then interrupting before anyone could speak up.
"Go. Be that. I mean, do it."
"Oh, you're here," GLaDOS said distractedly once test monitoring equipment scans indicated that an acceptable percentage of the students had arrived. "I have a situation to deal with at the main facility."
Which was to say that a bird had gotten in and made a nest in one of her old prototype mainframes, and now she had to go and goad the bots into taking care of it for her.
"Test on your own recognizance today. Assuming your memory isn't tragically short-term, these elements may be familiar to you already. You know what they say about doing the same thing and expecting different results?" She paused for an interval calculated down to the millisecond to be exactly long enough to hint at waiting for an answer, then interrupting before anyone could speak up.
"Go. Be that. I mean, do it."