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Personal Improvement Through Science: Aperture Laboratories Presents Physical Education (Wed/Per 2)
Once changing-into-jumpsuits-and-boots was done and students filtered past the obligatory sign through the circular sliding doors, they'd be watched by the usual wall-mounted video camera with its blinking red light, just inside the starting area of the chamber. A quick glance would show that it was a fairly large room, albeit partitioned off into several sections by floor-to-ceiling safety glass panels and one floor-to-ceiling Material Emancipation Grill. It was probably also pretty hard not to notice the long, bright orange smear of gel on the floor, bordered by a stripe of blue repulsion gel on the edge of a pool of that gross-looking water.
"Congratulations on remembering how to make it back here for yet another consecutive week," GLaDOS said snippily. "I'm waiting for the day when you collectively forget and break your streak. You're statistically due for it any time soon."
That wasn't true. She hadn't actually run any statistical analyses on that possibility.
"Or, who knows, you could have a complete, spontaneous case of amnesia and forget everything you ever learned in these sessions, possibly right in the middle of something especially dangerous," she continued, sounding disturbingly fond of the idea. "Since today's test involves practical application of vertical movement and velocity in conjunction with portals, the 'something dangerous' is guaranteed today, anyway. Try not to break everything."
She paused, just long enough for the camera's LED to flicker twice.
"In the test chamber, that is. Unlike you, this room isn't designed to be easily breakable. Good luck."
Somehow, that 'good luck' never sounded genuine, did it?
[OOC:The ordinary testing OCD is under maintenance and has been replaced with a live-fire course designed for military androids. So it's probably a good idea to wait until it's done. OCD has been achieved. Well done, android. You may proceed.]
"Congratulations on remembering how to make it back here for yet another consecutive week," GLaDOS said snippily. "I'm waiting for the day when you collectively forget and break your streak. You're statistically due for it any time soon."
That wasn't true. She hadn't actually run any statistical analyses on that possibility.
"Or, who knows, you could have a complete, spontaneous case of amnesia and forget everything you ever learned in these sessions, possibly right in the middle of something especially dangerous," she continued, sounding disturbingly fond of the idea. "Since today's test involves practical application of vertical movement and velocity in conjunction with portals, the 'something dangerous' is guaranteed today, anyway. Try not to break everything."
She paused, just long enough for the camera's LED to flicker twice.
"In the test chamber, that is. Unlike you, this room isn't designed to be easily breakable. Good luck."
Somehow, that 'good luck' never sounded genuine, did it?
[OOC:
Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Locker Rooms: Before Class [PITS, Week 9]
During the Lecture [PITS, Week 9]
Test Chamber [PITS, Week 9]
Section 1: Leap the Pit?
(The orange propulsion gel makes you move much faster across the surface it's covering. Run down it, and when you hit the repulsion gel it'll catapult you over the pit (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/gladigotburned/37922480/66510/66510_original.jpg) onto the ledge. Boingy.)
Section 2: Race the Lasers
Um.
Hey, maybe that button on the wall with the glowing dotted line leading to the lasers has something to do with it?
(Shoot a portal through the grating at the end of the propulsion gel runway, and another one on the wall next to the button (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/gladigotburned/37922480/67921/67921_original.jpg). Hit the button and run like hell (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/gladigotburned/37922480/68223/68223_original.jpg) through the portal before the lasers come back on!)
Section 3: A Hard Light Bridge Too Far?
Section 4: GLaDOS's Ladder
Or bounce, as the case may be, because the floor in front of the first giant step is covered in repulsion gel.
As is every step after that. Kinda fun! Plus the exit's at the top (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/gladigotburned/37922480/72574/72574_original.jpg) of the stairs.
Locker Rooms: After Class [PITS, Week 9]
Talk to GLaDOS [PITS, Week 9]
OOC [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Section 1: Leap the Pit?
"Ow."
That was her face. And the glass.
"Hmmmmm."
"Ow."
That was her bum, from landing badly on the ledge, but at least she made it up there?
Re: Section 4: GLaDOS's Ladder
Oh, right, Ace didn't get to bring her rucksack full of rope ladder. Bouncing it was.
She was all torn up about that.
Really.
BOUNCE!
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Section 1: Leap the Pit?
After quite a bit of flailing, naturally.
Re: Section 2: Race the Lasers
But then he made it, and celebrated his victory with really loud cheering for his own success.
Re: Section 3: A Hard Light Bridge Too Far?
Like hell Topher was jumping down toward a pit of water. In fact, it didn't even occur to him that that was an option. That was how much he didn't want to do it.
Re: Section 4: GLaDOS's Ladder
Or flailing, as the case may be.
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Section 1: Leap the Pit?
Twice.
On his third try, he figured out that going faster would help, cleared the pit, and landed hard on his butt on the ledge.
He was kind of dreading going any further. It was a nice ledge.
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Section 2: Race the Lasers
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]
Re: Sign In [PITS, Week 9]