Chell 01 - Video and Text

[testsubject1]

[Oh look. It's a new student. Who came right after graduation. Oops. But she fiddles around with the webcam, curious about the technology. Her face shows a mixture of wonder and apprehension, hidden behind the facade of a cold stare.

She fiddles with the device more and it switches off. She decides to communicate in text.]

Hello. I'm a new student here, though it seems the school year just ended.

Comments

[text]

[obfuskate]

[BACK OFF RED SHE'S MINE]

It is in your best interest that you leave before the next semester begins.

text

[testsubject1]

Why?

Re: text

[obfuskate]

Do you enjoy having your drinks spiked, your bedroom tarnished, and your body soaked in citric acid?

[BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.]

Text

[testsubject1]

Oh.

[What. The hell. Why did Chell sign up for this school? Maybe she'd be better off back on the road by herself. It's looking more and more like the best option...]

Re: Text

[obfuskate]

Precisely.

I cannot leave. [DUE TO REASONS.] You may not have reached that point yet. Leave while you still can.

[testsubject1]

Is this a prison?

[Great. She's getting more and more worried by the second, and that worry is turning to anger. Okay. Maybe. It's. Time. To. Escape.]

[obfuskate]

I would much prefer to call it that.

[8I]

1/2

[testsubject1]

[Okay welp she's convinced it's time to say goodbye to the school. Sorry kids Chell is out of here.]

Thank you. I'm going to leave while I still can.

2/2 - A day later

[testsubject1]

[Oh look who's back. And who can't leave. At all. She tried every way she could so far. Maybe there's another way. But nope. She's trapped. Again. A prison. GLaDOS wasn't lying. Neither was Shadow.]

I can't leave.

Re: 2/2 - A day later

[obfuskate]

Unsurprising.

Is this the Hands' doing?

[testsubject1]

The Headmaster?

Yeah I thought there was something peculiar about the headmaster being a giant hand.

[obfuskate]

Headmasters. There are two of them.

[testsubject1]

I assume you don't know why they're imprisoning people.

[obfuskate]

Precisely, but I intend to find out why.

[Hm. Maybe this surprisingly concise person could prove to be an asset. It didn't seem like she was as dim-witted as the other people here...]

[testsubject1]

[And maybe this pointy guy could be an asset in getting her out. He seemed to know what was up.]

Let me know when you do.

[obfuskate]

We... shall see.

[He's not the most trusting guy, but if this girl is worth helping out, he might pitch in. Maybe.]