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@this-is-not-an-alien

 

[Nathair chooses to break the glass.]

[It trembles with each hit. But the water sloshes around you, slowing each blow, muting each hit.]

[This won’t do.]

[You urgently need air.]

[Play it smart.]

[Look for a weak point.]

[You try attacking where the glass meets the base.]

[In the process, you accidentally hit the switch.]

[A shriek fills the water and you cover your ears.]

[The glass cracks though – right at the seam. Because you are strong. Strong. Strong.]

[You put your fist through it. Pull it back bloody.]

[The screaming alarm is still going.]

[You float to the top for air.]

[You keep your hands over your ears.]

 

[Eventually, the water drains.]

[You finish breaking the glass and flee the alarm.]

[But you cut your bare feet and fall forward, coughing up water. Again, you hope it is water. But it seems a bit thick now that it doesn’t surround you.]

[You lay on your side as the alarm finally dies. You close your eyes.]

 

[The hearts on your arm pulse pulse pulse pulse. Like – ironically – a heartbeat.]

[As the pain strangely fades away, you see a quarter of a heart dim and wink out. Flickering like foxfire.]

[You decide to take a look around.]

 

[You are in a room. Around you are other tanks. Each has a person in them.]

[Several of those people are awake, water leaking from their tanks onto the floor around you, spilling into a labyrinth trench that pulses the same color of the hearts on your arm.]

[At the center is a door – bolted shut. It is round and metal. The labyrinth as four points that open to this door, equidistant from each other. These points spill the water-not-water into round keyholes. They overflow , pooling over the door.]

 

[Do you attempt to open the door?] {Yes} or {No}

[Do you see if you recognize anybody in the tanks?] {Yes} or {No}

 

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[Alessio chooses to flip the switch]

[As the water slowly drains away, and you breath air, you realize that you are still stuck.]

[Not in danger of drowning. But stuck.]

[Then a piercing alarm rips through your eardrums.]

[You cover your ears, try to block the pain.]

[The alarm dies as the last of the water trickles away.]

[With only air in the tank, you can now see a little better beyond the glass.]

[There is someone out there.]

[And you are still stuck.]

 

[Do you call for help?]

{Yes} or {No}

{If yes – scream.}

{If no – be silent and still.}