The players continue talking for a while, but it soon becomes clear that they aren't getting anywhere. The metal restraints still prevented them from moving, and they didn't have a clear idea of what was going on yet. Suddenly…
"Heeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrreeeeeee!"
A much too high pitched voice resonates across the room. The players look around, trying to trace where it came from.
"Are you all done introducing yourselves yet?", the mysterious high pitched voice asks irritatedly.
The players continue to look around and exclaim in shock, while others start to feel their left ear. It starts to become clear that the voice was emanating from their left ear, perhaps by some bug placed there.
"Well, it doesn't matter, right? You all want to get out of here, find out where you are and all that? Well, lucky you, 'cause I'm feeling generous today!"
Suddenly the restraints unlock and come off, letting the players leave their pods after so long.
"Yep, yep! You're all welcome!", the voice says cheerily. "If you want to see who I am, though, you gotta get outta here first! See you then!"
And just as suddenly as it had come, the voice simply disappears. Or, rather, stops talking. The players are left befuddled, wondering what that was all about. But still, somehow, they've been granted freedom, allowing them to properly examine the room further. They start to get off their pods one by one, Ben being the last to leave. After they do, the pods all start to close.
Now that the players can see the top of their pods, it's clear that they're all labeled like the tenth one. However, instead of being labelled by letters, they're done by number. For example, Unity's pod is labelled Pod 1. Similarly, each player's pod is labelled by their bracelet number, and can be opened from outside. Pod A, however, cannot be manually opened. It seems to have been automatically locked for some time. The computer seems to be working alright for the time being, but the safe next to Pod 1 is also locked. On the table, however, there seems to be a few maps of the room- enough for each player to take. Finally, examining the two doors, both seem to be locked. But still, the voice did say that there was one thing the players had to do to meet it. That one thing is to…
[ Room Theme
.Room Map
.Colour Key ]
[This is the Room Phase! Here, you investigate the room you are currently in, examining objects and solving puzzles to escape. You can also perform Actions, which are detailed below.]
Spoiler: Actions
[Another thing: A lot of the labels and such on the map (as well as future ones) are arbitrary. So, for example, if there's a screwdriver on the table, it won't necessarily be given on the map.
That's about it. Good luck!]
