CIRRUS NETWORK

[livestage]

You find yourselves in a surprisingly sterile room. It's entirely white, almost blindingly so. There are a few beanbag chairs to sit on, though perhaps not enough for your entire family. On one of the walls, there's a laminated poster of a wheel. At the center of the room is a table with a glass case on top. If you lift the case, you'll find a single red button. Behind a glass panel on the wall is a monitor that is currently off.

Curiously, it does not seem as though you can actually destroy anything in this room (save for a simple note by the button), regardless of how much you may try. The glass will never shatter. The poster cannot be torn into pieces. Furthermore, your blessings and powers are off and none of your personal belongings are actually on your person.

A simple note lays by the button on the table, a reminder of your directive: Will you push the button?

Comments

DISCUSSION

[livestage]

Re: DISCUSSION

[socialcapital]

[ UNIMPRESSED STARE ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mykidisthebest]

Is this how performances usually are...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[socialcapital]

Sometimes... they don't suck...

Re: DISCUSSION

[mykidisthebest]

Do they only suck when I'm here, then?! That's discrimination. I should sue.

[perfectpower]

[Already walking over to push the button. You might want to stop him.]

[endsjustified]

[hand on shoulder yes]

Don't.

[perfectpower]

[He is grabbed.]

We don't got much of a choice anyway.

[socialcapital]

[ GRABS THE OTHER SHOULDER ]

[mykidisthebest]

[takes both of his hands and holds them]

Not that.

[1212081518]

At least let us discuss first.

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[if you're going for the button, Frost does stall you with a hand on your shoulder and a firm]

Let's not, actually.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

No, let's, actually.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mykidisthebest]

And what's your reasoning for not?

Re: DISCUSSION

[1212081518]

[staring at the wheel]

What the hell are these supposed to mean?

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

I would entertain at least a healthy suspicion that they're not as innocuous as they sound.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

Push it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[socialcapital]

I don't wanna push it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[1212081518]

If we're taking a vote, this is my vote, but I'm not very strongly attached to it.

Re: DISCUSSION

[mykidisthebest]

What for?

SUBMISSION

[livestage]

Re: SUBMISSION

[endsjustified]

[]

RESULTS

[livestage]

1/3

[carveitout]

[ A door opens in the room. What door? Who knows. But the door opens and a flood of cuddly puppies of all different breeds come scampering in. This would be very cute except for one teeny, tiny problem: the puppies all have lasers strapped to their heads.

Fortunately, friendly fire isn't a thing, so they seem incapable of lasering each other. Unfortunately, you are not a friendly to them and they are very rowdy. You can certainly try to pet them as they leap about and laser you in addition to scratching and nipping at you, but you are incapable of actually removing the lasers from their heads. It's fine. They seem happy. They're having fun as they maul you with their lasers.

But it's not over yet. ]

2/3

[carveitout]

[ The ceiling opens up and trash falls down. It's any kind of trash you can possibly imagine. None of it is usable, so don't even think of trying to sneak some away for science. Or projects. It also continues to fall. And fall. And fall. To the point where you may grow concerned about actually being buried in it.

Abruptly, the trash flow seems to stop which would normally be a good thing except for the ominous beeping that can be heard. If you're able to get your head above the sea of trash, you'll see that the ceiling is now a rather massive trash compactor — and it's coming down.

Down.

Down.

The crushing sensation seems to last for an eternity, but it's only a few minutes at most. The compactor lifts.

It's still not over. ]