MICE AND MAZES ROOM TWO

[hereyouare]

[You wake up on a cold metal bed in a room that is unfamiliar to you.

How long have you been out for? Why does your head hurt? Why can't you remember how you got here?

Before you find the answer to these questions, you might want to check out that hand-written note. There's one in every room.

Dear [NAME],

Thank you for volunteering to participate in the experiment. With your help, this project should be quite successful. My name is Huey Laforet, and I am the one responsible for this experiment. I will be here observing and the point of my project will be revealed by the end.

Your goal today is to find the exit. To do so, you'll need three card keys. However, to activate them, you will need the item listed on the card to move forward. You might not be able to find everything by searching, but certainly, there are other ways to get what you need. I've left them scattered about,

If you fail to escape by the time the experiment is over, you will have to participate in further experiments with me. If you succeed, then you will be able to successfully leave the maze.

I wish you luck. Try to stay alive.

-Huey Laforet]

[contact|instructions]

Comments

[underwearfortomorrow]

Ah, it looks like it.

[He frowns thoughtfully. Should he just reach in and grab it? That seems a little too easy. Hm.]

[Gonna tentatively poke at the liquid to make sure it doesn't try to do something like set him on fire. He's not sticking his hand in it yet.]

[hereyouare]

[I hope you're prepared for the liquid to EAT AT YOUR SKIN. Don't leave it in there for too long.]

[underwearfortomorrow]

[NO. WE ARE NOT PREPARED FOR ANY SUCH THINGS. THERE IS GOING TO BE A PAINED SHOUT and he is going to drop that jar like it's hot and jump back.]

[hereyouare]

[I hope you didn't splatter that on anyone . . .

Well it'll hit the floor with a loud crash thanks to broken, along with the card. The floor starts dissolving under the liquid.]

[yokubou]

Oi, what are you-

[WELL SOMEONE DIDN'T GET THE MEMO ABOUT THE JAR FULL OF ACID thank you eiji for dropping that like a pro and splattering some on his shoe, which he will quickly be yanking off when he sees the floor melting. shit i did not need: this]

[underwearfortomorrow]

[Sorry, too busy assessing the fact that the skin on his finger just fucking burned off. So there are a lot of OW OW OW OW OW's going on over here.]

[yokubou]

[tossing his shoe aside and turning to Eiji, sorry he's pretty much ignoring your ows]

Idiot! You don't just drop something like that!

[underwearfortomorrow]

[Going to hiss vaguely in your direction. It might sound kind of like a "sorry" because he really didn't mean to get it all over the place. Oops.]

[He grabs his scarf and wraps it around his finger because he is probably also bleeding now.]

[yokubou]

[tsk]

We'll have to be more careful. This Huey bastard must have set that up on purpose.

[let's check on that keycard, do we need to worry about the floor dissolving to where we can't reach it]

[hereyouare]

[i would not advise just touching it barehanded since you can see remnants of the liquid here and there]

[underwearfortomorrow]

We can't pick it up like that.

[I mean, seriously. Look at what that shit did to his finger. It looks pretty gross.]

Maybe something else?

[Gonna look at that table again. Maybe there's a convenient pair of acid resistant gloves, that would be nice.]

[hereyouare]

[why would I do anything nice for you]

[I mean, nothing there besides the beakers]

[yokubou]

[this is turning out to be a really shitty day and we haven't even left the room yet]

[looks around and points to the locker on the east wall]

Go check that locker. I'll check this one.

[pointing to the west locker, which he is now heading off to check out]

[underwearfortomorrow]

[Eiji nods and heads over to said locker!!]

[hereyouare]

[the lockers seem to be locked oh no]

[yokubou]

[but can I just kick it until it opens]

[hereyouare]

[it depends, how strong are your kicks, HUH.]

[yokubou]

[I can jump high enough to sit on rooftops so ABOUT THAT STRONG]

[underwearfortomorrow]

[Remember how that almost got us evicted? 8|]

[yokubou]

[shut up eiji this is all your fault somehow anyway]

[underwearfortomorrow]

[YOU CAN'T JUST BLAME EVERYTHING ON ME ESPECIALLY WHEN EVERYTHING IS ACTUALLY USUALLY YOUR FAULT.]

[hereyouare]

[YOU LEAVE A NICE DENT. In fact, the door crunches a little bit so you can maybe stick a few fingers in there.]

[it's still locked tho]

[yokubou]

[urgghh stupid locker I didn't want to open you anyway]

Any luck, Eiji?

[underwearfortomorrow]

[FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF]

Do you have any medals on you?

[That's a no]

[yokubou]

[SIGH]

[pulling out his coin case and- wait there's tiger and grasshopper but where did the rest of the medals go??]

[sorry eiji ankh is just cursing a lot now]