EricThis room seemed to be the start of the next test.
There was a cube.
I heard a system boot up.
"I'm sorry, I lost control last time. You must have been suprized. Now the second test has begun. Emotional feelings. This cube is a Companion Cube, he will accompany you for the rest of this level."
"Hello!"
"Wow, you really made that sound real, its just a robot.""You may believe as you wish. I assure you it is not a robot."
"Yeah. OK.""Also, there will not be any missiles in the test."
Missiles can from everywhere.
"We lied."
I looked around, there was no way out.
So I stood there. The missiles were headed for the cube anyhow.
"Oh, just a heads up. If the Companion Cube breaks. The test will end and you will die.
"Thanks for the info!""No problem."
"It was sarcasm!""We know."
I shot an Orange Portal beside me, and a Blue one under the Cube. I flew through.
The missiles hit the ground. But more came out. of the separate holes. There headed for the cube. I shot blue portals at all the holes. And one orange one, at a random spot. All the missiles went through and hit a wall. This process repeated for a little while. Then no more came out.
"You have passed. And remained emotionally stable even in the dangerous situation. You may proceed."
I went to the next room. There was a hole on the ground, and one in the ceiling. It was endless. People were falling out of a hole at the top, into the endless pit of a hole at the bottom.
"Those are robots.""You can't know."
"You're right. But, I can't help them either way.""Yes you can. Make a portal to stop them from falling."
"OK."I did that.
Then the people came through the orange portal I made in the wall.
They gained Guns, Swords, Staffs. You name it.
"They ran at me. They were real people.
I made an Orange Portal on the ground in front of me. And a Blue one back at the top. The people resumed falling. A door opened.
"Good, you have passed the next two tests. You remained stable, knowing you couldn't help them. You also remained stable when people were coming at you and you had to start the resumption of them dying. You may proceed."
"Oh goodies."The next room was empty. I sat on the floor. After three minutes.
More people came charging out of no where.
"You can kill them or run."
I killed all of them.
"Hehehe. There is a certain thrill to it, doncha think?""We don't think, we only think when we think. Also great job, you passed the tests. You could've ran. But you couldn't survive the war if you can't even kill."
"I understand that.""You may proceed."
"How many tests are there?""The number of tests that there are."
"Oh."At the next room, there was a hole in the wall, I couldn't see the whole way.
"Now, you can't see how long it is. What shall you do."
I shot a bullet. after a little while. I heard a sound.
"Doesn't sound like my bullet. good try."
I shot a Portal.
"Why do that. You still don't know how long it is.
"Yes I do, you obviously did that just so you could block the actual sound."
A door opened. I went through.
"You've passed the last two tests in the emotion part. You didn't go through the room even though you were eager too, so you could proceed. And you realized that your bullet hit, even though we blocked you from hearing."
"Great.""Now, there are 20 tests for the Mental section."
"Great.""There are really only 2, you past the first. You didn't think about it as difficult, even though there was twenty."
"Just because there are twenty. They could be basic.""True."
There was a desk. There were five questions on the paper. I picked up the pencil after making sure it wasn't dangerous.
The first question asked: 1+1=? Yes or no.
"No. One plus one equals Two, not Question Mark."The second asked: The answer is: Yes or no.
"The answer is Yes.""Why."
"Because""Correct."
The third question was: "A man has two buttons. He is in an empty room. Doesn't know what either does. Which does he press."
"Neither he is too lazy."
The rest was empty.
"We lied again. Now we know that was rather easy. But, we didn't know your IQ level."
"I don't really care, just wanna get out of here. See some corpses. See if everyone got out OK.""Why do you care about them. You don't even know them. Also OK. You have finished. You may leave, after you answer."
"They are comrades. And I don't have a problem with any of them. I may be crazy. But not crazy not to care about people. That is selfish. Not crazy. Also, you must not be a Robot, if you ask questions.""I guess you will never know what. I am."
"True.""You have passed the true last parts. You didn't freak out because you couldn't know if I was a robot. And you didn' panic to leave... but we lied again. There is another part. If you will notice. The companion Cube is still behind you."
"True. Also that still doesn't mean you aren't a robot.""
"
"Did you just say an emoticon?""Yes. Now to pass the last test and leave. You must obliterate it."
A hole came out of the wall. There was a fiery pit.
"Destroy it to leave."
"It isn't real."I threw it into the pit. I opened and a women came out, and started burning.
"If you save her you will be trapped forever.
I shot a blue portal at the wall and an orange one beside me. She came out. I placed a Blue Portal above her and an orange below. She cooled off and I moved the blue portal so she finally stopped, and she was OK.
"You have passed the last two tests. You did what you had to the Cube, but saved the real women. You need to sacrifice sometimes. But save comrades. You have passed!"
Two doors opened.
"You go out the right, she goes out the left.
I was about to leave, when I heard.
"Also, I have become attached to you. You may not know if I am a Robot. But great job!"
I was confused in so many ways. So many tests. It was all crazy. But I heard emotion in those last words. I didn't know what was happening but I didn't mind it.
"Thanks."A saw that the door she shouldgo through led to some weird room. Mine led outside.
I grabbed her arm, and ran out the right door, that led outside.
I heard a voice again.
"You have passed the final test. The actual last test. Great job!"
I heard the emotion again.
"C'mon, I know a way out of this fake universe."She followed behind me.
We reached a huge hole.
"Before everyone got here. I searched all over, and found this way out. Just in case, I ever got even crazier and had to leave. That was when I realized, we were still somehow on the Planet Earth. But, I've learned crazier things."
It was on a cliff. So I shot a Portal down onto a street, away for cars. Then I shot another beside us.
"Thank you." She placed something in my hands and skipped into the Portal.
"That was strange." I put it in my pocket, and walked the long walk back to the group.
Someone asked what took so long.
"Huh... oh long chamber. I think they really wanted to test me. I'm not even sure what was a test and what was my own imagination..............""Um. Is everyone back?"(Sorry about the long post. I got caught up with character development. Fun fun fun!)