SIGMA
All right, it's open.
Now let's get the hell out of here.
GIRL
...
...
SIGMA
What? What's wrong?
GIRL
...
...
SIGMA
Oh yeah..
Guess it's a little high for you, huh?
I'd say that's at least six feet, maybe more.
All right, then. Climb up on my shoulders.
GIRL
Your.. shoulders.
SIGMA
Yeah, that's right. Why, something wrong?
GIRL
...
SIGMA
Wh-what? What's that look supposed to mean?
What do you think I'm gonna do?
GIRL
...
SIGMA
Oh come on!
I'm just trying to be rational here. No ulterior motive, hand to God.
Not like I'm hoping to get my face sandwiched between a girl's bare thighs or---
GIRL
I knew it! You sick bastard!
SIGMA
I.. I was just kidding.
GIRL
...
SIGMA
...Right. Look, I'm just trying to get us out of here. You got any brilliant ideas that don't involve your thighs?
GIRL
...
Fine.
On your knees.
SIGMA
.. What?
GIRL
You're a little tall for me to just jump up on your shoulders.
And I'm certainly not going to give you the satisfaction of making me climb.
So, kneel.
SIGMA
Oh.. Okay.
.. There. Ready! Bring it on!
GIRL
Heh. Thanks.
A little step up is just what I needed.
SIGMA
What?! Wait, what are you going to do..?
GIRL
Quiet. Here.. we.. go!
SIGMA
!
Sh-she can fly?! How in the hell..
...
GIRL
All right, give me your hand.
SIGMA
What? Oh.. uh.
... What the heck are you?
GIRL
Well, I'm not Superman, that's for sure.
And I'm not Batman, or Spiderman, or Aquaman, or a merman, or a wolfman.
I'm not a brahman, or common, or ramen. I'm not a caiman either, so you don't really need to worry about anything.
SIGMA
...
GIRL
My name is Phi.
I guess you could say.. I am no man.
SIGMA
...
PHI
Just come on!
One of these days, Witch-King..
[PHI pulls SIGMA through the hatch in the ceiling]
SIGMA
Whoa.. what's up with this place?
PHI
It sure doesn't look like an elevator shaft.
Some kind of warehouse, maybe. Or a hangar..
SIGMA
So we were in an elevator that doesn't.. elevate.
PHI
Yea. It wasn't going to go anywhere..
SIGMA
When that rabbit said it was gonna fall, he was just screwing with us?
PHI
So it would seem.
SIGMA
Then why..?
PHI
Forget it. Look.
More people. Looks like an old guy, a young man..
Two girls, and..
.. A kid?
They're all wearing bracelets. Probably safe to assume they're trapped here too.
SIGMA
Right, well, let's go say hi, then!
[SIGMA runs over to the others]
SIGMA
*Pant* *Pant* *Pant* Hey! Hey there!
Any of you guys know what the hell's going on here?
WOMAN A
No, we don't.
I haven't been out here much longer than you.
OLD MAN
They grabbed you too, huh?
SIGMA
...Grabbed...?
[Flashback to opening sequence]
Oh.. yeah.. I got in my car..
I went to start the engine and then there was this white smoke..
WOMAN B
I think we all shared that particular experience.
The smoke seems to be some kind of general anaesthetic.
When I woke up, I was in one of these "elevators".
SIGMA
All five of you were in one elevator?
YOUNG BOY
No.
Mr. Dio and I were in the same elevator, but..
SIGMA
Wait. Which one of you is Dio?
DIO
That would be me.
This little guy here is Quark.
QUARK
Nice to meet you, Mister.
SIGMA
Uh, right, nice to meet you too.
So.. what about the rest of you?
DIO
Tenmyouji, Alice, and Luna all woke up in different elevators.
Correct me if I'm wrong..
OLD MAN
No, you've ot it right.
SIGMA
So.. you'd be Tenmyouji then, right?
TENMYOUJI
Yup.
SIGMA
And Alice is..?
ALICE
Me.
She's Luna.
LUNA
H-H-Hello! It's very nice to meet you!
SIGMA
Um.. Hey.. Nice to meet you too..
(What's she so nervous about?)
DIO
And you are..?
SIGMA
Right. Uh, I'm Sigma..
And this bundle of laughs is Phi. Good to meet you all, I guess.
PHI
Say. That. Again.
SIGMA
And this malnourished harpy is Phi. Better?
PHI
Bastard...
DIO
...
...
Um, are you two..
SIGMA
Ha! Not likely. That elevator was the first time we'd seen each other. I.. think..
DIO
You think?
SIGMA
Uh, never mind. Forget I said anything.
We met, just now, in that elevator. That's the truth.
TENMYOUJI
Can I see your bracelet there?
SIGMA
Huh? Oh, yea. Sure.
TENMYOUJI
Huh.
And yours..
.. Phi, right? Let me have a look.
Hmph. I thought so.
SIGMA
What?
TENMYOUJI
Quark, you and Dio show them your bracelets.
SIGMA
They both say "pair" and have a number 3.
Just like Phi and I.
.. No, wait, the color's different.
Ours are red...
.. And yours are blue.
TENMYOUJI
Sharp eye there.
SIGMA
What about yours, uh, sir? ..Tenmyouji, right?
TENMYOUJI
Hn. Show him yours, too, ladies.
SIGMA
Oh.. Red, blue, and.. green?
They're different.
You've all got 3s, but your bracelets say "SOLO".
TENMYOUJI
Right.
You figure it out, then?
SIGMA
Figure what out?
PHI
Sigma and I are the red pair. Dio and Quark are the blue pair.
Each pair got put in the same elevator.
But Tenmyouji, Alice, and Luna were all solos, so..
SIGMA
.. So they got put in their own seperate elevators.
TENMYOUJI
Hm.
SIGMA
Ok, that's great and all, but..
What do "PAIR" and "SOLO" mean?
TENMYOUJI
Don't got the foggiest idea.
SIGMA
Well, that's helpful.
LUNA
I don't know why we're split up like this either.
QUARK
Does anybody know what the "3" means?
DIO
Maybe it has something to do with the game.
SIGMA
Game? Oh, yeah..
ZERO [flashback]
Yes yes yes! And I'm calling it..
The NONARY GAAAAAAAME!
AMBIDEX EDITIOOOOOOON!
SIGMA
You guys saw him too, right? That.. rabbit.. thing?
LUNA
Yes. In the elevator...
QUARK
He said something about the elevator falling.
...
...
NARRATIVE
The others explained that they'd after escaped from their own "elevators", they'd gone around the warehouse-y
room we were in and tested the doors. Unfortunately, it turned out that they were all shut tight, and impossible
to open. They had been about to try and open this door - the one with a nine on it - when Phi and I appeared.
SIGMA
So.. any chance this one'll open?
DIO
You think we'd have done it last if there was?
SIGMA
There's some sort of.. I dunno, machine, off to the left here, but...
DIO
Well, give it a shot why don't you?
SIGMA
Hm. Looks like force probably isn't going to work either.
Damn... Well, I didn't really think that'd work anyway.
DIO
I don't think you'll be able to force that door with anything short of a tank.
SIGMA
All right, well.. How about those three doors over there?
QUARK
I told you already. Each one's got a digital lock on it.
We can't pick the lock, and we can't break down the door.
SIGMA
You sure about that?
QUARK
Why would I lie?
SIGMA
Hmph.
Okay, are there any other ways out?
LUNA
No, unfortunately. Not that we've found, anyway.
SIGMA
Great...
ALICE
Well, there is one thing I'm a little curious about.
SIGMA
And that is?
ALICE
I was the first to escape.
That means I know who was in which elevator.
I watched all of you come out, after all.
Well..
I was in the one third from the right.
Tenmyouji was the second out.
Your elevator was second from the left, I think?
TENMYOUJI
Good memory. Yeah, that's where I was.
ALICE
Third was Luna.
You climbed out of the rightmost elevator, didn't you?
LUNA
Yes. That's the one.
ALICE
Dio and Quark were next.
You came out of the elevator next to Luna's.
Right?
DIO
Yeah, we did.
ALICE
And finally.. The two of you were trapped in--
PHI
The third elevator from the left.
SIGMA
Wait, then..
ALICE
Yes.
No one has come out of the leftmost elevator.
LUNA
Are you.. are you saying there's still someone in there?
ALICE
I can't say for certain, but it does seem strange.
Maybe we should go take a look?
SIGMA
Yea, good idea!
[Run run run run run]
[BANG BANG BANG]
SIGMA
Hey! Anybody in there? If you can hear me, just.. I don't know, make some noise!
[BANG BANG BANG BANG]
...
...
DIO
Nothing..
QUARK
Hey, look at this..
SIGMA
"Ambidex".. "Room"..?
LUNA
Is that some kind of card reader?
Maybe it.. unlocks it or.. something...
QUARK
There's one next to each door...
DIO
What do you think "Ambidex Room" is supposed to mean?
ALICE
Well, it says it on all six of the elevators...
LUNA
Maybe it has something to do with the game that Zero was talking about?
QUARK
Oh, the "Nonary Game, Ambidex Edition"?
SIGMA
Maybe, maybe not. I don't think we really need to worry about that right now, though.
We should be figuring out what's inside this thing.
Anybody got a key card?
TENMYOUJI
Naw. I got nothing, not even dirt.
DIO
So, they've taken everything we were carrying? Wonderful.
NARRATIVE
The rest of us dug through our pockets as well, but it was pretty obvious that Dio was right.
My own were completely empty -- there wasn't even any lint in the creases.
DIO
Maybe there's no one in there.
SIGMA
No! There is. There's gotta be..
DIO
And what makes you so sure?
SIGMA
Huh? Uh.. wel..
Um..
...
...
[Loud crashing noise]
LUNA
What's that?!
QUARK
Look!
It's opening! There was someone in there!
[Another figure flies out of the hatch]
!
SIGMA
What the.. who the hell..?
ALICE
Clover!
SIGMA
Clover?
ALICE
Are you okay?! Clover! Wake up!
CLOVER
...
...
(What's going on here? Do these two know each other?)
ALICE
What did you do to her!?
MASKED MAN
Nothing.
She was like that when I woke up.
I really wouldn't worry, though. She should be all right.
Her breathing is steady. I believe she's only sleeping.
TENMYOUJI
Then she hasn't woken up since they kidnapped her.
MASKED MAN
Ah.. kidnapped?
Begging your pardon, but.. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
.. Where are we? And.. who are you?
SIGMA
Whoa, hold on. How about you tell us who you are first.
You leap out of that box dressed like some kinda robot, carrying an unconscious girl, and we've only got your word that you didn't make her that way. I think you owe us an explanation, pal!
MASKED MAN
I'm...
Hm. Who am I?
SIGMA
Wh- What?
MASKED MAN
I don't remember. I don't remember.. anything.
I have no idea where I am, who I am, or even what day it is.
If you happen to know any of those things, I would very much appreciate it if you shared that information.
Not knowing one's identity is.. vexing.
...
...
DIO
Oh, yea, very original: the amnesiac routine! Please.
How are we supposed to take you seriously when you're wearing this.. this.. this robot suit! We can't even see your face!
Are you going to tell us someone forced you into that thing?
MASKED MAN
I assume so? It seems the most reasonable explanation.
When I woke up, I was wearing this.. armor, I suppose you could call it?
TENMYOUJI
You look pretty calm for a man who doesn't know who he is.
MASKED MAN
"Look"? That's an odd choice of words.
I'm wearing a mask. How would you know how I "look"?
TENMYOUJI
Ah.. You know what I meant, ya smartass.
CLOVER
Uhh...
ALICE
Oh! She's waking up!
Clover! Are you okay? Come on, talk to me!
CLOVER
...
...
...
...
Al.. ice..
Where.. are we..?
NARRATIVE
Once Clover had woken up, Alice explained everything we knew so far.
She listened silently until Alice mentioned Zero and the Nonary Game, and then her eyes went wide..
CLOVER
What..? No.. no, that's can't..
NARRATIVE
The blood drained from her face, and she wrapped her arms tightly around herself.
What did she know?
As Alice continued to console CLover, the rest of us turned to questioning the mysterious man in the mask.
TENMYOUJI
When did you lose your memory?
MASKED MAN
When? That's a difficult question..
I suppose.. when I was born? I don't remember anything of my life. Assuming I had one..
NARRATIVE
We asked everything we could think of -- birth date, address, occupation, family, childhood.. But all he did was shake his head.
LUNA
I think he has generalized amnesia.
It's a type of memory loss.
People affected by it retain knowledge like.. language, social common sense, memorized facts, abilities they've learned..
.. But anything that has to do with, um, themseles, is just.. lost. It's a very serious condition.
Most research suggests that it's mainly psychological, not physiological, but in very rare instances it has been shown to result from severe head trauma.
SIGMA
Do you have any idea what might have caused it?
MASKED MAN
Hmm...
Maybe I had a really bad breakup? Ha ha ha..
NARRATIVE
He was making a laughing sort of noise.. but his expression didn't change.
With the mask on, there was no way we could tell if he was smiling or not, but his voice sure didn't make it sound like he was.
DIO
Bullshit! This guy's obviously full of it!
Don't tell me you're actually buying this?!
NARRATIVE
Dio's outburst was greeted with an awkward silence.
It wasn't that we trusted the robot man, per se..
Only that it seemed clear he was in the same boat we were. There was a bracelet on his wrist too.
Close inspection revealed that his armor fit around the bracelet -- in other words, the bracelet was attached to his arm like ours, and not simply part of his suit.
And, just like ours, his had a 3 on it. It said "PAIR" below the 3, and all the text was bright green.
Clover's bracelet was exactly the same.
How long had we been there?
I still hadn't entirely shaken the last traces of sleep out of my head, and my brain felt foggy and cluttered.
Had I been asleep for hours? Days? There was no way to know.
They'd taken my favorite watch when they grabbed me and given me the bracelet instead, and unless it happened to be 3:00 right now, it wasn't going to be very useful for telling time.
With no windows in the warehouse, it was impossible to even guess what time of day -- or night -- it was. Time could have stopped, and we wouldn't have had the first idea.
SIGMA
[Trying to open the purple door]
Damnit! No dice.. This thing won't open.
QUARK
Didn't I tell you that?
SIGMA
Yeah, well, I just thought..
LUNA
There's a box here. Maybe it's some sort of locking thing, like the ones next to the elevators?
I don't think it's a card reader, though..
SIGMA
Huh.
QUARK
Hey.. what do you think that is?
SIGMA
What?
QUARK
That graffiti over there.
See? On the wall.
LUNA
Oh, yes, that.. I was wondering what that was.
"Two milk men go comedy." I'm.. not sure what that's supposed to mean.
SIGMA
Maybe it's saying that a pair of milkmen decided to become comedians?
Still just kinda sounds like nonsense, though..
TENMYOUJI
I think it's somebody's way of saying hello.
SIGMA
Uh.. what?
TENMYOUJI
You heard me.
SIGMA
Yeah, I did, I just.. WHat the hell was that supposed to mean?
PHI
It's an anagram.
SIGMA
An Anna-Gram?
PHI
Yeah, they tried a lot of names before they worked it down to "tele". C'mon, seriously?
You've never heard of an anagram?
LUNA
It's a kind of, um, wordplay where you move the letters around to create something else. Right?
PHI
Exactly.. Watch.
NARRATIVE
With the tip of her boot, Phi spelled out two sentences in the dust on the floor.
"TWO MILKMEN GO COMEDY!"
"WELCOME TO MY KINGDOM!"
SIGMA
Oh.. okay.
If you switch it around.. yeah, that makes sense. Huh..
TENMYOUJI
Mm. Exactly.
Seems like somebody was expecting us, doesn't it?
SIGMA
Yeah, but..
...
...
...
Where are they?
Pretty rude to invite somebody over and not even offer them a drink.
PHI
True.
But you're assuming that Zero isn't one of us.
SIGMA
Wh.. What?!
ZERO
He he he... Eee he he he he he he he..
Eee he he he he he he he he he he..
ALICE
Huh?
DIO
Look! Over there!
ZERO [on screen]
Shame on you, Phido!
You can't say what I'm about to say before I say it.
SIGMA
Zero..
ZERO
I've got a plan, you know. I can't just tell you everything at once.
Athough things are starting to get exciting..
Eee he he he..
DIO
Where are you, you littel bastard!? Too scared to come out and face me like a man?!
ZERO
Are you an idiot?
I'm a rabbit. You really think a talking rabbit is a real thing?
DIO
Of course I don't.
You're some kind of CG rabbit or something, probably.
That's not what I meant, though!
ZERO
Oooh, you meant you want to see the person who's controlling me?
I guess God touched this one a little too hard.
DIO
What?!
ZERO
Weren't you listening to Phido? She's clever, you know?
SIGMA
Wait..
Then.. you're saying..
Zero is one of us?
ZERO
Well, yes, I guess that's one way to put it.
QUARK
Are you really sure?
You're responding to our questions and stuff right now.
That means you're not just, like, a video somebody made.
Wouldn't that mean that Zero would have to be controlling you and sending you answers right now?
Because it doesn't look like anyone's doing that..
ZERO
Well of course they aren't.
I'm an AI.
SIGMA
What?!
ZERO
I'm an artifical intelligence powered by a quantum computer.
Zero is the one who built me, of course.
So I guess that makes one of you my parent!
Now, are you a mommy or a daddy..? Ah ah ah! That would be telling!
He he he...
...
...
Now, with that said, I guess I should probably tell you that I'm not the one who brought you here.
I mean, obviously. I don't even have a body..
I'm just the.. facilitator for this facility. I just do what I'm told to do!
LUNA
And what do you.. facilitate?
ZERO
Didn't I say? The game, of course!
SIGMA
Oh, the.. Nonary Game, Ambidex Edition..?
ZERO
Correct! It's my job to make sure it runs smoooooothly.
CLOVER
No... It's supposed to be over...
(There she goes again.. she knows something.)
QUARK
So.. what is the "Nonary Game"?
MASKED MAN
"Nonary" refers to a base-9 numeral system, but can also mean something that is, in some way, related to the number nine.
"Nona" can be used a prefix as well, where it means essentially the same thing.
Therefore it stands to reason that the "Nonary Game" is a game that deals with the number nine in some way.
ZERO
Exactly. nine is a very, very, important number in this game.
After all, nine is your goal!
ALICE
Goal?
ZERO
Yes, goal! You see that door in front of you?
That's your door.
If you can open the door with a nine on it.. you can escape.
LUNA
Wh-What do we have to do to open it?
ZERO
Yes yes yes. Let me explain.
Look at your left wrists.
You see the bracelet? Of course you do.
Now tell me Phido, what number is on yours?
PHI
A 3.
ZERO
What about the rest of you?
PHI
They're all the same. We've all got 3s.
ZERO
Exactly. I'm going to call those numbers "Bracelet Points"! If you're feeling lazy, you can just call them "BP".
Only the peolpe who can get their number to 9 or more will be able to open the door with the nine on it and escape.
See the box on the wall?
That's how you'll get out.
Anyone with greater-than-or-equal-to 9 BP can pull that lever and the door will open.
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWVEER! There are three rules you carrot forget!
One! The number nine door will only stay open for nine seconds!
When your time is up, it'll close automatically! So be careful.
Two! The number nine door only opens once.
Once that happens, it's allll over. It'll close for good after 9 seconds, so if you're not careful you could get stuck.
Three! Now, maybe some of you are thinking.
You're thinking, "Oh ho.. If my BP is too low, then I'll just have someone with enough BP open the door.. and I'll just slip through when it's open..."
Well that's not gonna lapin.
If you think you can be sneaky, well..
SIGMA
Well what?
ZERO
Oh.. I, um, really shouldn't say that yet.
All you need to know is that anybunny who tries to sneak out gets hit with a biiiig penalty.
DIO
And what the hell does that mean!?
ZERO
Down in front! I'll tell you later!
LUNA
Um...
ZERO
Yeeeeeees?
LUNA
Why did you start making.. rabbit.. puns?
ZERO
Um.. well.. um.. 'cause I felt like it?
I thought it might make me sound cute...
...
...
TENMYOUJI
Never mind that. You still haven't told us what we need to know most.
How do we got BP?
ZERO
Oh, that's easy! Just use the Ambidex Room.
If you like abbreviations, you can always call it the AB Room instead.
QUARK
You mean those, uh..
Elevators?
ZERO
Gold star!
ALCIE
So how do we go about using them?
ZERO
How else do you use a room? You go in.
SIGMA
You mean through those hatches?
ZERO
N. I had a hutch you might try that, so I closed those up tight while you were talking.
So don't be hatching any hatch plans, you understand?
I live in the master computer.
That means all the electronic doors in this whooooole warren are under my control.
DIO
How do we get in, then?
We tried the doors on the front. They're all locked.
ZERO
There's a card reader next to each one, isn't there?
All you've got to do is slide a card through, and there you go.
MASKED MAN
Where do we find those key cards?
TENMYOUJI
Well, we don't got 'em, and there weren't any in the warehouse..
ZERO
Oh, well, no, of course there wouldn't be any there.
LUNA
Then where are they?
ZERO
I think you'll find what you're looking for behind the Chromatic Doors!
SIGMA
Chromatic Doors?
ZERO
Right hare! You see the three pretty doors just to your right?
QUARK
Huh? Hold on..
I thought those doors were locked.
ZERO
Quirk.
QUARK
What?
ZERO
You see those buttons on the sides of your watch? Can you press them at the same time?
QUARK
Why?
ZERO
To make little boys ask questions. Just press them, please.
In fact, why doesn't everybunny press their buttons as well!
SIGMA
Hey.. what's this number?
ZERO
The two digits on the left show hours, and the two on the right show minutes.
ALICE
Does that mean it's 12:10 in the morning?
ZERO
No.
QUARK
Oh! The numbers are going down..
MASKED MAN
It's gone from 10 minutes to 9.
LUNA
So... that would mean this must be counting down to something, right?
ZERO
Correct. I don't even need to explain the rest, do I?
TENMYOUJI
I'm guessing this is the time until the Chromatic Doors unlock?
ZERO
Ding ding ding ding! Very imprissev, Tenmyoldy!
TENMYOUJI
Hmph.
ZERO
All right! Lettuce review what we've learned; in 9 minutes the Chromatic Doors will open automatically.
However!
Just like the number nine door, they won't stay open forever.
You have 5 minutes. Once your time is up, the doors will close no matter what, so I hop you've gone through by then!
That's just the primary door...
ALICE
... What?
ZERO
Each door in this warren has a twin! Isn't that nice?
The Chromatic Doors aren't any different. There's one door on this side.. One door on the other side.
Unfortunately, the secondary Chromatic Door on the other side is locked too.
TENMYOUJI
Couldn't make it easy for us, could you?
ZERO
Of course you'll all have to split up.
QUARK
Split up?
ZERO
Yep!
Cleaver, can you tell me what the three primary colours are?
CLOVER
Wh-why are you asking me?
ZERO
Because you're the only person who hasn't talked to me.
I try to communicate with as many people as I can.
It helps me improve, you see. I'm trying to get into the rabbit of doing it all the time.
Now, answer my questions. Do you know what the three primary colors are? Well?
CLOVER
Y-You mean red, green, and blue?
You're supposed to be able to make any color by mixing them, right?
ZERO
So which colors would you mix to get magenta?
CLOVER
Red and blue...
ZERO
How about yellow?
CLOVER
Green and red.
ZERO
What if you wanted cyan?
CLOVER
Blue and green.
ZERO
That's right.
Now take another look at the nice bracelets you're all wearing. Notice how they come in three vibrant colors?
PHI
Yeah, yeah. We get it already.
The red and blue bracelets can open the secondary magenta door together.
Green and red can open the yellow one..
And blue and green can open the cyan door.
I miss anything?
ZERO
Wonderful! I think you rabb-it.
There is one other little thing, though.
TENMYOUJI
Your' etalking about what happens if you've got two of the same color, right?
ZERO
Yep. What do you think happens?
TENMYOUJI
How the hell would I know?
ZERO
If you want to open a door but all you've got is one color, then you can use that to open a door with the complementary color to the one you've got.
TENMYOUJI
Hm.. I see.
So if you've got red and red, then you can open the cyan door.
Blue and blue can open the yellow door.
..And green and green can open the magenta door.
ZERO
Right again!
Looks like your brain hasn't rotted away yet, Tenmyoldy!
TENMYOUJI
Just what the hell's that supposed to mean?
ZERO
It means exactly what it says! I was trying to complement you, you know.
TENMYOUJI
...
ZERO
Ah well. Let's continue, shall we?
There are two types of bracelets, pairs and solos.
That means there's two types of players too! Pairs and solos.
In this game, the two members of a pair are considered to be a single entity, which means they share the saaame destiny.
Isn't that a good deal? I mean, you get two for the price of one! Unfortunately, it also means they carrot split up. Aww..
Both members of a pair have to go through the same Chromatic Door.
Solos don't have any restrictions like that, though.
I mean, why would they? They're forever alone. But that means that they can go whereeeever they want! Yaaay!
Now, let's take another look at all of your bracelets.
We'll start with you, Siggy.
What color is your bracelet?
SIGMA
Red.
ZERO
Are you a pair, or a solo?
SIGMA
I'm a pair.
ZERO
Phido is next! Tell us about your bracelet.
PHI
It's just like Sigma's. Red and a pair.
ZERO
What about you, Alas?
ALICE
It's red, and I'm a solo.
ZERO
B.O.? Quirk?
DIO
Blue, pair.
QUARK
Yeah, mine's the same.
ZERO
Moony! Clever! Tenmyoldy! All at once!
LUNA
I'm a blue solo.
CLOVER
I'm a .. green pair.
TENMYOUJI
Green solo.
ZERO
And finally..
.. Um, who are you?
MASKED MAN
I'm... uh... Let's see...
I suppose you can call me.. K..
DIO
I knew it! You were just lying about that amnesia crap!
K
I'm not lying.
This was just a.. how do I put it.. a flash of insight, I suppose. I saw the letter K..
DIO
So? What does "K" have to do with anything?
K
I wish I knew. Sadly, I have no idea. Does it mean anything to you?
DIO
.. Asshole.
ALICE
Come on now boys, you can fight later.
Now, ah.. K... Can I call you that?
K
Yes.
ALICE
I'm guessing your bracelet is the same as Clover's.
K
That's right.
It says "pair"..
And the text is green.
ZERO
Okay! I'm glad we got all that bracelet business out of the way!
Now, lettuce return to the subject at hand..
How do you open the secondary door?
So, Siggy, what would you do to get through the magenta door?
SIGMA
Well, Phi and I can't split up since we're part of the same pair.
If we're red then.. I guess we should pair up with Luna, right? Since she's a blue solo.
QUARK
Or you could work with Mr. Dio and me.
We're blue too..
ZERO
Whooops! Oh celerysticks, I forgot to tell you.
You have to have exactly three people in your group to open the secondary door.
That means you can't have two people, or four people, or, well, anything other than three really.
SIGMA
Then our only choice is to pair up with Luna.
ZERO
Pretty much.
Aaaand I guess I should probably tell you that the secondary door won't open until the primary door closes.
It's made that way to keep out cheaters.
We didn't want a fourth or fifth person just running in at the last minute like "AAAAAAAAH WAIT FOR ME" when the right people open the door.
But if the primary door closes first, then that's impossible! You see? It all makes sense.
...
...
Anywho..
Might have run a hare too long in my explanation, but now I'm aaaaalll done.
Any questions?
NARRATIVE
I took a moment to go everything we'd learned so far.
WHat do I have to do to escape? Open the number nine door.
How do I open the number nine door? I have to get 9 or more Bracelet Points, also known as "BP".
How do I get more BP? I don't have the whole anser to that one yet, but it looks like I have to head into the "Ambidex Room" to get it.
How do I get into the Ambidex Room? I'll need a key card for that.
Where is the key card? Zero said it's on the other side of the Chromatic Door.
What do I do to open the primary CD? Nothing, actually. Apparently it just opens on its own after a certain amount of time. Pressing the buttons on both sides of the bracelet simoultaneously shows how much time is remaining.
How do I get through the secondary door? For starters, there's a limit to how many people can go in.
Specifically, three people.
If combining the colors on the bracelets of those three people gives you the same color as the door, then the door will open.
If everyone has the same color, then you can open doors with that color's complementary color.
Matching:
Red+Blue = Magenta
Green+Red = Yellow
Blue+Green = Cyan
Complementary:
Red+Red = Cyan
Blue+Blue = Yellow
Green+Green = Magenta
ZERO
Good? Excellent. It looks like none of you have any questions. Yay.
SIGMA
Huh? No, wait!
We have questions! Of course we have questions!
What's the point of this game?!
Why did you take us?!
Where are we?!
And-- and who the hell is the real Zero!?
[The Chromatic Doors open]]
ANNOUNCER
Chromatic Doors have opened.
Five minutes remain until Chromatic Doors close.
ZERO
Oohhhhh, so sorry guys, but it looks like your time's up.
You'd better hop to it and get those secondary doors open.
DIO
Fuck that!
We aren't gonna open shit!
You can take your Lame-ary Game and shove it up your ass!
If you think we're just gonna swallow your psychotic crap and play along, you've got another think coming, you smart-ass little rodent!
ZERO
... I'm a rabbit..
DIO
Shut up!
ZERO
Well, shoot.. I thought you might say that.
Unfortunately, you have no choice but to follow the rules.
K
Why's that?
ZERO
When the time comes, those three doors will automatically close.
If anyone is left outside after they close, they'll..
QUARK
They'll what?
ZERO
They'll be penalized.
DIO
You keep saying that! What the hell is this "penalty" anyway?
ZERO
Well...
Death.
[Everyone looks shocked]
ZERO
Your bracelets contain two drugs.
The first is an anaesthetic called Soporil Beta. The other is a muscle relaxant called tubocurarine.
Your bracelet also has a bunch of needles on the inside.
If you break the rules, those needles hop out and inject you.
First is the Soporil, which puts you to sleep. Nine minutes later, the tubocurarine is injected, numbing your respiratory muscles.
I guess you could say it'll really take your breath away!
You should know that the Soporil is only there out of the kindness of Zero's heart.
Oh, and I mean the real Zero, not me.
Zero just doesn't want to see anybunny suffer!
Isn't that just soooo compassionate? If I had a heart, it'd be melting right now.
Anyway, all it means is that you'll die pretty painlessly, so hey, there's nothing to worry about really.
Of course, none of that will happen if you just follow the rules...
ANNOUNCER
Three minutes remain until Chromatic Doors close.
ZERO
Well then, looks it's time for me to hop on out of here.
Good luck, guys!
See you all later!
Have a nice trap!