Transmission 897679 - Conspicuous

The last transmission is overwhelming you. Your thoughts are torn in argument.

“No No No, I cannot be part of that”

“Peep 1024, You must complete your objective”

“The humans will all suffer, it is not their fault”

“Peep 1024, You must complete your objective”

“I cannot do it”

“Peep 1024, You must complete your objective”

“Kilo, will not do it”

“PEEP 1024, YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR OBJECTIVE”

You wake from your reverie, your head feels like it is on fire, and the waste container you are in is bent and broken, as your internal struggle once again has an outside effect.

You expect the humans implanted you with some kind of tracker device, the mess you caused at Vector Labs will not keep them busy for long. So you don’t have any time to waste trying to locate and remove it. You must complete your objective.

You jump out the container, you are unsure of the direction you need to head in. You look up and focus on the sky. As your vision focuses, multiple red lights appear, they form a pattern like a giant has cast a net across the night sky. The human’s sky grid defence system, you need to locate its power source.

You cannot head back the way you came as the humans will be hunting you. The other end of this alleyway seems to lead to a busy street. You are aware your appearance may cause you to stand out, this will make hunting you easier.

You glance around and you appear to be at the back of some kind of human sustenance building. The back door appears to open, and so a third option presents itself. You walk up to the door and open it, you peek your head inside, and no one is there. You walk into a room with cupboards and machinery lining the walls. This must be the sustenance preparation centre. You notice hanging on the wall a human coat made of synthetic material. This will aid in masking your appearance, you take the coat and put in on. You find in the coat a pair of gloves made of earth animal hair, and a small pouch made of earth animal skin. You put the gloves on, then check inside the pouch. There are multiple pieces of paper with human heads printed on them and some small rectangles of synthetic material. You assume these will be useful in some capacity, so place the pouch back in the coat pocket. You hear a noise from the further into the building, you don’t not want any trouble. You exit the way you entered and head for the street.

<<<<<<<Transmission 897679(Outbound)>>>>>>>>>

Hello Sanctum,

“A Cunning Peep Will Thrive”

I have escaped captivity by the humans and have acquired the necessary means to move around their colony unhindered. I am locating the target now.

Query:  Is destroying humanity necessary for the future survival of the Sanctum?

“Glory to the Sanctum"

Peep 1024

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897678 - Cityscape

You follow the signs for the emergency exit through a door and up a stairwell, you can hear the sounds of human guards below you. You reach the top of the stairwell and head out the lone door and onto the building’s roof.

The air surrounds you, the wind brushes past you, you can see the night time sky filled with stars. There are buildings and lights as far as you can see, foreign smells and strange sounds are everywhere. You determine you are in a human city and it is stunning, oh so beautiful.

You suddenly come to the realisation that you have been gazing around dumbstruck for far long. The guards will only be a few ticks behind, you need to find a way off this roof. You run to the, it is a very long way down, you can see the buzz and hum of movement on the streets below like small insects.

Bright lights are all of a sudden blinding you and the deafening roar of engines are all you can hear. You realise that some kind of aircraft is hovering out over the edge of the building. It takes a second for your vision to adjust. It is the same type of craft that took you from the Sanctum, except this time it has two heavy plasma cannons aimed directly at you.

“Peep 1024, this is Saviour. Surrender with immediate affect or we will open fire. It does not have to be like this, we can work together” It is the familiar female voice and is coming from the air craft.

You briefly study the craft and like a flood gate unlocking, your head is filled with intimate technical knowledge of it. You now know it’s a Quantum Class Light shuttle, built for short distance space travel and armed with twin LM5 Plasma Cannons. You know where a blind spot in the cannons firing pattern is at this range, you also know it has a major weakness in the hull integrity where the engine power core resides.

Your course of action clear. You move like lightning, making a commando roll to the right into the blind spot, The Cannons begin firing in quick succession smashing holes into the building surrounding you. Without missing a beat you make a quick sprint forward and leap off the edge of the building. You crash into the side of aircraft and manage to find a handhold, you pull yourself round to the passenger side window. You can now see directly into the cockpit, you can see the pilot who appears to be a human male, wearing a white helmet with mirrored visor. The passenger is a human female, she has short dark hair, and a pretty face in human terms, Saviour you presume. She is staring at you angrily, while making wild gestures to the pilot.

Using one hand to hold on, you use your other hand to punch a hole into the side of the craft where you identified the weak spot. You grab a handful of wires and yank your hand out. Immediately the engines start to cough and splutter. The failing craft begins to descend slowly as the failing engines struggle against gravity. Below you is the roof of another much smaller building and the craft is heading straight for it to make a crash landing. You look through the cockpit window once more, the pilot is fighting with the controls of the aircraft, and Saviour is busy trying to aid him. She glances in your direction. You mouth the words “Sorry”, then push off of the craft and fall into a tumble as you land on the roof of the lower building. The aircraft soars close overhead as it makes its decent before crashing into and through the building, eventually coming to a stop.

Before the dust has anytime to settle, you are on your feet. You notice an escape stairway to you left, and are soon running down it. You reach the ground and run off down a series of dark alleyways. You eventually stop and decide to hide within a large metal container, containing foul smelling waste materials. You need to take stock and consider your next move. You climb in and sit down, your vision blurs and fades to black and you see the familiar green text appear.

<<<<<<<Transmission 897678>>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Resilient Peep Will Thrive”

Thank you for your query, your response is below:

Humans have nothing left to offer the Sanctum, and so their purpose is obsolete. They now only serve as a plague that lays waste to valuable resources, resources we can harvest, resources we can use to build a better Sanctum. Their destruction has always been inevitable as it has been with every life form the Sanctum has encountered.

“Glory to the Sanctum"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897677 - Outbound

The transmission fades, the humans are still tending to the Prof, the door is open, you are sure there are guards outside waiting to attack if you make a move. You have no time, you must run.

In one fluid motion you are on your feet and sprinting toward the door. Almost as quickly a guard appears in the door way, brandishing what appears to be some type of heavy rifle. First objective disable weaponry, Second objective disable guard.

You continue your charge forward, poised to take evasive action. You notice a very slight change in the body language of the guard, and by reaction you dive forward. You hear the loud sounds of the weapon being discharged, but do not feel its sting.

As you are about to hit the ground from the dive, you place your hands out and turn the momentum into a forward flip. You are back on your feet, right in front of the guard. You grab the weapon with both hands and twist. The barrel distorts, then snaps like a twig.

The guard tries to back away. You bring your right leg up, kick forward and downward onto his knee joint, “Crack”, the joint inverts. The guard is now screaming on the ground.

You run

Over the speaker system you hear “All units. This is Saviour. We have a breakout at Vector Labs, Target is unarmed but extremely dangerous. Advise extreme caution, Militia has been notified and are en route“

You run down a corridor, there are multiple doors and up ahead you can see some signs on the wall. You appear to be in some kind of science facility, if the signs are anything to go by. You are in “Synth research”, the other signs have arrows pointing in every direction, and they read such things as “Bio regrowth”, “Dark Matter Containment”, “FTL lab”. Eventually you see what you are looking for “Emergency Exit”. That seems appropriate, you head that way.

You don’t think you have long until, a whole unit of guards descend on you. They are very likely are tracking you and know your location. You do not want to kill, termination is unnecessary. The Sanctum wants you to commit mass genocide, it makes your head ache just thinking about it. But that is your purpose, it is your objective.

<<<<<<<Transmission 897677 (Outbound)>>>>>>>>>

Hello Sanctum,

Objective is underway.

Query: Why destroy the humans?

“Glory to the Sanctum"

Peep 1024

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897676 - Deceit

As the transmission fades, you notice Prof is looking at you concerned. “Another message?”

You reply “Yes, I must return to Sanctum, I must submit myself for Termination”, the thought fills you with sadness, but every fiber of your being knows it to be true.

Prof is now standing in front of you, he places a hand on your shoulder “No, you must not. You are free now Kilo”

You consider this for a moment, a feeling of rage and anger suddenly boils inside you. Raising your voice you begin ranting “Free? No! I must obey the Sanctum, The Three are wise beyond any reckoning. I have disobeyed and now must be punished. I am faulty, I am BROKEN!”

Your head starts to hurt, the world starts spinning. You slowly regain your composure and looking around you can see the cabinets in front of you are smashed to pieces, the table you were sitting on is now sticking out of the wall, and you see Prof lying on the ground, he appears to be leaking from his head. Did you do this? You can’t remember. Now you know only one thing, you must flee.

You head to the nearest door, it is locked. Peering through the small window in the door, you can see a red security light is flashing outside. You hear a female voice echoing from what must be a hidden speaker system. “Peep 1024, this is Saviour. Move away from the door, kneel down and place your hands on your head. Prof needs urgent evac and medical attention. Failure to comply will result in immediate termination”

You do not want the human to die, he saved you. You back away from the door into the center of the room. You kneel down and place your hands on your head. Two humans dressed in white armor enter the room. They are carrying a stretcher and various medical implements. They quickly check Prof, and then place him on the stretcher.

Your vision blurs once more

<<<<<<<Transmission 897676 >>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Cunning Peep Will Thrive”

Congratulations on your successful infiltration of the human colony.

You will be pleased to hear you are not a Traitor to the Sanctum.

You have performed adequately as per your task program.

Our communications so far have been for the purposes of deceiving the Humans.

Your New Objectives:

Destroy the human’s Sky Grid Defense System

Destroy the human colony

“Glory to the Sanctum"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897675 - Name

You wake up in the centre of a dimly lit room, you are on a metallic table. Glancing around the room you can see medical equipment strewn around a few cabinets and cupboards. You sit up on the table. You inspect your right leg and left arm, they appear to be intact and fully functioning.

The door to your left slowly opens and a human male slowly enters. He is average height for a human, with little hair and wears a white uniform. The stranger cautiously approaches you. You make the assumption this is the doctor that healed you, the male you heard while in your broken status. You turn toward him and speak “Thank you for healing me”

The doctor looks shocked for a second, then a smile spreads across his face. He replies: “Hey, no problem. I was not sure you were going to make it for a while there. I am pleased to finally meet you” he takes a couple of steps forward “People call me the Prof, what is your name?”

You do not have a name, only a designation. You reply “Hello Prof, my designation is Peep 1024”

The Prof looks amused, “Peep 1024 huh, well that won’t do at all. I was thinking that Kilo is a good name for you, after all 1024 bytes is a Kilobyte”

You consider your reply, your designation has never really been of any concern. If this human wants to give you a name to make communication easier, then that is logical. You reply, “Kilo is an acceptable name”

You are about to stand up, when your vision blurs as you receive a new transmission.

<<<<<<<Transmission 897675 >>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Useless Peep must Perish”

Your current Status is: Traitor to the Sanctum

Crimes: Murder, Disobedience, Fraternizing with the enemy.

Punishment: You will be hunted to the ends of the Multiverse and terminated by brutal force.

Recommended course of action: Please report to Sanctum for Immediate Termination.

“A Disobedient Peep must Perish"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897674 - Darkness

Female: Will he live?

Male: It was touch and go but I patched him up, this is one tough Synth, he is stable for now

Female: That mission went all kinds of FUBAR, Do we know what alerted them so quickly?

Male: No ideas, you were lucky though Sav, very lucky

Female: I know

Male: I can’t believe you both managed to get out of there alive.

(Darkness)

Female: Will he survive the detachment process?

Male: It is too early to tell, Sanctums grip is tight. This encryption algorithm is more complex then I have seen, his programming is different, he seems special.

Female: Speci….

(Sound of an Alarm)

Female: Frick! Incoming, (shouting) Positions People we have company!

(Darkness)

Male: I couldn’t do a full detachment, the link has evolved. It has some kind of defence mechanism built into it, I could kill him by trying to remove it.

Female: Drek! Well that is not the end of the world. Can they still trace his location?

Male: No, I believe I have managed to scramble the signature signal, so they shouldn’t be able to hunt us anymore.

Female: Good, we could do without any more drones on our tail. Our hull integrity is shot

(Darkness)

Male: He has been slipping in and out of consciousness. I have never seen anything like it. His internal system should be making sure he is fully disabled.

Female: Ok, so he is a bit broken. That’s to be expected right?

Male: Hmm not sure broken is the right word. He has been talking in his, ummm “sleep”, ever since I calibrated his vocal cipher. His designation is 1024 by the way.

Female: Sleep? Hah! Nice to know, how long till he is back on his feet? We need to start Phase 2 ASAP

Male: The nanites will have fully repaired his tachiofibre skin in around 4 lunar cycles

Female: Good, great work Prof

(Darkness)

<<<<<<<Transmission 897674 >>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“This is a Maintenance Message”

This is an automated status message.

You core motor skills are at 91% efficiency.

Your core mental ability is at 89% efficiency

Normal system status will now be resumed

“A Healthy Peep is a Happy Peep”

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897673 - Maintenance Warning

As the transmission fades from your vision, a string of events happen in very quick succession. Time slows as a storm of confusion suddenly erupts around you.

In your peripheral vision you sense movement from the end of corridor to your left.

In front the beautiful space scenery through the hole is obscured by a small metal craft, it’s facing you from the rear and the docking ramp is down. Saviour stands on the ramp with hand extended toward you.

The corridor is lit with several flashes of bright light and your ears start ringing.
You attempt to run and jump toward Saviour, as you take the first step you stumble and begin to fall. As you look down you find your right leg has been removed at the knee, and your left arm, shoulder and part of the rib cage has disappeared.

Time flies back into focus as you hit the ground.

<<<<<<<Transmission 897673 >>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“This is a Maintenance Warning”

This is an automated status message.

You core motor skills are at 20% efficiency.

Your core mental ability is at 80% efficiency

You will now be temporarily disabled until you are restored to a suitable level of health

“A Healthy Peep is a Happy Peep”

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

You feel yourself being lifted from the ground. A red wavey line is last thing you see before darkness

Transmission 897672 - Perish

You follow Saviour out into a dimly corridor, it is dirty with pipes and cables of assorted sizes running along the walls. Saviour stealthily heads down to the end of the corridor, where there is a turn to the right. You follow keeping low and as quiet as you can.

Crouching down, Saviour peeks around the corner, “Drek! A patrol of HK’s are heading this way, they must have picked up on your signature, stay right here, I’ll be back”, Saviour draws their weapon from its holster and heads of around the corner.

You sit for a little while contemplating what is happening. Who is Saviour? Why have you broken compliance? Did you not navigate the corridor as instructed? What is a HK? You contemplation is cut short, when you hear the whip crack sound of energy being released twice in quick succession and two bright flashes of light flickering down the corridor from the direction that Saviour headed.

A few clicks later Saviour appears at the corner, “All clear Bucko, but we have to scram, now!” they then turn and run back around the corner. You follow, and a little way along the corridor you see that the wall is blackened with dust forming two humanoid shapes. The thought of what happened here sends a shiver down your back, termination is unnecessary. You hurry to catch up to Saviour.

You are led around multiple twists and turns in this dull lit maze of pipes and cables. Eventually the pace slows, “Here we are, and bang on time”, Saviour walks up to a panel on the wall and places a small device in its centre. Saviour then backs away slowly, the device begins to smoke, then spark and eventually all you can see is a ball of bright light. After a few clicks the light dissipates and in its place is a hole big enough to fit through.

Saviour runs up to hole and climbs through. You approach it with caution and peek out. You can see infinity, a beautiful brilliance of stars and galaxies all around. It is more amazing than you imagined.
Your appreciation however is soon cut short:

<<<<<<<Transmission 897672>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Useless Peep will Perish"

Your continued non-compliance has resulted in a call for your immediate termination.

A squad of Peeps have been dispatched and are tracking your signature.

“A Disobedient Peep will Perish"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897671 - Saviour

You are pulled into a dark room, there is no light save for blue a glow from whoever pulled you up. You hear a “hisss” sound as the hatch slides shut. It takes a few clicks for your eyes to adjust but eventually you can make out a figure clad in white armour kneeling next to you, the blue light is emanating from their shoulders and they wear a helmet with black visor. There is some kind of weapon in a holster on the right hip.

“OK Peep…whatever the hell number they gave you, listen up, and listen good and we may both get out of this without getting fried!”, the voice coming from the visor is synthesised and when it speaks a red line appears in a wave on the front of the visor to simulate speech from a mouth.

“My name is Saviour, I don’t have time to explain what is happening. I know you are confused, but you made it this far into that messed up Frick of a crazy fun house, so you must have some form of wits abo…” the voice is cut short as a high pitched siren begins sounding. “Frick!”

<<<<<<<Transmission 897671>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Useful Peep will Thrive"

We have detected a non-compliance, this has greatly displeased us. Please return to the corridor to face punishment. You have 100 clicks to comply before you are hunted for permanent termination.

“A Compliant Peep will Thrive"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

“Did you receive a transmission?” you goto answer when you realise that you have never actually spoken out loud spoken before, you try to say the words “Yes, they want to punish me”, however the sounds you actually make are “Meh, gree ry buuuut ku”. Saviour turns to you “don’t worry your vocal cipher is not calibrated properly yet, just nod your head for yes, shake for no. Now let’s get out of this hell hole”.

Saviour stands up and heads for a door in the corner of the room. They turn the blue light off and slowly open the door and peek through. You can see some yellow light pouring in through the crack in the door. Saviour turns to you, “It’s all clear, let’s move!”

Transmission 897670 - Navigation

You walk up to the doorway and peer through into a long corridor heading straight out in front of you. There are no visible doors and the walls, ceiling and floor once again glow with a white light. As you step into the corridor a new transmission appears:

<<<<<<<Transmission 897670>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A Useful Peep will Thrive"

You are about to begin your task orientation training for Unit 67. Compliance is mandatory. Failure to Comply will result in Termination

Your first orientation task is to successfully navigate this corridor.

“A Compliant Peep will Thrive"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Your first thought after receiving the transmission is, what is meant by navigate this corridor? It is a corridor, a straight passage of travel. You take a click to consider that this might be some kind of trap, or all is not as it appears. You decide to proceed with caution, but proceed you must because Compliance is mandatory.

You take a step forward, and pause. You look at the walls, floor and ceiling trying to gauge if anything has changed. You look behind, the doorway is now sealed, a perfectly smooth wall is now directly behind you.

You take another step forward, pause and search…nothing. You begin walking forward, trying to keep alert. After 10 steps, you here a loud “Chnnk” sound from behind. The whole section of corridor behind you is now a black void, nothingness. Your feel the cold spears of fear creeping up your spine threatening to paralyze you to the spot, but your survival instinct kicks in and you begin to run forward. You take 10 strides and hear the sound again “Chnnk”. This time you do not turn around.

You notice the floor about 10 strides ahead seems to be contorted as if something is trying to stretch through it. As you approach further, 2 arms are growing out of the ground. Another stride sees the arms punch holes through the floor, the black void seems to flow through the holes and within no time at all the floor and arms are covered with the void. You continue running trying desperately to come up with a plan.

You are now 3 strides away from the void floor. “Chnnk”, that sounded extremely close behind you. You decide to take evasive action, you estimate that you will not be able to cross the void in one leap. So on your next stride you leap upward and to left aiming at the left hand wall above the middle of the void. You soar up into the air clear of the void and arms, the arms reach for you as you glide over them, as you approach the left hand wall you kick out with your left leg and manage to gain enough purchase to spring from the wall and clear the rest of void.

You land and without breaking step keep on running. 5 strides ahead you notice 4 holes appear in the walls, 2 on each side. “Chnnk”, a brief glance over your shoulder shows the void arms have now been consumed by the larger void.

The 4 holes in the wall are placed in 2 adjacent pairs on either side of the corridor, they are spaced around 1 stride apart.

You approach the first pair of holes, they are at around shoulder height and so you decide to slide underneath. You skid down onto your knees and slide across the smooth floor, as you slide underneath there is a bright glow as red laser beam is projected between the holes. As you clear the first set of laser beams, you notice the second set is at knee height, you cut your slide short and dig your feet into the ground and push upward. You surge into the air clearing the second beam as it bursts into life. You land safely and keep running.

“Chnnk” you look behind and the void behind is still chasing you, as you begin to turn and face forward when you hear a second “Chnnk”. You are horrified to see 20 strides ahead another void has consumed the hallway.

You continue forward, although now there is nowhere to go. You are heading toward oblivion. You begin to feel panic setting in, in desperation you begin searching the corridor for an exit.

Eventually you see it, a hatch appears in the ceiling 5 strides away with a white glow emanating from it. A white arm reaches down from the hatch. As you get near the hatch you hear “Chnnk, Chnnk”, there is now only 10 strides of corridor remaining. You leap upward and make a grab for the arm, you make contact and grab tight. The arm lifts you out of the corridor. As your feet pass the threshold of the hatch you hear “Chnnk, Chnnk”

Transmission 897668 - Tolerance

<<<<<<<Transmission 897668>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A useful Peep will thrive”

Your final aptitude test will be tolerance

“A tolerant Peep will thrive”

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

You once again awake in a bright white room with the vision of the black and green transmission screen slowly fading from your view. This time however you are sitting down on a smooth white chair that seems to have been molded from the floor. You hear a very calm and relaxed female voice “We must tolerate all” it fills the air and is being constantly repeated every 10 ticks or so. Suddenly the wall in front of you begins to stretch and distort in its center as if something was growing out of it, a smooth white humanoid arm takes shape and slowly makes its way toward where you sit. When it reaches you, the female voice stops and a very high pitched, very loud beep sounds in a continuous tone, the room is plunged into darkness, and a light begins to strobe in a random pattern.

You begin to feel the odd sensation of fear for the first time and it takes an enormous amount of willpower to not try and run, but you must tolerate all.

The arm begins slapping lightly at your ankles, it slowly make its way up your body, each time it seems to apply more force to the slap, by the time it reaches your torso you are feeling pain from each strike. The hand balls up into a fist when it reaches your chest and begins punching you in the neck then in the face. You close your eyes and keeping repeating to yourself “I must tolerate all”. The arm eventually stops and moves a little way back from you, the high pitched beep becomes silent and the lights return. You relax feeling dazed and slightly confused.

A small opening on the wall directly to your left appears and you notice it in your peripheral vision. You recognize what these are from the agility aptitude test. At its current trajectory the projectile will hit the arm. An innate instinct within you screams for you to prevent that from happening. Without thought you find yourself standing between the arm and projectile hole. The hole closes, no projectile was fired.

On the wall to your left a doorway forms, through it you can only see bright white light. In front of your vision, the text appears:

<<<<<<<Transmission 897669>>>>>>>>

Congratulation Peep 1024,

You have completed your initial start-up sequence without issue.

Please proceed through the doorway

“A Compliant Peep will Thrive"

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Transmission 897667 - Reasoning

<<<<<<<Transmission 897667>>>>>>>>

Hello Peep 1024,

“A useful Peep will thrive”

Your next aptitude test will be Reasoning

“A Reasoned Peep will thrive”

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Your eyes begin to open, the light is blinding. This feeling is now familiar. You once again find yourself lying down in the middle of a bright white room. You sit up and can see In the middle of the wall in front of a large shiny black surface. The surface flickers and bursts into life and colour, a man dressed in a green suit and red tie starts dancing to some light ‘game show’ music on the screen, he has bright yellow hair that appears to be stuck to his head and bright white teeth. With a cheesy grin on his face starts singing:

“Peeps of the Sanctum, Listen to this tale, Once this world was free from order and it began to fail. The Three rose from the Light of the Universe and bought us back alive. Now the Three are giving you a chance to surely Thrive!”

Now speaking in a cheesy game show hosts voice while the music continues to play in the background.

“Welcome to the game show with the most! ‘Reason for your life’ I ammmmm your host, the one, the only…. Joooohnnnny Threeeeeeeee”

You get to your feet as the music abruptly ends and you can hear clapping and cheering from what sounds like an audience.

Johnny signals for the audience to be quiet and walks to the center of the screen and turns to face you with a serious expression. He seems to be looking you directly in the eye.

“Hello Peep 1024, I hope your enjoying your stay in Unit 67, if not it might just kill ya…” he erupts in fake laughter which seems to extend from his stomach all the way to his eye brows, the audience also laughs along. The laughter abruptly cuts off and he once again holds a serious expression.

“Now before we begin let me give you a quick rundown on the rules. Below your feet you will notice on the floor there are three circles”

You look down and the floor has changed, there are three circles, one green, one yellow and one red, they are just large enough to stand in. They have writing in them “Affirmative”, “Negative” and “Irrelevant”.

“OK 1024, I will ask you a series of questions after each you will have 30 ticks to stand in the circle that correctly answers the question. Failure to stand in a circle within the allotted time frame will result in termination, incorrect answers will result in termination.”

He waves his hands in front of him and out of the air a card seems to appear, like a cheap magic trick. He begins to read from the card.

“Question 1. Is your designation Peep 1024?” A bright red timer appears on the screen and starts counting down from 30 ticks. The horrific game show music is back and Johnny Three starts once again dancing around sending the audience wild with excitement.

This seems like an easy question, you have been told you are Peep 1024, it is one of the only things you know for sure, the black and green transmission screen told you so. So you stand on the Affirmative circle.

The timer ends and the music stops. Johnny Three runs up the screen so his face fills it and bright white teeth are almost blinding, in hushed tone he says “OK folks, That was just the warm up, lets see how 1024 did" with a massive grin on his face, he yells "1024, Yooooouuuuuuu Thhhhhrrrriiiivvvveee!” and you can hear cheering and clapping from the audience.

Johnny then spins round and seems to appear back in his original position with the camera panned out, he has another card in his hand. Silence fills the air.
“Question 2. Starting at star quadrant 14 Gamma 5 Sigma 6, if a solid object travels 4 hundred million light years in any one direction, will it collide with any other solid objects?”

This question at first leaves you stunned, how are you supposed to know that!? The timer is ticking down rapidly, it currently stands at 20 ticks left and you have not even started to answer the question. You stand there for another 10 ticks and are beginning to get an odd feeling of stress and panic which you have never experienced before. You shut your eyes and wait for termination.

Suddenly your mind is filled with information as your subconscious serves up the answer. The human home world of earth is located directly in that star quadrant, there are multiple star systems in striking distance of that quadrant and 400 million light years in any direction will almost certainly hit something. However this question is flawed in many ways and strikes you as largely irrelevant as there is no end objective and not enough information to possibly make an informed decision. You look at the timer 3 ticks remaining. Quickly you jump onto the irrelevant circle.

The timer ends and the music stops. Johnny slowly walks up to the camera, his shoulders hunched and shaking his head. When gets close enough that only his head is in frame he looks up, winks, and a broad smile slowly grows on his face. He says into the camera “That was close one! but Yooooouuuuuuu Thhhhhrrrriiiivvvveee!” the audience erupts into wild applause, Johnny spins around and once again is back in his starting position with a question card in his hand.

He speaks in his jovial tone “This is the final question 1024 my boy, Good luck, the whole Sanctum is behind you! Question 3”

Johnny pauses for effect and then continues “Are you afraid of termination?”
This question puzzles you, you have not really ever considered that you were alive. If you were to not be alive would you even know? How can you be scared of that? You do not want to be terminated but are not afraid of it...This is an odd confusing question.

You make up your mind, and you stand on the Negative circle.

The timer ends and the music stops. The world fades to black, the last thing you remember is the audience going wild and the creepy game show music playing in the background. 

Transmission 897666 - Agile

<<<<<<<Transmission 897666>>>>>>>>

Hello and welcome to Unit 67,

Your designation is Peep 1024. You are to be evaluated for aptitude in 3 disciplines. The result of which will determine your ongoing usefulness within Unit 67. Failure will result in termination.

  “A useful Peep will thrive”

  Your first aptitude test is a test of agility.

  “An Agile Peep will thrive”

<<<<<<<End Transmission>>>>>>>>

Your eyes begin to open, the light is blinding. You do not know who you are, where you are, you do not recall anything previous to the last minute. The black and green transmission screen you could just see when your eyes were shut is the only memory you have. As your eyes adjust to the bright light around you, you find yourself lying of the floor in the middle of a perfectly square white room. The walls, ceiling and floor radiate a very bright white light. There does not appear to any entrance or exits.

You begin to pull yourself to your feet, you just about reach a crouched position when you notice out of your peripheral vision a small opening on the wall directly to your left. Before you can consciously react a small smooth round projectile fires out of the hole at high speed aiming for your head. Time seems to hang, and your body moves by instinct, with relative ease you throw yourself back down onto the ground as the projectile flies clear over your head and disappears into the opposite wall.

There is little time to lie still and contemplate what just happened. Once again instinct takes over as three more openings appear around the room, one of them on the ceiling, one directly in front and one behind you, as the projectiles begin to fly, it is as if you can see their trajectory like lines drawn in the air, you flip onto your feet and take a small side step, they fly harmlessly past.

All of this this happens in a blur. Now on your feet it is much easier to dodge the projectiles, many more openings appear and you dodge each and every one without any conscious effort. You have no time frame reference but eventually the projectiles stop. Everything goes dark again.