i needed a place to store some old furniture. ya see, i tend to pick up nice dining room sets and yard sales and stuff, but none of the ones i buy seem to really match my house's decor, so i just need a place to store them for awhile, ya know?

Ale and whores.

Because I'm the delivery driver. You gonna sign for this or what?

>>13524913
Ah.

...but remind me, why did you feel the need to bring highly advanced electronic lockpicks with you on this little excursion?

>>13524958
Because I keep forgetting the combination to the lock. I got a bad memory, okay?

>>13524958
Your little joke is starting to wear thin. We're going to know everything soon enough, once they've located your tool kit.

What other tools, besides the lockpick, did you bring?

Heh, fine. I didn't expect you to answer that anyways. But it can't hurt to ask, right?

Tell me what happened after you entered the warehouse.

>>13525056
Well, heh. I didn't see anything man, it was too dark.

>>13525077
Mmhmm.

And I suppose you were prepared enough to bring a specialized lockpick, but too stupid to bring a flashlight?

>>13525155
It isn't my fault you decided to move the light switch.

>>13525169
Heh. Well, it doesn't matter either way.

You made your way to the west door... in complete darkness, apparently. And then what?

>>13525197
I saw someone.

>>13525228
Thank you. I'm glad you're finally deciding to be a little more open.

Nelson said he heard a noise around 3:30. I assume that was you?

>>13525272
didn't get until until 4.. either your man is losing it, or he needs a new watch.

>>13525285
Hah hah! Yes, and why would I ever doubt you?

Fine, I'll play along. If that wasn't you, then how exactly did you slip past Nelson and into the basement?

>>13525355
Lights were off, remember?

>>13525355
It was dark, I told you. Didn't even see that fat moron and I doubt he saw me. Yeah, it wasn't him that I saw.

>>13525365
>>13525366
Mmm... alright. For the sake of argument, let's assume you did get there after Nelson returned downstairs.

No one else should have been near the door. Who exactly did you see as you went towards the basement?

>>13525430
Sounds like your hired guns are trying to cover their backside.. tssk tssk.. help slacking off, hmm?

*and if we are sitting at a table, and his lit the cig with a match and left the book out on that table.. this would be the perfect time to pick it up, pluck out a match, light it, then watch it burn out before adding*

Or maybe its you.. hmm?
You been pinching, trying to pin it on someone else?

just wondering.

*and then throw the match stub away*

>>13525478
>defeated by retcon
>foiled again, said the baked potato

>>13525478
>you cannot grab anything, as your hands and legs have been handcuffed to your chair

>>13525504
...you're kind of mad about this whole...thing, aren't you. *struggle a little bit*

>>13525504
>defeated by shackling, said the helpless captive

>>13525563
No, no. You know I respect you immensely.

But I am disappointed in you. If you had just stayed with us, none of this ever would have happened. I'm very curious about what you intended to accomplish here tonight.

But anyways... You thought you saw a figure, but managed to slip into the basement undetected. What next?

i think we both know what happened next, don't we?

Sure is ugly to see all those dirty little secrets laying about the place.. *and just trail off while giving him a glare*

>>13525775
Hmph.

Well, there's the catch: I know the end of the story, but not the middle. Somehow you managed to make your way past the cameras in the main hall, through the crowded barracks, and up The Cage completely undetected. And along the way, you made your tools and our friend Bernard disappear completely.

That's quite the magic trick. So let's start at the beginning. What happened when you entered the main hall of the basement?

>>13525912
Well, its simple, really. You ever check to see how big those sewer pipes of yours are?

This also ties in to why you had to send me through a decontamination chamber three times.

>>13525912
Oh, and i never touched your friend Bernard

>>13525912
what happened?

well, I found all those canisters.. thought you were real clever filing off the serial numbers, didn't you?

And I could have sworn you knew better then to use those C-81 cameras. Don't you know they get.. glitchy.. when properly coaxed? and who would know more about that then.. *point thumbs at self*

But i never touched your men. They were snoring when i got there. Must be another one of those.. Magic Tricks. *wiggle fingers dramatically* Must have been a ghost? or maybe.. hah.. "our friend" was not who we expected?

>>13526000
>>13525992
An interesting plan, but one which doesn't account for the fact that our facility lacks large, meaningless manholes for people to enter. And, of course, the fact that you were dry and didn't smell worse than usual when we found you.

Try again.

>>13526064
Fine. I don't like to tattle, but some dude in a suit let us in.

>>13526064
Whose to say that I didn't have an acetylene torch in my toolkit, eh? You know me, best place for a "turd" to go is home.

And besides, that's what I was like when YOU found me. Your guards didn't tell you about the steam treatment they gave me? They should be commended, that was very invigorating. Bit scalding perhaps, but I'm not one to complain.

>>13526099
Doylistically speaking, that should be 'me.'

>>13526052
Well now I'm just embarrassed. I thought we took all necessary precautions.

So you induced a loop in the video, probably while you were still at the breaker upstairs. And you vaporized a canister of M99 in barracks so they wouldn't wake up as the motion-lights came on. You walked up to The Cage, and were caught before you could enter.

Which only leaves a few burning questions left: where is Bernard? Your story doesn't make sense, don't just disappear. And more importantly: what were you going to do when you entered The Cage?

>>13526172

I told you that i never touched the man..


but The Cage? i was never going to enter it, perish the thought.

Might be that I knew your men were right behind me.
Might be I found somewhere to hide my tools.. and a few more things.

*long pause, twisting wrist to see watch*

Might be too late for someone to stop what i have put into motion.. I warned you from the beginning about playing god.

*look at watch again, then hunch shoulders and close eyes like i was expecting something big to happen*

>>13526231
>nearby explosion
>ground shaking

>>13526327
>>13526231
You idiot! Do you have any idea what will happen if that thing gets out!? I know you have sympathy for her, but-

>gunshot

>>13526343
I just wanted to see her one last time. After I dealt with your Bernard, there was no way you could catch me.
Stupid, I was so stupid...

Hey there. It's been an awfully long time.

I figured The Sect could use new leadership. And you were just the distraction I needed to take control.

Oh, and don't worry. I found your little bomb, and I moved it safely away from the door of The Cage. Your sister... I mean, "The Goddess", won't be escaping anytime soon. I'll tell her you said hi.

>gunshot

But...But...I had a savepoint!

>>13526172

>scene from outside the room.

>focus on a closed door from a low level
>two low voices commenting back and forth.
>figure suddenly passes the frame and Slowly opens the door, with a glare of light from inside that dazzles the view and leaves only bare outline of the three figures.

>>13526343

>ringing in the ears after the unexpected pistol shot.
>a figure in a chair slumped over the worn table.
>a figure across the table, restrained and struggling

>>13526434
"..I'll tell her you said hi."
>gunshot
>another dazzle of light and sound before the figure leaves, leaving just two slumped bodies in frame, etched by that bright light.
>sound of footsteps receding down a long, empty hall
>silence
>a low, muffled sound, barely heard.
>dust filters from the ceiling and the hanging lamp begins to swing
>a flashing red light is just visible on the edge of frame.
>the bound body could be smiling.. or it could just be a trick of the moving light.

Hi there, I'm OP.

What you just witnessed was a vaguely successful experiment in spur-of-the-moment storytelling. Using only a bunch of saved images from Andy Warhol's "Screen Test" films, and a sort of prompt involving the protagonist being interrogated, I hoped to form a kind of push-and-pull relationship with the story. I'm not sure that it turned out as well as I planned, but it was alright, I think, yeah?

This was heavily inspired by Spider and Web, an interactive fiction game by Andrew Plotkin, so check it out if you're interested.

>>13526551


ur story sukt

>>13526551
It was very interesting to say the least. Had a "The Prisoner" feel to it from the beginning.

>>13526551
well, enjoyed myself anyhow.

And my lifelong distrust of anyone named Bernard is once again justified.

>>13526654
Yeah, that was surprising. I figured Bernard was our man on the inside.

>>13526773
sure, if he was a Jeff, maybe. Or a Phillip.

But a Bernard is never one to count on.

>still stand by my seperate-view 'retcon'
>they will never hold her!

>>13526794
>>13526773
Room for a sequel.