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A message popped up:
| The Survival Test:
Try to survive three waves of enemies that will attempt to hunt you down. The first wave will begin a few hours after your entire team has arrived. To prepare for this trial, you are given 100 credits. You may purchase materials found in your starting zone.
At the end of each wave, should you survive, you will be granted additional credits and experience. You may spend Ability points by speaking with the Administrator found in the starting zone. Please direct any further questions to the Administrator.
Good luck! |
Alan closed the message, then looked up. The others had noticed him by now, and Thiago was walking up to him.
“Alan, how’d the written test go? Not too long, I hope. Everyone else finished and arrived here hours ago.”
“Uh, it was fine," Alan said. "Are we ready for this survival test?”
"About as ready as we’re ever gonna be," Thiago replied. "I've decided we should stay in this bunker, killing anything that gets close. You and Kitana will go outside and figure out where we are while the rest of us fortify this position. The door’s shut tight, but it’ll open once Ace arrives.”
Thiago gestured at a metal door next to the Administrator, then continued talking.
“So we don’t buy redundant items I am going over everyone's purchases. How many credits did you receive?”
“Um, 100,” Alan said, rechecking the earlier message. He had Eve add a line that showed how much money he had in his inventory screen.
“Really,” Thiago said, staring at Alan, examining him like they'd just met. “As far as I can tell, we’ve been given different amounts based off of our skills, and stuff we brought, to balance things out. The only other person that received so little is Kitana, but she brought a sword for god’s sake. Daisy received 3000 credits, enough to buy a shield generator! She thinks she’s worked out how it works, and it’ll be up once we get it set up and the door opens.
“Also, before you ask, all the items here seem to be bind until death, thus only the person who buys the item is able to use it. The cheapest gun is like 300 credits. All 100 credits can buy you is a few days worth of food and a med-kit, which is what I suggest you buy. Also, add me as a contact, so we can message each other while this thing is going on.”
A message popped up:
| Thiago has requested to be added as a contact. Accept? |
Accept.
| Contact added. |
“Ace has arrived. Get ready,” Thiago said, looking over Alan’s shoulder. Alan turned to see Ace emerge from the teleportation chamber. To his surprise, it looked like Ace hadn’t slept a wink, and had been doing some sort of physical activity, based upon the sweat on his brow.
Alan hurried over to the table Thiago gestured to earlier with the food and medicine. A drop down menu appeared before him, a list of items and their prices. He bought three packets of food, dark grey blocks of what looked like Jell-O for 10 credits each, a med-kit for 50 credits and a water bottle that somehow gathered water from the atmosphere and filled itself for 20 credits.