mayfield_rpg | [4th Portal] The Situation Has Resolved Itself

[Action - Inside 850 Goldberg]

[Chell wakes up on the couch, much like she had been doing nearly every morning since arriving here in Mayfield. She sits up and shakes her head slightly. Suddenly, she realizes that she can feel the softness of the blankets, the cushiony spring of the couch, the warmth in the air from the heating unit.

She looks at her arms, they are no longer white and metal, but human and soft. Chell touches her face, rubbing her eyes, confirming that somehow, overnight, she went from being a robot to back to normal.

Chell hadn't expected to be changed back so drastically, after all, she had never found the factory where she had woken up and believed her original body still was. She throws the blanket off of her to the end of the couch and stands up. She's a little shakey, but she can still walk.

She's angry now about her transformation. Before, she couldn't really feel emotions, now, though, she was furious about what had been done to her. Chell takes a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. Her time in Aperture had taught her that she needed to stay calm, and if she needed to be angry, it was best to focus it. Getting revenge would be nice, but it should stay low on the priority list. First thing she needed to do was escape. If she managed to give some payback to whoever had done this to her, then it was just icing on the cake.

Could it all have been a dream, though? A quick look around the house to find a calendar led her to believe that she had actually been transformed, as around two weeks had passed. Her anger stirred back up again and she decided that she needed to take a walk to cool down and maybe find some more information about this place.

Upon opening the door, she was surprised with a fairly large package with her name on it. Chell brought it in the house and opened it up. Upon opening it, she discovered that it contained her Long Fall Boots.

She took off her shoes and replaced them with the boots. Considering this place, it's possible they could come in handy. At least they were fairly comfortable.

With that, she headed out the door.]

[Action - Around town]

[Chell's walking down the street with something of a stiff gait. She's doing her best to not show her anger, but it's not completely working. The longer she walks, the calmer she gets.]

[Action - At the park]

[Finally, Chell reaches the park. She's still upset, but has become more focused on feeling things again. She wanders the park for a bit, then finally lies down on the ground, takes a deep breath, and closes her eyes, just feeling the sunshine and the cool breeze on her face.]

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You know conversations with you, would be a lot easier if you could actually speak.

[Stupid mute lunatic.]

[Sorry, she's got too much history with GLaDOS to just open up and start talking. What would Chell say to GLaDOS anyways?

She's fine with the way things are right now, so she's going to keep up the silent treatment. Who knows when or even if she'll decide to speak to the AI.]

[Luckily GLaDOS is positive she's actually mute as nothing has given her reason to think otherwise. She'll just complain about it, because hey, insulting Chell is something normal in this stupid town.]

Maybe I'll just fill in your side of the conversations.

[Chell's content to let GLaDOS go on thinking that. Hey, it'll be that much more of a surprise if she ever does decide to talk to the AI.

The insults don't bother her for the most part, a good portion of the time they're obviously untrue. And even if they did bother her, she wasn't going to let GLaDOS know how much she was irritated.

Go ahead and do that, GLaDOS. It's sure to be ridiculous and unflattering, if Chell knows her like she thinks she does.]

[It would probably be one of the few things you could do to actually shock her at this point.]

Why yes that is a wonderful idea. How nice of you to say.

[But of course.]

[What was GLaDOS going on about now? Was she plotting something or just trying to rile her up?

I didn't matter, because Chell is going to remain impassive and ignore GLaDOS for the moment.]

[Neither actually. She's just bored. Though the later might make things interesting.]

Of course not. I don't know why you'd think that.

[Hey she said she'd fill in Chell's side of the conversation. She never said she'd say it out-loud.]

I'm sure one day you'll overcome your crippling trust issues.

[Chell just rolls her eyes in response. GLaDOS knows well enough Chell's reasons for not completely trusting her. They have a lot of history together and a good portion of that was both of them trying to kill each other and GLaDOS started it.

The whole potato incident and subsequent release from Aperture went a long way in repairing Chell's trust, but it's better to be safe than murdered.]

[Of course she does. GLaDOS just doesn't like to ....ugh....someone keeps pointing that out as well. GLaDOS stops walking to glare at the ground and put her hand on her head.]

Yes. I am well aware of that, now kindly be quiet. This has nothing to do with you.

[Chell's tempted to keep on walking past GLaDOS when the AI stops. However, this seems different than usual, so she pauses and tilts her head.

GLaDOS is obviously not speaking to Chell, that's for certain.]

[You know what happens when you spend a great deal of time alone in Mayfield? You develop the bad habit of talking to the voice that lives in your brain.]

Of course. You're always "trying to help" aren't you. Well I don't want your help. The sooner I find a way to delete you the better.

....I don't care if it isn't possible.

[With that deletion comment, Chell figures out that GLaDOS is somehow talking to Caroline. Or she's gone insane. Again. Either is fairly likely.

Chell liked GLaDOS better when she was Caroline or partially Caroline or whatever was going on there. She was nicer and didn't attempt to kill her.

Well, most of that time was spent while being a harmless potato, so it'd be kind of hard for GLaDOS to murder Chell, unless she got food poisoning.]

[GLaDOS seems to remember she's not alone and either stops talking altogether or finishes the conversation in her head. A frustrated sigh though.]

....fine.

[She turns back to Chell.]

Caroline says hello.

[All the line face. Stupid conscience. It was partially her own fault too. At first she'd just ignored it. But ...Caroline did know a lot about science and GLaDOS was bored a lot and ended up talking to her.]

[Chell politely nods. So it was Caroline, after all.

The relationship between the two was an odd one. GLaDOS kept threatening (and in one case may have partially succeeded) to delete Caroline, but here she was saying hello on behalf of the other woman. If GLaDOS hated her that much, she wouldn't do such a thing.

Unless Caroline was a pest and wouldn't give up until she got her way.]

[A combination of the two. GLaDOS falls back into silence again after that.]

[Chell mentally shrugs it off and once GLaDOS begins walking again, she continues to walk with the AI.

She still thinks GLaDOS' new body is a bit odd, but she is a lot easier to handle in a smaller package.]

[4th Portal] The Situation Has Resolved Itself

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