[The video flickers to life, focusing on the ceiling. There's a bit of tired grumbling before it abruptly flips to look at the slumped over form of a scruffy, battered man. Normally bright blue eyes are eerily dull as they regard the phone listlessly.]

( Wheatley rambling and some Portal 2 spoilers. )

Hel- [CRASH. Whoever made the call just dropped their phone. There's some scrabbling and clattering before the voice speaks again, firm but hesitant.] Spawn of a glitch, I hope I haven't broken this thing - Hello? Can anyone hear this transmission?

Sam? Flynn? Anyone.

[She mutters something about someone named 'Zuse', another named 'CLU', and a ( Read more... )

[When the call begins, the Quorra that snaps into view on the screen looks...different, somehow. Less pale, her hair lighter and a little mussed as if she's been standing in the wind. She's not wearing her glowing suit, and her eyes are slightly red, too - she's been crying. And in the background, the faint rumbling of an engine; not the smooth ( Read more... )

 [The voice on the other end of the line is the one from just a couple of days ago - only...perhaps a bit softer, more exhausted, even a bit confused. Something has rattled her. On the other end of the phone, she's staring at herself in a mirror.]

I did it. I patched my software. I was back, for a day. Back in the Enrichment Center.

Now I'm here ( Read more... )

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[An odd, mechanical voice comes over the line, tone calm and passive.]

Hello.

I arrived in this town a couple of days ago. I found the letter. Also this phone. Also the completely useless fruit basket. I would like to thank whoever set up these accommodations - there is even a built-in test subject. He ( Read more... )