Night 29: Intercom, Late Night
The intercom didn't come on for quite a long while after the radio made its declaration of war, and when it did, the static that pervaded its broadcast was even worse than usual. Finally, the Head Doctor's voice came through, though his sentences were broken and his words hard to hear.
"...you... ....dare... ...I won't allow for... "
The intercom clicked off, then on again a few seconds later. The quality of the sound wasn't any better, and some kind of soft jazz was intermittently drowning out what did come through.
"Goddamn you... ....kill you... feedback... can't.....locked... ..the DOOR...."
On and off the intercom went, and for the next minute, anything the Head Doctor said was unintelligible. He did, however, seem to be yelling quite loudly.
Finally, some words came through.
"What... control is... ....that's preposterous... ...he's... ...no, I'll fire you once... ...what do you mean, you can't control the grid? Power's out for us too? What is he using, some kind of virus? The animals, too, they... Are you saying he's infiltrated our computers and we're stuck here, and... The new patients? Yes, they're in their temporary rooms, thank..."
The Head Doctor trailed off just as the intercom came back to full clarity. The sound of pounding footsteps could be heard, along with mad scrabbling.
"How is this still on--"
The intercom went silent.
[ All introduction posts for this batch of patients go in comments to this post. As we haven't yet assigned rooms, please pick an unoccupied room at random for your character to start in. ]
"...you... ....dare... ...I won't allow for... "
The intercom clicked off, then on again a few seconds later. The quality of the sound wasn't any better, and some kind of soft jazz was intermittently drowning out what did come through.
"Goddamn you... ....kill you... feedback... can't.....locked... ..the DOOR...."
On and off the intercom went, and for the next minute, anything the Head Doctor said was unintelligible. He did, however, seem to be yelling quite loudly.
Finally, some words came through.
"What... control is... ....that's preposterous... ...he's... ...no, I'll fire you once... ...what do you mean, you can't control the grid? Power's out for us too? What is he using, some kind of virus? The animals, too, they... Are you saying he's infiltrated our computers and we're stuck here, and... The new patients? Yes, they're in their temporary rooms, thank..."
The Head Doctor trailed off just as the intercom came back to full clarity. The sound of pounding footsteps could be heard, along with mad scrabbling.
"How is this still on--"
The intercom went silent.
[ All introduction posts for this batch of patients go in comments to this post. As we haven't yet assigned rooms, please pick an unoccupied room at random for your character to start in. ]