Algicosathlon

Day 9

Red stretches and climbs out of bed. "I guess it's time for another day." Viking comes into the building where the athletes sleep. "That is correct! I'm sure you'll all love today's challenge."

"The challenge is an escape room!" says Viking. "The two teams will be put into identical rooms. The first team to escape their room wins. However, this challenge has a twist. Today is the debut! One new contestant will join the show. Each of the possible debuters will be put into their own room. The first one to escape debuts into algicosathlon! Now, let's meet the possible debuters."

"I'm Maroon. I'm not gonna lie, I'm a bad guy." "Ooh, I like this one." says Green. "Hi, I'm Brown." "Urgh, that guy stinks!" says Blue. "I'm Gold, and you'd all better do what I say." "And here we have the bossy jerk." says Blue. "My name is Teal. I'm three years old." "I'm Navy. I have 17 olympic gold medals." "I'm Lavender. I can be a bit shy and clumsy." "I'm Pink I like talking and I also like chocolate cake because-" "I'm Grey. Nothing matters. We're all going to die anyway."

"I can beat this easily." says Red. "I can just punch a hole through the wall and escape that way." "That's against the rules." says Viking. "You are only allowed to escape in the intended way. Now go!"

Both teams enter their rooms. Blue immediately picks up a note on the floor. "Look in the place where the mice live." "There's a mouse hole down there." says Cyan, pointing at a hole in the wall. She reaches in and finds a key. She tries to use it on the door but it doesn't open. "I guess that means this key is for something else."

Purple reads her first clue. She then makes the key float out of the mouse hole and into her hands. She then walks over to the bookshelf. One book catches her eye - It's titled "The history of keyholes." There is a picture of a keyhole on the cover - no, wait! It's a real keyhole! Purple inserts the key. The bookshelf slides away.

Blue has spotted that book too. He puts the key in. Behind the bookshelf is a message scratched into the wall: "Dead end! Look somewhere else." Red is enraged by this. "A dead end!?" He punches the room and it collapses on top of everyone.

"Well, it seems team        has been disqualified, so something stupid wins. The debuter will turn something stupid from just Purple back to what could be considered a team. Time for the debuters to compete-"

"Done!" Viking turns and looks. "How did you solve that so fast? Well, whatever. I guess you get to debut... Teal." "What? The three-year-old debuted?" says Green. "Teal will join something stupid."

           sits at elimination. "You guys have been getting worse lately." "I hope you don't become the new something stupid!" says Kitty. "Yeah, anyway, let's reveal the votes. Safe is Blue, Cyan, Magenta... and Green." Blue is shocked. "B-but how was Red eliminated? Me and Cyan both voted for Green, and even if Red didn't, it would still be a tie... "Blue." says Red. "I voted for myself."

"WHAT!? WHY!?" "I understand that I caused the team's failure. I understand that I have anger issues. I'm going to go home and try to become better at controlling that stuff. Maybe I can learn something from White."

Red falls into the elimination area. "Wow, voted for yourself, huh?" says Black. "That's... interesting. Well, you're going to be staying here for a long time."