Riddle Middle Two

Chapter 30: The Interview Pt. 2

Lila (3rd person)

Lila woke up in an unfamiliar room, her arms and legs tied to a chair. The walls of this room were painted with blue tones. Lila immediately felt comforted, since it reminded her of her bedroom. She looked around and saw a suit less humanoid sitting in a chair in front of her. "You're awake. How do you feel?" The humanoid asked. "...Fine, I guess... Why am I tied to a chair? What's going on? What are you gonna do to me?" Lila asked. "The chair is just precaution, and I'm only going to ask you a few questions," the humanoid said. "...Okay..." Lila said. "So, what do you enjoy doing? Reading, writing, drawing, something like that?" She asked. "...Well... Out of those, I guess drawing," Lila responded. "Alright," the humanoid responded, jotting something down on her clipboard.

"Anything else? Have any allergies?" The humanoid asked. "No, no allergies... I get nervous a lot, though," Lila said. "Right, anxiety," she said. "Where are we?" Lila asked. "In one of our prisons. It's just a test, to see if your better contained here. In our prisons, there are different tiers of cells. A+ is the highest, and F is the lowest. You're in A. You'll be alone in the cell; without a cellmate," she explained. "...Oh..." Lila said. She wanted to get up and stretch, but decided not to. Even though this humanoid didn't seem so bad, she was afraid she would get shot if she tried to stand. "Do you get along well with others?" The humanoid questioned. "You said I wouldn't have a cellmate," Lila said.

"Yes, that's true, but I mean in general. I suppose that with anxiety, you'd naturally be more reserved," the humanoid said. "I... Yeah, you're right," Lila said. "Alright, well, that's it. You'll be escorted to your cell now," the humanoid said. A suited humanoid came through the doorway of the room and walked over to Lila. He kneeled behind Lila and untied her arms and legs. "What tier? Is she good?" The guard asked. "A, A1, A597. She seems fine," the other humanoid responded. "Alright. Come with me," he said, pulling Lila up. Lila silently walked with the guard through the halls and to a corridor with the letter A carved above it.

The guard took her down the hallway and to an empty cell with a glass front. He did something on wrist screen, and part of the glass slid into the wall. The guard pushed her in, and the 'door' closed. Lila looked around her room. It's walls were blue. There was a bed, a toilet, a sink, and a small desk with a chair. Most of it was seemingly low-budget. Lila had nothing to do, so she lay on her bed and stared at the ceiling.

Lauren (3rd person)

Lauren woke her with her arms and legs tied to a wooden chair. The room she was in was painted with different tones of blue. In front of her was a naked humanoid. "...Uh..." Lauren said. "The chair is just precaution," the humanoid said. "Okay... For what? Where am I?" Lauren asked, trying to secretly untie her hands. "This is an interrogation room. We're trying to put you guys in one of our prisons, to see if it'll hold you better," the humanoid said. "Oh," Lauren said. "So, what about you? What do you like doing? Reading, writing, drawing, anything like that?" The humanoid asked. "Meh. I guess drawing," Lauren responded. "Okay. Do you get along with others?" The humanoid questioned.

"I don't know. I guess I do, sort of," Lauren answered. She felt trapped, considering she was tied to a chair, and she wanted to get up and walk around. "What do you mean by sort of?" The humanoid asked. "I don't know, can you just get me out of this chair?" Lauren asked, raising her voice a bit. "Calm down. Like I said, the chair is precaution," the humanoid responded. "For what? What am I gonna do? I didn't do anything wrong!" Lauren yelled, twisting her hands in an attempt to escape. "Calm down. You're just making things worse for yourself," the humanoid responded. Lauren was confused. She felt that the rope was tied rather tightly, and that it was cutting of circulation to her hands. "Get me out of this stupid chair!" Lauren shouted. The humanoid didn't respond. She leaned to the side and grabbed a walkie-talkie like device from behind her chair.