Portal but the AI is Self Aware

HLVRAI Portal AU - Command submissions are open

[portalvrai]

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This HLVRAI AU is run as a story-based interactive RPG, using tumblr as a medium. You can’t speak to them directly, but you can control the played character by sending asks.

Every ask must be in command format, meaning that it gives the played character a direction/order to follow. Remember: anon is a privilege, so don’t be rude! 

[portalvrai]

>Check self and status

...oh boy. That sure is a testing uniform. Gordon sinks down to the floor and curls in on himself, holding his knees close to his chest. Nothing good happens during testing. The survival rate is so low that the exact statistic is redacted, and the only information about it comes from rumor and speculation.

“Why me? What did I do to get picked for testing?” he mutters to himself.

[portalvrai]

> Examine bed

It’s not exactly a “bed” in the traditional sense. A cryogenic pod, more like. Unfortunately, it won’t do Gordon any good now that it has deactivated. Not that the idea of going back in there is in any way pleasant. Gordon shudders at the thought.

[portalvrai]

>Open door

There IS no door, which is more confusing than anything. How did he end up in here if there's no exit? He may work here, but it's not like he spends much time thinking about the detailed schematics of these little cubes.

"Maybe I'm losing it," he mutters to himself. Then again, Aperture is weird enough already, so maybe he shouldn't be too surprised.

[portalvrai]

>try to break the radio

It seems like a simple plan until he actually tries to pick the radio up. It's... fused to the table?

"Oh come on..."

He opts for kicking it instead. The result is one Dr. Gordon Freeman hopping around and cursing while the radio, somehow, plays louder.

[portalvrai]

> Flush Toilet :) (essential to any portal play through!)

Gordon flushes the toilet after taking care of an... urgent situation, so to speak. He nearly jumps out of his skin as a loud, robotic voice thunders through the room.

“YOUR BUSINESS IS APPECIATED.”

“What the fuck, man?” he mumbles, tying his jumpsuit sleeves around his waist.

[portalvrai]

Ɛ> Mess with radio?

Upon closer inspection, the radio doesn’t appear to have any dials... or buttons... or an off switch. The song plays on repeat. Gordon groans in frustration and thumps his head lightly against the wall.

[portalvrai]

>Check surroundings?

Gordon climbs out of the stasis bed and surveys his surroundings.

The room is, in a word, spartan. Other than the bed he just emerged from, there is a simple toilet jutting from the wall and a table in the corner, on which he notices a small radio. The jazzy tune continues to play. It calls to mind the image of an elevator packed with uncomfortably quiet strangers, all avoiding eye contact.

The four walls of his cube are translucent, but the room beyond them is no more interesting. It is made largely of metal and synthetic tile. Other than a thick metal door, it is utterly featureless. Though the door looks as if it could belong in a futuristic vault, it is no different than most other doors in Aperture Laboratories, all of which are needlessly futuristic.

[What does he do next?]

[portalvrai]

> Gordon: Wake Up

“Ugh...”

He opens his eyes as the doors of the stasis bed hiss open. Soft jazz plays from somewhere in the room. The tune is familiar, but he can’t quite put a name to it. Everything both feels and looks fuzzy for a moment. His head is full of fuzz, but as he blinks to clear his vision, he reorients himself.

His name is Gordon Freeman and he’s an employee of Aperture Science. At 27, he’s one of the most qualified young employees here, with a doctorate and multiple years of research under his belt already. Most of his work and research involves portals, which is by far the most advanced technology Aperture has developed.

That doesn’t change the fact that he just woke up alone in a doorless cube.

[What does he do?]

[portalvrai]

WELCOME TO APERTURE SCIENCE ENRICHMENT CENTER

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NOW PROCESSING SPECIMEN

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TESTING WILL BEGIN SOON

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PLEASE INPUT INSTRUCTIONS

[portalvrai]