#signed benrey

[asvrai]

[Gordon screams, a sound of both pain and loss as he stares at the closed panel. The rest of the team rushes to his side.]

GOING DOWN.

[Coomer slams his fist into the panel. Again. And again, until he can reach his hands in between the halves of the trapdoor. He stretches, pushing the panels back apart until the hole is opened again.]

I’ve g-got Dr. Freeman!

[Tommy grabs Gordon’s good arm, helpful him to his feet. Gordon cradles his mangled wrist to his chest, staring down into the pit with tears in his eyes.]

Go, go, go! Dr. Coomer has a plan!

He does?!

[Bubnick jumps down the hole.]

< hey wait hold on come back >

[Tommy follows him in, dragging a shocked Gordon behind him.]

< bros wait i don’t want to be alone up here >

[Forzen hesitates, but jumps down as well.]

< i didn’t mean it i promise >

Security core Boper, I hope you go to hell.

[Coomer jumps down as well, putting his arms to his sides and diving headfirst after the others.]

[asvrai]

B-B-B- Bennny!! I want... I wan t0 s- s- sayyy... uuhhhhh... b- b- b- bbbbbbbbBBBBBBBbbb... -Zer0

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[asvrai]

it's.... weird that he works here????

yeah. dunno why. feels bad.

this one gets it.

[asvrai]

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< whaaaat no why would you say that >

[There is a harsh grinding of panels, and a tremor in the floor. Benrey glances over towards the pile of cores.]

 O-Okay. Now, Benrey, you can lift the lockdown and get us all out of here.

< uhhh sure could, yerp >

So... Do it? Please?

< mmmm dunno about that. security bot and all, i’d say it’s safer for you guys in here. >

What?! There are portals spitting out aliens in here!

< yeah uh huh and what do you think is happening outside dipsh*t? no i think we’ll hang in here for a bit >

< haha yeah >

< anyway the round guys gotta go, don’t wanna... wanna get replaced now that i’m here >

[Once again, panels on the floor shift, opening a massive hole in the ground underneath the cores. There is a cocophony of CLANKS and CLANGS as GLaDOS and the cores fall down the metal shaft...]

[... and a pair of screams as Joshua and Chell fall down as well.]

[asvrai]

Bot Benrey, you're cleared out from my suspicion list. Your next job is to watch for Dr. Rattman. I saw his eyes glowing at one point. I feel like he's like Coolatta, but somehow different.

right. yeah. keepin’... keepin’ an eye out. security and all. yeah. sounds fun.

[asvrai]

Security nanobot Benrey! Mr.Ratman is being scary and I'm very concerned fore everyone's safety. Could you keep an eye on him and maybe knock him out if he (or Tommy) tries anything untoward. -🐟

oh yeah he’s a weirdo. sayin’ weird stuff. 

[Dangling from Doug’s hand - seems he’s taken responsibility for him again - it’s hard for Benrey to get a good look at the man, but he tries.]

he’s supposed to be here. but also not. real weird.

[asvrai]

...did you just insult the way I do my job, you little shit? THAT'S IT, HE'S IN MY SHIT LIST NOW. -R

yeah. l’il... l’il r bot? bit sh*t with security.

you know he’s not supposed to be here.

“Not supposed to”--

I work here!!!

yeah that’s what’s weird.

[asvrai]

Uncle Ratman! Benrey. Time to jump in the portal! ~ Pockets, flying as fast as his little nanobody can handle to the different testing tracks

[The light that makes Benrey’s eye is flickering, frantically looking anywhere but at the portal in the floor by Rattmann’s feet.]

no. very bad idea. that goes- goes somewhere not good. very bad. 

I... don’t like the look of it, for certain. It looks nothing like Aperture’s portals. 

But I... I spy a bit of yellow. And I trust Tommy.

bro i’m telling you, don’t--

[Doug shrugs and jumps into the portal, leaving Benrey alone. After a few anxious minutes, the core follows him in.]