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Welcome to the evaluation of subjects Freeman and Shephard.

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In Xen, there are the occasional strange visitors. Those who know no better, who come to harm others, who come not of their own will. We do not belong here, but have been cast here regardless.

Recently, there has been more of the same coming and going. Orange suits. These are important, though most do not survive the landscape.

We get the feeling this latest one will. And that they are important.

Join us in our study, to see if they are The One. We will need to gather intel, and maybe even assist, without scaring away.

Are you ready?

This is not a test, but an evaluation. Keep that in mind. Do not forget what your invitation says; else your interference might be prohibited.

-- YOUR INVITATION - AKA - RULES, WARNINGS, AND DETAILS --

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Do y'all boys jump? Can ya fly, son? Can the boot boy do a little leapy-leap?

“What? I can jump, yeah."

Gordon looks Adrian over before giving a short nod. Whether he lived or died wasn't really his concern, as mean as it sounded. He started tapping his finger at his side, timing out the way the ground moved ahead of him. Adrian went and leapt ahead at full speed with little hesitance, very carefully pulling himself up over the edge.

He made it. Just barely, Gordon could see that his hands had caught him and not even his chest this time, but he had made it.

Gordon shakes his head and follows suit, landing just fine. On his feet, upright, without having to rely on his arms for heavy lifting.

"Fuck your fancy suit..."

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Wow Xen got two new gay boys, exciting! How are you two liking the soups and broths?

“Soups and- I haven’t seen any liquid here so far. And I’m not gay.”

Gordon puts his head in his hands, letting out an audible sigh. After a moment he signs in response, “Trust me, you’re familiar with Xen’s ‘soup’. That’s a fun term. Lifts the mood.”

“Sure, now’s the time to be funny.”

“Dick.” Gordon glares down at the corporal before shaking his head. He looks out to the larger mass of land before them; still floating out in space, but it’d be way harder for one wrong move to spell the end.

The next platforms were moving now, and they’d be a pain in the ass even with the HEV suit’s assistance. Gordon taps Adrian’s shoulder. "Do you think you can make those jumps?"

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Adrian rolls his eyes while Gordon lands safely and begins attacking the next alien to show up. Another grey one with large eyes and an arm in it’s chest. Once it’s down, there’s a howl.

“Oh- shit, is that a Singer?”

Gordon doesn’t respond, only swinging his crowbar and taking out the three legged creature. Adrian takes a running jump and latches onto the edge of the platform, pulling himself up and sitting before the felled aliens.

"Well. I guess it was."

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I simply vibe. I'm as much a part of this place as the air you breathe. What, pray tell boys, are YOU doing in here?

“I’m here because Freeman decided to end the world and kill my fucking squad.” Adrian glares at him, but is nowhere near as hostile as when he arrived.

“I need to shut down a massive portal,” Gordon signs before getting ready to take another leap to the next platform.

“I thought we had to look for one that was active at all!”

“You do. I’m cleaning up this fucking mess.” With that, Gordon jumps ahead.

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Where am I? Oh, you know, somewhere, possibly here or there :]

“Okay, asshole.”

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im living inside the walls like a rat

“Do you mean underground? Beneath us?” Gordon stamps his foot on the ground, before shaking his head. “No, that’s stupid, sorry. Are there rats here?”

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I think it’s a good time to ask stuff, seeing as we’re all a little confused. You see this place a lot differently than us

“Right... Okay, so... where the fuck are you?”

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Welcome to xen boys, HOORAH!

“I hate this place. And you said there’s no way out, right?”

“Well, there’s portals all over the place. Black Mesa was mining crystals and doing experiments, they have to have ways in and out...”

“So where’s the closest place out?” Adrian stands up and looks at the scientist expectantly, but he only gets a head shake in return.

“I don’t know, we’ll have to look, I guess. The active portals will probably be where there’s resources, right? So, we should probably find and follow a trail. And...” He pauses and gestures down to the motionless HEV suit on the ground beside them.

“...And that trail too, huh... I guess it's something...”

Gordon nods, looking back to the platform where the dead alien lays.

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Hey guys what brings u to my four dimensional space lol

“Is this really the time?!” Adrian shouts, laying on his back. The ground beneath him shakes and he shoots back up. “What even is this place?”

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Gordon looks back up at Adrian, then across the way to the next rock. Something spawns from a green orb with static and electricity, and Gordon quickly tenses, moving to stand behind the pillar beside him. It starts to charge an attack similar to the portal it appeared in.

Adrian gets a running start and leaps to join Gordon, rolling to a stop. Quickly sitting up and aiming his gun, he shoots the creature alien to them. It wails and collapses, dead. Adrian puts away his fire arm and looks up at Gordon.

"I know you have a gun, idiot."

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Wow. Two of them. This is so poggers.

Gordon pushes past Adrian and jumps down to the next floating platform. Adrian only watches...

There’s another orange suit down there, which Gordon kneels down and looks over. He unplugs something from the suit then hooks it into his own.

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mr sheppy.... mr feeman..... its an honor..............

“An honor?! Who the hell ARE you?!”

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wow a bootboy and a teachers pet, huh?

“I wouldn’t call myself a teacher’s pet, but...” Gordon looks Adrian over, then nods. “Boot boy seems accurate.”

Adrian rolls his eyes and folds his arms, but no protest leaves his lips.

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wow,,,,, gorgon freeman

“That wasn’t you?”

Adrian shakes his head, “And you don’t... talk...”

They both stand on the edge of the tiny platform, searching for a source of the voices. Your voices.

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Who is this?

The man in the gas mask jumps and looks around.

“What the fuck was that? Did you hear that?” He turns to the man in orange, who nods.

“Yeah. Weird,” he signs out, in ASL.

“... It’s Adrian Shephard, by the way.”

“Gordon Freeman.”

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Two humans jump into the scene, seemingly out of nowhere. One lands securely on a platform in the sky, wearing an orange suit. It's not an uncommon sight here; you've seen the scattered suits lifeless across the dimension before. Then a second person comes, tackling the first to the ground before speaking; yelling.

They stop suddenly, annoyed. The one in an orange suit seems to say something, but stays silent. There's quiet conversation now, and eventually the man in the gas mask looks around to take in their surroundings.

They're both atop a floating platform- they're in space, and very far from their home; welcome boys, to Xen.

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