Only Sane Man

@atinydeer

Tail wagging in excitement, the young deer was already walking in circles around his new friend, sniffing the human’s pockets and legs for any traces of edible things. “What do you mean? Do you have food? I’m hungry.”

@deadlyneurotoxin

“Why wouldn’t I be able to override the door mainframes? I’m in control of the entire facility. After all, we can’t have test subjects just running off like that…” Her voice came across as bored as always, though there was a clear undertone of annoyance. “Now then, unless you have a plan B, please continue to the testing chamber.” He really didn’t have many other options, anyway. Though the door directly ahead of him opened, along with doors further ahead on the path to the nearest test chamber, everything else stayed locked. He had only one path to walk down, and that path lead to exactly where GLaDOS wanted him to be.

Reluctant footsteps echoed down the path GLaDOS had laid out for him.  The testing track wouldn't be safe if she was in charge but Greg wasn't going to risk irritating her any more than he already had. Maybe he should get in the habit of having back-up plans... Having finally gotten to the last door, he paused for a brief moment and stepped inside. Fear had been shown previously and hadn't gotten him anywhere. Abiding by that observation, this time he would act as if this were standard protocol. See if that made a difference. "Ready for testing, miss GLaDOS. Will I be given the appropriate equipment?"

@deadlyneurotoxin

She should’ve been expecting that, really. For some reason, she had assumed he was smart enough to know that he wouldn’t be able to hide from her, given that she basically was the entire building. But apparently not. Regardless, she was quick to lock down the surrounding area, making it so that he’d be trapped once he hit the dead end of a locked door. “Great plan there. Do you actually want me to kill you, or are you just even more of a moron than I suspected?”

Not knowing that she'd been in control of the doors was a poor excuse for a terrible plan, but on the bright side now he knew. If the cameras could pick up sound as well as video several profanities would be coming through. "Assume whatever you like." was muttered as he tried to pry open the access keypad. "Whose bright idea was it to  give you override codes to the door mainframes?"

In this universe maybe. I hope not though, it makes me feel horrible. Oh, thanks for not shooting at me.

@testsubjectjohnsmith

“You’re the assistant CEO? Okay, wow, well that came to me by complete surprise.” He rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m doing fine, there isn’t much to do for us test subjects outside the testing tracks, just the canteen and vaults are open for us, but all in all I am doing fine. Just wandering around sometimes, like you do and like I said before I won’t enter the restricted areas.”

"I'll try and talk Mr. Johnson into opening more areas to the test subjects. For all his 'testing is the backbone of this facility' speeches he doesn't seem to care much for them outside the chambers. And unless you want to keep talking to me I should probably let you get back to your break." he finished, placing the clipboard under his arm and taking a step toward the direction of his office. If John actually did want to spend his time talking with him that was fine and he'd stay, but Greg wasn't going to keep the test subject any longer if that wasn't the case.

@dark-cave-johnson

That wasn’t me. That was a different Greg…

Were his memories different from yours?

…Well… N-no, not really…

Heh, you really are a sad little man, Greg.

*239% done. Walks the fuck away…*

-Can't blame the other for leaving.- See that's what I meant by the morale thing, sir.

@testsubjectjohnsmith

He sighs. “I know, I know. Don’t smudge the glass, don’t talk to other employees, don’t do your stuff in the elevators. I know when not to enter restricted areas, trust me I wouldn’t even want to go there. Your labs are even more dangerous then the test chambers itself.” He looked at him properly now, examining him. He put up a gentle smile. “I already have introduced myself, kinda, So… to who am I talking?”

"Greg Williams, Assistant CEO." he answered, returning the smile. "If that's intimidating though you can forget the position. I just help out with whatever Mr. Johnson needs. If I'm free I wander like now." There was a pause as he considered what to say next. Introductions, check. What then? "If you ever need something that the test associates can't help with I'm usually available." Semi-pathetic attempt but he ran with it. "Are you doing all right outside of testing?"

@daedalus-icarus-helios

"Thank you." A friendly AI. That was a nice change of pace. "Can I get my location? That would be a good start." He wasn't sure where he was but he did know where he wasn't; Aperture. He was also reasonably sure it wasn't Black Mesa.

@deadlyneurotoxin

“Yes, I’m sure a human who’s stupid enough to take a job at Aperture knows so much more than a super computer does.” Her tone shifting from a mocking one to something that just sounded bored and slightly exhausted from dealing with him. “Just proceed to the testing chambers, please.”

A roll of his eyes was the only response as he exited the room, seemingly going to the testing track. Once around the corner however, he bolted. This wasn't the brightest idea -she could easily find him via the cameras plus he wasn't a good runner- but it was all he had for now.