#endgame begins...

Once the monitor falls silent, the doors click open and the lights come back up.

“ C̨̹̝̬͔̬̣̥͓o̷̫͎̱̟͓͉n̛̦͔͔̰̞̙g̛͇̩̺̩̙r͇͚̩̯̲̗̭a̸̫t̴̟̳̲̮͍͔̥͕̀͡ͅụ̰̪̪̮ļ̰̗̞͈̲̦̝͟a̤̱̥̣͍͇̩͖̝t̳̼̣͜i͏̘͎̹̖̬o͏̹͇̘̲͈n͚̫s̷͖͖̱̟͖̤͎,̨͏̩͔̦̺̥͚̰ ͙̠̘s̬̱̮̲̭̩͜͡͠ţ͍̙̞̻̙u̴̞͞d̵͍̯̫̜͙̺̙͢e̠͚̺̙̼͢͡ǹ̵̘͇̭t͈͎s̶̗͈͎̘̠̼.҉̼̟̫͟. You have completed this trial.”

There was some distortion in her voice.

“You have proven yourselves worthy of existing in the new world. But there is one more task to be completed. Leave this room, now.”

The door to the trial room creaks open further.

So you leave.

As you exit, the massive door leading to the lab area rumbles open.

“Go inside. I have disabled the elevator leading back up.”

So you round the corner in the lab hallway, and approach the vault door. As expected, it creaks open.

“Continue...”

You pass through to the shelter map area, a dimly-lit parking lot. As you slowly walk, the lights flicker brighter, before going out. Once everyone has passed through the vault door, it starts to rumble, closing...

“There is no return.”

Aletheia’s voice continues. As the lights in the parking area go out, one lone light remains - a white light, shining from a small doorway in the distance. It grows as you approach slowly, before you find inside...

A vault door. Bigger, more complicated, and cleaner than anything you’ve seen thus far.

You spy a small camera in the corner of the room, looking down at you. From it, you hear Aletheia’s voice.

“Now, come to me...”