Moral Code

Everyone rushes into the maze but Arnold. He observes everyone running and notices something on the top of the entrance that says "Vanish in the crowd"

Arnold: "What could that mean?"

Speaker: "You have about three minutes before the exit gate opens. Good luck reaching it."

Arnold: "Guess I gotta stay sharp."

Arnold runs into the maze. At the communicating squad's area, the principal starts pacing around.

Principal: "OK so now that it's started, I think it's pretty fair for me to debrief you on some things. If you heard that announcement, in three minutes something will happen. We have gathered people to walk around the "maze" with a map of the entire thing so they do not get lost. They are of belief that this is an art gallery with security so they have been told to use a distress button provided to them for help if they notice something off. Don't want this test to be too easy. There is one guard in the maze that will go to the scene if someone calls for help."

Random communicator: "Just one? Might be easier than I thought."

Principal: "We shall see. Now remember, you still have a limited amount of words that you can say. So use them wisely. Other than that, good luck leading them out without getting caught."

Kassius (in head): "Gotta think of a plan to help Arnold through."

Down in the maze, we see a group of

people running.

Random participant 1: "Move!"

Random Participant 2: "No you move!"

The group blocks up the path Jinsoku running towards them. He leaps to the wall and kicks off of it, jumping over them. He continues running.

Jinsoku (in head): "Cant waste any time. Now that I think about it, this place seems less maze like. Why are there so many paintings?"

Jinsoku reaches a point with three different paths.

Jinsoku (in head): "Which direction do I go? Can't let Bonnie waste the words so I'll decide."

Jinsoku runs forward. An alarm starts ringing.

Speaker: "Three minutes are done. Exit has been opened. Welcome guests"

Jinsoku: "Guests?"

A group of guests flood in from the exit. They start walking through the gallery.

Bonnie (in head): "How am I supposed to lead him through that?"

Kassius (in head): "Why is Arnold walking?"

Kassius (through device): "Guests. Be careful."

Arnold (in head): "Guests? What does he mean?"

Arnold starts looking around. His face is lit up and he stares at the paintings in awe.

Arnold (in head): "Wow, these art pieces are amazing. They look so magestic."

Little girl: "Wow these look so pretty."

Arnold: "I know, right? Who even brought this art h... huh?"

Arnold looks at the little girl. He starts sweating heavily but keeps his composure.

Arnold (in head): "GUESTS!"

Arnold: "Well I'm going to look around now... so by-"

Little girl: "Wait!"

Arnold (in head): "Oh no, did she notice?"

Kassius (in head): "For crying out loud, why us?!"

Little girl: "Can you take me around? I wanna see some more drawings."

Arnold (in head): "If I refuse, that's a bit suspicious."

The little girl gives him a deep look in the eyes.

Arnold: "Alright let's go look at some paintings together."

Kassius (in head): "Did he just lose track of what we are supposed to be doing? Maybe he has a plan? I'll let it play out for now."

We see Jinsoku still sprinting around looking for a path.

Bonnie (through device): "Turn"

Jinsoku makes a turn and continues running.

Jinsoku: "Where am I?"

Jinsoku reaches a dead end. He runs back and tries to take another turn but gets lost again. He runs back again.

Jinsoku: "Huh? Is this the entrance?"

Bonnie (in head): "How did you end up at the entrance?!"

Jinsoku heads back in and tries a different route. Jinsoku notices Marcus who is walking around.

Jinsoku (in head): "Can't get distracted right now."

Jinsoku runs passed Marcus.

Marcus (in head): "Jinsoku Subayai. Mystery man eh?"

Elderly man: "Excuse me young man but can you help me find the 1800's art section? I can't read these maps very well."

Sarah (through device): "Map. Take. Run."

Marcus: "Sure. No problem sir. Let me see the map."

Adult man: "Here."

Marcus: "Oh I see. You've come in the wrong direction. It's the other way. Come on, let's go."

Adult man: "Oh really? Thank you"

As the old man turns around, Marcus hits the back of his neck, knocking him out.

Marcus: "Looks like I got my way out."

Sarah (through device): "More Guests. Stay silent. Find way out."

Sarah starts chuckling and everyone from above witnessed what Marcus did.

Kassius (in head): "Wow what a scumbag. Wish I could go down there and kick his ass myself."

Bonnie looks at Sarah. Sarah flips her off and continues laughing.

Bonnie (in head): "I'm gonna rip her head from her body."

We see Jinsoku running towards a gate that says exit on it.

Jinsoku: "I'm here? That's odd. I don't see anybody here. Am I the first one?"

There is a button next to the gate that says "press to call for assistance"

Bonnie (through device): "Press. This is the exit."

Bonnie (in head): "Is my device not working? Why is he over on that side?"

Jinsoku: "Hmm. Should I press it? There is definitely something going on. What's happening? It's like Bonnie hasn't been helping me this whole time. I need to figure something out."

Jinsoku runs back the other way.

Jinsoku (in head): "This is really suspicious, so I'll test something."

Jinsoku runs to a point of two paths.

Jinsoku: "Which way should I go?"

Bonnie (through device): "Turn left"

Jinsoku runs to the right.

Jinsoku: "It's definitely not her. That led me to a dead end earlier. Looks like someone is faking it. Hope she can figure it out. Seems like I dont need help right now. I'm getting the hang of this maze.

Bonnie (in head): "Jinsoku can't hear me. But he stops and then moves like someone is telling him what to do. I've noticed that guy back there speaking everytime Jinsoku stops. Did he take control? Well two can play it that game."

Bonnie looks for his teammate and hacks his device.

Bonnie (in head): "He has a pretty deep voice so I'm gonna have to copy it. I don't even know how he did it for me but hear goes nothing. Ahem

Bonnie (as hacker)(through device): "Go straight forward. Sprint. Don't stop sprinting until I say so."

The hacker's friend starts running forward. Him and Jinsoku bump into each other from different corners and their earbuds fly out. Jinsoku notices and picks both up. He runs away very fast and puts them both on.

Jinsoku: "Now its time to get to the bottom of this."

Bonnie (in head): "I have about four words left."

Jinsoku stands still.

Jinsoku: "What should I do?"

Hacker (through device)(as Bonnie): "It's me. Trust."

Bonnie takes a big breath.

Bonnie (through device): "Up to you Jin."

Bonnie gives her device to the Principal. She walks back to where she was.

Jinsoku smirks. He throws both earbuds out and starts running.

Hacker: "No! Pick me up. Pick me up!"

Bonnie (in head): "Looks like he kept his device when he was told to give it in. He wasted my words unfortunately. Can't worry about that now anyways. Good luck Jin."

Another participant walks around and sees a guest. He walks up to the guest.

Participant 1: "Can you help me find the exit? I'm lost."

Guest: "But we all have maps. How did you get lost?"

Participant 1: "Uhhh..."

The guest presses his distress button.

Participant 2 (through device): "RUN AWAY!"

In an instant, a man appears behind the guy.

Participant 1: "Wha? Who a-"

The man hits the guy's neck and knocks him out instantly. He picks him up and runs away. Everybody on the top floor sees him vanish.

Random communicator 1: "What was that?"

Random communicator 2: "Did he just vanish?"

Bonnie: "I barely noticed that myself. It's like he just appeared out of thin air. He's very quick. I can't even warn Jin. Just gotta hope he finds a way through."

Kassius spots Arnold running around.

Arnold: "Dammit, dammit, dammit! How'd I let that happen? They just took her and left."

Arnold cuts the corner and sees the little girl at a dead end, beaten up.

Arnold: "No! Who did this? Please tell me!"

Kassius (through device): "They took her map."

Kassius (in head): "Damn, today is one messed up day."

Little girl: "I dont want to die. Please help... big bro..."

The little girl stops breathing.

Little sister (in Arnold's head): "I don't want to die. Please never leave me big bro."

Arnold stands up and he punches the wall near him. Kassius has an angry look as well.

Everyone notices Arnold hitting the wall and look down to see the little girl dead.

Random communicator 3: "Where were her parents?"

Random communicator 4: "Didn't she have a distress button too? She should've called for help."

Kassius turns around with a pissed off look.

Kassius: "So it's her fault she couldn't protect herself? Shut the hell up! She didn't do anything wrong. Now she's dead for what? We are thieves, not assassins. Even thieves should have moral codes!"

Kassius breathes in and out heavily.

Kassius (through device): "My last message. They have a map. Take it and find the exit. Good luck."

Kassius removes the device and throws it to the ground.

Bonnie (in head): "He's never usually this angry. This really set him off."

Speaker: "Time's up. Art gallery is closing in twenty minutes. Time to leave."

Principal: "Looks like there is limited time left. Only twenty pairs have made it out undetected so far. Better hurry up."

A group of ten people start walking towards the exit.

Man 1: "Working together was a great plan."

Woman 1: "Yea. Now we can get out with no issues. This map should lead us out. That's what my friend told me anyways."

Man 2: "That little girl wasted our time. She should've just given it faster. She brought it on herself."

The group start laughing but one of them turns around.

Man 3: "Huh? What's that?"

They all turn around and see Arnold walking slowly towards them. One of them walks towards Arnold.

Man 2: "Back for more? I mean we got what we want so ju-"

Arnold: "Scum! The whole lot of you."

Man 2: "What did you say? You tryna pick a fight?"

Arnold: "You already did!"

Arnold runs towards Man 2 and leaps in the air, kicking his neck. He sends Man 2 to the ground and he is unconscious.

Man 1: "The hell do you think you're doing?"

Man 1 runs towards Arnold and tries punching him. He leans back and grabs his arm.

Arnold: "You don't need this, you bastard!"

Man 1: "Huh?" crack "Aaaaaaaaah!"

Arnold let's go and attacks the rest. One after the other he beats them to a pulp, breaking each and every one of their arms. He walks up to the woman with the map.

Woman 1: "Don't hurt me. Here's the map, see?"

Arnold: "Don't hurt me? You have the audacity to say that when facing the consequences for what you did?"

Woman 1: "Wha-?"

Arnold punches her and a tooth flies out. She is sent to the floor unconscious. Arnold picks up the map.

Arnold: "Even thieves have morals you sick bastards!"

Arnold picks up the map and walks away. Everyone on the top floor witnessed the fight.

Random communicator 5 (through device): "Yo! Are you okay?"

Principal: "No point in yelling. They are all out cold. Speaking of which, about thirty people have been caught and taken away by the guard. Including those ten, about sixty people are done. Fifteen people remaining."

Jinsoku dashes towards the exit and finds the exit path.

Jinsoku: "Finally made it! Now its time to leave."

Jinsoku runs through the crowd and people notice. Everyone clears a path in the middle and looks towards him running.

Jinsoku (in head): "Almost there. Can't get caught now."

A person at the end presses their distress button and in an instant, the guard shows up at the front and spots Jinsoku.

Jinsoku (in head): "The exit is right there. Gotta get passed him!"

Jinsoku jumps to the nearest wall and throws a painting at thr guard. The guard easily dodges it and runs up close to Jinsoku. As the guard attempts to grab him, Jinsoku kicks off the wall and flicks his shoe at him. Jinsoku lands on the floor and runs towards the exit. The guard chases Jinsoku and near the exit, he attempts to grab him. Jinsoku lies down on his stomach and the guard is tripped, falling outside of the gallery. Jinsoku stands up and walks out. Jinsoku walks up to the guard.

Jinsoku: "Close call. Looks like you weren't fast enough."

Bonnie: "Yeaaaaaaaah! Let's go Jin!"

Jinsoku removes his earbuds and drops them on the ground as he walks away. As the exit gates start closing, the guests start leaving. Participants try reach the gate but it closes on them.

Principal: "The first test is officially over."