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NaNoWriMo: Chapter 6
Just finished level 05/Chapter 6 of my Portal novelization. I thought with the extra stuff going on, I'd have more to write, but I didn't. XD Oh well. I'm coming to terms with the fact that this thing may not have 50,000 words in it. But, I could be surprised yet. XD Oddly, I'm really looking forward to the death turret level. XD I'm fairly certain I can get a good chunk of words out of it. :D
I may go in for another chapter or two tonight, depending. I think the next level is super-short again. XD I'm not going to have as much time as I'd like to write tomorrow (possibly close to none at all with packing and stuff), so I think I'll get as much as I can done tonight. :D I'll be out of commission for 3 days because of the convention, so I need to knock out as much as I can so I'll still be on track. :D I'm ahead and I need to stay that way. XD
HA HA! Just realized that if I'm that hard up for words at the end, I can write all the lyrics for Still Alive and write about the extra stuff that may not be canon at the end. SUPER PADDING POWER ACTIVATE! :D
If you have any advice or crit for this chapter, please let me know! ^_^
Chapter notes:
05
-A fairly short level, but there's a semi-complex set of actions, so let's see what we've got. :D
-Got my left and right mixed up again, whoops. I think I fixed it all though. *sweatdrop*
-Do I need more/better descriptions of things?
-*derp* If Chell kicked the cube off of the platform: "THIS. IS. SCIENCE!"
-I hope I described Chell falling okay, it feels a little off.
-I thought this chapter was longer than the last one, I thought wrong. XD
The elevator ride was short to the next chamber. When Chell arrived, the hallway she saw in front of her seemed darker than usual. She could see the edge of a blank screen, so she walked through to see what information it held for her.
The only hazard that would be present here was the possibility of cubes falling. Not too bad, so far.
She turned to her right and made her way down the rest of the shadowy hallway. At the end was a square opening with a camera positioned up and to the left of it. So she was going to be monitored, but the voice had yet to speak again.
Chell passed through the opening and into the main area. In front of her was a large, red button on the ground and behind that, another identical button. She followed the blue dotted lines to them and saw that to the left was the exit door, this time with two blue boxes with "X" inside of them. So, she had to activate both buttons.
Looking around, she saw that to her right was a thick silver pillar holding up a section of floor. On top of this perch was a cube sitting close to the right-hand wall.
Now to find the orange portal. She glanced across the room and saw that there was an identical pedestal. However, on the wall it was up again, this one contained the portal she sought.
Next to the portal's pedestal was a medium window. Like the others, she could sort of see inside, but didn't see anything human-shaped within.
Back to the task at hand, Chell considered her options. The location of the portal she couldn't control was a bit inconvenient, but she'd make it work.
She turned around and fired a blue portal at the wall to the left of the opening she had come through and entered it.
Chell was now directly across from the cube she needed. She was able to see the whole room better and found that to the left of where she was standing was a hole of the normal depth she was used to. Down in this pit was another cube. She'd get the one that was opposite of her first, then concentrate on the one down there. She was going to take this one thing at a time.
She looked back to the first cube and aimed the portal gun to point directly behind it. Chell fired and watched as a blue-outlined portal appeared where she wanted it.
Turning around to look through the orange portal behind her, Chell saw the cube across the room. Through the portal, she could also see her back and herself looking through the portal looking at herself. It was a bizarre sight.
She moved back and forth and lifted the gun, watching herself move. The overall effect was like a strange sort of mirror.
Chell turned her attention back to the task at hand. She stuck the portal gun and part of her arms through the portal. Then, she pressed the lifter button and used the gun to grab the cube.
The cube floated through the air in front of her. Chell backed up slightly, just enough to get the cube free and clear.
She hopped down from the platform, bouncing slightly on the springs and placed the cube on the nearest button, it was the second button she had seen.
Upon having a cube placed on it, the button made its pleasant activation noise and lit up its pathway.
Satisfied with that, Chell walked over to the pit to consider the second cube.
It was completely on the grey part of the hole's floor, unlike the one in the previous room. Chell shot a portal right underneath it, and it fell through with a clank.
She looked up to where the orange portal was, and sure enough, her prize was now on the platform.
Chell turned to her right and fired a blue portal at the wall next to the silver pillar. She walked over to it and stepped through.
The cube had slid a little from being transported from one portal to another, so it was closer to the edge of the platform than the wall.
It only took a few steps to get to the cube. Once she was close enough, Chell use the portal gun to lift it, then jumped off the platform.
She made her way to the unpressed button and dropped the cube on it. It activated, and since both buttons were now pressed, the door slid open with a metallic clank.
Chell passed through the door and found herself in an odd little room. The door immediately closed behind her and the voice addressed her. "As part of a required test protocol, our previous statement suggesting that we would not monitor this chamber was an outright fabrication.
Good job! As part of a required test protocol, we will stop enhancing the truth in three...Two..." Before she could say 'one', there was a sudden burst of static and her voice cut out.
Chell had suspected that they were going to monitor the room, and the windows and cameras had proved her hunch right. Now the voice had confirmed it.
What was worth more of her thoughts, however, was the room she was in now. There were no doors, except the firmly closed ones behind her. The walls were the familiar grey concrete. However, the ceiling was made of glass, and an orange portal was on the grey ceiling above that.
Ready to get on to the next task, Chell placed a portal on the wall in front of her and entered it.
She suddenly found herself falling face-first towards the ground. It wasn't a long fall, but she barely had enough time to catch herself, landing on her hands and feet in a spread out manner, much like a cat does after it has found itself in a similar situation.
Chell had been used to going through portals like one walked through doors. You expected the ground to still be underneath you when you passed through. She had neglected to consider the nature of portals; whatever entered first would leave first, no matter where it was situated.
She was glad she had learned this lesson now, instead of later, when there could be some of those nasty-looking hazards present. It was an important thing to remember, and she planned on keeping it at the forefront of her thoughts while doing the tasks ahead.
Once she had re-orientated herself, she turned to walk through a familiar-looking hallway towards the Grid and the elevator.
Chapter Word Count: 1,111 XD
Total Word Count: 7,726
I may go in for another chapter or two tonight, depending. I think the next level is super-short again. XD I'm not going to have as much time as I'd like to write tomorrow (possibly close to none at all with packing and stuff), so I think I'll get as much as I can done tonight. :D I'll be out of commission for 3 days because of the convention, so I need to knock out as much as I can so I'll still be on track. :D I'm ahead and I need to stay that way. XD
HA HA! Just realized that if I'm that hard up for words at the end, I can write all the lyrics for Still Alive and write about the extra stuff that may not be canon at the end. SUPER PADDING POWER ACTIVATE! :D
If you have any advice or crit for this chapter, please let me know! ^_^
Chapter notes:
05
-A fairly short level, but there's a semi-complex set of actions, so let's see what we've got. :D
-Got my left and right mixed up again, whoops. I think I fixed it all though. *sweatdrop*
-Do I need more/better descriptions of things?
-*derp* If Chell kicked the cube off of the platform: "THIS. IS. SCIENCE!"
-I hope I described Chell falling okay, it feels a little off.
-I thought this chapter was longer than the last one, I thought wrong. XD
The elevator ride was short to the next chamber. When Chell arrived, the hallway she saw in front of her seemed darker than usual. She could see the edge of a blank screen, so she walked through to see what information it held for her.
The only hazard that would be present here was the possibility of cubes falling. Not too bad, so far.
She turned to her right and made her way down the rest of the shadowy hallway. At the end was a square opening with a camera positioned up and to the left of it. So she was going to be monitored, but the voice had yet to speak again.
Chell passed through the opening and into the main area. In front of her was a large, red button on the ground and behind that, another identical button. She followed the blue dotted lines to them and saw that to the left was the exit door, this time with two blue boxes with "X" inside of them. So, she had to activate both buttons.
Looking around, she saw that to her right was a thick silver pillar holding up a section of floor. On top of this perch was a cube sitting close to the right-hand wall.
Now to find the orange portal. She glanced across the room and saw that there was an identical pedestal. However, on the wall it was up again, this one contained the portal she sought.
Next to the portal's pedestal was a medium window. Like the others, she could sort of see inside, but didn't see anything human-shaped within.
Back to the task at hand, Chell considered her options. The location of the portal she couldn't control was a bit inconvenient, but she'd make it work.
She turned around and fired a blue portal at the wall to the left of the opening she had come through and entered it.
Chell was now directly across from the cube she needed. She was able to see the whole room better and found that to the left of where she was standing was a hole of the normal depth she was used to. Down in this pit was another cube. She'd get the one that was opposite of her first, then concentrate on the one down there. She was going to take this one thing at a time.
She looked back to the first cube and aimed the portal gun to point directly behind it. Chell fired and watched as a blue-outlined portal appeared where she wanted it.
Turning around to look through the orange portal behind her, Chell saw the cube across the room. Through the portal, she could also see her back and herself looking through the portal looking at herself. It was a bizarre sight.
She moved back and forth and lifted the gun, watching herself move. The overall effect was like a strange sort of mirror.
Chell turned her attention back to the task at hand. She stuck the portal gun and part of her arms through the portal. Then, she pressed the lifter button and used the gun to grab the cube.
The cube floated through the air in front of her. Chell backed up slightly, just enough to get the cube free and clear.
She hopped down from the platform, bouncing slightly on the springs and placed the cube on the nearest button, it was the second button she had seen.
Upon having a cube placed on it, the button made its pleasant activation noise and lit up its pathway.
Satisfied with that, Chell walked over to the pit to consider the second cube.
It was completely on the grey part of the hole's floor, unlike the one in the previous room. Chell shot a portal right underneath it, and it fell through with a clank.
She looked up to where the orange portal was, and sure enough, her prize was now on the platform.
Chell turned to her right and fired a blue portal at the wall next to the silver pillar. She walked over to it and stepped through.
The cube had slid a little from being transported from one portal to another, so it was closer to the edge of the platform than the wall.
It only took a few steps to get to the cube. Once she was close enough, Chell use the portal gun to lift it, then jumped off the platform.
She made her way to the unpressed button and dropped the cube on it. It activated, and since both buttons were now pressed, the door slid open with a metallic clank.
Chell passed through the door and found herself in an odd little room. The door immediately closed behind her and the voice addressed her. "As part of a required test protocol, our previous statement suggesting that we would not monitor this chamber was an outright fabrication.
Good job! As part of a required test protocol, we will stop enhancing the truth in three...Two..." Before she could say 'one', there was a sudden burst of static and her voice cut out.
Chell had suspected that they were going to monitor the room, and the windows and cameras had proved her hunch right. Now the voice had confirmed it.
What was worth more of her thoughts, however, was the room she was in now. There were no doors, except the firmly closed ones behind her. The walls were the familiar grey concrete. However, the ceiling was made of glass, and an orange portal was on the grey ceiling above that.
Ready to get on to the next task, Chell placed a portal on the wall in front of her and entered it.
She suddenly found herself falling face-first towards the ground. It wasn't a long fall, but she barely had enough time to catch herself, landing on her hands and feet in a spread out manner, much like a cat does after it has found itself in a similar situation.
Chell had been used to going through portals like one walked through doors. You expected the ground to still be underneath you when you passed through. She had neglected to consider the nature of portals; whatever entered first would leave first, no matter where it was situated.
She was glad she had learned this lesson now, instead of later, when there could be some of those nasty-looking hazards present. It was an important thing to remember, and she planned on keeping it at the forefront of her thoughts while doing the tasks ahead.
Once she had re-orientated herself, she turned to walk through a familiar-looking hallway towards the Grid and the elevator.
Chapter Word Count: 1,111 XD
Total Word Count: 7,726