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The Chromatic Witch, Ep 1: The Gate of Blue Heaven


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Outside the Box Studios Presents...

A Y-san Puzzleduction...

(Based on the short story The Chromatic Witch that Y-san's real life alter ego was too lazy to actually write...)

The Chromatic Witch

To WoS/WoD for introducing the puzzle/adventure game format, many thanks. Xie xie

:D

To all the shows/animes I've watched, books I've read, games I've played that inspired my subconscious to have the dream this is based on, arigatou.

To my laziness for not writing that dream turned story idea into a short story for over a year, so that it was readily available for transcribing into this format...;P

And to all who will follow this series and give it life, thank you :).

The room was almost completely dark. Around the periphery of the room, the girl could barely make out the outlines of pieces of equipment, stands where pieces of equipment should have been, lab benches with varying degrees of dust cover, drawers brimming with supplies, and cabinets littered with specimen jars that were labeled in a weary hand.

“Are you ready?” asked a voice, muffled by the presence of a light turquoise surgical mask. The man it belonged to, donning the matching attire, adjusted the fluorescent stand light next to him. Then he turned and selected a scalpel and surgical drill from the trolley of tools sitting next to him.

It could have been his imagination, but he thought that, for just a brief moment, he caught a slight wince in the corner of the girl’s eye when her gaze fell upon the drill. But he blinked, and it was gone.

Reclining back onto the vinyl back of the surgical chair, the girl closed her eyes.

“Do it.”

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Welcome to Sector Lambda

Our world is in grave peril. The most nefarious, most maleficent, most devious Chromatic Witch seeks to destroy it through her malevolent tricks and heinous devices.

The Chromatic Witch draws her vile power from her seven Gateways. Each Gateway has the property of being a different color, and each color grants the Chromatic Witch different powers.

Hence, we have gathered you, the best and the brightest agents, here, under the skillful supervision of the most capable and fair Father to form an elite team in the world’s defense.

You and your fellow agents will have to venture into the territory of these Gateways and destroy them, one-by-one, to remove her hold on this world and vanquish her.

There are a few things you must know, though, before you can attend the task at hand.

1. Do not question the word of Father. He is here for your guidance and protection. Father knows best, and has your best interests at heart. Normal human beings such as you and I cannot hope to understand the depth of Father’s knowledge and comprehension.

2. Do not question the above, ever.

3. Some of the challenges the Chromatic Witch will pose will require special knowledge, which should be readily available through the neuro-link to the vast information network implanted into your minds. If your neuro-link is malfunctioning, please contact the BioIT department at SectorLambdaBioIT@gmail.com for help.

4. Some of the challenges the Chromatic Witch will pose may have more than one possible solution. If you discover multiple solutions, then take pride in your savvy as an agent. However, you will have to face the Chromatic Witch in her own domain, and to defeat her power over the domain, you must find the solution to what she has set as the key to her devices and abilities.

5. Some agents will be more readily adapted to certain tasks or easily identify the knowledge needed for certain challenges than others. After all, no man may have complete knowledge, no man except Father, that is, but he is no mere man. Therefore, to be the most effective, you must function as a team and build on each others' strengths. Remember, this is not about you as an individual, this is about protecting our world.

6. Do not question any of the above. It just may cost you or your team their lives.

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Led by a tall, gangly man with scraggly dark hair and close-knit brows, who had introduced himself as “Agent Wraith”, the new agents entered the main operations room of Sector Lambda, burdened by a combination of excitement, anticipation, and anxiousness.

“And this is the main control unit,” Agent Wraith explained, waving his arm towards the an expansive sloped panel covered with back-lit buttons of various shapes and sizes, from which a number of holo-screens protruded. “We use it to coordinate all of our operations in the field. It sends real-time feedback from our agents’ neuro-links, so we can monitor their vitals and receive any information they attain, allowing us to guide them as effectively as possible.” He demonstrated by dragging out a sample schematic on the nearest holo-screen, featuring a rotating representation of a head on one half, which zoomed out and displayed the agent’s infrared signature, and with several panels of scrolling data on the other half.

Most of the group emitted the appropriate oohing and aahing sounds. Wraith nodded acceptingly, ignoring the few holding back. Then he turned and went to stand by a panel with four 12 columns of lights, every other column of which was blinking, and contained 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, and 2 lights, respectively. The non-blinking columns contained 5, 6, 4, 7, 7, and 6 lights.

“That ends the orientation. But before you can start your duties, there is a little test we administer to new Agents to make sure they’re up for the trials ahead.” He swept out his arm at a group of Agents sitting nearby.

“Hi, I’m Janine,” said a pretty, freckled girl with short reddish brown hair and glasses. She gave them a warm smile.

“And I’m Orin,” followed a somewhat tall, muscular blonde with clear blue eyes, a strong jaw ,and prominent cheekbones. He gave them a welcoming nod.

“And that is Umi,” Wraith finished, gesturing towards a small, thin, silver-haired girl with pale skin and sharp eyes. “She doesn’t talk much, but she’s a wiz with computational stuff.” The girl blinked at them and then turned back to her work. “One of the agents here is the squad captain. Did you get the memo? Good. Your test, new agents, is to figure out which one. And no random guessing.” He wagged a finger. “Only answers with appropriate reasoning will be accepted. You must demonstrate your prowess before gaining the right to wear a Sector Lambda uniform.”

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The final dazzling transformation had dazed the warriors, but now, as their wits returned if not their sight, they came to a revelation...they no longer needed to see. Yes, they had coordinated so many attacks so perfectly that they could now anticipate each other’s actions, they now shared the same warrior’s soul...they now moved as one.

So the Great Warrior Lambda pulled itself up to its full majestic potential and confronted the Blue Witch. The blue luminescent form of the Witch shimmered as the Warrior approached, as if sensing its defeat. The Warrior bowed its head...and struck.

Selvaria, the Blue Witch - DEFEATED!

******************************************************************************************************

As the Witch’s light wavered and then seemed to evaporate into the blue, blue sky, the agents returned from their warrior forms. They looked at each other and shared a solemn salute. A job well done.

Orin took a deep breath, and then a thought came to him. He frowned. If the Witch’s power was holding up the platform and now the Witch was defeated, then what was holding up the...

Abruptly, the platform stopped rising, rendering them weightless for an astonishing moment, before it began to descend precipitously.

The blue cyclone around them dissipated as they too, began to fall.

“AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH...”

Down, down, down, through the endless blue sky they fell. Down, down, until...

*Plop*...*plop*...*plop**plop**plop**plop**plop*...

They dropped into the ocean one by one, like pebbles into a pond. They struggled to pull themselves to the water’s surface, and somehow, managed to. Each searched around, making sure all his or comrades were alright. They all were, but they all had worried looks. Sure, they could all swim, but no doubt the water had shorted their trackers and who knew how long it would take for the rescue party to find them...

“Ahoy!” a cheerful female voice called out. Turn their collective gaze upwards, they were greeted by Janine’s smiling face, leaning out the side of a helicopter. Behind her were two more choppers.

“How did you find us so quickly?” Wraith asked after he had been pulled up into the chopper.

“Umi ran a simulation and figured out where you guys would land,” Janine replied, handing him a blessedly dry towel.

Wraith nodded, accepting the silver-haired girl’s computational prowess. But something still bothered him...

Orin rushed to him and threw a soaking wet arm over his just dried shoulder. “We did it, Captain!” the young man said with a huge grin, “We defeated the Chromatic Witch!”

Wraith smiled and turned to his team. “Yes, we did. Good job everyone. Truly great work.”

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Still significantly soggy, but ecstatic over their win, the agents tramped into the Sector Lambda control center, chattering excitedly.

Her face as expressionless as always, Umi nodded in acknowledgement to the agents as they passed. They grinned and held up thumbs-up and V-for-victory signs at her.

“A job well done,” Father’s voice came over the neuro-link. “Now have a shower, get some rest whilst you can. Umi is close to finding the location of the next Gateway.”

Giving each other some final congratulatory hugs and pats on the back, the agents trundled off in various directions, to their own rooms...

All except one, that is, a pretty red-head with a slender build and intense green eyes. She stepped up besides Umi, and next to each other, their profiles seemed identical.

“Umi has already found the location of the next Gateway,” she said in a dispassionate voice.

“Yes,” Father agreed over their private channel. “But there have been too many inconsistencies, especially towards the end. They might begin to suspect...” His voice trailed off, then returned. “No, we must prepare more thoroughly for this next stage.”

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Great work, everyone! I love all the innovative methods you guys derived, especially the using of the parenthesis as "1"...it's so fitting :D.

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Thanks for playing the first episode, I hope you didn't hate it too much ;P. The next installment should be out in not too long, I'm going to try to get the first part ready by the end of the week or the weekend, depending on how much time I have.

Until we meet again...

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