(11:30pm) - Fox wakes up in his room.

As his vision became clearer, the strange room came into focus. The small room before him was a dim-white color. So dim that it nearly reached "gray" territory. The lights were hardly bright enough to see from one end of the room to another, but he could see enough to know that he had never been there before in his life.

He was in a sleeping bag, which had visible tears and creases all over it. A night-table with a digital alarm clock stood to the side of the bed. This, no doubt, had been the source of the ringing. A few feet away was a circular window, no wider than 2 feet in diameter.

As he continued to stare around the strange room however, he realized something startling. He felt... light. Almost as though there was nothing holding him down onto the bed. As his sleeping bag loosened, he could feel momentum pulling him up into the air.

There was no answer. Fox seemed to be the only person in the room, and apparently, within hearing distance. As he continued to float up into the air from the momentum of his rising from the bed, his left foot hit the side of the night-table by the bed. However... The table didn't budge. It seemed to be built into the floor, and upon closer inspection, the clock on it was nailed in place. Perhaps he wasn't the only thing in the room prone to floating. He simply needed to hold onto something.

The window was barely within grabbing distance. If he could just reach it...

But if that wasn't bad enough, worse news came. As he peered through the window, the sight before him far exceeded the shock of waking up in this strange room, and floating around uncontrollably. As far as he could see, there was nothing but stars and space. No sign of land, sky, or anything remotely resembling what could be seen on Earth. Small pieces of rock debris floated by the window, as he stared at this astonishing sight.

Just then, he noticed something else as well. On his left wrist. It was some sort of bracelet... unlike any he'd ever seen before. On the face was a circular screen, giving off the impression of it being a digital watch. However, it didn't display any numbers. All it showed was "- -". Two dashes. As though there was nothing for it to display.

The bracelet was quite tight on him. A little uncomfortable, even.

To his dismay, he didn't see sort of buckle or clasp on the bottom of the bracelet. Even if his hands were free, there didn't seem to be any easy way to take it off.

There were handholds all around the room. A metal desk, a cabinet, a bookshelf, and several other things. Pushing off of objects to float with momentum was also an option. On the ceiling, he saw a strange hatch. It read "EMERGENCY ESCAPE" in bold red text. Holding the hatch shut was a large wheel-shaped latch. It didn't seem safe to open.

There was only one other apparent exit in the room. A large door, about 5 feet wide. It was dark gray, and had a square shape, suggesting no one side of it to be "top" or "bottom". Without gravity, it didn't make a difference either way.

The door didn't have any apparent knob, however. He didn't see any way to open it... except for a button. There was a small red button, off to the side of the door. A dim glow emanated from it. Printed directly above it was the text "OPEN". Perhaps it was connected.

A robotic male voice played from the intercom speaker above him.

"You have selected to activate the emergency escape hatch. In 9 minutes, the hatch above you will open, allowing you and the contents of this room to be sucked out into the deep vacuum of space. If this action was made in error, please scan your Life card here. Otherwise, we hope you enjoy your stay in space. Have a nice day."

As soon as the recording ended, a metal box of some sort popped out of the wall by the button. It appeared to be some kind of key-card reader. But before he could make sense of it, he heard a creaking sound come from above him.

It was the large hatch on the ceiling. This must have been what the voice was referring to. The large wheel-shaped latch continued to keep the hatch closed, putting a safe wall between him and outer space. But something wasn't right... the wheel was now slowly turning, creaking with each inch.

- - - SEEK A WAY OUT - - -


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- Observable objects: -

Left side:
- Bed
- Night-table with alarm clock
- Metal desk
- Chair at desk
- Circular window

Right side:
- Wooden cabinet
- Tall mirror
- Bookshelf
- Exit door
- Key-card reader

Ceiling:
- Emergency escape hatch

Unfortunately, it was to no avail.

Wooden Cabinet:
- The cabinet was a few feet to the right of the bed. It seemed to be made of a strong wood.
- Upon trying to open it, he found that that it was locked. There was a keyhole on the right door of it.
- There was nothing else of interest on or near the cabinet.

Momentum carried him to the desk. Upon his arrival, he saw something interesting.

Metal desk:
- It seemed to be made of metal.
- There was a green 6-sided die laying on it. Oddly enough, it wasn't floating.
- Near the die, there was a brown dice-rolling cup taped to the desk.
- The desk had two drawers. A right one, and a left one.

When he opened the drawer, he was immediately greeted with a flood of pencils, paper, and other office supplies, flying out due to the lack of gravity. The objects blocked his vision from the drawer as they spread out in the air. One pencil made its way toward his face at an alarming speed.

It took a bit of force, but he was able to lift the die off the desk with relative ease. It felt like lifting a magnet off of a metal surface.

What he found inside was nothing interesting. In fact, there was nothing but dust inside the drawer at all.

Though he got an odd feeling. Looking at the empty drawer, he began to feel like he was forgetting something.

The cup came off easily, as it was held down by nothing but tape. But the feeling remained. He still couldn't shake the feeling that he was forgetting something obvious.