Locked in Paradox

Description

It is year 3100 and twelve candidates are chosen to take a 2-year assessment program. The breaking of contracts are void and once the paper is signed, there is no turning back. These nine candidates will be starting in six different rooms and may switch rooms accordingly to their desire but only if they figure out the riddles. However, there are simple rules to follow:

  • Do not attempt to talk or interact with the guards
  • Do not attempt to shatter, damage, crack, fracture, or burn the camera in any way possible
  • Do not attempt to talk to the invigilator
  • Do not attempt to switch rooms with power or strategy not relating to the paradox
  • Do not attempt to leave for any reason
  • Do not spoil/take off your tracking device.
  • Do not attempt to barge into rooms when not necessary. (locked rooms, passcoded rooms, e.g)

 

There are over 15,000 cameras installed at every corner, at every meter. All twelve candidates will be tracked with tracking devices throughout the day, 24/7. Their exact location will be recorded accordingly. It is exact in means by longitude and latitude, and organized within segments and sections. Image is as follows:

How are these candidates identified? By the symbol engraved into their bare skin. Must I mention their names? Perhaps not. Because they are not identified to each other, but themselves only. Everyone is to keep on their mask within their first trial. They are allowed to take it off as desired, but it is not recommended. In order to wise up, masks should be kept on at all times. Though, as mentioned before, the mastermind behind this is fully aware of who's who. No matter what.

Now, how does this work?
Candidates must solve a paradox given by the loud speaker recording. It almost sounds like a woman voice recording in those crazy action movies. Or, you can say the voice in the beginning of "The Purge" trailer. Basically, the answers to the questions are the questions to the next one. One the paradox is solved, the candidate(s) are permitted to move onto the next room. There are over 5,000 rooms. Last room is the way out, and application for their desired job. They were there in the first place, to get a job, right? Well, they have to earn it this way. It's year 3100, it will be crazy.

What are they named as?
Candidates: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
Though, soon enough, they begin to give each other nicknames as they interact.

And of course, there is a catch...

(not yet updated)

 

IMAGE(S):
These photos are to give you a little bit of an idea of how the one of the halls look like. I will post more when completed.

 

**more to be updated, STAY TUNED! :)

 

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Foreword

Another one of my crazy fanfics that I have a passion for. I love making stories out of the ordinary. This took me some time to prepare. I also had trouble thinking about the plot and how it really should work. Any thoughts/ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading and enjoy!

 

Disclaimer:
I do not own any third-party images, brushes, fonts, etc. All credits go to it's rightful owners. All rights reserved.

Do not plagiarize.
Do not copy.
Do not steal my images.
Do not share/save my images without giving credit or without asking.

 

Any stories close to this is pure coincidence. But who would think of some dorky story like me LOL.

Special Thanks:
Thanks to rOsEjOOng for helping me a bit to come up with a title! :)
Thanks to kayholic for being a bertha! :)

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wejdan #1
oh my....it seems so exiting im very much looking forward to it cant wait until you update<333..>___<..