Supervisor: "If everything is clear, you may enter."
The supervisor signals the entrance group to enter, and they flood in the maze.
Speaker: "THREE MINUTES TO EXIT GATE OPENING!"
Arnold (in head): "I have to be quick."
At the communicating squad's area, the principal starts pacing around.
Principal: "Now that it's begun, I will explain some things. If you heard that announcement, in three minutes something will happen. We have gathered a group of 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 a special art gallery of our travel agency, and in the case of needed security, they have been told to use a distress button provided to them for help if they notice something off. When pressed, there is one guard in the maze that will go to the scene."
Random person: "Just one? Might be easier than I thought."
Principal: "We shall see."
Kassius (in head): "Gotta think of a plan to help Arnold through."
Down in the maze, the group run around aimlessly.
Random participant 1: "Move!"
Random participant 2: "No, you move!"
Random participant 3: "This is a dead end."
As the group blocks up the paths, Jinsoku running towards them slips past them. He continues running ahead.
Jinsoku (in head): "Can't waste any time... but now that I look around, this place seems less maze like. Why are there paintings around?"
Jinsoku reaches a point with three different paths.
Jinsoku (in head): "Which direction do I go?...Let's not waste words on this."
Jinsoku runs forward. An alarm starts ringing.
Speaker: "EXIT OPENING! WELCOME GUESTS!"
Jinsoku: "Guests?!"
A group of guests flood in from the exit. They start walking through the gallery.
Kassius (in head): "Why is he walking?"
Kassius (through device): "There are people. Be careful."
Arnold looks around in awe. His face lights up as he stares at the paintings.
Arnold (in head): "Wow, these pieces are amazing. They-"
Little girl: "It looks so beautiful."
Arnold looks at the little girl and she looks back at him. Nervously, he manages to maintain his composure. As he tries to walk away,
Little girl: "Wait!"
Kassius (in head): "What's happening down there?!"
Little girl: "Can you take me around? I wanna see some more paintings."
Arnold (in head): "Should I refuse?"
The girl looks him in his eyes.
Arnold: "...Alright, let's go look at some paintings together."
Kassius (in head): "What is he doing?! Does he have a plan?"
Jinsoku continues to sprint around, looking for a path. He 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? This is the entrance."
Bonnie: "How did you end up at the entrance?! I told you to turn!"
Jinsoku heads back in and tries a different route. He notices Marcus, walking around.
Jinsoku (in head): "Can't get distracted right now."
Jinsoku runs past Marcus.
Marcus (in head): "Jinsoku Subayai. Mystery man himself."
Adult man: "Excuse me, but can you help me find the nature art section? I can't read these maps very well."
Sarah (through device): "He has a map. Take it and 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: "Thank you for the map."
Sarah (through device): "More guests around. Stay silent. Find way out."
Sarah starts chuckling and everyone from above witnessed what Marcus did.
Kassius (in head): "As always, scumbag doing scumbag things."
Bonnie looks at Sarah. Sarah flips her off and continues laughing, infuriating Bonnie. Jinsoku down below, runs past a button on the wall that says 'Press to call for assistance'.
Bonnie: "Can you hear me?!"
Bonnie (in head): "Is my device not working?"
Jinsoku: "Is something going on? Why is she not helping me? I need to figure something out."
Jinsoku continues roaming around.
Jinsoku (in head): "Are the devices broken?"
Jinsoku runs to a point of two paths and heads right.
Jinsoku: "How do I talk to her?"
Bonnie (in head): "Jinsoku can't hear me. So how do I speak to him?"
As she looks down, she sees Jinsoku speaking with someone.
Bonnie (in head): "He's talking to another test taker. Why? Is he planning with him?... Wait!"
Bonnie: "Who's teammates are those over there?"
Random person 1: "Who?"
Bonnie: "Those people on the far end."
Random person 2: "Oh, yeah. One of those is mine."
Bonnie: "Great. Can I ask of a favour?"
Jinsoku continues speaking with the person.
Random person: "I haven't found much. But- Wait, hold on... what?... Oh, your teammate says she can't speak to you, her piece is broken. She also says avoid guard."
Jinsoku smiles and raises his hand, with his thumb up. He throws his earpiece onto the ground. Bonnie walks up to Principal, and hands her the earpiece.
Bonnie: "I hope this was intentional."
A lost participant walks around nervously and sees a guest. Walking up to the guest, he manages to calm down.
Random Participant 1: "Uhm... Can you help me find the exit? I'm a bit lost."
Guest: "Sure, I'll show you on the map so you can continue looking around."
Randon Participant 1: "Oh... I-uh... I didn't get a map."
Guest: "But we all got maps. At the beginning. How did you not get one?"
Participant 1: "Uhhh..."
The guest presses his distress button behind his back.
Random Participant 2 (through device): "Run away! He pressed the button!"
Before he could decide what to do, in an instant, a man appeared behind him.
Participant 1: "Wha-"
The man hits the guy's neck and knocks him out instantly. He picks him up and walks away. Everybody on the top floor looks bewildered.
Random person 1: "What was that?"
Random person 2: "He appeared out of nowhere."
Bonnie (in head): "I barely noticed that myself. It's like he just appeared out of thin air. He's very quick. And I can't even warn Jin. I just gotta hope he finds a way through."
Kassius looks at Arnold rushing back.
Arnold: "What was that scream?!"
Arnold cuts the corner back the way he came and sees the little girl at a dead end, on the floor.
Arnold: "Who did this?!"
Kassius (through device): "People attacked her and took her map."
Little girl: "Why... did they hurt me..."
The little girl cries as she lies there.
"I don't want to die. Please don't leave me."
Arnold stands up and looks up.
Kassius (through device): "I'll lead you to them."
Arnold: "Just stay here to be safe, okay? Someone will come help you, I promise. I'll go get them."
Bonnie looks to Kassius and sees him angry.
Bonnie (in head): "He's never usually this frustrated, but I can't blame him. It's disgusting. What kind of person would do that?"
Speaker: "TIME'S UP. THE ART GALLERY IS OVER. TWENTY MINUTES TO CLOSING."
Principal: "Looks like it's almost over. Only twenty pairs have exited so far. Better hurry up."
A group of three participants walk through the maze.
Man 1: "Working together was a great plan."
Woman 1: "Yeah. Now we can get out with no issues. The exit is right there."
Man 2: "That little girl wasted a lot of our time."
Woman 1: "Did you have to hit her, though?"
Man 2: "She should've just given it faster. She brought it on herself."
Kassius (through device): "Them."
Man 2: "Huh?-"
They all turn around and see Arnold walking slowly towards them. One of them walks towards Arnold.
Man 2: "Yo, are yo-"
Arnold: "Shut up."
Man 2: "What did you say?"
Arnold runs towards Man 2 and kicks him on his head. He sends Man 2 to the ground, unconscious.
Man 1: "What the hell are you doing?!"
Man 1 rushes tries punching Arnold. He avoids it and grabs his arm.
Man 1: "Wha- Aah! My arm!"
Arnold flips him down to the ground. He stares at the woman intensely.
Woman 1: "I promise I didn't touch her... look! Here, you can have the map. Don't hurt m-"
Arnold punches her and a tooth flies out. She is sent to the floor, her nose gushing blood out. Arnold picks up the map and walks away. The group above look down, shocked by what happened.
Random person: "Yo! Are you okay? Hey, is that even allowed?!"
Principal: "Why wouldn't it be? Also, a large number of people have been caught and taken away by the guard. Including those three, about sixty people are done. Fifteen people remaining."
Jinsoku finds the exit path and doesn't slow down as he heads towards the exit.
Jinsoku (in head): "Finally made it! Now it's time to leave."
Jinsoku runs through the crowd and people notice. Everyone clears a path in the middle and look at him as he is running.
Jinsoku (in head): "Almost there. Can't get caught now."
Guest: "What's happening?"
They press their distress button frantically and in an instant, the guard rushes towards the exit. As he reaches the exit path, he spots Jinsoku.
Jinsoku (in head): "The exit is right there!"
As fast as he can, Jinsoku rushes through and the guard bolts towards him. Jinsoku jumps out and just as the guard reaches him, he lands outside.
Bonnie: "Yes! Let's go, Jin!"
Jinsoku sits up and sees the guard getting on his feet.
Jinsoku: "Close call. Looks like you weren't fast enough."
As the time dwindles down, the guests start leaving. Participants try reach the gate but it closes on them.
Principal: "The first part is officially over."