"Lily, report to the testing room immediately."
Lily moaned, turning over off her back. Everyone was asleep.
"Lily, do I need to repeat instructions?"
"What's this buzzing?" she grumbled.
"It isn't buzzing, it's my voice, idiot," Zatsune snapped.
"Ah…." Lily said, sitting up, "Can you repeat the instructions…?"
"Report to the testing room immediately. I'll open the door, and you need to follow the yellow arrows. Is that so hard?"
"Uh… No," Lily sighed, standing up. The door began sliding into the floor, and she walked towards it. Before she left the room, she looked over her shoulder to make sure she hadn't woken anyone.
"Well, see 'ya later, I guess," She said to no one in particular, scratching her head.
As she walked through the cold, metallic halls, she repeatedly glanced left to right, searching for the next yellow arrow. There were tons of multicolored arrows painted all over the walls, and it was difficult to spot just the yellows out of the rainbow mess. Once the arrows stopped, she reached a door at the top of a long, steep ramp. After trudging up, she walked through, and found herself standing on a grassy rooftop, surrounded with fencing, which appeared to be made of barbed wire. It was daytime, much to Lily's surprise. She'd figured it was night, so she'd sent everyone to sleep. It was scorching hot, and Lily looked around to find Zatsune.
"Uh…. H'lo?" She said, scratching her head and looking back and forth.
"Lily, nice to see you. Welcome to your first test. Well… it may be your last, if you fail this one, but it doesn't matter anyway," Zatsune chirped, her voice projecting from a small speaker near the door.
"Whaddaya mean….?"
"It's nothing. Anyway, can you stand more towards the center of the grass? I can't see you, you're out of the camera view. I want to see your pretty face!"
"Huh…okay?" Lily walked to the center, as she was ordered, but saw no cameras.
"Good girl! Following orders will get you far in this little lesson plan I have for you. Now, where was I? Oh right, the test. I need to give you the instructions, don't I? Silly me. They're not exactly instructions, because I don't know how to answer this particular test question. I'm sorry, I don't allow cheating! But maybe if you ace, I'll know the answer! Anyway, I'll tell you something. If you can figure this out, I'll be so proud. Maybe I'll even send you home with some snacks! Doesn't that sound good? Okay, enough yammering. I'll hand you your test now! See those little tubes?"
"Um…yeah," Lily said. There were small metal tubes surrounding her, attached to the building and fence, pointing to the grass beneath her.
"Those babies burst out fire! Yeah, fire, hot enough to melt your pretty blond hair into lemonade!" Zatsune giggled, "So they're going to set that grass on fire. Think you can get out before you melt? I'd like to see that! Now, ready, set, go!"
The flames slowly spread, giving Lily a small envelope of time to think of her next move. She observed the grass burning, tipping, and hitting the next blade, the process repeating itself.
"Maybe I can break the cycle…"
The flames were inching closer and closer. Without much thought, Lily pulled the blue disc off the belt she'd kept with her when they'd made her change clothes. She'd been using it as a hair tie lately, so she could better see her surroundings.
"How can I break this cycle…?"
She began to rub the sharp ridge of the disk against her palm with great force, heaving it back and forth. Sparks began to shoot left and right, and her hand began to light fire.
"Excellent!" Lily grinned. As soon as the fire was at a decent size, she brushed it across the grass surrounding her, leaving a patch of grass separated from the rest for her to stand. Once Zatsune's fire reached the end of its trek, at the dirt where Lily had burnt the patch, it stopped spreading. After a few minutes, Lily called out.
"I'm done! What's my grade?" She smirked in spite of herself.
"What…? You didn't fail? I thought it'd be a real stumper! You didn't even study! Well, okay. Guess I'll have to accept your perfect score," Zatsune said with a surprised tone.
Suddenly, sprinklers went off, drenching Lily and the flames. The air was smoky, and the fire was out.
"Now, where's my food?"
"I'll send some bags to your room," Zatsune said, "Now get back to your room."
The door opened, sliding like the one before, and Lily followed the arrows, backtracking to her friends. As soon as she entered the cell, the door slammed behind her and there was no doubt in Lily's mind that it was locked shut.
"You didn't fail?" Miku said, springing out of bead.
"What? Of course not. I'm Masuda Lily, for God's sake," Lily chuckled, "I got us food, too!"
"Oh, great!" Miku cheered, waving her arms side to side.
The two girls spent a while talking, comparing their tests and planning the group's rationing for food. Soon, everyone had woken up.
"I really wish this never happened," Rin sighed.
"I really miss all those songs we sung," Len said.
"I do too," Everyone agreed.
"Want to? Sing, I mean?" Miku suggested.
"Sure!" They all nodded, grinning ear to ear.
"Miku, please sing Melt!" Teto begged.
"Heh, sure!" the tealette laughed, and the rest of the day was spent singing the songs they were all so known for.
Special thanks to Otakugirl347 for the test idea, and Lii for helping me answer the question. I'm hoping I'll be able to update weekly. Lots of updates this week. (spring break, I love you.)
If anyone has an idea for a test, and a request for a test-taker, feel free.
Since it may be unclear, here's a list of the vocaloids in the cell:
Miku
Lily
Rin
Len
Kaito
Meiko
Lily
Teto
Reviews feed Kaito!
I don't think I disclaimed the vocaloids yet.
"I don't own vocaloid, and it's a sure good thing I don't."
There, that should do it!
Eii