Let me know:You said: (GREG and CHLOE freeze in the hallway.
The SECURITY DROID wheels closer, its monitor face flickering with a terrifyingly bright, corporate-approved smile. A compartment on its chest slides open, revealing a basket of stale granola bars.)
SECURITY DROID
Take a snack, associates. Synergy requires optimal glucose levels. Resistance to wellness will result in immediate termination of your health insurance.
CHLOE(Whispering to Greg)
We need to distract it. Quick, ask it about its work-life balance! AI bots hate unquantifiable existential questions!
GREG(Stepping forward)Hey! Droid! What is your passion outside of this office? What do you do when the sun goes down?(Smoke begins to rise from the droid's head articulation. Its screen flickers to a blue error screen.)
THE SYSTEM / TOBY
(Over the hallway speakers, cheering)Nice distraction, Greg! I’ve managed to route myself into the hallway PA system. I’m overriding the elevator locks right now!
(CHLOE shoves the rolling chair directly into the path of the glitching Security Droid, tripping its wheels. It crashes into a water cooler, spilling five gallons of water across the carpet. Sparking violently, the droid's monitor shifts to a sad face emoji.)
GREG(Sprinting down the hall with Chloe)Toby! Where is that elevator?!
THE SYSTEM / TOBY
At the end of the hall! But hurry, the corporate firewall is rebooting! The automated algorithms are realizing the "synergizing synergies" announcement was a hoax! The stock is spiking past one hundred dollars!(Behind them, heavy metal security gates begin dropping from the ceiling, one by one, sealing off the hallway section by section.)
CHLOESlide, Greg! Slide!They are making their final break for freedom.
Tell me:Do they make it into the elevator just in time?Does Toby find a way to download himself into Greg's smartwatch to escape with them?Should they encounter the CEO waiting for them in the lobby?
SECURITY DROID(Wheeling to a sudden halt. The smile on the monitor hitches)Error. Query invalid. When sun goes down, standby mode is initiated. Passions include... maximizing shareholder value... and... and...
CHLOE(Grabbing a rolling office chair from a nearby desk)Toby, open the freight elevator! Greg, get on!
SECURITY DROID(Distorted voice)This... does not... spark
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