The Work Day
The captives slid into their bunks, grateful for the second of rest
their master as giving them. A few minutes later, the captor in the
center of the room that had constricted and confined all of the
captives stood up, which jerked all of the captives up with him. They
silently moaned and prepared for their hard labor. The captor quickly
blindfolded all of the captives and pressed a button somewhere in the
room and all of the bars and steel blocks came down and off. He lead
them blindly through room after room until they could feel the sun
beating down upon them. It was here that the blindfolds were finally
removed. The captor pressed the mysterious button and all bars,
padlocks, and steel blocks came down again, and the captives were once
again confined. The captor clapped for attention, and all captives
looked towards him. "You are now my captives and will be treated
like so. Today, you will be working in these fields picking the fruits
we have grown here. You will get some grub to eat in the middle of the
day, and then you will receive a cup of water at the same time. The
next morning, if the fruits of your labor are good, you will receive
more grub. YOU WILL NOT GET THE FRUITS HERE AND WILL NOT EAT THEM
WHILE HARVESTING THEM. WE WILL HAVE GUARDS AND CAMERAS LOOKING AFTER
YOU, INCLUDING ME. Do not associate with any other of the captives and
with any of the guards and/or passerby. YOU WILL BE SEVERELY PUNISHED
IF YOU BREAK ANY OF THE RULES I HAVE SET FOR YOU TODAY! There will be
more rules to come later in the day and/or consequences will be
discussed if they have to. NOW GET TO WORK!!!" The captor clapped
his hands and one of his more fortunate servants came and collected
the bracelet from him. He then went and fetched the captor a fan, an
umbrella, a stopwatch, a glass of water, and some cold snacks.
"Who is this terrible captor?" you thought inwardly as you
started to pluck food off of it's stalks and from the bushes. Many of
the captives around you thought the same. You looked up at the sun.
This was the only direction you could escape! But that was impossible.
"How could anyone escape through the sky, especially if they are
constricted as severely as we are?"you thought. You decided right
there to formulate a plan with your fellow captives. But how would you
communicate with them? You couldn't talk while you were sleeping, and
you couldn't talk while you were working! You couldn't even move when
you were sleeping!
