A tube drops from the ceiling at the top of the stairs, dropping Eble-R-KRB-2 out at the end of the line. You head on up, carefully avoiding any further incidents and arrive in R&D a mere 1247 secondcycles late. A R&D worker in an jumpsuit comes over, wheeling a cart loaded with interesting goods.
"Oh, good. You're here. Friend Computer wants you to test out this extra-fun and exciting new equipment on your mission. First to grab it, gets it. Each of you gets one. And why is your face all sliced up?"
There are the following items up for grabs:
*A set of 9 glass vials of unlabeled chemicals. They have various colors (2 red, 3 blue, 1 orange, 1 green and 2 purple) They all have a red stopper, so you are allowed to use them regardless. The R&D guy asks the person who claims it to please keep track of the effects of each color.
*Force Field Belt. The R&D says it's designed to protect Friend Computer's valuable troubleshooters from harm. It also comes with a extra strong battery, about the size of a cinder block. It has a picture of a lightning bolt on it and an on/off switch.
* Tube labeled CAB3D2. One end is open, showing that the device is hollow. It has a crank and a button. It comes with a small crate of what appears to be unlabeled Bouncy Bubble Beverage canisters, complete with pull tabs.
* Mutant Detector. It has a red light, a needle and a speaker. When a mutant is nearby, the light flashes, the needle points at the mutant and the speaker goes "whoop whoop whoop whoop whoop" More whoops means more mutant.
* Flashlight. Three buttons(triangle, square and circle), no instructions. The circle button has a smiley face, though.
Once you are done, you are to report across that hall for your first mission briefing!