Genuinely surprised no-one's proposed this theory yet. I know the game is supposed to be 'open', but I'd say there's a strong argument that the shapeshifter has to be you.
Think about it. Aside from the random fact you have a gun and do NOT look like some sort of security guard for what must be a high budget lab, look at how your character acts throughout the sequence. First the guy in the blue starts having breathing difficulties, then the lab coat guy - but do you, at any point beyond the initial huffing you start with? They say that the shapeshifter isn't affected by the gas. It's probably forgotten to mimic this because the only two people who can help it escape are before it, dying. It is too focused on trying to leave.
Infact, if you do let the timer run out, everyone else collapses first, with your character only collapsing to his knees, clearly watching the others - to make sure they aren't faking somehow, so his ruse isn't discovered by someone who could still prove useful? Only after assuring this does he go down, to pretend and wait for some investigation team to investigate the incident at the lab...
There's also the fact one of the 'proof of identity' questions for both lab and blue shirt guys are 'What is the escape code?'. It is the only shared question. This shows desperation on the shapeshifter's part to learn what that code is so it can leave, and the other questions are probably only there to throw off suspicion. You could argue that the character was asking to test the answer against his own knowledge, but the fact he'd ask something like that in the presence of a force they are trying to contain is very suspicious.
If you do shoot any one, the other one will still definatly know the code (as they both claim to have that knowledge), so you could use them to leave. Killing someone would dispel all doubt in thier mind, so they would submit to thier own desperate desires to leave, trust you, input that code...and doom everyone.
Also, letting the gas run out is as valid an option for it if you think about it. Eventually, someone will come looking, and open the door. There's nothing to suggest that in the chaos, the previously unknown fact that they can survive gassing was sent offsite. People thought they killed the shapeshifters once by gassing them; why couldn't that mistake be made again?
LD28 — You Only Get One (1)
Moments of Paranoia by SpellingPhailer 2013-12-22T08:49:00
Genuinely surprised no-one's proposed this theory yet. I know the game is supposed to be 'open', but I'd say there's a strong argument that the shapeshifter has to be you.
Think about it. Aside from the random fact you have a gun and do NOT look like some sort of security guard for what must be a high budget lab, look at how your character acts throughout the sequence. First the guy in the blue starts having breathing difficulties, then the lab coat guy - but do you, at any point beyond the initial huffing you start with? They say that the shapeshifter isn't affected by the gas. It's probably forgotten to mimic this because the only two people who can help it escape are before it, dying. It is too focused on trying to leave.
Infact, if you do let the timer run out, everyone else collapses first, with your character only collapsing to his knees, clearly watching the others - to make sure they aren't faking somehow, so his ruse isn't discovered by someone who could still prove useful? Only after assuring this does he go down, to pretend and wait for some investigation team to investigate the incident at the lab...
There's also the fact one of the 'proof of identity' questions for both lab and blue shirt guys are 'What is the escape code?'. It is the only shared question. This shows desperation on the shapeshifter's part to learn what that code is so it can leave, and the other questions are probably only there to throw off suspicion. You could argue that the character was asking to test the answer against his own knowledge, but the fact he'd ask something like that in the presence of a force they are trying to contain is very suspicious.
If you do shoot any one, the other one will still definatly know the code (as they both claim to have that knowledge), so you could use them to leave. Killing someone would dispel all doubt in thier mind, so they would submit to thier own desperate desires to leave, trust you, input that code...and doom everyone.
Also, letting the gas run out is as valid an option for it if you think about it. Eventually, someone will come looking, and open the door. There's nothing to suggest that in the chaos, the previously unknown fact that they can survive gassing was sent offsite. People thought they killed the shapeshifters once by gassing them; why couldn't that mistake be made again?