"Cleaning time has started. Personnel in charge are to enter their respective containment cells." A gloomy voice echoes from the loudspeakers.
… is to be contained in its cell, a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m airtight steel cube, at all times.
With my usual tools in both hands, I pass through the thick door again today. There is nothing in the cell. No windows, no air conditioning, no wallpaper even.
… and table should be centrally located in a room no smaller than 5 m x 5 m x 5 m.
They say that there used to be a "thing" in here.
… is to be suspended on a platform in the exact center of a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m concrete room.
They say they had contained menaces that would kill people, distort logic, and destroy civilization.
… is to be held in a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m cell.
But that was a long time ago. I spray bright red cleaning solution all over the cell.
… The room containing it is 5 m X 5 m X 5 m and sound-proofed.
I drive the stream from the power-washer against the walls and slam the scrub brush on the floor. The splashes stain my clothes.
… is to be kept inside a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m sealed room.
If I were a monster, I wonder, would I have ended up living in this place? How would I have felt being trapped and experimented on here?
… is to be kept in a 5 x 5 x 5 m aviary, made of heavy steel mesh.
"I AM A MONSTER! I DEVOUR STARS! I AM GOING TO MUCK YOU UP FOR STARTERS, AND… WHAT, DO I HAVE TO LIVE HERE?"
… is kept in a securely locked opaque safe in a cell 5m x 5m x 5m.
I indulge in my clichéd fantasies while all the blackened blood flows away down the drain. Cleanliness and silence return to the cell.
… should be contained within a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m chamber with reinforced acid-resistant steel plate lining all inside surfaces.
"Cleaning time has ended. Personnel in charge are to leave their respective cells promptly."
… is to be kept in the center of a 5 m x 5 m x 5 m windowless, soundproofed containment chamber.
I toss my tools into the bucket, heading back down the hallway with my shoulders hunched.
… is to be stored in a standard 5m x 5m x 5m containment chamber lined with a thick layer of non-synthetic rubber.
Be thou forever vacant.