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"Let's break out of jail! From the inside! Without any outside help at all! On our own timetable too, usually no more than a day after being thrown in, rather than when opportunity knocks! Using only materials they felt unimportant enough to leave in our cells, like beds and toilets! And then usually escape the rest of the large, highly staffed prison facility armed with at most the same weapons as the guards who heavily outnumber us! And then treat this whole thing as a minor side adventure, rather than, I dunno, more of an accomplishment than the entire rest of the story.
I mean for heaven's sake, it's a prison. It is a building made, used and staffed for exactly one and only one purpose: To make it impossible for anyone inside designated 'prisoner' to leave until they are supposed to..."
—from an online forum posting by dbrickey

"Well, that's good. Fantastic, that is. Twenty minutes to save the world, and I've got a post office! And it's shut."
The Eleventh Doctor, Doctor Who, "The Eleventh Hour"

Congratulations, you have completed the pilot training course and are now ready for active duty. All money earned and any weapons found or purchased during testing will be used to cover training expenses. From here on out, you're on your own. Good luck, you're going to need it.

Raiden: I've lost all my gear. I need to contact Snake.
Colonel: He was never factored into the simulation. Leave him out of this.
Raiden: I can't do much naked, especially in this temperature.
Colonel: That's true — you won't be able to attack or enter the Hanging mode, either.

Zelda: A Hinox? You had to fight a Hinox?
Link: It was like— [coughs weakly] Eventide Island all over again. They took all my stuff. [sighs] Zelda, I like having my stuff.
Zelda: What stuff?
Link: All my stuff. No supplies. No weapons. They even took my pants. I hate it when they take my pants.
Zelda: You fought a Hinox naked?
Link: I fought a lot of things naked.

This shrine imprisons and purifies the ancient evil. Outside equipment is forbidden beyond this point.
Proving Grounds announcement, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

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