Room of Consequence

Room of Consequence

Invented By

John Whittaker

First Appeared

#236: “Into Temptation”

Last Appeared

#892: “Millstones”

Number of Episodes

17

The Room of Consequence (ROC) is one of John Whittaker's many inventions. It allows the user to see the possible outcome of their actions, similar to the Imagination Station. The ROC can also give the user special abilities.

The Room of Consequence, another of Whit's inventions, was introduced in episode Into Temptation. The idea is that just as the Imagination Station allows individuals to step into the past, the Room of Consequence allows them to see a possible future, usually extrapolated from the decisions the person is making in the present. Unlike the Imagination Station, the Room of Consequence does not appear to allow for significant interaction with the future environment. The Room of Consequence plays a much smaller role in AIO than the Imagination Station, with only twelve episodes including it to date. It now ages the people who takes the trips in the room of Consequence when they go into the future. View all of the inventions at Whit's End

Development

In both the video series and the audio series, the Room of Consequence seems to just "appear". The video series says that Whit had been working on it for a while, and Dylan Taylor and Sal Martinez were very anxious. The audio series introduced it as just being a new invention for somebody (in that case, Jimmy) to try.

Appearances

Episodes

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#236: “Into Temptation”

#238: “For Thine Is the Kingdom”

#247: “Why Don't You Grow Up?”

#295: “Soaplessly Devoted”

#306: “A Victim of Circumstance”

#415: “Gloobers”

#428a: “The Eternal Birthday”

#441a: “What Do You Think?”

#445: “No Boundaries”

#521: “Hindsight”

#590: “Three O'Clock Call”

#718: “For Three Dollars More”

#723: “Groundhog Jay”

#799: “Where Your Treasure Is”

#838: “Rewinding the Big Picture”

#849: “Out to Sea”

#892: “Millstones”

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Episode	User	Effect
#236: “Into Temptation”	Jimmy Barclay	See the outcome of buying a video game without permission
#238: “For Thine Is the Kingdom”	Courtney Vincent	Understand the lifelong outcome of bitterness
#247: “Why Don't You Grow Up?”	Erica Clark	See what it's like to be twenty-two years old
#295: “Soaplessly Devoted”	Erica Clark	Enter a soap opera
#306: “A Victim of Circumstance”	Howard J. Weizel, Jason Whittaker, Jack Allen	Experience the outcome of a lack of responsibility
#415: “Gloobers”	Jared DeWhite, Dwayne Oswald	Enter a video game
#428a: “The Eternal Birthday”	Liz Horton	Live the same day over and over
#441a: “What Do You Think?”	Liz Horton	Hear what other people think
#445: “No Boundaries”	Alex Jefferson	Live without rules
#521: “Hindsight”	Liz Horton	Experience the results of a choice, backwards
#590: “Three O’Clock Call”	Grady McKay, Jennifer	Telling lies
#718: “For Three Dollars More”	Barrett Jones, John Whittaker	Understand the merit of tithing
#723: “Groundhog Jay”	Jay Smouse, Priscilla Peterson	See the result of the same choice over and over
#799: “Where Your Treasure Is”	Camilla Parker, Asmita	Use Bible verses to manipulate reality
#838: “Rewinding the Big Picture”	Camilla Parker	Helping a friend
#849: “Out to Sea”	Eugene Meltsner
#892: “Millstones”	Renee Carter, Connie Kendall	Learning to make ethical decisions

Videos

• A Twist in Time
• Escape from the Forbidden Matrix

Notes

• A couple characters took trips in the station, but they are not actually featured in scenes.
  • In #590: “Three O’Clock Call”, Grady McKay and Jennifer took an “off-scene” trip in the Room of Consequence based on lying.
  • Olivia Parker took a trip to investigate the importance of family during the Ties That Bind saga.
• Eugene mentions updating the Room of Consequence in #581: “A Christmas Conundrum”.
• The startup sequence remotely sounds like the sound effect for movies that use Lucasfilm THX.