Hey! I am so, so sorry for the delay. I found out that I failed my teacher certification test last month, and I pretty much swore off fun internet stuff (Tumblr, RPG, etc.) until I passed it. But I just passed it, so I can pick up now if you're still interested!
Would you like me to go ahead and make the first post? I can throw something together if you'd still like to run with the "breaking out in the middle of commotion" idea.
I'm thinking that they've been in and out of testing (and consciousness), but they could of picked up bits and pieces of conversations while they were in captivity. So maybe they knew that there was going to be an uprising, but they didn't know enough to really be involved? They just decided to make the most of the moment.