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[soulping]

[When you come to, you find yourself locked in a small, cramped, antique elevator. One wall is covered with a large, ornate mirror, and a chandelier hangs above your head. The doors are made of metal and shut very, very tightly. The lights are off.]

[You hear two familiar voices echo distantly in your mind]

LET ME GO, Ǧ̲̖̩̞̣̲̌Ĩ͎R̞̩͎̝̍L̹̳̫̾͛Ȉ͙͈̬͐͒ͭ̄̌̊E̥̥̓ͨ!

I won't let you hurt them!

[Before you have time to say anything, the elevator suddenly jolts, before it begins to plummet. Your heart drops to the pit of your stomach as you fall, fall, fall, and then. . .]

[Suddenly it stops. You're thrown off balance, possibly to the point of where you crash into a wall or a nearby neighbor. All is silent]

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[soulping]

[Until another voice, also familiar but different than the two you heard earlier, creeps into your mind]

Get out! Get out, get out, get out! B-before it's too late! Star. . . when she channeled Poltergeist, she trapped him and cut off his control of this game! His influence on the realm right now is shaky at best, escape from this place before he returns to kill you all!

But be careful. . . be careful! The realm is-- it's unstable, it's dangerous! And there may be parts of it that try to drag you back as you escape. . . if you're grabbed by something, struggle until you get away! And try not to get hurt!

[It's Haunt, sounding more frantic than she ever has before]

I. . . I'm on my way. I'm on my way, just hold on until I can get there!

THE ELEVATOR

[soulping]

[this thread is for all of your exploration needs]

Re: THE ELEVATOR

[featherduster]

[ WELP SOMEONE IS MAD AS HELL

He flings an arm out to keep his balance when the elevator grinds to a halt, and probably scruffs anybody else who seems in danger of falling over ]

Dammit!

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[skypsalms]

[ All this jerking around today... She might have crashed right into the wall of the elevator but lucky for her she get's scruffed before anything happens. Still, she'll recover soon enough especially after hearing what she guesses is Haunt's voice. She'll scramble to get steady on her feet. ]

Star? Do you mean Eveningstar? [ What is happening??? ] Haunt?

[ Finally recognizing who she's with. ]

Vash what is happening?

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[featherduster]

[ NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING

Making sure she's steady on her feet!! But releasing her ]

We need to follow Haunt's instructions. You heard her, right? We need to find our way out of here.

But—I'm not leaving Star.

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[skypsalms]

Yeah there's no way that we'll leave without Eveningstar—this is a bad thing, right? We can't leave her with them.

[ Looking around at the Elevator and touching all of the things... ]

But where are we supposed to go..?

[ Trying to get a feel of everything around her. ]

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[featherduster]

It's not good, but we'll be fine. We just gotta do our best.

[ Trying EVERY BUTTON on the elevator seems like a good start. OPEN UP. ]

At this point, I think we just need to go anywhere but here.

Re: THE ELEVATOR

[secretofthefox]

Yeah, out of this elevator sounds like a start

[annoyed pyro who has totally been here really is annoyed and trying to see if he can access his fire right now to at least light the room]

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[soulping]

[The light works, the room brightens.]

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[secretofthefox]

[Okay that's good at least, he'll keep a light going in his hand then

...He'll look up at the chandelier on the ceiling, because don't elevators tend to have hatches on the roof? The buttons probably aren't designed to work, and the doors would probably be hard to melt, but if there's an exit hatch...]

Re: THE ELEVATOR

[soulping]

[There does seem to be something there but it's rather high up...]

Re: THE ELEVATOR

[secretofthefox]

[Hmm...]

...Hey Gale, mind getting up on my shoulders to see if there's anything on the ceiling?

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[soulping]

[Pressing up causes a LOUD METAL SCREECH OF GRINDING GEARS and something squishy.

Squish.

Slosh.

ScRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH-

Everything is okay :)]

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[skypsalms]

[ WHY IS IT SQUISHING???

Is it like body part squishing/being ground or what?? She has some pretty sensitive ears, can she tell the difference? ]

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[soulping]

[It is not body parts, at least.

More like a really wet blanket?]

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[skypsalms]

[ That'll put her at ease but it's still...strange. ]

A blanket? Is someone trying to put a stop from it moving?

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[featherduster]

[ Holy shit why

Slamming the DOOR OPEN button, FREE THEM ]

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[soulping]

[There is no door open button.

Strange.]

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[featherduster]

[ WHAT KIND OF SHITTY ELEVATOR IS THIS??

He's gonna go the barbarian route of just trying to pry the doors open manually ]

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[soulping]

[They creak

a voice rings out]

i t is OKAY to opEN us?

yes STRONG strong strong FREE yooooourselves free us we are right behind you

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[soulping]

[There is a shiver, a cold, what is alive? You are a l i v e?

Yes. You are. You are fine.

There is a mirror. Where do your eyes go?]

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[skypsalms]

[ This place is really unsettling. She doesn't like where things are going right now.

However she's gonna touch the mirror..! Gently though. ]

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[soulping]

[You see your reflection, it seems everything is fine.

But the eyes are r e d.

Everything is fine?

But the eyes are r e d

r
e
d.

it is warm to the touch it is skin you are touching wait a second . . . ]

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[skypsalms]

[ Red...?

What happens if she keeps pressing her hand against the skin..? Is it her own skin? What can she sense from the skin other than warmth?? Is there anything? ]

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[soulping]

[the fingers intertwine WITH YOURS...

hm]