TIAMAT

[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]

Comments

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Too bad, that's all he has]

Mazio!

[showyouthesight]

[Definitely keeping that up then.]

[tatsumi_textiles]

Damn it, Lapis!

[Bolting from where Dandelion has the purple Dawon back to]

[soulping]

[It actually slows them down QUITE A BIT, though careful of the loud howling.]

[ghettobatman]

[WHATEVER MAN I'M A MARVEL PROTAG I GET BEATEN UP ALL THE TIME]

[more importantly: fuck you portrait]

[soulping]

[FIRE IS SUPER EFFECTIVE.]

[zeroics]

[Dandelion also comes running back to help.]

Lilac!

[hyanaimne]

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[wherethewildthingsare]

[PUNCHING A MONSTER RIGHT IN THE FACE WITH SUPER STRENGTH.]

[purple_sister]

[Yes, I'll just let you two drag me along for the time being.]

I... don't understand... how all this running... can be so tiring...

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Lapis is down, so Ochre's passing Lilac over to Dandelion so he can go rescue the tiny Henwen]

[shiroganeheir]

Sorry!

[She tries to get up, a bit shakily, the fire still in her hand.]

I don't think I'm usually this clumsy.

[carptricks]

[HE'LL JUST KEEP DOING THAT]

[until he runs into something that is not a portrait, like, a door or a way out or. . . something]

[zeroics]

Get on my back, I'll carry you.

[zeroics]

[thanks bro]

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Slides to a stop beside her, and grabs her hand]

Don't worry about it, just come on!

[purple_sister]

[Well, this is kind of a crisis situation and I don't want to get in the way, so... Yes, I'll climb on.]

...Sorry for the trouble.

[shiroganeheir]

[She reaches over and takes his hand. Another time, she probably would have blushed, but for now, she just clings to his hand and holds the fire out with her other.]

Right. I'm sorry.

[soulping]

[THAT ACTUALLY WORKS YOU JERK

THE MONSTER HOWLS]

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Now that he's got a hold of her, he's off again, sending out another (somewhat) useless Mazio in their wake]

Let's just get outta here and then worry 'bout that.

[soulping]

[THE MONSTERS CRY OUT THEY'RE ANGRY

ANGRY

who is angry? is it the monster

the further you run, you'll find that the room is starting to g̷͖̫̮͓̬̞̘̭̯̩̗̞͚͕̕ͅl͢͏̴̠̞͚̻̺̟̟̱̞̻̘̺̙̖̘̤i̷҉̻̹͍̪̮̰̮̞̹̩̪̯͉͔̦̻̞ͅt̞͕̲̞͙̺̻̪̪͎͙͜͝c̴̴̨̛̗͔͕͙͉̮̟̬̯̝͈̤̺̖̠̞͔͘h̸̢̰̬͇̮͜͟ your vision is hurting

that voice a familiar kind voice:

there are stairs at the end quickly

that voice a harsh terrible voice:

I̵͘͡҉̗̹͇̭̺̱̞̪͓͓͙̻͜ ̴̫̤̻̖̩͎̣͙͡W̶̶͍͚̹̥̦̼͇̜̝̜̩͙͟͜O̴̷̧̧̡̳̠̘͖̘N͏̣̘̲̰͎͟͞͠T̨̳̣̩͕̠͚̞̫͍̠̪͔͡ ͟͞҉̧̡̮̦̺̟̣̮͔͕̙͙L̵̶̡̯̖̰̖̝̝͈̤͝ͅĘ̴̧̜̲̗̺̭̻͢͝T҉͝͏͓͔̲̩͎͚̟͟ ̢̤̞̟͉̟̭̯̺̼̟͓̖̮̭͙͜͠ͅÝ̫͖̮̰͉̭̯̜͖̮͞͠O̴̸̯͔͚͇̥͇͙͖͇̝̪̥̜͢U͏̭͉͎͇͖͓͈̟͓͞]

[zeroics]

That -- [he points at the monster portraits attacking everyone] is trouble, not you.

[wherethewildthingsare]

[LET'S JUST KEEP GOING THEN.]

[ghettobatman]

Keep moving!

[THEY CAN MAKE IT]

[zeroics]

[shit. just barrels forward with Lilac on his back, he can make it.]