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

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[his gaze lingers on the portraits, but he doesn't slow down his pace]

Guys. . .

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

[Those eyes are gazing at you too lovingly.

Wait.






What?]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[HAHAHAHA he remembers that fucking mirror. no thanks, not today. he tears his gaze away from the paintings and keeps moving. quickly]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

[but something just grabbed onto your shoulder.

it hurts

it hurts

burns? no its not burning. nothing is there right?]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[jerks his shoulder away from whatever grabbed him and whirls around, aiming his card gun at. . . well]

[whatever it is. DON'T UNDERESTIMATE HIM, HE'LL SHOOT]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[tatsumi_textiles]

Kaito?

The hell are you doin'?

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[welp]

. . . move! We've gotta MOVE!

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

[you might wanna start running cuz those pictures have started to make nasty expressions.]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[weeeeeelp]

[backs away from the portraits, but doesn't lower his weapon]

EVERYONE! We've gotta run!

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Ochre grabs anyone who seems too slow by the arm and bolts]

Let's go!

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[BOLTING AFTER OCHRE, though not before making sure everyone follows]

1/3

[soulping]

[INTO THE PORTRAIT

INTO THE PORTRAIT

YOU NEED TO BECOME ONE WITH US SsssSSS

hehehe

EHEHEheHEHHHHehehe

AHAHAHahHASjfghaha

dfahhahahasf

à̴̶͍̜͎̬̪̪̞̮̹̱̥̝̪́͟ͅa̢̨͇̼̰̱̖͙͇͙̪̪͚̩̠̩̞h̶̢̖̩̥̦̱̳̘͚á̴͙̰̰̪̬̤̙̠̯̫͎̩͇̮͖͎̥̱̠͠h͏̶̸̼̯̠̬̯̳̻̗̘ą͏̦͔̜͎̭̺̣̗̳͖̜h̶̨̲͇̱̣̮̣̻̣͉̻͓͕͔̤̹̬͜ͅh̴͘͢͏̜̖̤͖̯̘̗͚̟̱̘͚̳͖̯̟̳̮͞ͅa̢̘̻͈͕̝͓̯̘̱̤h̵͔̞͚̼̬̞̘̙͍͉͈̦̰͓̻̮̲̀͡ͅą̶̺̜̱̻̠̬̲̠͝͠h̸̨̖͙̭̪̠̯̼͉̮̩̘͖̱̙̕͠a̴̧͎̦͍͘͟͠h̵̬͔̱͕͖͢á̧͕̞̳̺̗͍̜͔̖͎̗͇̩ͅs̛҉̠̩̳̲̰̯̯͖̝̻̪͕͔̫̙̻̭̮̟͡ḏ̨̗̰̤̹̞͎̘̝͔̞͝͞j̷̜̙̪̞̞̲̩̰͝k͟҉̵̧̥̺̬̰̟̣̯̤̟̤̹̞̟͈́ͅͅs̶̢̜̖͉̺͉̞̲̩͔̝̕͝ͅͅd̵̵̮̞̞͔̘̱̩̫͇̠͚̟̜̻̺͚̳́ļ̻̫̬̥̰̫̘̤̝̺̘́͘͝j̛̣̹̳̗̙̩̣̖̫̳̀͘͠͞f̴̀͏̴͖͉̤̣̰́á̶̼̼͉̱̖̣̦̹̻̬̳͘͞h͚͍͍̬͖̺̣̱͇͇̮̗̮̩̣̘͜ͅa̷͏̜̲͙̩̝̜̼̼͇̲̗̱̠̞͓h̩͔̟͙̠͇͍͇͎́͡͡͝]
̷̨̹̱̮̰͈̣͙̺̤̤͔̖͇̦͟]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

[Lapis is not making that mistake twice. She's moving along, eyes and attention to anything in the hall that is not a portrait]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[wherethewildthingsare]

[DASHING TOO

OH GOD SCREW THIS.]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

I would suggest not looking at the portraits as much as possible.

The mirrors did... somewhat nasty things.

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[tears his gaze away from the portraits quickly, expression shifting into a scowl]

I know. We broke our mirror before it could grab us.

But I dunno if "not looking" will protect us. We just need to stay on the move.

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

Ours, er, started to attempt to come out, but we escaped before it could do any harm.

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

[but something just grabbed onto your shoulder.

it hurts

it hurts

burns? no its not burning. nothing is there right?]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

Ow!

[Lapis pauses for a moment, wincing and turning to look at her shoulder. Nothing is there. There's just the flickering firelight in her hand. Taking a deep breath, she winces, trying not to cry out again and keeps going.]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[tatsumi_textiles]

Lapis?

[Frowning in concern, what's wrong?]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

Felt like something... grabbed my shoulder. I'm fine. We just need to keep moving.

[There's still a burning in her shoulder, but getting out is much more important right now.]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[ha. . .]

Good. You all seemed to come out in one piece, so--

[but before he can say anything else, something grabs his shoulder]

[his eyes go wide, and he whirls around to face whatever it is, gun raised and at the ready]

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

What?

[She pauses in her tracks.]

Something get you too?

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[carptricks]

[thooose portraits don't look friendly at all]

Yeah, and I think we need to book it the hell outta here before they try again!

Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[shiroganeheir]

Yes.

[And Lapis is already running off.]