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]

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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]
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Re: FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

What are you waiting for :)?

[soulping]

[The subjects of the portraits turn MONSTROUS with sharp teeth and claws and they start to climb out of the pictures to grab at people as they run past.

They want to drag you in.

RUN FASTER.]

[hyanaimne]

[setting the nearest one on fire.

how dare you]

[soulping]

[IT GOES UP IN SMOKE WITH A LOUD SCREECH.]

[carptricks]

[levels his gun at the nearest portrait's head and shoots, definitely trying to take off that thing's head before it can grab anyone. he is also definitely picking up the pace, here]

Back the hell off. . .!

[soulping]

[It just absorbs the cards.

And suddenly it is covered in the print of the card.

Numbers, symbols, it's eyes are crazy.]

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Yeah, okay, or-]

Mazio!

[Ochre snaps a fist through the air, shattering a card that had suddenly appeared. Behind them, Take-Mikazuchi rises up, and five bolts of lightning shoot down at their followers]

[soulping]

[THE LIGHTNING DOES NOT DO MUCH but the leftover fire from it seems to be effective...]

[zeroics]

[why is there a melee when he has no skills!! punching the nearest claw as it reaches for him.]

We're not interested!

[soulping]

[It breaks off at least.]

[ghettobatman]

[get too close to anyone and you're getting punched out you creepy painting]

[purple_sister]

[But I haven't unlocked that video game abstraction that lets me run indefinitely yet!

Which is to say, she's uh... slowing down.]

[showyouthesight]

[Well, he does have a sword so any claws that get too close to him or people next to him are going to get parried.]

[shiroganeheir]

[Shit. Between the gunshots, and the lightning bolts and everything else that is being thrown around, Lapis is startled and trips on something on the floor, falling down right in front of one of the portraits. Shit.]

[wherethewildthingsare]

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

[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]