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 ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

[Lapis finds a pen on the desk, and picks it up. Walking forward with the pen in her hands, she shouts.]

Everyone step back.

[Before anyone can call her off, she throws the pen at the swirling around the doors.]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[ghettobatman]

Lapis---

[shadowing you like a proper mama hen]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[soulping]

[It's fine.

it clatters by the door.

...

Near the desk, you'll find scraps of paper.]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

[Paper. The paintings hated fire. Lapis pauses, looking at the fire she still holds in her hand. Yes. This might work.

Before she does anything, howver, she scans the paper scraps to see if there's anything on them.]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[wherethewildthingsare]

...It might be okay.

Of course, I suspect the paintings might try something, again..

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

They didn't like fire before. If we take these paper scraps and put them in front of the door and set them on fire, it might get rid of whatever's out there.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[wherethewildthingsare]

Maybe...

I'm expecting the skeletons to start moving next, though..

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[ghettobatman]

Like a cheap horror movie.

[just try it skellies]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[zeroics]

[piping up]

Hey, so.

I have a grappling cable. I can go through the door with it attached on this side, and if something goes wrong, you guys can pull me out.

[this is a foolproof plan]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[soulping]

[There are three scraps, there are words written on it, faded with time but still legible:


♥ And so, she slaved over her cauldron day in and day out, perfecting the magic of creating friends.

♥ And so, the witch used that spell to summon the most monstrous, twisted, and distorted "friend" she would ever have. . .

♥ No matter how hard she searched, however, no such spell could be found.]

[you feel. . . you feel. . .]

[you feel like you should keep this]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

[Ok, so perhaps the fire idea was not a good idea. She picks up the scraps, and stands up again, a confused look on her face.

This story, something is important about this story.]

Everyone... I found something.

[She holds up the papers, allowing people to look at them, but keeping them.]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[carptricks]

[lifts his head up, curious]

Eh? What'd you find?

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

Shards of a story.

Something about creating monstrous friendships.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[carptricks]

A story, huh. . . three scraps of paper? That's one for each team.

[well, each team present]

Keep 'em. They might be important later.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[purple_sister]

[Looking at them, and...]

...It feels like there's a big gap between the second and third one.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

It is also possible that they are not in the correct order. I... feel like there should be more shards than these. It's only part of a story.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Coming back away form the doors to read the notes]

Huh.

[...he's got nothing, sorry.]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

It's part of a story. Ochre, can you do me a favor? Can you go over by the concierge desk and see if you can find some more paper shards?

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[wherethewildthingsare]

...Those feel out of order.

[BUT THEY EXPLAIN A LOT..]

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

I believe they are. I also don't think we have the entire story here. I wonder if there are more around this room.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[tatsumi_textiles]

[Ducks out of reflex, watching the pen flying towards his destination]

What the-

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

Apologies, Ochre. I don't trust this.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[tatsumi_textiles]

Yeah, I kinda got that.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[shiroganeheir]

I... am uncertain if just punching it is going to work in this case.

Re: FLOOR ᴃᔌজ᜗⇣༛ (the lobby)

[tatsumi_textiles]

Yeah well. It worked earlier, so I guess it makes sense yer kinda thing works now.