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[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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[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!

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[well at least that plummet woke me up for a while]

[Chimera probably dropped Gryphon when he smacked into the wall, if the bird wasn't on the ground already.]

Ouch... Miss Haunt?

Edited 2015-11-01 20:15 (UTC)

[there is no reply]

I hope she's all right...

Can you find any buttons? We should try to get the lights on.

...

I'll check, one moment.

[he can see just fine in the dark, thankfully. are there any buttons that look like they'd open the doors or anything? maybe a hatch for escaping through the top of the elevator?]

[there are buttons on the right side of the elevator doors, but it's impossible to read the numbers or letters on them. they're all. . . smudges, like they've been used a billion times or so]

[it's difficult to see through the darkness, but Chimera can make out the faint outline of a hatch on the elevator ceiling. it's waaaaaay high up, though]

[good thing he can see in the dark and both of them can fly. Chimera relays his findings.]

There's buttons, but I can't read any of them. There's also a hatch on the ceiling. Which should we try?

Edited 2015-11-01 20:24 (UTC)

Hmm. Try pushing a button first, maybe one of them will open the hatch.

[PUSHES A RANDOM BUTTON then. let's see what happens.]

[you push a button. it lights up underneath your fingertips]

[. . .]

[the elevator lurches, sending you both flying, and plummets yet again]

[OOF]

...Trying random buttons might not be the safest idea.

[mAYBE THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA.

Chimera smacks into the wall again. oof.]

...Let's just try the hatch!

Edited 2015-11-01 20:32 (UTC)

[at least the elevator comes to a screeching halt just like it did earlier?? YOU ARE BOTH SAFE]

[IF A BIT BRUISED]

...Yes, that's probably for the best.

[flapping up to investigate the hatch??]

[ugh.

also going to float up and investigate that hatch??]

[it seems like a normal, everyday hatch. there doesn't seem to be a visible latch or handle one can use to open it, though]

We could try knocking on it?

[KNOCKS ON IT?? and gives it a shove for good measure.]

[YOU KNOCK. there is no response. the hatch door moves a little bit, but it seems like you may need to use more force than that]

[there's a noise coming from below. the sound of glass cracking]

What's that?

[flying down to take a look at the mirror?????]

[

THROWS HIS WEIGHT INTO THE HATCH while Gryphon is down there doing that.]

[Gryphon flies down to find Chimera's reflection standing serenely in the mirror. his eyes. . .]

[his eyes are red]

[as soon as Gryphon is within reach, the reflection reaches out of the mirror and tries to grab a hold of a wing]

[meanwhile, the more Chimera shoves, the more the hatch bends underneath the force. he can hear the sound of wood splintering and cracking. keep at it. . .!]

[giving a disturbed squawk and fluttering the fuck away from the reflection omfg]

Chimera! There's something wrong with the mirror!

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