ALECTRYON

[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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[soulping]

[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!

THE ELEVATOR

[soulping]

[this thread is for all of your exploration needs]

Re: THE ELEVATOR

[secare]

( WHAT THE FUCK??????????????? )

The fuck is wrong with Star. . .?

[whohastimeforthat]

[Advantage to the spacefrog: His natural ability to stick to things works great in the event of no seat belts. The little guy managed to stick to the wall and then moved to the relative safety of the ceiling before they stopped.]

[Gritting his teeth, he tilts his head backwards so he's looking down at the other occupants.]

I have no idea, but I suggest leaving before we take another drop.

[gateofbabbylon]

It sounded and looked like involuntary possession of some sort. We can worry about that later.

We need to move.

[secare]

( it's stupid, he's on the ground and plastered to one of the walls, but he's way more concerned about what stupid thing star did. )

Y-yea. But what the fuck?

( BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON. oh my god. why is star doing this channelling shit? this is a lot like when she embarrassed him at the gm game by channeling alya. he's shakily getting up and drawing a piercing line at the doors to slice into them. )

Line—!!

[soulping]

[There is a bit of success. It seems the metal doors have been cut, although not deep enough to sliceheeheheheh EEeh it completely open. However, they seem penetrablewho is looking at you???penetrable.]

[gateofbabbylon]

Don't strike again yet. Allow me.

[going to aim for the weak point created on the doors and strike with blows of super strength to maybe even hit what might be beyond it?]

[secare]

( so tiny, so stronk. )

Maybe this won't be too bad between all of us.

[whohastimeforthat]

[While you two tackle the brute force elements, Azmuth is going to drop down onto one of you's shoulder. Hopefully it won't spook you too badly.]

[soulping]

[It is definitely starting to give with the blows, but there's a bit of rumbling happening inside...]

[secare]

( startling a little but he did give him permission to do it whenever. )

It's going to be okay.

[secare]

What's that noise?

You think there's something behind it?

[whohastimeforthat]

Possibly. If one of you can make a large enough hole, I might be able to get through to see. There may even be a mechanism to fully open the doors.

[whohastimeforthat]

[He isn't convinced, but he nods anyway. He's not panicking, but it's very unsettling here.]

[secare]

That's not a bad idea. You're likely smaller than whatever might be out there.

I'll cut it again.

[gateofbabbylon]

We can try, but are you sure you want to go through? We know this place is going to have hazards and threats meant to harm us. It could be a trap.

[letting this proceed though]

[whohastimeforthat]

[Azmuth nods.]

It could be forcing open the door all the way is a trap as well. I have less of a risk of setting something off. On top of that is one of the skills I've managed to get back has to do with being able to manipulate machinery. I might be able to disarm anything rigged to the other side of the doors.

[secare]

Probably shouldn't just stay here. I don't know how this place works, but we could potentially be crushed if we keep falling.

( so, striking at the spot again to rip a hole into it. )

FLOOR 3463 (the team elevator floor)

[soulping]

[You find yourself standing in a lengthy hotel hallway. The decor is just as old as the elevator you escaped from moments before, although everything is worn and dilapidated. The floor is covered in a faded red and yellow floral patterned carpet; the walls are plastered with torn, ripped and tarnished wallpaper. The lights above you are dim-- so dim, that they cast a yellow glow around the area. Some of the light bulbs flicker on and off in random intervals, occasionally dousing the area in darkness]

[The hallway stretches ahead of you for what seems like forever, with no ending in sight. If you stare into the distance for too long, it almost seems to bend and shift and twist right before your very eyes, like someone decided to use the smudge tool on your surroundings. . .]

[Lining the walls of the hallway are twelve elevators, with six on each side. Each one is colored for each team in Kyriakos. Next to the elevators you see a sign: Floor 3463]

[whohastimeforthat]

If my best estimates are correct, I'd call that almost a certainty. However I'd like to make sure opening the doors doesn't trigger a drop.

[Because whoever's behind this might be that sick.]

[soulping]

[THERE'S A SHRIEKING SOUND IN THE DISTANCE but the door finally cracks open]

[secare]

Floor 3463. . .? That's a lot of floors.

[whohastimeforthat]

[Azmuth is back on his shoulder and nods.]

High enough to reach terminal velocity for certain.

[secare]

We'd have been so screwed if we kept falling. . .

( which is exactly what azmuth just said, but. . . blindly agreeing because holy shit. )