tile run - group 2

[soulping]

[ although they all started together, it became necessary for the groups to split up into smaller numbers.

taking the middle path, the wisp of light always maintains a slight distance a head of them, speeding down and slowing up as though traveling the maze is nothing but a game. ]

[ Note: This run does not begin until Saturday, 5:30 EST. Please refrain from commenting until then. ]

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[soulping]

[ Having gone your separate ways, you go yet deeper and deeper into the maze. Just when it starts to seem as though this critter may be leading you astray, the path opens up revealing the side of a very large, colorfully lit building. The name GLASSAPPLE CASINO in big block letters appears between massive windows at the upper stories. ]

[waywardapostle]

[ Well, now. This is something.

First, though- ]

Before we approach this building- what do we have available?

[barrette]

...Wow.

[ the hell is this gaudy mess ]

[shiroganeheir]

[Lapis is there, glaring at the building, breath coming a bit heavily, but expression set. She is going to help. Ignoring the cloth tied around her ribs, and the raw circle around her neck, she shakes her head, mumbling to herself.]

Assholes.

[carptricks]

[aha. . .]

Now this is new. Where the heck did this building come from?

[stolenmoonlight]

[She's just going to pop open the lid to her pendant and stick her finger inside, and check for a water source either nearby or inside the casino to get a better look, or see what's around.]

[soulping]

[ ... do toilets count as a source of water? ]

[nobilityobliges]

[Suddenly, Queen's voice fills the clearing and a wispy projection of her appears before everybody and looks around.]

I see you've found the building. Another group is already inside and has discovered some information.

[justichthys]

What can you tell us, Estelle-san?

[shiroganeheir]

What have they found?

[There's a bit of an urgency to Lapis' voice, and a flash of... something in her eyes.]

[carptricks]

[whoa what!]

What did they find?

[waywardapostle]

What have they located?

[compensate]

yOU gOt aN idEA whERE thE nEXt swITch iS?

[barrette]

[ she listens in on what Estelle says to the others before speaking ]

If we find out what the treasure is or anything else useful, how can we contact you?

[circumstellar]

[ Has also listened in on some of the other conversations ]

The cameras? Are they just for watching?

[soulping]

[ the queen's transmission is prematurely interrupted, and her image fades before she can deliver the last of her message. ]

[circumstellar]

--Hey!

[compensate]

[ someone cut the wifi ]

wE rEAdY?

[waywardapostle]

[ ...great ]

Before she left, she was able to give me a map.

[ HE sets it out for people to examine ]

[justichthys]

[ THAT WAS DISTRESSING ]

[ Aoko is distressed ]

We need to take down whatever's interfering with her!

[carptricks]

[damn it. . . and before she could give them recon info, too]

[waywardapostle]

[ Once everyone's gotten a nice good look at their map, Ishiyama's folding it up and heads to the scaffolding ]

Kaito and I can climb, and Argus can carry people up. Who needs assistance?

SCAFFOLDING REDUX

[soulping]

[ The pipes look sturdy enough to hoist oneself onto, but they’re definitely not spaced like a ladder and made easy to climb. You will have to hoist yourself up bodily and balance precariously on the metal pipes as you make your way to the platforms. Of course, you can try carrying a less able person on your back, but be prepared for a much more difficult journey… ]

[ OOC INSTRUCTIONS: The way the scaffolding trek will work: please refer to this ladder graphic. This is meant to be a simplification of the poles and platforms characters will climb.

Each character will start at the bottom of one of the vertical lines. No two characters may climb the same one unless one is carrying the other (and therefor following an identical path by being carried). Should your character try to go straight to the top, they will likely find their way blocked. Perhaps unpleasantly so.

Each line start is labeled with either a number and letter (verticals) or a color and symbol (horizontals). Please decide on one of the lines you will start at (designated by the animals underneath) and locate the corresponding starter thread underneath this instruction post. Indicate to soulping which way your character goes either by direction (ex: up, left) and/or the corresponding label in your tags. You may only go one direction each tag. Please note that your character’s left/right should be the same as yours. Each time you reach a new destination, soulping will give you new details about the platform/pole you find yourself. Your way may be totally clear, but there will also be mini events & traps along the way; it is entirely possible you might find your character has to retreat in order to go forward.

IF you are opting to carry another character, then your character and the other will share the thread, and there will be additional obstacles and hazards along the way that you will have roll against in order to reach the top! Your character cannot and will not be seriously injured on this portion of the run.

Anyone who tries to leap or fly to the top is Gonna Have a Bad Time. ]

CAT

[soulping]

Security Control Room

[soulping]

[ Congratulations. It looks like you’ve made it to the Security Control Room. There’s a large desk with a computer and a monitoring system, but all but one of the video feeds appear to be broken. There’s a walkie talkie, a set of keys, and a few crisp dollar bills next to it. On the opposite side of the room is another door. ]

Re: Security Control Room

[waywardapostle]

[ First things first- The keys ]

Mini Boss Fight Intro

[soulping]

[ Before you can make a hasty retreat, a form blocks your only exit.

It finally becomes apparent just who--or rather what--has been giggling in this room. An animatronic version of the casino’s cutesified mascot, displaying a giant 2 on the front of her dress. But there's something dead and cold about those eyes, something too wide about that smile, as her face moves around in a very inhuman way. Her animatronic jaw clicks open and emits that tinny simulacrum of its likeness’s laughter. ]

My, my. Winners, are you? It looks like your luck’s just run out, my doves.

[ She advances, one foot before the other, something too smooth about her pace to be anything but inorganic. On one crooked elbow dangles an innocuous picnic basket. From her opposite hip hangs a coiled, silver rope. ]

It's time I put you into a cage, where all good little birds belong…

Round ONE | Boss Action

[soulping]

[ Nyssa" reaches into her basket and pulls out THREE shining glass apples which seem to shine with a strange, shifting inner light. ]

Let’s not let one bad apple spoil the whole bunch, shall we?

[ She then throws all three of them -- targeting Aoko, Kaito, and Lapis! They explode in a cloud of blue smoke and glitter--and those parties hit will find themselves temporarily BLINDED for the duration of round one. ]

And don’t think I’ve forgotten you, either, my dears.

[ Her hand dips into the basket a second time, and when it comes out, her hands are full of bright, blue rose petals--which she casts at the remaining party members. Those people hit will find themselves in an EMPATHY BOND with another party (exclusive to anyone they might already be empathy-bonded with currently) for the duration of the battle. ]

[ All players please RNG 1 or 2 to determine whether or not the blows and side effects land; 1 for hit, 2 for miss. Those hit with the empathy bond may determine who amongst the other characters they wish to be empathy bonded to (it is a one-way bond, unless both characters were hit, in which case please feel free to go wild.) ]