RATATOSKR & OMETOTCHTLI

[soulping]

[You exit the parlor through a doorway in your team's color and find yourself in some kind of entry hall. Aside from the one behind you, there are four doors - one on each of the side walls, and two opposite the entrance - each with an image carved into it. They're a bit hard to make out, however, since only one torch on the far wall is lit, lending the place a gloomy atmosphere. What you can see is that the room, once richly decorated, is now a mess; the walls are covered in peeling, royal purple wallpaper, and great swaths of the ceiling are coated with sticky cobwebs. The floor is covered with large marble tiles, inlaid with some kind of swirling design in glittering gold - but sadly, it too is out of shape. The tiles seem to shift a bit under your weight, and some of them are even missing altogether.

If you try the doors you'll find that all of them are locked, and no amount of manhandling can get them to budge.]

[OOC: This game is a treasure hunt/dungeon crawl! Your characters will be exploring the rooms they pass through and facing different challenges in each one. Some rooms will be exploratory, others will have specific rules! The goal is just to reach the end. Teams will be scored on things like teamwork, cleverness, creativity, etc.

Skills are ON, but there will be penalties if you mess up Knut's castle. He lives here, you know!]

Comments

ROOM 1 - FOUR DOORS

[soulping]

Re: ROOM 1 - FOUR DOORS

[glorifiedtrash]

So scary~~~.

[Walking over to the torch to see if he can take it or if it's stuck to the wall.]

Re: ROOM 1 - FOUR DOORS

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Aaaa, I don't know if I can deal with this spookiness~!

[Following along, looking at the gold pattern.]

Re: ROOM 1 - FOUR DOORS

[soulping]

[it can be removed! but none of the other torches will catch, you have to carry this one around.]

ROOM 2 - THE PATH OF BRAWN

[soulping]

[You move through the doorway to discover the first room: a large open space with a high ceiling. Directly in front of you is a deep trench, with a narrow board being the only apparent way across. At the other end, a rope dangles, leading up to a series of platforms. It's a little hard to tell from here, but this room looks...kind of like a simple obstacle course? Huh.

Well, better get started, I guess. Watch your step!]

Re: ROOM 2 - THE PATH OF BRAWN

[heron]

. . . I can fly across. But I cannot carry anyone.

Re: ROOM 2 - THE PATH OF BRAWN

[glorifiedtrash]

I can do both. This is dumb.

ROOM 3

[soulping]

[You make your way through the tunnel on hands and knees, hopefully trying your best not to bump your heads or get stuck. It's slow going as you shuffle along in single file, which isn't helped by the lack of light. By the time you're halfway through it goes completely pitch dark and stays that way for several agonizing yards. But eventually it starts to lighten again and soon after you emerge, no doubt pausing to let your eyes adjust and stretch your cramped paws-

Wait, what?

You look around at yourself and your teammates and realize that at some point in the darkness, your clothes have magically changed into some kind of bizarre costume. Bizarre, but appropriate: a glance back will reveal that the tunnel you came through is a mousehole, and you now stand in a truly MASSIVE room, surrounded by immensely tall pieces of furniture. The perspective might throw you off for a minute, but it appears to be a fairly ordinary looking living room...seen from the scale of a rat. Have you shrunk or has the building grown? There's no way of knowing.

On the plus side: you all look adorable.

At the moment, you're standing between an immense couch and a gigantic end table. Across the room, distantly, is a door...a non-rat-sized door. How will you proceed?]

Re: ROOM 3

[glorifiedtrash]

I'm going to kill him...!

Re: ROOM 3

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Eeeeeeee, y'all are so cute! [Someone is getting hugged.]

Re: ROOM 3

[heron]

[ I guess I'm a rat with wings . . . ]

Re: ROOM 3

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

Bat! Omg, Knut is your spirit animal!

Oh my god.

Re: ROOM 3

[horsefacing]

You're like a bat, but with bird wings...

[trying not to laugh, really he is]

Re: ROOM 3

[glorifiedtrash]

I can shove them both in the couch cushions for you if you want.

ROOM 4

[soulping]

[Success! You stride (or in Reyson's case, fly) confidently through the doorway, which mysteriously changes back to a proper size as you pass through (your precious little rat costumes also changing back to regular clothes in a blink) only to be immediately halted again. You're standing in what might have once been a ballroom or fancy dining hall, but after about six feet the floor of the room abruptly ends, having fallen away completely. Looking down, the hole goes down at least three floors before fading into darkness. There is nothing but a yawning chasm between you and the other side of the room. And of course, where else would the exit be? Yep, waaay over there.

To your left and right are the remains of a set of short staircases, leading to a crumbled balcony above the main area. Above, an extravagant chandelier hangs from the ceiling, which - thank goodness - looks much more solid and intact than the floor.

What now?]

Re: ROOM 4

[glorifiedtrash]

[Can he climb the stairs to what's left of the balcony to get a closer look at the chandelier?]

Re: ROOM 4

[soulping]

[He can! It's crumbly and highly unsafe, so go right ahead.

The balcony is what you have to watch out for, but even that is sturdy enough if you don't get too close to the edge.]

Re: ROOM 4

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[There a bit of debris to drop down the chasm and listen until it hits bottom?]

Re: ROOM 4

[soulping]

[There's a ton of debris. You kick a piece down and listen- but there's only a dull thump after what seems like four or five floors. It must have landed on something soft...ish.]

Re: ROOM 4

[heron]

[ hovering around first ]

Re: ROOM 4

[soulping]

[You could hover right across the gap if you wanted. Knut apparently didn't plan for all you cheating flyers.]

Re: ROOM 4

[horsefacing]

[ chasm gazing along with roxy] What could have even made this? Knut has a weird sense of 'horror'.

ROOM 5

[soulping]

[You made it safely across the gap! I guess. I mean, you did...after going on a little detour.

At least you had fun.

The next room is a kitchen of some sort and it certainly looks normal enough as you enter, although it's completely barren aside from a large bowl of apples on a counter near the door. There's a simple wooden door on the wall opposite the entrance and no barriers stopping you from reaching it.

No obvious barriers, anyway. As soon as the first person through puts their foot down on the tile floor, there's a loud click and the tiles directly around you immediately light up in the following pattern:



(The bolded square at the bottom is the entrance. The one at the top is the exit.)

Nothing else happens, but perhaps you should be cautious as you proceed...]

Re: ROOM 5

[heron]

[ . . . so do I just. Fly to the exit ]

Re: ROOM 5

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

.....so, betting those are a trap and the tiles will change depending where we step.

Copper hidden in the apples? [Can we reach that from our spot by the door to look?]