soulping | TAKSHAKA

TAKSHAKA

[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!]

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[sniff sniff sniff what is this creature...it smells like the things that feed me but it's so small...

She gets a good thorough sniffing of everyone close enough to do so and then. Puts a paw on Sparrow and pushes curiously. Can I play with this???

She might knock you over, sorry.]

[ Sparrow is a very tiny person-turned rat, so she falls over with a small "oof". ]

Don't do that! We need to get some cheese from the kitchen!

[ she tries to stand up and pet the kitty's nose. ]

[nooo I wanna plaaay

She tries to bat at Sparrow a little more, but is happily distracted by nosepets. She starts to purr and still doesn't seem to understand anything you're saying, but she's not stopping you or eating you or anything.]

[catching up after investigating the table some more...can he sneak past into the kitchen and check it out while Sparrow is petting the kitten?]

[ if only i had my kittymask...!

she'll pet Angel for a little longer before continuing toward the kitchen door. ]

We'll be back soon, okay?

Mew? Mew!

[Angel follows insistently, trying to grab Sparrow by the scruff of her neck! It's super clumsy though, she's pretty much just bumping sadly at the back of your head.

Swan could easily get past if he doesn't move too suddenly, since that would grab the cat's attention.]

[he pauses for a moment, looking pained at leaving Sparrow behind, then just mutters]

Please don't get eaten, Sparrow.

[then he starts cautiously, not moving too fast, into the kitchen, leaving Sparrow to distract the cat]

[ Sparrow notices Swan out of the corner of her eye and decides to... take up the role of *~*DISTRACTION*~* ]

You wanna play more, Angel?

[ turns around to give her more noserubs ]

[:3 :3 :3

Angel, happy to have a playmate, completely ignores Swan in favor of pushing at Sparrow again and then rolling over cutely. The whole thing is super adorable.

MEANWHILE. Swan heads into the kitchen. There's counters with cupboards underneath to the right, and a refrigerator to the left.]

[does it look like he can actually get the refrigerator open, or is that beyond his tiny powers?]

[It's a normal human-sized fridge and you are a not-normal rat-sized human. So, the question is how strong are you?]

[Strong, but he hasn't regained superstrength yet. So after tugging at the bottom edge of the fridge door and failing for a bit, he'll spirit his way up to the top of the counters and look for...a spatula or a large ladle, anything long and sturdy that'd give him leverage.]

[There's a utensil rack hanging above one counter that holds a spaghetti fork, a deep ladle, a flat wooden spoon, and a metal spatula.]

[He'll grab the spatula, stagger across the counter dragging it, wedge the flat end into the door of the refrigerator, and pry it open!]

[Success! It opens with a pop and swings gently open.]

[and he spirits his way into the refrigerator so he can look around for anything useful, especially cheese. He'll just withstand the cold.]

[Brr! Good thing your little rat costume is so cozy.

The fridge has all the essentials, including a cheese drawer. And through the fogged glass you can see a block of tasty cheddar!]

[Pushing with all his strength on the cheese drawer to open it!]

[You're able to get it open about an inch (in human measurements, something like a foot in rat ones).]

[Grabs a still-wrapped stick of butter and, huffing and puffing with the effort, attempts to use it to push the drawer further open.]

[The butter is stiff with cold and your plan works! The drawer is now open enough to get in and out of easily.]

[In that case, he's going to get in there, grab the block of cheddar, and--

Huh. How does he get down now? It's not like he can go to spirit form now that he's carrying something...

Oh well. Time to try jumping down to the floor with the cheese in his hands! If he gets hurt, this game isn't safety-proofed enough and he can yell at Knut for it.]

[Let's be honest, you'll find something to yell at Knut about anyway.

With an epic leap, you dive to the floor! The block of cheese unbalances you slightly but you end up hitting the ground and rolling into a perfect crouch. Success!

You feel like you got cheated out of some dramatic background music there.]

[This haunted house is so cheap. No background music, really?

Anyway, he's gonna lug the block of cheese back out of the kitchen only to see--

--tiny Sparrow in a tiny rat costume playing with a giant fuzzy kitten.

The cheese falls from his limp hands as he faints from the cuteness.]

[ Sparrow is probably scritching Angel's chin, right up until he... ]

...Swan?

[ did you really just ]

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