soulping | EPONA & ALECTRYON

[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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...Be careful.

Right!

[. . . .

snipes a few paperclips before he goes down ( o_o) but really quickly, like thiefquickly. because. reasons.]

[You descend your expertly constructed pencil ladder as your team (and the rat, as much as he can from his cage) anxiously look on. Luckily nothing goes wrong, and you reach the ground without a problem! You have to jump the last few inches (feet, from your perspective), but it's not far at all and you land with a light thump.]

Edited 2014-03-08 09:11 (UTC)

[IF EVENINGSTAR SO NEEDS IT HE WILL CATCH HER]

[okay but before that she's gonna go open the rat's cage so he can come if he wants]

[ratty stares at you in confusion]

What the heck are you doing?

Think about how much cheese awaits you! You're living like a rat when you could be living like a king... of rats! Do you really want to stay in a cage forever?

But what about Angel? She'll swallow me whole if I try and leave!

We can protect you! We've got a grumpy mermaid, a secret agent with mad skills, and a torch, after all!

[gonna start making her way over back to the ladder regardless though]

Edited 2014-03-08 09:24 (UTC)

[the rat remains behind, just staring at the open door, as you head off to the ladder. you've made it all the way there and started climbing down when you hear scurrying footsteps on the desk above.]

Alright alright, I'll do it! No one appreciates me anyway, not since she came around. But you better seriously protect me!

We will, and I'll help you work on your cuteness skills so you can be appreciated again.

[also wow climbing down and trying not to use the sprained arm, what could go wrong]

[I'M RIGHT DOWN HERE TO CATCH YOU IF YOU FALL]

[Star makes her way down the ladder, followed by the white rat (who, on the way, introduces himself as Parmesan).

Down below, Flame is so focused on watching his teammate, that he completely fails to notice the softly padding footsteps approaching him from around the desk, until-]

Mrow?

[. . . . uhm

I HAVE. A FLAME. LIKE A TORCH. A LITERAL TORCH.

WAVING IT AROUND AT CAT I'LL BURN YOU MOTHERFUCKER]

[actually not doing that because. cat :( BUT IF SHE COMES CLOSE HE'S GONNA TRY TO BE MENACING]

Edited 2014-03-08 09:43 (UTC)

[keeping self in front of Parmesan!!! and slowly walks towards Flame]

[Parmesan is wigging out and refuses to get off the ladder!]

OH MY GOD WE'RE GOING TO DIE I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT

[Meanwhile, the cat smells the burning torch and takes a step back, tilting her head. Now that you get a better look, you can see that she is actually...a tiny kitten. A tiny, fuzzy black kitten with a big pink bow. of course, even a tiny kitten is like a bear to you right now, but...]

[ . . . OH IT'S CUTE]

—shhh! Be quiet—on. . . . on the count of three, run to the door as fast as you can. I'll distract her.

[with pets maybe ( '-')]

[BUT RAT GUY]

[whispers:]

Parmesan! If you give up now you'll never get to taste your namesake! Come on! We're all here... we're going to make it.

[to Flame:]

Are you sure running is a good idea...?

.. ....maybe not—? But if she pounces, I don't know how far she'll be able to jump . . .

...You could throw the paperclip later on... maybe she'll chase it?

. . . I should have grabbed the rubber bands. . .

[ANYWAY SO FLAME IS GONNA TRY TO DISTRACT MISS KITTY WHILE EVENINGSTAR AND CO. SNEAKILY RUN TO THE DOOR YES]

[IT'S NOT CUTE IT'S A DEADLY MONSTER at least according to Parmesan, who has stopped screaming and simply clings to the pencils and trembles, too scared to move.

The kitty seems wary about approaching Flame as long as he holds the torch, but the movement of Star and the others catches her attention. Your distraction has failed- she's going after them instead!

Fuzzy little death, waddling your way.]

[. . . .CHUCKS PAPERCLIPS AT HER]

[HOPEFULLY EVENINGSTAR AND CO. ARE GETTING AWAY THOUGH]

[also, to parmesan, very quietly:]

We have to get out of here. . . !

Mmrow!

[Why you do this. At least it got her attention off the others! She stops and bats curiously at the paperclip instead. What is this, why did it hit me, what's happening, I'm a cat.

Parmesan whimpers and slowly moves a bit down the ladder before stopping again.]

No way man, no way, it's over, we're dead for sure...!

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