soulping | AMALTHEA

[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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I'm fine going along out in the open. But if he's really adamant about staying inside, he might not actually make a good ally - in fact, he might just run off.

True, but let's at least find something he can use to get out with, that he can keep hidden away in there. I want to at least give him ... the means to leave if he makes the choice to.

I'll take the left, then! I don't know if there's anything on the couch, but the table might have something on it.

[ peering over at the couch and table. Are there things on either of them that can be seen? ]

[On the end table, there's a lamp, a remote control, and a decorative bowl. On the couch are a few throw pillows. The place is pretty tidy, actually.]

[ Proceeding to run ahead on the open path, so they can hurry up and make SOME progress before the cat shows up. Still hoping the cat is... stuffed... or just gently licks them. ]

[You make it across the room and to the doorway without incident! Proceed into the kitchen?]

[ Yes because he's gonna be the brave one and put himself in harm's way. ]

[You turn the corner into the kitchen, feeling very brave and awesome in your adorable little rat suit. To your right are a set of cupboards and counters. In front of you to the left, a fridge.

And to the far left, a ball of fuzzy black fur, napping in front of the stove.]

[ Starts mapping out a little map in his head - try to climb onto the counters, and perhaps there is some cheese set out. If not, find any objects that can be used to open the fridge, since he is small and wimpy (wimpier than usual) now. ]

[The counters about as high as the desk was, so if you got down from there maybe you can get up here? You should also be able to open the cupboards without too much effort and see if you can make a way up with boxes and cans.

Whatever you do, you might want to be quiet. Judging from the slowly twitching tail, that is not a stuffed animal.]

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[ reaching for the remote to see how heavy it is-- if he can carry it (since he's not an actual mouse at least) he'll take it with him to follow behind Otacon on the chance he'll need to make any kind of noise with it.

While Otacon looks around, Rook hangs close to the doorway. Not too close to the cat, but not too far either. ]

[You can certainly carry the remote, kind of awkwardly, but without too much difficulty.]

[ ... yeah but he needs some way to get footing to climb these things, given he is a wimpy man in a fluffy suit and not a mountain climber with gear. Or a real rat. Waving Rook over, hopefully because his teammate has some idea. ]

[ heading on over to him! Quietly. And whispering. ]

We need a way up to see if there's something to open the refrigerator with.

[ peeking over to the cat, and then reaching for the cupboard to caaaaarefully open one of the doors to see what's inside. ]

[It creeeaks open and the cat's ears twitch! ...but it doesn't wake.

Inside, the cupboard is well stocked! Plenty of cans and boxes. Both can be moved, though the cans require teamwork.]

[ Grabbing onto a can, then. Something sturdy to climb. ]

[ '-'... moving one box before joining Otacon, angling it against a corner and leaving a small space just in case they need to hide behind it. ]

Just in case!

[ and then helping with a can! ]

[Together you can move the can without extreme effort. If one of you climbs up and helps pull, you could probably even stack them.]

[ Contemplating stacking... then in barely a whisper: ]

What if we accidentally drop the can while trying to stack it?

Then we'll be in trouble! But we need to get up there...

Maybe we can do a couple and then I can boost you up? Or vice versa.

Sure. We can make them like a stairway.

Okay!

[ ONTO THE NEXT CAN! Until we can stack them high enough that boosting the rest of the way is possible. ]

[You are able to stack the cans into a stairway with TEAMWORK. Eventually it's tall enough for boosting to happen, and you stand on the counter!

There's a few appliances, like a toaster, coffee maker, and microwave. There's also a utensil rack hanging above one counter that holds a spaghetti fork, a deep ladle, a flat wooden spoon, and a metal spatula. Finally, there's a sink with a few dirty dishes in it.]

[ Eyes the spatula. That could be used to pry the fridge door open. ]

[ follows his gaze. ]

That would work!

Depending on where the cheese is inside, we could bring the ladle too, to reach it.

[it certainly could work! go ahead and try it- it's light enough for one person to carry on their own, and provides the perfect amount of leverage to pop the fridge door open.

of course, if you do that, you're going to abruptly wake someone up.]

Mreow?

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