[elevator] [cerberus]

[guillotineroom]

[ When you open your eyes again the first thing that you, and your teammates, may notice is that you are confined within an iron cage, rectangle in shape. Further inspection will reveal that outside of the cage is a large structure of sorts, reaching far above you. It kind of looks like an unfinished clock tower, really... there are spots that look finished and bolted tightly, and others that look like they had been left once and the work never thought of again.

Also, it's pretty chilly. You might get to notice that.

It's foggy and windy—the kind of wind that howls and roars, jostling your cage against the tall shaft, and every so often you feel as though you might have had the ghost of a raindrop on you. The tower-like build creaks horribly ominously in the wind, and you can see the rusted metals swaying slightly. But if you decide to look around...

Flapping above you (and not helping with the wind) is a harpy-like creature, iron chains wrapped around their talons. Though, maybe it's more like a lion? The chains are bolted to the top of your cage. There are also little indicators on the structure, the same distance apart, that seem to be declaring different levels or heights. They look horribly unhappy to be here, but they're also impressive at ignoring any call you might have for them.

There's a door to the cage, but it won't open, even if it's just a simple-looking locking mechanism. If you peer out, it's too foggy on the ground to make out very much, but you can make out nine other, tower-like structures with similarly flapping harpies. Each one, including your own, has an emblazoned emblem of every team's patron monster, so that you can see where everyone is—it's just difficult to make out exactly who may be in each one. Even more difficult to try and communicate like this.

Attached to the door is an aged metal panel with a screen and four buttons; two to choose between the team names that appear on the dark green and black screen, and two to choose whether you wish for that team to go up or down.

After a moment, a little speaker in the corner starts playing an incredibly bad quality version of this.]

Comments

[eggstinction]

A cage—?

[goes to one side, rattles the door. goes to the other side, rattles the bars. CLIMBS THE CEILING, RATTLES THE ROOF.]

[crimeson]

[oh babe. watching him.]

[eggstinction]

[RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE]

[crimeson]

Moon...

[eggstinction]

Randy, it won't budge.

[moonlit_knight]

Any chance you can reach the chain on the harpy's leg?

[eggstinction]

I can try.

[scrabbling at the ceiling and even trying to get his tail through the mesh. the harpy is ignoring it all.]

[moonlit_knight]

[booooooo]

It was a valiant effort.

[eggstinction]

I have not tried biting it...

[his dragon form's got like 100 fangs, he could afford breaking a few!!]

[moonlit_knight]

I wouldn't want to discourage you from trying, but, I have a feeling it'll end in the same result.

[messianic]

[ also just kind of watching, hopeful but not too terribly hopeful given the track record of these games ....... go go moon, ganbatte ]

[eggstinction]

[he’s trying! not a great sign that he’s not able to manifest any weapons or gravity against the bars]

[messianic]

Moon... hey--we're going to get out of here. I'm sure of it.

[eggstinction]

[pauses scrabbling at the bars to listen to minato speak]

But I am not!

[STARTS SCRABBLING AGAIN]

[messianic]

[ well. i mean. Moon has fair reason to feel that way, but...! ]

... We will. I... really think so. So long as we all work together--we can overcome this.

But... we'll need you too.

[menphina]

Moon...

[ Leaning against the bar to see if he makes a difference. ]

That music is grating.

[eggstinction]

[PUNCHES THE RADIO SPEAKER for her]

[menphina]

[ THE SPEAKER IS GODMODE THIS IS RUDE. ]

Blast...

[ But she looks incredibly tense. ]

Come down, please?

[eggstinction]

[drops down from the wall and reaches for her]

I cannot break it. The speaker or the bars.

[menphina]

I know... Selena tried, too.

[ For some reason, Megumi did not, which is. Not like her. She usually throws a punch or so.

But she reaches for Moon's arms. ]

I don't like being in cages, Moon.

[featherbeaned]

[ HER FEELINGS EXACTLY ]

Moon-?

[eggstinction]

It is not even loose!

[featherbeaned]

[ ughhh ugh ugh ]

Thank you for trying.

[eggstinction]

[coming over to her and trying to rub his face on her, if she'll let him. this place is bad but there's a packmate and if they smell more like PACK they'll smell more like SAFE.]

She has never outright caged us before!

[featherbeaned]

[ THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. her own rich, sweet scent is Strong … but after a moment it seems to shift, very deliberately taking on more of his scent ]

[ pack scent intensifies ]

[ a low, wordless croon, edging closer to whalesong than her more typical chirrups. it's okay. we're here. we're here. ]

I wanna bite her. I wanna bite her so bad.