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Locked Rooms ([personal profile] guillotineroom) wrote2022-11-01 10:48 pm

[elevator] [cerberus]

[ 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.]
messianic: (And your bright Promise)

[personal profile] messianic 2022-11-07 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Minato lifts his chin at that, a little startled--and then he huffs out a faint laugh, dipping his head. ]

Ah... how scary.

But... I get it. And... regardless of how I feel about my own life--all of your lives are on the line too. I won't risk that, no matter what.

[ not until the day all of Cerberus decides to together. So long as even one person doesn't want to, he'll respect that with all of his heart. ]
cultfavorite: (no dignity for you!)

[personal profile] cultfavorite 2022-11-07 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
If only you had the same consideration for yourself. Honestly, you. But we'll all protest on your behalf. . . . Thank you.
messianic: (who the bag did bear)

[personal profile] messianic 2022-11-07 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ he does look a little apologetic at that, but he can't promise he'll improve, because! Well! He won't. Whoops! ]

... And I think I'm lucky that that's the case.

[ Having people who would fight that hard for his life--that's something precious that he treasures too. ]

Thank you too, Saturn. For everything.
cultfavorite: (stop NFTs)

[personal profile] cultfavorite 2022-11-07 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Save that for when we're done with all this.

[He leans in to kiss Minato's forehead. Chastely! Mwah!]
messianic: (Between the idea)

[personal profile] messianic 2022-11-07 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ cute..... Minato smiles at that, humming a little. ]

Okay. I'll be super duper sappy when this is all over, then. Better brace yourself.
cultfavorite: (a french kiss from a rose)

[personal profile] cultfavorite 2022-11-07 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Absolutely not.