guillotineroom | [elevator] [kraken]

[ 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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ yeah, oh no. ]

[ venat has been staring at the cages above for a while now. ]

We have to lower them this time.

[ it's said very quietly. ]

Yeah... I think so too. But we need to be able to agree on it.

[ that's the hard part. ]

I've had to play an impartial party for most of my existence. I should hope I could be selfish just this once.

Aww, Venat! Of course you can be selfish! If that's what you want to do, stick with it! Everyone should be able to say what they want to do, and then we can talk it out.

Truthfully, what it looks like...is we will need to remove some of our limitations.

Limitations? You mean the other teams?

Aye. We should think that perhaps choosing the same team twice over may look bad. We need to consider who is where on the chart as well. Would it be safe to raise a team at the bottom?

I've spoken with Nobara, and despite my reasoning. If we should needs consider Unicorn. I am willing.

Lear said, at least... that the three very bottom ones would need to have the remaining teams target one specifically for it to be in trouble. He has a point...

[ considering... ]

He does have a point.

I don't like it, but I don't like any of this.

I cannot say that this is a pleasant experience so far. Nor do I like considering asking the rest of you to do uncomfortable things.

I think by now, most of us are used to it. We're a team, after all.

If I have to be stuck in a large airborne cage, I am glad it is with all of you.

[ sorry about the uncomfy decisions though ;_; ]

[ pshaw. ]

That's right! This is the best large airborne cage because we're all in it together! If this was a contest between large airborne cages, we would definitely win!!

[ this is Important(???) ]