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Locked Rooms ([personal profile] guillotineroom) wrote2022-11-01 10:50 pm

[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.]
trueholy: (venat045)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Nobara...

[ she's being cautious. ]
nailedthelook: (I'd rather be selfish.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
It only takes one team to take us out, and I bet there's at least one team willing to do that to protect the people they care about.
trueholy: (venat018)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
That goes for us as well, does it not?

We can lower ourselves but we still have significant risk now.
nailedthelook: (Attention wherever you go.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
At this point, voting ourselves is probably pointless. If someone wants us dead, we'll die.
trueholy: (venat013)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
So what do you suggest, then?
nailedthelook: (Your look is so distinctive.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
We could do what we did in the first round, lower who we raise.
trueholy: (venat062)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Aye...aye...

Tsuchigumo is still at the bottom, we could lower and raise them?
nailedthelook: (You bring style and color.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Weren't they one of our don't touch teams?
trueholy: (9D6yy5M)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
I am beginning to wonder if we have that sort of luxury.
nailedthelook: (Looked down on in the spot.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
And if they suddenly rocket up, you'll all feel like shit and that you should have protected them.

We should stick to our original four options. We can't save everyone. We can barely save ourselves, and the sooner we die, the sooner our vote disappears and we can't help anyone.
trueholy: (venat102)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
You're right.

Apologies, Nobara. Who then would you choose? Out of our original options?
nailedthelook: (Design it.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
Sphinx is lowest of our remaining options, so I'd go with them.
trueholy: (venat014)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I can agree with that. But I do not know if the rest would agree.



Nobara, it would take over half the teams below us to bring us to safety. Is...is this even feasible?
nailedthelook: (I'm talking to myself.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 06:08 am (UTC)(link)



Sorry, but I don't really believe in other people that much. I believe in myself.
trueholy: (venat014)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
I believe in others. But this is incredibly hard to see a better outcome with.
nailedthelook: (Just keep on dreaming.)

[personal profile] nailedthelook 2022-11-07 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well, let's hope your belief pays off then. I mean, I wouldn't mind being proven wrong on this kind of thing.
trueholy: (venat014)

[personal profile] trueholy 2022-11-07 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The odds are...not terribly in our favor. I apologize for that, Nobara.