[elevator] [kraken]

[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

[nailedthelook]

Yeah, we're gonna feel like absolute garbage if one of the teams we voted ends up like that.

[hijinked]

Indeed. All we have to do is not be in the top five. Four now? I certainly hope that is how the rules work.

[ it'd sure suck if it was still the top five because Nymph died a round early. ]

[nailedthelook]

Yeah, and with where we're at, I have the feeling we're not gonna get a sudden deluge of votes down again.

[hijinked]

Certainly not. Unless teams have particularly strong attachments and absolutely no self-preservation, I imagine most will use their down vote on themselves.

Just as we should.

[nailedthelook]

[ Nodding. ]

So... I can go either way in this case.

[hijinked]

[ a long pause... and he sighs, rubbing at his face. ]

It feels like we have been up here for weeks...

But yes, for some reason... I agree. I'd like to argue harder that we should use it on ourselves, but somehow...

[ after last round, it somehow feels harder to argue. ]

I won't argue if we decide to use it on the same team we raise.

[nailedthelook]

We'll see how the others feel then. I can make a pick if we're at a tie.

[hijinked]

That sounds reasonable enough. Thank you, Nobara.