towerofanimus | Something Unexpected

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Something Unexpected

Characters: characters selected to go into the elevator
Setting: the admin levels
Format: any
Summary: The admin elevator has been left open, its destination preprogrammed. Where is it going to take you?
Warnings: general horror warnings for now

The elevator doesn't announce itself when its doors slide open. There's no alarm, no message to be found about it. It sits open and waits for anyone curious enough to enter. There's a barrier on it that locks out anyone without a collar, and it isn't going to stay long, but aside from that there appears to be no security. There's nothing stopping someone--or multiple someones--from climbing into the elevator and going down.

Where's it going? Who knows.

Hub Area
A lounge area with sofas and chairs. It's large enough to hold the entire group, constructed similarly to the dorm rooms, and is connected to five doors.

Door One
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Door Two
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Door Three
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Door Four
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Door Five
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[ ... Toys?

Okay, that's really unexpected. Tavros lets out a heavy breath, relaxing his shoulders. He was expecting something to jump out and start clawing at their faces. Flesh and blood everywhere, but ... playing with toys is clearly a better option. ]

Okay, It's not so bad in here ...

It looks like a child's room that someone forgot to clean....But why?

[Meiling was also expecting a fight, and was surprised by this. She takes a step into the room, brushing aside the toys on the floor with her foot as she does. She's not relaxed at all, still uneasy about this entire thing.]

What is going on here?

Holy wicked shit tits!!!

[The cautious, bloodthirsty killer was quickly transformed into a wide-eyed wiggler, practically breaking his neck running across the room to one of the many piles of toys.]

Them covetous motherfuckers be holdin' the fuck out on our asses up where we all were being coming from!!!

[With a babbling string of profanities and garbled grammar, Gamzee flopped down haphazardly, scooping some Legos toward himself and beginning to stack them together happily.]

[The door closes behind them once everyone is inside. A fragile little melody begins to play, coming from a music box in the corner.]

Gamzee. Can you please take this situation se-

[ He jumped a little when the music started playing. Tavros started to look around for the source before he noticed the music box.

His ears perked up and he moved closer to it, totally poking at that thing. Like quality trolls, the boys seemed to be enjoying their time with the toys.

Meiling, help! ]

Edited 2013-02-22 08:28 (UTC)

[Meiling whirls about at both the noises, ready to strike at a moments notice....and about face palms at the two. Welp, looks like she needs to keep the two on track.]

Something isn't right...We need to be careful and alert.

[She sighs a bit, this was turning out well...]

Something might get the drop on us if we don't focus.

[Gamzee sighs into his blocks. They had now been connected to build what looked like a big laboratory, with computer terminals lining the walls. It was hardly the monotone color scheme that was appropriate for a recreation of their meteor on the Veil, but his color palette was limited. Instead, the space was rendered in bright, happy reds, greens, and yellows.]

Like what?

A fuckin' grub all crawlin' out to motherfuckin' chomp at our asses for gettin' our grubby mitts on their motherfucking playthings?

[He laughed, adding another block to represent a computer monitor to one of the Lego-tables in his creation. He honestly did know that they might still be in danger, here. But Gamzee never missed an opportunity to do whatever the hell he wanted at the moment - and at this moment, he wanted to play with fucking Legos.]

Calm your motherfuckin' miraculous titties and join a brother over here.

[The melody plays through. There's a crank on the side that is used to wind it up, though there's no one around to have wound it up to begin with. Eventually it stops and a silence settles across the room. It's unnaturally quiet.]

[Silence. Even back home that never meant safety in the mansion, due to thieving witches and the occasional psychotic rampage of vampire children.

So that uneasy feeling was familiar to her. Meiling just sighs a bit and walks over to Gamzee, crouching down to look over his creation, although keeping a watchful eye on the room]

You never know what might decide to have a fit over their toys. Although those do look interesting. What are those?

[ Tavros didn't appreciate the silence as well, and he suddenly lost interest in playing around. Man, it was pretty obvious someone out there is fucking with them. Or maybe the ghosts are back or something.

They are not supposed to be here, and naturally- they will have to face the consequences. Tower rules.

He takes a few steps back before he decided to join the others, kneeling down before them. ]

Guys. Maybe we should just ... leave? I mean ... there's nothing here that could actually help us, so-

Buildy blocks!!

[Gamzee gestured excitedly, arms wide. A cluster of blue blocks smack dab in the middle of the structure seemed to have all his attention.]

This be where all the fuck I was before I was being motherfuckin' here. And this [He pointed to the pile of blue blocks.] is the fucking horn pile.

[Gamzee looked thoroughly impressed with his own creation, only pausing when Tavros and Meiling voiced their concerns over the sudden silence.]

We gonna have to beat some motherfuckin' bitch up in a few. Ain't getting the vibe what whoever motherfucker be dwelling up in this joint be too fucking hospitable, you know?

[Rising up on long legs, Gamzee popped his neck a few times. He wasn't afraid of death, but the thought that the boy next to him might get even a scratch was somewhat worrisome. The girl had given him no grief, either. For now, he had no qualms about fighting back to ensure their safety.]

[He was, however, a little pissed that this was cutting into his playtime.]

Can we even fuckin' make to all use the door from what we motherfucking came still?

[If they were to check, they would find the door they entered from is now sealed.

The music box begins winding itself up again.]

[Meiling will stand and go to check the door. She tugs on the door, trying to open it.]

...It's stuck. We can't go back.

[With that in mind she will re-allow her ki to surround her arms once more, going over her spell cards quickly as she will slowly walk backward towards the two trolls.]

Just hope we have not become whoever owns this room's new playmates...

[Flandre was one thing, this is a WHOLE different story!]

Don't say that!

[ HE KNEW COMING IN HERE WAS A HORRIBLE IDEA. Fuck his life. Fuck this adorable music box for deceiving him with such beautiful melody. He feels utterly betrayed. ]

Okay, let's ... try to calm down, and maybe think of another way out? Yeah. Let's focus on that.

[ Haha, he knew there is no way out, but it was a little comforting to say it anyway. ]

[Gamzee had the amazing foresight of entering the elevator unarmed. Everything he did happened on a whim, so pre-planning was something completely unheard of. As a result, he found himself locked in this room without his clubs. If it came down to it, he could fight with his fists, or perhaps find another melee weapon in this room.]

[He thought of making a big mace out of Legos, swinging it around in all its colorful glory, and it dragged a laugh out of him.]

Hahahahahahonk honk honk!!!

[Clutching his gut, he desperately tried to quell the laughter. After a few seconds, he was able to regain some semblance of control.]

Eheheh, sorry.

[Dragging his nails across the scalp beneath that mass of hair, he gave their surroundings the attention he should have given it as soon as they'd entered.]

Fuckin' wonder if all there's being an airway or some shit?

[Air ducts. He had an affinity for those.]

[There is another door on the opposite side of the room.

The music box, having now wound itself back up, begins to play again. A small child flickers into existence--she looks something like a ghost, the way she appears and disappears.

She opens her jaw too wide and leaps at Tavros, aiming to bite into his arm with supernatural strength.]

[Meiling will turn away from the door and gasp. She will attempt to grab Tavros's arm and pull him out of the way, trying to put herself in between the attacking girl.]

Move!

[ ... Move? What where who. What's going on?

By the time he noticed the little girl, it was too late. Oh god, he really didn't want to act this pathetic in front of his matesprit and his new friend, but he couldn't help the screaming and flailing. The sad part is, he's not really reacting out of pain, more likely out of fright because- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING IN HIS ARM GET IT OFF HIM RIGHT NOW! ]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT !!

[ It won't let GO. ]

[Fuck!!! Gamzee was fast, but this thing was faster. No amount of flashstepping could have gotten him there before whatever it was had its face half-buried in the flesh of his beloved.]

[He was fast enough, however, to appear by Tavros' side as soon as he'd been bitten. At this point, the fun was over, and all thoughts of juvenile playthings had completely vanished from his mind, leaving him to focus solely on trying to detach this paranormal parasite.]

You ain't authorized for no motherfuckin' taste tests!

[If the thing hadn't released Tavros by now, the only way Gamzee could think of to separate them was to shove his hands as far as he could into the mouth of the child, wrapping his fingers wherever they'd fit on the top and bottom jaw and attempting to pull them apart. Ideally, his strength would allow him to tear the bottom jaw completely off, but if this thing was supernatural, he wouldn't know how much power that would actually take.]

[Gamzee's fingers, unfortunately, go right through her as the girl pulls back, tearing flesh and muscle from Tavros and swallowing it up.

The music box continues to play in the background.]

[Meiling is frozen for a moment, watching the girl tear away flesh and muscle before she heads to the door as fast as she can. It was official now, they needed to go before something worse happened.

So with that in mind, she will try to fling the door open and head into it because it can't be worse then that play room right?]

Let's get out of here! This way!

[Not panicking yet or letting her youkai show any. Nope, no need just yet...She hopes]

[His hands sunk straight through the apparition, but as they fell towards the ground, so fell the skin and muscle from Tavros' arm, chunks of it instantly tore from the bone.]

[He didn't have the brainpower for words. Instead, there was a raspy, bitter growl. Rusty gears quickly spinning themselves in his mind, everything in him wanted to chase after the thing and try (in vain) to tear it apart. Logic. Logic, though. He wasn't used to having something to look after, but Tavros was going to lose a lot of blood if something wasn't done quickly.]

ARM.

[Gamzee's coat was on the floor as Meiling headed for the other exit. It was like a damn striptease in the playroom, because his t-shirt soon followed. Spending time with Yukiko in the infirmary, while a drag at the time, would come as a fucking miracle now. Frantically searching for anything remotely stick-like, Gamzee grabbed Tavros' arm, scooping up a ball and paddle from one of the toy piles, using it as a windlass for this makeshift tourniquet. He glanced over when Meiling yelled, knowing full well that whatever it was could come back again, maybe with fucking friends in tow this time. He continued as fast as he could.]

Five motherfuckin' seconds more for a brother, girl.

[With the rolled-up shirt tied just above the elbow, Gamzee's fingers worked frantically to crank the fabric as tight as necessary, looping a final knot into the thing and letting the ball and string hang down, quite comically, from the contraption. It was a tourniquet painfully true to its creator.]

COME ON.

[He'd wasted so much time doing this. Tossing his coat back over his bare torso, Gamzee took Tavros under his arm and began dragging them both through the door on Meiling's heels.]

Edited (added tag order) 2013-02-24 06:47 (UTC)

[The door opens. The apparition makes to follow, but cannot get through the door.

The next room is a hallway--it's not too long, only connecting one room to the next, but there's nothing in it.]

[Even though the girl could not follow, Meiling closes the door behind them and leans against it. She scans the hallway for a moment and then slumps a bit, seeing nothing is there yet.]

If that is this places way of telling us to move on, I think we should keep moving.

[After a moment of trying to calm the panic rising from this, she stands back up and pushes off from the door, rejoining the boys.]

Are you going to be alright?

[Watching that bite was bad so she wanted to make sure everything was okay...Well other then the fact they could not go back or even get help if they needed it. Of course, something occurs to her at this point, a silly thought.]

I'm Meiling by the way..Bad time for introductions but...

Edited (I can grammar) 2013-02-24 07:18 (UTC)

[ He raised his arm up, not really sure how Gamzee managed to get that thing attached and working so quickly, but he's so glad he did! The throbbing pain is getting worse by the second, but it's nothing he couldn't handle.

The hallways seemed peaceful enough and he shifts to his feet again, keeping his arm stretched forward as he worked on removing his jacket. He needed something to press against the brutal bite since his flesh is exposed for all to see. Not a pretty view and he offers his team an apologetic smile. ]

Wow. Kinda lost it back there, huh? Haha ... I don't deal well with surprise attacks. Really sorry, guys.

[ Okay, totally going to pay more attention from this moment onward. ]

Oh. Um, it's nice to meet you, Meiling! I'm Tavros, and- [ He turns toward the other troll. ] this is Gamzee. He's totally badass, by the way.

[ In other words: Thank you for saving my ass. ]

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should add that i tagged before mina cuz she's at work rn UuU*

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