Something Unexpected

[animusmods]

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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Comments

[animusnpcs]

[The door refuses to budge. It does, however, make noise. Jason, inside, looks up from his work.]

[hystericull]

[Yeah, no, he's pissed and curious as fuck, now. He's not going to stop pummeling that door, even if his knuckles are getting stained purple, now.]

[cullscuttlefish]

[And now is when Feferi remembers she has her trident. It is without the slightest bit of regard for her own safety that she is going to start to use it like a wedge, trying to pop that door open. She has found her point of no return, and this is it.]

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Yeap, Still pounding on that door herself, trying to break it down with her fists. She isn't stopping because it is making a noise. Nope. Anger has it's claws in her and she's not backing down!]

[animusnpcs]

[Jason walks over to the door and looks out the window. He's genuinely surprised, at least--the shock keeps him from doing anything but staring at them for a few moments. Then he slams his hand on a button.

He doesn't come out until the four summoned retrieval units have each of them held down, unable to harm him.]

What are you doing here? [Jason's voice is thin with anger.]

[hystericull]

[Gamzee is so used to fighting off the retrieval units, he should probably know it's pointless to resist. However, he shrieks a feral growl as he's apprehended, throwing elbows and snapping fangs until he's thrown to the ground and immobilized.]

[Still writhing beneath the unit's strength, Gamzee's eyes lock on Jason as he finally exits the room he'd been in, standing before them all.]

YOU!!!

[He spits out, trying even harder to slam the retrieval unit with his shoulder. At least this motherfucker sounded thoroughly pissed. It gave Gamzee some slight satisfaction - but he'd be even more satisfied if he could get up and tear him apart.]

[cullscuttlefish]

[Feferi struggles just as hard as Gamzee, at least at first. That stops when she sees Jason, and just as quick as she started to cry before, she started to laugh.]

What the hell do you think? We're here to punch you in your motherfucking face, Jason!

[She's gonna stay still for now, but if he gets close? She's going to do her damnedest to land a hit.]

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Meiling is STILL struggling against the units, that growl never stopping. So very obvious she's not going to be calm about this.

She's so close...but so far away from punching him.]

[animusnpcs]

I realize that. [Jason rolls his eyes.] But how did you get here? You shouldn't be on this floor, let alone anywhere near my door!

[hystericull]

[Gamzee pauses for a moment, ceasing to resist the force of the retrieval unit to honk out a laugh or two. He pressed his elbows into the floor to try and prop himself up as best he could, never breaking eye contact as he did so.]

Heheheh, sound all like you be needin' a sick motherfuckin' refresher course on the magic of fuckin' miracles, my wicked Slap-Chop.

[cullscuttlefish]

Gamzee's right. Magic and miracles, all there was to it. Follow the light, see where it leads you.

[Where anyone else might have quit resisting for a moment, that just makes Feferi push that much harder. And she grins as she does, making it as shark-like as she possibly can.]

Shrimple as that.

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Meiling will stop growling to grin.]

They got it right. We followed the light and found someone who needs a wake up call to the face.

[She looks Jason over and then laughs, a hallow, very threatening laugh.]

And you are in great need of a wake up call tot eh face. So why don't we fix that?

[Yup, still too pissed to think like normal]

[animusnpcs]

[Jason sighs.] You're all always nearly impossible to deal with like this. [He looks back at his office.] It would be too much work to force the truth out of you. I suppose you broke into the elevator, or crawled into a retrieval unit, or something ridiculous like that.

[hystericull]

Shit, you really all be fuckin' such a faithless chump, ain't you just?

[Gamzee sneered, now resuming trying to beat the retrieval unit senseless with his torso and hips.]

SHOULDN'T BE GETTING YOUR QUESTION ON ALL FUCKIN' AT THE WORKINGS OF THEM MIRACLES, SCIENSTIFF.

The fuck's it matter what all haps be transpired in the past, motherfucker?

WE BE FUCKIN' HERE NOW.

[cullscuttlefish]

[Feferi's grin doesn't fade in the slightest. But now there's the slightest measure of calculation with her crazy, though it doesn't show in her expression.

She doesn't know where any of the others are. If taking the blame and taking the fall here means they get more information and get out of this alive? Even after seeing the girl put through that machine, she's willing to go through it herself for their sake. It probably helps, she thinks, that her highblood instability has been on display this entire month.

Either way, now's the time to go down fighting, and fight she does.

Feferi is stronger than she looks by quite a lot, having lived in deep waters almost all of her life. She starts to use that now, particularly in her hips and her legs.]

Preach it, my brother. Not that this guy has any idea what a reel miracle even is or what it looks like. Wouldn't know one if it was right on that table.

And would you look at that, right again. We're here now. What are you going to do about it?

[Feferi laughs again, kicking her legs and trying to slam her hips into the retrieval unit.]

[pushedaround]

[ Tavros didn't know what made him feel more uncomfortable; being surrounded by two crazy highbloods, or being trapped and face-to-face with Jason himself. It's a tough choice!

He was unfortunate to witness Gamzee lose his shit earlier, and he certainly didn't want to go through it again. But, you know, Gamzee going completely insane might actually be the key of getting out of this mess.

Maybe?

He keeps resisting, trying to put some good use to his arms. He cursed under his breath, and forced himself to cool down a little.

For now, all he can do is wait for Jason's reaction to all of this. It definitely won't end well for any of them. ]

[colorfulbrilliance]

[No speaking this time, just more struggling against the unit. She wants up and free NOW.

Even though this was not going to end well, she's still going to fight.]

[animusnpcs]

[Jason looks like he's about to strike one of them just to release some of his rage. But, pausing, looking behind them--he grins.]

They'll be more work for me either way. Process them.

[The retrieval units begin marching up to the top of the machine with the four of them.]

[cullscuttlefish]

[Feferi starts fighting even harder now. This is going to suck - quite literally - and she wants to get in a punch before she goes. But it's not going to happen, not before the retrieval units start moving.

As they march, she cranks her head around, as much as she can. She can't get a good view, so she just hopes anyone else that might be around isn't going to come after them.

She did all she could, and she kept the others from getting found out. The rest, she could tell everyone later, after she came back.

But while she's got her head turned around, she screams:]

ONE OF THESE DAYS. ONE OF THESE DAYS IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR HEAD ON MY CULLING FORK, JASON! Not for me. But for every single perchson you've sent through here. For everyfin you did in that pod. You mark my words.

[While she's got her head turned and he's in range, she's also gonna spit at him.]

[hystericull]

[At Jason's order, the units began to move, and Gamzee began to get self-destructive with his attempts to break free of their hold. Thrashing against the metal tore his clothes and the skin beneath it, leaving splashes of purple in a trail behind them. Clawing broke his nails, screaming obscenities scratched his voice.]

[He didn't want to lose it. He had Tavros to think about. With all of them being carried at once, he was sure the rest of the group was about to endure the same thing he was - whatever the hell that may be, he wasn't looking forward to having any part of it. If he could break out of this unit, he could try busting up the other ones. It wasn't giving so far, though.]

[Farther away slipped their chances of exacting a proper beatdown on the administrator, and the fog from the elevator down had shorted his chucklevoodoos. Where there was usually a stream of dark consciousness able to extend from his mind to others', there was now nothing. It infuriated him beyond words to be so powerless, and that was probably why he had such little strength to fight these things off with. If he couldn't touch Jason physically, he'd at least try to assault his eardrums with his furious screeching.]

MOTHERFUCKING CANDY-VEINED HUMAN!!!

REND OUR MOTHERFUCKING SOULS AND BE UP AND ALL FUCKING FITTED WITH THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT OF THE MIRTHFUL LORDS.

TEAR YOUR FAITHLESS PUMP BISCUIT OUT YOUR MOTHER FUCKING SHELL AND RAIN GLITTERSHARDS UP IN THEM DIVINITY-BLIND GANDERBULBS.

IN THE NAME OF THE MESSIAHS

WE WILL MOTHER FUCKING RISE A MOTHERFUCKING GAIN.

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Meiling is also thrashing about. She's scared but at the same time, her rage and anger takes over and over rides that fear.

She wants top protect those that are also down there with them, everyone with her and the ones who are unaware of all of this...

Remilia...Sakuya...Wriggle...Marisa...She had to fight for a way to protect them and the others. She had to!]

KILL US NOW AND YOU ARE ONLY GIVING US MORE REASONS TO FIGHT. YOU WILL NOT STOP US

[animusnpcs]

[Jason looks rather displeased with being spat on, but he wipes it off and handles it remarkably well for how furious he's been--though, with that look in his eyes, it's likely because of the prospect of an experiment.]

Haven't I told you over and over you can't die here? I've never killed you. Still, usually we wipe your memory of everything that happens to you between your bodies becoming unable to work and returning to your rooms, so this will be an interesting test, don't you think?

[The retrieval units carry the four up to the dome, which expands accordingly. The four of them are placed in it, and in an instant it closes around them.

Then the liquid, violet in color, begins filling up the sphere. They'll find, though, that they breathe perfectly fine in it.]

[cullscuttlefish]

[SHE'LL TAKE IT. It's not the punch in Jason's face she's been wanting to throw at him ever since that month in his pod started, but she'll take it. Actually landing a hit of some kind is more than good enough.

But there's not a whole lot she can say after that. She's said her piece and yelling even more isn't going to do a whole lot to change it now.

She starts to shake as they approach the top of the platform and that sphere closes around them. That liquid filling it up doesn't seem that different from water, but it's still more frightening than any ocean she's seen.]

...I'm sorry. For dragging you into this.

[And she holds out her hands to the others. It's small comfort, she knows, but anything that might help...]

[hystericull]

[As the liquid surrounds them, Gamzee's shouts deteriorate, but his struggling continues. Instead of bucking and throwing punches, his fingers were now clamping around the collar on his neck, tugging it out of fear of drowning. His entire life he'd only received one piece of advice - not to go near the ocean. He'd always broken that rule, wading out there desperately in the middle of the night. When he'd hit an unexpected dropoff, he'd struggle much like he was doing now. After they were submerged, however, and the purple had camouflaged his bloody wounds, he realized that breathing was still a thing that was happening. There was no liquid in his lungs or throat.]

[At Feferi's apology, he said nothing. Gamzee had never been one for teams. He always wandered off by himself, going at his own pace, and now that he'd grown even more distant from the lack of sopor, he didn't care enough to respond or take her hand. Instead, one hand remained around his throat, the other's fingers twining in the hem of Tavros' jacket, and he closed his eyes. What better way to die than in the peace of prayer?]

Holy humorists, guard our motherfuckin' laughybits against the stoic science.

Love you, Tav.

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Meiling just looked to the others, a sad look on her face as she shakes her head. This did not turn out as well as she hoped but...Maybe the others could find things out that they could not. maybe they distracted Jason enough to get them further in.

She didn't know but took Feferi's hand in hers and smiled softly as the liquid enveloped them. She was scared and didn't know what to expect but..She would stay strong until the end.]

I think we all have to take some blame in this, so don't be sorry. I just wish there was more we could do.