Jasmine

[hot_mess_express]

You find yourselves in a much smaller chamber than the one you just left, though it's still in no way claustrophobic. Before you are two doors. The door to the right is inscribed with the image of an ornate silver key; the door to the left with two golden keys crossed over one another.

The door behind you … is gone. And is it just you, or is the sound of water just a little bit louder in here?

Comments

ROUND 0

[hot_mess_express]

Now you must choose which path you will follow.

Decision

[hot_mess_express]

Re: Decision

[comingstorm]

Left/gold

Re: ROUND 0

[crimeson]

Probably just best to go for early keys while we can...

Re: ROUND 0

[comingstorm]

So this is a trial? Hm. Playing hard is fine with me.

ROUND 1

[hot_mess_express]

The door locks behind you, and you find yourself in another chamber identical to the one before it. Floating inside a clear, crystalline bubble, far above your reach, are two keys.

Tepid water swirls around your ankles … or, you could've sworn it did? Maybe? You must've been imagining things.

Awaiting you, on a stone pedestal in the middle of the room, is a small crystal vial full of a deep blue liquid. There’s barely enough for a single mouthful. You know that you can send it away to another team by speaking their name clearly and with intention.

Decision

[hot_mess_express]

Re: Decision

[crimeson]

[randy DRINKS THE LIQUID]

Re: ROUND 1

[crimeson]

[aaaaand moving on to here]

...This way. Stuff where you can take the bullet or aim it at someone else.

DOOR DECISION

[hot_mess_express]

ROUND 2

[hot_mess_express]

The door locks behind you, and you find yourself in another chamber identical to the one before it. Floating inside a clear, crystalline bubble, far above your reach, are two keys in your team's colour.

On the pedestal this time is a small crystal vial filled with … blood? That's blood, isn't it? There’s barely enough for a single mouthful. You know that you can send it away to another team by speaking their name clearly and with intention.

Your clothes are dry, you are dry, but you could've sworn you felt cool water swirl around your waist just now. The feeling vanishes as soon as you try to focus on it.

DECISION

[hot_mess_express]

(Please include the door you'll take next!)

[voreaciously]

[AAAAY SOMEONE IS NOW HERE.]

...Very well.

ROUND 3

[hot_mess_express]

The door locks behind you, and you find yourself in another chamber identical to the one before it. Floating inside a clear, crystalline bubble, far above your reach, are two keys.

On the pedestal this time is a small crystal vial containing a sliver of raw flesh, small enough that you might be able to gulp it without chewing. You know that you can send it away to another team by speaking their name clearly and with intention.

There's water up to your neck, cold and still. Or … wait, is there? No. There's nothing there. Maybe you were imagining things …

Trial Decision

[hot_mess_express]

Door Decision

[hot_mess_express]

Re: ROUND 3

[crimeson]

For fuckin' real?

[voreaciously]

All this teasing with the drowning is quite annoying. Either do it or do not.

ROUND 4

[hot_mess_express]

♬

You're completely submerged in icy cold water. The surface is so far away, completely out of reach; your lungs burn for want of —

Air. You're not underwater, silly; you never were.

… Right?

In the center of the room, below the crystalline bubble with its two keys, are two pedestals. One holds a basin filled to the brim with water so still and clear it offers a perfect reflection. When you look into it, you understand that you can, if you so wish: steal one key from one team; steal two keys from one team; steal one key each from two teams.

On top of the other is a six inch long blade. You know the moment you touch it that you have to bury it to the hilt somewhere on the torso — whether it's your torso or one of your friends' is completely up to you. You know that you can send it away to another team by speaking their name clearly and with intention.

Trial Decision

[hot_mess_express]

Stealing?

[hot_mess_express]

Re: ROUND 4

[comingstorm]

...

[God I really want to eat one or both of you.]

Re: ROUND 4

[crimeson]

Big scary knife, huh...?

[SEEMS SUPER DISTRACTED TBH]

[voreaciously]

[she's just

coughing away and bleeding and shuddering mmkay]

RESULTS

[hot_mess_express]

You have 8 KEYS. The lock clicks, the door swings open, and suddenly -

endgame & revivals