Partners In Peril: Felix and Loki

[hot_mess_express]

[Whether willing or just, there comes a magical shove to force you and someone else through the door leading down into the earth.]

[The passageway is cold, but at least it's well lit. Albeit with flames of blue fire.]

[It goes down, down, down, until you reach the first part....]

Comments

[malignstar]

Seriously, fuck you, trial.

[ Time to kick the side before exiting through the gate ]

Maybe I can give it a push?

[hot_mess_express]

[Hey, lift just doing it's job.]

[And now Felix is on the ground floor with a bunch of spikes and the exit door.]

[bestbrotherever]

I doubt it could hurt.

[malignstar]

[ Felix is indeed going to try to push the lift back on its track or whatever it's using to traverse the distance from the ledge to the ground. ]

Come on you stupid lift, cooperate!

[hot_mess_express]

[The lift will shift and move in it's resting place, but it won't engage with any mechanism to go back up.]

[bestbrotherever]

[Loki's fuming, but he does find Felix's reactions amusing. Probably because he'd be doing the same or getting even more violent if he had been down there.]

I suppose there is nothing else for it. [Said as he gets ready to start climbing down.]

[malignstar]

[ Felix will continue to alternate between kicking the lift and pushing it. ]

This is such arbitrary bullshit.

[hot_mess_express]

[Mechanics engage under specific circumstances, those are safety features. Normally.]

[As for the spikes, there are gaps, but none of the gaps are directly in front of the ledge. To attempt to reach any of those safe spots alone would require at least something of a jump.]

[bestbrotherever]

[Picking his handholds carefully. This is a lot easier than other rock-climbing adventures, since he has no weapons or other gear to burden him. On the other hand it's more of a strain now that he's not physically a god.]

What- [catching his breath] was the point- of telling us we could return?

[malignstar]

Maybe I could try to catch you?

... Shut up. We took the lift. Now, let me do this.

[bestbrotherever]

[Glancing down and behind him at the spikes for the closest and/or largest clear spot.]

If you wish- to risk the spikes- though you are already past them.

[hot_mess_express]

[There does seem to be one or two places with a cluster of space spots nearby. Enough for two people to stand, maybe.]

[Alone is still a jump range though.]

[malignstar]

Do you really think you can make the jump on your own?

[bestbrotherever]

[Taking another long look at the clear spots.]

If I were not stuck as a mortal for this trial- I would say I could with little trouble. But I am stuck in a far weaker body and I do not know what I am capable of now. And these trials are meant to encourage cooperation, so- I would not turn down help.

[malignstar]

All right, let me see if I can find a spot that gives me a little room. In case I need to adjust my footing.

[ Going to start walking toward spikes to give them a better look. ]

... chill. A few cuts aren't going to kill us. We're not the ones jumping.

[hot_mess_express]

[There are a number of safe spots, easier to see this close. The spike field isn't risk free, to be sure, but with care, more than possible to get across it and most of the way to the ledge.]

[bestbrotherever]

[Still making his way down.]

I will- wait for your arrival, then. [And hope his arms don't give out before then.]

[malignstar]

[ It is hard to safely navigate spikes when you have an angry demon screaming bloody murder in your head, but Felix is doing the best he can to find a feasibly safe catching spot, not that far from the nasty spike cluster beneath the ledge. ]

Okay, this is probably the best we're going to get.

[hot_mess_express]

[Funnily enough, those cluster of spots do seem to be sliiightly bigger spots.]

[Not enough to have two feet in one spot, but it certainly makes any adjusting far more feasible if, say, someone did try catching another person.]

[bestbrotherever]

[Loki's near the bottom now, too. Pausing and reassessing, seeing if Felix is in arm's reach.]

How far can you reach without endangering your balance?

[hot_mess_express]

[It will be hard to not lose balance reaching, but with Loki extending an arm or leg, Felix should be able to grab onto him.]

[malignstar]

I think I can reach decently far.

[ Tries to get a bit closer just in case. ]

[bestbrotherever]

[Oh right, legs. Those are longer than arms. Loki tentatively extends one leg towards Felix.]

Guide me towards a clear area?

[malignstar]

I'll see what I can do.

[ Trying to eye one of those larger patches. ]

Let's try for a little to right...

[hot_mess_express]

[There's a leg to grab and safe spots. Nothing seems to be closer or any bigger though.]