Partners In Peril: Felix and Loki

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[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

ROOM THREE

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[Another inscription, this time on the floor:
'Often those below look to those on high,
For those on high often have an easier time.
Though those below often find themselves blind,
To what they can see.']

[You get through the door and find yourself faced with another wall made of black glass, about three stories tall. There is a doorway and a staircase in front of you. Each has a panel of green light in front of them.]

[Engrave between the stairs and doorway is a simple message. GREEN: 1]

DISCUSSION

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[bestbrotherever]

Green... as in the portal in the other room?

[Oh well, he's going to climb the staircase and carefully touch the panels and doorway, looking for any oddities.]

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[The doorway appears to have a glass door that remains shut.]

[The panels don't appear to have any oddities. There is a faint click as Loki steps up on the one in front of the staircase, and it turns red as soon as he's on the stairs.]

[bestbrotherever]

Interesting.

[And he will head back down the staircase and stand at the base, one foot on the first stair and one on the panel.]

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[The panel is clicked down as he remains on it and the stair.]

[Though it starts to flash after a second and there's a faint humming starting to fill the air.]

Re: DISCUSSION

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[Visual aid if needed]

Re: DISCUSSION

[malignstar]

[ Well, Felix is snarling in pain now. ]

Of all the foolish, ill-thought buffoonery...

[bestbrotherever]

[Loki comes through a minute later, fists and teeth clenched and trying not to collapse. He's also breathing deeply like he's panicking or trying to calm himself down.]

[malignstar]

[ Does not seem to particularly care as he presses a hand to his head and tries to calm down his own breathing. ]

[bestbrotherever]

[And getting himself under control. Reminding himself that he's been through worse and Thanos nobody is ready to give him another dose. He might be muttering reaffirmations of such to himself, too.]

[Finally he opens his eyes and gives a weak laugh.] Well. I am still alive. I assume you are as well?

Choices Above

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[As Loki enters the building, the faintly see through glass suddenly lights up, clear and easy to see the path. He can also hear Loki.]

[For the most part. The places below the pedestals are also blacked out.]

[Felix will get a map in his inbox.]

Re: Choices Above

[malignstar]

[ Well so far so good. ]

Re: Choices Above

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[Welcome back to the pedestal with the pedestal with the inscription.]

['In times of strife,
those higher up often pay less,
to bypass the same problem.']

[And the two buttons. ABOVE/BELOW]

Re: Choices Above

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[And a familiar sensation hits Felix as electricity courses through him as soon as he pushes the button.]

[Much like the door, there's the seizing, spasming muscles, everything locking up and leaving a very unpleasant tingle as it fades a few seconds later.]

[Again, nothing to knock him out or kill him, but overall, very unpleasant.]

Re: Choices Above

[malignstar]

[ I hate everything because I knew this was going to happen!

And it doesn't help that he's not the only one screaming. ]

Choices Below

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[And probably predictably, as the glass door shuts behind Loki, he suddenly has darkness cover his eyes, rendering him completely blind. His other senses, however, are fine. And now that he's inside, he can hear things.]

[There's a crackle of energy somewhere. The sloshing of water. And the room area is on the cold side.]

[Its probably fine.]

[And to help say where Loki goes: A board]

Re: Choices Below

[bestbrotherever]

[Cold has never bothered him anyway.

[While mulling over his next move and waiting for info from Fatalis, he'll be checking how far his current patch of normal ground goes, ready to pull his foot back if it encounters anything that feels different.]

Re: Choices Below

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[Since he's paying very close attention, he can feel a sliiiight edge of something. He seems to be on a square panel.]

Path Discussion

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[bestbrotherever]

Can you hear me? I am effectively blind and locked in. I suspect there are hazards nearby.

[malignstar]

Ah, now I understand the purpose for this panel. We should have assumed walking through the door would not be so simple.

QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

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How does your character feel about their partner?
How does your character feel about the solution to the challenge?
How is your character feeling right now?

Is there any unconfronted conflict between your character and their partner? If yes, what is it and how do they feel about it?
On a scale of 0 to 10, from none to completely, how much does your character trust their partner right now?

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[malignstar]

Surprised by his willingness to take his concerns into consideration. As well as surprised by his willingness to defend him against Felix's upset reactions.
He is incredibly frustrated by how arbitrary much of it seemed, where he still isn't quite sure when the button should have been pressed to lessen damage to either of them.
Despite this, he is feeling surprisingly satisfied that they managed to accomplish their task without severe injury. And that Loki seemed less frightened toward the end.

There is no unconfronted conflict just many confused feelings since Fatalis isn't used to people worrying about him.
Fatalis would probably score 7, which is quite high for him.

Re: QUESTIONS POST SOLUTION

[bestbrotherever]

* He would trust Felix with his life without hesitation. Fatalis might be pricklier, but also a worthy comrade in arms (probably worthier than his old "friends" Sif and the Warriors 3).

* OH SO NOW YOU DECIDE TO CHEAT NOT-SOLAR?! So. Mad. Especially since he had no chance to cheat. He's also the tiniest bit curious about what the switches would've done and what would happen if he strayed from the path, but not enough to go back in or put anyone through it. Just enough to eagerly snatch the GM's notes if given a chance.

* "Please let me stop freezing". Also trying to remind himself that the demon isn't Solar, at most she's Solar missing nearly everything good about her, and making the demon hurt as much as he has so far will not help Solar. Because damn does he want to hurt the one responsible. And sparing one final thought to Felix/Fatalis that the door doesn't lock behind him or they don't all get shocked for going through at roughly the same time.

He trust Felix at about an 8. Deducting a couple points because total trust isn't something he gives anyone (not even himself anymore) and the possibility that Felix might do something stupid and heroic. Fatalis is a 7, one more point off because he pegs Fatalis as more self-interested, but that might make him predictable.