CALHOUN HOUR - ESCAPE

[vivariummods]

When characters begin to wake up, instead of finding themselves in the usual warehouse, they will instead find themselves in an a very unfamiliar area. Maybe they'll wake up alone, or maybe they'll wake up with someone else. Either way, the biggest point is that they're in God-knows-where and it's the start of a new Calhoun Hour. Within seconds later, a familiar voice booms throughout the loud speakers. "Ahem, testing, testing! Hello, can you all hear me?" It's, without a doubt, your favourite robotic mouse, Calhoun. As usual, he sounds a cheery as ever. "Wow, isn't this familiar? It's almost like the first time we've met, you know. Test subject in a new location, maybe alone or maybe with someone else, my charming voice rings throughout the room, trying to drown you all in an elevator. Good times!" "Well, anyway, welcome to your new Calhoun Hour! You can see that I've taken the liberty to move you all to a more suitable location. You may not know it, with how small your brains are, but you're all stuck in a maze! I've had my fair share of running around in mazes, you know, being a mouse and all, so I want to return to favour to you humans! So, you know the drill: explore, look around, try to escape, blah blah blah, I don't need to explain all this! Just get to it! Who knows, maybe the exit here is an exit out to the real world. I might be generous like that, if you manage to find it. If not, well, I guess you can all starve here!" He snickers, then pauses. Suddenly, a loud gunshot-like sound rings throughout the speakers, and Calhoun screams again. "Let's get started!" BASIC INFO ✖ ESCAPE ✖ POST-EVENT MINGLE ✖ TURN-IN

Comments

[skyentificmethod]

That's the spirit!

[so since Sasuke is obviously a cartoon ninja he probably studied poisons from childhood or something, so Ema figures if she eats after him they'll be fine. Except how there are nachos and it's been so long since she's had cheese, it's not as if you could blame her for trying just a little! She examines and blows on it to make sure it's not covered in fiberglass or anything before chancing a bite...!]

...Not bad?

[fairsfair]

Yeah, no shit.

[ DON'T YOU BE A SMARTASS WITH HIM Jake is the only one allowed to be a smartass here, but he's still slowly shuffling ahead. Just going to inch forward, slowly... slowly... ]

In front. Not like I can be anywhere else.

[ Sorry, he's a bit grumpy because of all this bumping around. Writ might be able to get a pat in, now that Jake has slowed down? ]

[not_that_sasuke]

"That stopped hurting a long time ago. It's not going to kill me if I get hit by one more trap." Geeze.

"Besides, you're the one who knows iai-do. What if someone needs help defending themselves? I can't use weapons." Or won't, rather.

[puzzlinglad]

[Woooo Hershel's top level, he'll be starting around big room J3 so have at.]

[fairsfair]

Then nothing to be afraid of.

[ Pushing it closer, and won't stop until she pushes it away or kicks him or something ]

[detectiveofthewest]

He knew it was a bad idea. It was like 99% sure to be a trap. 99.999999%. But...

Cell phone...

Every fiber of Heiji's being literally wanted to go for that cell phone. It had been at least 50 days since he'd had one, and though he didn't remember it, he used to use his all the time. Calling friends... texting... talking about murder...

But though it pained him to admit it, Jake was right. Probably. Probably he was right.

"Ugh, fine. Let's get outta here, then." He tossed the shovel over his shoulder in disgust. It clattered across the top of one of the coffins, shimmying down a slightly ajar lid until, improbably, it did a little flip over the edge of a coffin and smacked one of the prone robots in the face. A robot hand thrust violently out of the pile of coins and grabbed the shovel handle.

"...Seriously?!"

[not_that_sasuke]

[He won't speed up the process in the slightest when Ema appears to have eaten without any problems. That just means that nacho and that cheese happened to be safe.

So far so good...]

[detectiveofthewest]

Uncivilized, yes. Heiji took a moment to study the dolls, in case there were any clues or riddles or anything hidden in them, who knew.

But it didn't look like there were. Bummer. They weren't really cute enough to consider stealing, either, so he just left them where they were. "Next room, I guess," he said, starting for the door. No traps...?

[skyentificmethod]

[she yelps and retreats, trying to get some distance--actually, trying to get out of the room so she can close the door and shut him in]

Leave me out of your rat lovin'!

[detectiveofthewest]

"Don't give me that! You'd totally say it didn't hurt even if it did hurt!" He has your number, Sasuke.

But that was a pretty good point. "But there's no guarantee that physical strength is going to help against whatever hazards come up. If it's something like that trap that got Jake, knowin' how to swing a sword isn't gonna help."

[skyentificmethod]

"Nothing?" There had been so much leading up to this area, the lack of obvious traps was pretty ominous. Speaking of...once she was in the room proper, everything felt ominous, like eyes on the back of her neck. "Don't turn around..."

spider piiiit

[detectiveofthewest]

Where had Heiji gotten a shovel? Duh, from one of the zombie rooms, of course. As they stood outside the door to the spider pit room, however, Heiji handed Hershel the shovel.

It felt... right.

"I feel like I been in here forever," Heiji said.

[skyentificmethod]

[she'll just have to try another one. I mean, real jalapenos. Or at least what looks and smells like them. Who knows when this opportunity could happen again. It would be a sin not to keep eating.]

Hey, there's juice, too, want some?

J3-D6 area

[puzzlinglad]

[Eventually Hershel manages to find his way back to where he started, and boy isn't he happy about it. He sighs, rubbing his neck as he defeatedly regards the cryptic words on the wall again.]

This is nonsense... [He mutters, turning to look at the door to the doll room, on he hadn't gone through yet. Little would he know if a ninja was lurking about in the shadows, ready to strike when his poor british heart least expected it...]

copies dani, 1/2

[fairsfair]

[ Excuse you, it is not. He just doesn't want to risk it by screwing up the puzzle okay, but following behind him and... ]

What's--

actually doesn't copy dani because it's now 2/3

[fairsfair]

[ Looking at his watch because it sounds like the beeping is coming from here and... ]

3/3

[fairsfair]

[ WELL THAT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN, A TIMER AND A SKULL immediately trying to open the door they came from ]

Shit!

[ WHY WON'T THIS DOOR OPEN ]

[puzzlinglad]

Hershel took the shovel, feeling strangely comfortable having it. Maybe it was that memory where he had one, it just reminded him of an excavation trip that clearly ended in a way way better way with no casualties and only parties and friendship. He stared at the shovel for a moment, sharing a deep sort of moment with it. Shovel, he understands, he too is simply an instrument passed around in the unending tides of fate.

Clearly he had been in this maze way too long.

He snapped out of it for a moment, regarding the door they were to enter. "So do I, this is absolutely ridiculous." He sighed, bringing the shovel closer. Not for comfort, shut up. Shut up. "Should we try here? I don't see any obvious traps on the door at least."

[detectiveofthewest]

"Yeah, might as well," said Heiji. "By the time this is over, I'm gonna know every room in this joint."

The door opened, he stepped inside and almost immediately found himself pinwheeling his arms for balance on the very edge of a very deep hole.

[fairsfair]

[ Small laugh and throwing the doll back on the floor. Trying to open the door. ]

Your rat lovin'. Was just trying to get you to appreciate the little rodent a little more.

are you ready for the HEAT

[fairsfair]

[ Okay, back here at U-25. He was in this room earlier with Sasuke, but now he's here with his best buddy Hershel. Nothing will go wrong with these two. ]

Stick clear of that door. Don't even attempt to go in.

[ Pointing to the one without a puzzle. Fuck that door, just FUCK IT, so come here to this nice puzzle door. It's calling for you, Hershel. ]

[skyentificmethod]

[she doesn't really have a key or anything, but she can at least try to hold onto the door handle or whatever so he can have that much more time! with the rat shrine of his dreams!! all out of friendship, of course]

What, are you its wingman, now? That is never happening again! If you're that into Calhoun, why don't you marry him?

[puzzlinglad]

"By the time this is over someone's going to lose an eye on those traps." Hershel sighed, obviously not a fan of that shit. What a shocking surprise, really. "Do you think-"

Whatever he was going to say died when he he stepped forward, almost falling into the hole himself. He threw an arm out to try and make sure Heiji didn't fall either, taking a step back against the wall. "Blimey, what-" He stared a moment, frowning deeply. "This... seems strangely familiar."

rated pg-13 for jake's gross body over here

[puzzlinglad]

[Hershel followed pretty obediently after, seeing as he hadn't been around this place and frankly Jake was weirdly adept at this sort of shit. He was a weird dude.

He glanced at the evil door, giving Jake a curious look.] What's in there? [He asked, heading over so he could see the totally nice puzzle door with no problems at all.]

Ah, a riddle. [Why does he seem happy about that??]

[detectiveofthewest]

Too late. The edge of the pit broke off, sending Heiji skidding forward down the side in a cloud of dust. He didn't fall too hard; the pit wasn't that deep. But now he had spiderwebs all over himself, and...

"Spiders!"