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

[blind_badass]

((Top level comment, Snake's starting his journey at AJ-9 and working his way South and West. Let me know where you want to run into him.))

Starting AJ-9 to AL-19

[blind_badass]

*It was with a lot of consternation that Snake woke up to find himself alone and in some kind of maze. Calhoun's helpful explanation cleared up his confusion. He had to try to find anyone else he could. His first adventure was going north, but after going down a hallway and into a room, he found a door and heard a sound. A familiar metallic tread. Lacking any kind of flare this time to defend himself, Snake fled back the way he came, into the south and another hallway.

*Of course, something even bigger was patrolling along. It took him several minutes of listening to the heavy...thing moving before he could discern a pattern.*

P22??

[skyentificmethod]

[probably afternoon or so? Ema will be wandering through the room with one button from the south, maybe a little damp but you know, these things happen. Either way, she doesn't expect the door to be opening from the north at the exact same time...]

--Snake? What're you doing here?

[blind_badass]

Oh, Ema? Good to hear your voice. *Because he's run into random people all over the place.*

I assume I'm here in this maze because we all are. As to how I got here, I came from somewhere else in the maze.

[skyentificmethod]

[well. She should have expected that. Shaking her head, she walked closer, the door closing behind her (as apparently always)]

You okay? Nothing too weird?

[blind_badass]

Well, you might want to be careful of a room filled with fancy food. It has ransom effects. *He shuddered.* I started to hallucinate sounds.

[skyentificmethod]

Weird... Probably best to be careful of anything around here. Look out for a room filled with rat paraphernalia. You thankfully won't have to see it all, but even the aura of it should be sufficiently soul-crushing.

Or RANDOM effects if I could spell

[blind_badass]

Really? What is it, just a room full of Calhoun? *Because one is enough, thank you.*

Heheh no worries!

[skyentificmethod]

Yeah. Pictures, dolls, models, statues...anything you can think of. Jake enjoyed it but it was more than I've ever needed to experience.

[blind_badass]

I'll try to avoid that room on general principles then. What room are we in now?

J3

[skyentificmethod]

[some hour(s?) since their last meeting. the large room is...large and empty, musty-smelling and quiet except for the faint sound of breathing near the north wall. there seems to be some message painted on said wall in thick paint, too]

[blind_badass]

*Snake sniffed the air; it smelled like paint. Had someone painted the wall? And...was there someone else in the room with him?*

Hello?

[skyentificmethod]

[Ema looked up from where she was huddled against the wall and scowled, snorting out a breath. Really she just wanted to be left alone after all the bullshit of the day and of all the people she didn't want to see, Snake ranked pretty near the top. Instead of bitching or throwing anything she decided to get up and walk towards the south end of the room. It was a little childish and only cathartic in a mean way, but possibly better than starting an argument (in the long term). Ugh, being an adult was hard and nobody understood]

[blind_badass]

*Was someone walking around the room toward him? All right, that was a little strange.* Hello?

[skyentificmethod]

No one's here!

[yeah, that made a lot of sense but w/e, she continues heading for d11]

[blind_badass]

Ema! Oh thank goodness you're all right! *Except it sounds like she just keeps on going elsewhere. Well then.*

[skyentificmethod]

[she pauses in front of the doorway, shifting as if she can't figure out how best to respond. mainly because she can't]

...Thank goodness. Right. Everything was peachy.

[blind_badass]

I tried to pull you out but I couldn't even feel a seam in the floor. Did it dump you out in another room or something?

O-8 -- Hershel/Snake and later Heiji

[blind_badass]

*Thank God. They'd escaped the water trap. He kind of had to nail Hershel with a punch to do it but they'd escaped. Snake's pants were soaking. The room they were now in seemed safe enough to rest a bit.*

I really am sorry about the punch. Are you all right, Hershel?

[puzzlinglad]

[Hershel sighs in relief when they don't set off another trap somehow, and you know, since they didn't drown. Always a plus. He rubs his chest because yeah, that hurt. Probably already leaving a bruise but absolutely worth it to not die.

He offers Snake a reassuring sort of tone, if not a bit shaky from that fun adventure.] Yes, I'm alright- you don't need to apologize, it got us out. Thank you for that.

[blind_badass]

Between my strong punch and the ability for me to slap knives out of the air, perhaps I'm some kind of cage match fighter in my spare time. I probably do need the money to pay for school, after all.

[puzzlinglad]

Well, you seem like the type who would want to learn to defend himself, it's a logical sort of skill. [Hershel stood a little straighter, sighing at how damp they both were now. What a party.]

I didn't get a chance to ask, are you alright? Haven't been hit by any nasty traps yet, have you?

[blind_badass]

*There was a welt forming on one of Snake's cheeks.* I tripped over some wires and I had the most wonderful ham sandwich ever. However then it sounded like a semi was chasing me so that was delightful.

[detectiveofthewest]

Somehow through the magic of poorly defined DWRP timelines, Heiji heard both of them talking. Now dried and warm once again, he approached the sounds of conversation about... ham sandwiches?

"Snake? Hershel? What happened to you guys?"

[puzzlinglad]

DWRP, a forest of mysteries. Hershel glanced over as Heiji approached, offering a smile in greeting.

"Ah, you know, trapped in a room with water slowly rising. Becoming something of a staple in this facility, it seems." He decided to not dwell on the fact this shit was common enough to make jokes about, no good came from that. "What's this about ham sandwiches? I haven't seen anything like that yet."