Deep within the Voodoo Lands, there lies an unremarkable shack. The wood of the structure is old, and about as durable as cloth, and the door has fallen off its hinges. The interior of the shack is about as exciting as the exterior. Only a small bed, a toilet, and a lantern lie within.
However, if one were to push the bed inside, the planks below the bed would reveal a false bottom. This leads to something known as the Jester's Gauntlet.
The League Champion Shaco runs the place, and not much is known about it. However, a handful of people are about to get the VIP tour of the twisted dungeon managed by the Jester.
((Participants))
You wake up in a small, dark room. You have no recollection of what happened to you before you arrived here, but you do know you are not alone.
((I'll give each of you a post to RP waking up, then I will start!))
Post by Andrei Tosya on Jul 12, 2013 18:35:50 GMT -5
Andrei woke up first, he put his his left hand on the back of his head, it hurt. Why he didn't know, "Aw, what the hell happened.". He stood up and put his hand against the wall and looked around in the room, he noticed it was small and dark, well dark for anyone who didn't have vision augmentations. He adjusted his sight a bit and could see better.
He began looking for a door, and decided to stand in the middle of the room, as he moved he felt his foot hook onto something and he fell face first onto the ground. He looked but didn't really see anything.
"Alright, who do I have to stab to get out of here!" he yelled, looking at the ceiling.
((Just for clarification, this is the character I was intending to use for this, not Teemo.))
Teo grumbles faintly, awakening with his entire body aching. His eyes flutter open, seeing nothing but darkness ahead. The little yordle manages to slowly get himself into a sitting position against the wall next to him. He cringes and whimpers faintly, letting his body sit loosely in an attempt to ease the pain. After a couple moments his yordle eyes manage to adjust, allowing him to see the other foreign persons in the room, all but one laying silently on the floor. Fear creeps into the back of his mind as he sees the man who was standing move towards him. The man falls, letting out an angry threat, and young Teo cowers by covering his head with both arms.
Post by thegrandduelist on Jul 14, 2013 3:43:01 GMT -5
Fiora awakens upon hearing a rather loud yell, she gets up muttering something inaudible and grasps for her rapier. Her hand moves over her weapon and grasps it tightly, like it was the last thing on Valoran. She gets up carefully, feeling for the wall at the same time as the darkness covers her now open and alert eyes.
"Tch, Quand je trouve la personne qui fait cette... je jure...!" ("When I find the person who did this...I swear...!")
She begins in french, muttering to herself. After a few seconds, she calms down and assess the situation, understanding she is far from alone. She puts up an alert guard and leans against the wall. Fiora had already noticed two who were awake. Now it was all a matter of what happens next.
Suddenly, a wave of blinding light illuminates the room. After a few seconds, the three hostages can perfectly see each other. The lights reveal the layout of the room as well, however, it doesn't reveal much.
The room which the hostages are currently in is a small room with gray stone walls and floors. The ceiling isn't visible, as the lights do not illuminate that far up. There is no visible door to be found.
After about a minute, Shaco's voice blasts through a speaker somewhere. "Hello there, everyone! I hope you enjoy your stay here. After all, I am sure I will!" A raspy chuckle comes through the speaker. "I can bet you all are wondering why I have brought you here. The answer, I am afraid, is unknown to me as well. However, I do know where you are right now! You are in my five star dungeon, which I call the Jester's Gauntlet!"
"Now, you three have probably not been introduced properly, but don't worry, I have just the solution to that! I have a wonderful icebreaker activity prepared for you. I call it "Don't drown because there is water pouring out of the walls!""
As if on cue, a rush of water begins to fill up the small chamber. "I name icebreakers quite literally, after all. Oh! One more thing. I am afraid we'll have to cut this one short after about five minutes. After all, you won't be alive to see the end of it! Ohohohohoho!"
Post by Andrei Tosya on Jul 14, 2013 13:42:14 GMT -5
Blinded by the bright lights he closes his eyes, having to turn down his eye augmentation's light reception to normal before looking. There is a voice coming through some speakers, it starts talking about some gauntlet and something about water.
"Hey voice, mind telling me how the fuck we get out of here." just as he finished the sentence water comings pouring down the walls, he looks around for some way of escape but can't see one. He sees the Yordle laying on the floor, he'd normally just leave the yordle alone, but now that they where stuck in this room with water coming down the walls he thought he had to do something.
He bent down and lifted up the yordle and put him on his shoulders, "Stay up there, it'll take longer for the water to reach ya. He turned his attention to the woman who spoke french or something like that, "Hey, pretty face, let's try and find away out of here, si?"
Teo, with his hands still clenched over his head, turns to Fiora's direction as she speaks. His thoughts are cut short by an instantaneous bright light, however, making him squeeze his eyes shut. The voice booming through the small room makes his little body shiver with fear, pressing his back against the wall. Gauntlet? Wate-
His thoughts are cut short by a sudden blast of water from behind. The young yordle is pushed away from the wall slightly and he falls forward. Moments later the man picks him up and places him on the safety of his shoulders. How long it would be safe is unknown, but it's calming enough for him to blink his eyes open an look around the room. There really doesn't appear to be an exit in site.
"I-I can't see a way out..." The walls are as bare as the floor. It would seem to Teo like the three are trapped.
Post by thegrandduelist on Jul 14, 2013 18:15:35 GMT -5
Fiora raised her head towards the sound of the speakers, as Shaco finished his speech she seemed to look more annoyed then ever. Suddenly the rush of water interrupted her thoughts followed by the comments made by her companions.
"Pretty face?" She muttered a bit before looking around for an escape.
There was no way to break down the walls. At the very least she should cooperate with the two others, for now to her distaste.
"And v'hat exactly v'ould you propose w'e do?"
Fiora asked crossing her arms and striding through the waters to her companions. She had given up finding the obvious route out, fully knowing that Shaco would not have gone to simple means for this "Dungeon" of his.
The water is now is up the party's ankles (Teo's legs). A brief crackle indicates another message coming through the speakers. "I hope this exercise has gotten you acquainted with some new people. After all, you'll need to work together to get out of here..."
"Killing you off here would be nice, but that's no fun! I want to test out this entire gauntlet, and then I'll dispose of you three. That being said, it doesn't mean you aren't going to die after all... I just need one of you alive at the end, that's all."
"Anywhoo...where were we...ah, yes! I'll give you a little hint to help you out a bit. This will be the one and only hint, however...SO DON'T WASTE IT."
After Shaco finished speaking, more lights illuminated the chamber to reveal an small opening high up on the left side of the wall. However, the opening is about a foot below the ceiling. An arrow written in a thick red liquid, most likely blood, points to the opening, along with the words "You might want to check this out..."
((Just for an approximation, the ceiling is 10 feet high, so if Fiora was standing on the floor with water completely submerging her, the water would be about 4 feet from the ceiling.))
Post by Andrei Tosya on Jul 14, 2013 19:13:12 GMT -5
Andrei looked around and saw a hole in the wall, he couldn't reach it, but the yordle could. "See that hole in the wall?" he said and pointed, "I will push you up there, you'll climb in and say what you can see, okay?" He walked up to the wall and lift up Teo towards the hole.
Teo winces a little when Shaco speaks again. The lights above, however, provide a glimmer of hope. He sees the hole fairly quickly, and when Andrei calls for him he looks to his side at the man, then back at the hole with a small nod.
"Okay... I-I'll try."
The little yordle shifts slightly as he's lifted. As soon as Andrei can no longer reach higher, Teo shakily gets to his feet and reaches up for the hole. Unfortunately, even when reaching with completely outstretched fingers he's still mere inches from it. With a slight bend in his knees, the young bard leans down slightly and then leaps upwards at the wall, getting both hands over the edge and clambering up slowly. All those years climbing trees were certainly helpful. He narrows his eyes once he's steadied himself, peering into the darkness as his yordle eyes adjust. What he would see, he couldn't even imagine.
Post by thegrandduelist on Jul 14, 2013 22:37:31 GMT -5
Fiora waited patiently as Teo and Andrei worked towards their only clue. She stared upward into the darkness and awaited with bated breath to what lied beyond the darkness.
It is very dark inside the crawlspace, but Teo can discern a red valve, most likely to shutoff the water. If pushed inside, Teo will be able to just barely turn the valve.
"Tick tock, gentlemen...and Fiora, so sorry deary..."
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