ITP, the Janitor is IGNORED

[kissmydamask.livejournal.com]

[Hey.

Hey Garden.

Guess what.

You're now trapped in the elevator.

Maybe you were too lazy to take the stairs; maybe you just needed to get somewhere and this was the quickest way from A to B, despite the janitor's warnings (and the signs on every floor).

Whatever the reason, it's too late! You're stuck in here. The lights are out, none of the buttons are working (or maybe they're jammed?), and it's unlikely you'd be able to pry open the doors — this elevator is one sturdy son of a gun, and between floors, there's nowhere to go.

Anyway... who's that with you?]

(OOC: Garden's undergoing maintenance and construction now that it's docked at Fisherman's Horizon, and now the elevator is out to get you.

Anyway, this will work like a meme!

1) Tag in with your character, one per comment. Others will respond.

Characters responding can roll the RNG to get a date and time! Already see something you can work with? Go for it!

DATE
1 - weekday
2 - weekend

TIME
1 - early morning
2 - peak hour [right before/after classes/lunch; your call!]
3 - between classes
4 - dead of the night

If using the RNG, put your results in the comment title so that your threadmate knows what they're working with — alternatively, if there are options in the RNG that are completely unlikely for your character, make sure you specify what they are so that you get a scenario that you can handle.

Trapped outside of curfew? Beware the Disciplinary Committee.

2) Are you crowded against the wall? Is there only one person with you? What if you're forever alone? React accordingly! Make sure you work things out with each other if your thread is going to have more than two people in it.

Note that getting out through the ceiling hatches may not end well. No telling when the elevator will mysteriously fix itself, after all.

Please don't cling to your castmates; this event is to help foster CR that would otherwise never happen!

Also, a big thank you to the mods for approving this ♥)

Comments

Weekend, lunchtime

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

Well this sucks.

[notthelostgirl.livejournal.com]

[Hey, elevator buddy. Rose is standing in the corner, contemplating escape routes.

She looks over when he speaks.]

Could be worse.

[waylights.livejournal.com]

[ AT LEAST SHE GLOWS IN THE DARK? ]

Weekday, Peak hour

[whiplashings.livejournal.com]

Well... it looks as though you won't make it to your class. [Quistis is hardly mad, just a bit exasperated with the situation; after all, she has a mountain of paperwork waiting for her.]

Weekday, dead of the night

[kitchenfistfirechaosstyle]

[Damn! He'd left stock heating!]

[In that GIANT CAULDRON!]

[laughafterme]

[She was kinda sleep walking, wanting to get some ice cream after a bad dream about evil unicorns bent on eternal darkness in Equestria. Once the she steps inside and the lights go out...]

OH NO!

NIGHTMARE MOON IS BACK!

[Cue freak out!]

2-3

[cameraobscures.livejournal.com]

[ Hmm, that's odd. The door isn't opening... perhaps if she just presses the door open button a few times. ]

[redcinemareel]

[Grell does not deal well with confined spaces.

Grell does not deal well with confined spaces.

Grell does not deal well with confined spaces.

So there she is, huddled in a corner, trying to calm down. Trying not to panic.

Think, Grell! She can easily teleport out, and perhaps with the girl, but...oh boy.]

[dumpsterdives.livejournal.com]

Great. Now I need a cigarette.

weekday, in-between classes

[werepanther]

I'd agree, but considering we're stuck... [Tom's busy studying the panel buttons, seeing if there's anything he could do to fix it from the inside.] It probably isn't the best idea.

[Nope, he really has no idea he's talking to Kiden right now.]

Weekday, dead of the night

[gunblade-grrl.livejournal.com]

[Oh no. Instructor Farron (the good one) is going to KILL HER when she finds out how late she was out....]

[whiplashings.livejournal.com]

[She has someone else to worry about.]

... Isn't it past curfew?

[bookshrew.livejournal.com]

[having smashed the emergency button, is already working on a way to get up to the ceiling hatch.

goddamn being thirteen years old and having the corresponding height.]

weekday, dead of night.

[swagneto]

[ Charming. Stuck in an elevator with someone who clearly has no idea how to handle a situation. Granted, the elevator does seem to be made out of metal, so maybe Erik has a chance at getting it moving. The girl seems to have a fairly good idea in how to fail escaping, but it's tempting for him to interfere. ]

Do you plan on growing a few inches before reaching the ceiling?

Weekday, between classes

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[He knew it was a bad idea to trust this "technology" magic.]

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[Argh, and she's going to be late for class too! Cissie nearly kicks the door in frustration.] Figures this thing wouldn't work the one day I decide to skip the stairs.

[outstandings.livejournal.com]

Oh no-- I have a paper due!

Weekday, Between Classes?

[notaferry.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, dear, you'll be excused. I'll make sure of it.

[Botan speaks up, sighing and feeling her way along the wall to the emergency button. Accidental bump, go!]

Oh, sorry!

[whiplashings.livejournal.com]

[... This is not good.]

Weekday, early morning? Or whenever really

[rebellingheart]

[And perhaps a tiny bit awkward too. Isn't this just fun?]

What happened?

[Not that it stops Rinoa from gravitating Quistis' way anyway considering the situation.]

Are you okay Quistis?

Weekday, Dead of Night

[ohsoschway.livejournal.com]

[The sound of the elevator working slows down to a light whirl and then...nothing. The lights dim and Max lets out a frustrated sigh. Stealth and efficiency is not on her side tonight.]

Frag.

[crockshot]

[Dead of night is when heroes are at their best. Okay, well maybe not when they're stuck in unfamiliar elevators in unfamiliar worlds, but whatever.]

You're telling me.

[On the bright side she's in normal clothes, on the not bright side it's not exactly easy hiding a bow from prying eyes. What was it Max had said? Right.]

Frag.

[She pauses, mouth twisting up into a small smile.]

What's that even mean anyway?

[suriyan.livejournal.com]

[Of all the things to happen on her first day...! Go figure.]

Hello Roomate~ Weekday/After classes or whenever really

[rebellingheart]

Hey. Are you okay?

[She doesn't like being alone in the dark, talk to her stranger. Please?]

Weekend, dead of night

[crockshot]

[Bright side? She's got her bow and arrows on her. Not so bright side. They're normal arrows. Still it's not like being stuck in an elevator is that bad, so why panic? She'll start to worry if the elevator starts to plummet or something equally ridiculous.]

Might as well get comfortable.

[She's serious too, already settling into a corner of the elevator.]

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[Figures that the one person she'd be stuck in an elevator with is also the one person that she pissed off on the BBS... and forced Wally to kiss. Karmic balance... or karmic revenge? She didn't really know which one it was.]

I don't know... [She's already pulling out her mini flashlight - she never leaves the room without it! - and attempting to examine the panels.] The sooner we get out of here, the better.

Weekend, dead of night

[greeneyedmecha.livejournal.com]

The one time I don't have my tools and I take the elevator, it goes kaput. Why me?

[nvrstrikestwice.livejournal.com]

You want the long or short list of reasons why?

[Sorry, Rikku; Lightning over here isn't the chatty type. Especially when she's looking for that ceiling hatch to climb her way out of here.]

Weekday, early morning

[erosion-sucks.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on!

[Toph smacks a hand against the side of the elevator, frowning]

In between floors, too, so I can't just bend the door open either. Ugh, so much for training.

[wonderderp.livejournal.com]

...You can bend an elevator? Woooooow. You must be pretty strong, then!

[ Jade is busy extracting her spectagoggles from her sylladex so she can see. SHE CAN SEE EVERYTHING. 0u0 ]

weekend, mid afternoon

[knightofmirth.livejournal.com]

[Brb pounding every button in a blur of hand motions.]

[laughafterme]

[....oh hi.]

PUSH HARDER! YOU MISSED SOME! [Now she's helping too!]

[subjected]

[ Oh you poor, poor... whoever you are. There's an odd flump as Claire's shoulders and back hit the elevator wall behind her, approximately two seconds after the lights flicker and then die off to accompany the ride ending far too soon. Kind of an odd reaction for such a usually-serious woman, but this is seriously the last thing she needs right now. ]

[eiusumbra]

[He was surprised to see Claire in the same elevator he is taking, and he didn't see a sign. Someone must have ripped it off. He nods to her once and steps in, watching the doors shut.

Moments later, Shadow also stumbles as the elevator stops in the shaft midway. The lights die out and everything is dark.]

...you're kidding.

[bodyreads.livejournal.com]

[Early afternoon on a weekday, someone is coming back from training and finds herself...stuck. Lovely.]

[umathematic.livejournal.com]

weekday, 1400ish

[genomorphed.livejournal.com]

Great.

[The lights are out, the elevator car has stopped moving. He's going to be late for Home Ec. His poor little chicobo... looks like Superboy's on his way to being as great as a 'father' figure as Superman is!]

weekday, 1400ish

[shops-a-lot.livejournal.com]

[Bulla had been going over her notes for class when the lights went out.]

Oh, come on!

weekday, dead of the night

[burntglory.livejournal.com]

[Snap. Lights were just killed.]

What the hell?

[rebellingheart]

What happened?

[Someone's not too keen on this dark elevator thing so Rinoa's going to be not so stealthily trying to find Seifer in the dark.]

Are we stuck?

[Way to state the obvious Rinoa.]

weekend, peak hour

[ofherfate.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well... this is new.

[Frowning in the dark.]

[beautifulreader.livejournal.com]

[A tiny beam of light suddenly illuminates the elevator, as Belle has turned on a flashlight to finish the last paragraph of her book.

...Priorities. Yes.

She finishes quickly, not even a minute later, and glances up with a small sigh.]

I heard it had been malfunctioning during the week, but I thought they had fixed it.

week day, peak hour

[martinigirl2.livejournal.com]

[ at least she brought her flask. she's not sharing. ]

Re: week day, peak hour

[brofessrstrider.livejournal.com]

[]

Weekend; dead of night

[brofessrstrider.livejournal.com]

[]

[batmansphoenix.livejournal.com]

Not exactly my idea of fun. Do we have to panic now or...?

weekend, peak hour

[connectlives.livejournal.com]

[ long, long pause.

sigh.

now to figure out how the hell to get out of here. or at least try to. ]

[poetry-hero.livejournal.com]

[Apollo's already pressed the emergency button. Now to stare at the ceiling hatch and debate a way to get it open...]

Hey, you have anything we could use to reach that?

[Worst-case scenario, he could shapeshift and reach it, but it's better to keep up his "normal kid from America" charade.]

[cpt-infrared.livejournal.com]

[...commence vigorous swearing]

[wonderderp.livejournal.com]

Karkat, jeez!! Swearing at the elevator won't make it go faster!

...Wait, you're too big to be Karkat, oops. Sorry!