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

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[He suppresses a cringe of embarrassment and instead simply gives her a flat look.]

No. We used stairs. As I should have done here, it seems.

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[Huh, so his world was less technologically developed than she realized... that was cool, she could roll with it.]

Agreed. Then we wouldn't have been stuck here... [she bites her lip, glancing up at the ceiling hatch] How desperate're you to get out?

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

You ask the wrong question. I will not be trapped in this metal crate any longer than I need to be.

[In the near-darkness, he looks thoughtfully off to the side. A slow, dim glow starts to radiate off him, centered on his tattoos.]

But how much property damage should I cause to get out, I wonder?

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[Okay, that's new to Cissie. She raises an eyebrow as she steps back and presses herself against the wall.]

Not that much. If you break this thing, the ropes could snap... and then it'd be splits city for us both.

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[...the glow slowly fades.]

This box is held up by ropes?

[He looks up at the ceiling with renewed, if somewhat hidden, apprehension.]

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

[She nods slowly.] It's less magical than it is scientific, really. You press buttons and a machine tells the levers to pull the elevator up or down... so even though we're safe for now, putting more pressure on the elevator'd be pretty bad.

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[That's a simple enough explanation, and he can follow it readily enough. He gives a short nod.]

It seems I've more reason to take the stairs, now.

[Sigh.]

When I get out.

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say that... elevators don't break down that often.

[She pauses, staring up at the ceiling hatch. Maybe...] Hey, how well do you think we could reach that hatch?

[freewolfmoon.livejournal.com]

[He gives her an unimpressed glance, then looks up at the ceiling.]

These walls have little purchase. I could do it, though.

[alwaysanarcher.livejournal.com]

Yeah? I think if we punch it open or something, it should let us out.

[Or they could wait for maintenance, but who knows how long that'll take?]