Twisting Paths of the Dungeon, Somewhere, Wednesday, Day One

[not_a_whiner]

The pathways of the dungeon had changed overnight. Anyone who had stayed in a room beyond their welcome had found themselves booted out back onto the hallways that belonged to their camp. Those doors had closed. Other doors had now opened.

As had other routes.

[ pathways | weapons locker | zombies | emotional baggage | weeping angels | ooc NOTE:

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A Door With A Face

[not_a_whiner]

There's an oddly marble quality about this door. It has an odd knocker shaped like a human face.

Stride through, and you'll find yourself in an underground parking garage. Some of the lights work. Some don't. Some flicker. Some of the cars might hold uneaten foods; they could also be scavenged for parts.

Just be wary of those strange statues that seem to serve as ghoulish decoration of this place...

[ weeping angels. if you're not looking at them, they move. if they reach you, they can zap you away! ... into stasis, not the past. still, be wary. ]

Re: A Door With A Face

[professor_lyman]

Josh needed coffee, so he (against his own better judgement) went exploring. He didn't think he'd find a Starbucks or anything, but armed with his wits and an extra bowling shoe, he opened the door that looked like something out of Dickens...and found himself in a parking garage.

"Faaaaaaaaaaaaabulous," he muttered to himself. "I've seen this movie. It never ends well."

[OOC: For any camp 3-ers before he gets zapped!]

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

Topher was massively proud of himself when he reached an actual door to go through on his exploration, because for over forty minutes he had thought that he was hopelessly lost. (He had been, but only briefly.) Now, finding out that he had found his way into a parking garage with Pringle cans, he realized that he had not only found his way through a door, but this was the best door. Ever.

He was pretty sure he could hotwire a car, but the idea of smashing one of the windows was unexpectedly intimidating. He might need a little help with that.

In the meantime, some statues were congregating not far from him...

[[open to camps one and two!]]

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

Jim squinted when he spotted some movement nearby and when he looked back at the statue in front of him, he could swear it had moved.

Yeah. He was gonna...head towards the non statue thing.

"Topher?" he asked when he got a little closer. "That you?"

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

"Yeah," Topher called, still totally oblivious to the statues since his attention was all on this one car whose back seat was full of groceries. He really should have been more attention to the danger here; he totally watched Mister What. "Jamie? Wait, no. Jim?"

Sigh.

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

"Got it on the second try," Jim told him, circling a little closer to Topher now. His attention went to the statues though because hadn't they been a little further away from Topher like a second ago?

"Why are you staring at the car?" he asked.

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[dollpocalypse]

"I'm pretty sure I can hotwire it," Topher explained, turning around to look at Jim. Oh, wow, there were statues here. Who knew? "Or I could if there was a window-smashing thing nearby. And then I could... I don't know, drive somewhere?"

This plan needed work.

"Also there's like a ton of food in there," he added.

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

""Use your arm," Jim suggested, giving one of the doors a tug just in case Topher hadn't checked. Hey, you never known. "Won't hurt that bad."

And those statues were creeping him the hell out so the sooner he could get away from those, the better.

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

"No, there'll be broken glass," Topher said, looking scandalized. "It'll cut my hand and everything. You do it."

This was a productive use of time while those angels were creeping up behind them, sure.

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

"So, you want me to cut my hand?" Jim asked, incredulous. Sure, he'd probably do it but still. "That's some flawed logic, man. Besides, you do it right, you wouldn't cut your hand."

Jim glanced around them for some sort of cloth or a bag or anything. The statues were still...right there. One of them looked like it had uncovered its face too. Or was he imagining that?

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

"How do you punch broken glass and not cut your hand?" Was that even possible? "I need my hands if I'm gonna hot-wire it, anyway. It's utilitarian."

Was that the right use of that word? Topher tilted his head thoughtfully.

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

"You don't punch it with a fist," Jim informed him, nudging Topher aside so he could get closer to the car window. "Haven't you ever stolen a car before?"

Jim guessed no. "What is with these statues? Who keeps statues in a parking garage?"

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

"Maybe it's an art gallery parking lot?" Topher suggested. "And no, I have not stolen cars. What, have you?" That kind of surprised him, actually.

Re: A Door With A Face

[kirked]

"Maybe once or twice."

Look, it got boring on a farm, okay?

Jim looked away from the window and started bashing his elbow against the glass. It wasn't immediate, but the glass did shatter eventually, leaving shards on the seats and the ground below them.

"So, now we're both felons." Because there were so many cops around.

Re: A Door With A Face

[upmysleeve]

"Actually if you spin it right, they'll let you off with a warning," offered a nearby juvenile delinquent who'd been trying and failing to break into the boot of the next car over with .... her boot, from underneath, which kind of explained the failure.

Ace rolled out from under the rear bumper of a rusty sedan and added, "You've gotta play up the broken home angle, claim it was an accident, and not break character when you say you sincerely regret your momentary lapse of judgement, though."

Re: A Door With A Face

[dollpocalypse]

"Ace!" Okay, all of the angels who weren't hanging out under that car just got the chance to get a heck of a lot closer to Topher now. So, all of them. Oops.

"Okay, so," he said, taking in where she had just surfaced from, "not to judge whatever you were just doing, but I think our plan is better than your plan. Wanna come with us?"