Tuffnut came down to grab a handful of keys. "Welp I guess we should start trying them—"
"Impulsivity can get us killed, boy," Ruarcc told him with a hand on his chest in a threatening tone.
"I completely agree. In fact, I have a better solution," Snotlout told him before he slammed his axe into the wooden chest, causing a sharp shockwave that knocked him back and sent his axe flying from his grasp. It clanked against the stone ground with the blade complexly melted, as if it had been dunked in volcanic lava, the edges glowing bright red.
"Ow..." he complained as he straight to get back up.
"What the Hel is wrong with you?!" Astrid demanded.
"You idiot! Now you don't even have a weapon," Ruffnut said to him.
He growled. "I don't need one—I'll just show them your face and they'll burn alive—"
[GEM]
She roared and tackled him, attempting to slap him but Uriah came over and grabbed her with both hands and threw her off him. "Grow up! Both of you!" he said. "This behavior will get someone killed!"
Nov 13, 2023, 3:20 PM
[MELODY]
Moira had sat down on the stone floor trying to completely block everyone out as her eyes went over the keys noticing they all had symbols engraved into them. "..what?" She picked one up to observe it closely. She then turned to hiccup. "Does these look like the runes you use? If so is there one for loki? Or mischief?"
Nov 13, 2023, 3:58 PM
[GEM]
He furrowed his brows to take a look, Astrid peering over his shoulder. "They're Viking runes for sure. This one means 'laughter' or 'amusement'," he said as he held the key in his fingers, squinting to see it clearly.
[GEM]
"Well that's appropriate. The bastard's probably eating a porkchop while watching us," Astrid commented with an eyeroll.
[GEM]
"Did someone say porkchop?" Gregor said. If he was a cat his ears would have perked up.
"Stop thinking about your stomach and help me!" Arne said to him as he dug through the keys to find an out-of-the-ordinary one.
[MELODY]
Moira sighed softly thinking she had found something that would help them but once again Loki was probably laughing at them. "Well this isn't helping.." she mumbled looking through the keys as well anyways.
[GEM]
"I say we just start trying keys. I bet Loki hid the right one in here, knowing it's possible people could find it but also possible that they wouldn't," Faelan suggested.
"Or give up before they can find it," Arne commented.
Hiccup kept quiet and contemplative. But this sounded correct to him, gazing over the keys with a thoughtful look.
"Come on, lads. Grab a handful. Try them on both," Gregor said, waving them over.
Astrid shrugged and did so.
"We can't just stick any key in there. What if something bad happens if it's not the right one?" Snotlout said, holding his head now as he was frustrated.
Ruarcc took one of the keys and went to try it, volunteering himself to test this out. They key didn't open the lock to the gold chest but nothing bad happened either. He looked at everyone with a hand gesture as if to say "there, happy?"
Nov 14, 2023, 1:24 AM
[MELODY]
Moira watched Ruarcc try it out before she nodded with a small smile. "Let's try them out then.." she said picking a few up as she walked over to the wooden chest. She kneeled down by it putting the first one in the lock and turned it.
Nov 14, 2023, 8:18 AM
[GEM]
Unfortunately the key didn't turn. And instead it stuck as it didn't quite fit the lock.
Most of the party was quiet now as they gathered and tried keys one at a time on either chest, Arne yelling at Gregor for throwing the ones he'd tried back into the same pile and not the used pile.
Hiccup was quietly contemplating this as if they were missing something, a hand on his chin.
Uriah was pacing around whispering a very quiet prayer for guidance and wisdom as they tried to get through this strange puzzle.
"They're all the same, idiot," Snotlout was saying to Faelan who was studying the keys very closely.
"Hey when you get through one of these puzzles I'll listen to you, alright, slug brain?"
"Hey, don't disrespect slugs like that," Tuffnut said with accusatory finger.
Snotlout shoved him in response.
Nov 14, 2023, 9:35 AM
[MELODY]
Moira sighed annoyed now now realizing literally all keys were the same. She started looking around the room again. Seeing if they missed something.
[GEM]
"The keys aren't the same. The teeth are all different," Faelan continued. "But I was seeing if there was anything else to mark a different one."
As Moira looked around, she studied the room they were in. It was a very clearly defined space, like a stone box. The more she looked, the more she was sure there wasn't anything else aside from a crack on the opposite side of the room, indicating the wall there could move to open another door. Probably their way out after they get the treasure.
As they continued to try the keys, Gregor got frustrated and gave up, sulking as he sat on the step that was around the chests.
"We're never going to get through these," Arne complained.
"We're over halfway there. Just stop complaining and help—" Astrid told him but she stopped when the chute opened again, dropping more keys onto the floor in the same spot, the ringing sound of silver hitting silver breaking the quiet talking in the room loudly until the little metal door close again...
"Are you serious?" Snotlout demanded.
Nov 14, 2023, 10:17 AM
[MELODY]
Moira looked over her shoulder when she heard the keys fall before sighing deeply as she turned back to observe the crack in the wall. Maybe there was something they needed to push that would open the door? Not seen from down here? "Can someone lift me up?" She asked looking over her shoulders at the others again.
Nov 14, 2023, 10:36 AM
[GEM]
Uriah shrugged. "Alright." He scooped her up bridal style and just smirked at her, knowing that wasn't what she meant.
[MELODY]
Moira's cheeks heated up when he did that. "Ye daft man just lift me up normally!" She said irritated to him but secretly didn't know how to react.
[GEM]
"'Normally'? Hmm. Oh you mean like this?" He then put her over his shoulder like she was a sack of flour.
[MELODY]
Moira yelped in surprise when he did that as her face turned red. "..no! Ye.." she shouted at him going fully Gaelic as she did. She could feel the others stare at them now. She quickly hid her face behind her hands
Nov 14, 2023, 12:32 PM
[GEM]
"Ugh! Get a room—!" Tuffnut complained.
"Save it for the wedding night, aye?!" Arne added at the same time as the others chimed in with similar comments and eye rolls.
Uriah didn't care. He just laughed and put her back on the ground. "Alright, firefly, how would you like me to actually do this?" he asked, still chuckling a bit.
[MELODY]
Moira shook her head slightly as she shot him a glare blushing deeply still. "..just let me sit on your shoulders maybe I can reach it then.." she said while looking away. She was holding herself back from smiling.
Nov 14, 2023, 1:02 PM
[GEM]
"And what is it that we are looking for?" he asked as he scanned the wall with his eyes.
[MELODY]
"I want to that a closer look..see that crack..maybe there is something we missed." She said as she pointed it out.
Nov 14, 2023, 1:25 PM
[GEM]
"Greenhood should do it. He was the only one able to find the needle in that haystack at that Swedish festival last year, remember?" Arne pointed out.
He had a doubtful look. "As much as I would love to feel Faelan's groin on the back of my neck like some kind of soft warm stockade, it's going to be a no from me," he said with sass before kneeling down so Moira could do this instead.
[MELODY]
Moira couldn't help but let out a laugh when he said that before getting on as she held onto him when he got back up. She looked up at the wall as she reached out her hands once he stood stable tracing the wall with her fingers.
Nov 14, 2023, 1:49 PM
[GEM]
The ridge that she felt cemented her thought that the stones would move to open a doorway for them. But other than that she didn't discover anything new about this sealed exit.
"Any updates from up there?" Uriah asked with a little bit of humor in his tone, doubtful she would discover anything but happy to oblige either way. His hands were holding her thighs as he squinted from his hair that was in his face, trying to keep the strands from tickling his lose as her hand resting on his head was causing this. He blew one of the locks away comically.
[MELODY]
"..no...no updates..just a doorway that's shut.." Moira said sighing frustrated as she looked down at him seeing him blow his hair out of his face. She chuckled as she showed him he could lower her again.
[GEM]
He knelt down but when she tried to get off her bracer was caught in his hair and he let out an, "Agh!" in response to the unexpected tug but her wrist still wasn't free.
[MELODY]
Moira let out a yelp in surprise as she almost tripped because of it when she got off. "I am sorry..let me.." She said trying to get it free without hurting him too much. But when she pulled quickly some of his hair came with it.
[GEM]
"Alright, can you maybe--just don't--hold on," he was saying while she was struggling but when she yanked herself free he said, "Ow!" and put his hand at the back of his head. He couldn't help but begin to laugh though when he turned to look at her as he was still on his knees. "Alright for future reference, those aren't the kind of moments to lose your patience," he said in a pained voice with his brows raised, dry humor in his tone.
[MELODY]
Moira put her hands on front of her mouth when she realized what she did. "Oh god..I am sorry.." she said before leaning over him to see the back of his head as she removed his hand. "It's bleeding..I am so sorry.." she said feeling terrible now. It was really cute to watch or rather annoying depending on who was watching.
[GEM]
"You're lucky I'm handsome enough to pull off a bald spot," he remarked with slight struggle but it wasn't that bad. She had only pulled a few pieces out so the blood was incredibly minor as was the pain.
[MELODY]
She sighed softly as she leaned back looking at him "..well I guess ye could pull it off.." she said to him with a small smile.
[GEM]
He stifled a chuckle. "Oh you get to give me attitude after that?" he looked at her with his brows lifted, his tone challenging.
[MELODY]
"Alright on second thought Itake it back." Moira said back with attitude as she turned around getting his hairs out of her bracer.
[GEM]
The others were too busy arguing to pay attention to them luckily.
"Oh no," he threatened and stood on his shins to hook his arm around her legs, tripping her back into him as he tried to restrain her despite her protesting and flailing while he pretended to be mad but was just laughing instead.
[MELODY]
Moira let out a yelp when she fell back against him. "Ye div! Let me go!" She said to him trying to get out off his grasp. But when he started laughing she couldn't help but laugh as well as she stopped trying to get out.
[GEM]
"How about some retaliation, huh? Give me some of that beautiful fire red hair," he said as he pretended to pull some out but actually was just messing up her hair with his fingers as he let out a cute laugh, feeling that giddy lightweight fluttering in his heart when heard her laugh and saw that smile. He wondered if he would ever get used to that or if it would make him feel this way every time.
[MELODY]
"No! Don't ye dare!" She said when he did that as she tried to grab his hand to stop him. As he was messing with her and hearing him laugh like that she felt butterflies in her stomach. She didn't know why..or how he did make her feel that way. But she loved it. It made her forget for a moment where they were and what situation they were in.
[GEM]
That feeling came back when their hands bound together and his laughter died down as they sat there on the stone floor, his legs kicked out as she was sitting against him, his arm around her waist before his hand came to rest at the curve of her side. His smile remained there as his eyes held stars when they looked into hers. He took her hand to his lips in order to kiss the back of it and send her a wink.
[GEM]
She blushed at this, her stomach doing a tumble as she tried to keep herself from smiling. But she didn't really succeed at this and the look on her face made his own wide smile come back.
Suddenly the loud clinking of more keys dumping onto the floor got everyone's attention and all of their eyes converged onto the same place until the sound stopped, the mound getting impressively larger with that one.
"Is it just me or did that one dump on us much sooner than the last one did?" Arne asked nervously as some looks were exchanged.
[MELODY]
Moira's eyes widened at the amount of keys being dropped. If this kept up they would be in serious trouble. She quickly let go off Uriah's hand as she got up when he let her go. "..this isn't good...this isn't good at all..he is going to bury us in keys if we don't find another way to open those damn chests!"
[GEM]
"Alright, no more lollygagging! Everyone grab keys now!" Astrid said with the same urgency, everyone clambering to do this, taking them by the handful as they tried them over and over, hurrying one another at every turn as they realized this was only going to get more difficult.
[MELODY]
As they were doing this moira of course did help but she started to wonder if they were even supposed to do this. What was the use of a mountain of keys when you would never find the right one. There had to be another way to get those chests open.
[GEM]
Faelan was skeptical as well, as he was looking around for other solutions instead, worrying for his companions now.
When the next chute dump happened, not only did it come faster than last time, the mound of keys at this point was large enough to cover the floor if spread out. And they looked above them when stones began to move to cover the small windows, making the only light that of the torches...
Moira was right. This would bury them if they didn't get out.
Nov 15, 2023, 4:38 AM
[MELODY]
"There is no end.." she said staring at the literal mountain of keys as she got up walking over to the chests. She kneeled down in front of them observing them once again. Her mind was total chaos right now as she tried to stay calm and get a clear mind to think.
Nov 15, 2023, 8:01 AM
[GEM]
They all rushed around to continue trying keys as none of them were working with the lock.
Hiccup's attention was turned to Astrid when she began to breathe heavily and appeared panicked.
Faelan looked over when the chute opened again but this time his eye caught something odd. "Uriah..." he began to say.
But the man was concentrating on hurrying like the others and didn't hear him.
"Astrid, you okay?" Hiccup asked her sensitively.
She nodded at once. "Yeah, come on," she insisted as she handed him more keys, both of them having to walk on them not to get back and forth.
Nov 15, 2023, 8:43 AM
[MELODY]
While going over and over the details she saw on the chests again and again it all started to overwhelm moira as she let out a frustrated yell before covering her face. That determination from before had completely washed away by this.
Nov 15, 2023, 9:56 AM
[GEM]
"Hurry up already!" Ruffnut yelled at her brother who was jiggling a key and taking forever to test it.
"I'm trying!" he snapped back.
Astrid was trembling when she tried her luck on the wooden chest with one of the keys and Hiccup finally took her hand. "Astrid," he insisted sternly.
She took in a breath. "Fine. I don't like being buried alive. It's a fear alright?" she told him with attitude.
It seemed like this labyrinth had been meeting all of their fear requirements and triggers.
"We're going to be okay," he told her quickly.
"How do you know?"
"Uriah!" Greenhood got his attention finally and he looked over at him.
The sound of more keys dumping got their attention and for the split second the chute was open, Uriah's eyes locked onto what Faelan had spotted.
[GEM]
It was a key hanging at the back of the metal contraption purposefully, being the only one to not fall each time as it remained on its singular hook.
"Eureka," Uriah said with a smirk and ran across the keys that lay on the ground, Faelan at his side as they stuck to the wall under the chute.
The others noticed this. "What?" Arne asked.
"There's a secret key," Faelan told them.
[MELODY]
Moira looked over at them when she heard them say secret key. "There is?" She got up immediately watching them hoping they would get it and get out of here now.
Nov 15, 2023, 12:18 PM
[GEM]
"We have to wait for the right time," Uriah told his friend as they stood on either side of where the chute dumped out.
"Can you reach up there?" Faelan asked.
He eyed it and situated himself, having to step on the silver keys that made a metal rattling sound under his feet like chains, reaching but he couldn't quite get it as the edge was just at his fingertips.
"We have to jam it with something when it opens," Hiccup said when he came over, the others paying attention to this now too.
"What? There's nothing big enough," Tuffnut argued.
They all began to look around—
"Hurry—it's going to open again—!" Ruffnut warned.
[GEM]
"We're thinking—!" Arne snapped.
"Yaaarrrgh!" Gregor cried as he ran his hardest and leapt off the keys, catching the edge of the chute just as it came down, the metal keys hitting against his helmet as he hung off the edge of the metal door with his weight keeping it down, everyone else dodging to not get hit.
"That'll do," Faelan shrugged.
"Moira! Hurry!" Uriah gestured for her to get on his shoulders again.
[MELODY]
Her eyes widened in surprise when Gregor ran past them like that but smiled when she saw what he did. She then heard Uriah call for her seeing what he meant as she ran over to him and climbed onto his back quickly reaching out for the key as grabbed it off the hook before the chute closed again.
Nov 15, 2023, 1:52 PM
[GEM]
Balancing himself on such unstable terrain while she did this was tricky but when she got it, the three of them fell down onto the pile of keys clumsily, Gregor releasing his grip on the door that quickly shut again.
Moira and Uriah had fallen on their backs with his head resting on her inner thigh. He smiled widely when he saw the key in her hand. "Well done," he said proudly.
"That was awesome," Ruffnut admitted as Arne laughed and put a hand on Gregor's shoulder, others making similar comments.
[MELODY]
A smile appeared on Moira's face as she looked over at him. She then realized how they were laying as a blush appeared on her face again. She looked away looking at the key. "So..which one does this open?" She thought out loud.
Nov 15, 2023, 2:13 PM
[GEM]
"Hm... good question. But as much as I'd love to stay like this, we should probably move before being crushed by more keys," he said with a humorous look.
He got up, a bit unsteady considering the ground was covered even more now. And he gave her a hand.
[MELODY]
Moira nodded holding onto the key tightly as she held onto his hand with the other. She carefully got up with his help. "Let's see.." she said letting go off his hand as she walked over to the chests. "..which one are we going for?" She asked looking at the others. "Or just try both?"
Nov 16, 2023, 7:30 AM
[GEM]
Behind them, they were helping up Gregor but he slipped when he struggled to get on his feet again and crushed Arne.
"I say just try either one at this point. We can't know for sure either way," Astrid said.
"I vote the shiny one," Tuffnut said plainly.
"That one is definitely a trap," Arne said.
"Either one of them could be a trap. Just pick a damned chest," Ruarcc argued irritably.
"We shouldn't make any decision that isn't properly thought through—we could have lives at stake here," Hiccup said.
"I vote the shiny one too," Ruffnut added.
"Same," Snotlout said.
"Ugh. I take back my answer."
He frowned at her.
"I vote we unlock the wooden one and then just take the gold one with us and sell both," Faelan said with a smirk.
Arne pointed at him. "I like that idea."
"I say voting makes the most sense," Gregor commented.
Uriah was staying out of this conversation as he just stood with his arms crossed casually, watching this chaos unfold.
"Alright fine, raise your hand if you vote for the gold chest."
Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Faelan, and Arne raised their hands.
"And if you want to open the wooden chest, raise your hand."
Uriah, Astrid, Ruarcc, Gregor, Hiccup, and Moira raised their hands.
"Ha! We win!" Tuffnut rejoiced.
"Lad, you should really learn how to count," Ruarcc told him.
"Well it's settled. Do you want me to do it? In case there's trouble?" Uriah asked Moira.
Nov 16, 2023, 8:41 AM
[MELODY]
"..I will do it.." She clearly hesitated before she said that but was determined as well to do so. She turned around again facing the wooden chest as she kneeled down by it. She took a deep breath and breathed out before almost putting it in the lock before stopping. Something told her to not do it. She pulled her hand away then hesitating again. What was it trying to tell her?
Nov 16, 2023, 9:51 AM
[GEM]
"What are you waiting for?" Arne said wi the urgency as the keys continued to fill the room behind them.
But the feeling in Moira got stronger; a sense of not only warning, but guidance. She got a thought suddenly about the door opposite the one they entered through; that square crack in the wall that would open possibly... if they got this puzzle correct.
[MELODY]
Moira turned her head to look at the door. "This isn't right...we got it wrong." She said as she stood up again putting the key in the little pocket on the side of her arrow quiver. "..we need to solve it another way." She said seriously to the others.
[GEM]
"What do you mean?! We got the secret key!" Tuffnut said with frustration and confusion.
"Hold her down! I'll get the key!" Ruffnut said with anger but Snotlout grabbed her around the waist to stop her from lunging at Moira.
"Moira, we don't have time for this—" Ruarcc said through his teeth.
"This is why girls shouldn't be allowed on quests—" Tuffnut said but was kneed in the groin by his sister immediately and he fell to his knees.
As they bickered, Uriah looked over at the door, knowing if Moira felt this way it had to be for a reason. "Do you think we were perhaps looking too high on the door...?" he asked her, suspicion in his gaze he exchanged with her as his brows were pinched together.
[MELODY]
Moira raised an eyebrow when Ruffnut said that crossing her arms like if saying 'try me' before turning to Uriah and nodded. "There needs to be something else to open that door."
[GEM]
He ran over to it and searched with her, the others just overly confused and most of them still arguing, Hiccup trying to break up a fist fight between the twins.
"There!" Uriah said as he saw a small hole in the very center of the door—a perfect size for the key. How had they missed that before?!
Perhaps both of them were a bit more distracted by one another than they thought...
Nov 16, 2023, 10:41 AM
[MELODY]
Moira smiled when she saw what Uriah pointed at before handing him the key from her quiver. "Here..let's hope this is it." She said to him as she prayed inside her mind it would open when they put the key in and turned it.
Nov 16, 2023, 11:31 AM
[GEM]
He took it and slid the key into the keyhole, turning it to feel the friction of stone on stone, until a click occurred and he let go of the key, taking a step back as the bricks began to shift.
[MELODY]
"Yes! We did it!" She cheered as Moira smiled brightly when they got it right also letting out a sigh of relief before looking up at him.
[GEM]
He chuckled at her giddy reaction, that fluttering feeling coming back as he looked at her wide grin with one of his own. "You're incredible," he complimented her as the others noticed they got the door open and shouted excitedly, shuffling through the keys to get to them.
He was sure they truly couldn't have gotten through this without her.
[MELODY]
Moira blushed slightly when he said that before shaking her head slightly. Without him she would have gone insane inside this maze. "..let's go." Once they stepped into the next room she tried to take in everything immediately so she could prepare herself as much as she could.
[GEM]
The stones had all moved away to allow them entry, keys flooding from that room into the next, making a small pile on the new floor that Uriah and Moira were the first to step onto.
"The love birds did it again," Faelan pointed out.
"That was brilliant!" Arne said with excitement.
"How did you know to do that?" Hiccup asked with a smile.
Uriah and Moira exchanged a look, smirks on either of their faces before Uriah looked at the lad. "Intuition," is all he said before glancing back at the beautiful redhead and he threw her a small wink.
[MELODY]
Moira nodded in agreement when he said that. "Listen to it.." she stated as she looked around again. She wondered if they finally found the thing hidden inside the maze.
Nov 16, 2023, 12:08 PM
[GEM]
The room they were in was empty and seemed to be lacking in everything, including light. Hiccup took out his sword and lit it ablaze again, creating an orange glow that reached the walls, confirming their theory of the room being empty.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me," Snotlout complained.
"Why can't they just say 'here's the treasure. Spend wisely'?" Arne commented with a sigh.
"I think this has been pretty fun," Ruffnut said, getting confused looks from everyone.
Once they were all in, the door closed behind them like it did in the room prior, locking them into this dark chamber...
[MELODY]
Moira out of reaction grabbed Uriah's hand when the door closed. She hated being in the dark. It was one of the things she feared. Luckily they had Hiccup's sword but how long would that last?
Nov 16, 2023, 12:41 PM
[GEM]
He rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb comfortingly as they were locked in, wondering what they would have to do now as they remained in the dark.
"What now?" Astrid said nervously.
"Look around. The room can't just be empty," Hiccup replied.
"Hey guys do you see the slits in the floor or is it just me?" Gregor pointed out.
Uriah frowned as he looked at the stone tiles and noticed they were all separated.
But before anyone could say anything more about this, Ruffnut was suddenly trapped when metal walls shot up from around the tile she was standing on, locking her into a square tube and this began to happen to all of them, being trapped individually before they could react.
Moira and Uriah's hands were separated forcibly when a wall came between them, closing them into a pitch black space that made Tuffnut's claustrophobia flare up badly. They could all hear his shouting the loudest as they began to panic.
Nov 16, 2023, 1:07 PM
[MELODY]
Moira's eyes widened when that happened. "U-Uriah!" She called out to him before trying to find a way. She tried to stay calm as her mind as she felt panic taken over her body.
Nov 16, 2023, 2:16 PM
[GEM]
"Moira! It's okay! Don't panic! We'll be alright!" he replied from the other side of the wall that separated them. He looked around as he tried to assess the situation, stifling the worry he felt for Moira's life, the lives of his companions, and even his own.
"I can't see anything!" Astrid shouted as she tried kicking down the walls around her desperately, using her axe to hit it.
Hiccup knew this was another test so he tried to calm down but of course part of him worried it wasn't.
[MELODY]
Moira leaned with her back against one of the walls slowly sliding down as she came to sit on the tile she was on. Trying to keep herself from hyperventilating she closed her eyes trying to think of happy memories to calm herself down. But she couldn't think straight. Firstly there was the dark, which she feared and she was separated from them which brought up the fear of losing the ones closest to her again..
Uriah may not have liked heights but this situation was not preferable either. And the worst part was he knew Moira was taking this hard as well and he kept close to their shared wall, leaving his hand against it as he began to whisper a prayer for them all in this moment but especially for her...
Suddenly, Moira began to see smoke fill the box she was in, cascading down from the low ventilated ceilings.
[MELODY]
Moira let out a panicked yelp when she saw the smoke as she quickly got up. "There is smoke coming into here!" She said before she quickly held her breath covering her mouth in her elbow.
[GEM]
Uriah looked up when the same happened to him and he held his breath as well but knew he couldn't do that forever. He shut his eyes as he continued to pray but in his head now.
He wasn't sure what was happening but he remembered his mother's words and remained still of heart.
Moira's lungs were beginning to strain and beg for air as the smoke filled her chamber.
[MELODY]
Moira tried to stay as calm as she could while trying desperately again to find a way out but eventually she couldn't hold her breath anymore as she gasped for air before she started to cough breathing in the smoke now.
Nov 16, 2023, 3:11 PM
[GEM]
She began to feel her heart beating faster the more she breathed it in and dizziness took her, causing her to be off balance. She waited to pass out, thinking it was some kind of sedative. But she didn't.
Instead, she felt heat in her extremities and the box around her was getting even darker, her vision blurring and morphing in a strange, unfocused way.
[MELODY]
Moira leaned against the wall with her back trying also with her arms to hold herself up but she fell onto her knees not being able to breath normally anymore. As fear and panic overtook her darkness slowly started to swallow her up around her.
Nov 16, 2023, 3:39 PM
[GEM]
She felt the box floor under her move as if it was lifting her upwards but didn't know if that was in her head as she began to hear those whispers again. It was like all of her senses suddenly got stronger and overwhelming.
Nov 17, 2023, 12:47 AM
[MELODY]
She covered her ears against the sounds. The whispering totally freaked her out like it did before as she let out a scream begging for it to stop. She wished she could pass out right there but she couldn't. It made her feel like she had no control and the whole situation was slipping through her fingers.
Nov 17, 2023, 1:10 PM
[GEM]
She continued to feel drugged but it slowed down, the dizziness going away as it was replaced with energy. Her heart still beat fast as she felt physically normal again... all except her vision that still distorted, a strange outline on everything she could see.
That's when the walls of the cell she was in slid down into the floor and she found herself in an empty room again. This time facing a shadow figure ahead like the ones in the maze. But this one seemed to move differently as it looked around and fixed its white glowing eyes on her when it noticed she was there.
Nov 17, 2023, 1:42 PM
[MELODY]
"..shit!" She said as she tried to get up but failed at first having the feeling like the floor wasn't horizontal. Once she managed to get up she quickly pulled out her dirk as she looked at the shadow figure.
[GEM]
The figure took out a hatchet from his side when she unsheathed her dirk and prepared for a fight.