magicalesbian | 6TH ☄ s h o o t i n g s t a r ☄ w r i t t e n

[Hello, Luceti. Have you been enjoying the strange little time shifts that have been coming and going these past couple of months? Because Kari hasn't. In fact, she's in the middle of one right now, and it's extremely unpleasant. Why is that, you ask?]

[Because she was just inside the elevator when they suddenly decided to not exist anymore. Unfortunately, they only decided to stop existing on the floor she was on at the time, so there's nowhere for her to go. At least it didn't turn into a bottomless elevator shaft to drop her to her doom. But they did turn into some kind of hellish stairway-purgatory with no doors, no windows, and nothing but two sets of stairs going up and down that simply lead to walls.]

[Thankfully, she has her journal with her to live-blog the incident.]

It's been 20 minutes now.
I'm stuck in a building somewhere. Like, literally. The elevator disappeared and now I'm apparently stuck in the wall.
The possibility of escape seems low.
Updates to follow.

The first hour.
There's no windows in here. Not sure how much air I have. Probably a lot.
It's cold. And hot. I'm so hungry.
And I think I left some instant noodles in the microwave.

Hour 2 of Elevator Purgatory.
I'm starting to hear voices.
No, seriously, these walls are way too thin. Maybe if I knock loud enough the people on this floor will start to think the place is haunted?
I'm like this close to trying to break the wall down.

Hour 2 and 10 minutes.
Don't try to punch walls with your bare hands.
Especially using the arm you broke few weeks ago.
It will hurt and you will feel like a dumbass.

Hour 3.
All hope is lost.
I've resigned myself to Elevator Purgatory forever.
Tell my mom I love her.

[Okay she's clearly being a little overly dramatic. But she's bored, and this doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon, so have at it! Feel free to specify what time your character is responding to, otherwise I'll just assume Hour 3. EDIT: And for people who might try teleporting in to save her, there's also a 100% power-cap shift going on inside the room, so anyone who goes in will be stuck with her until the time shift ends!]

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[Did it take you this long to realize or-]

How should I know? I don't even know how this guy died! And... I don't see you coming up with any ideas, Missy!

It's not Missy. My name's Kari.

[POUT.]

And I thought I had found a way out after you poofed into here. Now we're both stuck here!

Fine, Kari. I'm Kurt. [He sighs.] There's got to be some way out of here. Can't we just knock down the wall or something?

Kurt. [She nods. He might wind up getting called by some mocking nickname when all of this is over, but for now, that'll do.]

If you want to try busting put of here like the Hulk, by all means, go for it. But I'm pretty sure I almost broke my arm again trying earlier... the wall's stronger than it looks.

[Mostly because depending on where you hit, you risk hitting the part of the wall that still has the elevator on the outside. Considering they aren't very well lined up with any given floor, it's hard to predict.]

Okay, okay. I won't use my hands then! How about this? [Now he'll try to reach for her journal, because he didn't bring his.]

[And she'll just take another step back in turn, out of his reach -- she's not the most trusting soul, especially in a situation like this.]

How about what?

We - we use the book instead of our hands! That's got to work.

Yeah, and then you'll destroy the book and our only way of contacting the outside world for help. What a great idea.

[Just gonna cling tighter onto that journal now, yep.]

Can't you try, like. Kicking it down, maybe?

Kicking it? But I don't want to hurt my feet! The book's the only thing here that doesn't have feelings!

Says you, maybe. I don't think the book deities would be so pleased to hear someone talking about them like that.

[Because come on, of all the worlds out there, there's gotta be ones where books have gods, right? Totally sounds legit.]

[...]

What the heck are book deities?

What, you don't think in some world out there, books could have spirits living in them? Seems more likely than a haunted staircase.

[...she might also just be teasing after that whole this-place-is-haunted thing.]

I mean - both could be likely! There's lots of stories about haunted books. But that's beside the point?

No, it's exactly the point! Because there's no way I'm letting you try and punch a whole through a wall with a book. I mean come on, that wouldn't even do anything!

[FRUSTRATED SIGH and then slightly under her breath:] Are all boys this dumb...

You don't know that... [He pouts. And he does manage to just barely pick up that las bit.]

And we are not dumb! At least, I'm not.

Really? Could've fooled me. Because you're doing a really good job of showcasing your level intellect here.

[So rude.]

Hey! I we were back home, I'd show you how many tests I got pretty good scores on, and then we'd see who's laughing!

Look, just because you've got book smarts doesn't mean you've got much common sense. And that's all that really matters in the real world.

Whoa now, I have street smarts to spare, too! I know all the hip lingo!

6TH ☄ s h o o t i n g s t a r ☄ w r i t t e n

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