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Locked Rooms ([personal profile] guillotineroom) wrote2022-06-27 01:47 pm

SPHINX - DANGERBEAR

[ The room looks, all things considered, fairly comfortable. Dark mahogany walls are decorated with wine red velvet curtains, and chaise lounges and deep-cushioned chairs in matching upholstery arrange themselves in front of a large TV touch screen, though it cannot be changed from the current screen.

A hallway attaches to the room, branching off into two hallways. In the inner hallway, there's a kitchenette—it holds no food in either the fridge or the cupboards, but perhaps as an insult the fridge door's inside shelf holds a gold-framed painting of split pomegranates with seeds artistically spilling onto the ground. At least it's not entirely useless as a room—there are any number of melee weapons in the cupboards and shelves, each weapon's handle furnished with decorative snakes in the team's color.

Past the kitchen is a modest bathroom that nevertheless uses the majority of its space for its bath and shower, including various skin and hair care products (though no electric plugs, despite the presence of hair dryers), sparkly bath bombs, and a seemingly endless number of wine red towels and bathrobes. Across the bathroom is what seems to be a luxurious sleeping room, somehow large enough to hold as many beds as needed for the team; the sheets are similarly wine red with what feels like a million thread count, and the mattresses and pillows might be made of the softest material in existence.

The outer hallway leads to the mud room, which has an ascending and descending staircase. The ascending staircase leads to the Mess Room, while the descending staircase leads to the Hunting Grounds. ]

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davincible: (You remind me of a former love)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-29 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
... Well, it wasn't ideal, but. It could have been worse, too.

Still, I doubt we can rely on outside help this time, so what do we want to change up?
hermit_crab: (empty)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-29 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
What CAN we change at this point?
davincible: (Don't call me Saint California)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-29 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Very little, except who chooses to attack and our targets. You could very well be targeted this time too.
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-29 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)

[ Yeah that seems inevitable. Tolovir takes in breath. ]

Do you think Echidna will help us again?

davincible: (I know it sounds awkward)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-29 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I think we probably shouldn't bank on it. It'd be nice but they'll probably try to protect another team, to be fair.
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-29 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)

[ Tolovir nods slowly. ]

We can’t possibly ask - or hope - for more.

davincible: (You can't take me anywhere)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-29 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! Let's just assume we're on our own!
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-29 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)

Right. So -

What do you want to do, then? Who are we even hitting? Or do we want to do that?

davincible: (I'm just taking in the scenery)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think we can afford to not do that. The question is whether we want to continue to focus on Basilisk or try a different approach.
hermit_crab: (empty)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-30 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
They've only got three people involved today. So it depends on what we’re trying to do.

[ A pause. ]

Percival’s … monster knows which team hit them.
Edited 2022-06-30 12:02 (UTC)
davincible: (Desperate for attention)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
... As long as this isn't going to be a revenge-motivated attack, I'm listening.
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-30 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)

[ WELL

Tolovir scowls a bit. ]

Revenge was going to be my argument. Yes.

davincible: (You remind me of a former love)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Tolovir.

[ there's a bit of a sigh in her tone. ]
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-30 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)

[ MORE FACES. ]

I - I understand but - they killed Adrien, and Percival’s trapped in his monster, and —

davincible: (The artists these days)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
And that is absolutely terrible, I know. But then what? Do we nod benevolently at Basilisk if they decide to come after us for targeting two of theirs for no reason other than "they were small"? This entire game is designed to pit us against each other and we don't need to humor them by making any of this about revenge when we're all in the same boat in the first place.
hermit_crab: (Default)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-30 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)

[ He falls silent for a moment at that. Sees the logic, but still feels some kinda way. Gods, he doesn’t even know if Adrien came back to life or not… ]

I suppose. When you put it that way.

davincible: (I know it sounds awkward)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying you can't be upset about it. But don't give them the satisfaction of letting it guide your choices.
copyrewriter: (Sinking into me deeply now)

[personal profile] copyrewriter 2022-06-30 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Kim Dokja will try.

[ she's still in sphinx form, pacing uneasily. ]

I don't know how their side of the game works, however. Leonardo is right, we can't bank on anything.
davincible: (If you talk you better walk)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
No cute nickname this time?

[ With a small smile, though she looks a little tired. Her arm's been bandaged, at least. ]

Would you rather sit this one out? Or go out again?
copyrewriter: (Found that nothing could hurt me more)

[personal profile] copyrewriter 2022-06-30 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I'll hunt again.
davincible: (Didn't know how)

[personal profile] davincible 2022-06-30 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Be careful, okay?
hermit_crab: (empty)

[personal profile] hermit_crab 2022-06-30 10:42 am (UTC)(link)
... Right. No matter what he wants, the rules may restrict him from helping us again, or he may have to cede priority to someone else.
copyrewriter: a rebel without a clause (what do you call a writer)

[personal profile] copyrewriter 2022-06-30 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They may simply be out of options as well.