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Shima Tetsuo [ 島 鉄雄 ] ([personal profile] iamtetsuo) wrote in [community profile] glitchframe2015-09-25 08:15 pm

Stuck In An Elevator Meme

Suddenly, the elevator... stops. You have to deal with whoever's in that elevator for however long it takes for someone to come rescue you or to figure out how to get out. Maybe you'll be there forever.

And no, the elevator can't be destroyed. If you look closely, the new safety rating clearly states it's made out of a plotnium-titanium alloy and rated to survive a small apocalypse.

Need further prompts? RNG or specify-

1. Normal Elevator.
Self-explanatory! It's just one of those days. You're trying to move a ridiculous amount of floors and then the elevator just stops moving. Completely.

2. Space Elevator.
That's right, they've got a geosynchronous tether outside of the Earth's atmosphere and are using it to cheaply ferry things to space. Did you want to get stuck at partial gravity with ground far, far below you? Did you? I bet you did. What will you do?

3. Uh.. you okay there...?
If you choose this option, your character was bitten by something. Who knows what? Could be a snake. Could be a zombie. Could be the other person in the elevator.

4. What's Happening Out There?
All power is out. The elevator is pitch black. There's no sound from the speaker no matter how many times you try to press the 'call' button. Is anyone even alive out there? Hello?

5. Experiment Group A
The elevator stops, and a weird hissing sound can be heard through the vents. Something's being pumped in here, but what?
1: Helium
2: Truth Gas
3: Make Your Own (or it's just the ventilation)
4: Suddenly, you can't hear anything. Figure out another way to communicate.
5: SNAKES?!

6: MORTAL KOMBAT
Not long after the elevator has already started moving, it screeches to a halt. The speaker crackles with static, and then a muffled, computerized voice speaks up. "Multiple occupants detected in the elevator. Please remove one in order to continue." But... the doors are already closed, and show no evidence of opening again. Do you follow through with this order? Try to escape some other way?

7: Party!
Streamers fall from the ceiling, the lighting dims, and disco lights pan across the floor. There's no explanation provided for what's happening, but if you look closely at the inspection notice, it clearly states "Elevator powered by sufficient partying levels." There is no explanation on what 'sufficient partying levels' means, but clearly you haven't reached them.

8: STOP MOVING
The ride never ends. It just keeps going. And going. Where is it taking you? Are you even in the building anymore?! And... wait, is it going sideways now?

9: Teleporting Elevator
Hey, there's this awesome new technology that simply teleports you to wherever you want to go! You decide to try it. It hums, powering up. There's a strange static taste to the air, a sudden pull, and then.. nothing. Not only does the elevator appear to be stuck, it could be stuck anywhere. It could even be stuck in a space between reality and theoretical existence, wherever it is it goes when it's in mid-transit.

...is there a help line for this? Do you dare open the doors to find out if you made it, or are going to doom you and the other person there?

10: Wildcard
Choose your own adventure!
steven_no: (that gem needs therapy)

[personal profile] steven_no 2015-09-26 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
oh...well...I-I suppose that means we're stuck here if no one can get to the warp pad...Unless they figure it out and send someone on Lion there, but THAT might not be for DAYS...
oceanthief: (when i leave it all behind)

[personal profile] oceanthief 2015-09-26 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[there is a long silence as Lapis internally struggles with her continued (if moderately lessened) antipathy towards all of the Crystal Gems and...well, just how pathetic Pearl was being, to be honest. for once this had nothing to do with what Steven would think and everything to do with a twinge of something (sympathy) in her chest.

god, she hated this. she hated all of this.]


...then let's just leave now.
steven_no: (words cannot descriBE MY PATIENCE)

[personal profile] steven_no 2015-09-26 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[The blankest look]

...What?
oceanthief: (one day i'll see you around)

[personal profile] oceanthief 2015-09-26 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
The warp's stuck, so I can just follow it to where we were going.

[you know, with her wings and the flying and all that.....]
steven_no: (a bitty gay)

[personal profile] steven_no 2015-09-26 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
..oH...[a small embarrassed laugh/cough]

...Right then...
oceanthief: (but one day i'll make you proud)

[personal profile] oceanthief 2015-09-26 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lapis waits a few moments to see if Pearl is going to do anything on her own, then sighs and holds a hand out.]

Come on.
steven_no: (watch closely and you might even learn)

[personal profile] steven_no 2015-09-28 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Carefully, Pearl takes that hand and a few steps towards Lapis. She isn't sure exactly how this will work, but it's certainly better than staying here and hoping]
oceanthief: (one day i'll see you around)

[personal profile] oceanthief 2015-09-29 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lapis isn't really sure either, but she's more than done with the passive gambit for a couple thousand years. her grip is firm, because she imagines that dropping a friend of Steven's would be The Bad Thing; without another word her wings flare out and with a powerful flap she's past the warp beam and moving upwards.

she should probably be holding on a little better than a single hand, but Lapis has never been all that thoughtful with things she doesn't care about. it's a wonder she's clutching on at all.]