I13: Candygram

by **Narrator** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:14 am

What looked like something that could be charitably called the front entrance loomed before John, Sara, and Nash. No guards, no cameras--at least, none that could be seen.

by **John Hino** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:33 am

"Security measures are inside I assume. Nash, let us take point. You are the squishiest after all."

John then took a deep breath. The edges of his mouth released a cold blue glow and he breathed out a blast to freeze up the door.

"Fake Godzilla ain't got nothin' on me," he smirked. He then took a runners stance and rushed ahead to shoulder through the door.

by **Narrator** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:40 pm

John put his shoulder through the door--and quickly found there was no ground beneath his feet here, tumbling down into a large pit below!

by **John Hino** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:51 pm

John cursed loudly as he plummeted. He had not expected to be Wile E Coyote that day.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:12 pm

"Shit! John, are you okay!?" Sara hurries to the edge, looking down.

by **Nash Riley** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:22 pm

Nash pulled out a flashlight and shined it into the pit.

by **Narrator** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:33 pm

The pit led to a metal chute, which bent and curved away.

A trap, in other words.

by **John Hino** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:42 pm

John slipped down the chute before he could answer or be seen.

Better than a hard landing at least.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:50 pm

"Do you have anything we can use to rappel down there?" she asks Nash.

by **Nash Riley** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:58 pm

"Yes, I have some cable if I can find something to attach it to."

Nash used his flashlight to look for just that.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:21 pm

Sara stands up and stomps on the ground, raising a small pillar from the ground. "That should do it."

by **Isabel Galen** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:27 pm

Isabel hung back, letting the superheroes do their thing.

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:23 pm

"Alright, let's go then." she says and the three rappel down into the chute on Nash's cable.

by **Narrator** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:55 pm

The four reached the bottom of the shaft in varying levels of dignity.

The room they found themselves in was rectangular in shape--roughly 30 feet by 10 feet. Mostly featureless and made of concrete, it did contain a single raised dias, roughly two feet tall, on top of which was a small black box.

Loudspeakers clicked into action.

Thank you for applying to participate in our metahuman testing program. We value all of our applicants greatly, but our positions are mostly filled at this time. We always make exceptions for truly impressive specimens, however. If you would like to continue, please read the instructions.

by **John Hino** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:07 pm

"Great, first Godzilla now a GLaDOS ripoff," John commented as he looked closer at the dais, "Clearly this is the handiwork of Doctor Copyright Infringement."

by **Narrator** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:41 pm

"That's Professor Doctor GLADoS Ripoff."

by **Sara Stanton** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:33 pm

"We should probably just try to ignore them. I bet they're just trying to mislead us." she says, waving her scanner over the black box.

by **Nash Riley** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:28 pm

Nash looked at the walls of the room, seeing if his powers could detect anything behind them.

by **John Hino** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 4:12 pm

John took out his scanner and turned to analyze the room proper.

by **Narrator** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:41 pm

As soon as the three scanner/powers were activated, however, a loud series of clanks and clunks could be heard.

Immediatley, ports in the walls opened, with acid and poison pouring out of them. A scythe, coated in a green substance which did NOT look healthy, swung down from one corner, headed directly at the pedestal in the middle of the room. Behind them, a ten-foot section of ground erupted into whirling blades, threatening to grind anyone who took a half-step backwards.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:57 pm

"Shit!" Sara lets out and shifts into a more acid-resilient type of rock before raising a small platform out of the concrete right under Nash's feet to keep him out of the pooling acid.

by **John Hino** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:56 pm

John prayed the green substance wasn't magic darkforce-eating acid as he positioned himself to grab the scythe.

by **Nash Riley** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:37 pm

Now raised up on the platform Sara made, Nash takes time to look around, concentrating on the spinning blades. After making a quick judgement he throws a monkey wrench in the works, literally.

by **Narrator** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:14 pm

John was able to grab the scythe, coating his hands in the slick green substance. He brought it to a full halt.

Nash's monkey wrench caused sparks to fly, as the whriling blades slowed down.

At that point, however, the ceiling above Sara's pedestal started to come down--fast.

The walls where John was holding the scyth similarly started to slam inwards. Think fast!

by **John Hino** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 9:55 pm

John wrenched the scythe to break it and raced for safety.

by **Nash Riley** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:23 pm

Nash quickly looked around for someplace that might be considered 'safe'. His first thought was going back the way they came in.

by **Isabel Galen** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:19 pm

Isabel had the same idea as Nash, and headed for the open door.

by **Sara Stanton** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:38 pm

Sara stays where she is and braces for the impact. If she doesn't manage to hold the ceiling up, as she's suspecting, then Plan B is to merge into the concrete.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:44 am

The "open door" involved shimmying up Nash's rope, which seemed doable...until a gusher of water started pouring down the same metal chute they came down, rapidly filling up the bottom of the room.

Sara, presumably with a little help from her large lizard friend, kept the ceiling from crushing immediately, and with a whine of burning gears and some smoke, the ceiling jammed in it's current position.

by **John Hino** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:12 am

John breathed out and relaxed his muscles.

"Sara, can you make us a way up or do we need to bash our way through?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:11 pm

"There's probably metal supports somewhere, but there's gotta be an opening somewhere." she says and starts absorbing concrete to try and find a way out of the room that isn't going back up the chute.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 1:27 pm

Behind the concrete was a steel panel--though it was significantly thinner than the concrete surrounding it.

A roar came from the distance--not in the direction of the panel, but from one of the other walls.

by **Sara Stanton** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:37 pm

"Looks like we're going that way then. John, think you can smash through this?" she asks as she goes about stripping away the concrete of the wall in the direction of the roar.

by **John Hino** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:59 pm

"If it's thin enough," John nodded.

by **Narrator** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:18 pm

It was, but he'd have to hurry--the water was beginning to fill the room.

by **John Hino** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:45 pm

John breathed frosty energy onto the metal and went to work.

by **Narrator** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:52 am

*Punch!* *Punch!*

The wall weakened...

by **Sara Stanton** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:01 am

Using some of the concrete she pulled off the wall to bulk up Sara throws her shoulder into the wall alongside John's punches.

by **John Hino** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:11 pm

Upon hearing Haley in his head, John began a renewed effort to tear the metal open.

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