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Gamzee Makara ♑ terminallyCapricious ([personal profile] mirthful) wrote in [community profile] damned_institute2011-04-11 05:25 pm

Night 55: Stairwell by Waiting Room/Lobby 2

> Gamzee: Ascend stairs

Whoever had built this hive lacked a certain sense of style. Not that Gamzee was going to judge too much, of course. Everyone was free to build their structures however they wanted. However, if it had been up to him he would have added a little more color.

He followed the girl up the stairs, still marveling at the way things felt in this new body. It was shaped so similarly, and yet everything felt so off. He was also squinting against the circle of light Rose was casting ahead of her up the stairway. It hadn't been so big of a problem in the larger halls before now, but this area was so much more confined. Why was she hindering her ability to see like that? It darkened everything it didn't touch.

Not that it wasn't nice to look at anyway. He'd always had a soft spot for flashing lights. "There a reason for the motherfuckin' glow, sis?"
lovecraftcomplex: Rose Lalonde, descending a staircase in the normal way. (Be immune to stairs.)

[personal profile] lovecraftcomplex 2011-04-12 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Twelve. A common number, echoing through time with the passing of months and cases of wine-bottles, but not an unfitting one.

Wait a minute. Hadn't there also been twelve trolls? Perhaps the two societies had more in common than she'd been led to believe. Perhaps not.

What was this about a glow? It took Rose a moment to realize he was speaking figuratively. Oh. As no other luminescence was present, he must mean the flashlight.

"I thought it lent a festive air to the proceedings."

She switched off the light, throwing caution to the winds. The dark was a jarring change, when she should be looking out across her realm of Light right now,

"Is that better?" It was intended as a rhetorical question, but like so many of her words, twisted as she spoke them. This one towards a higher truth. And so, with its travails, darkness brought information. The door at the top of the stairs was faintly limned, pale moonlight seeping between the cracks. It was still not enough to see by, but Rose had planned for that. She knew how many steps were left, and counted them as she climbed.

Finding the handle on the door was a little more difficult, but she didn't think her fellow player had noticed. She wasn't entirely sure he noticed much at all, really.

> Seer: See
Edited 2011-04-12 01:56 (UTC)