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Adventurers Club Mods ([personal profile] pleasureislanders) wrote in [community profile] adventurersclub2020-08-01 12:00 pm
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Final Trial

[It seems as though the badge that Tadashi found fits neatly into the indent in the broken statue in the main room. Once inserted, the ground quakes as the statue begins to shift to the right, revealing a narrow, spiral staircase leading down, down into the ground.

Lots of secret passages in this place, huh?

Lit torches line the walls of the stairwell--clearly, someone is anticipating your arrival. As you descend down the staircase, the air grows cooler, not unlike the atmosphere when descending towards the trial room back on the island. The passage grows more and more narrow, until, eventually, you're forced to shimmy between the walls.

Eventually, however, there is a doorway. As you push yourselves out of the stairwell, you find yourself in a ruined chamber. Ancient stone carvings decorate the walls, crumbling and defiled after centuries of wear and tear. One of the walls of the chamber has been torn down to reveal an expansive cavern, wooden bridges spanning any drops and rope and pitons marking off certain areas where dig sites have been abandoned. The area is dimly lit by gas lanterns strung up around the rocky walls.

This isn't a trial room. It's an excavation site.

On the far side of one of the rickety bridges, shrouded in shadow, is a slim figure. They stand at attention, holding a cane in the crook of their arm. They slowly lift their hands and begin a slow, sarcastic clap that is heard throughout the cavern.]


Congratulations. You've made it here, no thanks to that ridiculous, cowardly genie.

[The voice echoes throughout the chamber, amplified by the acoustics of the cave. The speaker is male, and although his tone is otherwise friendly, there's a certain cold quality about it. Sweet, in the way that antifreeze tastes before it kills you.]

I must say, you are a tenacious bunch. But, unfortunately, this is where we end our little affair. But, before you make any rash decisions, I must remind you that I have your little friend in my possession.

[He shifts slightly, revealing the Genie's lamp tucked in his jacket. The artifact shines in what little light it can reflect, before he folds his jacket back. He chuckles to himself.]

You wouldn't want anything dire to happen to this lamp, now would you? [A pause.] Though, if you must know, he's the one who came up with the "murder game" concept. He's the one that kidnapped you and brought you to this place. So, really...if anything, you're going after the wrong guy.
prodigalhairess: (pic#13078450)

[personal profile] prodigalhairess 2020-08-01 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It wasn't entirely your choice though, was it? He made you bring us here, and he was intending to make us do a lot worse, right? Either way, it would've been horrible... but you found a way to make sure we were all okay in the end, even if it was a terrible situation.
neverhadafriend: (08)

[personal profile] neverhadafriend 2020-08-01 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Weeeeell it was either that or let him all slaughter you like animals from the beginning...

[So! Probably a better alternative!]

In hindsight maybe it was a good thing that Muntz forced me to do executions. It made it a lot easier to hide what I was doing from him.

... Until he found out about the bodies at least.
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[personal profile] prodigalhairess 2020-08-01 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
But we were able to put a stop to everything before he made things worse! Everyone's okay now, and that's what's important!

... I know that whole game was... really awful, and I'm not happy with everything that happened. But I'm not going to condemn you for that. You're clearly not happy with it and you never were, and that means a lot.
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[personal profile] neverhadafriend 2020-08-01 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm kind of surprised it went as well as it did! I lost count of amount of times Muntz threatened to kill us all!

Heck, I've lost count of the amount of times he shot me.
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[personal profile] prodigalhairess 2020-08-01 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[SHOT????]

Wh- are you okay?!
neverhadafriend: (09)

[personal profile] neverhadafriend 2020-08-01 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeeeah, he had a "fun" habit of shooting me whenever something he even remotely dislike happens.

[He pulls back his... skin?? To reveal cartoonishly large bullet wounds in his chest.]

'Tis but a flesh wound.

[That was... a really bad British accent.

He puts his skin(???) back and smiles at Rapunzel.]


But hey don't worry about it! I much rather him shoot me than shoot any of you guys.
bottlerockets: (uncle bob's getting into the wine again)

[personal profile] bottlerockets 2020-08-01 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[... genie that better just be for a joke because if those are real then you fucked up on that "everyone gets healed" wish since it should have included you :|b]
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[personal profile] neverhadafriend 2020-08-01 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE'S A GENIE HE'S FINE!]
bottlerockets: (LISTEN UP SHEEPLE)

[personal profile] bottlerockets 2020-08-01 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[look we threw moldy cave water on you when you were on fire, at this point chicken little is ride or die for you no matter how much genie can in fact actually survive]
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[personal profile] neverhadafriend 2020-08-02 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[KID YOU'RE SWEET BUT PLEASE DON'T BE RIDE OR DIE FOR A POWERFUL COSMIC BEING]
prodigalhairess: (pic#14033644)

[personal profile] prodigalhairess 2020-08-02 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[GENIE YOUR WEIRD PHYSICAL COMEDY STILL KIND OF STARTLES EVEN RAPS.

But... you know... she just kinda rolls with it now.]


Well that's still not okay!! Sheesh, I'm glad we got you away from him...