+ The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to You +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE!
Where: EVERYWHERE!
When: Saturday, May 19th - Wednesday, May 23rd.
Rating: PG-13, warn if you're gonna go higher!
Summary: A catch-all for the Kyln / Sierra Madre event!
The Story:

For the duration of this event, the entire mansion will be part space jail, part apocalyptic wasteland desert with an abandoned hotel/casino. On the third day an escape route not previously discovered in the Kyln appears and breakouts can be planned...

...Only for everyone to find themselves walking through a large glass prison toward the toxic gas filled wasteland of a desert, the Sierra Madre. Does the prison look better than the toxic cloud outside? If you're stuck in the prison after dark beyond day 3, you'll be forced into and locked in your cell for the night. But at least locked away, nothing from the outside can hurt you. If you try to brave the actual elements in the desert it might be a little hard to breathe. The air has pockets of toxic gas and even a few seconds of exposure could prove deadly. And watch out for the Ghost People.

Inside the abandoned hotel/casino you'll find shelter from the gas and ghosts, but beware the holograms that are 50/50 with their attitude. Prison beatings, a beating from the holograms, which one Would You Rather? And whatever you do, don't try on the collars lying around unless you like to explode. Literally.

[ This is a catch-all for all your prison/desert needs! Please mark your threads clearly in the subject line with your character's name and either a cell number or just a location if you didn't feel like randomizing it or you're making a top level for a public place (like the dining hall or wandering the hotel/casino). Here's the plot post if you need it!

Have fun! ]

Comments

[entreats]

[ It's pretty obvious Lapis isn't entirely comfortable with having no powers. Body language helps with it, sure, but even Ange who doesn't have to deal with the no powers problem to begin with can understand it must be weird to be.. well, strong, or able to do something and then suddenly you're not.

Being reassuring is not something she's very good at though. At all. Which means this is just kind of Awkward. ]

Well.. Things should probably be back to normal in a few days or a week. Just like usually.

[ Clearly the greatest comfort!! ]

[ssmisery]

I don't know how much good it'd do me anyway. It's not like this is a day at the beach.

[She says this, for the bitter sardonicism and all, but it clearly bothers her anyway. Obviously, nobody would be happy about being disarmed in a dangerous place. Maybe it's a little worse in general for the sort of being Lapis is, whose powers have always been part of her identity and general makeup. But it's more a problem for the specific person she is, with way too much experience with being trapped and helpless and desperate. Even if she wouldn't be able to accomplish much with water powers in space jail, being able to try means something.

Also, water is one thing, but Peridot with her full metal powers in this place would be a different story entirely.]

[entreats]

[ Ange figures there probably has to be water somewhere here.. People can't live without it, after all. But being optimistic about what Lapis could do with her powers here doesn't help much when she doesn't have any to begin with, so she doesn't bring it up. ]

If only. I'd take a day at the beach at this point, and I'm not even the type to go out a whole lot unless I have to.

[ssmisery]

[You can't build a ridiculous tower to space from a prison toilet, Ange. It's just not the same.]

Did you need an event to convince you the beach is better than prison?

[entreats]

[ There's a pause where she clearly takes just a moment too long to answer that question by normal people standards. ]

I mean, both of those involve being uncomfortably close to way too many people.

[ssmisery]

Okay, if you're trapped at the beach, it's still a prison. Just a nicer-looking one.

[entreats]

You could turn any place or situation into a prison.

[ This conversation is taking the most cheerful turn, isn't it... Ange still doesn't sound very bothered by what she's saying though, despite the words themselves being not much fun. ]

Seems like Wonderland just stuck to the classic prison theme.

[ssmisery]

[Lapis probably wouldn't be able to have a cheerful conversation here and now anyway, so it's not like going down this road is any big loss. Her eyes drift to the floor, at no point in particular, as she continues wallowing.]

...Yeah. Wonderland already was a prison anyway. This barely even makes a difference.

[Again, that's the kind of thing someone else might say to make themselves feel better, even if they had to fake it a little, but Lapis doesn't seem to be getting even that much out of it. It's just a simple statement of fact.]

[entreats]

[ It's a little hard for Ange to tell whether it is just Lapis telling herself that in a "so whatever" sort of way or not, but it does seem like she's still bothered by it, huh? It's a little surprising to her, since it's not like there's something actual lethal here for once, so it's better than the usual as far as Ange herself is concerned. ]

And everything will be back to normal in a little while anyway. So what's a few nights in prison then? [ She's.. probably trying to be reassuring, but Ange does not do reassuring very well. ]