☆TRACK II: DISCORD AND RHYME

[interdimanagers]

Who: Kidnapped Pride Members
What: Corporate hazing, in the style of themepark murder clowns.
When: October 18th-19th.
Where: A large, empty carnival, apparently.
Warnings: This is basically Saw games for babies.

“Burning the ground, I break from the crowd I'm on the hunt, I'm after you. I smell like I sound, I'm lost and I'm found And I'm hungry like the wolf.” ☆DISCORD AND RHYME It’s your first free night after a particularly feverish series of performances. It’s a comparatively lazy Sunday evening - one that all of you are obligated to spent in the HQ. Things are normal, at least as normal as they ever are, are you’re free to go to bed early and for once have the luxury in sleeping in tomorrow. At least theoretically. Whether you go to bed or not, you’ll find yourself drifting off - and then the sound eerie, peculiar music...like the sound of an old music box, with a soft feminine voice singing wordlessly along. You’ll fall asleep, hard, and when you wake up you are somewhere else. "【Sad and Scary Song】"Come Out And Play"Creepy Music Box】[HD]" (Watch on YouTube) ☆THE SACRIFICES At first, you wake up in what seems like some kind of boiler room. Some parts of the floor are slick with moisture, and your hands and feet are bound, with your wrists locked to the industrial piping behind you. Regaining consciousness is slow and difficult, as if it wasn't meant to come to you quite yet. You can hear water and steam flowing through some of the pipes, and the complex is obviously still active with...whatever it's supposed to be doing. But maybe you're just too busy freaking out at your evident kidnapping to think too hard about circumstantial evidence. You aren't the only one in here. Whether they are awake or unconscious, four other Pride members are bound nearby. Around the side of some of the machinery, you can see the glow of computers, though you can't quite see the screens - there are chairs, though, and a cup of Starbucks that is still steaming. Whoever brought you here is probably still around, and there's no telling how long you have before they return. (Click here for your top level!) ☆THE CHALLENGERS You wake up sitting in what appears to be a bumper car of all things - you know, one of those little vehicles you drive around at carnivals to crash into each other? You're sitting in one, and your hand are handcuffed around the bar behind you. Your neck is definitely sore, like you've been sitting like this for a while. It only takes a moment to realize two things: 1) you actually are in a theme park of some sort, and it's still night time, and 2) you're not alone. At least a dozen other Pride members are handcuffed to the bumper cars around you, all pointed in the direction of an empty stretch of wheel worn floor - like an audience, intended to view a speaker. Whoever brought you here doesn't give you much time to be confused. They stride into the center of the "stage" like they own the place. They are wearing a hooded coat of a decidedly gothic style, with a hood that shadows their face. When they speak, they sound feminine - almost like the voice you remember putting you to sleep earlier. "Welcome, ladies and gentlemen," they say, "to your trial by fire." (Click here for your top level!) “Strut on a line, it's discord and rhyme I'm on the hunt, I'm after you. Mouth is alive with juices like wine And I'm hungry like the wolf.”

Comments

[notahobby]

Maxxie was really hoping that he'd be able to leave, that they'd be able to get out with no more fuss and no more fear, so he deflates when he sees the trio. It's even worse when he recognizes them.

"Great," he says, throwing his hands up. His voice is a little hoarse from the combination of stress and exhaustion and the jog toward the exit. "So this really was just a big fucking joke."

It's not in him to start throwing punches, so he stuffs his hands in his pockets and glowers. "So what is it now? Aren't we finished yet?"

[interstellarnpcs]

"It's not just a joke," she replies, taking out a cigarette and lighting it up. "Jokes don't have prizes. This, though - you've won a prize. Good job." She takes a drag.

[notahobby]

"Yeah?"

There's a hint of a challenge in his voice. He doesn't want to throw punches, especially not with these three, but he'll do something god help him.

"What is it, then? Better be fucking good after all that."

[interstellarnpcs]

"The three groups that made it?" she says, gesturing at anyone currently assembled. "Each group gets one favor courtesy of Predator. Near unlimited, in material terms. Metaphysical desires might get dicey, try it at your own risk. First come first serve, we don't have time to sort out your team spats." She waves her cigarette around. "And you can't really use it to get your revenge on us or anything, sorry. We're not genies or the devil, so it doesn't really work like that."

[notahobby]

Maxxie rolls his eyes and looks around for Kido, Richard, and Nariko. He's not about to just take advantage of this favour without them, especially when he wasn't the reason they succeeded.

"Do we have to ask you now?"

[interstellarnpcs]

"Nah, take your time. We're good for it." She tosses him a business card for 'Predator' with sort of alarming accuracy. "Call us up when you have an idea. Just make sure your teammates don't get to us first."