(Escape Room) Olympus Treasure

Jun 29th, 2018 02:45 PM

Not far from downtown, above the door of a building with unremarkable walls, was a sign that read: Out of Time Escapes. The two doors below the sign were glass and mirror-esque. The better to conceal what secrets and mystery laid hidden within.

Just inside, a line of velvet rope sectioned off part of the foyer so that people could line up and make their way to the ticket counter. A young woman stood at the counter, prepared to sign people up and usher them into groups for each of the available escape rooms. Next to the counter was a display board that provided a name and description for all the available escape rooms. Encouragement for repeat visits perhaps. Midway up the board was a room with the description:

Save the Staff of Zeus
Missouri Smith, part time history professor and full time adventurer, is on the search for the priceless and ancient Staff of Zeus so he can put it in a museum. Unfortunately, the dastardly Baron von Badguy is also in search of the Staff of Zeus in order to sell it on the black market. You, Missouri's trusted fellow adventurer, must enter the hidden vault, overcome the puzzles within, and save the relic before it can be stolen for evil.

Clearing her throat, the young woman said, "welcome everyone to Out of Time Escapes. If you're here with a group, please stay together in line so that you can buy tickets to the same room time. If you're here alone, you'll be grouped together with others to fill the group as best as possible. We hope you have a great time here and we hope you don't run...out of time." She didn't take three years of acting classes for this, but everyone has to sacrifice their dignity sometimes.

I know I said July 1st, but this will give people time to post over the weekend. The thread will stay open for a week, or until a party of 6 has joined, then it will be closed to all new arrivals and the guide will take you into the room to begin. Because this will involve cross-splats, anyone who decides to participate must follow all rules about shard threads and the use of powers/reveals. Only Mundane Rolls should be done, no Supernatural powers or abilities.

**Winter** · Jun 29th, 2018 03:15 PM

It was a stupid idea, and likely aimed far away from his age group. But the crumpled leaflet in his hands promised a great adventure, and he couldn't let the challenge go unheeded. An idle mind is a devil's workshop. Might as well get a workout out of it. Or maybe he just fell for the cheap graphics and its "Marketing bullshit".
He tucked the paper in a pocket of his jeans, adjusted his white shirt and stepped into the line.

"Alright", he told the girl.

**Clara E. Verne** · Jun 29th, 2018 03:43 PM

Cultivating a herd wasn't all about finding blood dolls and poster children for co-dependency. That made them, and by extension your nights, a bore. Novelty was what you needed when you had forever, and you could always find something new if you kept an open mind. Clara walked into the building marked Out of Time wearing a red fez atop her head, pale pink dress with an asymmetrical skirt, black leggings, and block-heeled leather shoes.

She sauntered up to the head of the line next to a stoic man and began signing up. "Are there enough singles for a new group?" Her accent was a little thicker than it needed to be.

**Emily Makerith** · Jun 30th, 2018 02:37 AM

Sat in the one of the chairs off to the side, a blue-haired girl watches the new arrivals idly. She feels the buzz of her phone and reads the text.

"Really sorry Emmy - just been called in to work. Rain check, okay? xx"

Emily leans back and gently taps her head against the wall. "Dammit Tash..." she mutters. Not her fault. not really. Come on. We're here already. Let's just jump in on a group, I guess. Pulling herself out of the chair, she strolls over to the signup lady.

"Hey, so my friend had to bail, Guess it's just going to be me after all," she says with a smile, eyeing the somber guy and the cute brunette who seems to have dressed for the occasion. Emily's smile grows a little wider. "Looks like we're going in together!" she says cheerily. "Emily," she adds by way of introduction, offering her hand to the others in turn.

Jun 30th, 2018 08:09 PM

To each of the customers the young woman says, "Here is your ticket. The group before you is still currently in the room, so if you could please wait until your time is called we'd appreciate that very much. All members of your group will be waiting over there," she said, gesturing towards some chairs to the side of the lobby. "Please take this opportunity to get to know your group members before your time is called. We thank you for your patience."

You guys can just spend this time talking and getting to know each other until the group is called in, if you'd like. No need to wait for me to respond.

Jun 30th, 2018 11:10 PM

The creeping fingers of dread as the clock counts down, the fear that you might loose, Wolfgang had plenty of excuses to justify why he was in one of these escape room things, should anyone in the Freehold ask. The real reason was because he thought they were capital-N-lowercase-o-Neato. Also he could do whatever the fuck he wanted, he figured, since he, you know, crawled out of hell that one time. Metaphorrrrrrrrrrically speaking, of course. Or maybe not! Who fucking knows, right?

"La-hay-haidies," Wolfgang says, waving in their direction when staff calls their attention to the row of lonely people seats. They didn't call them lonely people seats, but most of the ones who ended up in them smelled like various uncomfortable emotions - like when you're at a restaurant and you get stood up for a date and then the staff end up feeling sorry for you... Hm, maybe he'd go out to eat friday night. He'd shown up in black jeans and a black shirt with a Miskatonic University Diving Club print on it, and a pair of white lace-up trainers that he's perched on the little table for the lonely people. "Y'all excited? Baron Von Badguy sounds like a right weasel, don't ya think? I'm Wolfgang, nice to meetcha."

He puts out a hand in case any of them know how to socialize like human beings, lord knows he has to practice all the time.

**Clara E. Verne** · Jul 1st, 2018 12:40 AM

It never didn't feel like you were apart, looking at them through a foggy window pane. A smile broke on the face of the woman with stolen life in her cheeks. She gave Emily a tip of her fez and briskly shook her hand. "I look forward to it, Blue! I'm Clara." Clara took the ticket from the woman and offered a polite murmur of gratitude. "Let's take a seat, then." She said with a glance to the aloof man and the sanguine girl.

She then made her way over to the row of chairs directly opposite the tall tree of a man. She waved at him with voyeuristic eyes drinking in his enthusiasm. "Missouri will come out on top, don't worry. With a little help from his friends." Clara glanced at the shoes the thin man had on the table and examined them with a sneaker head's critical eye. "I'm Clara," she said for the second time. "You alone and lonesome, Wolfgang?"

**Emily Makerith** · Jul 1st, 2018 03:44 PM

Emily follows Clara a step or two behind, eyes skirting over the brunette's body with a smile, and moves over to the chairs, towards the enthusiastic guy. She catches the scent of smoke in his clothes and smiles, taking the offered hand and shaking firmly. "Oh, he's a wily one," she says, rolling her eyes slightly. "I'm more for the puzzles than the scenery," she says, indicating her leather jacket and metal clothing. "Emily. So you guys get stood up too, or you just fancy trying your luck with some strangers?"

**Winter** · Jul 1st, 2018 07:08 PM

Two girls, on the youngish side, could pass for his daughters, a pang of guilt was squashed as soon as it was felt.
One, vivacious, quite the impractical dresser, a fez he reckons. The other was... feisty. Damn. He felt like Steve Buscemi in 30 Rock. How are you doing fellow kids?
He takes the ticket and mutters a word of thanks. "Lucien", he turns around and gruffly answers to the feisty girl. Might as well play the game.
"Sorry, my hands are dirty", he says as he beckons the girl's extended hand. He follows them to the guy, hands firmly planted in his pockets. An average John, he concludes, well maybe some sort of pickup artist given his manners?

Jul 1st, 2018 09:14 PM

"Wow," Wolfgang's eyebrows rise up in surprise. "You're a rude fuck, aren't ya Luke? Bathroom's over there if you want to wash em." He gestures over to the restrooms with one thumb.

Leaving Luke to his own devices, he smiles at the ladies who know how to talk with other humans. "Me? Lonely? Never!" Wolfgang replies, faux shocked at the very idea. "I just like the puzzles, tell you the truth. Plus it's interesting meeting new people. Don't want to be that guy who's only friends are his coworkers, right? What do you all do for a living?"

(Escape Room) Olympus Treasure

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