[IC] Deadly Labyrinth

[Benzaiten]

"Deadly Labyrinth"

"Welcome, you... I wanna play a game."

...

The rules are easy.

Escape.

There are dangers and hints here.

You are not alone. There are several others in the very same situation. -- But can you trust them?

...

You wake up on a clearing with only one tree and a well on it. There are four ways heading away from it. It looks like a maze to you.
In the tree is a letter. There are other people lying on the floor.

You could go for the letter.
You could try the water.
Try the apples on the tree?
You could try to apporach the others.
Try to find a way out on your own.
You will have to do something. Anything.

The question is... what will you do?

"Welcome, you... I wanna play a game."

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Information

- You decide what to do, I decide how it goes out!
- I have a map including dangers and their solutions - it is all planned out. (So don't be afraid, I know what I'm doing.)
- You can always, at any point in the game, ask to join - even if it states "full".
- Do not color yourself a member, if you will vanish on the other players. Please be able to post at least once a week. Thank you very much.

I hope to see you in the Labyrinth

[Benzaiten]

--Start the Hell--

You wake up on a little clearing. It smells like summer breeze, fresh grass and nature. You breathe in the soothing scent of the air, you enjoy the soft breeze in your hair for a moment, then you open your eyes and take in your surrounding.

The grass is beautifully green, there's a tree; you could reach the lowest boughs if you stretchted, apples hang from them. It looks like in a colorful children's book. The apples look so perfectly round and red.
You feel a pain in your stomach, it growls. You are hungry... so hungry. And thirsty. Your eyes wander around a little and only a few steps away there's a well.

For the first time now, you actually ask yourself how you got here. What happened? Your head feels normal, there's no headache, except.... The last 24 hours are missing from your memory. You try to remember small things, maybe something triggers your mind. What did you eat for breakfast? ... When did you wake up? ... When did you go to bed the other night?

Nothing seems to trigger your memory. So you try some long-time memories.
Your name. Your family. Your history. It's all there. So there's only something wrong with the last 24 hours. That's a good sign, and a bad sign at both. Who brought you here?

In seek for an answer you look further arround. The area is very small and away from it seem to lead four paths into what looks like the beginning of a maze. The walls of the maze are pure nature and dark green. As your eyes concentrate more on the ground, you notice that there are other people lying on the ground around the tree. Just like you.

You are not the only one. You don't know the others. Your eyes wander up to the blue sky - no ceiling - and you notice a little envelope hanging from one of the tree's boughs. It's too high to reach it, you don't even have to try. You know you have to climb to get it.

To begin the game, give away your first post.
Hint: Try any action you like, but beware – I decide how it goes out, because there are dangers here that sometimes step into your way.

[Bishop]

Warmth enveloped him. John opens his eyes, a light blue sky greets him while the sun gently touches his skin with it's warm rays. Feeling the grass below him he suddenly panics and gets up in an instant. Feeling a little dizzy from the sudden movement he looks around. He could see people lying on the ground like he was just a moment ago, some waking up while some others were unconscious. He sees behind him a large tree with Snow White-like apples hanging from it, among them a letter could be seen. Further down he sees a well and when he finally grasps all his surroundings he found that he was.... surrounded by large green walls made of leafs and bushes, 4 exits could be seen perfectly distanced from each other leading to north, south, west and east. How did he get here? What happened? He couldn't remember the last day. He remembers going to sleep and he knows he woke up in his own apartment but then it becomes hazy...

His stomach started grumbling and his throat felt sore. He couldn't think straight. He had to get some food and water. But, what if it was poisoned? Well luckily for him there were many test subject lying around. He grabbed a few apples from the tree, hiding one beneath his clothes leaving the others on the ground. Then he proceeded to go to the well, fill a bucket of water and leave it there. Now he just had to wait for the others to wake up...

[Duthguy]

John woke up from the best nap he had in ages, though the it soon became clear that that nap was probably the high point of the day. He had no idea where he was or how he got there. Sure the place looked nice enough but the other people sleeping on the ground were a bit disturbing. He tried to remember how he got there, but the last thing he remembered was him getting ready for his date with Rose which according to her would be something special. Since he was a normal teen he felt especially upset that he either missed the date or had somehow forgotten what had happened.

In an attempt to take his mind of that he looked around somewhere and spotted a beautiful apple just lying on the ground. Seeing the fruit made him realize how hungry he was. Figuring that any apple that looked that good had to be delicious he picked it up and took a large bite.

[Benzaiten]

Figuring that any apple that looked that good had to be delicious he picked it up and took a large bite.

@Duthguy

As soon as the very tasty juice of the apple drops onto your tongue with the bite you took, you scream. Spitting out every last bit of it, using your hand to wipe it off your tongue. The apple was not okay! Whatever it was, it burnt like acid and your tongue was building little bladders on it, it felt like it was eating through your tongue. Your whole mouth was on fire. You need to drink. The need was all you could focus on right now.

[duskshine749]

Jason was sleeping peacefully and having a nice dream, but was woken abruptly when he heard someone scream. He stood up quickly to try and see what was going on, but apparently he was too fast in getting up. The blood rushed to his head and he couldn't see anything for a moment. "What is this? What's going on?" As his vision cleared he saw he was in some kind of field with other. The person who screamed seemed to have taken a bite of an apple.

Jason tried to take stock of his surroundings but couldn't focus. His stomach was empty and his throat parched, but it seemed the apples were out of the questions. Before trying to get any real answers he had to at least drink something. He saw someone awake and with a bucket of water, thank goodness. He walked over to the man, "glad the first person up thought of water. We all need it, especially the other guy right now."

[Bishop]

"Yeah, those apples must have had something in them."-Handing the bucket full of water to Jason he added-"Would you mind carrying this water over to the screaming guy? I bet he needs it more than anyone else here at the moment."- John was still thirsty himself, but he couldn't risk the water being poisoned too.

[duskshine749]

"Thanks, and good call on giving him the water," he went to take a swig of the water but added first, "I'm Jason by the way." He had some water, hoping it would help clear his mind. It didn't really matter if it was poison or something, because if he didn't drink he'd die anyways. After his drink he went to head over to the apple dude and offer him some water for what was probably a painful mouth.

[Duthguy]

The second John took a bite of the apple, he regretted it. Sure it was every bit as tasty as he imagined but the juices were acidic or something. "Aaah!" He dropped the fruit and spit as much out as he could before wiping the last bits of with his hand. Unfortunately that didn't really help, as even now his mouth was burning.

Luckily though one of the people he had seen sleeping offered him water from a bucket. If he didn't know the guy had drank from it not seconds ago John might have been more careful, but as things were he used several hands full of water to rinse the apple-juice out each time spitting the water out before finally taking several big gulps. "Thanks for that."

[Bishop]

Finally erasing any doubts that the water was poisonous, or at least the poison took a long time to take effect but John was too thirsty to worry about that, he started drinking from the well using his hands and also refreshing himself until his thirst was sated. After drinking up he turned to the other 2 while asking the second John:"You okay now? That apple seemed to burn like hell."

[Benzaiten]

@Bishop@Duthguy@duskshine749
Now that it's clear the water is unharmed, you should all drink something to ease the aching pain in your stomachs. The water helps, but you will have to find something to eat soon if you wanna survive. The letter is still hanging in the tree. Four paths lead away from the clearing you're on. Maybe one of them leads out, or at least to some food.

[Duthguy]

John felt a lot better thanks the water. "Yeah, I'm fine. The juice was acidic or something, you're lucky you didn't try any of those apples. BTW do you have any idea where we are or how we got here?" The apple had made him more curious about the place then he already was and John had decided that after this conversation he would check out the tree to see if it looked weird.

[Bishop]

John tried to remember but the more he tried to access the memories of his last 24 hours the more his head hurt and the more dizzy he got. He also had to eat something soon but judging that he only "forgot" his last 24 hours, and he was sure he ate before that, he could last a couple more days without the "very urgent death matter of finding food".
-"N..no, I can't seem to remember. I have no idea where we are or how we got here. And nothing is what it seems so we better be more careful."-John replied.
-"And I haven't had a chance to properly introduce myself. My name is John Burrow, my employees call me Mr.Burrow"-He said while extending his hand for a handshake.
@Duthguy

[Duthguy]

"Looks like we're in the same boat then, the last thing I remember was preparing for a date." John had no reason to believe that the date had anything to do with the kidnapping, but on the other hand any info could be valuable.

When the other John introduced himself he was a more then a bit surprised. "Okay it's probably a coincidence, but my name is John as well. John Egbert to be precise." Since he had no reason to be rude he accepted the extended hand and shook it. "If you don't mind I kinda want to check out the apple tree."

[Zorogami]

Christine was having a pleasant dream. She was at a beach, letting the sun tan her skin and enjoying an ice-cold cocktail. It reminded her of the vacation she once took to the Dominican Republic with some of her friends. But all those pleasant thoughts were soon pushed away by the sound of a scream in the distance. Not willing to leave the imaginary beach just yet, it took Chrissi a few moments to open her eyes. She immediately regretted waking up as soon as she noticed her surroundings.

There was no bed under her, but cold and lightly wet grass. The roof above her head had been replaced with a clear blue sky. Either her room had suddenly turned into a garden, or she was definitely not in her college dorm anymore. Slowly getting up, she made a mental map of the things around her. There were 4 paths, a tree, a fountain...and more people. Both of them were male, one seemed to be still just a kid, the other was a grown man. Chrissi thought they were talking, and hadn't taken notice of her yet. How did i even get here? that particular thought had crossed her mind twice already.

She remembered going out with two of her friends, hitting up a local bar to grab a few beers. It was an attempt to get Chrissi out of her room more, she knew, Chloe and Jane were worried she was spending too much time by herself in her room after the break-up. Chrissi was thankful to have such great friends, but the break-up had taken its toll on her. That still didn't answer how she got to this weird place. Chrissi tried to recall everything that happened at the bar, bot nothing stood out to her. They grabbed a few drinks, laughed, talked about classes and what not, and then went back home. Christine even remembered brushing her teeth and laying down in her bed. So how in the world did she end up here? As she looked down on her, she realized she still had her pyjamas on: An old Black Eyed Peas t-shirt, some gym shorts...and bare feet. Great she thought just the gear i need to get through this...

Approaching the two other people seemed to be the next logical thing. After all, maybe they knew how they had ended up in this place. She took a few steps in their direction, calling out to them "Hey guys...do you have a clue where the heck we are?"

[Bishop]

"Yeah, a letter among the tree's branches caught my eye. I know that most paper is made from wood, but I doubt it grows on trees too. So why don't you check that out while I go get the newcomer up to speed."
After he finished talking to John he walked over to the new girl and said:"Hi, my name is John Burrow and the one I was talking to earlier is John Egbert. We have no idea where we are or how we got here. Don't eat the apples but the water is safe to drink. And now you're up to speed".@Duthguy@Zorogami

[Zorogami]

One of the guys approached her, bringing her up to speed. They had no clue where they were or how they had gotten there either. Chris had to think back to a few horror movies that started out just like this. Usually, some kind of psycho would be the one these sorts of games...the thought covered her body in goosebumbs.

"My name is Christine...and i just woke up here like you guys" she explained. The clothes covering her body made her feel exposed. Had I only gone to bed with a hoodie and some jeans... she felt hunger and thirst. "I'm going to drink a bit of water if the fountain is safe. Then we should come up with some kind of plan..."

[Duthguy]

If John was completely honest he didn't mind how Christine was dressed, not that he was gonna mention that of course. She was right about needing a plan though. "Well getting that letter in the apple tree could be a good start as it might contain useful info. I'll handle that."

He did wonder how the older John knew about the letter, but apparently hadn't tried eating the apples and decided to ask him later. At the moment he was preparing to climb the tree.

[Benzaiten]

@Duthguy
You touch the tree to find a hold to start the climbing - and your hand burns. You pull back immeditaly, shocked and stumbling backwards. A look at your hand shows you that you now sport similar bubbles on your hand like the ones you had on your tongue only moments ago. Touching the tree with bare skin was a bad idea. You can try to climb it and bite back the pain.