forum Egyptian Powers role-play ( closed )

Started April 01, 2018 by @German_Boats

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"Okay. Let's do it." Rainy said, squeezing Eli's arm tighter. She was shaking, but she tried not to let it show.

"First one we come across is a pit of some sort, and the next one is poison. I think. Whatever the case, we shouldn't touch anything liquidy at all."

Pocky nodded. "We can do it!" she said, trying to convince herself. "Where are the traps going to be?"

“Can’t tell, but just a little farther ahead. Two corners?” She peered at her phone, which suddenly went dark. “Shit,” she muttered. “Sorry, does cursing bother you?”

Pocky grinned sheepishly. "Yes." she admitted. "But you have no idea at all about what the other trap could be?"

(I thought I responded to this earlier, but I guess my reply didn’t go through…)

Eli rubbed Rainy’s shoulder, trying to calm the girl down. “First one seems fine, but poison is still pretty bad.. and they’ll probably just be spaced out along the main pathway.”

"What, did something happen?" Rainy queried.

“My phone died,” she said, putting it in her pocket that it will probably fall out from because girl’s pockets can barely fit an atom-

(relatable)

Rainy's face drooped. "Oh. But we're okay without it, right?"

“We could use my phone, if needed,” Eli suggested, taking it from his jacket pocket.

“We should be okay, I was just looking at the picture I took of the legend.”

Eli nodded his head and glanced around at the others. “Should we continue on our way?”

"Yeah," Rainy said. She wasn't going to say it out loud, for fear of being the 'helpless blind girl' but she was really ready to go home.

“I guess there’s nowhere else,” she sighed. She carefully walked forward, looking at the ground. They came to a room with a disco-like floor. “Ummm…”

Eli led Rainy along and stopped at the floor. “I’ve seen enough adventure movies to assume that if we step on a wrong tile, something bad will happen.”

“Probably… anyone see a clue?”

"Wait, describe what you're seeing," Rainy said, her voice edged with fear. "Is it a trap floor?"

“Kind of. It’s like a chess board, almost. Wait, that’s probably not anymore helpful. Sorry,” Maya said, slapping her forehead. “A grid? I don’t know, I’m really bad at this. Sorry.”

"Like checkers," Rainy mused. "It's the only game I used to play before I lost my sight. Doesn't matter. Are there different colors? And how many?"

“Three. Black, white, and grey. They’re all kinda faded, so it’s a little hard to tell which is which.”

Rainy was quiet for a long moment. Finally, she said, "What if we stepped on the most faded ones? The ones that were used the most should have more wear, right?"

“That would be a good idea. I’m guessing this is where the pit comes in though, so does anyone have rope? Have one person go across first, so if they fall the people on the other side can pull them up again.”

"Well, I've got my cane. It's probably too short, but its better than nothing."

“That’d could work. I have an umbrella in here. I guess I’lol go across first then.”

Eli nodded. “I can help Rainy get across,” he commented.

Here,” she said, handing him the umbrella. “It won’t extend all the way, so I guess the last few steps will be luck.” She took a deep breath, and with one hand on the umbrella, stepped onto the most faded piece. It held and nothing happened. “Good luck to me.”

Rainy's heart pounded wildly as she listened to Maya start to cross over. "Be careful," she whispered

She did well for the first half, but soon had to stop. “Guys… I can’t tell which one is the most faded here,” she said. She sounded a little scared, voice trembling.

Eli took the umbrella and watched anxiously. He really hoped this would work. She could end up with a broken leg. They had no idea how far down the pit was.