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( OPEN ) PAST AND FUTURE FLOOR đźŚ
WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Floor [REDACTED], the Timey Wimey floor
WHEN: Early April
WHAT: Floor that takes you to the past and future... literally!!
WARNINGS: None, will update if necessary!
While there have been floors that have caused changes to characters… there’s never been one quite like this. Upon visiting Floor [REDACTED], characters will find themselves amongst hundreds and hundreds of doors. But that’s not all — look hard enough, and you might find a door that looks extra familiar to you!
It could be the door to your house, the door to your room, the door to your favorite coffee shop, the gate to a garden you used to love. But what matters is that once you walk through it, you’ll be transported somewhere else entirely…
WHERE: Floor [REDACTED], the Timey Wimey floor
WHEN: Early April
WHAT: Floor that takes you to the past and future... literally!!
WARNINGS: None, will update if necessary!
TIMEY WIMEY FLOOR
While there have been floors that have caused changes to characters… there’s never been one quite like this. Upon visiting Floor [REDACTED], characters will find themselves amongst hundreds and hundreds of doors. But that’s not all — look hard enough, and you might find a door that looks extra familiar to you!
It could be the door to your house, the door to your room, the door to your favorite coffee shop, the gate to a garden you used to love. But what matters is that once you walk through it, you’ll be transported somewhere else entirely…
INTO THE PAST
Walking through a door with a partner will take you to an exact copy of a place from your home. It’s not the real thing, but it’s damn close. Won’t it be nice to have a look around and reminisce?
The one thing that's different about these spaces is that they're interlinked with other spaces; where one character's copied space ends, the other half of the pair's begins, allowing characters to visit both theirs and a companion's homes in one fell swoop.
There will be no other living creatures in each “copy,” other than those that walk through with you. The space can be as large or as small as you like — and it can even be outdoors! It’s a nonsensical pocket dimension, don’t worry about it.
Characters will also find that walking through these doors may cause them to appear younger than they really are, as if they traveled back through time. It’s up to each player how this manifests — how young characters become, if they retain their memories and/or personality or revert to how they were at that age, etc — and of course, some characters may not be affected at all.
Finally, you'll notice that the door locks behind you as you enter. Engraved on the door, there's a riddle to how you can leave:
a piece of the past, you'll bring to me,
you'll find that only that can be the key
Bring the door an item from each of your pasts, and the door will unlock once more. Sadly, no souvenirs, so the items will disappear once you walk through!
The one thing that's different about these spaces is that they're interlinked with other spaces; where one character's copied space ends, the other half of the pair's begins, allowing characters to visit both theirs and a companion's homes in one fell swoop.
There will be no other living creatures in each “copy,” other than those that walk through with you. The space can be as large or as small as you like — and it can even be outdoors! It’s a nonsensical pocket dimension, don’t worry about it.
Characters will also find that walking through these doors may cause them to appear younger than they really are, as if they traveled back through time. It’s up to each player how this manifests — how young characters become, if they retain their memories and/or personality or revert to how they were at that age, etc — and of course, some characters may not be affected at all.
Finally, you'll notice that the door locks behind you as you enter. Engraved on the door, there's a riddle to how you can leave:
you'll find that only that can be the key
Bring the door an item from each of your pasts, and the door will unlock once more. Sadly, no souvenirs, so the items will disappear once you walk through!
INTO THE FUTURE
But that’s not all! Because each door doesn’t consistently send you to a place from your past nor transform you to your younger self. Some of them do the exact opposite.
Stepping through may cause you to appear older than you really are, which, similarly, is up to each player.
But, where do these doors lead to, if not a place from the past?
The future — specifically, what the future will look like for you if your deepest wish is granted. Characters need not have a specific wish in mind for this to manifest — it could appear as if one of their more impulsive, fleeting, nonsensical wishes were granted, too (ex: wishing the whole world was made of ice cream). On the other hand, characters who have a wish in their heart to see someone again, or to accomplish a specific goal… will see just what the future could look like.
These spaces are more dreamlike, and less structured than the replicas. Think of it as being like watercolor — shifting and impermanent. Again, both characters' wishes will be blended into one space, which players are free to interpret as they like.
Another riddle will be on the door, for your escape:
speak each other's wishes aloud to me,
and only then will you be set free
Characters will need to investigate the dreamlike space and figure out what their partner's wish is in order to be freed! You'll each have to literally say each other's wish out loud to get out. Have fun!
Stepping through may cause you to appear older than you really are, which, similarly, is up to each player.
But, where do these doors lead to, if not a place from the past?
The future — specifically, what the future will look like for you if your deepest wish is granted. Characters need not have a specific wish in mind for this to manifest — it could appear as if one of their more impulsive, fleeting, nonsensical wishes were granted, too (ex: wishing the whole world was made of ice cream). On the other hand, characters who have a wish in their heart to see someone again, or to accomplish a specific goal… will see just what the future could look like.
These spaces are more dreamlike, and less structured than the replicas. Think of it as being like watercolor — shifting and impermanent. Again, both characters' wishes will be blended into one space, which players are free to interpret as they like.
Another riddle will be on the door, for your escape:
and only then will you be set free
Characters will need to investigate the dreamlike space and figure out what their partner's wish is in order to be freed! You'll each have to literally say each other's wish out loud to get out. Have fun!
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Which way's she going? Double doors on one end of the hall, an elevator on the other end.
Either way-]
You never said who you are.
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she's pulling fast, consciously softening her footsteps. feels that her heart is in her throat. at first, there comes no answer, because she does not know what to say. ]
...Sapione.
[ low, nearly subvocal. what is she doing? ]
We have not met.
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...Sapione?
[He echoes, as they make their way to the large elevator at the end of the hall. Something about that seems right, yet wrong. She's definitely a name that starts with an "S", but his mind questions the rest. For some reason.]
Are you sure? I feel like I know you.
[This should be secondary to escape. To freedom. So why does he want to know so badly?]
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I am sure. Now, hurry.
[ click click click click—her heels on the sterile floor. the grip she has on him is tight, verging on painful. ]
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Hopeful. A long time since he's felt anything like that, he thinks.
Except, when they reach that too-large elevator, huge and gleaming metal, they can probably make out an inscription carved into one door that reads:
a piece of the past, you'll bring to me,
you'll find that only that can be the key]
...A key? This elevator does need a key from security. I've seen it before.
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this is... something here.
she slaps her hand against the closed doors, hard enough to clang ]
Shite! Where is your key, then?
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The elevator doors, predictably, do not budge. Henry tugs at her hand as he turns on a heel, fixing his gaze down the hall towards a set of double doors.]
I don't know, but maybe one of the other orderlies left one lying around. Exercises just ended, so we can look in the Rainbow Room if we have to.