It's a trap

[sarabi]

the TRAPPED meme


Your day has just taken a definite turn for the worse. There you were, minding your own business, exploring a cave system or wandering through a structurally unsound building or whatever it is you do for fun (hey, no judgement here), when by sabotage or natural disaster or plain old fashioned bad luck, suddenly it's collapsing all around you.

Tough break.


1. H/C options

1. Claustrophobia. Some people don't do too well with tight spaces, particularly when the way out just disappeared in a cloud of dust and rubble. Hopefully whoever's down there with you can help keep you calm.
2. Injury. Broken bones and blunt force trauma, oh my! Turns out collapsing chunks of ceiling are bad for the health. Who saw that coming.
3. BONUS ROUND: HEAD INJURY. Who am I, where am I, where the hell did this headache come from? Whether they've got a concussion or full-on plot-convenient amnesia, there's one thing to remember - keep them talking, and don't let them fall asleep.
4. BONUS ROUND: HYPOTHERMIA. Because it's not a H/C options section without the classic huddling-for-warmth trope.
5. Mission Failed. Well you may be in one piece, but whatever you were trying to achieve before you got trapped? Doomed. As long as you're going nowhere, might as well dwell on the consequences of your failure.

2. ACTION options

1. We need to go deeper. The way you came in is gone? Well that only leaves you one option. Better keep exploring, and hope there's a back way out everyone just forgot to mention...
2. BONUS ROUND: Shit, too deep. What do you mean you forgot to mark the way you came as you passed? You're lost? Well shit.
3. We're not alone in here... You hear that? Footsteps just a little too out-of-sync with your own, and-- was that a whisper of a breeze or something breathing...?
4. Dig for freedom! Wait for rescue? Pah! We don't need no stinkin' rescue. You can dig your own way out thank-you-very-much.
5. The next round. Whatever just brought everything crashing down round you? Whether it was explosion or earthquake, there's another one coming - you may have survived last time, but better get the hell out before round two or you might not be so lucky.
6. The show must go on. You're in one piece, so whatever you were trying to achieve before you got trapped? You're going to damn well achieve it, come hell or high water.

3. OBLIGATORY SMUT option

• 'cause you crazy kids are gonna stick it in there (pun absolutely intended) one way or another

4. WILDCARD option

• Whatever. I'm a meme, not a cop.

Warning: This meme is likely to deal with severe injury, and may be uncomfortable for people with claustrophobia. Please be a good RPer and respect your thread partners' wishes if they are uncomfortable with something!

Comments

[foundingfathersacrilege]

..That's a pretty shitty superpower. Might want to ask about a redo.

[ His voice is closer, now, and he heaves out a sigh of relief. Not out of the woods yet, but at least he's been located. ]

Hit my head, there's blood and a percussion team playing between my ears. My ankle hurts, but I don't know if that's because it's fucked up or just pinned.

[batmansbrother]

Aw, shit.

Is it your scalp? Scalp cuts bleed like a motherfucker.

[His voice is a little less steady, as he tries to talk and haul heavy objects at the same point. But after a few minutes, his face appears through the rubble - tense, square, and white with cement dust. He's a handsome enough man underneath, and the bright ginger of his hair is just about visible through the dust, but he also looks - unsurprisingly - drawn and exhausted.]

Hey. Let me have a look?

[foundingfathersacrilege]

Not gonna lie, it's hard to tell.

[ Alex waits, holding his breath as he hears rubble shifting and waiting for something more sinister. He doesn't know why he wasn't expecting just a regular-looking guy, but it startles a laugh out of him. Probably the stress and gravity of the situation they're both stuck in, but he's never been more relieved.

With that bit of wall cleared away, he can at least push himself up into a sitting position. It's easier to see now that with a little bit of twisting and sliding out of his shoe first, he's able to pull his foot free. ]

Yeah, man. Look all you want. Sorry-- are you okay?

[batmansbrother]

[Dara absolutely is not okay. His leg is screaming at him, his head is pounding, and at the back of his mind he can't help wondering whether this is on the police scanners yet, and who will get here first - the cops, or Bethan, or whoever did this.]

[But that doesn't help. He forces a smile, leaning over to offer his hands.]

Sure. I'm fine. Twisted my ankle a bit, that's all.

Do you think you can stand?