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

Cw: smoking, I can edit if necessary

[doesntsing]

[ She hums in her throat. ]

I’d prefer not to meet them if I can help it.

[ Even though she’s finally starting to calm down from their ordeal, a cigarette would be really great right about now. Midge pulls a silver cigarette case and lighter out of her purse. Opening the case, she takes out one of the cigarettes and puts it to her lips. She offers the case to Hawkeye as she lights up and inhales. ]

Do you think it’s stupid that I’m here? Trying to tell jokes?

[getmeoutofthedraft]

[Hawkeye shakes his head. He has a lot of vices, but that isn't one of them.]

[Though, speaking of vices... He drains the rest of his martini, signalling for another round.]

[As for her question, it would be easy to give a sharp, meaningless answer, probably something unkind. He doesn't. He owes her better than that. There's a moment of genuine consideration before he answers, and the answer is serious.]

No. I think...

I think it helps. Hell, outside of the meatcutting, it's most of what I've been doing for the past two years. And I'll say it, you've got a better set than me.

[Whatever he owes her, he can't quite resist a cheap shot:]

Jokes are pretty good, too.

[And right back to serious:] I don't know if it's going to make any real change. But it sure as shit helped me just now.

[doesntsing]

[ Midge blows out a small cloud of smoke. She’s glad to get a serious answer because she had asked the question seriously. Of course he has to throw something mildly offensive in as well. ]

My set is impeccable. [ Deadpan. And yes, they’re talking about the same thing. ]

Thank you. I don’t expect jokes to reunify Korea, but if these guys get to laugh for an hour or so, then I’m glad I’m here.

[ Her eyes meet his. ] The jokes worked better than trying to distract you with my feminine wiles.

[getmeoutofthedraft]

Listen, if you want to try the feminine wiles again, I can clear my evening.

[doesntsing]

[ She raises an eyebrow at him. ]

I guess it depends. Do you know how to be charming?

[ Probably. He’s close, he just usually ends up ruining it by saying something crass. ]

[getmeoutofthedraft]

Put a few more martinis in me, and I'll either be charming or horizontal.

[doesntsing]

[ Midge orders another round. Sleeping with him is such a bad idea for so many reasons. She can’t even believe she’s contemplating it, especially in a room full of hot soldiers who keep trying to catch her eye whenever she looks up. ]

At what number martini do you go from charming to horizontal?

[getmeoutofthedraft]

Lady's choice.

[He grins and winks.]