lights out

[bringthelightning]

LIGHTS OUT
a dark room meme



Uh oh! Looks like something weird is happening, here! Did someone forget to pay the electricity bill? Or has that storm outside caused a blackout? Who knows! Reasoning aside, you are now trapped in darkness. You can't see anything, anything at all! And you can't even adjust to this darkness, for some reason! There's only black, black, black. Something about this room is odd, for certain!

How this is going to go down
♦ You will post as your character as ANON, because you're in the dark!
♦ There is no putting your character's name in the subject line. However, if you like, you can put your character's series/canon. It's no fun if you know who you're interacting with right away!
♦ You're free to set up your character fumbling around in the dark and such, just so you remember which comment is yours in this anon mess, if anything.
♦ Those who reply to you will roll the RNG for the specifics of the situation!
♦ Yay! In the dark shenanigans!!
♦ When you guys are ready, the lights go on, you can log into your character journals, and it's time to admire the awkward in the light.

♦ ONE: WHY IS IT SO SMALL AND CRAMPED IN THIS ROOM? Wait, this isn't a room, this is a closet. It looks like you've been locked inside for Seven Minutes in Heaven, or just for shits and giggles! The door doesn't seem to be opening, and it sounds like some ... Barry Manilow is playing? Oh, talk about awkward.
♦ TWO: BRR, WHY IS IT SO COLD? Looks like your clothes are missing! For some reason, you're only dressed in your underwear, or even commando if you feel like being really mean to your muse. Are you in bed with someone? Just can't find your clothes? Are THEY wearing your clothes? Up to you, because it really doesn't make it any less awkward.
♦ THREE: A LITTLE HANDSY: Did someone just cop a feel? There's a lot of accidental (or... not accidental groping going on, for whatever reason! Talk about an awkward situation, mmmhmm!
♦ FOUR: OOPS, STUCK! One of you is stuck somewhere in this room, and can't get out! Either in a hole in the floor or tied to a bed or something! Whatever you can think of! Hopefully the other person can help you out in the dark.
♦ FIVE: ON AND OFF! Rather than totally darkness, the lights are flashing on and off, creepily. And it looks like there might be monsters in there with you guys?! Or are those illusions?

If you don't want to roll the RNG, that's fine! Go ahead and create your own situation, if you'd like!

Have fun, everyone!

(originally posted here at memebells)

[anon posting has now been enabled. i apologize for my complete brainfail.]

Comments

That one series with all the crazy people and serial killers. (Super helpful rite??)

[(Anonymous)]

[ Oh, no. This isn't good. ]

Uh. Hello?

[(Anonymous)]

_{[ Well, it's definitely not convenient, no. ]}

... Yes, hello.

OTA

[(Anonymous)]

Light conditions: Nonexistent. Incapable of utilizing other sensory modes as a substitute. Assistance may be required.

[(Anonymous)]

[Something of an idea for five, my character casts stoneskin on themselves or something and pranks the poor sod unlucky enough to end up in the room with them. Can be combined with three, perhaps.]

from that one thing with those people | OTA

[(Anonymous)]

Did you just grab my butt?

[(Anonymous)]

probably.

( you here immature laughter. )

The one full of silly monsters and bullets

[(Anonymous)]

This is so tiresome...

[(Anonymous)]

We are trapped someplace dark and your main concern is that it is tiresome?!

[There are the noises of someone moving around.]

I would be more concerned with my immediate future if I were you.

[(Anonymous)]

Marco?

[(Anonymous)]

[ lying on the floor, half-eaten ]

[(Anonymous)]

...

WHAT TEAM?!

[(Anonymous)]

WILDCATS!

[(Anonymous)]

Where the hell are my pants?

[ A pause, uselessly darting eyes. ]

If this is some kinky trip of yours, I'm not too into it...

[(Anonymous)]

What? No! *MY* pants are gone too. Augh.

I guess it's pretty lucky I'm wearing the underwear with the cool little glow-in-the-dark designs.

Sure, it's not enough to actually see by, but it is good to know that if they DID work less shittily, I would have picked the right day to wear them.

the show with murder and sad

[(Anonymous)]

...Did you just smell me?

[(Anonymous)]

Difficult not to. I really must introduce you to a finer aftershave, Will. That smells like something with a boat on the bottle.

[(Anonymous)]

This is scary... Can someone put the lights back on? Please?

[(Anonymous)]

Had I knowledge of the switch.

[A man's voice, faintly annoyed.]

This dark...it catches and encoils, a serpent on prey...

[Probably not helping, huh? There's a scraping noise, metallic tinks.]

Find a wall - if light will not serve, a handle will.

That canon with pointing and shouting

[(Anonymous)]

[A sigh of frustration, then a baritone:]

At the very least, this occurred while I was someplace safe.

[(Anonymous)]

There's an answering sigh before a voice that's probably male says,

"I guess that's one way to look at it."

A vampire anime | OTA

[(Anonymous)]

[It's darker then he could imagine it, because his eyes just aren't adjusting. What is going on around here?]

eh just some movies about a group of people doing stuff

[(Anonymous)]

[Well shit, there's nothing around him but darkness. He can only see one foot ahead of him due to the nightlight attached to his chest.]

Goddammit... This better be some kind of kinky hide and go seek.

Re: eh just some movies about a group of people doing stuff

[(Anonymous)]

If it is, I definitely didn't sign up for it.

From that show with the boys that die a lot.

[(Anonymous)]

Who turned off the bloody lights?! It's impossible to find decent help around here anymore!

[(Anonymous)]

*There's a pair of glowing red eyes in the darkness. Did something just brush your leg?*

[(Anonymous)]

Bffchkjesus! [Splutters and jumps nearly clean out of his skin.] S-Scott! Scott, buddy! Dude, that better be you with the glowing eyes and the creepy touching in the dark! That's... that's you, right?

That game about giant keys

[(Anonymous)]

()

[(Anonymous)]

...

Alright, who forgot to turn the---OW! My shin!

[Some superior is going to hear about this.]

[(Anonymous)]

Do you always breathe like that?

[(Anonymous)]

Being dead, I've no need to breathe, which makes your observation...troublesome. I apologize in advance if this ends your life - I meant not to bring anyone along.

[The voice has a slight baritone, smooth and weary, like this has happened many times before and each ended awfully.]

the one with the badly shooped eyes that's always everywhere

[(Anonymous)]

[ a pair of shitty scary yellow eyes watch you, darting back and forth rapidly. ][/small>

[(Anonymous)]

hi darkbutle

[(Anonymous)]

[The darkness in the room matches that in his heart so he's just going to embrace it, tbh. If you're the monster lurking in the shadows, you can't get scared of the dark. (so evil, much angst, wow.)]

[(Anonymous)]

emo spider-man, is that you?

always watching

[(Anonymous)]

[ have you found the notes? ]

Re: always watching

[(Anonymous)]

[Bloody hell, this is a bad time for her flashlight to die. There's a decidedly feminine huff of exasperation.]

Zero? Maduin? You guys in here?

[Redacted] to [Redacted] | OTA

[(Anonymous)]

[You bump into something. It is warm and clearly male shaped. Also kind of sticky, for some reason, and the stickiness is on your hands now, and possibly the front of your clothing as well.]

Oh, sorry friend. Are you alright?

[The hands on your arms, helpfully keeping you from falling to the floor with the impact are also sticky. And warm. And male shaped.]

Any prompt you want

[(Anonymous)]

[There's a soft grunt of protest at the collision, offered by something else very definitely male-shaped. He staggers, and grabs to brace himself against his companion even as he's caught; there's a quieter confused noise at the stickiness, unsure if he should be grossed out or not.]

Yeah, thanks.

The one with the lights above the Arby's (except not. we cannot even see those now)

[(Anonymous)]

[It's never quite this dark, usually. It's gone extremely dark. Immeasurably dark. Well not immeasurably but probably a solid 0 on a light meter and low enough that human eyes are useless. Great. Perfect.]

idek what I'm doing... it seemed like a good idea at the time

[(Anonymous)]

((OOC: No particular number, unless you feel like adding one.))

[It wasn't usually like this when he had one of his "episodes". Darkness, yes, but not this kind of silence, and not the sensation of falling either. It's... interesting, he decides, very interesting, a moment before he collides (remarkably softly, he thinks, for how fast he was falling, though physics has never been his strong suit) with something a bit softer than the ground.]

[Landing on someone is never an appropriate way to be introduced, but sometimes circumstances are what they are. Landing on someone in the dark, he is learning, seems to be particularly awkward.]

Oh dear, my apologies sir... er... madam?

[He's attempting to not pay much attention to the physicality of the person he's landed on, trying to get up to his knees at least, and separate himself with as much grace as possible. Grace, at this point, when they can't see the other or where they're moving, is pretty much impossible, however.]

books with vampires and werewolves and dirigibles and snarky descriptions of ladies' hats

[(Anonymous)]

[There's the noise of someone stumbling elsewhere in the room, followed by a muffled female voice. The words are hard to make out, but she seems to be cursing.]

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, hey! You okay there?

Marvel | OTA

[(Anonymous)]

☠☠☠☠!

[A solid thud in the darkness.]

Ow! What the ☠☠☠☠!?

[(Anonymous)]

Do try to be careful. There's a number of things around here you probably don't want to fall over, including me.

The one with giant winged lizards and time.

[(Anonymous)]

[Sarcastic female voice is sarcastic]

Oh no, I'm locked in a dark room. Oh, woe. Whatever shall I do? If only I could pick locks...

[Small metallic sounds]

Oh, wait, I can.

[Clink, clink, thud.]

...damn.

Re: The one with giant winged lizards and time.

[(Anonymous)]

Did you just lose your lockpicks? How unfortunate.