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?

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.]

[(Anonymous)]

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

... Yes, hello.

[(Anonymous)]

[ Inconvenient is one way of putting it. ]

Hi.

[ Mildly awkward pause. ]

Just to confirm, I haven't suddenly gone blind and it's actually just... abnormally dark in here, right?

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)]

[reaches out in the direction of the laughter trying to lightly hit.]

[(Anonymous)]

Marco?

[(Anonymous)]

...

WHAT TEAM?!

[(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...

the show with murder and sad

[(Anonymous)]

...Did you just smell me?

[(Anonymous)]

[ lying on the floor, half-eaten ]

[(Anonymous)]

Polo?

[(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)]

WILDCATS!

[(Anonymous)]

What's wrong with the aftershave with the boat on the bottle everyone but you says it smells fine

[(Anonymous)]

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

[(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.

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)]

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.

[(Anonymous)]

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

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

[(Anonymous)]

"I presume that you would characterize it differently?" the lower voice queries with an expectant, slightly haughty tone.

[(Anonymous)]

Shame eyerolls aren't audible.

"Well," he says reasonably, "if we weren't here, we wouldn't be in the dark to begin with."

As far as is possible for him to tell, anyway.