Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right.

[wotcher]

Here I am, stuck in an elevator with you~

The TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR Meme
There you are, minding your own business when you have to get on an elevator. Maybe you're on your way to work or home. Maybe you're out running errands. Maybe you're visiting someone or another various reason.

It's just a box that goes up and down until it doesn't. The elevator suddenly stops and now you're stuck. Uh oh.

How to play!
⬧ Post a top-level comment with your character and why they are taking an elevator that day. Try not to leave a blank comment.
⬧ The options are endless! Is your character claustrophobic? Is the elevator in dire need of repairs or is it standard maintenance gone awry? Has the power gone out? Is it a trap? Any hanky-panky happening? What's going on?
⬧ Maybe you'll make a new friend or a mortal nemesis. Who knows? Have fun!

Comments

Jessica Whitly - Prodigal Son - OTA

[shoethrower]

[ Jessica owns many properties throughout New York not to mention countless charity projects (even if most are anonymous). She's a busy woman who could be anywhere! Cross-canon CR is welcome. ]

I can't resist mother/son bonding time

[malcolmbright]

[Well. That's just great. His mother had talked him into coming to one of her buildings with her in an attempt to get him out of the loft where he'd been moping for the greater part of the last week because he didn't have a case. His first time doing anything non-murder related in a while and what happens? The elevator gets stuck. As if his claustrophobia isn't bad enough.

Malcolm looks over at his mother and shoves his trembling hand to his side out of sight.]

I think I would like to have a word with your maintenance man here, mother. [The tone is dryly sarcastic but it's just an attempt to avoid the immediate jolt of illogical panic]

Kate Cordello - NonFandom OC - OTA

[bossyboiler]

[ Kate is a baker who is delivering a special order to a customer. What's in the order? Time may tell depending on how long they get stuck. Hope it's not too long though! She is mildly claustrophobic. ]

[cadereagratia]

[Well, this really puts the cherry on top of the shit sundae, doesn’t it? He’s already irritated that he has to be here today. Now, with a couple of vain attempts at hitting the “open doors” button under his belt, he can really only sum up the experience with an exhausted:]

You’ve got to be kidding me.

Karamatsu Matsuno | Osomatsu-san

[noplan]

[ Pissant slacker, who's mostly pretending to be calm. Probably started with saying: ]

So this is how it feels to be a man in the box.

[ sorry alice in chains, he means no harm ]

[relieable]

[why did they have to go out together on this day? who knew something as mundane as taking an elevator would lead Osomatsu to such pain?

he stares ahead for a moment, at the closed doors, wondering if it's best to ignore Karamatsu. but he can't, really. he's not Todomatsu, you know?]

Jack in the box?

[there's no food here]

Caduceus Clay | Critical Role | OTA

[deadpeople_tea]

{First time in an elevator and of course it gets stuck. He thought he was lucky to find one big enough to fit his 7+ foot tall frame. His tail sways behind with agitation. The firbolg sighs, sits down lotus style, and a tea set appears from seemingly thin air. Complete with two cups and a blanket.}

Sit with a kettle and the world will come to you. Would you like a cup?

[calminari]

[The dragonborn monk sighs as the construct comes to a halt. For all the wonders of magical technology, such things are not without their flaws. She smiles at the invitation, and sits down across from the firbolg.]

That would be lovely. Thank you.

esther moreau / original / ota

[57times]

Kishin Asura ΦΦΦ Soul Eater

[strongestcoward]

It starts as an ordinary elevator ride, music and all. And there's just the one passenger. Right up until the lights flicker, staying dimmed once they come back on to form a weak spotlight in the centre. The ride shudders like the skin of a bare arm when a sharp breeze passes, then comes to a complete spot.

It's hard to make out the second person's features, and they were surely there all along, their head disappearing into the shadows at the top of the elevator, outside of the range of the ring of light. Hands in their pocket, wearing a long black jacket with white scarf tips hanging into view.

"How... inconvenient," he says, his voice unusually softly spoken and smooth.

It doesn't make it comforting to hear, though.

Jessica Jones | Netflix Marvel

[assholic]

[Jess travels in many an elevator during her day to day. To visit Trish or to snoop in a business. Police stations have file rooms. And hey, there's the elevator to her own place, so... pick an elevator in New York City that Jess might be stuck in with someone.]

[redimendum]

[ matt's followed jessica into her office building's elevator, trying to find out if she's the private investigator one of his clients was complaining about.


except somewhere between the second and third floor he's interrupted by the sound of metal on metal, a shudder running through the elevator, and a sudden jolting stop. ]

That didn't sound good.

Zib | Invader Zim

[zib]

[... You have my sincerest apologies for being trapped in an elevator with this roach boy.]

edelgard von hresvelg | fire emblem: three houses

[crestsidestory]

[ Probably easier to do a jamjar setting or modern AU, but I'm open to more canon possibilities too. I like tension-boiling-over angles on this trope, especially shippy ones. Info + prefs (+ kinks if necessary) in journal. Can discuss cr if you'd like! ]

Rommie | Andromeda

[iamandromeda]

Ganymede | Greek mythology

[eagleswept]

[Touristy places with an elevator, a mall? It can be pretty much anywhere in the world, since he'd have to visit some place specifically to even end up somewhere with an elevator. Olympus doesn't exactly need or have them...]

peter bishop | fringe

[kalytero]

[ Lot of elevators in the FBI building, probably a bunch in the Harvard building where Walter's basement lab is, AND potentially anywhere that could be host to a fringe event! ]

[deniabilities]

[ If you want a random FBI agent to run into, happy to offer Janet up for nerdy discussions? Though she doesn't understand fringe science, she does enjoy math and puzzles and Broadway musicals. ]

Alfred Pennyworth - dceu

[batsitter]

[Likely stuck in a service elevator at a Wayne Foundation fundraiser while overseeing the catering.]

[fantabulousandwich]

[Harley's not here for the shrimp cocktail, the pretty dresses, or the schmoozing with Gotham's elite. She's straight up here to rob the place.

Everyone knows Waynetech's got some wild shit going on in their R&D laboratories- even if 'everyone' ain't exactly forthcoming on what the wild shit might be. Maybe it's new pharmecuticals- maybe it's a fully neural-networked AI- maybe they're just using diamonds to build space lasers or some shit. Whatever it is, Harley can either use it, snort it, or sell it, and that's a good enough reason for a heist on it's own.

And that's the only reason she'd be caught dead doing catering.

Black pants, a white shirt, a modest black apron; and a brunette wig to cover her distinctive hair. Concealer to cover the tattoos on her face. From the blueprints she'd scored, if she takes the service elevator down to the second basement level, there's an air vent off the shaft that will get her down to the third, fourth, and fifth- except there's already some guy in the elevator, when she gets on. Can't exactly go all Mission Impossible in front of a civvie.

No trouble. Just keep your eyes down, Harls, don't look at him- he'll get off and this'll all go-

Halfway between floors, the elevator gives a sharp shudder. Harley throws out her hand, catching the guy's arm by accident, to steady herself. She lets go almost immediately, when the elevator goes still. Too still.]

Aw crap. [The brunette jabs at the B2 button, and again, and then again, like it'll make the elevator start moving again.]

Malcolm Bright | Prodigal Son | OTA

[malcolmbright]

[A profiler with severe claustrophobia and a heap of anxiety? Definitely the perfect elevator companion.]

Fuuka Yamagishi | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

[windyflower]

Just pretend I'm using Arena Icons

[blazeoflife]

So... uh...

[ Junpei pressed the open door button again... and again. Great, just great. They get called into a meeting slash get together with the rest of the 'Shadow Ops' team, he and Fuuka getting there early... ]

[ Only for the elevator to jam half way up the Kirijo building. Awesome ]

Dooon't suppose you know how to fix this, right Fuuka?

[ Elevators probably were more dangerous than messing with a computer guts, right? ]

Barrington Whelk | The Raven Cycle

[cadereagratia]

[He’s here to get a loan because his shitty car broke down again and he doesn’t make enough money to fix it. Naturally, he is none-too-pleased to be now stuck in an elevator after having to essentially grovel for money over a shitty credit score. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Have fun!]

Nessa | Pokemon | OTA

[loch_ness_leader]

[Lots of eye rolling and slouching against the wall, but she doesn't seem overly bothered.]

[decade2defeat]

"Well...at least there is a more valid reason to us being late." Leon says with a small chuckle as if he hadn't completely lost track of time playing with a small group of Scorbunny in the Wyndon gardens moments before.

will graham | hannibal

[isola]

{ Weeell, this could certainly be interesting. Being confined to a small space and a forced interaction is not what Will came to do, thank you very much. Just another day profiling killers. }

[cadereagratia]

[What a coincidence. It’s not what Whelk came here to do either, and he looks none-too-pleased about it. That should be evident enough in the way he scoffs:]

Oh, perfect.

[He’s not having a good day.]

Black Cat | Marvel's Spider-man | OTA

[kittymissedu]

[The elevator could be at a fancy high rise she's temporarily staying at or trying to rob. It could also be going up to a penthouse party where she's more than welcome and dressed to impress. Maybe the building is a top secret location she's not supposed to be in at all! It's Felicia; she's good at getting into just about anywhere.

Consider her annoyed to be delayed or potentially caught. There could be romance or there could be a fight. It just depends on who she's sharing space with.]

rose wilson | titans | ota

[plagued]

[stretchy_girl]

[Gemini's a Teen Titans (comics) villain, maybe she's been hired by Slade to spy on Rose and is posing as one of her neighbours (she's a shapeshifter). Therefore the broken elevator might not be an accident.

Badou Nails | DOGS: Bullets and Carnage

[brokeassgoing]

[he's either coming out of his cage and not doing fine apartment or skulking around elsewhere. this is going to be Unpleasant because while he isn't claustrophobic he has seen that scene in RE 1 and Mission Impossible too many times]

lmk if you want me to change anything!

[oldmanfive]

[ Of course. His powers would choose to crap out on him right as they managed to get stuck in an elevator. Wonderful. Just what was needed. Five sighs heavily as he leans against the wall to either wait for the damn thing to be repaired or for his powers to recharge. Whichever comes first. Hopefully Badou can contain himself because all the talk of Resident Evil one and Mission Impossible isn't making their circumstances any better.

Calm down, this isn't a fucking movie.

[ Five pinches the bridge of his nose, praying for his powers to recharge faster, but fuck if he didn't over extend himself. ]

Leon | Pokemon

[decade2defeat]

[draigon]

[Well, what do you know? Rose's hotel. AGAIN.

The circumstances aren't all the same, at least. Now he's stuck with Leon, his greatest rival and best mate. Knowing that Leon answers directly to Rose, Raihan keeps his dislike of the man a little more on the down low, despite wanting to just let loose.

He can, at least, give Leon a nudge as he, unsurprisingly, scrolls through his phone.]

Mind telling your boss to update the elevator music? [Because it's STILL BAD.]

Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf | M/M

[runningwithwolves]

Tifa Lockhart | Final Fantasy VII | M/F

[mylockedheart]

[infused_with_mako]

Just great...

[Cloud presses the button again. Nothing happens.

After a second, he presses it once more. The elevator doesn't budge. It's stuck, for some reason. The light flickers briefly, but doesn't go out.

What do they do now? Wait, while inside of their enemies' HQ? He's uneasy about that idea.]

Noctis Lucis Caelum | Final Fantasy XV | M/M

[princeofnight]