NPF Avatars: Sadness and Family Intervention

mauve · 03-28-2006, 12:43 AM

The coast was (oddly enough) clear. There were voices coming from somewhere down the darkened halls, but Mauve seemed to be alone. Well, that was good. For a minute there, she was sure that the door would open into some evil realm of doomy doom.

Having a moment of peace (or at least something resembling peace), Mauve decided to clean up a bit. Meaning, of course, that she cast Elemental Absorb once more and torched the mess away. (SHOUT! is for sissies.) Dusting off her palms on the now-stainless skirt, Mauve set off down a random tunnel. She had no idea where to go, but she figured that she'd run into something sooner or later. That's just how things worked around here.

Sure enough, she hadn't been walking for more than five minutes when a flashing light came on over a nearby door. Mauve tapped her chin, wondering what it could mean.

"Hello, unknown lifeform!" a slightly robotic-sounding female voice hailed her cheerfully. Mauve took a step back.

"Um, hi?" she said, uncertainly. It didn't sound like Raiden, or anything Raiden would cook up, but she couldn't be too careful.

"Hi!" The voice returned happily. "You definately wanna go this way!" A door opened, and a series of blue lights tried their hardest to turn on and illuminate the passageway within. It didn't look any more or less promising than the other passageway, but the fact that it came highly recommended by Robotic Voice Number One definately set it apart from the other.

"I do, do I?" Mauve asked flatly, eyeing the tunnel. "Does this one lead to Almost Certain Doom too?"

"Possibly!" the voice continued happily. "But you can't go down that other way, so you've got no choice."

"Oh, I can't? And why's that?" Mauve asked, deciding to go the other way to spite the voice.

"Because I'm locking the door!"

Mauve could have sworn the robo-voice giggled as a somewhat-warped steel door slid down and slammed into the ground. A red light flashed angrily above it.

"Ah," Mauve said weakly. "That's a good reason."

"I know! Come on, you gotta go this way! Pe-chan's waiting!" The little blue lights tried even harder to illuminate the darkness, but half of them were flickering and a few had already blown a fuse somewhere. It was a sad display.

" 'Pe-chan?' Who is.... Y'know, don't tell me. I'm guessing I'll figure it out sooner or later. Let's make this an adventure." And with that, the mage shoved her hands in her pockets and strode down the semi-illuminated halls.

03-28-2006, 12:43 AM	#11
mauve So Dreamy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Someplace magical Posts: 6,863	The coast was (oddly enough) clear. There were voices coming from somewhere down the darkened halls, but Mauve seemed to be alone. Well, that was good. For a minute there, she was sure that the door would open into some evil realm of doomy doom. Having a moment of peace (or at least something resembling peace), Mauve decided to clean up a bit. Meaning, of course, that she cast Elemental Absorb once more and torched the mess away. (SHOUT! is for sissies.) Dusting off her palms on the now-stainless skirt, Mauve set off down a random tunnel. She had no idea where to go, but she figured that she'd run into something sooner or later. That's just how things worked around here. Sure enough, she hadn't been walking for more than five minutes when a flashing light came on over a nearby door. Mauve tapped her chin, wondering what it could mean. "Hello, unknown lifeform!" a slightly robotic-sounding female voice hailed her cheerfully. Mauve took a step back. "Um, hi?" she said, uncertainly. It didn't sound like Raiden, or anything Raiden would cook up, but she couldn't be too careful. "Hi!" The voice returned happily. "You definately wanna go this way!" A door opened, and a series of blue lights tried their hardest to turn on and illuminate the passageway within. It didn't look any more or less promising than the other passageway, but the fact that it came highly recommended by Robotic Voice Number One definately set it apart from the other. "I do, do I?" Mauve asked flatly, eyeing the tunnel. "Does this one lead to Almost Certain Doom too?" "Possibly!" the voice continued happily. "But you can't go down that other way, so you've got no choice." "Oh, I can't? And why's that?" Mauve asked, deciding to go the other way to spite the voice. "Because I'm locking the door!" Mauve could have sworn the robo-voice giggled as a somewhat-warped steel door slid down and slammed into the ground. A red light flashed angrily above it. "Ah," Mauve said weakly. "That's a good reason." "I know! Come on, you gotta go this way! Pe-chan's waiting!" The little blue lights tried even harder to illuminate the darkness, but half of them were flickering and a few had already blown a fuse somewhere. It was a sad display. " 'Pe-chan?' Who is.... Y'know, don't tell me. I'm guessing I'll figure it out sooner or later. Let's make this an adventure." And with that, the mage shoved her hands in her pockets and strode down the semi-illuminated halls. __________________ Yoo Hoo!