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Theodore climbed onto the next floor, using his arms to quickly pull himself up from the elevator floor. He dusted himself off, and smoothly turned around to his left to see how Portal was doing, crouching out of the way so Portal could get out unobstructed.

[Jazilyn]

He wasted no time placing a hand on either side of the gap, and heaving himself over the edge of the floor, collapsing onto the cold tile. It was a bit of a struggle and he probably looked a little silly in the process, but at least he'd managed to get himself out of that elevator. "Okay, new year's resolution," he uttered, panting heavily, "I'm going to start working out." Too bad January was still months away, and by the time it came around, he probably wouldn't remember his resolution.

The lupe struggled onto his feet, glancing at the elevator with an exasperated sigh. "Elevators don't just fall, do they? Surely there are safey-" The elevator groaned again and a chill crawled up his spine. "-measures in place for when the power goes out..." He didn't even want to think about it; he was just glad they were out of there.

"What'd ya suppose we should do now? Doubt these electronic keycards'll work." His blue eyes shot down the hallway, but he could barely see more than a few feet in front of him. "I don't have a flashlight, either." Hell, he didn't even have a cell phone he could use as a flashlight.

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"That elevator will either fall up or down, if it falls at all. All depends on how heavy the counterweight is. Unless the counterweight doesn't work."

Theodore thought for a bit, leaning against the wall. "The way I see it, we have two options. Option one, we sleep in the hallways. Option two, we walk down the stairs and request that ixi's aid. There is a third option, but I'd prefer to stay within the law."

[Jazilyn]

Portal smirked, "Break in? Don't think it didn't cross my mind, but..." A warm bed and a hot shower, were they worth having the police called on them? Chances were they police wouldn't be able to make it through the storm, but still, it wasn't worth drawing attention to himself. "Guess we should head downstairs. That ixi might need our help keeping things under control anyway, and if he doesn't, I think I'd rather fall asleep in front of the fireplace than in the cold hallway. Not like he can kick us out now; we have rooms, it's not our fault we can't get to them."

He traced his fingers along the wall as he slowly made his way down the hall. "It's been years since I've been in a blackout," he mumbled out loud, trying to make conversation. The noiselessness was unsettling; as long as one of them was talking he felt better. Every blackout he'd ever been through had been the most miserable experiences in his life, and he expected this one to be no different. The elevator had already tried to kill them! Okay, that was a bit of an exaggeration, but, he still couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen next. "You ever been in a blackout, Theodore?"

[extremeblue]

Out of character: Just want to apologize for my absence. If you want an explanation, my computer broke in November.

Back in character: "Not really. We never got blizzards in the ice caves for obvious reasons. And Meridell's more or less all sun all day long." Theodore started down the hall, following Portal. He didn't have the energy to go that quickly, anyways. Not after the elevator. Plus, he still hadn't eaten. Guess he should have asked the ixi about food.

[Jazilyn]

((It's no problem, don't worry about it. Sorry I haven't replied yet; I'm going to try to get to it this weekend. D: ))

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((replying so that this will be on your "participated" list - just to make it easier for you)

[Jazilyn]

"Ah, yes," the lupe remarked fondly, "Meridell hardly ever has a snowy day, even when it gets cold. Been awhile since I've visited there; I should consider planning a trip."

It was by luck and happenstance that he finally found the door that led to the emergency stairs. Pushing it open, he went ahead of Theodore, but held it open behind him long enough that the bori could get through. "Watch your step," he warned. Once the door shut behind them, he swore it got even darker. Having his eyes open didn't even matter anymore; he literally couldn't see his own hand in front of his face. The soles of his shoes scraped along the concrete floor, making certain to take each step slowly and avoid missing any. The sound of his own heart thundering in his chest was unnerving, echoing through his skull and sounding too much like someone charging down the stairway with them. He knew there couldn't be anyone other than the two of them there, but his mind was playing tricks on him anyway.

"So, uh, I heard you say you were investigating the ice delivers into Meridell. You work there or something?" He continued, trying to keep his mind busy.

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Theodore carefully looked down the stairs (not that he could see much), and slowly made his way down the steps, making sure not to trip over anything that was on the steps. For some unfathomable reason, someone (and he thought he knew who) decided to use these stairs as a storage area.

Noticing the ambiguity of the word "there," Theodore decided to answer to the more logical of the questions. "No, but the lack of ice deliveries have prevented me from working at my job any further, as ice is required for my job."

[sylveadiff]

Doctor Shard Lyell Vulpin III stepped out of his second floor room. The mutant lupe has payed for three nights stay previously, and was on his second day. The surgeon nodded back into the room behind him, signalling for a small, four-eared, ragged form that no one was watching. Zomutt and lupe alike stared into the hallway, searching for the source of the odd sound that they had both heard.

Matt stared up at his master. He knew that he was not supposed to be here, but he was thankful that his master had been able to smuggle him into a hotel. The blue-grey mutant nodded down at the petpet, and Matt lept back to his position under the bed.

Proceding on all fours, Lyell paced around the hallway on quiet paws, scanning for the source of the sound.

[Jazilyn]

He was a little confused as to what ice deliveries had to do with anything, but since he only had a few precarious pieces of the puzzle known as Theodore, he'd remain confused until he asked more questions. Which, he was about to do, when suddenly his leg slammed into something hard and square right in front of him.

A stream of loud, vulgar curses escaped the lupe as he kicked the box he'd run into off to the side; one hand clutching the railing while scrubbing his sore leg with the other. "Good god I swear this place is a death trap. What kind of idiot hotel manager leaves this kind of shit in the middle of a stairway. Imagine if we hadn't been the first people to try to escape down these stairs; what if someone had tried bringing their kid down to the first floor in pitch blackness."

Realizing suddenly he was going off in a bit of a tangent, he quieted and continued forward, trying with little success to force himself not to limp. It didn't hurt long; by the time they reached the door at the bottom of the stairs it'd gone almost completely numb. He was more angry and annoyed than anything. "Well, looks like we made it, anyway. We should probably leave the door propped open for anyone else that decides to come down the stairs. There isn't much light coming from down here, but it's better than none."

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Theodore carefully walked out of the stairwell, bringing a box with him. He then set the box down so that it blocked the door from closing. "Lovely doorstop."

He then dumbly stood there, unsure of quite what to do.