Betrayal at House on the Hill

[angelcage]

[ You sleep, the ground cold beneath your cheek. The ground is hard as stone, cold marble beneath a fine layer of dust that doesn't come anywhere near acting as a cushion. The dust stirs with your breathing.


>> Wake up ]

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[withintreason]

Nice try!

[ FORTUNATELY, IT GOES INTO THE WALL.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR SIMON, IT GOES INTO THE WALL, SO THAT MEANS MORDRED IS STRAIGHT UP GOING TO TRY TO CUT HIS HEAD OFF. ]

[dendarii]

[ And Miles just keeps getting dragged along goddammit all!1 ]

Hang on, let's coordinate here--!

[ Which is to say he's looping to one side while Mordred goes for attempted decapitation to try and trip Simon up. ]

[court_chesster]

[Did you mean to trip Simon in such a way that a sword narrowly misses his head? Either way, he's letting out another rage-fueled psychic burst, blasting everyone away from him as he cringes on the floor.

Then he whistles for the remaining rats in the house, calling them like one would a dog.]

[angelcage]

[ On command, the seven remaining rats swarm into the room, leaping from above down to the basement landing, getting between Simon and his two assailants. ]

[dendarii]

[ Well. Shit. This went from bad to worse. Miles curses loudly in Barrayaran and strikes out for one of the rats. ]

Why the hell are you doing this?

[court_chesster]

[Simon isn't the sort who stays down for long, and he drags himself back up, one of the rats scampering up onto his shoulder.]

Not that I'd expect you to understand, but they asked me to.

[He then rushes the damsel, grabbing her by the arm.]

[angelcage]

[ She screams when he takes her by the arm, her grip on the spirit board tightening, but she trips when she tries to get away. ]

[dendarii]

They? Who are they?

[ Seeing Simon change course, Miles reluctantly slashes at the clown's arm instead. The same one reaching out for the damsel. ]

[withintreason]

[ I'M JUST GOING TO CUT DOWN THESE FUCKING RATS ]

Get the hell away from her!

[angelcage]

[ The rats scatter from Mordred's sword, skittering away then five of them swarm at her feet, trying to scurry up her legs, onto her arms, biting at her legs and scratching her already burned flesh as they go. ]

[court_chesster]

[Drops her and backs off.]

You get the hell away from my rats, you psychopath!

[This is all getting a little too much for him, though, so he clutches his stuff and one rat and dives into the pentagram room, slamming the door behind him.]

[dendarii]

[ Miles is happy to snatch the damsel's wrist then and tug her away from where Simon went. ]

-- There was a weird symbol in there. Do you think he's going to try and use it?

[withintreason]

Not if I can help it!

[ TAKING A HOLD OF HER SWORD WITH BOTH HANDS which means miles is

you know

you know. ]

[dendarii]

[ GODDAMMIT MORDRED. looks like Miles is ragdolling again. ]

Stop that! Ow!

[withintreason]

[ I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER ME CUTTING THIS DOOR DOWN ]

[angelcage]

[ Mordred's swing bounces off the door— it's protected, somehow.

Also, Mordred, you're still covered in rats.

Two bite into her wrists, while two more jump from her onto Miles while he's rag-dolling. ]

[dendarii]

[ Another sharp curse; Miles stabs down at one of the rats currently clawing at him. ]

[withintreason]

[ SCOWLS AND TAKES A HAND OFF TO SMACK AT THE RATS, THE HAND THAT IS ATTACHED TO MILES' HAND, SO THIS IS MORE RAGDOLLING HERE ]

Annoying -- vermin!!

[ she refuses to drop the sword, however ]

[angelcage]

[ One rat drops to the floor from off her. She is still being climbed and bitten by three rats. ]

[angelcage]

[ The knife goes straight through its snout from its skull— if he's not careful with Mordred's tossing him about though, his own stab might get him or her, too. ]

[dendarii]

[ Well, he certainly gets the rat. But with the ragdolling he also accidentally slashes quite close to - if not directly into - the side of Mordred's arm. Oops. ]

Stop thrashing around! You can't just drag me around like that!

[withintreason]

Watch it, you fool!!

[ SCOWLING, though - there doesn't seem to be a note of pain so much as fucking annoyance. she is also still smacking at the fucking rats. ]

[dendarii]

Watch it yourself!

[ He's also fighting them, just also jerking around whenever she uses that sword. ]

[angelcage]

[ Mordred and Simon knock a rat off themselves a piece. There are now three rats on the floor, two on Mordred's legs, one retreated into the pentagram chamber with Simon, the rest all dead. ]

[dendarii]

And hold still. I'm going to kill one of them.

[ He lunges at one of those rats on Mordred's legs. ]