011 Locks Picked

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

[After one and a half weeks being human, someone is very happy to be back to their nimble-fingered self. To celebrate, Tas decided to devote himself to re-exploring the castle… and no place is sacred. Kitchen cabinets, lockers, rooms. There’s no telling what might have changed since the last time he went wandering. So, horn-rimmed glasses on his nose (having relocated them in one of his pouches), he’s making his rounds. He wasn’t really intending on intruding… just taking a peek… but with all the interesting people around here it was only a matter of time before something in the rooms caught his attention.]

[Room 607 just happens to be one of those rooms. The trap on the door catches his eye just before he triggers it. Careful hands dismantle it, laying the pieces out neatly in case the owner wants to put it all back together again, but now it begs the question. What’s in here that’s worth booby trapping? And there must be something because, wandering further in, everything has a trap. The closet. The drawers. And Tas, intrigued, systematically makes his way around, disabling any he finds…forgetting that this might be a little upsetting to the trap-setter.

He’s working on a particularly difficult, spring loaded setup in one of the desk drawers when his foot slides just a bit to the side, off of one tile and onto the next. Click–and Tas freezes, waiting for the fallout. Only nothing happens. Frowning, he steps off the tile, and then back on. Step, click, silence. So… maybe… it wasn’t a trap at all. Perhaps this trigger was for something else? Like a hidden door. He was sure he’d seen the gnomes make things like that, and wouldn’t that be amazing to find!

Forgetting the drawer, he moves away to go to the walls, running fingers lightly over the stones in search of any new openings.

Ten feet from the tile. Twenty. Twenty five…]

[And, suddenly, the 6th floor hallways is rocked by an explosion, smoke billowing out from Reno’s door. There’s a crash as something falls… and silence. Do you dare to investigate?]

Comments

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[Reno was on the way back from his room after a shift of the Deathmatch, complaining to himself as he stretches]

Jeez...I really gotta hire some new-

[AND THEN HIS ROOM EXPLODES IN FRONT OF HIS EYES]

-WHAT!?!

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

[There's smoke. Lots of it. And the door might be hanging off one of the hinges]

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[Uh yeah he's running to the room and trying to look into it; pulling aside the door]

What the hell happened?!

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

[the room is in shambles. The worst of the damage is already done, but small fires still are still smoldering around the room... except for a very, fire-clear half circle around a crumpled and stunned looking kender]

[blinking, he'll look up at Reno, then back at the room... then back at Reno] ...oops?

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[he sees the kender and normally one would wonder why this guy isn't dead in the explosion. But right now he's too full of rage to even care.]

Oh yeah, I think oops is right.

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

Is this your room, Mr. Reno? It sure is a mess. You know, you probably shouldn't put so many traps in here, because even if you're careful it's awfully easy to set one off. Someone could get hurt...

[straightening the glasses that were knocked off kilter by the explosion, he slowly picks himself up, dusting debris from his vest]

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

OR YOU COULD STAY OUT OF MY ROOM! [He's reaching to grab him >O ]

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

[another explosion on his floor?? Deja vu, here.

Despite wanting to hide forever after the ridiculous Pillow Fort War, Zuko runs out into the hall when he feels those walls shake.

The first thing he does? Check on the last room that exploded]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[runs headlong into you as she throws open her door to check it out, and falls on her ass]

Ow.

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

Oof!

[likewise is knocked over right onto his ass]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[winces and picks herself up. Blinks at you and it dawns on her.]

I didn't blow up my room this time, okay. [quite defensively]

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

I can see that.

[picking himself up, gives her an annoyed look]

At least you're wearing clothes this time.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Oh shut up. I don't do that on purpose!

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[Reno was on the way back from his room after a shift of the Deathmatch, complaining to himself as he stretches]

Jeez...I really gotta hire some new-

[AND THEN HIS ROOM EXPLODES IN FRONT OF HIS EYES]

-WHAT!?!

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

[There's smoke. Lots of it. And the door might be hanging off one of the hinges]

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[Uh yeah he's running to the room and trying to look into it; pulling aside the door]

What the hell happened?!

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

[the room is in shambles. The worst of the damage is already done, but small fires still are still smoldering around the room... except for a very, fire-clear half circle around a crumpled and stunned looking kender]

[blinking, he'll look up at Reno, then back at the room... then back at Reno] ...oops?

[ontheclockpro.livejournal.com]

[he sees the kender and normally one would wonder why this guy isn't dead in the explosion. But right now he's too full of rage to even care.]

Oh yeah, I think oops is right.

[everborrowing.livejournal.com]

Is this your room, Mr. Reno? It sure is a mess. You know, you probably shouldn't put so many traps in here, because even if you're careful it's awfully easy to set one off. Someone could get hurt...

[straightening the glasses that were knocked off kilter by the explosion, he slowly picks himself up, dusting debris from his vest]

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

[another explosion on his floor?? Deja vu, here.

Despite wanting to hide forever after the ridiculous Pillow Fort War, Zuko runs out into the hall when he feels those walls shake.

The first thing he does? Check on the last room that exploded]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[runs headlong into you as she throws open her door to check it out, and falls on her ass]

Ow.

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

Oof!

[likewise is knocked over right onto his ass]

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

[winces and picks herself up. Blinks at you and it dawns on her.]

I didn't blow up my room this time, okay. [quite defensively]

[honorinflames.livejournal.com]

I can see that.

[picking himself up, gives her an annoyed look]

At least you're wearing clothes this time.

[sexyhitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Oh shut up. I don't do that on purpose!