As the unholy wailing and shrieking rapidly approaches from above, you find it relatively easy to come up with a decision. Taking a few steps up the massive spiraling ramp, you raise an eyebrow at the rest of your gang. They comin’ or what?
“Aw <span class="mu-i">JEEZ</span>, Talbot groans as he reluctantly steps closer, “You want us to <span class="mu-s">WALK</span> all the way up?! Look how <span class="mu-i">HIGH</span> it is!”
Exactly, you snarl, so does he <span class="mu-i">really</span> wanna chance the elevator in the middle of this all-you-can-eat <span class="mu-s">BULLSHIT SPECIAL</span> you’ve been served for the last few days? <span class="mu-i">Really</span>?
“Well <span class="mu-i">TECHNICALLY</span> we aren’t supposed to use an elevator in an emergency…” Art mutters as he idly clicks his tongue. “...Yep, I’m down for a hike.”
“Friggin’ <span class="mu-i">lame</span>...” Grumbles your fellow janitor as he stomps over to the ramp. “Just don’t blame <span class="mu-i">me</span> when your stumpy little legs get <span class="mu-i">tired</span>!”
His <span class="mu-i">neck’s</span> gonna be stumpy if he keeps talking about your legs, you angrily reply! And by that you mean you’re gonna cut his head of-
Before you can finish your explanation, a small blur scuttles onto Talbot’s shoulder and <span class="mu-i">launches</span> itself at your face! Deftly dodging to the side, you manage to avoid the attack, but not the marble-like wall! Smashing your face into the high-tech masonry, you stumble backwards amidst a chorus of panicked cries from your pals!
“<span class="mu-s">WATCH OUT, STAN!</span>” Art howls, “<span class="mu-s">IT’S ANOTHER </span><span class="mu-r">KILLER STARFISH!</span><span class="mu-s">AND HE’S GONNA GET YOU!</span>”
Thanks, Art, <span class="mu-i">very</span> descriptive! Before you can prepare an appropriate counterattack, your foot provides one for you: still stumbling from the decisive blow you caught off the wall, you step on something small and squishy, ending the battle almost immediately!
https://youtu.be/6mudEn-dRGg“Huh.” Art remarks, “Never mind, I guess.”
Before you can relax, however, your weight shifts a bit too much to your starfish-crushing foot, and with a gut-wrenching ‘<span class="mu-i">SPLORTCH</span>’ the expired echinoderm slides up the ramp like a sea-dwelling rocket!
In what can only be described as a comical slap in the face of Modern Physics, you find yourself being carried along for the ride! Rocketing uphill with the grace of a water buffalo on a surfboard, you shoot a plaintive glance at your pals as they grow smaller with each lap around the chamber!
“Y’know,” Remarks Ly’s disembodied voice as you struggle to balance on one shaky, stubby leg, “I’d be a lot more scared right now if dis’ wasn’t so much <span class="mu-i">fun</span>!”
Glad he’s enjoying himself, you snap, now <span class="mu-i">DO</span> something!
“Uhhh, lemme think here…” Muttering to himself, it isn’t long before your skeleton springs into action!
… nah, really–he just makes you <span class="mu-i">jump</span>. Right into another wall. Colliding with a dull ‘<span class="mu-i">thud</span>’, you manage to spit out one last curse before everything around you goes dark…
>CONTD. 