Practical Crisis Problem Solving - Danger Shop, Tuesday, Period 3 (11am-12pm)

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The Doctor was very pleased with himself for arriving with only seconds to spare. All that running around kept him in good shape for when he had to run even more.


"Hello! There are times," he started, pacing around the room that looked very much like a cave for anyone paying attention, "when you're going to need to escape. Whether it's a family reunion or there are bloodthirsty things that go bump in the night trying to forcibly remove your internal organs (and for some people, it's the same thing), escape will occasionally be foremost on your mind. What can you do? You could try walking out the front door. If that doesn't work, the back door. If that doesn't work, one of the windows or causing a diversion or pretending to be ill or punching the person next to you or setting off a nuclear device. You have options. Even when it doesn't seem like it, you have options and free will and ingenuity."

In case anyone was really paying attention, the cave that they were in was littered with statues. They weren't remarkable in any way, since they had no real faces to speak of and looked like they were falling apart with old age. They definitely didn't look like angels in case anyone was wondering.

"You're all very capable people, I assume, so let's put this to the test. This cave. These statues. All part of a seemingly endless system of tunnels and caverns, not very well lit. You all have torches - flashlights for the Americans amongst us - and someone probably has some matches on them if anyone normally carries them around. It's probably a good six hour hike up to the surface through the cave system and there are statues everywhere. The statues are after you. Now don't panic! These ones won't be doing any moving right now. They're holographic and do what I tell them to. If only the real things did the same. They're here to set the picture. The statues move very slowly because they're old and starving, and they can only move when you're not looking at them in the light. They're going to be after you as you make your way up to the surface. They can make your torches flicker and maybe even go out and make sudden winds pick up, meaning there's a good chance you'll end up in the dark with them despite your best efforts. But," he added, "you're not alone. You have your classmates with you and your wits. How do you escape and survive to see the sun again?"

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Rosalind

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[wrongkindofsith]

Cara

Mingle in the Cave

[worsethanaunts.livejournal.com]

Because apparently you haven't been traumatised enough this week.

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[give-areason.livejournal.com]

Rosalind was frowning slightly as she thought about the class today.

She glanced around the cave and her frown deepened.

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[wrongkindofsith]

Cara had learnt not to be afraid of the dark a long time ago. That didn't mean the idea of being in it with creatures that could only attack you when you couldn't see them was a welcome one.

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[living_endless]

Didi didn't mind the dark, so much, but she didn't like the angels. She kept expecting them to move.

It wasn't an ideal class, after her weekend. But it was far from the worst the Doctor could have come up with. She bit a thumbnail and considered possible ways out.

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Funny how turn your captor into a cat and then steal away on a pirate ship wasn't in the Doctor's examples of how to escape...

Still, the more he looked around himself, the more Alexander felt inclined to go about that escape thing sooner rather than later.

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[elephantgadget.livejournal.com]

This was not what Helen needed today. Though at least they weren't completely in the dark and nothing seemed to be on fire or slavering after them with claws and razor sharp teeth.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla frowned, touching the cave walls as she went. How far down were they? If she could orient herself properly, she could just pass through the walls and be done with it...

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex really didn't want to be in a cave anytime soon, given what had happened over the weekend. She found herself itching for her bat and really didn't want to be in there.

At least there weren't any insane survivors from the wasteland hiding out.

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Still not quite trusting herself, Dru was doing her best to keep out of the way on the side of the cave.

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James frowned.

As if creeping through a madman's underwater delight wasn't enough to deal with in the past few days, now they were in a madman's underground delight with hungry golems.

Discuss How to Escape and Survive

[worsethanaunts.livejournal.com]

With each other or with the Doctor

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[glacial_queen]

"Well, I'm not feeling particularly keen on wandering around in the dark," Karla murmured, creating a number of glowing balls of witchlight. "Which way is up again?"

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[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander, helpfully, pointed up, though he was eying the little glowing balls with a faint frown. "We should probably getting moving, too," he offered lightly. "Just because they're slow doesn't mean we should be."

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[theotherpeter.livejournal.com]

Peter, being utterly helpful, said "Oh great. We're being attacked by Schrodinger's Monster."

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[worsethanaunts.livejournal.com]

"Schrodinger's Monster," the Doctor repeated with a small smile. "I like that. Very clever. Not clever enough to help you escape, but clever."

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[ashockingbitch]

"Didn't we already do this one?" Jenny murmured. "I'm positive we already did this one." Unfortunately she didn't remember how they hadn't all died that week. Probably she'd been drunk. "Right." She raised her voice. "I can keep the torches from going out." Spirit of electricity. It came in handy like that. "If anyone else remembers this from when it actually happened--well, minus the caves, I think--particularly how we fixed it, now would be the time to let us know, because buggered if I remember the fix."

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

He was not going to remark how similar they looked to that ring of statues here on the island, because they were not similar. At all.

"Move in groups, everyone with a lantern or torch"--actual fire-on-a-stick, not battery-powered--"and keep looking around to the back and sides."

Talk to the TA

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Only one this week. Hiccup's still absent.

Re: Talk to the TA

[wrongkindofsith]

And there was Cara, just leaning against the wall. Not worried about anything at all. Nothing.

Talk to the Doctor

[worsethanaunts.livejournal.com]

Who has absolutely no idea what happened this last week, but might be seen as being insensitive in case anyone feels like telling him what for.

OOC

[worsethanaunts.livejournal.com]

Things that might be relevant:
* The Doctor missed the entire tears in reality thing, but it's of course okay to not know that and think the Doctor's being an insensitive jerk.
* He also missed the Weeping Angels BDE back when he was here as the 10th Doctor, so he doesn't know anyone might find the concept familiar.
* This is all wrongkindofsith's fault.
* Someone totally vidded the Weeping Angels to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (http://kiki-miserychic.livejournal.com/204960.html) (also wrongkindofsith's fault for me knowing about that)
* Standard time zone funkitude applies. Back after 8:30pm EST!

Re: OOC

[wrongkindofsith]

I REGRET NOTHING!