Night 45: Sphinx's Chamber

[quickdrawbkiddo]

[from here]The room was very bright. That was the Bride's first thought and then she noticed why. Gold. Everything was gold. Everything, that was, except the Sphinx on a pedestal in the center watching them with eyes far more intelligence than any beast should have

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[ruthless_hunter]

How could HK be from Star Wars if he didn't know who Darth Vader was? He was the Big Bad, practically the franchise's mascot. Hell, Vader was practically the only thing worth watching in that whole series, and he was pretty damn sure he wasn't the only one who thought so. "Pff, whatever. Tell me when someone makes a show 'bout robot-cars from space," He said to HK.

He fell silent when he entered the large, golden room. Now this took the Twinkie when it came to weirdness. The hallway and marbel room were one thing, but this... this was almost too much. Especially the thing in the center.

[arc_wrench]

HK was just about to snipe back with something biting and incredibly witty (just as soon as he thought of what it might be), when the doors opened, revealing...

...What? HK tilted his head quizzically, looking at the... thing. Was this a 'sfinks', whatever that was supposed to mean? "Statement: I'll try to break my programming and not call it m--...that thing that I'm required to say."

[damned_monsters]

[ Sorry for the hold-up, guys! Since notifs have been wonky lately, please e-mail/PM me when it's my turn so I don't keep you waiting. :> ]

The sphinx watched the three adventurers with eyes filled with disdain and more than a little irritation. It seemed that the beast was feeling less benevolent than usual; perhaps it was tired of its master's orders or of its inability to sink its claws into anybody that came into the room. Either way, it gave out a long yawn of a sigh and waved a large paw at the man at the woman who had spoken.

"Yes, do be careful," he said in something of a grumble. "A wrong word and you might break the rules and receive a penalization, which, while amusing wouldn't help your searching very much, I assure you."

He paused, as if realizing he was getting ahead of himself, and shook his massive head.

"I suppose you'll be needing some rules first, though?" it said dryly.

[quickdrawbkiddo]

[will do!]

Beatrix moved to the side, away from her companions. Should this creature decide to attack, it would be best if they were not all grouped together. Especially given 'Lance' and his less-then-affective combat capacity.

"Yes," the Bride replied. "Rules would be appreciated. If you'll, please?"

[falseblack]

[From here.]

The prediction proved absolutely correct.

Perhaps too perfectly. Unwanted trauma never came in gold--at least, not to Nigredo's understanding. It might have appeared as the giant beast in the center of the room, but its features and stance were none that he had witnessed before. Not even in the simulator. Without meaning to, the child stepped further into the room, eyes wide, entranced at the pure strangeness of it all.

He might have seemed a little too taken in, by the way he was staring blankly at the beast.

[rocksthecourt]

The Castlevania hallway wasn't exactly the most pleasant of things to walk (or stumble) into. Once he finally got over his irritation and noticed it, he started to get creeped out all over again. This type of set up couldn't possibly lead to anything good. The white one's comment only got him even more worried. Cause the only thing worse than having dreams influenced by movies and video games was a dash of Dante's Inferno thrown into the mix. The last thing he wanted to do was proceed any further

[purpletaint]

Oh, how Yomi was right. Albedo was depending on it really. Nigredo had said it, at any rate. Physical trauma was supposedly better than the less substantial kinds. The boy didn't respond to her, maintaining a find expression. Her yelling was almost sweet compared to his twin's odes of hate that Rubedo expressed in such passionate tones. And by any matter, Nigredo seemed to have made the correct choice, and was continuing with the night. The white-haired Variant merely shrugged under his burden and followed after his sibling once Nigredo's pet had moved as well. And very nearly ran into both, froze where they were.

Oh goody, a big, shining room! That was clearly worth him almost tripping over the two of them. Albedo made a noise of distaste, shifting to the side to go around the pair. Shining walls, and little else seemed to be the norm, but for a pedestal and a large statue resting there. Except the statue didn't seem so much as a statue as something playing at living. The boy looked it over in an abstract fashion, vaguely curious.

[damned_monsters]

[Jumping in before Yomi since I'm going to be offline most of tomorrow!]

The sphinx seemed impassive, almost unimpressed, until the white-haired kid spoke. Then, the creature's eyes narrowed and flicked immediately towards Albedo.

"If you keep on like that, I will 'pick' you," the beast snarled, sounding quite unlike his usual composed self. Realizing, perhaps, that his trend of unprofessionalism had reached a new low, the sphinx shook his head and muttered something to himself.

Finally, he cleared his throat and continued. "I... apologize. I don't... normally cater to more than one group of humans per night, you understand."

At the word 'humans', the creature smirked slightly, revealing jagged teeth that seemed even more unsettling when juxtaposed against his half-civilized demeanor.

"So," he said lightly, a little dangerously, "I assume you're here to play my game?"