House of Madness

[Rayleonarde]

Tryp smiled. "But how far, dear?" He suddenly grabbed Acon's arm, and placed it against a table which had appeared. Tryp pulled out a circular saw. "One? Two? Maybe the whole arm?" He smiled. "Or what about them!?" Suddenly, portraits of the other guests appeared, each one trapped in a cage.

[Aconitum]

Acon looked at Tryp in disbelief. "What the hell is wrong with you, you sick f**k!"

[Rayleonarde]

Tryp smiled, and bowed, taking a huge bound away from Acon. "I know what's wrong with me. It's your faults we're all wondering about." With that, Acon was returned to reality, Tryp in front of her, smiling. "So...pretty far, hmm?" He placed Lennox in her arms, and petted the eevee's head once before backing away. "Second key is in the basement. Where the guards came from."

[Aconitum]

Acon raised a brow. "You handed me the key, remember?" She hugged Lennox tightly.

[Tina]

Lennox hugged back.

[Rayleonarde]

Tryp sighed. "Third...Third key is downstairs." He glanced at Acon and Lennox, before walking out of the hall, and into another room.

[Aconitum]

"Hmph." Acon turned up her nose and started into the basement.

[Rayleonarde]

In the basement were machines of all sizes. From small handheld devices to what appeared to be massive engines. In the middle was a huge machine,  with three pistons sitting atop it. On one end of the machine was a sign that simply read: 'insert friend, activate machine, get key.'

[Aconitum]

Acon eyed the machine a moment in disgust. Then, she looked at Lennox. "No. No way."

[Tina]

"Vee?" Lennox was still weak from the fight and looked up at acon.

[Aconitum]

Acon sighed as she set Lennox gently on her shoulders inside the large collar of her sweater. "I'm not putting you in there."

[Tina]

"Vee..." Lennox cuddled up close to Acon's face.

[Rayleonarde]

The machine gurgled, and churned slightly, as if it knew people were close.

[Cifero Windtail]

Cifero walked into the basement and looked around, spying Acon and Lennox. "So.. what did I miss?" he said, starting towards them. "I'm sorry it took me so long, this place is a l..." Staring at the machine, he shuddered and glanced around, looking for pictures, mirrors, or windows; at the same time, he also glanced at the devices on the table, wondering if they could use any of these to their advantage.

[Rayleonarde]

Tryp floated down beside Cifero, and nodded. "Ooh...this is where he moved his lab. Always wondered..."