Maze The Obscurials Group 9 Closed

Stats
Control| 10
Agility| 8
Stamina| 9
Strength| 3

Stats
Stamina: 10
Agility: 10
Control: 4
Strength: 6

There was a flash of blinding light and colors as bright as the rainbow swirled around Isaac, robbing him of sight. Dizziness engulfed him as he felt as if he were hurtling through time and space itself, like a traveler through a wormhole, piercing through space. Unceremoniously, he crumpled to the ground the second the teleportation ended and he reached the center of the maze.

That was the worst...thing ever. Couldn't we have just taken a carriage instead?

Lying against the ground to catch his breath, he noticed that the grass was surprisingly soft. Cracking open a grey eye, he could see that the air was swirling with the same psychedelic colors as before, shifting and morphing like an ever-changing painting. Through his illness, he managed to stumble back onto his feet. Now that he could see his surroundings better, the maze truly did look like the picture of insanity. He thought he could see something like trees, but they shifted as he took a step closer, and the grass moved beneath his feet although there was no wind.

Curiously, Isaac held his hand up to touch a bright blue butterfly flitting past. Like water, it slid straight through his fingers and flew into the beyond, without even noticing that it had been tapped.

Shaking his head in confusion, he suddenly realized that he was here with a team. Slight relief washed through him. At least we can figure this stuff out together. He heard River exclaim something from beside him, something about a book. Her sunset red hair seemed to sway with the maze's invisible wind, and it almost made him dizzy all over again.

Wait a minute, Alice and Wonderland! He remembered that old movie pretty well. Beth always loved that movie. She'd drag me to watch it whenever it was on the telly.

Isaac tried to scour his mind for what he could remember about it. Alice had fallen asleep in a field, and then had a mad dream in which she had woken up in a wonderland. More like a prison... he thought ruefully, recalling the Queen of Hearts' murderous rage.

"I think we should go south." Isaac announced. He peered around each of the paths, turning over moss-covered rocks with his shoe. South wasn't as clear cut as north, and made the least sense. If this maze was truly like Alice's dream, then it might just be the right direction.

Stats
Stamina > 7
Agility > 5
Control > 10
Strength > 8

[font=times new roman]As soon as Vince appeared in the maze she ran over to a corner and hurled. Whipping the spit from her mouth, she turned slowly turned around; her suspicions were correct, two other students stood near by. She recognized both of them, one as River, a fellow Ravenclaw, and the other as Isaac, a Gryffindor, one that she was more wary of than she usually was of people.

She stood there for a moment, wishing she could take the bad taste out of her mouth, but also taking time to study where they were. The air was colored strangely, psychedelic swirls of light surrounding them in a mystical way. It was little pleasant but also daunting, for she'd never seen anything like it before. Everyone else seemed to be okay with it, so she lowered down her guard. It was just a maze after all, they shouldn't expect too much...or should they?

While River was enchanted by the illusion of butterflies, Isaac went looking around at the four paths. Vince loved mazes, but she hadn't solved one in while. She knew the number one tip everyone always said to use, always goes left, because you would always find the way out, though it could take some time to find the end. But she was sure that it was different for magic mazes, especially when illusions and other things were in play.

As always when she was doing something thought-provoking Vince began taking in all the knowns and unknowns. Right as she took a step forward River blurted out, “ Alice in Wonderland! ”

She stood there for a moment, eye narrowed slightly, then her heart sank. Oh, no, she thought. Out of all the books she had never read, the maze had to be this one. Her face red, Vince turned around quickly so it wouldn't be too noticable that something was wrong. She brushed hair out of her face and went on to look for any clues they might need later on while the others discussed their next move.

Of course she'd watched the cartoon, but it was a long while ago, around when she was five or six, and she had never really gotten into, with its talking caterpillars and Queen of Hearts.

What she did know is that most of everything wasn't what it seemed. The unexpected happened and thinking too hard could lead to problems, the simplest of answers were usually right, even if they seemed wrong. Vince remembered that she did like that part of the movie, the silly part.

Going over to the other two, she said, in a soft voice, “ South. ” She had her hand over her mouth to mask the foul smell of vomit, though she doubted they cared. Sometimes the way that looked better wasn't always the best, especially in this case. She waited for River's answer.

Control | 10
Agility | 8
Stamina |9
Strength | 3

River had finally collected her thoughts a little from the whole trip to the maze, and found her way back to reality from the mesmerizing atmosphere.
This seems like it’s going to be a nice group to work in she thought to herself, as she looked over at the two other students. She had met both, Vince and Isaac, but she didn’t know either too well.
She looked quickly over all their options, four ways they could go. «Well I definitely think we need to stick together» she mumbled, consentrating hard on the situation.

She went over to the west path, then to the north, so east, and finally south. They did all seem quite similar.
River looked back at Vince and Isaac, they had both suggested they should go south, and River agreed with this.
«Okay, South it is» she said finally, smiling up at the others. She turned around to face the path leading south, and hesitated for a moment, befor she started walking.

The group travels South

@Vince Stallings | @River Dewlight

The dizzying change from the warm spring glade to the scorching heat of the desert made Isaac's head spin. How had they reached the desert all of a sudden? Shielding his eyes from the harsh glare of the sun off the dunes, he scanned their surroundings. All around, there was nothing but a wasteland of golden sand, sloughing off with the steady wind, and a thin blue horizon.

Absent-mindedly, he began to walk forwards when he suddenly felt something tugging on his leg. Looking down at his feet, he realized that he was already submerged in sand up to his ankles. The dusty ground hungrily sucked at his feet, and the rough sand scraped against his legs, rising up to his knees. Immediately, he stilled, realizing a chilling truth.

I'm in quicksand. Real live quicksand..what if we sink to the bottom?

He remembered in all of those old adventure novels, the hero would grab a rope thrown by their best friend, escaping death and making their way free. But this was no story. There was no vine or rope to help them, not when they were in the middle of a barren desert.

His heart pounding, Isaac pulled his heavy robe over his head and threw it into the sand, sticking his wand into the pocket of his uniform. Taking deep breaths in an effort to calm himself, he tried to think. But everything grew even worse. A flash of black drew his eyes to the sand again, and to his horror, thousands of tiny spiders crawled towards the group.

Looking to Vince and River, he said in a strained voice, "Nobody make any sudden moves."If we do, he thought with a shudder, all of us will end up drowning here, and the spiders will eat us.

River started walking along the others. The ground wasn’t the most steady, so her legs wobbled ungraciously here and there. Thank god I wore some good walking shoes, she thought relieved to herself as she looked down at her feet.

«What in the?», River said suddenly. «Did the sun just explode?», she had just realized that the temperature must have risen. And a lot too. River really hoped she’d at least make it out of here without a terrible sunburn, as her pale skin got burnt so very easily.

They seemed to be approaching a clearing ahead. River kept her gaze at it, and right then, she stumbled and fell. Ugh!..Really?, she thought, as she looked down to her shoes. They had been untied. She sat up slowly, and reached to tie her laces. This time in a double knot, to make sure they wouldn’t get loose again.
She stood up, and brushed some dirt off her clothes, and looked up to the others. They were quite a bit ahead of her now, they had probably not noticed she fell. «Wait a minute!», she called after them, as she sped up to a jog, trying to catch up.

She had almost reached them, but she skidded to a sudden halt. Something seemed wrong... had they shrunk? River could swear they looked shorter. She turned her head down, only to see that they had sunken through the ground. Quicksand? Her eyes widened, as she looked at the other two.
River had read of what to do in a case of sinking in quicksand. You lay, or sit, down to distribute you weight, and let your legs float up to the surface... Perhaps they knew? Vince, at least, seemed to know what to do, as she didn’t struggle too badly. Isaac on the other hand...
«Just don’t freak. Real quicksand is nothing like the movies, humans are actually unable to sink fully under, as we’re not dense enough compared to the sand». She pulled her robes off, to get rid of excess weight, and laid her back down on the sand to slowly pull her legs out. She froze as she felt something crawling on her forehead. She quickly swatted at whatever it was, is it gone? she sat up slightly, only to see what it was. «Oh, spiders, how great!», she said, with a very sarcastic tone in her voice. River had never been afraid of spiders and bugs, but for all she knew, these could be dangerous... or maybe not? «Remeber, we’re at Hogwarts, they wouldn’t put us in any real danger, and who kows? Maybe they’re just an illusion, just like the butterflies were?», she reminded the others.