Giovanni:

Free into another room Giovanni lets out a heavy breath. “Lucky horseshoes.” he mutters, and can hear the others agree with his sentiment. As he looks around, he’s reminded instantly of what has happened before. It startles him and he finds himself moving, and pressing himself to the others. “I’ve done this before, I’ve seen how it's been done differently and well.. We want the way I know.” he says to the group.

Though as he looks at them all, he frowns. “Suppose we should take a moment to just catch our breath aye?” he says softly. Reminds himself, just because he’s done this before doesn’t mean he should just take over. Glances over at Seance and wonders if she has the same thoughts as him. Just with more death wishes, and skeletal kisses. Oh he hopes they don’t run into any of the skulls, no large skulls chasing them, no skeletal headed horse willing to take one of them down. He’ll take a win when he can get one, he’s dealt with enough losses as of late.

Looking over he’s ready to say something to the Bay, only to realize he isn’t here and well that is a really lovely way to put a damper on things. Wish the bay was here for some little quip to say, would probably have a great time heckling Rapture. He thinks of his time with Crispin and maybe Rapture could use some humbling himself.

Still Gi wants Dae here at least he’d have some company, who would think Seance is odd, but at least they knew her little quirks, he ain’t so sure about the others.Memoire seems okay, seems to be supportive with Seance, so he hopes that is something good. As for Rapture, he leaves a bitter taste in his mouth.

Rapture:

Well at least he is alive, no thanks to the others. “Way to pick a direction.” he mutters to Giovanni, who fixes him with a pointed glare. “Knew you’d have nothing to say to that.” he tuts lifting his head, looking over the others. “Seems like you all are fine. Need to work a little better, if you are already out of breath.” he scorns them a bit. How did he get stuck with a group like this? Weak, soft, and odd. He glances at Seance with an eye roll, at least he knows the weak link to be done and over with.

“How about we just get a move on alright.” he says to the group. “Rather not stick around here for so long this floor begins to crumble.” he says as he moves towards the tile. Noticing how some go down easily, others won't even budge when it should “Ahh a puzzle” he says, as if it wasn’t obvious at all. Probably wasn’t to some of them. They honestly should be grateful for someone like him to show them the way. He fiddles around with the tiles a bit more. He just needs a little bit more and surely he will figure this out. Rapture knows a thing or two, because he’s seen a thing or two. Pretty much a veteran courser, a true conqueror of the campaigns, one of the greats like Crispin, but has never been truly noticed for who he is.

Seance:

She does as she is told. Memoire has told her to ignore Rapture so she has turned on her selective hearing, and has blocked all that is Rapture. He is dead to her, granted if he truly was, she would indeed enjoy keeping his skull, he does have a rather large head. She eyes him a bit, just wondering where the perfect fit would be.

As she finally takes notice of the room she nods, a knowing look to Giovanni, before she turns to Memoire. “Been here a few times. Not too hard of a puzzle, just look at his hooves, see what's happening?” She tells the new courser to the campaigns. After hearing that Giovanni and the others had helped Frog learn how to campaign, she wanted to do that as well. A little hurt she was not invited to the party, but perhaps it was when she was looking for her knight. Probably then, her family loves her, that she knows.

Seance looks over at Rapture and frowns a bit as this one. He is rude and mean, and she told herself he was dead to her, but still she feels something hot sizzle under her skin, would this be the emotion anger? She doesn’t recall much of a time of knowing that feeling, but this must be it. She thinks she doesn’t need to wait to get his skull, it is right there. Ripe for the picking.

Memoire:

She smiles at Seance as she explains a bit of the mechanism of this puzzle. Watch big hoof out there stumble all over the ruins on the floor. “Oh it’s with the markings.” she mutters to herself. A fond smile on her face as she looks over at Seance. “I think I got the idea of this.” she grins.

Stepping forwards, she takes pure glee in shoving the heraldic out of her way. “Move it clumsy, you’re stepping everywhere with no purpose.” she retorts with a snort, lifting her head like the other. Looking down at him. “Leave it to someone who knows a thing or two.” Maybe she should be certain she knows how to do this, before she starts bragging, but that is neither here nor there.

Looking at the markings she follows the pattern she sees, hears the mechanism roar to life as she finishes it, the walls shake a bit and she grins brightly. “Ha! See this is how its done big hoof. Out here talking real bullshit, when you are bullshit.” she grins as she steps into the red one's face. Only to feel things rumble and shake once more, she watches as Giovanni seems to turn even whiter, looking all around madly. “Did we do something wrong?” she asks, biting her lower lip. This isn’t good is it?


Giovanni:
He glances around wildly as things change, what should have been something easy, never is that. Perhaps this place was more alive than he originally thought. He takes an uneasy step forwards, looking around the place searching for that red fog that had brought in something that sent shivers down his spine. “I’m I’m not sure…” he says softly as he looks at the others.

The room continues to shake, what once was still comes to life and nothing has settled, and Giovanni can’t seem to settle himself as well. “I… when I was in here before. We managed to get through this, but all it had done was open a door to the other side where we meant something terrible.” he shakes his head with a frown. “They had to help me get out, took a nasty blow, but there was a kid we had to protect. But that’s beside the point. There seems to be various ways to do this, when my group did it the first time, it went smoothly, right on through the second time… met a monster. Afraid what the third time might mean.” he frowns

Not brave words of staying strong, but it’s honest. He doesn’t want to be vague with them. Wants them all to understand what he has been through. What he has seen, the last thing he needs is for them to think everything is great right off the bat. But that doesn’t sound very good either. Still he thinks it was good to share what had happened and how strange it is, that currently he has no idea what is happening

Rapture:
He snarls a bit as the little blue courser pushes him out the way. “Do not touch me.” he grinds his teeth as he speaks. Doesn’t need her yuck all over him, filthy little crawlers. As if they have any idea how to do any of this. Were they truly called to come forth? Were the ones to carry on the legacy? Looking at this little band of misfits, well he hopes he never has to lay a single eye on any of them. The sooner the better on that front.

As he watches Memoire do her little song and dance, peacocking about that place as if she is just a true gift. “Enough showing off, you look like a fool.” he growls with thick brows pulling forward. Watches her march over here all talk, and he has half a mind to just spit right in the middle of her face. Would only serve her right truly. Little bug crawling out from under a stone, needs a good crushing to know it should stay where it belongs.

As things begin to shake, his eyes narrow in on the little blue. “You’re an absolute idiot. Already doomed us all with your fancy little foot work congrats.” he pushes her out of the way, to get a look around. The room shakes and vibrates, books fall to the ground and it's noisy as can be. Eyes lock on Giovanni, watching the white be a scared little thing. “Pathetic.” he growls out.

But soon the pale courser speaks of something different, how things are never as they were before. How he had come across something frightful and had lived to see the day. Was it truly so frightful if no one died? He doesn’t think so honestly. He rolls his eyes. “Wow thanks for the pep talk, bet that kid enjoyed your spirit, you hasbeen.” he flicks his long tail and looks around for a way out, he will not die here, not with these coursers at least. That is too wretched of a thing to happen to him!

Seance:

He’s dead to me, he’s dead to me and corpses do not talk. But as she hears this Rapture talk so lowly to them all, it reminds her of most of her past. She knows these types of coursers. Who think they are something grand, something special, a cut above the rest. Seance could cut him down to the side. Ever as everything around them crumbles and shakes, she hopes Rapture slips, falls and breaks a hip. Crude thoughts, but she can only take so much of it. So much of the talking down. She looks over at Giovanni, see’s the way he has opened himself, tells them all little bits of what had happened. How Rapture turned it into hurtful words. Not her family. “You will be a corpse and you will rot. I will hope the carrion bugs eat your face first, Then when all that remains is bones, I will claim your skull.” she huffs out, puffing out her chest like she had watched Memoire do. She can stand up for herself, for others. She will not allow the bullying to continue. It is fine to be strange to be different. Who is Rapture to make them feel small? He is nothing but carrion bug food.

Memoire
Eyes are solely focused on Giovanni as he tells his tale. Feels her chest ache for that, to have a  child, and something terrible like that happen. She hopes the child is okay and not too horrified from this place. Granted she also hopes they do not run into the same thing, who is to say they would be lucky enough to get away.

Whatever she is feeling is replaced by sudden anger, as Rapture croons about this and that. How terrible they are, that seems to be the sum of his little rant. Memoire is ready to fight him, they can be a courser down right and still survive? Those still seem like good odds, and while she is warming up to deck him with a hoof. Seance is quick to stand up.

Memoire’s eyes widen at what Seance says, a real odd duck she is. Though suddenly she can’t help but laugh. “Oh I’d love to see you bring back his skull. Bet we can use it as a dummy practice. Like to hit that skull a few times.” she says with some bite. Taking a chomp in the air as if to show Rapture, she doesn’t mind having a go of it right here right now.

Still as she looks over at Giovanni who seems to know Seance best, has a near awed look on his face, well that must be something good. “You tell him what's up Seance. I think you’re getting out voted Rapture. And you know what?” she tuts as she stomps her way over to him, barely stumbling over her hooves as the room shakes. “If that terrible thing shows up, we all are going to offer you up on a silver platter for us. With your big ass head, should give us plenty of time to get away. Chew on that fat head, hope it chokes on it.” she growls with a stomp of her hoof.

Things suddenly go still and she frowns as a clink clink clink is heard and then nothing. Everything is silent and all of them wait with baited breath. What is to happen? Will a door open a way for them to leave? Or are they doomed to see what Giovanni spoke of?