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Ingvar, leading to the volcano [Tuesday afternoon]

As the Fandomites fought Krampus' hordes back to where they came from--Ingvar's island--they found themselves with some unexpected allies: Ingvar's very own collection of creepy, creepy dolls. Ingvar was Not Best Pleased with his new friend, Goth!Santa, turning out to be not very nice after all.

They'd be difficult to tell from Krampus' minions, honestly, but if you say some creepy doll on creepy doll action (NOT DIRTY), best to leave it be.

Ingvar's friend were helpful in leading our heroes towards the volcano, at least, once they got past the dive-bombing Christmas tree angels and demonic gingerbread persons/things!

Time to grab our friends, kids, and apologize profusely to the newbies.

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Volcano Pit o' Despair, Monday Evening

So a lot of hours spent planning had led to a plan--well, one and a half plans and a few people sitting on the sidelines and lamenting about not having popcorn.

Tony had taken all of the cell phones people had been willing to part with (aided by Cass' impassioned pleas to have them all free themselves of the evils of the telecom companies which was...a rant Anakin had sat through...) and turned them into grenades.

Anakin was especially looking forward to blowing up the cursed angel. He had his eyes closed, reaching into the Force to feel when the angel phased back through the ceiling.

"Now!" he finally yelled, eyes snapping open as the angel and another teal deer appeared far, far above them.

He Force flung the grenades--one at the angel, the others at the ceiling--and waved Karolina and Cass on to be the first people through the admittedly not huge hole they had blown into the ceiling.

Their element of surprise lasted all of three minutes before mutated, terrifying Christmas toys began pouring through the ceiling and an enraged roar from much closer to ground level let them know that their escape attempt had been noted.

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Volcano Prison, Monday, January 6, 2020

Volcano-roasted venison was a slight step up from gruel from the sky, but not enough to make Anakin want to stay here any longer. Classes were supposed to start today--he was pretty sure it was Monday, anyway--the new students were supposed to have a fun immersion via a picnic and not a terrifying bus crash-slash-kidnapping.

He was sure there would be paperwork on that.

"Right," he said to no one in particular. "Let's come up with a plan to get out of here. It looks like up is our best shot, unless someone can phase through walls and has been holding out on us." He smiled. "If we can combine escaping with blowing up that karking angel thing, all the better."

[OOC: Hold for small OCD, please!]

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Super Awesome Volcanic Pit, Really, This is Fine [Sunday Night, January 5, 2020]

More food had not come during the day and it was getting to the point where the congealed remains of the pail of porridge was beginning to almost look appealing.

The first warning they got of incoming food was the roaring volcanic pit that erupted in the center of the room.

"Get back!" Anakin yelled, using the Force to try to fling anyone that was a little too close to getting toasted towards the walls of the room.

He glanced up towards the hole in the ceiling that was now venting ash (great for their lungs, no doubt) and waited for that hell-spawn of an angel to show back up and it materialized a few moments later holding an entire teal deer, the logistics of which Anakin wasn't even prepared to consider.

Cackling and showing what seemed to be an improbable number of teeth, the angel threw it towards the open fire.

Guess it was barbecue night today, kids, if someone could stop the bright teal deer from sinking into the lava pit first...

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Vulcano Prison, Sunday Morning

Rise and shine, denizens of the vulcano, a new day was upon you! You know, assuming anyone had been able to get any sleep. Maybe it felt still like the same day.

The main thing was they were all still stuck here, newbies and oldbies alike. Karolina had been one of the last to get snagged and thrown into whatever the hell this place was, and while there'd been some level of relief involved in seeing Dean Skywalker here, as well as every missing kid on her list of new students -- well. You didn't really have to be as experienced in all things Fandom as Karolina was to think this was all Very Bad News.

And that was long before it started to look like there would be no breakfast served to them today, either. Karolina really wished she hadn't dropped her basket of welcome packets when the thing with the horns had shown up to grab her. They could've used those chocolate bars now.

She looked up, like she had so many times already. If this was a volcano, didn't that mean she should've been able to fly out of here? But she'd already tried that. It didn't look like there was a way out.

Trying to blast the walls last night hadn't done anything, either.

"Anyone else feel like doing some, like, very light stress-relief yoga?" she asked no one in particular, trying for a light tone.

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Delightful Volcano Prison, Saturday evening

As more people had joined the newcomers throughout the day (either via portal or being tossed into the room--in red velvet bags--from a door that then immediately disappeared), Anakin's bad feeling was growing stronger and stronger.

He, after all, had experience with people who decided to live in volcanic climates. They weren't the most stable sorts.

His stomach gurgled, louder this time than the last.

A screeching noise was the only warning they got as a demonic...porcelain angel...thing... flew down from the ceiling and dropped a bucket of porridge and a few dozen stale Christmas cookies onto the floor.

"Looks like dinner's here," Anakin called out to the rest of the group, watching carefully to see how their delivery service got out of the room. There had to be a way to escape.

In Jareth's Castle, Saturday Afternooon

Well... That hadn't gone quite as planned. The right words have been said, and Jareth has simply laughed in the faces of our would-be rescuers. What now? Three challenges? That wasn't in any of the clues! Play fair, Goblin King!

Then again, saying, "It isn't fair" never really seems to do anybody any good in here anyhow, does it? Drat.

[Follows this post! For Team Jareth and for our pretty pretty Princes and Princesses! If any of you need an NPC for your trials, please, visit us over at this post and we'll send somebody by as soon as we can!]

In Jareth's Castle, Saturday Afternooon

Within the Labyrinth, Saturday Morning

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, our intrepid Fandomites fought their way to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the students that Jareth has stolen. Or, at least, they've made their way past some ugly guys with sticks, and they've made friends with a lumbering beast, who was kind enough to give them directions. Kind of.

That was almost the same thing, right?

Now all that remained was to sneak in around the other team's distractions, to rescue their friends. With their right words in mind, there was no way that this could possibly go awry, was there?

[For Team Jareth and our Princes and Princesses! If any of you need an NPC for any of these threads, please, visit us over at this post and we'll send somebody by as soon as we can!]

Within the Labyrinth, Saturday Morning

The Goblin City, Saturday Afternoon

Somewhere past the giant robots, past the oubliettes and the twisting messes of hedges and woods, there was a wall. This would not be a remarkable discovery, given how the entire Labyrinth seemed to consist of nothing but walls, granted. But this wall was decidedly different. This wall was all that stood between the Distraction Team and the Goblin City. And, judging by the fact that the sentries looking down at the Fandomites from the top of the stonework still seemed to be in one piece, it seemed as though their early start meant that they had gotten here before Team Jareth. All the better, because the distraction that they were going to provide now was what was going to ensure that the second group coming would be able to slip through unharmed, in order to get to the rest of the kidnapped students being held within the confines of the castle in the middle of town.

Judging by the goblins and their wild assortment of weapons, all congregating along the wall on the outskirts of the city, the Distraction Team was going to have their hands quite full.

[Set after this and this! For Team Distraction to get their all-purpose smashy goblin fighty on! If any of you need an NPC for this, please, visit us over at this post and we'll send somebody by as soon as we can!]

The Goblin City, Saturday Afternoon

The Oubliette and Surrounding Corridors, Saturday

There's no hope. No one's coming for you. No one wanted you, that's why you were taken. Except now, even Jareth doesn't want you. No one does. No one's coming. No hope. No hope. No hope no hope no hope nohopenohopenohopenohope...

The three captives had been in Jareth's oubliette for days now, with the mantra getting ever-louder in their ears and minds. Whether it was just a trick to get them to beg Jareth to take them back, or you're just setting an example for the others still left in the throne room remains to be seen. Whatever the case might be, things are looking pretty grim. The constant litany of 'no hope' and 'no one wants you' is getting awfully hard to ignore...

[For a few members of Team Distraction and a couple of brave would-be princess and prince escape artists! If any of you need an NPC for this post, please, visit us over at this post and we'll send somebody by as soon as we can!]

The Oubliette and Surrounding Corridors, Saturday

Within the Labyrinth, Saturday Morning

After a few hours of sleep, it's time to get going again. Everyone needs to be rescued by this evening, or Jareth gets to keep them all forever! And since this is Team Distraction, it's time to get very loud and very obvious. If everyone in the Labyrinth is focused on what you're up to, the other team will have a much easier time slipping by the goblins and rescuing your friends. So, start smashing things! Sing at the top of your lungs! Be a general nuisance all around the Labyrinth!

Of course, being a distraction usually means being bait. And being bait almost always means being in danger.

But you can handle it! Right?

[For Team Distraction! If any of you need an NPC, please, visit us over at this post and we'll send somebody by as soon as we can!]

Within the Labyrinth, Saturday Morning

Outside the Labyrinth, Friday Evening, One Hour After The Previous Post

It seemed the time for research and planning was through. In Jareth's address to the island, he gave them twenty-four hours to traverse a Labyrinth that seemed to change on a whim and take back the friends that he had stolen. Well, what he didn't know was that their will was as strong as his, and their access to weaponry was better. He wanted a fight? He'd get one.

It was time to show this Jareth, Goblin King, that he'd messed with the wrong island.

(For the members of Team Jareth, please! If you want to RP out how the teams were formed and decided, there is a place to do so here!. ~~Wait for OCD or the biting fairies will get you!~~ OCD up! Game on!)

Outside the Labyrinth, Friday Evening, One Hour After The Previous Post

Outside the Labyrinth

It seemed the time for research and planning was through. In Jareth's address to the island, he gave them twenty-four hours to traverse a Labyrinth that seemed to change on a whim in order to take back the friends that he had stolen.

Team Distraction was entering first. Anyone with as much power as this Jareth seemed to would probably have some nasty surprises in store. They'd go in ahead of the second group to spring as many traps as they could while the other team ghosted in and headed directly to the castle.

Well, that was the plan, anyway. Let's see how long things went as smoothly as our would-be heroes would like.

[For the members of Team Distraction, please! If you want to RP out how the teams were formed and decided, there is a place to do so here! ~~Wait for OCD or the biting fairies will get you~~ OCD ready to go!]