Jump across

Your only option is to jump across. The gap is wide, but with a running start, you can make it. Not eager to let the guards catch up, you break into a full sprint towards the pit, and jump with all your might.

Athletics Check: Failed!

For a second, it looks like you’ll make it, but you drop just a few inches short. You grab the ledge with your forearms, though, so it’s still a success. You’ll be able to pull yourself up like this, and keep going. At least, that’s what you think, until you feel something wrap around your ankle.

Something warm. Something hard, yet flexible. And something inexplicably wet, that leaves an itchy feeling where it’s grabbing you. Panic sets in, and you struggle to pull yourself up, but not nearly as hard as the unknown entity tugs on your leg. When another object wraps around your other ankle, you’re easily pried loose from the ledge and dragged into the pit.

You find yourself surrounded by dozens of black tentacles, which are all quick to restrain your limbs. Past the ocean of tentacles, you can barely make out the sight of the burly Rocket guard, looking down at you from the floor above.

“Hah. Looks like Little Miss ‘Action Hero’ couldn’t make the cut. You know, I always wondered why the boss had this installed. Guess I finally found out. This is gonna be a fun show to watch.”