[@Aisling] Mihnea let Mystique and everyone else take part in the strange happenings via telepathy. Also, he turned on the voice record of his phone. "Okay. I'm locked up in a basement, chained to some pipe, together with someone else and none of us know how we got here." 

A big TV screen turned on. A strange, puppet-like creature could be seen. "I want to play a game with you," it spoke with a male voice.