In any case there's bound to be much crying,
But the oubliette alone will let you think while dying.
But the oubliette alone will let you think while dying.
— Bokonon, Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
"Game over." (slams door)
— John Kramer / Jigsaw and nearly all of his successors, Saw
"Did you know that a prison with only a hole at the top as an exit is called an 'oubliette'? It was on my word of the day calendar last week!"
— Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (IDW) issue 3
When he had asked his last question and sent the last Cappadocians selected into the depths of Kaymakli, the founder ordered Caia and Japheth to seal forever the portal into the city. As the millstone mechanism slid shut over the howling pit of condemned Cainites, Cappadocius laid his ward over the portal: "Let no childe of Caine ever leave through this passage; let no son of Seth enter."
—The Feast of Folly, Vampire: The Masquerade - Clanbook: Cappadocian
The door has sealed, the elevator has left. Even Vera's voice will not unlock it. Know that on the night of the Gala Event I shall raise my glass and whisper, "Fortunato."
In pace requiescat.
—Frederick Sinclair's final message, Fallout: New Vegas
The Countess: Oh my god... oh my god...
James March: [smirking] Yes, your god. Trapped within the walls of the palace I built... for my queen.
"I think I'll make a bet with Thok. Will the Matoran suffocates before he starves or starves before he suffocates? And just how long does it take for a Matoran to die?"
—Vezok after sealing off the entrance to a cave Balta was hiding in though luckily he's rescued by Axonn, BIONICLE
