W1 PLAYER CYOA: Claude, Mizu, Richie, Taair

[holyspirits]

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[purities]

[i'll react to the other things when it's normal est time but before i pass the fuck out--

mizu just walks up the the gang (+baby?!?!), and without any preamble:]

I need all of you to concentrate. Tell me what you feel.

[gutterbound]

A deep and unshakable love for you?

[purities]

I will kill you, and your body will never be found.

[historicals]

One day, he may actually follow through on this, you know...

[gutterbound]

And you'll avenge my tragic demise, won't you Taair?

[historicals]

[ pats him on the arm with his free hand ]

I will be sure to write you a very lovely obituary.

[gutterbound]

Thanks! I always knew I could rely on you.

[historicals]

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn our dear friend Rich, who passed on in the company of his hubris....

[purities]

[he died as he lived, swinging his dick...]

[gutterbound]

Passed on handsomely, let's not mince words!

[gutterbound]

Mizu! Don't talk dirty to me in public, you're making me blush!

[okay but fr]

Concentrate how? Just sort of meditative-like?

[purities]

[GAZES

richie is going to come out of this cyoa with a single stab wound and it'll be mizu's fault]

I don't care how you do it. Just concentrate on our surroundings.

[gutterbound]

[Shrugs and complies.

Only jolt out of it with a gasp, clutching at his throat.]

[purities]

[




SLAPS HIS BACK]

You're not actually drowning. Breathe.

[gutterbound]

[COME ON]

Jesus, any excuse to hit me, huh?

What was that? It really felt like I was submerged for a minute there.

[purities]

[ROLLS EYES don't be a baby, richie!!!]

Alarming, isn't it? Childe and Lingsha felt something else.

[historicals]

[ a new purpose in life that might be parenthood....?


no he will listen. taair closes his eyes and does try to concentrate as asked. ]

....Nothing out of the ordinary. [ ? ] Did something happen...?

[purities]

Hm. Maybe you didn't concentrate hard enough.

[it is 7am in sweet flurry time so we can just double check later.]

Yes. To me, but also to Childe and Lingsha. He felt the presence of something big right behind him, she could smell fire, and I felt as though I were drowning.

[historicals]

[ oh now that's concerning. ]

Lupitoxin?

[purities]

[shakes head]

I would know if we had been exposed to it. It's not fear, anyway. Just... strange. A feeling that doesn't match what our eyes can see.

[historicals]

Well... alright. Let's see.

[ give him a second to like, actually concentrate. going into full nerd concentration mode - he closes his eyes, shifts his stance so he's got a firm grip on huohuo just in case, and takes a breath in, and out.

and - after a minute or so, he gasps, sharply, eyes snapping open with a cough. ] -- Oh...!

[purities]

[watching him carefully to make sure he doesn't drop the child.]

Hm. So you felt it, too.

[historicals]

[ oh no, he immediately turned protectively inwards - out of sheer instinct. protect the baby ]

I ... [ god that is. bad. ] ...Why in the world? What sort of illusion could there be - are we positive it's not the lupitoxin? That you and I and Richie all felt the same, yet Childe and Lingsha had something different...

[ he coughs again, shaking his head - gently trying to soothe huohuo if she fusses at all. ]

The longer I stare out the window when we travel, the more strange things feel, too. It's... odd. [ mmm. his brow furrows, and taair frowns, glance passing towards their surroundings. ] ... I can look at the map and see if I recognize anything from the ruins themselves... maybe there's some discrepancy.

I have a bad feeling about all of this. I'm not sure how to place it beyond gut instinct.

[midway]

... I wonder if it's related to the strange feeling some of us have been having about these ruins.

That something isn't right.

[purities]

Yes... Though it's hard to say how.

I hope we can move past these ruins quickly. None of this bodes well.