W2 PLAYER CYOA: Basilio, Koharu, Saber, Wiš'adel

[holyspirits]

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[rippled]

[ that's fine. does it look like anything is blocking the lever that may stop it from being pulled?

either way, whatever the answer is, saber is going to go and quickly look at the situation in the second room in case there is also any secret levers on this side or anything that might yell out DON'T PRESS ANY LEVERS!!! to be safe. or maybe there's something horrible to the left who knows, saber will find out. ]

[sacredpath]

[the second room is identical to the first. the level is slightly hidden under the junk, but saber doesn't see anything in either room that would be reason for caution. it looks fine.

basilio walks towards the altar. as he approaches it, once he passes the ring of lanterns, he walks directly into some sort of invisible wall or forcefield. it slams into his chest with as much force as you might feel if you'd just done a belly flop directly onto the ground, and then tosses him backwards out of the room so he hits the wall on the other side. ouchie.

seems like maybe you cannot directly approach this altar.]

[berserketype]

[ wipes a tear from my eye, beautiful. ]

Shite!!! Aw--bloody hell what the fuck was that??

[ ow. OW!



he just lies on his back for a moment like :( ]

Careful comin' back over here. Don't think we can just wander over and nick that thing without somethin' else happenin' first. Or a really strong skin for blowbacks.

[rippled]

[ HELLO

saber will peek out of the room their in to make sure he is okay? but okay bas does not seem horribly maimed. ]

There are levers in both rooms. I think we can maybe try pulling them at the same time?

[ they point to where the room they are not in is at. ]

[sacredpath]

[just let me know if saber or bas go towards the lever in either room.]

[berserketype]

Both of 'em? You think we have to pull 'em both at the same time?

[ he's sat up now like hmm. ]

Feels like I've heard somethin' 'bout this before. Somethin' 'bout a cloak of shadows and hatin' the light?

[ either way, he'll push himself up off the floor and make his way -- carefully this time -- around to the other level. ]

[rippled]

[ yelling from their room. ]

On the count of three? One, two... three!

[ okay will both try to pull their levers. ]

[sacredpath]

[well unfortunately saber rolled a one on checking for traps in this room and i didn't forget about that. it all looked fine to them, but as soon as they head deeper inside the room, they hear an ominous click, chk, hiss as they step on multiple trapped tiles. a dark, thick smoke begins to rapidly fill the room. it's choking. it has no smell, it seems almost like pure, concentrated darkness, but it burns as though it's poison, you can't breath in it, you can't see, and in the darkness you can now hear the sound of small creatures moving around you, squeaking ominously.

basilio tries to be careful, but also does not successfully notice the traps. the same thing begins to happen in his room, although perhaps the smoke is spilling out slightly less rapidly.

will saber and basilio still try to endure this and pull the levers?]

[berserketype]

[ his ears twitch a little at the ominous clicking sound and-- well. it's bad, right? hearing a clicking sound in an ominous dungeon/temple/tomb thing, right? ]

Oi-- you hear that clickin' sound?

[ i mean he's gonna pull the lever either way, but he can at least try to be like ruh roh raber we're in trouble before he does. ]

[rippled]

[ WELL SABER HEARD IT BUT THEY'RE KIND OF DISTRACTED BY EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN THEIR ROOM TO RESPOND

the dice says that saber will try to endure it and pull their lever, but honestly the level of success here is up in the considering they are doing it while choking and also they cannot actually see where the lever is anymore. so. ]

[sacredpath]

[no it's okay. they can both pull the levers and then run out of the room. they will both feel the sensation of being bitten all over, hundreds of times, by small creatures with sharp teeth, and they'll be left disoriented, bleeding, and hurt.

but they both pull the levers, and the chandeliers on either side of the room descend to a height both saber and basilio can reach and can see that each is lit by a candle with a small purple flame.]

[berserketype]

[ i love rabies.

okay well, unfortunately bas will literally pause to lick his own wounds for a moment because good health care is important. that does mean he gets a moment to examine the lanterns while he’s doing this. hmm.


how hard’s it going to be to snuff this candle out with a quick puff of air? ]

[rippled]

[ ugghhhhh

they will also need a moment before they try to be useful. they will also wait to see if basilio dies horribly at the attempt to blow out one of the candles before doing anything to the other. ]

[sacredpath]

[the candle blows out easily! it's a little darker in this room now. nothing else happens.]

[berserketype]

[ hmm.

are the other lamps in the room also candles? can he blow one of those out as well? ]

[rippled]

[ can saber safely remove the other candle from the chandelier? or unsafely, but still remove it idc they already have rabies at this point ]

[sacredpath]

[yes, saber can do that. it is simply a candle.

all of the lanterns have a single candle in them. how many is he blowing out?]

[berserketype]

[ bas will blow out all the lanterns on this side with his rabies breath. ]

[rippled]

[ saber will wait to see if anything happens, and then wander over to the altar while holding the remaining candle, still lit. they actually did not witness bas getting yeeted across the room so they are going to try to walk closer to the thing ]

[sacredpath]

[bas blows out all the lanterns on that side. nothing happens. the room is slightly darker.

saber walks directly into the forcefield and is yeeted backwards at mach fuck. however, basilio may notice that there's a little bit of a shimmer in the air, as though the forcefield is a little more visible now in the dimmer light.]

[berserketype]

[ well i hope francy enjoyed that, because bas’ tail is going to stick straight up in the air in excitement. ]

Hey!! Do that again!!

[rippled]

Are you insane?!

[ shakily sits up from where they slammed into the wall... ough their rabies bite marks...

anyway the dice says that the candle gets blown out from being thrown across the room ]

[sacredpath]

[you have now blown out five candles. there are three candles that are still burning.]

[berserketype]

[ can they see more of the forcefield now if they squint? ]

No— look! Y’see around the statue thing? Cloak of darkness!

[ this means fuck all, but he’s skittering off to go and blow out the other candles like the excited rabies carrying dog/wolf/cat man he is. yippee. ]

[rippled]

[ saber will let the rabies furry do that, and then make their way back to the altar. they do not try to cross this time but will be here ready in case blowing the other candles out does anything and they need to react quickly.

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