holyspirits | W5 PLAYER CYOA - Daigo, Eupha, Saber, Wisadel

[ There isn't much noise you can hear except for the occasional cawing of crows, croaking of frogs, squeak of rats... and distantly, the sound of snorting pigs. You might be able to see a distant shadow through the fog that is reasonably person-sized, but you can't make out much details.

The boards on the dilapidated house, I suppose, are big enough to see through. However it's dark inside, and smells dank and terrible. He hears the skittering of rats in there but he can't understand them... yet...

The window is a window. It's extremely dirty. It's more just like it's not bright enough to be able to see inside. ]

Oh! Perhaps over there...?

[ she'll start walking towards the vaguely person-sized shadow, hoping to see it more clearly as she gets closer. ]

[ okay well. nothing he can do about the creepy dank house.

he trots after eupha. ]

Be careful. Don't just wander around by yourself.

[ i'm assuming she was like 10 feet away from him at best. ]

[ Yeah probably. Anyway, you called heads but I coinflipped tails. So what ends up happening is that there is an abrupt ear-piercing scream as this figure spots Eupha, and just starts RUNNING for you. The fog is dense enough that you don't get a clear look at it until she's awfully close, revealing a woman with a knife. There's something about her that looks distinctly off, almost like she's a burn victim of some kind? But it doesn't quite look right. Anyway that's not important right now because she is going to RUN FULL SPEED at Eupha and try to slash at her.

This will be the first of many problems, so I'll let you choose your degree of success. ]

[ eupha hears a scream, and instead of anticipating danger to herself, she thinks that maybe this person is running to them for help? she hurries forward to meet them and doesn't see the knife until it's already coming down on her.

all she can manage is a gasp as she stumbles back, raising her arms, one of which takes the brunt of the slash. ]

[ WOAH HEY

WELL DAIGO IS RUNNING AT THE WOMAN TO SUBDUE HER AND GET HER IN A HEADLOCK BEFORE SHE CAN DO MORE DAMAGE!!

i rolled a 19. so. ]

[ I'm sorry your kindness was rebuffed Eupha... I hope this CYOA doesn't make her come out a worse person. Eupha will get a nasty slash down the length of her arm. That knife looks awfully dirty... hope you don't get infected (maybe you could just hack the infection out though if you did).

This woman is insane though, she's just screaming with absolutely no intelligible words, and keeps swinging her knife like she's fully out for blood. Up close, you can tell that she looks very strange with a melted sort of face that also looks almost supernatural in a way you can't place, like... you know those cards that you can shift angle to see different images? It kind of gives off that energy, low-key.

Daigo is so strong and big and his arms are so buff... he does manage to subdue her for a bit, but there seems to be absolutely no calming her. Keep at it and she'll probably stab you too. Wyd? ]

[ thank god for daigo and his 19. eupha clutches her bleeding arm with her hand, holding tightly to slow the bleeding, as she stares on in shock. ]

Why!? Why do this? What is the matter with her?

[ she'll try to look, using her third eye, to see any "code" that might give her a clue about this affliction. ]

Did you take any healing herbs from the police station?

[ he senses that he cannot hold her forever, no matter how big and buff he may be. ]

You need to go. We need to get away from her!

[ he is trying to remain calm but he is wrangling a crazy woman with a knife so, you know. there is a limit to how calm he can possibly be. ]

[ Eupha will see something with her third eye.

The woman keeps screaming and trying to flail to stab and slash at Daigo or Eupha or anything, but she rolls an awkward 10, so it can really go either way.

Where are you fleeing off to? Many houses... many roads... you can also just say fuck all of this and leave entirely. ]

[ eupha flinches at the strange vision. it's not a pain reaction like last time, but it makes her uneasy.

she looks like she wants to protest, but realizes that the closer she is, the less options daigo has here. so she starts backing away, making some distance. but she can't just turn and run and leave him like this...

although, if he breaks away and starts running, she will too. ]

[ yeah he is letting go of the woman and grabbing eupha so they can fucking GO!!! WE ARE RUNNING!! INTO THE FOG I GUESS like further into town. as funny as it would be for them to simply Leave we are committed we are doing this we gotta crash satan's party. ]

[ I MEANT LIKE LEAVE THIS SPECIFIC ZONE imagine you really did just have the power to say no and went directly back to Donk City or Hell. Me like I guess so.

The woman collapses after being chokeheld in Daigo's strong sexy arms, enough for you to get a kickstart. Despite how she looks, it appears she is not an Undead of any kind, so it did affect her. You flee further into the city and the horrible smell from earlier fills your nostrils worse. You are going to quite quickly realise what that is, because you pass by a strange, somewhat cross-shaped monument in the centre of this bizarre old town and there is a lot of blood pooled up in its center along with a lot of dead bodies. Yikes. You are not feeling very silly right now!

You see a somewhat impressive, and quite sturdy gate to the north. It's heavily padlocked, with a lion and eagle emblazoned across the brass. You see more figures moving around in the thick fog to the right road, along with a heap of coffins. To the left road, you see it seems to trail off into the woods. ]

[ we hit da bricks!! eupha will take one of those healing herbs as they move, and will keep holding her arm to slow the bleeding while the healing hopefully kicks in.

they pass by the monument and... hm. ok. so much for stopping here to rest. they keep moving, at least until they get to the gate. ]

Where we go from here? The woods?

[ seems better than the direction with a heap of coffins. ]

Uh...

[ takes about .5 seconds to consider this. ]

The woods might give us a moment to collect what little bearings we have. I don't exactly want to have another run-in like that with the locals so soon...

[ to the woods! ]

[ You slip away into the direction of the woods which you think is probably a better idea than going to the coffins path, which is super duper fair of you.

It does lead down to a clearing path that seems more like the outskirts of some woods more than being really the thick of it. You hear a strange sound somewhere in the woods... it sounds like growling of multiple creatures, but also not quite.

The nice thing is, you weirdly see some familiar plants in the side of the road. It looks like the same herbs that you got at the police office!!! Didn't work that out with Flurry but I'm very amused since the healing item is I guess the exact same. Pick up some blue herbs along the road mayhaps? You might need it.

You see something in the distance. It appears to be a stretch of fence barricade, with a big old army truck in front of it.

You also hear some faint conversation... ]

[ well, that's convenient. eupha will stop to pick herbs and put them in the pockets of the pants she probably has even though i didn't choose an outfit.

she whips her head to look at daigo at the sound of conversation. maybe those are sane people? hopefully?

but this time, she is cautious enough that she doesn't make a sound. ]

[ quietly: ] Let's be careful, and see what they have to say.

[ but first, he will also pocket some herb. then he will slowly and quietly approach to eavesdrop. ]

[ Yaaay herbs. When you eat them they just magically somehow help you regain your strength, but it doesn't close your wounds and make you stop bleeding. It's more video game logic, just of a different brand.

They're chatting! You hear two male voices.

'...army must be invovled, why else would there be a tunnel here...'
'...ain't seeing another way in'ta the city, so I say we try an' bash it down...' ]

[ she considers ripping off a strip of clothes for a bandage, but realizes that would be very loud. so she just keeps putting pressure on her arm as she draws closer to listen.

also quietly: ]

... They sound sane, at least...?

Let's hope they don't have knives. Or guns.

...They're probably our best bet for information right now. Do you want to stay here?

[ since. she is bleeding.

do we get any more snippets of their convo before we ultimately interrupt them...? ]

[ Sure, they keep talking.

'...sidering the train's stopped, something's really wrong with this city...'
'...where else to go, can't get through the woods, can't get through the gate neither, so may as well try to go down...'

And then you hear the heavy clank and creak of something extremely heavy being lifted and moved as one of the figures, the shorter one, reaches down to try and pull at something on the ground.

The weird growling from earlier gets louder by the way. ]

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[ a wary look out at the woods, as she hears the growling... ]

I shall go with you.

[ hesitating sure was a bad idea! gonna have to make this quick.

he approaches the figures. he makes sure his hands are visible please do not merc him right here in front of hackerwoman. ]

Excuse us, we're trying to find our way out of here. [ out of this dimension, but one thing at a time. ]

Can you direct us which way to go?

[ You come through the fog and you see some familiar faces! The shorter fellow, a man, who isn't actually even short at all, glances up from where he's hauling open some hatch on the ground. ]

Huh? Who're you? Were you on the train?

[ It's truly just that the other fellow is, so much taller. ]

We'd love to help, but we're also in the middle of tryin' to find our way outta here too. Better find it quick, 'cause I don't like that sound I'm hearing.

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