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

[ 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.

Train? No...

[ well. she is visibly relieved that they aren't hostile. ]

Shall we work together, then? I am not sure what is out there, but there is safety in numbers. I am called Hackerwoman, and this is my friend, Triceracops.

I'd say pleased to meet you, but, the circumstances could be better.

Let's figure out our next steps somewhere there isn't terrible growling.

[ get in the bunker Get In The Bunker GET IN THE BUNKER ]

...
Just call me Kiryu.

[ He's clearly in the middle of trying to process these names he was just given. Anyway he pulls the lid of the hatch and it's a set of stairs that just descends into ominous darkness...

At the same time, there is the distorted baying of hounds as two of them burst out of the thickets. However, there is something very wrong with these dogs. Basilio's introduction will have to wait a second because he's getting the axe on his back, ready to take a swing. ]

Don't have to tell me twice -- !
Hop in! I've got this!

You have my thanks!

[ she won't argue when there's no time for it! she's running for the stairs. ]

[ ok but consider: triceracops has a glock. and these dogs should face WHITE HOT JUSTICE (bullets).

also there are two of them and only one of bas, so it seems better to lend at least a little support? daigo is going to help put these dogs down. ]

[ Kiryu doesn't hesitate, he starts down the ladder right after Eupha.

They arrive to a dank and dark underground tunnel. It's not like, the cavernous type, it's like the built bunker type. There's shelves with stuff, and there's a door with an electronic lock on it that Kiryu goes to look at again.

Daigo on the other hand, can shoot these dogs! Maybe it's because they literally don't have heads, but they eat shit pretty fucking fast. They roll terribly and Basilio also doesn't do great -- he gets clawed a bit by one but it's not too bad. Maybe it's because they dropped too fast due to the power of GUN. ]

Shite. Maybe I should get into one of those.

[ You can join the other two. ]

[ eupha stops to listen to the sounds above them... gunshots, and then it gets quieter. hopefully, that means triceracops succeeded.

she'll take a look at what's on the shelves...? but the electronic lock is what gets her attention. to kiryu, ]

Shall I give this a try?

[ can she attempt to hack that lock...? ]

[ i'm sure there would be a cool one liner if kung fury were here. alas. it's just triceracops. ]

Hopefully you won't have to deal with these things again.

[ alrighty down the ladder! he does the cool ladder slide thing to reach the others! yaaay ]

[ Yeah, it's very much like... warehouse stuff. Duct tape, sawblade. A broomstick... ]

Can you do that?

[ She can, in fact, do that! She can just straight up Hack This Matrix. It's not even hard. What were they struggling so bad for... The heavy door leads way into more tunnels. It's quite dark in there...

Daigo joins the squad, extremely cool-ly. Basilio does it the normal way unless Metaphor also can do cool slides. ]

You got it open? Great, new path then!

[ i feel like basilio could do a cool slide if he wanted to.

she smiles as the other two come down to join them. ]

You may leave such things to me.

[ no bandages or cloth in here? eupha's still holding her arm and trying not to bleed out but ok ]

[ please let eupha's blood congeal at some point. ]

Good work.

[ he doesn't even know what happened (no it's fine he caught the tail end).

is it just... generic amount of tunnels or do we have a left/right/middle decision to make? ]

[ You cannot find cloth here. That being said, Basilio looks at Eupha bleeding. ]

Oh? You're hurt? What got you, one of those crazy people in the town?
Me name's Basilio, by the way. Didn't see you come off the train earlier.

[ He will helpfully hand Eupha one (1) cloth fragment, and one (1) blue vial! It's a vial of blue liquid. It's the same colour as the herbs. Maybe it will heal you even more than chewing grass can.

Kiryu just solemnly is here because I'm trying to type stuff between other stuff and I'm too lazy to go find another Kiryu icon (thanks Ari for your service).

This is what you see, but mostly what's important is the elevator up north! It seems eerily quiet here... the elevator is not working, even though Kiryu is repeatedly interacting with the button. ]

Yes... a woman who was acting very strangely. There are more people like that?

[ she thanks him and uses the cloth to tightly wrap her wounded arm. the vial is kept for later, just in case. it seems they may yet encounter more danger...

she'll follow the others when they get moving. can she see what's wrong with the elevator? ]

We didn't arrive by train. Our journey is a bit more convoluted than that. We're trying to find our way to another dimension.

[ might as well say it.

sadly i don't think shooting the elevator is going to help anything. ]

Every person we've seen so far has been like that. Except for the other people on the train, and now you guys.

A whole 'nother dimension? What's that about now?

[ Eupha can try to hack... but to no avail, because she sees it is literally because the elevator has no power. There's a funnel for gasoline though! Just gotta find a tank in here. ]

It is difficult to explain... but we must go to Hell. It is the only way to save our city.

[ examining the elevator with her special eyes... ]

It looks like we must find fuel to power this.

[ nodding to back hackerwoman up. yes, they must go to hell. ]

If it's safe down here, we can try splitting up. That should be the most efficient way to check around.

[ there's that like... locker? area? to the east. he's going to head that way. he is not actually going to stop eupha from following or staying. she is a free woman she can do as she pleases. "what about the other two" they can also do as they please. ]

What's happening to your city?

What powers a lift like this? Same stuff they pile in 'em cars and trains?

[ Would Daigo just like to start opening lockers. How many lockers would he like to open. ]

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