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

We do not even know what that is.

[ this might not be a correct or believable thing to say for this universe but also.

it is true.

saber ignores the itch like he has done every time it's come up, because they do not believe in distractions (debatable). ]

[ it seems like perhaps this pink twink believes you, because he leans a little closer, taking a deep breath - and then leans back. ]

Stand down, Basilio. [ he murmurs, and the taller guy - Basilio, apparently - relaxes. ]

You shouldn't be in this area, it's dangerous. But I do believe you. You don't smell like borisin. [ he gestures at saber and wis'adel. ] Come along. We'll lead you out.

[ at least they seem friendly? kind of? if not tense and a little rushed. ]

... Are you Xianzhou natives?

Don't worry, we can handle ourselves. We'll back you up if shit gets dangerous.

[she has a machine gun, after all, she feels pretty confident they can handle whatever might happen?]

Never heard of a Xianzhou either! We just showed up here?

Mm, we are... [ they pause and look around. ] Wait, is this Xianzhou? We were looking for hell.

[ DID THEY FUCK UP. saber has no idea what hell looks like so they were just like, well okay! this is probably right if maybe not the correct landing spot! ]

Well, thank you, that's appreciated -- you were... looking for hell?

[ the pink guy looks alarmed at this but like!! okay!! basilio also blinks. ]

How do you mean you just showed up here?

[ he'll start leading the two of you off towards a big gate... there's a weird contraption in the middle of the platform that he seems to be walking towards. ]

Exactly what it sounds like! We got thrown out of a portal and landed here.

[she's just following right along. nothing weird here! nevermind the fact they were looking for hell!]

[ they really have no ic reason to be concerned here considering where they just came from. i'm shaking.

saber will also follow along, holding onto their beloved snoopy...... ]

We were actually with two companions, but we seem to have gotten separated from them. If you see a Hackerwoman and a dinosaur, they are with us.

Okay... I suppose I'll keep an eye out for portals. And... dinosaurs?

[ he just looks confused at this, but sure, people are weird sometimes, who is he to stop your delusions. in any case, he brings you both to a gate puzzle. it looks sort of like this. ]

Basilio, will you handle this?

[ and bas nods a bit - as he passes by, he claps saber on the shoulder good-naturedly, because he's just a friendly guy. it's sort of familiar. like you've known him a while, but... of course you haven't. the only person you've ever really cared about was your ment-ner. you put it out of your mind. the pink fox continues: ]

Perhaps they'll be on the other side of this gate.

[ and bas goes to start trying the puzzle, only - he can't seem to get it to work? would you like to try to help him? or try some other form of getting past this gate? ]

[does she look like a puzzles girl to you, basilio. sorry about your struggles but while she IS pretty tactically smart and could do this one? why would she.

why would she do that when a gate should be climbable. she watches bas struggle to get the puzzle to work before she shrugs and decides to try scaling the wall instead.]

[ saber is distracted enough about that familiar feeling that it takes a moment for them to realize wis is just climbing this wall. okay.

well they will go and look at what bas is doing because they are nosy and also just in case gate climbing is illegal. ]

[ well, wis'adel gets a fun little blast of a reminder because immediately, jiaoqiu says in a scolding tone: ]

What exactly do you think you're doing?

[ for a second that feels almost like something you've heard before. in this moment, you forget that you're barbarilla, and you remember that you're wis'adel, and it's really disorienting for just a hot second before the au memories snap back into place. roll a d20 for me to see if you fall off the wall because of this!

as for saber! bas gives them a grateful little smile, and moves aside just a bit. ]

I'm never any good at these, yeah? You've got to time them correctly. You wanna give it a shot?

[ the idea is that you have to hit the correct timing three times in a row so the arrows line up together properly. does saber want to try? ]

I'm--

["not wasting time here," she intends to say, but then for that moment she just-- forgets. remembers, she realizes. it feels wrong to not be down there with him, it's familiar to hear that scolding, she's-- what is she even doing here again?

falling off this fucking WALL is what she's doing actually because that's a 3. she's SO distracted by briefly remembering this fuckass pink fox.]

[ meanwhile saber is just going to give this puzzle a try yippee!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[ well, first, they get to watch wis'adel fall from the wall. it's pretty high up, which means she's going to at least bruise pretty heavily, if not break or fracture something from falling. however, jiaoqiu startles when he sees this and takes off over to make sure she didn't break her skull. ]

w̶̥̅i̸̡̚s̸̺̿'̴̨̉a̷͉͊d̶̟̔è̴̪l̴̑ͅ -- are you alright?

[ bas looks slightly concerned at this, but he seems to trust jiaoqiu in making sure she doesn't break too many bones or rules, so he stays with saber, tail swishing behind him.

roll 3 d20s in a row for me? ]

H-huh...?

[what'd he say-? that's not her name, she isn't...

she hisses out a curse as she tries getting up, but you know what, i think a 3 definitely means she broke something and i'm deciding it's a leggy. her arm on that side sure hurts, too.]

[ 11, 15, 8

granted right after they do this, they are going to just turn their attention to their injured companion. ]

W-what? How did you–do we have the medical kit?

[ I DON'T THINK THEY TOOK ANY BECAUSE NEITHER OF THEM NEEDED ONE ]

[ crunch!

jiaoqiu is already digging into his pockets for loose herbs. ]

No, no. You sit down.

[ basilio, seeing that it's probably more serious than he thought, takes a step forward to see if he can help. however, the wheel of fortune has started to click. the first settles right in place. the second also settles in place! that's two of these arrows pointing the right direction. however, the crunch of wis'adel's broken leg must have distracted them enough to throw them off, because that last arrow clicks into the wrong spot, and there's a blaring alarm that sets off. basilio startles so bad that he instinctively kicks the machine, which makes it wail even louder.

and that's what gets the attention of those borisin jiaoqiu was talking about earlier.

in the distance, they can hear a howl. and then another, and another. and as all of them come together in unison, the gate starts to thud. thud. thud. and crack. uh oh. ]

Aw, shite. [ bas hisses, pulling out his axe. ] Jiaoqiu, we gotta get them out of here.

The hell you are--

[she's not about to run. nevermind the fact that running is not about to happen with a broken leg!

wiš'adel pulls the machine gun from her back, gritting her teeth as her arm complains about it, and feels for the horn at her side to make sure it's ready if this gets too bad.]

Of course it has come to this.

[ they need no weapon but their fist... and also this knife that is attached to snoopy, but mainly their fist.

they will hang around wis though, since she's injured. ]

[ thankfully, jiaoqiu does have weed in his pocket, so he just hands it to her. it seems like those wacky physics are still in play even in this dimension? wild. she'll probably be able to stand, at least.

the gate keeps getting pounded against - there's snarling coming from the other side, and basilio moves to stand next to saber, glancing down at them with a little grin. ]

Sort of exciting, yeah? It's a good way to get to know someone, fighting side by side.

[ jiaoqiu, on the other hand, is stubbornly going to try and move wis'adel away from the gate so that she doesn't get smushed. he can't really fight, he's not good at it. but he can try and support, as he always does.

the gate is about to burst. but first, before it does - there's something in the air. something that stirs up your anxiety, that stirs up your worst fears. what are those fears? your fears, not barbarilla's, not kung fury's - what are you terrified of, under the surface? ]

Fine, fine--!

[mmm delicious helpful weed. she'll allow jq to pull her out of range more, but she won't stop keeping the gun at the ready; she fully intends to fight.

under the surface, though, under this au-- well, wiš'adel just worked through her most pressing of fears recently, but that doesn't mean all of them are gone. it's not one she really thinks of or recognizes, given that she's rarely had to face the prospect and has never exactly feared death... or at least, not the types of death she expects. a fear she's never considered is that she just might live long enough for her oripathy to kill her before the battlefield does.]

[ it is losing their mentor of course...

well, if only. for them, all they can think of is a woman standing in a boat as she plunges into the waves. they think about reaching out for a hand that will never grab theirs back. and how there will never be another hand that will do that again.

...

anyway how's the gate going ]

[ the gate cracks open! and six borisin crash out from the rubble, letting out horrific roars. they fan out in a formation, but you can sort of see that they're already losing that even two seconds into the fight. there's something wild about them, something lost to rage, as they stomp their feet and salivate in your direction.

jiaoqiu says, sharply: ] Cover your mouths and noses, the lupitoxin --

[ as basilio shouts: ] Okay everybody, we've got this!

[ and he rushes the borisin with his giant fuck-off axe, grinning wildly in response. the borisin throw themselves at you - one immediately snaps in wis'adel's direction, attempting to take a bite out of her arm. another two ram themselves into basilio as he makes it over, which gets them an axe swing in return. and yet another one rushes saber, eyes bright and manic as it slashes a claw out at them as a feint before full on tackling them to the ground.

the last one goes for jiaoqiu, who yelps as one of the borisin chomps at him and misses terribly.

i'm not going to make you guys roll to fight these things if you don't want, you can just tell me what you do to them, but if you do want to roll, throw in your dice numbers into your tags! ]

[jq, buddy, she already has so little fabric. there's nothing to cover her face with. that'll be fine!!

when the borisin snaps at her, she snarls back at it and aims to whack it hard in the face with her gun before firing-- mostly trying to throw it off or disorient it, get it to hold still so she can fill it with bullets.]

[ yippee

well, since saber has super strength, they are genuinely just going to try to rip this thing's arms off.

yeah. ]

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