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CYOA - W4


ic date: thursday, w4
festiverogue: (full concentration)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-12 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck. Are you kidding me...

[He sighs, the swear mostly lurking under his breath. And thanks to the controls and the warning and all that good stuff giving him an earthquake death flag, he's throttling the train down for a moment and calling back to Hien.]

Hang on back there!

[Laser focused on whatever is ahead of them now, he decides it's a good time to mention:]

It says "Be careful of earthquakes." I kinda wonder if it's doing it because we're moving. Wouldn't put it past this place to fuck with us like that, somehow.

[Trust no one.]

I'm slowing down until it passes--assuming it does--but there might be another station ahead where we can stop and get off. I definitely don't want to be underground during a big one. It'll derail the train.

[Japan fears, especially since the controls are in his native language. It's pure conjecture from him as to why the language isn't the one they're used to seeing here. Are they elsewhere right now? Is this a dream? A mock-up of something? He can't be sure.

Anyway, can he tell how far they are from a station? Is there any indication of distance, arrows, a map?]


Do you see anything outside?

[God, maybe walking was the better idea...]
selfconcept: (pic#14475736)

[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-12 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Thanks for the warning, Madara. He can't hear it, but thanks anyway.

Hien simply tilts on his side and is now lying down on the train seat while continuing to snooze away.
]
vivens: (pic#15698456)

[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-12 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ closes my eyes at hien.

BUT HELLO? CAMERAS? will there seem to be many of them periodically and guessing that they'll look pretty advance? to assume that sabo has wandered into the camellia facility BECAUSE OF COURSE HE WOULD—would the technology of the camera resemble what he saw there? but as the cart rocks, sabo will go to brace himself again.

and thanks for the delayed warning about the earthquake, madara!! though that makes him get a better look into the tunnel. is it possible for him to press himself up against the window enough to see the state of the tracks?
]

I'm seeing security cameras for the moment.

[ sabo will start to make his way further up to where madara is, but then pause to note of how hien is doing. it...isn't probably a good idea to leave him alone just on the off chance that something will change and happen. sigh. guess sabo will hover between the two of them for safety reasons. ]

And I appreciate your awareness. The last thing we need to do is be trapped in this tunnel.
festiverogue: (are you ferreal)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-12 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well the rising panic in Madara isn't actually his fault or anything, but at least he keeps an outwardly cool head when he realizes the shaking is also coming from the train itself. Not that he can see the back to see why! Still... Some survival instinct tells him forward is better than stopping.]

Great.

[A nice little grin, easy as can be, as he throttles up. And picks up the little microphone thing that better be there to helpfully announce:]

Hello commuters, this is your conductor speaking. Everything is kind of fucked up, so please get ready to make an orderly exit in just a couple of minutes.

[Maybe that ETA will be a little sooner if he goes into full speed. Or maybe not.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-12 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hien finally wakes up, but only because I rolled a five and he's getting a rude awakening by falling onto the floor. He groans as he grabs a hold of some seats for balance, listening to Madara's announcement, and looks outside the window. There seems to be... something crumbling?

...

With as much balance and grabbing whatever he can, he makes it to the front because being in the back cars sounds like a bad idea and sees Sabo first, so he'll be the first to know, because Hien doesn't yell.
]

The tracks are crumbling.

[ The way he says it has the same vibe as saying "the moon's haunted". ]
vivens: (pic#15698635)

[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-12 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ well, when the announcement comes on, sabo can't help but laugh softly. it's not that he finds humor in the message but more the way that madara goes about explaining it to them. then hien has his rude awakening and further confirms that the tracks are crumbling.

you know, for once, he would like to be hallucinating something unfortunate here. just once?? but oh well. maybe next time. sabo's reply will come off with the same energy of "well i guess i'll just die".
]

Of course they are.

[ because what else is he supposed to say here? they don't have a lot of options, but he does carefully navigate his way over towards hien to provide support if he wants it. ]
festiverogue: (oh come on)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-12 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[He needs ideas, because he's focused on getting to the station and stopping this thing on a dime. It doesn't work that way, of course, so chances are it's going to crash if they keep trying to outrun the falling-off business.]

I think I've got about two choices, and I'm really ready to follow somebody else's lead on this. Either we get off now and take our chances with that mess behind us, or we get off at the end of the line in about... two minutes. There's an emergency brake I can throw when we get close to the station, but this thing's going to crash no matter what, at this distance and speed. So we'll have to get off here fast, and we're more than likely going to get roughed up a little.

[Dammit, this is bad. This is bad, bad, bad.]

Did you see anywhere we can get clear to if we go now? If not, I'm going with option A, and I'd like to direct you gentlemen to the nearest exit.
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-12 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I like the emergency brake option.

[ While Hien would be very kanyeshrug about jumping into the void (it's technically his home), he knows he can't really afford to do that for Sabo and Madara. ]

Just slam down the lever for us when it's time, Madara.

[ Hien doesn't have any tools, but-- ]

Sabo, let's try to pry the door open. There's an emergency ax over there.

[ Under a seat that Sabo is closer to. ]
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[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-12 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ well not all of us can live in the void, hien, and when madara gives them the options that they can do it's... well, they aren't great but they are something especially when you consider how the cart behind them is just going to become a non-factor here, which is a lot of "nice."

sabo will waste no time to fetch the ax that hien has so carefully pointed out to him and we're just going to really this man have it, aren't we? this will be his companion all cyoa, i hope you all know.
]

I'm not sure about our chances for survival if we are going to jump out now, however...

[ sabo will tap the glass with the ax to test the thickness of it. it'll also double as for sabo to get another look at how things look for them outside of the tunnel. is there more light for them now given the crumbling?? ]

I'm not afraid to play things a little risky if the payout will end well for the three of us.

[ so, that's two votes in favor for emergency breaks but also a vote for the x factor. ]
festiverogue: (winning shot)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-12 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is the worst field trip ever.

Madara's got a keen eye on both the radar and the ever-closer light, and he's listening for confirmation that the others are ready to go. When it seems like they are, he'll put a hand on the brake lever.]


There's probably going to be a jolt when I pull this. [Isn't that what happens in movies? It's not like he's actually done this before! This is like, worst case scenario survival guide level knowledge he's relying on.] Gonna give you guys a countdown. Three... two... one... GO!

[And he is pulling that lever and joining team GTFO.]
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[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-12 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah, it's going to be sabo who will be whacking at the window/prying out the door with the ax. he doesn't know anything about how things are going to be given that sabo's movie time adventures are probably going to be rather limited.

nevertheless, as madara does the countdown, he'll already be both whacking at the door to bust it up some before using the ax as a way to get some room for extra leverage to pry the door open. is this a smart move? who knows! but it's a move that's sabo's going to do because, well, they only have so much time. (and if there's going to be an issue with this, i shall use my nat.20 roll from earlier to bust it open. :myah:)

so, hopefully it will become a matter of when to jump rather than if they can jump. also...may they not jump into the darkness? rest in pieces if they do.
]

You first.

[ and for the record, no. sabo is not going to leave the ax behind. ]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-12 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He steadies himself when the emergency brake is pulled, watching Sabo smash that door like it's never been smashed before, and when Madara catches up, Hien glances over at the incoming view and... there! It's the station! The end! ]

Jump...!

[ Hien shouts, since the sound of the wind is so strong with the door open. His voice didn't crack. What are you talking about.

Hien jumps with Madara! Sabo goes last because Sabo is Sabo.
]
festiverogue: (oh come on)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-12 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chadara is sorry he rolled the 17 after they already fell. He closes his eyes as he falls, but the jolt of waking up again makes him anxious for a moment. He takes inventory of any injuries--none?!?--before looking around at whatever this D*sney movie hellscape is.]

Gotta be kidding me... [Alice. In. Wonderland. But make it techie.] You guys okay? [As he looks at the nearest pillars of words and light, seeing if anything sticks out as recognizable or if it's 01010101 business... or even gibberish.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-12 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm...

[ Hien wants to sleep more, but alas. The bold text has decreed his status of waking up! (/s) But he sits up, yawns, and looks at Madara. ]

I'm fine. Thanks.

[ He's actually glad that he's not in pain. ]

At least we're not dead. I'm glad for that.

[ So as if that didn't just happen, Hien gets up and looks around, trying to read the nearest pillar since it has a lot of words in it. Please don't make Hien regret wanting to read. ]
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[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-12 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ one wonders what the alternate timeline where sabo didn't try to save madara and hien would have looked like. would he be out in the open? would he still eventually fall into this digital world? who knows because that's not the timeline that they're living and sabo somehow did all of that falling with an ax without hurting anyone or himself.

small blessings.

for now, while hien and madara look to be slightly more in their element, sabo is decidedly not so he's just going to do a cursory look at their surroundings more than try to read anything. how far do things look like they go on for? do they look any different?
]

I would hope that we're not dead. [ he'll move to rest the handle of the ax on one of his shoulders. ] There's plenty left that I need to do.
festiverogue: (pure joy)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-13 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
If I died, it'd be really inconvenient for Shizuku. Can't have that!

[Anyway, light pillars.

Well, that's... interesting. Complete nonsense, considering he's never heard of the place mentioned, but it's a Japanese name, and so are the words. Is there anything in English or another common language? Because he speaks... several. This is literally canon, I'm sorry.]


Check this out: Some of this is in Japanese. I don't know what it means, but it's kind of like... descriptors, I want to say? Like a weird nickname you'd give somebody. And a city: Sugomori. It's not familiar to me at all, though. I don't think that place exists in my Japan. Kinda wish Idia was here...

[By the way. He's totally going to poke one of the pillars, because today can't possibly get worse.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-06-13 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I don't remember a Sugomori in terms of location either... maybe as a surame, but not a city.

[ And he's been to a lot of worlds with different variations. Hm. He tries to look more into the Kizna Project and especially about pain sharing, whether it be in this pillar, or in another. ]

You find anything, Sabo?
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[personal profile] vivens 2022-06-13 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think Ace would take it too well if I died.

[ a sentiment he mumbles to himself more than in response to madara but don't mind him. sometimes you just have a lot to think about for one reason or another and sabo doesn't know what a japan is (other than what he has learned here). ]

I haven't run across the name Sugomori either. [ if we wanna talk about flowers though. ] But it looks like there's an exit or some sort of window up ahead. It looks like it's still a bit of a ways, but not too bad.

[ thankfully so. he doesn't quite leave the other two just yet but if he focuses on the window/exit can he make out what kind of outside is waiting for them? ]
festiverogue: (you're done)

[personal profile] festiverogue 2022-06-13 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Oops.

[Okay, well, it's no pit, but he's probably done causing problems. If there's nothing else to see, he looks in the direction Sabo is indicating.]

Think we ought to head out?

[He'll walk that way, idly looking at any pillars he passes for just a glimpse at new info. Anything, anything at all. He'd begun to have an eerie feeling that things weren't on the up and up here as far as the story they've been fed, but now that he sees that lecture hall he's ready to voice some of those doubts.]

Remember the jewelry store? [He didn't get to talk about it at the town hall, but it was mentioned, so he figures it's safe to bring up at least in a passing, vague mention.] Getting that saaame vibe right now.

[Of course, it could just be some generic lecture hall and the resemblance is coincidental or the product of scarcity/a lack of competition, but... The vibe is off. And he wants to know what's on the outside of that lecture hall.]

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