My side’s fucked, not my ears. I heard you the first time.
[And he doesn’t CARE, he will continue to be a (anti) hero.
Carefully, he leans to the side so he can try to ease up to his knees. He hisses, pressing a hand to his side like this will help not stretch the wound when he clambers back to his feet. His head swims.]
What the hell… is that…? [He is already walking toward it warily. He has to go first, he’s the tank!] Stay behind me but watch your back.
[ don't be a complete bitch about this jason, they want to get out of this in one piece. or. as many of their pieces as possible. ]
Seiros. You can at least lean on me.
[ literally, he's going to shove himself right up to his side. not only will the audience love it, it means if he does stumble and try to eat floor, he can help him. ]
... Someone coughing? Who on earth would be down here...?
[ yuri does not stay behind, he stays to the side. but he will be keeping an eye out on both their backs and whoever this coughing person is. ]
[He will take the leaning help because he doesn’t want to hear Yuri chew him out.
The round the board, and he stops them, surprised to find another person. They’re injured, though, so he quickly pulls away from Yuri so they both can move freely.
She seems to know him anyway.]
Friend of yours? [To her:] You alright? Need some help?
[ realistically, he knows this probably isn't real. cloud and sylvain weren't real, but it didn't minimise what had happened. and it doesn't do anything for the feeling of dread he has prickling at his senses. ]
Gee, I got put in some stupid dating game, and I guess they didn't like me very much.
[ oh, the sarcasm. hapi is full of it, as always! she looks... a mess, her hair sticking up in random places, bleeding from her temple, and clutching her side. she looks between yuri and jason, and wipes her mouth. ]
[He curses under his breath, letting go of Yuri so he can crouch down beside her.]
Let me look at you. Do you know if you can walk? Is anything broken? You were coughing. You got blood in your lungs?
[He glances back at Yuri like he might say something, but then… just turns to the girl again.
Fuck.
It feels scummy to put Yuri on the spot and make him decide whether they are taking her, or leaving her based on some kind of hunch they aren’t real.]
[ he's going to look her over carefully -- jason's said the injuries to look out for, but he's looking for anything hidden, any weird colour or tone to her lips or skin. she's bleeding, sure, but how bad is her blood loss? ]
Whether that's a good thing or not-- they threw you down here? They didn't-- [ he doesn't finish the sentence. it had been uh... very definitive, what they'd done to the other two contestants after all. ]
[ she just looks weak and miserable, actually - she's breathing kind of hard, but she manages a weak half smile for yuri, at first. ]
Something about a lightning round. It - I was up there with Coco, but I. I'm...
[ hapi lets jason look her over, and looks at him for a long moment, instead. ] I don't know. Feels like everything's broken. I'm just...
[ seeing him, seeing yuri and jason - yuri, who doesn't look too bad, and this big lug who is staring. constance, who -
... hapi closes her eyes.
she leans against the wall.
and she sighs.
this might not mean much to jason at first. but there's a very ominous sound that comes directly from behind hapi, and in the darkness, the two of them can just see a pair of large, brightly glowing yellow eyes, and hear the sound of a snarl. ]
[He hates that. And this. EVERYTHING feels broken? Hates it. He just assumes Coco is probably dead. That's like the best theory he's got in this shithole.
At first, he thinks maybe she has passed out or, worse, died. He starts to reach out, but freezes when two eyes wink on in the darkness. Everything in him tenses immediately.]
Get back. Get back!
[He's sure Yuri can handle himself; Jason's first concern is Hapi regardless of her real existence or not. He shoots his arms out and beneath her since he's already crouched, ignoring the rip of pain up and down his side. He hustles to lift her and stand at the same time so they can, like, run? At least get a head start on putting distance between something that will definitely leap out of the shadows.
Why does he offer his back to this thing? BECAUSE THERE IS A GIRL IN HIS ARMS, protect.]
It's the sigh. You've got to stop her from doing that again -- or better yet let me carry her, I'm not injured. [ HE'S INFURIATED. ] Cover her mouth, whatever you have to do it draws monsters to her.
[ hell. is there anything around he can grab to use as a makeshift weapon? any loose metal or debris? ]
the monster snarls, as it steps out of the shadows, and boy howdy it is nasty looking. the steps it takes rattle the ground, shaking dirt from the ceiling.
the crowd begins chattering and chattering and clattering, excited.
the monster roars as jason, who is a dumbass who i love with all my heart, picks up hapi. she makes a pained noise, curling up against jason's chest, breathing weakly and opening her mouth again like she's going to say something.
it takes a step forward, and then it throws its claws out to attack both yuri and jason, and then starts charging up something magical as it stampedes towards them. as for makeshift weaponry - sure, yeah, yuri can have a metal pole that must have come from the stage above. it's about three feet long. good luck bud
they can see what looks like a long, dark hallway in front of them. ]
[HELLO? THIS FIRE TEMPLE DEATH MOUNTAIN LOOKING MOTHERFUCKER IS HUGE?
Jason is booking it because he doesn't have the arms to stop to grab a weapon even though he wishes he did. Or wishes he had his gun.] She what?! Fucking Christ! [WHO SIGHS AND SUMMONS MONSTERS?
He shifts his arm around her shoulders to clamp a hand a bit over her mouth as he goes, praying he doesn't smother her in all of this rush. The swipe dices him just barely along the shoulder, and he grits his teeth.]
It's too big to fight with that! Just bring it! Ahead of us, let's go!
[No other way except into the dark ass hallway which he hates, but what can you do in a Death Dating Game. He glances over his shoulder quickly.]
Shit--is it going to special beam laser?! Get ready to dodge!
[ i appreciate yuri defending hapi even as she caused this. she did this. whatever she's about to say is cut off by jason covering her mouth, and if hapi was not currently bleeding out and also terrified, she would probably bite his hand. thankfully, she is rapidly losing consciousness, bleeding in jason's arms.
jason takes that hit like a champ - the monster screams, however, and lashes out at yuri instead, sinking its teeth right into his leg. he's lucky enough not to get it torn off, but it's going to hurt - blood splatters across the floor of this bizarre tunnel, and he's going to have to drag himself up to his feet. as the boys run and run and run down the hall, they manage to skid around the only visible corner, feet thudding - the skeletons gasp, delighted at the carnage, as the monster rams into the wall. its area of effect attack is still charging, but it looks like it's cornered them.
they found a dead end.
...maybe.
there are two doors, at the end of this hall. each one has a shimmering image instead of an actual door, and a knob. the image is surrounded by gray and black static.
the door on the left shows... the hotel. it's the lobby of the starlight hotel, with its marble floors, its starry ceilings. people occasionally walk by; staff members, a group heading out of the revolving the door.
the door on the right shows... an old, rickety mansion. it doesn't look familiar to the boys.
...however, what might is the image of harrow and hua cheng. they are in trouble - this door is not silent, and the boys can hear something sounds like choking, like harrow and hua cheng both gasping for air. there's blood on the floor of the mansion and something invisible, unseen, is attacking the both of them. they're both hovering off of the ground a bit, and blood hits the ground underneath their feet in steady drops.
the skeletons chitter excitedly. they can distantly hear - "faced with a choice, what sort of trip will our lovebirds choose?!" from the announcer above.
what's it gonna be, kids? the monster's area of effect attack is glowing so ominously now that it's probably identified your tiles to blow up. not much time to deliberate. ]
Edited (you ever just forget the name of your own game setting?) 2022-07-06 17:24 (UTC)
Now who isn't injured, you asshole! Are you good?!
[He keeps booking it ahead, but since he is kind of far enough away, he stops to wait for Yuri. Quickly, he shoots across to the other side so he can keep pace with Yuri, too. He really has too much Bat in him despite being a shitlord.
Also, shhh, shhh, Hapi. No talking. Only the sweet embrace of unconsciousness. Thank you.]
If you can run, do it. I'll look at it when we find a place for cover.
[Except, like, the end is a dead end. The end has nothing. Besides the two doors. He slams his heels down to stop, looking wildly back and forth between the doors. Fuck. Fuck! They don't have time. Monstro back there is still about to kamehameha them.]
Here. Trade. [He runs to dump Hapi into Yuri's arms, careful of both her and Yuri's leg. Give him the pole! (He will give it back if Yuri follows.)] Go through that one right now. [He jerks his head at the one for the hotel.] I'll go through the other one for Hua and Harrow. Go before that thing fries us!
[He dashes away, busting through the door on the right without any hesitation. Yuri is probably not going to listen to him at all which is very valid and fair, but that is for Becks to decide.]
[ he's just Moving. as fast as he can because the last thing he wants is another hit from that monster. it hurts like hell but he's not joking -- he's handled worse. he can grit his teeth and keep going because he has no choice and dying here isn't an option.
jason is infuriating, honestly. he can take this overprotective bullshit and shove it. ]
I'm not leaving either of them there, will you stop trying to throw yourself into the entire fire all by yourself??
[ i hope they burst into hua cheng and harrow's scenario arguing intensely, that would be a lovely set up for this whole adventure. but yes, he's going after him with about as much hesitation as jason had throwing hapi at him and stealing his weapon off him :/ ]
well! the monster's attack finishes charging. it shrieks and rears its head back, and lets loose a burst of fiery energy that will crisp both of their backs to the point of very briefly agonizing pain -
but the lovebirds go sailing into the door with the mansion. there's a loud sound of static. more of that chattering, clattering noise, clapping, laughter.
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[And he doesn’t CARE, he will continue to be a (anti) hero.
Carefully, he leans to the side so he can try to ease up to his knees. He hisses, pressing a hand to his side like this will help not stretch the wound when he clambers back to his feet. His head swims.]
What the hell… is that…? [He is already walking toward it warily. He has to go first, he’s the tank!] Stay behind me but watch your back.
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[ don't be a complete bitch about this jason, they want to get out of this in one piece. or. as many of their pieces as possible. ]
Seiros. You can at least lean on me.
[ literally, he's going to shove himself right up to his side. not only will the audience love it, it means if he does stumble and try to eat floor, he can help him. ]
... Someone coughing? Who on earth would be down here...?
[ yuri does not stay behind, he stays to the side. but he will be keeping an eye out on both their backs and whoever this coughing person is. ]
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she wipes her mouth. she is.... injured, it looks like, leaning against the wall, badly bloodied, and she squints at the two of them. ]
... Yuri-bird...?
[ oh, the drama. ]
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[He will take the leaning help because he doesn’t want to hear Yuri chew him out.
The round the board, and he stops them, surprised to find another person. They’re injured, though, so he quickly pulls away from Yuri so they both can move freely.
She seems to know him anyway.]
Friend of yours? [To her:] You alright? Need some help?
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that's not good ]
Hapi?
[ realistically, he knows this probably isn't real. cloud and sylvain weren't real, but it didn't minimise what had happened. and it doesn't do anything for the feeling of dread he has prickling at his senses. ]
What happened to you?
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[ oh, the sarcasm. hapi is full of it, as always! she looks... a mess, her hair sticking up in random places, bleeding from her temple, and clutching her side. she looks between yuri and jason, and wipes her mouth. ]
Lemme guess, you found true love...?
[ she does not seem... very happy. haha. ]
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Let me look at you. Do you know if you can walk? Is anything broken? You were coughing. You got blood in your lungs?
[He glances back at Yuri like he might say something, but then… just turns to the girl again.
Fuck.
It feels scummy to put Yuri on the spot and make him decide whether they are taking her, or leaving her based on some kind of hunch they aren’t real.]
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Whether that's a good thing or not-- they threw you down here? They didn't-- [ he doesn't finish the sentence. it had been uh... very definitive, what they'd done to the other two contestants after all. ]
How'd you end up here, like this?
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Something about a lightning round. It - I was up there with Coco, but I. I'm...
[ hapi lets jason look her over, and looks at him for a long moment, instead. ] I don't know. Feels like everything's broken. I'm just...
[ seeing him, seeing yuri and jason - yuri, who doesn't look too bad, and this big lug who is staring. constance, who -
... hapi closes her eyes.
she leans against the wall.
and she sighs.
this might not mean much to jason at first. but there's a very ominous sound that comes directly from behind hapi, and in the darkness, the two of them can just see a pair of large, brightly glowing yellow eyes, and hear the sound of a snarl. ]
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At first, he thinks maybe she has passed out or, worse, died. He starts to reach out, but freezes when two eyes wink on in the darkness. Everything in him tenses immediately.]
Get back. Get back!
[He's sure Yuri can handle himself; Jason's first concern is Hapi regardless of her real existence or not. He shoots his arms out and beneath her since he's already crouched, ignoring the rip of pain up and down his side. He hustles to lift her and stand at the same time so they can, like, run? At least get a head start on putting distance between something that will definitely leap out of the shadows.
Why does he offer his back to this thing? BECAUSE THERE IS A GIRL IN HIS ARMS, protect.]
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Shit, Hapi don--
[ too late. also i hope jason knows i hate him. ]
It's the sigh. You've got to stop her from doing that again -- or better yet let me carry her, I'm not injured. [ HE'S INFURIATED. ] Cover her mouth, whatever you have to do it draws monsters to her.
[ hell. is there anything around he can grab to use as a makeshift weapon? any loose metal or debris? ]
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the monster snarls, as it steps out of the shadows, and boy howdy it is nasty looking. the steps it takes rattle the ground, shaking dirt from the ceiling.
the crowd begins chattering and chattering and clattering, excited.
the monster roars as jason, who is a dumbass who i love with all my heart, picks up hapi. she makes a pained noise, curling up against jason's chest, breathing weakly and opening her mouth again like she's going to say something.
it takes a step forward, and then it throws its claws out to attack both yuri and jason, and then starts charging up something magical as it stampedes towards them. as for makeshift weaponry - sure, yeah, yuri can have a metal pole that must have come from the stage above. it's about three feet long. good luck bud
they can see what looks like a long, dark hallway in front of them. ]
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Jason is booking it because he doesn't have the arms to stop to grab a weapon even though he wishes he did. Or wishes he had his gun.] She what?! Fucking Christ! [WHO SIGHS AND SUMMONS MONSTERS?
He shifts his arm around her shoulders to clamp a hand a bit over her mouth as he goes, praying he doesn't smother her in all of this rush. The swipe dices him just barely along the shoulder, and he grits his teeth.]
It's too big to fight with that! Just bring it! Ahead of us, let's go!
[No other way except into the dark ass hallway which he hates, but what can you do in a Death Dating Game. He glances over his shoulder quickly.]
Shit--is it going to special beam laser?! Get ready to dodge!
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Not her damn fault, for the record, even if we are dealing with the fallout. [ PEOPLE WHO WERE MAGICALLY EXPERIMENTED ON THANK YOU ]
...
I don't think it can turn fast enough, or I hope it can't. Keep to the edges of the hall and them we'll have more space to move into.
[ this is a terrible game show he wants his time back. ]
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jason takes that hit like a champ - the monster screams, however, and lashes out at yuri instead, sinking its teeth right into his leg. he's lucky enough not to get it torn off, but it's going to hurt - blood splatters across the floor of this bizarre tunnel, and he's going to have to drag himself up to his feet. as the boys run and run and run down the hall, they manage to skid around the only visible corner, feet thudding - the skeletons gasp, delighted at the carnage, as the monster rams into the wall. its area of effect attack is still charging, but it looks like it's cornered them.
they found a dead end.
...maybe.
there are two doors, at the end of this hall. each one has a shimmering image instead of an actual door, and a knob. the image is surrounded by gray and black static.
the door on the left shows... the hotel. it's the lobby of the starlight hotel, with its marble floors, its starry ceilings. people occasionally walk by; staff members, a group heading out of the revolving the door.
the door on the right shows... an old, rickety mansion. it doesn't look familiar to the boys.
...however, what might is the image of harrow and hua cheng. they are in trouble - this door is not silent, and the boys can hear something sounds like choking, like harrow and hua cheng both gasping for air. there's blood on the floor of the mansion and something invisible, unseen, is attacking the both of them. they're both hovering off of the ground a bit, and blood hits the ground underneath their feet in steady drops.
the skeletons chitter excitedly. they can distantly hear - "faced with a choice, what sort of trip will our lovebirds choose?!" from the announcer above.
what's it gonna be, kids? the monster's area of effect attack is glowing so ominously now that it's probably identified your tiles to blow up. not much time to deliberate. ]
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[He keeps booking it ahead, but since he is kind of far enough away, he stops to wait for Yuri. Quickly, he shoots across to the other side so he can keep pace with Yuri, too. He really has too much Bat in him despite being a shitlord.
Also, shhh, shhh, Hapi. No talking. Only the sweet embrace of unconsciousness. Thank you.]
If you can run, do it. I'll look at it when we find a place for cover.
[Except, like, the end is a dead end. The end has nothing. Besides the two doors. He slams his heels down to stop, looking wildly back and forth between the doors. Fuck. Fuck! They don't have time. Monstro back there is still about to kamehameha them.]
Here. Trade. [He runs to dump Hapi into Yuri's arms, careful of both her and Yuri's leg. Give him the pole! (He will give it back if Yuri follows.)] Go through that one right now. [He jerks his head at the one for the hotel.] I'll go through the other one for Hua and Harrow. Go before that thing fries us!
[He dashes away, busting through the door on the right without any hesitation. Yuri is probably not going to listen to him at all which is very valid and fair, but that is for Becks to decide.]
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I'm fine, I've dealt with worse.
[ he's just Moving. as fast as he can because the last thing he wants is another hit from that monster. it hurts like hell but he's not joking -- he's handled worse. he can grit his teeth and keep going because he has no choice and dying here isn't an option.
jason is infuriating, honestly. he can take this overprotective bullshit and shove it. ]
I'm not leaving either of them there, will you stop trying to throw yourself into the entire fire all by yourself??
[ i hope they burst into hua cheng and harrow's scenario arguing intensely, that would be a lovely set up for this whole adventure. but yes, he's going after him with about as much hesitation as jason had throwing hapi at him and stealing his weapon off him :/ ]
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well! the monster's attack finishes charging. it shrieks and rears its head back, and lets loose a burst of fiery energy that will crisp both of their backs to the point of very briefly agonizing pain -
but the lovebirds go sailing into the door with the mansion. there's a loud sound of static. more of that chattering, clattering noise, clapping, laughter.
and then - shattering glass.
and shit starts happening. ]