CYOA week 5: cloud, sebastian, bradley, jason

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[unrecked]

[THIS POOR GUY. He points to himself for a second. WH... Well. He does not remember anything important here, and Jan did not give me any romantic backstory so:]

Uh, yeah, I guess I am...?

[Snatching this poor man's woman right out from under him. He should be killed.]

[battling]

[ Congratulations on you new girlfriend.

Bradley has stolen all of this guy's keys and also a fancy letter opener.

He won't miss it.

Back down to the second floor, can he hear the guards talking right outside it again? ]

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[JASON. This woman does not know about Jason's real backstory, so she's sliding up to him while the poor idiot guy stares, appalled.]

Wh—this guy definitely isn't a catch either! He seems like the heartbreaker type!

[As for Bradley, yes. The guards are by the door again so he may have trouble getting back inside.]

[unrecked]

[I THOUGHT THE STAIRS WENT DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR? WHAT KIND OF EMERGENCY EXIT IS THIS? HOW DO PEOPLE GET OUT?! I'm unfortunately not sure Jason realizes this. Godspeed, Bradley.]

Wow. I have a lot of respect for women, thanks.

[He's in this now, I guess. He offers the lady his elbow. How the shit will he get rid of her?!]

[battling]

[ Jason you dumb slut.

Bradley goes down to the first floor and checks the guards there. If they sound like they're there he'll just go outside and wait.

Do I have money to get back into the museum or what.

I don't think they have cell phones so like. Figure out where to meet him. ]

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[The first floor's emergency exit is... locked, for some reason. Dang, what kind of system is this. Bradley does not have a cellphone. People outside give him weird looks for coming down the emergency staircase. And he does not have money for the museum because, inconveniently, Jason was carrying all their money.

Meanwhile, the lady takes Jason's elbow while the poor idiot guy collapses to his knees, sobbing. The woman ignores him and looks at Jason admiringly.]

So, where to now?

[unrecked]

[Imagine the first floor emergency exit being LOCKED during an EMERGENCY. Jan, this museum is not up to code?! JAN?! He hates crime so much he is going to call the authorities on this dude for his building when he gets out and Bradley tells him. (no)]

Downstairs. Let's look around. The name's Red.

[He thinks Bradley is going to come out the first floor emergency exit, but will find that isn't the case when he gets down there. Also, poor Ben gets to see him walking along with a woman instead of Bradley and probably be mad about it.]

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[ Help!!! He's trapped out here with the keys and NO CASH.

Jason!!! ]

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[Ben waves his arms indignantly like HELLO?? DID YOU FORGET???? Unfortunately, he can do nothing about it because he's stuck with his clock vessel.

Jason does not find Bradley on the first floor. The woman compliments his incredibly cool name of Red.

People in the front lobby or wherever Bradley's hanging around, broke, continue to give him weird looks. Meanwhile, poor idiot guy comes down to the front lobby, apparently intending to leave now that SOMEONE stole his DATE.]

[unrecked]

[He forgot because it's memloss week apparently. No. Ben is waving at him and Bradley is probably also waving at him. IT'S FINE. HE IS LOOKING FOR BRADLEY WHILE ENTERTAINING THIS LADY ANYWAY.]

Well. It looks like my big brother [why is bradley older, but he took him in, he hates this] is stuck outside.

[Bradley, how did you get out there?! He leads the woman to the door but deposits her by it on the inside. Will this dude leaving try to shoot his shot again or something. I hope so.] Hold on. I need to get him back in really quick. [He's going to go see if he can pay to get Bradley back in.

Hope she hits on him when he's gay.]

[battling]

[ The building isn't even up to code.

Please let him in, he has so many keys and absolutely no money FOR SOME REASON.

He is just waiting by the... Registers? How do museums work? Let him in. ]

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[The dude is absolutely trying to shoot his shot again. At least it's keeping the woman distracted while Jason goes to buy another ticket for Bradley, who unfortunately has not yet proven his art nerd credentials and so she doesn't find him attractive.

People are whispering about this weirdo who brought a rifle to the museum.]

[unrecked]

What's up, Big Bro? If you were any later, we might have missed our appointment for the gun.

[Bradley, your fucking NRA allegiance is going to get them in trouble. Jason is sticking to the story that the rifle is here to be donated, so everyone else can kiss their asses. He will be nice and pay for Bradley to get back in.

And he really watches this guy try again with the woman, wow. He may save her in a moment, but they have some keys to try first.]

What'd you find upstairs?

[battling]

Ya know how the crowds get.

[ This is his magical artifact, even if it doesn't function magically right now. This gun goes with him everywhere.

Anyway, he goes in and pulls out the keys he's stolen somewhere discrete. ]

Buncha hoity-toity rich people shit and a ton of keys.

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[People will look away once Jason gives his story, which is probably a good thing as Bradley whips out a bunch of keys. Jingle jingle. The poor idiot guy continues to try and whoo the woman over, espousing about how that twunkish hunk is probably terrible in bed.]

[unrecked]

[Wow. That's a lot of keys. He immediately looks up and around, putting his hand over them to get Bradley to hide them again. For some reason, he is not a fan of this criminal activity, but it's fine.

Keep thinking about how they are the burglars now.]

See if one of them works for Ben. Let me hold your rifle. I'll keep an eye out.

[This feels like Ben will double-cross them. What's the situation looking like over by the clock? Crowded...? Security?]

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[ The keys get put away. Bradley is a huge fan of criminal activity, so it's totally fine.

He holds his rifle out but also: ]

If anything happens to this, I'll never forgive you.

[ Back to looking at Ben's box. Does it look crowded now, or have people started filtering out? ]

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[It doesn't look too crowded. There are a few people in the area, as well as security guards who are still eyeing that gun, but no one's directly by Ben's case, at least.

Ben is hovering above the clock, waving at them like HEWWO.]

[unrecked]

[Alright. Good luck to us.]

Try Ben. Be careful, don't let anyone see you. I'll take care of security.

[This sounds ominous, but he is a fine, upstanding vigilante sort of guy. So he will approach the guards since they are keeping an eye on the gun. He stands in a way that forces them to look away from Bradley's direction.]

Yo. My family has a pretty historic and famous rifle we're trying to put in the museum. Someone said to get an appointment with the big guy, you've got to go through his assistant. Know how I do that?

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[ It's time to try all of these keys once he's sure nobody's looking at him and Ben.

Keep them busy, Jason. ]

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[The guards inform Jason that he should go to the info desk for that.

Bradley is arguably not that subtle trying out a bunch of jingly keys, but at least everyone leaves him alone. One of the keys works, and the case opens! Yay. Ben is wiggling in nervousness and excitement.]

[unrecked]

[He does not look in Bradley's direction even when the case gets opened. Bold of them to think he will go to the info desk where he can get information.

He shows them the rifle instead.]

What do you think? [This may incite a punch from him (no).] Look like it could be in a museum to you?

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[ I'm assuming this is a small enough clock he can put it in a large jacket pocket?

Because that's what he's doing. ]

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[The guards look at the gun, unimpressed.]

Doesn't look like much. Also, don't go waving that around.

[The clock might be a little too big for a jacket pocket, unfortunately. Also, people are starting to notice Bradley now, so.]

Uhhh...

[unrecked]

[Damn, please be impressed by his fake big brother's magical artifact? What's a guy got to do around here for people to be impressed by his long, pointy, sharp and shooty?]

It's fine. I know my way around our family's gun. Just showing it to see what you guys thought. A little hard for the average person to tell how powerful it is, I know.

[BRADLEY. THE CLOCK.]

Thanks anyway.