[ Joonghyuk had to squint so his eyes didn't get completely sniped by the lights, but now they're fighting butterflies. Rather than caring about the cuts, he's like ??? about them falling? They're going to land on what exactly?
Are the rings going to help? Videogames tell him rings are a good idea to pass through, so he focuses on the butterflies. Two feet is not large enough to see if they can hop onto them and use them as gliders, so he swings his sword to keep them away, at least from the rear. ]
[i'm yjh wondering where tf you're landing. the three of them continue to fall, and lup is able to wopple some of the butterflies. that's probably not the smartest idea seeing how they immediately begin to swarm her again. shinobu is able to kick some of them away, sending them spinning and smashing into some of the solid lit rings as they fall.
yjh's sword cuts through a butterfly and it dissipates into black stardust, disappearing into the void as clusters of stars swarm and are absorbed into his body. a counter appears before all of them.
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[maybe the rings will help? but they won't know until they try to pass through them. as they continue to fall, pieces of debris appear. flower blooms burst in their faces, windowpanes and old stone lanterns rush to meet them. they will have to dodge or break them to get through as the butterflies swoop in further.]
[what the fuck that's so rude. yjh, not the butterflies. no, uh - she sees the counter, and she's not a gamer, but like, the number went up, and she gets the impression that she should probably try to do that. so try she will.
lup aims for some of the rings, and also attempts to dodge the random debris that comes up and cast a spell at the same time, which i'm sure goes great with this 3 that i rolled, thanks dice maiden. right this second, though, she's focused the most on the butterflies because they are trying to cut her up, so regardless, she concentrates...
and then tries to set the butterflies on fire with her magic (1/5 or so).]
[ it'd be swell if shinobu remembers she could buff right now, but she is very focused on getting away from butterflies and debris both, dodging in midair as well as she can while freefalling.
she sees the counter and knows nothing about video games. ]
Yoo Joonghyuk-san! What does it mean?
[ local modern despite the apocalypse, please advise.
she doesn't know she should go through these rings, so she's useless. ]
[ He's concerned about this black stardust that he absorbed, but not now. ]
It can mean anything, but in most games they accelerate speed.
[ Accelerate speed in what direction or how, they won't know unless they try it! And Joonghyuk is willing to take the risk and pass through one ring. What does it do? I hope it sends him straight down into the ground and he breaks all of his bones. On his way, he slashes at another butterfly and keeps the counter in mind. ]
I'm tossing my sword. Catch it.
[ To Shinobu because Lup is a WIZARD. So he will pass it to her, in the case the ring forces him to descend.
if she doesn't catch it and it falls i would laugh too ]
[there is a lot happening here as you fall through the abyss. lup attempts to cast a spell and she's able to, firing off at the butterflies with a burst of flames! the butterflies are hit, wings sputtering and fluttering as they too burst into dark stardust. however, with lup's three she does in fact miss the ring and also finds herself knocking chest-first into a large piece of stone.
shinobu with her 15 is able to dodge, including dodging the rings as the butterflies turn to focus more on yjh and lup. as they fall closer and closer to the ground, she may begin to recognize the area.
yjh is actually correct! falling through one of the rings means there's a burst of speed, sending him plummeting through the ground. but simultaneously as he falls, a gust expels from his body and knocks some of the butterflies akimbo and into the buildings, scattering into dust.
with the 18 and the 15, yjh is able to toss his sword to shinobu and she can catch it without issue. for her. without issue for her, because now yjh doesn't have a way to defend himself and a flower explodes in his face and dizzies him.]
the butterflies burst into stardust, which is totally rad and she's all for that, whooping, but also, she hits the stone and it knocks all the wind out of her. she is out of it for a second, curling up in the air and groaning. she holds onto her staff, staring down below them after she's recovered. can she try to go through another ring?
i assume yjh is further down than her now, so she can't reach for him, but she'll try to move a little closer to shinobu so they can steady themselves, if possible.]
[ she catches the sword! she is part grateful and part why because she doesn't think there won't be more monsters on the ground.
if she may recognize the area, i hate this already. it'll give her enough pause before she looks around for where lup is. ]
Are you all right?
[ she calls to both of them who got walloped by something, but she will wait until lup gets closer to her, if she can, before indicating the ring she'd like to try to head towards. ]
[ it’s because he trusts himself to kill with his hands
Anyway, I think? Joonghyuk is on the ground?? Through the ground means he crushed into the ground and made a person-sized hole, right? He can’t really do much this round because he is dizzy from a flower blossoming upon descent and he maybe ate dirt. ]
[the two girls are able to gravitate toward each other, butterflies still swirling around them. shinobu has a sword though, and with her guardian boost she is able to keep them at a distance as the girls dive through a ring and plummet toward the ground. they swoop through three rings of stars, bits of the galaxy clinging to them and they are fast approaching the bottom of the dive.
yjh ate dirt but somehow he's not dead, so that's nice. instead, he will find in a person-sized crater in front of what appears to be a building. he still doesn't have a sword because shinobu has it, and he is going to suffer the dizzying effect for a few moments as the girls gracefully (?) drop down next to him.]
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[around them they will find small items. there are a few glass jars of green liquid and a few blue squares.
around them, the entire area is silent. they have time to regroup, and the portal they were just yeeted through closes with a soft click.]
[oh i suddenly understand what the colors meant wow
lup grabs onto shinobu as she gravitates closer, and holds as they hurtle through the rings. the butterflies are still harassing them but lup is reluctant to use more fire as they get to the ground, so she thwacks as them as they move, until they reach the ground! she stumbles a couple of steps, nearly falling but managing to catch herself and trying to steady shinobu at the same time. yjh ate dirt and when lup realizes this she sort of gigglesnorts, unfortunately.]
Thanks for the save. [she tells shinobu, and then she looks at the crater of yjh.]
You good, my guy? [she asks, coughing a bit. ugh, she's gonna have a bruise. the worst. she peeks at the stuff on the ground, though.
those look like healing potions but green, in her opinion, so she's going to wander over without waiting for an answer and try to collect them. yjh could probably use one?]
[ as they fall, even with her guardian boost, she will stab each and every butterfly that lup doesn't smack away with the sword yjh so graciously threw to her.
shinobu lands gracefully with lup's help. ]
It was nothing. Thank you for your help.
[ she freezes when she realizes where they are and closes her eyes. she takes a breath before she looks over at the yjh crater.
she goes over to get a better look at him. she notices the green jars and the blue squares, but she has no idea what they are or what they do or what this cyoa is based off of, so what she says is this: ]
... If we are where I think we are, there should be medical supplies inside, should you need them. Both of you.
[ I ACTUALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW BADLY HE IS INJURED, but he isn’t dead. And if not all of his bones are broken, he can push himself out of the crater and dust the dirt off of his coat.
He will be taking his sword back, thank you. ]
I’ll be fine, but we can address the damage inside.
[ Quickly, he frowns from the dizziness, which means Lup is allowed to loot without him butting in and wanting a couple. ]
[lup can collect them! they may or may not actually be healing potions, but she won't know until they try to use them. she can have some blue squares too.
the area around them is incredibly quiet. almost peaceful. there's a serene sort of atmosphere around them even as the last bit of butterfly is stabbed to death by the sword. as shinobu's gathering herself, she may notice there appears to be the sound of voices from somewhere nearby.
all of them might, but she took the least amount of damage.
yjh isn't completely dead. he'll be pretty bruised and sore for a bit, but he'll bounce back eventually. this is basically a tag to say that you can either go into the compound and follow the path to the buildings, let shinobu show you around, try to find the voices, or wander off into the forest behind the mansion itself.]
[well, if shinobu recognizes this place... lup's inclined to let her do the leading.
lup will pick up the green things and blue squares. she is just barely savvy enough with genres to think these green things are probably not going to kill her? like maybe they're mana potions, that seems... more right to her, healing potions are red in her experience. she squints at them for a long moment, and then thrusts one of the potions at yjh.]
Here, drink this. It probably won't kill you. [yjh can be her guinea pig. all of the blue squares are hers though, unless someone asks her for some or she's not allowed to take all of them. she's a stingy binch.]
... If you know where we are, you should lead. [looking at shinobu.] I'm fine, I'm just bruised, by the way.
... It's my home, the one my sister and I made after we became demon slayers.
[ her voice is soft. she knows it's likely not exactly her home, what with the butterfly monsters and these items she's never seen before, but nostalgia runs deep. so does yearning.
she looks off in the direction she thinks the voices are coming from. ]
... it'd be foolish to go towards the voices, wouldn't it? I don't know if it'll have everything I know, but the main parts are the buildings I treat patients, the training dojo, and where I actually live.
[they can begin heading toward the buildings, shinobu in the lead and walking toward the building where patients are treated. they can loot supplies if they find any, but they will wander for a bit before entering.
as they enter the room, everything appears to be in its proper place. there are supplies. the room itself is tidy. everything is calm and safe, but looking around they will notice there's something on the ground akin to a blood splatter.
probably because it is. there's a blood splatter, drips heading back out of the building and footsteps heading away and out toward the forest past the rest of the buildings.]
Demon slayers, huh. [this is not a thing lup knew about shinobu, but it's super badass. she immediately decides that shinobu can never know that she is a lich, just in case. the emotion in shinobu's voice does make her pause, a little, though.] We're probably going to find the voices eventually. Just... saying.
[... she rests a hand on shinobu's arm, briefly. just. sibling solidarity, she guesses. and then they start walking off towards the patient building. until, you know. they see the blood.
lup comes to a sudden stop when she sees the splatter, and pulls her staff out, ready to use it, looking out where the trail leads.]
[ lup doesn't come off as evil and wanting to eat humans, so she's probably fine as a lich. joonghyuk can loot whatever supplies he wants along the way. shinobu won't stop him.
she nods at lup's words, her forehead creasing. it's just delaying the inevitable, isn't it?
at the blood, she thinks her heart stops before it speeds up. it takes all of her will to not just bolt and follow the trail because her emotions run before her instincts and logic kick in. ]
No. I've never been attacked here before, and surgeries are usually contained.
[ she's cautious, but she moves in the direction of the blood trail, all her senses on high alert, towards the forest. ]
[you now have jars, squares, bandages and probably painkillers of some kind. as the three of them follow the blood trail, they will notice that there are two sets of bloody footprints running ahead, splatters here and there as they follow further into the trees. depending on how fast they're moving, they will likely hear the sound of clanging metal before they see anything.
they will also hear a shout that sounds like someone familiar as another strike lands. there's another shout, more feminine in nature. the fight seems to be moving away from the party.
regardless of how fast they're going now, they soon hear a squeak, a click and a grunt as several flowers pop up, immediately spitting fire at them as large, round glob-like creatures roll into the forest clearing. two dripping arms extend from their sides, a pupil blinking at all of them before they curl up and immediately charge. head's up.]
[when the clanging metal becomes apparent, lup speeds up - and when she hears tsurumaru's voice, she breaks into a run. until the fire comes up, anyway! she probably can't quite stop herself entirely from stopping before the fire sprays, just because she's sprinting, but she can try to dodge it, at least.]
Oh, gross - [she says, immediately backing up. she is going to put yjh between her and the eyeballs, because twelve hitpoints.] Just - slash them, I've got backup, hold on, we can't let the others get too far ahead of us.
[and she unleashes another burst of magic, this time more water/ice attuned. she's going to try and summon ice shards to slam into the eyeball glob creatures! 2/5ish, for my reference.]
[ as with lup, the moment she hears tsuru's voice, she breaks into a sprint. it's stupid to think he's here, but she can't help it. after this weekend, she needs him to be safe. she needs him to stay alive.
also just like lup because she was in a dead run, all she can do is dodge.
can she do a dodgeroll? her 2 won't help her much, but the attempt is there. as is her wish to help defend and strengthen both lup and joonghyuk.
they didn't pass by the training dojo, so she can't have even grabbed a wooden sword to fight. i'm crying. ]
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she frowns when the butterflies start to swarm them and cuts begin to happen. ]
I see we can't even try to get along.
[ she is going to kick at the butterflies. she wishes she chose the sword now. ]
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Are the rings going to help? Videogames tell him rings are a good idea to pass through, so he focuses on the butterflies. Two feet is not large enough to see if they can hop onto them and use them as gliders, so he swings his sword to keep them away, at least from the rear. ]
Use your spells!
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yjh's sword cuts through a butterfly and it dissipates into black stardust, disappearing into the void as clusters of stars swarm and are absorbed into his body. a counter appears before all of them.
[maybe the rings will help? but they won't know until they try to pass through them. as they continue to fall, pieces of debris appear. flower blooms burst in their faces, windowpanes and old stone lanterns rush to meet them. they will have to dodge or break them to get through as the butterflies swoop in further.]
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[what the fuck that's so rude. yjh, not the butterflies. no, uh - she sees the counter, and she's not a gamer, but like, the number went up, and she gets the impression that she should probably try to do that. so try she will.
lup aims for some of the rings, and also attempts to dodge the random debris that comes up and cast a spell at the same time, which i'm sure goes great with this 3 that i rolled, thanks dice maiden. right this second, though, she's focused the most on the butterflies because they are trying to cut her up, so regardless, she concentrates...
and then tries to set the butterflies on fire with her magic (1/5 or so).]
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she sees the counter and knows nothing about video games. ]
Yoo Joonghyuk-san! What does it mean?
[ local modern despite the apocalypse, please advise.
she doesn't know she should go through these rings, so she's useless. ]
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It can mean anything, but in most games they accelerate speed.
[ Accelerate speed in what direction or how, they won't know unless they try it! And Joonghyuk is willing to take the risk and pass through one ring. What does it do? I hope it sends him straight down into the ground and he breaks all of his bones. On his way, he slashes at another butterfly and keeps the counter in mind. ]
I'm tossing my sword. Catch it.
[ To Shinobu because Lup is a WIZARD. So he will pass it to her, in the case the ring forces him to descend.
if she doesn't catch it and it falls i would laugh too ]
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shinobu with her 15 is able to dodge, including dodging the rings as the butterflies turn to focus more on yjh and lup. as they fall closer and closer to the ground, she may begin to recognize the area.
yjh is actually correct! falling through one of the rings means there's a burst of speed, sending him plummeting through the ground. but simultaneously as he falls, a gust expels from his body and knocks some of the butterflies akimbo and into the buildings, scattering into dust.
with the 18 and the 15, yjh is able to toss his sword to shinobu and she can catch it without issue. for her. without issue for her, because now yjh doesn't have a way to defend himself and a flower explodes in his face and dizzies him.]
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the butterflies burst into stardust, which is totally rad and she's all for that, whooping, but also, she hits the stone and it knocks all the wind out of her. she is out of it for a second, curling up in the air and groaning. she holds onto her staff, staring down below them after she's recovered. can she try to go through another ring?
i assume yjh is further down than her now, so she can't reach for him, but she'll try to move a little closer to shinobu so they can steady themselves, if possible.]
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if she may recognize the area, i hate this already. it'll give her enough pause before she looks around for where lup is. ]
Are you all right?
[ she calls to both of them who got walloped by something, but she will wait until lup gets closer to her, if she can, before indicating the ring she'd like to try to head towards. ]
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Anyway, I think? Joonghyuk is on the ground?? Through the ground means he crushed into the ground and made a person-sized hole, right? He can’t really do much this round because he is dizzy from a flower blossoming upon descent and he maybe ate dirt. ]
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yjh ate dirt but somehow he's not dead, so that's nice. instead, he will find in a person-sized crater in front of what appears to be a building. he still doesn't have a sword because shinobu has it, and he is going to suffer the dizzying effect for a few moments as the girls gracefully (?) drop down next to him.]
[around them they will find small items. there are a few glass jars of green liquid and a few blue squares.
around them, the entire area is silent. they have time to regroup, and the portal they were just yeeted through closes with a soft click.]
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lup grabs onto shinobu as she gravitates closer, and holds as they hurtle through the rings. the butterflies are still harassing them but lup is reluctant to use more fire as they get to the ground, so she thwacks as them as they move, until they reach the ground! she stumbles a couple of steps, nearly falling but managing to catch herself and trying to steady shinobu at the same time. yjh ate dirt and when lup realizes this she sort of gigglesnorts, unfortunately.]
Thanks for the save. [she tells shinobu, and then she looks at the crater of yjh.]
You good, my guy? [she asks, coughing a bit. ugh, she's gonna have a bruise. the worst. she peeks at the stuff on the ground, though.
those look like healing potions but green, in her opinion, so she's going to wander over without waiting for an answer and try to collect them. yjh could probably use one?]
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shinobu lands gracefully with lup's help. ]
It was nothing. Thank you for your help.
[ she freezes when she realizes where they are and closes her eyes. she takes a breath before she looks over at the yjh crater.
she goes over to get a better look at him. she notices the green jars and the blue squares, but she has no idea what they are or what they do or what this cyoa is based off of, so what she says is this: ]
... If we are where I think we are, there should be medical supplies inside, should you need them. Both of you.
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He will be taking his sword back, thank you. ]
I’ll be fine, but we can address the damage inside.
[ Quickly, he frowns from the dizziness, which means Lup is allowed to loot without him butting in and wanting a couple. ]
This place is familiar?
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the area around them is incredibly quiet. almost peaceful. there's a serene sort of atmosphere around them even as the last bit of butterfly is stabbed to death by the sword. as shinobu's gathering herself, she may notice there appears to be the sound of voices from somewhere nearby.
all of them might, but she took the least amount of damage.
yjh isn't completely dead. he'll be pretty bruised and sore for a bit, but he'll bounce back eventually. this is basically a tag to say that you can either go into the compound and follow the path to the buildings, let shinobu show you around, try to find the voices, or wander off into the forest behind the mansion itself.]
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lup will pick up the green things and blue squares. she is just barely savvy enough with genres to think these green things are probably not going to kill her? like maybe they're mana potions, that seems... more right to her, healing potions are red in her experience. she squints at them for a long moment, and then thrusts one of the potions at yjh.]
Here, drink this. It probably won't kill you. [yjh can be her guinea pig. all of the blue squares are hers though, unless someone asks her for some or she's not allowed to take all of them. she's a stingy binch.]
... If you know where we are, you should lead. [looking at shinobu.] I'm fine, I'm just bruised, by the way.
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[ her voice is soft. she knows it's likely not exactly her home, what with the butterfly monsters and these items she's never seen before, but nostalgia runs deep. so does yearning.
she looks off in the direction she thinks the voices are coming from. ]
... it'd be foolish to go towards the voices, wouldn't it? I don't know if it'll have everything I know, but the main parts are the buildings I treat patients, the training dojo, and where I actually live.
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It could be. What the “right” path for these trips can be anything.
[ In the end: ]
Getting supplies is still favorable.
[ So the place where they treat patients? ]
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as they enter the room, everything appears to be in its proper place. there are supplies. the room itself is tidy. everything is calm and safe, but looking around they will notice there's something on the ground akin to a blood splatter.
probably because it is. there's a blood splatter, drips heading back out of the building and footsteps heading away and out toward the forest past the rest of the buildings.]
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[... she rests a hand on shinobu's arm, briefly. just. sibling solidarity, she guesses. and then they start walking off towards the patient building. until, you know. they see the blood.
lup comes to a sudden stop when she sees the splatter, and pulls her staff out, ready to use it, looking out where the trail leads.]
Fuck, uh. Is this normal?
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she nods at lup's words, her forehead creasing. it's just delaying the inevitable, isn't it?
at the blood, she thinks her heart stops before it speeds up. it takes all of her will to not just bolt and follow the trail because her emotions run before her instincts and logic kick in. ]
No. I've never been attacked here before, and surgeries are usually contained.
[ she's cautious, but she moves in the direction of the blood trail, all her senses on high alert, towards the forest. ]
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They follow the blood trail! Good job on Shinobu for not darting off. ]
… We know these trips will twist however they see fit. Stay vigilant.
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they will also hear a shout that sounds like someone familiar as another strike lands. there's another shout, more feminine in nature. the fight seems to be moving away from the party.
regardless of how fast they're going now, they soon hear a squeak, a click and a grunt as several flowers pop up, immediately spitting fire at them as large, round glob-like creatures roll into the forest clearing. two dripping arms extend from their sides, a pupil blinking at all of them before they curl up and immediately charge. head's up.]
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Oh, gross - [she says, immediately backing up. she is going to put yjh between her and the eyeballs, because twelve hitpoints.] Just - slash them, I've got backup, hold on, we can't let the others get too far ahead of us.
[and she unleashes another burst of magic, this time more water/ice attuned. she's going to try and summon ice shards to slam into the eyeball glob creatures! 2/5ish, for my reference.]
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also just like lup because she was in a dead run, all she can do is dodge.
can she do a dodgeroll? her 2 won't help her much, but the attempt is there. as is her wish to help defend and strengthen both lup and joonghyuk.
they didn't pass by the training dojo, so she can't have even grabbed a wooden sword to fight. i'm crying. ]
Get out of our way!
[ she doesn't have the time for these eyeballs. ]
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