gatonina | BREAK-IN: Flayn, Dimitri & Asch

[well. here they are.

flayn's carrying a sturdy-looking staff in one hand, but with her free hand, she knocks on the door very politely once they've all gathered. look, it can't hurt.]

Excuse me, may we come in?

[ look, they're civilized, they can try knocking first. he steps up beside her, knocking a little more firmly before he tries at the knob, wriggling it a bit to no avail. ]

It's no good... Asch, do you see another way inside?

[ let's not try and break it down, yet. ]

[for once, he doesn't even open his stupid mouth, just lets them do their thing. they are both great and valid and he supports them.]

Hold on.

[and he circles the cabin, looking for another way in. nothing.]

Just windows.

Let's try breaking one.

...

[er. hm.]

Be careful of the glass...

[she's going to look for a rock to throw at the windows... they can do whatever while she looks]

[ okay, well, before they break anything, dimitri gets a grip on the windowframe and tries to force it open—and again, no dice. ]

It's worth a try, I suppose.

[ guess he'll go get distracted by trying to spy on the roof. ]

[so in the meantime, asch is just

striking a window with his sword, which, luckily, is still in its scabbard. just whole hog battering the thing.

it bounces off comedically.]

[her hand curls around a rock and--

nope. nope, asch has already tried to smash the window.]

...

[SIGHS HEAVILY.]

One of you, give me a boost up to the roof. Maybe there is a way in from up there.

[she doesn't see a chimney or anything, but... maybe there's a skylight? a vent? something??]

[ he is. just going to leave asch to that, shaking his head at flayn. ]

I'll have the easiest time getting up there myself. [ he's probably tall enough to grab the fascia somewhere and get a look, if he needs to. also he is not yeeting flayn up onto the roof by herself. ] Keep look around here, maybe we're missing a key or such.

[recovering from the bounce, he re-clips his sword to his waist, shaking his arms out.]

A key? Hah. If only it were that easy.

[a key...

...

!

he looks at the door, thoughtfully.]

...Let's just make our own.

[DRIFTNG OVER TO THE DOOR FOR SHOULDER RAMMING ACTION...]

[...flayn tosses her rock at the door.

it bounces back and hits her in the forehead.]

Ow!

[okay, she's mad.

one look at asch, and -

TIME TO RAM THE DAMN DOOR.]

[ dimitri hops to grab the edge of the roof and pull himself up, enough that he can take a look over it all. good thing his friends are not contemplating violence in the meantime.

he drops himself with a sigh, brushing off his hands as he walks back over. ]

Well, I do not believe we'll have any luck with the roof—

[ ? what are they doing ]

[Flayn looks at him, and they just... click.

as one united being, Asch and Flayn charge the door, shoulder in shoulder.

HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN!!!!!!!!

as one united being, they bounce comedically off.]

[OUCH.

flayn lands on her back and stares blearily up at the...

wait.

is that a bell?]

[ dimitri starts a little, even though he has also charged a few doors in his day. the doors here are evil and should be treated with caution? ]

Ah, wait!

[ nope. crash. there's a tiny, tiny chiming noise too, and he walks over as he follows flayn's eyes up to—

yeah, it's a bell. ]

—Oh.

[they're all looking up, at the lovely little bell, going tingaling--]

Huh.

[in a crumpled pile with Flayn, on the other hand, is giving her a lot of... feelings. mostly just angry and embarrassed at the moment, but also... just a little bit...

happy?

happy. because being invited to join flayn and dimitri on this... is making him a teensy weensy bit. happy.]

...Was that there before?

Uh.

[hm.

flayn sits up and scoots away from asch, then looks up at the bell.]

...if it was, I did not notice it.

[it has absolutely been there the whole time.]

[ well, they're off to a great start. and the bell doesn't really seem like much of a lead, but if knocking and throwing themselves around didn't work, it's worth a shot.

so he steps up by his friend pile and reaches up to give the bell's tail a little pull, and it chimes cheerfully over them. ]

[Terrible job everyone. After the abuse this poor cabin goes through, they seem to notice the bell and Dimitri rings the bell, a happy little chime rings out and the door unlocks, gently swinging open to grant them access. It's dark inside, the windows seemingly blocking out the light and while they can get the sense of some vague shapes, what they'll smell is something like fresh flowers.

Likewise, as they approach, they'll hear a a sound from the dark.

Approach?]

[oh

fresh flowers and piano. nice.

brushing himself off, he steps forward into the cabin, trying to peer through the liquid black.]

Where is that coming from...?

[babey's first breakin!!!]

[...huh. that is pretty. flayn gets to her feet and brushes herself off, then takes a few steps into the cabin after him.]

...be careful. And no matter what happens or what we hear, we probably should not split up.

[that went badly last time she did that.]

[ Well, the sound is less offensive than it could be. But he's still on-guard as he steps inside. ]

Right, don't go too far without us, Asch. It didn't seem dangerous last time either.

[ He's the last one through, and he feels around the door for a light switch. ]

[With all of them inside, the door closes behind them and they're thrown into darkness. Dimitri won't find a light switch, but perhaps that's alright. Almost instantly, three spotlights shine down from the ceiling, their soft golden glow encompassing the area around them.

It appears to be a stage, and if they look behind them there's something similar to a void there. The music grows a bit louder, and with the extra light they'll see a large field of flowers before them. Petals float in the wind, surrounding the three of them and giving them a sense of calm peace. The floor beneath them as they step sounds a bit hollow, however, as if it's wood. But the room seems to stretch ahead of them and there's the sound of two young children laughing that can be heard from above the music.

There seems to be two paths they can choose as well. They may go to the left, or they may go to the right. Likewise, they could ignore them both and venture ahead into the flower fields.]

[because it's flayn and dimitri, and ONLY because it's flayn and dimitri, asch actually stops in place, and waits for them to join him.

and the door CLOSES, and even he jumps, regardless of the lights.

two paths. and a field of flowers ahead.]

...What now?

[THIS SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNE TIME TO SPLIT UP IN HIS HUMBLE OPINION?]

[flayn's breath catches as the door shuts behind them abruptly, but she doesn't jump. to be fair, she's done this once before.

she looks from one path, to the other, and then toward the field of flowers.

then she looks to dimitri.

in the absence of the professor, a house leader should call the shots!]

[ What an unusual space... Even if he's surprised by the noise behind them, the petals swirl comfortingly around them. It'd be easy to let their guard down, if they're not careful.

also please do not leave decisions up to dimitri's rng oh my god ]

We have three paths, but I think we should stick together for now. [ he and asch take a different tack to these things, apparently. ] Perhaps we start from the left path and work our way from there? Or we could follow the voices...

[ He's concerned why he hears children here and would ordinarily rush that way, but these places play tricks on the senses. ]

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