BREAK-IN: Akira, Ash, Belph & Phoenix

[gatonina]

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[gatonina]

[Ash's monitor will also read START?. Assuming he presses it, it will display I. MAKE YOUR SELECTION: with a 2D model of a human brain.

Belph and Akira will both see the same screen after tapping on their one remaining option. It reads:]

II. MAKE YOUR SELECTION:
> !!
> ...

[voidbreaker]

[ tippy tappy the brainy wainy ]

[survivaltricks]

[. . .]

[he is picking ! but only after some dubious hesitation]

[axilium]

[picks doot doot doot but also after some dubious hesitation]

[gatonina]

[Tippy tapping the brain will take Ash to the following selection screen:]

II. MAKE YOUR SELECTION:
> !!
> ?!

[After he taps the doot doot doot as per word of Becks, he will find himself in the same predicament as Akira and Belph. Which is to say, the gang will be hoisted up by the mechanical arms less than a second after making their choice. The following things will happen:

1. ... The arms, once again, awkwardly hover near Belph and do nothing.

2. The arm that carries the needle stabs into the back of Akira's head. It will feel less like it's forcing its way through flesh and bone, and more like it's poking through cheap plastic. Akira will get the sensation that something is being drained from him, and a moment later? He will find himself all the way back to Rank 1 Charm. Unfortunate!

3. Similarly, the needle stabs into the back of Ash's head. No flesh and bone there, sir. Only cheap plastic. He will get the sensation that something is being drained from him. Once the procedure is done, he will no longer be rude and untrusting. It's as if that personality trait has been removed from his being with surgical precision, leaving behind a void where they used to be.

The arms will drop them and retreat through the ceiling with their loot. The assembly room doors will unlock, and they can safely return to the main room if they wish.]

[voidbreaker]

[ when will belph suffer. more than y'know. usual. what with his [gestures at canon] and inability to get a smooch from steph, maybe.

well. back to the main room i guess. he sees no reason not to trust the nice doors opening for them.

where are they going next and will we escape before 2am ]

[survivaltricks]

[Akira is just]

[going to lie on his back and glower at the ceiling with a cranky scowl for a few seconds after he is dropped]

I TOOK A LOT OF BATHS FOR THAT CHARM!!!!

[. . . yeah okay I guess he's yelling into the void]

[anyway!]

[time to stand up and hobble awkwardly into the main room again???]

[axilium]

[??????? WHY ARE HIS ALWAYS BROKEN belph wonders

but that sure is a thing akira just shouted. belph heads back to the main room to see if the switch is now on and if he can press it. hopefully phoenix isn't dead.]

You did what now?

[gatonina]

[Phoenix is dead!




No. The needle stabbed into him, too, and drained something out of him. As of this point, he will no longer be paranoid. That aspect of his personality has been completely stripped away.

The switch is now on! The light beside POWER glows a bright red. If Belph presses it, he will head the door leading to the next room unlock. Nice.]

[voidbreaker]

What sort of charm does a bath give you?

[ well. now that belph has joined the recently stabbed club it's through the next door, right? come one come all, it's on to the next stage of this bizarre hell. ]

[survivaltricks]

Usually about two music notes' worth. . .

[fffffine. into the next room]

[though. not before commenting at Belph—]

Did they take anything at all from you?

[axilium]

[to the next room!]

Not that I've noticed, no? The arms always just kind of... do nothing.

[slobjection]

Lucky you.

[ here they go... phoenix seems exactly the same, weird ]

[gatonina]

[The next room is dimly lit. Drops of oil fall from the ceiling not just by the door they walked through, but all over the place. It's the same room layout. Same plastic wrapped interior. But broken doll parts are strewn all over the floor, exposing their metal skeleton, the wires that fill their interior, and sluggishly bleeding all over the place. They might want to watch their step, because everything is soaked and there's not exactly a lot of traction in here. Again, there is a switch next to the door — but the power indicator is off.

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W                     W
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D                     D
W                     W

           D    S
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But as they enter this room, the door will lock behind them. Seems like they aren't allowed to backtrack past this point.]

[voidbreaker]

[ he takes two steps and eats shit--- no.

ash does take a step and wobble, before moving a lot slower to avoid hitting the deck in a very ungraceful way. ]

Careful. I think there's oil everywhere.

[ he'll. skid his way over to one of the doors and see if it opens? ]

[survivaltricks]

[Akira really does almost eat shit thanks to his leg injury and his crutches and his. . . impaired vision. . . but he manages to catch himself at the last moment]

Shit.

[curses a little, before turning to Belph]

Which options are you choosing that spare you from-- [GESTURES TO HIS MISSING EYES] -- this?

[axilium]

[oh dear.

carefully stepping through to a door... he looks over at akira.]

Brain, then check. Body, then dots.

[slobjection]

... hm. Might be specific to you. But I did pick the second option and lost something unpleasant, I suppose.

[ btw he automatically steadies akira bc hes hovering close to help!! ]

[ also he examining the room then moving forward ]

[gatonina]

[Which room are they claiming. You're killing your Kyuu.

Oil continues to drip from the ceiling as they carefully move further into the room. Since only three of them are opening the doors on the left and right walls, they will discover yet another assembly room inside. As always, there is a touchscreen monitor near the center of the room. It simply reads START? and nothing else. This time, however, Phoenix, Belph and Ash are not alone. The scene is the same regardless of which room they entered.

The arms have already claimed a victim. A doll identical to the ones they found in the second room hangs limply in their grip. It is missing a face.

What now?]

[voidbreaker]

[ i've already forgotten the map. i mean. lower right?

and. oh. ]

Are all your rooms occupied too?

[ he's. going to take a tentative steppy step forward, just to see what'sa going on. but not too far. and just in case -- the axe is out. ]

[survivaltricks]

[LOWER RIGHT IS AKIRA'S ROOM??? :/ but he claims lower left, finally. does he find the same scene???]

[axilium]

Yeeeep.

[belph will take the top-left! he's going to see if he can remove the doll from the arms.]

[gatonina]

[Akira will, indeed, find the same scene!

Taking a tentative steppy steppy with an axe does nothing. The doll remains right where it is, lifeless and unmoving. Belph can try to take it down if he wishes, but all his attempts will fail. The arms have a pretty darn solid grip.]

[voidbreaker]

[

...

no. After a moment, Ash'll just reach out and press start, and then move himself back so he's got his back to the door. ]

[survivaltricks]

[CLOSES]

[HIS]

[EYES]

[. . . . . . . . then meanders up to the panel and presses start, too]