BREAK-IN: Akira, Ash, Belph & Phoenix

[gatonina]

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[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]

[axilium]

[sighs and also presses start]

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is gonna take whatever room is free, try to help the poor mannequin, fail, and press start ]

[gatonina]

[Well. Ash's monitor moves onto the next screen, but he won't see it since he immediately booked it for the door. The door is locked and he will not be able to leave the assembly room. Nothing else of note happens within his room.

Meanwhile, Akira, Phoenix and Belph will all see the same screen after pressing start. It reads:]

I. MAKE YOUR SELECTION:
> GIVE
> OBTAIN

[voidbreaker]

[ well. fine. he'll wander back over and


> obtain ]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . . . . . . . . .]

[he. . . sitantly. . . hits "give"]

[axilium]

[...

belph will select "give"...]

[slobjection]

[ give... ]

[gatonina]

[Well. For reasons, Ash's screen does not say the same thing as the other three. Instead, his screen simply reads:]

APPROACH MACHINERY
AND HOLD STILL
FOR 15 SECONDS

[Hm.

Meanwhile, Akira, Belph and Phoenix's monitors will say:]

DEPOSIT MASK
IN RECEPTACLE

[A second later, a slot will open below the monitors in Akira, Belph and Phoenix's rooms. Seems like that's where they're meant to place their masks.]

[voidbreaker]

[ ...

well.

...

sure? he trusts things now, apparently. so he'll just go over to that machinery and hold still. hopefully he won't be throttled to death by the bot! ]

[survivaltricks]

[welp]

[Akira plucks the Akechi mask from his features and deposits it into the slot. BYE???]

[axilium]

[goodbye, jae-ha mask. into the slot it goes!]

[slobjection]

[ bye bye peachy pie ]

[gatonina]

[Goodbye, masks! Like, all four of the masks. Because one of the robot arms is going to grab Ash while another abruptly peels the Brilith mask off Ash's face. Enjoy being a walking body horror for now, my dude.

Either way, the masks will be transferred to the machines. The machine arms will then slap the masks on the dolls — and the dolls will transform before their very eyes. It's still Barbie and Ken doll anatomy all the way, but the dolls have become uncanny valley replicas of Akechi, Brilith, Jae-ha and Peach. Yes, the Peach doll has transformed into a furry. It's fine.

There is a soft whirring sound, and then...

The dolls will slowly lift their heads, slowly blinking at the person in their respective room with an empty look in their eyes. They do not struggle against the arms currently holding onto them. They simply stay there, limp in their grasp, staring directly at the group. Akira, Ash, Belph and Phoenix are free to move around — but the dolls will track their movements with their eyes and head.

That said, it looks like the monitor has changed again! The touchscreen now reads:]

CONTRIBUTE?
>YES
>NO

[voidbreaker]

[ thanks bril-bot. ash does move around a bit, from side to side watching as the bot follows his movements. ]

I'm not sure I like you looking like Bril, y'know.

[ he glances down at the monitor, thinking about it. ]

Fuck. Well at this point we've had to contribute something each time, haven't we?

[ let's go wild.

> Yes ]

[axilium]

Well, this is creepy.

[belph selects yes!]

[slobjection]

.... Yikes.

[ yes from phoenix ]