[so. like. Catra doesn't have time to process anything Sakyou and Claude said before the familiar pinprick at the back of her neck sends her hackles raising and her entire body spitting in FURY again. did you know the back of her neck is a trigger spot for her!! did you!!!]
[the world fades into darkness for the THIRD DAMN TIME, and this time when she wakes up she IMMEDIATELY grabs a pebble and THROWS IT AT SIEGHART]
[ Claude is rubbing his temples now, but he doesn't yell at Sieghart. ]
Okay, so that's obviously poison. Catra, do you have your gun?
[ He is once again marching toward that damn cathedral, taking stock of their surroundings. ]
I don't trust stepping foot into that building without it collapsing around us, maybe if we can coat the bullets inside the gun we have a better chance of immobilizing them even if Catra doesn't get a lethal shot in. Once she's fired, I'll throw the smoke bomb and we can enter—hopefully they won't be able to detonate.
[ He looks at the group and then back to the cathedral. ]
We may need to find a better entry point as well, so we should probably go around the building.
[i wish sakyou was enough of a bitch to chop sieg in two for his crimes of killing them all immediately after scolding them but UNFORTUNATELY HE'S TOO BUSY STILL HAVING A TIME OVER HERE IT'S FINE. He closes his eyes for like 3 seconds and takes a breath before following after Claude, listening to him discuss their potential plan. Hopefully their asses won't die again!!]
Alright. That's fine.
[Walking around the building. THAT'S FINE. He hesitates for a second at the mention of the gun, though, since that's his handy-dandy item along with the mysterious heart potion that's probably love arrows.]
--I have the gun.
[He will hold it out for Catra if she wants to be their resident sniper!]
[Sieghart lets out a strained grunt when the pebble strikes him in the eye with his fear still written plainly under it. He bows his head and blinks furiously behind a hand raised to his face.]
I said that I was testing it!
[Once Claude has pitched his plan and Sakyou, responded, Sieghart straightens, doffs the suit once again, and thrusts the syringe out to Claude.]
Catra's in no shape to be shooting. Hang onto this for now and we'll think of what to do once we're there.
[Catra huffs a bit, satisfied when the pebble hits Sieg in the eye (sorry Sieg). When Claude starts moving she is right behind him, limping on her bad leg as she digs through her pockets]
Sieghart's right. I can't shoot with a bum arm.
[a huff]
All I have is this pocketwatch, and I don't even know what it does.
[TIME TO INSPECT THE WATCH FOR REAL NOW. it it one she can flip open, if so she is opening it]
Knowing the nature of this place, it could potentially... stop time? Or it could wind time back. We could always test it when we're in a good position to attack.
[ Anyway, he's going to hand the syringe off to Sakyou so he can coat the bullets with the poison if he so wishes. Surely that will grant us an advantage on any shooting rolls.
As they reach the cathedral, this time he doesn't leave the cover of the foliage, instead carefully making his way around to spot any side doors or entrances. ]
[He can?? Don't worry about it. Sometimes things happen! Fuck around and find out if he's lying.
Anyway he'll take the syringe but he just pockets that for now because he actually has confidence in his aim as an archer and now a [redacted] and he figures he might as well save that for later, just in case!! He has so many things now yall goddamn BUT BECAUSE OF THAT he'll take the heart potion out and hold it toward Claude.]
Please take this, then.
[Keep it safe Claude-san... He'll also follow along though, not rushing straight ahead this time. He'll hang back near the foliage closest to the front of the building though, in case they signal for him to Just Run or something. He'll keep an ear open to see if he can hear any useful scraps of Dana mercy!]
[Whatever happens with the pocketwatch, Sieghart takes the side path parallel to Claude in the hopes of circling the perimeter for vantage or entry points. He has no items on his person anymore, other than his very own sword (and a condom), and that's more than fine with him.]
[Hope they don't mind hearing the protesting of their loved ones! Admittedly it's muffled given that they're gagged and bound, but they're a perfectly lively and deeply upset group. Claude's wyvern isn't gagged though, which means that she wails a lot in particular, angry and pained.
Yamato, Mandricardo, and Maya will be inside then, nervous and talking amongst themselves. They seem to be rather concerned too - "Do we really have to do this?" Maya asks, only to be answered by Mandricardo's "We're supposed to protect what's important to us, so..." and Yamato's frustrated, angry "They have my partner."
Though they'll be seen through the stained glass, and the foliage covers their steps as they circle the church - as mentioned, part of it is in ruins! So once they head more toward the back, they'll see a few vantage points where they'd be able to enter the church. The detonators that were on the structure itself seemed to be focused primarily on the entrance, so good thing they're looking around!
As for Catra, she'll notice that the clock of the pocketwatch is... stopped! Even still, it seems to be working underneath her hand, the gears giving it a faint tick tick tick even though the arms themselves don't seem to be moving. She'll have to press the button at the top in order to get it to do anything more.
[she can hear the voices now, recognize those of Maya, Mandricardo, and Yamato. . . all people she has been (positively) bewildered by or whom she likes. for a moment, she pauses, until. . .]
[she hears Scorpia's voice, pained and gagged, mingled amongst those who are stuck in the school with her, and her heart stops]
I-- [her voice is a low whisper to not attract attention, but loud enough for Claude and Sakyou and maybe Sieg?? to hear]
I have an idea. I think this thing does stop time.
If I press this button, can you guys rush in and do whatever it is you need to do?
[ As soon as it becomes obvious that time has stopped, Claude is rushing inside. He shoves both Mandricardo and Yamato to the ground, grabbing the detonator so that they can't set off the bombs. ]
We need to get everyone out!
[ Except they can't carry his wyvern so he just going to focus on freeing her from her restraints. ]
I'll need to stay here with her until time unfreezes so she can escape.
[THANK GOD HE DOESN'T ACTUALLY NEED TO SHOOT ANYONE POSSIBLY considering he's like. Well. He would have done it, but it sure would have left him with even more trauma than this whole shitshow has already given him.
He'll dart in following Claude though, immediately heading over to where the bound and gagged hostages are. The. The human ones. Since we got some fuckin BROKEN ARMS ON THIS SQUAD, Sakyou - first tosses the gun over to Claude sorry Claude your bad arm, he knows.]
Take this, in case you need it!
[And will then heft up Kayo with one arm, first. If anyone else looks like they're struggling to carry their respective hostages, he'll help there, too. HE STILL HAS A SPARE ARM. Otherwise he's makin a dash back out.]
Sieghart darts into the cathedral behind Sakyou, glancing at Maya for the presence of anything like a detonator on her person on his way past. If there is, he's nabbing it. Everyone's got their own person, so he scoops the imitation of Elesis into his good (actually bad) arm and follows Sakyou out as he looks over his shoulder.]
Hurry!
[There, he lays Elesis down against a tree and positions himself between Sakyou—and Catra, if she's made it back with Scorpia—and the cathedral in anticipation of how their counterparts will react once time resumes.]
[HECK YEAH, SHE WAS RIGHT!! IT DID STOP TIME!! A PLAN WORKED FOR ONCE!!]
[anyway once time has stopped, Catra pockets the pocketwatch and rushes into the cathedral behind everyone else. unfortunately, she cannot. . . uh. carry Scorpia?? she is down one arm and Scorpia is a big lady!! but she does do her best to free her from the chains before like. . . just. pushing-slash-rolling her big Scorpia form outside of the cathedral]
[A plan worked for once!! But the thing is the three of them can start to head out of the cathedral - that's fine, it is! But eventually time will restart, and ultimately all of their most important people have been secured. Yamato and Mandricardo will have found themselves pushed to the floor, and Maya herself is bewildered and confused. Eventually it seems to dawn on them that they've been defeated as all their hostages have been taken or otherwise saved by the people who came for them.
"Wait, no - how did...!" Mandricardo starts.
Maya panics, "But - Pearly...!!"
Yamato is doing the most distressed macarena of all time, trying to look for the detonators - only for static to crackle once more.]
So you could only go so far to save your loved ones, huh? Well, maybe in another time, it works out for you.
[The three of them aren't wearing collars - but the sound emits from their legs where they seem to be wearing other types of bracelets. The others won't be able to do anything before the three of them seem to be injected - is it familiar? To watch someone else go through the same thing that you did? To realize that their failure in this time means that they're dead, but maybe they'll get to try again? Will they be themselves? Will they receive different orders?
They fall to the ground - but you should be proud of yourselves.
You got to protect what you wanted most.
Another light will emit - and this time when their vision clears, everyone in the area besides the three of them will be gone. They'll stand in the ruins of this chapel, painted in the colors of stained glass, and there will be one fountain in front of them. Someone sits on the edge of it, and they clap their hands together. You can't move in their presence - just meant to endure the mocking.]
So that's what your form of justice looks like, huh? Not bad. Here - I found these on my way over. Maybe they mean something to you.
[The individual tosses twodocuments and a map piece onto the floor of the church before giving a friendly little wave and walking out of the chapel toward the jungle.
You can try to follow after them, but once you head through the trees, you'll actually find yourself back onto the campus of the school. Your injuries remain, and so do all your memories of what happened - every detail, every reset, every attempt and every life saved and lost.
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[the world fades into darkness for the THIRD DAMN TIME, and this time when she wakes up she IMMEDIATELY grabs a pebble and THROWS IT AT SIEGHART]
WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!
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Okay, so that's obviously poison. Catra, do you have your gun?
[ He is once again marching toward that damn cathedral, taking stock of their surroundings. ]
I don't trust stepping foot into that building without it collapsing around us, maybe if we can coat the bullets inside the gun we have a better chance of immobilizing them even if Catra doesn't get a lethal shot in. Once she's fired, I'll throw the smoke bomb and we can enter—hopefully they won't be able to detonate.
[ He looks at the group and then back to the cathedral. ]
We may need to find a better entry point as well, so we should probably go around the building.
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Alright. That's fine.
[Walking around the building. THAT'S FINE. He hesitates for a second at the mention of the gun, though, since that's his handy-dandy item along with the mysterious heart potion that's probably love arrows.]
--I have the gun.
[He will hold it out for Catra if she wants to be their resident sniper!]
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I said that I was testing it!
[Once Claude has pitched his plan and Sakyou, responded, Sieghart straightens, doffs the suit once again, and thrusts the syringe out to Claude.]
Catra's in no shape to be shooting. Hang onto this for now and we'll think of what to do once we're there.
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Sieghart's right. I can't shoot with a bum arm.
[a huff]
All I have is this pocketwatch, and I don't even know what it does.
[TIME TO INSPECT THE WATCH FOR REAL NOW. it it one she can flip open, if so she is opening it]
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Knowing the nature of this place, it could potentially... stop time? Or it could wind time back. We could always test it when we're in a good position to attack.
[ Anyway, he's going to hand the syringe off to Sakyou so he can coat the bullets with the poison if he so wishes. Surely that will grant us an advantage on any shooting rolls.
As they reach the cathedral, this time he doesn't leave the cover of the foliage, instead carefully making his way around to spot any side doors or entrances. ]
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[He can?? Don't worry about it. Sometimes things happen! Fuck around and find out if he's lying.
Anyway he'll take the syringe but he just pockets that for now because he actually has confidence in his aim as an archer and now a [redacted] and he figures he might as well save that for later, just in case!! He has so many things now yall goddamn BUT BECAUSE OF THAT he'll take the heart potion out and hold it toward Claude.]
Please take this, then.
[Keep it safe Claude-san... He'll also follow along though, not rushing straight ahead this time. He'll hang back near the foliage closest to the front of the building though, in case they signal for him to Just Run or something. He'll keep an ear open to see if he can hear any useful scraps of Dana mercy!]
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Yamato, Mandricardo, and Maya will be inside then, nervous and talking amongst themselves. They seem to be rather concerned too - "Do we really have to do this?" Maya asks, only to be answered by Mandricardo's "We're supposed to protect what's important to us, so..." and Yamato's frustrated, angry "They have my partner."
Though they'll be seen through the stained glass, and the foliage covers their steps as they circle the church - as mentioned, part of it is in ruins! So once they head more toward the back, they'll see a few vantage points where they'd be able to enter the church. The detonators that were on the structure itself seemed to be focused primarily on the entrance, so good thing they're looking around!
As for Catra, she'll notice that the clock of the pocketwatch is... stopped! Even still, it seems to be working underneath her hand, the gears giving it a faint tick tick tick even though the arms themselves don't seem to be moving. She'll have to press the button at the top in order to get it to do anything more.
You're almost there, team.]
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[she can hear the voices now, recognize those of Maya, Mandricardo, and Yamato. . . all people she has been (positively) bewildered by or whom she likes. for a moment, she pauses, until. . .]
[she hears Scorpia's voice, pained and gagged, mingled amongst those who are stuck in the school with her, and her heart stops]
I-- [her voice is a low whisper to not attract attention, but loud enough for Claude and Sakyou and maybe Sieg?? to hear]
I have an idea. I think this thing does stop time.
If I press this button, can you guys rush in and do whatever it is you need to do?
[SHE ASKS THAT, BUT]
[SHE IS PRESSING THE POCKETWATCH BUTTON]
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Good job, clowns!
Go go go!]
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We need to get everyone out!
[ Except they can't carry his wyvern so he just going to focus on freeing her from her restraints. ]
I'll need to stay here with her until time unfreezes so she can escape.
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He'll dart in following Claude though, immediately heading over to where the bound and gagged hostages are. The. The human ones. Since we got some fuckin BROKEN ARMS ON THIS SQUAD, Sakyou - first tosses the gun over to Claude sorry Claude your bad arm, he knows.]
Take this, in case you need it!
[And will then heft up Kayo with one arm, first. If anyone else looks like they're struggling to carry their respective hostages, he'll help there, too. HE STILL HAS A SPARE ARM. Otherwise he's makin a dash back out.]
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Sieghart darts into the cathedral behind Sakyou, glancing at Maya for the presence of anything like a detonator on her person on his way past. If there is, he's nabbing it. Everyone's got their own person, so he scoops the imitation of Elesis into his good (actually bad) arm and follows Sakyou out as he looks over his shoulder.]
Hurry!
[There, he lays Elesis down against a tree and positions himself between Sakyou—and Catra, if she's made it back with Scorpia—and the cathedral in anticipation of how their counterparts will react once time resumes.]
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[anyway once time has stopped, Catra pockets the pocketwatch and rushes into the cathedral behind everyone else. unfortunately, she cannot. . . uh. carry Scorpia?? she is down one arm and Scorpia is a big lady!! but she does do her best to free her from the chains before like. . . just. pushing-slash-rolling her big Scorpia form outside of the cathedral]
[this is the best she can do, don't judge her]
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"Wait, no - how did...!" Mandricardo starts.
Maya panics, "But - Pearly...!!"
Yamato is doing the most distressed macarena of all time, trying to look for the detonators - only for static to crackle once more.]
So you could only go so far to save your loved ones, huh? Well, maybe in another time, it works out for you.
[The three of them aren't wearing collars - but the sound emits from their legs where they seem to be wearing other types of bracelets. The others won't be able to do anything before the three of them seem to be injected - is it familiar? To watch someone else go through the same thing that you did? To realize that their failure in this time means that they're dead, but maybe they'll get to try again? Will they be themselves? Will they receive different orders?
They fall to the ground - but you should be proud of yourselves.
You got to protect what you wanted most.
Another light will emit - and this time when their vision clears, everyone in the area besides the three of them will be gone. They'll stand in the ruins of this chapel, painted in the colors of stained glass, and there will be one fountain in front of them. Someone sits on the edge of it, and they clap their hands together. You can't move in their presence - just meant to endure the mocking.]
So that's what your form of justice looks like, huh? Not bad. Here - I found these on my way over. Maybe they mean something to you.
[The individual tosses two documents and a map piece onto the floor of the church before giving a friendly little wave and walking out of the chapel toward the jungle.
You can try to follow after them, but once you head through the trees, you'll actually find yourself back onto the campus of the school. Your injuries remain, and so do all your memories of what happened - every detail, every reset, every attempt and every life saved and lost.
Did you have fun on your field trip?]