[Alas, your normal clothes are gone forever. (No, they're back in your closet in Fall Dorm.)
Protect your new baby brother, Yamato! I'll even give you a picture of him. "He doesn't look like a cat," you say? Don't be prejudiced, not all hybrids are obvious. (But if Yamato would require furry features on his brother to bond, he can have cat ears too.)
Nothing is visible! They'll have to go into the forest.
They hear something? someone? slumping within. The footsteps cease.]
[ oh he's torn now between the baby in his arms and going to check things out? his tail lashes out a bit as he looks at SL, who does not need to look like a kitty to be his new brother forever sorry mom i'm already attached we named him no take backs, and his ears bend down a little.
he is going to find this weird any minute now and not be too distracted by his brother complex. ]
... Okay, but quietly. We don't need to pick a fight unnecessarily.
[ he'll motion to their comrades (wait do they have names. he was bought by them he should know-- he was not bought. he has a headache.) to tell them what they're doing before following quietly after her... on tip toes, one might say... one toe bean toes, one might say...
also he brings the baby because he has latent trust issues. do his cat eyes see in the dark??? this is hilarious. ]
Ichinose stares at this poor sap like she's an abandoned water bottle. Oh n]
... Oh, yeah? Normally I would charge upfront, but you don't look like you're in any shape for that. [She got thrown in gay babysitter jail for wanting to sell magic weed. This is now in character.
Though, well, hm. She seems to find this as a weird thing to say after a moment, and shakes her head. How injured is this girl, anyway? Is she a goner? Oof.]
We'll hear you out. But are we in danger right now?
[ "a fellow hybrid" is his first thought, and then yamato kind of goes what??? at himself for a second. he turns SL towards him so he does not see the dying deer, though. ]
We'll take any job for the right price.
[ ... no, he won't, what is he saying. he's going to look around to see if there's any trace of her attacker or where she came from since he has night vision.
has he always had night vision? it feels like he hasn't. but he's a cat so?
[There doesn't seem to be any threats in the area! Just a trail of blood left behind by this girl who does seem like she's on the verge of death, yes.]
... If you want payment, you can harvest my organs. I'll probably be dead by then, and... even if they cut me open while I'm alive, it still won't be as bad as what I've gone through these past years.
[Hm. Anyway, she points down the blood trail.]
I escaped from a laboratory, further in the mountains. They... They run experiments on people like me. [She looks at Yamato.] Like us.
They're researching immortality. I've been kept alive for decades, against my will... but now, I want revenge. Against the lab, against the director who runs it. At the very least, the lab needs to be shut down... So many are suffering in there. Please.
[ he covers the baby's ears at organ conserving. the baby hears nothing. it's fine.
his ears are flat against his head as he frowns, tail swishing behind him as he tightens his hold on his baby brother not takeru. hybrids like them... even if he wasn't already half convinced this was his life now and forever, well. any place that experiments on people like that should be taken down anyway. ]
Any information would help. The layout, codes to get inside... I'll make sure they pay for what they've done to you and all the other people in there.
[ and free them all! yeah!
this isnt even yamato getting lost in the cat sauce this is just how he would react ]
[It's fine, the baby brother lacks the intelligence to understand this conversation, maybe.]
I don't know much that can help you... but there isn't that much in the way of security, since it's mostly scientists. You'll need an ID card to get inside, or you can go in through the chimney—that's how I escaped.
... There is one person inside who might be able to help you... maybe. He was one of the scientists, and he was kind to us. He always looked like he hated it, and he had a power that... helped us, when our skin was rotting, and things like that. I think the director convinced him to become one of the experiment subjects, to take some of the focus off of us.
If you can find him, he might know more.
[Her eyes flicker, as if she's about to lose consciousness.]
[ HE'S STILL HOLDING A BABY but he'll go back to the mercenaries and leave ichinose there alone so he can see about borrowing a shovel and/or other supplies and also ask them if they can watch the baby. i'll do this much. i refuse to carry a baby into battle if jan kills the baby it's HER FAULT ]
[You cannot borrow any supplies. :/ Work with what you have.
But yeah, she's dead so you can move on. I suppose you can have a shovel to bury her with, actually. And their comrades are happy to watch Yamato's baby brother! Yaaaaay, baby. They can work on his shooting practice.]
Ichinose will take the shovel if its offered to her, and instead of giving this deer a proper burial, she will just. Stick a talisman on her for science. Because, you know, why not? Yamato is free to stop her if he doesn't want to deal with this, though.
Anyway, truly hope the baby was the key to golden end in this CYOA and we just gave him away.]
Several ominous-looking hands burst out from the ground, as if from a horror movie. They flail about, trying to grab what they can to pull it into the dirt—save for Ichinose, being the wielder. She does have some control over them, though, so if she wills it, she can make them stop trying to attack Yamato (or the deer corpse), oops.]
Anyway, yeah. Pwease no attacky Yamato. Or the deer corpse? Actually, they can have the deer corpse after she gives it a quick pat down to make sure she wasn't carrying any loot on her. If there's nothing, she will allow the hands to drag the corpse into the dirt. Farewell, deer. Enjoy your burial.]
Sorry, sorry! I wanted a golem, but I guess this batch's no good.
[OH, WELL... Can they keep the shovel, though? And yes, they will follow the plot after this round.]
[ bristling!! still!!!! but yeah even though he is DEEPLY (deerly?) offended about the deer corpse, he has a revenge plot to get to, so he'll start following the blood trail to the lab. he has knives he doesn't need a shovel but ichinose might need it ]
Eventually, they find the laboratory! There are a couple of security guards wandering the perimeter, but if they get lucky, they might be able to sneak by them...? If not, though, they might have to brace themselves for a night.
As for the lab itself, its door is clearly locked by some kind of scanner. The building also has a chimney; the lack of smoke suggests it's not in use right now.
[Ominous. The corpse had no loot, right? "She was a lab rat." Loot.
Anyway— hm. She does not want to fight her way through a pack of guards right out the gates, and hopefully neither will Yamato. She gives him a look, gesturing at the chimney.
[ just because he knows he can fight right now does not mean he feels like testing it out that much? especially when they've got such a big area to cover to take it down. he nods at her, whispering: ]
We'll have to slip past the guards... I'll be able to climb just fine like this, but I don't think you'll be able to do it with a shovel.
[ IT REALLY WAS JUST FOR NOW but yamato will try to look at the pattern of the guards to see if they can find the best place to sneak to climb the building. is there a tree nearby? a convenient set of vines? a ladder. ]
There is no tree, vines, or ladder, so it looks like you'll have to scale the building the old-fashioned way. However, there are conveniently placed crates that you can try to hide behind, RPG-style, if you want to make your way to the back of the building, where there might be no guards and you can take your time trying to climb a floor or two]
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Protect your new baby brother, Yamato! I'll even give you a picture of him. "He doesn't look like a cat," you say? Don't be prejudiced, not all hybrids are obvious. (But if Yamato would require furry features on his brother to bond, he can have cat ears too.)
Nothing is visible! They'll have to go into the forest.
They hear something? someone? slumping within. The footsteps cease.]
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Hm, that was weird.
[Wow!! Did someone just die? A mystery.
She glances at the rest of the mercenaries... Are they still minding their business? And then she looks at Yamato.]
What do you think? Shall we alert our friends and check it out?
[She says this, but she's already getting up to her feet, pulling out a talisman just in case.]
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he is going to find this weird any minute now and not be too distracted by his brother complex. ]
... Okay, but quietly. We don't need to pick a fight unnecessarily.
[ he'll motion to their comrades (wait do they have names. he was bought by them he should know-- he was not bought. he has a headache.) to tell them what they're doing before following quietly after her... on tip toes, one might say... one toe bean toes, one might say...
also he brings the baby because he has latent trust issues. do his cat eyes see in the dark??? this is hilarious. ]
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Honestly, Yamato probably has enhanced eyesight, yeah. But if they follow the source of the sound, they'll eventually come across...
What looks to be a deer hybrid, slumped against a tree and heavily injured. Weakly, she raises her head to look up at Yamato and Ichinose.]
Are you two... mercenaries? I have a request to make...
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Ichinose stares at this poor sap like she's an abandoned water bottle. Oh n]
... Oh, yeah? Normally I would charge upfront, but you don't look like you're in any shape for that. [She got thrown in gay babysitter jail for wanting to sell magic weed. This is now in character.
Though, well, hm. She seems to find this as a weird thing to say after a moment, and shakes her head. How injured is this girl, anyway? Is she a goner? Oof.]
We'll hear you out. But are we in danger right now?
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We'll take any job for the right price.
[ ... no, he won't, what is he saying. he's going to look around to see if there's any trace of her attacker or where she came from since he has night vision.
has he always had night vision? it feels like he hasn't. but he's a cat so?
(is he???) ]
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... If you want payment, you can harvest my organs. I'll probably be dead by then, and... even if they cut me open while I'm alive, it still won't be as bad as what I've gone through these past years.
[Hm. Anyway, she points down the blood trail.]
I escaped from a laboratory, further in the mountains. They... They run experiments on people like me. [She looks at Yamato.] Like us.
They're researching immortality. I've been kept alive for decades, against my will... but now, I want revenge. Against the lab, against the director who runs it. At the very least, the lab needs to be shut down... So many are suffering in there. Please.
[Will Yamato and Ichinose take on the job?]
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Glances at the baby that is very much still here.
Glances at this girl again.]
... No, thanks. We don't have a way to conserve your organs out here in the forest, anyhow.
[Yikes! Yikes, yikes. But there's something about the word suffering that's—]
Is that everything you can tell us about that lab? If you really want our help, we need more than just the basics.
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his ears are flat against his head as he frowns, tail swishing behind him as he tightens his hold on his baby brother
not takeru. hybrids like them... even if he wasn't already half convinced this was his life now and forever, well. any place that experiments on people like that should be taken down anyway. ]Any information would help. The layout, codes to get inside... I'll make sure they pay for what they've done to you and all the other people in there.
[ and free them all! yeah!
this isnt even yamato getting lost in the cat sauce this is just how he would react ]
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I don't know much that can help you... but there isn't that much in the way of security, since it's mostly scientists. You'll need an ID card to get inside, or you can go in through the chimney—that's how I escaped.
... There is one person inside who might be able to help you... maybe. He was one of the scientists, and he was kind to us. He always looked like he hated it, and he had a power that... helped us, when our skin was rotting, and things like that. I think the director convinced him to become one of the experiment subjects, to take some of the focus off of us.
If you can find him, he might know more.
[Her eyes flicker, as if she's about to lose consciousness.]
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[She reaches for her hand, or her shoulders. Not trying to jostle her too much, but rather to keep her conscious.]
Give us a name. And if you don't know, then tell us what he looks like. You want this place obliterated, don't you?
[Are they really about to go on a revenge quest with a baby? Maybe so.]
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he steps forward a little but doesn't want baby to see so he's just hovering, tail lashing. ]
Is she...?
[ is she already dead. will we have to try not to kill all scientists. yikes. ]
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... Rae. His name is Rae...
[And then she's out! Unconscious or dead? Who knows. But maybe you should go follow that blood trail and find the lab now.]
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Ichinose just. Stares at her. Stares at Yamato.]
... Welp, there she goes.
[And puts her fingers to the girl's neck, checking for a pulse. Hewwo? You alive? They will listen to the mod meta text in a bit, maybe.]
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[ HE'S STILL HOLDING A BABY but he'll go back to the mercenaries and leave ichinose there alone so he can see about borrowing a shovel and/or other supplies and also ask them if they can watch the baby. i'll do this much. i refuse to carry a baby into battle if jan kills the baby it's HER FAULT ]
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But yeah, she's dead so you can move on. I suppose you can have a shovel to bury her with, actually. And their comrades are happy to watch Yamato's baby brother! Yaaaaay, baby. They can work on his shooting practice.]
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Ichinose will take the shovel if its offered to her, and instead of giving this deer a proper burial, she will just. Stick a talisman on her for science. Because, you know, why not? Yamato is free to stop her if he doesn't want to deal with this, though.
Anyway, truly hope the baby was the key to golden end in this CYOA and we just gave him away.]
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Ichinose-san!
[ hissed, tail bristling. NOT THE DEER CORPSE ]
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Several ominous-looking hands burst out from the ground, as if from a horror movie. They flail about, trying to grab what they can to pull it into the dirt—save for Ichinose, being the wielder. She does have some control over them, though, so if she wills it, she can make them stop trying to attack Yamato (or the deer corpse), oops.]
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[WHAT DO YOU MEAN "OOPS," ICHINOSE??
Anyway, yeah. Pwease no attacky Yamato. Or the deer corpse? Actually, they can have the deer corpse after she gives it a quick pat down to make sure she wasn't carrying any loot on her. If there's nothing, she will allow the hands to drag the corpse into the dirt. Farewell, deer. Enjoy your burial.]
Sorry, sorry! I wanted a golem, but I guess this batch's no good.
[OH, WELL... Can they keep the shovel, though? And yes, they will follow the plot after this round.]
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[ bristling!! still!!!! but yeah even though he is DEEPLY (deerly?) offended about the deer corpse, he has a revenge plot to get to, so he'll start following the blood trail to the lab. he has knives he doesn't need a shovel but ichinose might need it ]
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Eventually, they find the laboratory! There are a couple of security guards wandering the perimeter, but if they get lucky, they might be able to sneak by them...? If not, though, they might have to brace themselves for a night.
As for the lab itself, its door is clearly locked by some kind of scanner. The building also has a chimney; the lack of smoke suggests it's not in use right now.
How do they want to proceed?]
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Anyway— hm. She does not want to fight her way through a pack of guards right out the gates, and hopefully neither will Yamato. She gives him a look, gesturing at the chimney.
Stealth time?]
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We'll have to slip past the guards... I'll be able to climb just fine like this, but I don't think you'll be able to do it with a shovel.
[ IT REALLY WAS JUST FOR NOW but yamato will try to look at the pattern of the guards to see if they can find the best place to sneak to climb the building. is there a tree nearby? a convenient set of vines? a ladder. ]
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There is no tree, vines, or ladder, so it looks like you'll have to scale the building the old-fashioned way. However, there are conveniently placed crates that you can try to hide behind, RPG-style, if you want to make your way to the back of the building, where there might be no guards and you can take your time trying to climb a floor or two]
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