WEEK 5 CYOA - CROW, AIKAWA, RUPERT, BRADLEY

[dormheads]

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[heartlands]

...It got better when I started walking away.

[a beat, and a sigh.]

Look, I cannot think of a bigger warning sign than bad feelings suddenly starting when we go in a specific direction, can we please go back to the school?

[that said, he'll agree if the others want to go towards the tower.]

[headsplitter]

Same here. To both of these things.

[ He appears to have completely ignored Bradley. ]

Hey, if there's nothing important at the school, we can try again, right...

[wtfox]

[well!

as they're discussing this, nothing changes in terms of their vibes since they do not yet appear to be moving, but they might catch a flicker of movement near crow - a butterfly with a dark blackish-purplish sheen is fluttering toward him.]

[battling]

[That horrible purple butterfly looks familiar.

Which means he's reaching out for Crow, tamping down on the bad vibes. Or trying to.

Bradley will try to drag him away from the tower.]

[chevaliered]

[ well he's not really trying to fight being dragged away, even if he does go very tense when he feels a hand suddenly on him, tugging him back.


he's letting himself be pulled though. ]

[heartlands]

[as he watches bradley drag crow away from the tower...]

Okay, cool. So we're all going back, right...?

[headsplitter]

Sounds like a plan!

[ Look who sounds super nonchalant even if it's totally not okay. Either way, he's turning right around and heading straight for the school, then! How's that looking O wise Britt? ]

[wtfox]

[bradley pulls crow away from the butterfly! it flutters harmlessly in the air for a moment before turning and flying toward him again. it's in hot pursuit!

...

but as they all move away from the tower and to the school, the bad vibes lessen, and then vanish entirely as they get in front of the school building again. once the bad vibes vanish, the butterfly gets bored of the chase and flutters away.

they are now on the street in front of the school. steps lead up to the closed doors. what now, my dudes.]

[battling]

[Sighs. It's time for school again, my dudes.

If they're already here... Bradley will let go of Crow and start heading up the stairs.]

Might as well explore before we head back.

[chevaliered]

[ no keep holding his hand we've been too het this game we have to sort the balance.

anyway. ]

...

[ well crow looks a little less like he has murdereyes right now, so that's good? that's good. ]

Sure. We can figure out a way to avoid the shit out of those butterflies too, if we're going back there.

[heartlands]

[nodding! and then he'll follow bradley up the steps and through the door, unless it's locked. i trust nothing.]

Yeah. If we do have to go back, maybe we can at least find something we can use here.

[headsplitter]

[ Yeah guys hold hands it'll be good for you. ]

Those butterflies ring a bell for you?

[ And yeah, Aikawa is gonna give the doors a push here too. Maybe even a knock! ]

[wtfox]

[the doors are not locked! they swing open almost eagerly to welcome these students(?) into the school's courtyard.



also they'll immediately notice, as they step through the doorway, that the bad vibes are back. they're mild at first, but the further into the courtyard they go, the stronger they become. uh-oh.]

[battling]

Ain't good news.

[He steps into the courtyard.

HE CLOSES HIS EYES SO HARD.]

Aight. It's all shit.

[chevaliered]

Kinda makes you think it's a sign of there being something worth looking at in each location, or something like that.

[ hm. ]

What do the butterflies actually do then, if there's a chance we're going to be running into them no matter what?

[heartlands]

[as soon as he realizes the feelings are back, he just. stops in the middle of this courtyard and groans. it's fine.]

Fine. Fine! We can't have good things, I get it.

[headsplitter]

[ ...He wheezes a little, and sighs heavily. Reaching up to adjust the cap on his head. ]

Well, shit. We can't just dick around out there until day falls... if we're gonna have to be stuck here, we might as well get something out of it, right?

[ Fuck. Alright, he's walking in first. How's the hallway looking, and how are we feeling? ]

[wtfox]

[you're feeling pretty damn bad, actually! which is to say: as aikawa progresses into the hallway, where he can catch glimpses of some students dutifully at work in their classroom through the windows, his bad feelings get more and more intense.

that'll be the case for the others if they try to catch up to him, too, but if they just stay where they are in the courtyard they don't get any better or worse.




well, they'll also see a blackish-purplish sheened butterfly flutter past them in pursuit of aikawa.]

[battling]

It's... Somethin' about a Hawkmoth. Prays on your negative emotions and amplifies them. Makes ya feel like the only way you get what ya want is through listenin' to it.

[This is the summary he remembers from twoish weeks ago.]

[chevaliered]

... [ hm! bad! ]

So, this Hawkmoth thing is, what. Everywhere? We saw one over by the tower and now here too?

[ -- oh, right. ]

Careful Aikawa, it seems pretty fond of you.

[heartlands]

[once he hears that name—]

Wait - are we in Lila's world...?

[he saw her memories, but nothing with this school or the tower in it. either way, he's looking alarmed at the butterfly! and the intensifying feelings.]

Are we sure this isn't... I mean, are we sure we're doing the right thing?

[headsplitter]

[ Jesus. ]

Alright, so don't listen to them, right...? That's the moral here?

...Dunno what else we're supposed to do here, Rupert. Not a whole lot of options for us.

[ He already sounds audibly unwilling and exhausted by the idea of it, and also these emotions, but.

...

If a butterfly comes too close to him, he'll attempt to snatch it out of the air. ]

[wtfox]

[that


that sure is a choice, aikawa.

anyway. when he snatches the butterfly out of the air, it seems to be absorbed into his glove. (is he wearing a glove? his icon looks like he's wearing a glove but i can't tell. if he's not wearing a glove it's absorbed into his knife or whatever.) there's a glowing purple light that takes the form of the outline of a butterfly that forms over his face - almost like a mask - and then he'll hear a voice in his head...]

You, there... I am Hawkmoth. You don't want to be trapped in that atrocious daycare forever, do you...? I can give you the power to escape from it, and to bring everyone out of there with you. I'll just need you to do one thing for me in return... bring me the Miraculouses.

[also there's the faint sound of butterfly wings flapping in the distance... hmmm... any of you who are experiencing stronger bad vibes because you got closer better watch out...]

[battling]

[He has not moved forward because now he's just watching whatever the fuck is going to happen to Aikawa.]

[chevaliered]

[ ohhhhh my god ]

Why did he grab the butterfly? Seriously—