WEEK 5 CYOA - MOLLY, CALEB, DIMITRI, SAKYOU

[dormheads]

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GROUP 1 - MOLLY & SAKYOU

[dormheads]

[Molly and Sakyou suddenly find themselves in what looks to be a quaint, rural sort of village. The air is clean, and cats and children run by. If anything looks out of place, it's the occasional small, odd-looking monument that seems to correspond to one of any of the four elements: wind, water, earth, fire.

More importantly, they will also find a scroll among their possessions, along with a pen. Sakyou will have to read it out loud for Molly, maybe.]

It is the Present. The world sustains itself on the power of elemental Prisma—the remains of the Elemental Spirits who sacrificed themselves eras ago.

You are residents in this time, not quite peaceful but not quite turbulent. Please answer a few questions about yourselves:

1. How likely are you to drink your sorrows away at the tavern? Furthermore, if someone were to challenge you to a drinking contest, would you agree?
2. How likely are you to adopt several cats and care for their every need?
3. What is your sexual orientation?

[headmt]

[Oh.


Oh dear. Well. Look, he's woken up in strange places a few times lately so he can't be that fuckin' shocked. Blinking and looking around at what is probably actually a more familiar environment than any of the others he's been in recently.]

You think there's a tavern around here, or ... ?

[He's not even looking at the scroll. Hopefully that answers your first question though.]

[modissty]

[Good thing it's not emotionshare week anymore because Sakyou is immediately furious the second his surroundings change. BINCH HE ALREADY DID HIS TIME!! There's a quick glance around just to gain some basic bearings as soon as the initial moment confusion wears off, and then some brief worry in his expression as his gaze cuts to Mollymauk. Sometimes a lad is revived and immediately gets sent to be tormented for cryptic information that same week...]

A tavern? I - why would you want to drink anything here, first of all...

[ANYWAY scroll's stickin' outta his kimono since he has no pockets so he'll just yoink that while muttering something Mad-Sounding, unfurling it to give it a read. HE DOESN'T KNOW MOLLY CAN'T READ HELP but it's fine since he reads it aloud anyway before holding it out in case Molly wants to...look...]

What are we meant to do, answer these questions aloud?

[headmt]

[Oh. He almost flinches when he's looked at with worry like that. He's fine! Surely this will be fine, right? Surely nothing terrible will happen.]

I don't know, because it seems like when you wake up in strange places around here, terrible things start happening quickly. Might want to get a drink first?

[Squinting at the scroll though, but it's clear he's paying more attention to the reading aloud than actually ... reading it. He reaches up to scratch the side of his head and looks confused for a second before he lowers his hand - there was a pen tucked behind his ear. He offers it over to Sakyou.]

You got whisked off somewhere before right? Did you get asked about who you have sex with on that one too?

[modissty]

[It is definitely not going to be fine!!!! Good thing no one can feel the concern and anxiety vibes Sakyou's got going on right now.

He'll take the pen when offered though, and also IMMEDIATELY SPLUTTER ABOUT THAT please sir he's MODEST.]

I did, and they most certainly did not ask any such thing. [He's concerned about what this means for them here hello.] ...I suppose we can write it... What are your answers, then? Yes to the first, at the very least?

[headmt]

[It's going to be fine!!!!!!!!!!]

Suppose so. Sorrows, joys, whatever else too. And I've entered and won a drinking contest, thank you very much.

[modissty]

[i hope sakyou dies tenderly in mollys arm and mollys head falls off again like that green ribbon legend

ANYWAY. He will jot down "likely, yes" for Molly for the first one and "unlikely, no" for himself. And sigh.]

Well, I do believe that. [MOLLY your BOOZE.] Alright then, what about the adoption of cats and the apparently very meticulous care for them?

GROUP 2 - CALEB & DIMITRI

[dormheads]

[Caleb and Dimitri suddenly find themselves in what looks to be a futuristic city. Basically, picture your typical sci-fi setting. Sleek buildings, holograms everywhere, and robotic cats and androids wander the streets. It's also notably very high up in the air, as if floating in the sky.

More importantly, they will also see a screen pop up before them, with a touch keyboard.]

It is the Future. The air on the ground has become polluted, forcing humanity to take to the skies. A new energy source, Onex, has been developed and is now the backbone of daily life.

You are residents in this time, not quite peaceful but not quite turbulent. Please answer a few questions about yourselves:

1. How good at acting are you?
2. Please demonstrate a song and dance. Alternatively, you may provide a brief demonstration of a typical movie scenario, such as confessing your love or dying tragically in the other's arms.

[repress]

[ One day, Dimitri will be in a CYOA where he can perceive his surroundings, but today is not that day. He startles before he looks around, not unlike a wary cat.

Actually, the only thing that really clues him in on what's going on is that Caleb is here. Why does this happen to them, specifically? ]

...This again?

[katzepaw]

[Yes, why are they in the future again. They are two ye oldes. They don't understand anything. Caleb is immediately trying to pspspsp a robo kitty, and then glances over at Dimitri.

The situation is serious, but he's also somewhat relieved Dimitri is the one here?]

. . . This time, if we have to rap battle, let us agree in advance to forego the fire and swords.

[Anyway. What's this.]

. . . I don't enjoy public speaking. But I am a good liar?

[Does that count?]

[repress]

[ He's on-edge, because it started out relatively innocent last time too, and also what is a skyscraper.

He relaxes a little thanks to Caleb, at least. ]

I am not... good at acting. [ ... ] Or lying.

[ Clearly. ]

What is the point of this second one? Why?

[katzepaw]

No idea, but if I learned anything last time, it is to play along during the early parts.

[Extending a hand to him?]

Do you dance?

[repress]

Better dancing than rapping, I suppose...

[ He'll take that hand! But all he knows is a waltz, so he'll loop an arm around Caleb's back. Guess this is happening. ]

...Are we supposed to make our own music?

[ This is stupid! Wow. ]

CURRENT DEBT: 1,524,999 G

[dormheads]

[It's a brand new day, and the four of them apparently made their way to the Future through that funky portal in the well. "Why would they ever go back when that hole exists to spite them" don't question these things.

They're still, uh, deeply in debt. They are also still in debt. This is not helped by the fact that a salesman approached Dimitri, who was pressured into purchasing some of his overpriced wares.]

DEBT: +5,000 G

TOTAL DEBT: 1,529,999 G

[But hey, you have a... video recorder now? What are you going to do with this.

Anyhow, as they wander the streets, they might see... a giant dancing flower? Looks like some kind of monster, actually, with a wide toothy grin. From the same direction, the roar of another creature echoes.

Hm.]

[modissty]

[OUR DEBT. DIMITRI. sakyou got stuck in the hole again anyway because it's tradition now, but????? What is the rest of this. The future is bleak and full of RPG creatures.

He's just. He's just looking at this giant dancing flower, frowning. Honestly he feels more inclined to go find whatever is roaring since he's not sure he wants to engage in whatever shenanigans he's sure will ensue here with this thing. Anyway, with his hand moving to rest on his sword:]

...Are we meant to kill it? Whatever else is out there sounds like a bigger threat, yes?

[He CAN and he WILL become a monster bounty hunter.]

[katzepaw]

Why not both? I imagine we'll have to deal with all of these stupid threats to get out of here. I only have the one polymorph, so I'll wait to change until we're in a fight.

[Looking at the stupid flower? Does it look like it's going to attack?]

[repress]

[ The salesman just really needed one more sale to feed his starving family. Now they have a video recorder that none of them probably know how to use. ]

Hopefully we can slice it down without needing to use your spells...

[ But yeah he'll engage first if this thing comes at them. ]

[headmt]

Oh for fuck's sake.

[Well, I. Don't really know how daily spells work in CYOAs. Since technically it's one a day, but has the day actually reset. Either way, he's sighing out deeply and slicing his shoulder open again with his claws. Jan will have to tell me if it works for the ice or not or he just did this for zero reason.]

It's going to bend my sword again. Had to spend like an hour fixing it the other day.

[dormheads]

[The day did not actually reset, so Molly just did this for zero reason.

The flower does not come at them! It is just dancing around. However, what looks to be a... monster dinosaur enters the scene nearby? It looks sort of like a giant T-rex/dragon hybrid.]

CURRENT DEBT: 1,529,999 G

[dormheads]

[... in the Future? Everything is as they remember it, before they went through the portal. It's not there at the moment, however; instead, they're just all dumped on the streets.

But hey, there's Hologram Enthusiast Man, running up to them now.]

Have you found anything!?

[Assuming they'll hand over their video camera, he'll plug it into a charger, before taking a look at the feed.]

Hm... I see... [Apparently he is just not questioning their injuries or where they even got this.] ... Well, you got a lot of the Dancing Flowers, but there's not a whole lot of the King of Extinction in here. I'll give you 750,000 G for it.

[And with that, he gives them their pay for their hard work and a copy of their recording, and then nyooms off, presumably to refine his holograms. Was any of this worth it? Debatable.]

DEBT: -750,000 G

TOTAL DEBT: 779,999 G

Mollymauk and Sakyou were unable to fully pay off their debt, and neither were Caleb and Dimitri in the Future. Nevertheless, the latter decided to hold their wedding, not letting the fear of money stop them.

[Everyone, along with Streusel, will find themselves whisked away yet again! This time, they appear to be at a wedding venue, all dressed in formal clothing (of your choice) for the occasion. (Their normal clothes will be back in their dorms.) Furthermore, both pairs will find themselves wearing rings, with vows engraved in them. You can decide yourselves what these rings say, as long as they match their AU-mandated husband's ring in some way. Unless you make Caleb and Dimitri's rings say ALPHA and OMEGA in which case I'm shooting you.

There is plenty of food and alcohol available, but most importantly (?) there is a priest, ready to marry Caleb and Dimitri.]

[katzepaw]

[Oh, okay. Well, he's bleeding with a wound in his abdomen still, as well as a cut in his hand, but he's also now wearing a tuxedo with a beautiful boutonnière of blue flowers in Blue Lions colors. He's wearing a ring that says 'alpha.' Yeah, sorry, I'm claiming the alpha ring, Dimitri can be the omega.

So he's just standing here like. This might as well happen.]

. . . We aren't getting out of here until we do this, are we?

[modissty]

[HE'S RUN OUT OF EMOTIONS TO FEEL except his eternal guilt that he's presumably still not free of. He's wearing a very nice formal kimono which is good because it helps hide his janky arm! And he's just. He's just staring into the middle distance for a moment, thinking about how they're all beat up to fuck and one of the robot cats is dead and the king is probably also dead and the future is doomed perhaps and they didn't even get to pay off their debts for all the troubles they've been through.

Also, since their rings were alli's work of genius molly gets dibs on which ring he has. Some NPC at this wedding shoves a glass of champagne into Sakyou's good hand and he just raises it lifelessly, echoing Caleb's brackets.]

This might as well happen.

[He's also helping his probably-not-unconscious-anymore husband to get around if need be. EVERYONE HERE IS SO STABBED.]

[repress]

[ I think Dimitri is working off his anger and also has the urge to run in a random direction, but he is bleeding through his wedding dress(?) that he looks awful in and wearing an omega ring so this is really the least of his problems. ]

...Just get on with it.

[ This is so stupid. He solemnly mourns their lost cat. ]

[headmt]

[Mollymauk, who looks really great as a guest in his spring florals for a daytime wedding is still sort of passed out. He has a beautiful ring that says OWO WHAT'S THIS to match Sakyou's dedication to true love that says UWU TRU WUV.

He's like slumped in a chair somewhere, bleeding gently. His wounds are not bad enough to knock him out so you get the sense maybe he's just dramatic. He mumbles something like `Beautiful ceremony.` and reaches over for a tissue from the Easter Bunny.]

[dormheads]

[The priest is so glad that y'all are very enthusiastic for this wedding. He turns to Caleb, because he's wearing the alpha ring. I hate you.]

Will you have this man to be your husband, to live together in marriage? Will you love him, comfort him, honor, and keep him in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, be faithful to him as long as you both shall live?

[He then turns to Dimitri, expecting an answer from him as well. In the background, Streusel meows.]