[Following after the goblin takes them deeper into the cavern, before it empties out into a larger space that seems to be... the treasure room? Throne room?
For standing before them is the Goblin King, a giant red-haired goblin in a clown outfit and a star mark and tear mark on his face. For the record, this was not in my notes until Aki willed it.
Anyway, I don't remember anything about Bungee Gum so Hisokablin is just Luffy now as his arm stretches forward like rubber to try and punch Molly and Sakyou.
The other, lesser goblins cackle. Also, behind Hisokablin is what looks to be a blue portal. Hm.]
[taking one fuckin' look at the Goblin King who doesn't look a single bit like David Bowie, feeling immeasurable disappointment, and then immediately getting fucking punched because he was thinking about that instead of avoiding getting punched.]
Motherfucker--
[Okay, you know what? Is there any fucking treasure in here that's actually treasure? Or just TRASH.]
[GOODNIGHT SWEET MOLLY Sakyou has no such distractions going on so uh unfortunately he immediately unsheathes his sword to try slashing at Hisokablin's arm as it zooms by with its punching intentions.
Goblins aren't demons but look. Stab? Stab??]
Why are you all carrying around so much garbage?! [Is this what's important here. I like that both of them are ignoring the portal.]
[There is no treasure. Just trash and scrunched up balls of paper by the portal.
Sakyou slices the arm off! ... Alas, it just reattaches itself after, before it tries to pick Sakyou up to toss him at Molly. Meanwhile, the other goblins start pelting them with trash.]
[Well just as new friends arrive, Molly is RUDELY just trying to dodge the flying Sakyou and leaving him to his fate (hitting the ground), because he's a little busy.]
Fuck, seriously? More goblins?
[Get it that's what Caleb and Dimitri look like. Just horrible little men. Dragging his claws across his shoulder until blood appears and then bringing that gold sword up to drag across it in one motion - it freezes into a blade with a shck! of ice sounds. I don't know. Whatever ice sounds it. IT'S SHARP NOW IS MY POINT.]
[BYE HE'S JUST FLYING fortunately Sakyou is used to being flung around on the battlefield and is also incredibly sturdy, so even hitting the ground instead of a Molly doesn't deter him for long.
He's back on his feet soon after! And if any of these nasty trash-throwing goblins is within arm's reach he's absolutely going to attempt to bonk them over the noggin with the back of his sword's hilt just to have less goblin throwing trash.]
What—?! [HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A GOBLIN IS-- But he'll blink in the direction of the portal??? Oh......... sirs.]
[Getting to his feet unsteadily? Looking around for his sweet Silber and Struesel? Thank god they're safe. Looking around next for his sweet Dimitri? Thank god.
He glances at Molly and Sakyou, frowning - they just ran into a fake Yamato, after all - but also glances at the goblins. Bad?]
What are you two doing down here?
[He's also going for his cocoon in his pocket in case they have to fight but like. It's just goblins, so he probably doesn't need to waste the spell slot?]
[ He probably landed at the bottom of this pile, so he's just going to take a second to gather himself and get to his feet. They've gone from some sort of lab to a trash heap.
At least he has his new family, Caleb and their adorable gem thief cats. ]
More fakes? Or is this our party of four...?
[ He'll stab a goblin if it gets close, don't test him, trash beasts. ]
[Between all of these fuckin people and their weird weapons and powers, the goblins decide to retreat, as much as Hisokablin wants to keep fighting. They gather as much trash in their arms as they can before fleeing into the ether.
... Mission accomplished, probably? Hopefully they won't cause any more trash problems, so you can likely leave the well now.
Fancy seeing you here ... ? We're doing normal things. Going down wells because crying maidens told us to and such.
[Wow did he just waste his power on this coward goblin? That's fine, whatever, it lasts until a long rest BUT STILL. He keeps it out though. Look, he's been warned about these ... adventures.]
I'm fairly certain I'm not a fake. Unless you're a fake. Sakyou, you're not a fake, right? I forgot to ask when we first got here.
[Said as he watches these coward goblins flee... FROWNING. But whatever, he'll just start brushing off some of the nasty goblin garbage that probably got on him while they were being pelted. Stinky.]
If we're all truly here though, I wonder why we started out separately instead of together? Has that happened yet...?
[Apparently they're going to have to go back through the hole, though... Or at least he looks back in that direction.]
We should probably tell her that they likely won't come back, if they're that easy to scare off.
[He's sort of frowning at both of them, a little uncertain. They don't seem the way Yamato did, clearly playing a role in a script? On the other hand, the fact that it's Mollymauk gives him a lot of pause. He's wary, but for now. . . ]
Were you following some sort of script? We had to answer questions and do a dance and got assigned a silly story to play out.
[ Sounds like what a fake would say. But Caleb has seemed real, and four people has been the pattern so far, so he'll go with it as they head to the hole, which Dimitri is definitely eyeing with some uncertainty. ]
Yes, we were in a great deal of debt and sent on some sort of quest. Though the area we started in was much different from... [ ??? does this even look like a well ] whatever pile of garbage this is.
[This icon is getting so much use. Anyway he's STUCK AGAIN APPARENTLY AND JUST CURSING COLORFULLY UNDER HIS BREATH he has nothing to verbally add to this conversation because he's too busy being a little ball of irritation and anger. It's probably his sword's fault again, somehow.
Someone either shove his dumb ass through or pull him, god bless.]
I said I'd have a drink now and then at a tavern, and wouldn't adopt several cats! I'm on the road all the time! How does that make me-- Nevermind. You're a beautiful couple. Congratulations. I'm going to get my 999,999 gold from that crying woman now.
[Thanks for getting the love of his life out of that tight hole. Molly's just tail-swishyingly going to climb the rope back up out of the well.]
[Sakyou comes popping out of the hole! Albeit probably scraped up and dirty at this point.
Presumably, everyone follows Molly up the well The woman who originally hired Molly and Sakyou thanks and pays them (but not 999,999 G), and also directs Caleb and Dimitri to a store where they can sell their gems if they wish.
With such a busy day, they should go rest at the inn! Thankfully, it's free to say. Less thankfully, the only room left available has only two single beds. Time to figure out how you're going to share, although maybe you're experts at this after your dorm sorting.
In any case, now that all four of them are together, their scroll/screen will update, putting together their stories.]
Mollymauk and Sakyou Sagihara are two travellers who hail from the Present.
During his travels, Mollymauk entered a relationship with a young noblewoman and eventually became engaged with her. In order to earn her family's approval, he promised them a hefty dowry.
However, he then met Sakyou Sagihara and fell in love. As a result, he broke off his engagement with the woman. Still, he owes the family the dowry he agreed to, and so he must now find a way to earn money and pay what he promised. Sakyou, in his undying love for Mollymauk, has agreed to help pay off this debt.
DEBT: +1,000,000 G
Unfortunately, Mollymauk has also incurred a large tab from the taverns he's been drinking at. Luckily, Sakyou did not make it worse.
DEBT: +500,000 G (Mollymauk)
During their journey together, they come across various cats in need. They elect not to adopt them, therefore not incurring further debt from taking care of them.
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd and Caleb Widogast are two new actors who hail from the Future. While their new relationship is making all the tabloids, their actual acting abilities are... okay, giving them an average salary. Much of their wages go into paying off the 1,500,000 G Caleb's cat-hating drunkard ancestors left him with and that Dimitri generously agreed to help paid off in his undying love for him.
Caleb ends up adopting a few robotic cats. Their maintenance costs add to his debt.
DEBT: +250,000 G
Sakyou finds 1 G.
DEBT: -1 G
Yamato's father pays Caleb and Dimitri for rescuing his son.
DEBT: -25,000 G
A villager pays Mollymauk and Sakyou for clearing out the well.
DEBT: -50,000 G
Caleb and Dimitri sell the gems that their cats Silber and Streusel found.
DEBT: -150,000 G
TOTAL DEBT:
TOTAL DEBT: 1,524,999 G
[Congrats! You've almost paid off... the additional debt Caleb accumulated. Anyway, go sleep in your beds now.]
[Well!! THEY'RE HERE NOW, HE GUESSES. IN THIS INN. Why is it a free inn is that not sketch as hell, hopefully it's haunted or filled with secret axe murderers.
Anyway, this is fine. Once they arrive in their single room with two beds, Sakyou's not too bothered by it. He's used to cramming into rooms with like five other bodyguards at a time, even having to bunk up so wildly on campus didn't bother him (but that is also why he fled to the lower floor).]
If we're meant to stay over the night, then I don't need a bed.
[As long as no one SNORES he'll be fine sleeping on the floor.]
[He is reading over all of this nonsense and it is stupid but it does make sense that they would both be on this same adventure? But he's still a little wary of it. Glancing at Dimitri occasionally, making sure they aren't separated, since he doesn't want to be caught alone with Molly. The last time wasn't his favorite.]
The floor is fine for me as well. [He was homeless for a long ass time and he still sleeps in tents these days more often than not.] But are we really staying overnight? This is concerning to me; some of these have lasted a long time.
So it's Mollymauk's fault we're in this predicament.
[ Said dryly, because he doesn't actually beleive it. But anyway, he's also been homeless for... a while, so he's not running for a bed even if they're offered. Caleb or Sakyou can have it, or Molly ends up with two beds. ]
Some of the others were in their experiences for days. But I don't know that we're meant to progress otherwise.
[Well he's definitely making a very sulky face now. His friend is giving him the serious side-eye despite his very believable insistence he's not a fake and everyone is mad at him for not adopting cats. But also like. Looking around at the others who are all offering to sleep on the fucking floor and just going to push the two beds together then? Fuck you guys?]
I was doing what I was repeatedly warned to do! Going along with the suggestions of the strange illusion! Anyway, I don't think there's anything for it but to just keep following it through.
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For standing before them is the Goblin King, a giant red-haired goblin in a clown outfit and a star mark and tear mark on his face. For the record, this was not in my notes until Aki willed it.
Anyway, I don't remember anything about Bungee Gum so Hisokablin is just Luffy now as his arm stretches forward like rubber to try and punch Molly and Sakyou.
The other, lesser goblins cackle. Also, behind Hisokablin is what looks to be a blue portal. Hm.]
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Motherfucker--
[Okay, you know what? Is there any fucking treasure in here that's actually treasure? Or just TRASH.]
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Goblins aren't demons but look. Stab? Stab??]
Why are you all carrying around so much garbage?! [Is this what's important here. I like that both of them are ignoring the portal.]
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Sakyou slices the arm off! ... Alas, it just reattaches itself after, before it tries to pick Sakyou up to toss him at Molly. Meanwhile, the other goblins start pelting them with trash.]
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Cats, on the other hand, always land on their feet (?), so their two robo cats gracefully come through.]
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Fuck, seriously? More goblins?
[Get it that's what Caleb and Dimitri look like. Just horrible little men. Dragging his claws across his shoulder until blood appears and then bringing that gold sword up to drag across it in one motion - it freezes into a blade with a shck! of ice sounds. I don't know. Whatever ice sounds it. IT'S SHARP NOW IS MY POINT.]
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He's back on his feet soon after! And if any of these nasty trash-throwing goblins is within arm's reach he's absolutely going to attempt to bonk them over the noggin with the back of his sword's hilt just to have less goblin throwing trash.]
What—?! [HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A GOBLIN IS-- But he'll blink in the direction of the portal??? Oh......... sirs.]
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He glances at Molly and Sakyou, frowning - they just ran into a fake Yamato, after all - but also glances at the goblins. Bad?]
What are you two doing down here?
[He's also going for his cocoon in his pocket in case they have to fight but like. It's just goblins, so he probably doesn't need to waste the spell slot?]
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At least he has his new family, Caleb and their adorable gem thief cats. ]
More fakes? Or is this our party of four...?
[ He'll stab a goblin if it gets close, don't test him, trash beasts. ]
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... Mission accomplished, probably? Hopefully they won't cause any more trash problems, so you can likely leave the well now.
(Yes, this means going back through the hole.)]
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[Wow did he just waste his power on this coward goblin? That's fine, whatever, it lasts until a long rest BUT STILL. He keeps it out though. Look, he's been warned about these ... adventures.]
I'm fairly certain I'm not a fake. Unless you're a fake. Sakyou, you're not a fake, right? I forgot to ask when we first got here.
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[Said as he watches these coward goblins flee... FROWNING. But whatever, he'll just start brushing off some of the nasty goblin garbage that probably got on him while they were being pelted. Stinky.]
If we're all truly here though, I wonder why we started out separately instead of together? Has that happened yet...?
[Apparently they're going to have to go back through the hole, though... Or at least he looks back in that direction.]
We should probably tell her that they likely won't come back, if they're that easy to scare off.
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Were you following some sort of script? We had to answer questions and do a dance and got assigned a silly story to play out.
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Yes, we were in a great deal of debt and sent on some sort of quest. Though the area we started in was much different from... [ ??? does this even look like a well ] whatever pile of garbage this is.
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Molly rolls a 19, so with his previous practice of sliding into holes and out of them, he goes through smoothly.
Caleb rolls a 18 and expertly goes through.
Dimitri rolls a 10, so he'll get stuck for a bit but he can probably get out on his own after a lot of wiggling.
Meanwhile, Sakyou, on the other hand, gets a 5. Sucks to suck! Someone's going to have to pull him out.]
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We got asked who we prefer to fuck!
[Just. Watching Sakyou get stuck.]
And we're married now.
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Someone either shove his dumb ass through or pull him, god bless.]
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[Sorry, Dimitri. Anyway, he . . . will try to help Sakyou get through but he probably won't be much help.]
We are trying to pay off the debt left to us by our drunkard cat hating ancestors.
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Yes, we are in love now. [ bleak ] So it seems there are some similarities between these... storylines.
[ He does not listen to Mollymauk talk about fuck. ]
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I said I'd have a drink now and then at a tavern, and wouldn't adopt several cats! I'm on the road all the time! How does that make me-- Nevermind. You're a beautiful couple. Congratulations. I'm going to get my 999,999 gold from that crying woman now.
[Thanks for getting the love of his life out of that tight hole. Molly's just tail-swishyingly going to climb the rope back up out of the well.]
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Presumably, everyone follows Molly up the well The woman who originally hired Molly and Sakyou thanks and pays them (but not 999,999 G), and also directs Caleb and Dimitri to a store where they can sell their gems if they wish.
With such a busy day, they should go rest at the inn! Thankfully, it's free to say. Less thankfully, the only room left available has only two single beds. Time to figure out how you're going to share, although maybe you're experts at this after your dorm sorting.
In any case, now that all four of them are together, their scroll/screen will update, putting together their stories.]
Mollymauk and Sakyou Sagihara are two travellers who hail from the Present.
During his travels, Mollymauk entered a relationship with a young noblewoman and eventually became engaged with her. In order to earn her family's approval, he promised them a hefty dowry.
However, he then met Sakyou Sagihara and fell in love. As a result, he broke off his engagement with the woman. Still, he owes the family the dowry he agreed to, and so he must now find a way to earn money and pay what he promised. Sakyou, in his undying love for Mollymauk, has agreed to help pay off this debt.
DEBT: +1,000,000 G
Unfortunately, Mollymauk has also incurred a large tab from the taverns he's been drinking at. Luckily, Sakyou did not make it worse.
DEBT: +500,000 G (Mollymauk)
During their journey together, they come across various cats in need. They elect not to adopt them, therefore not incurring further debt from taking care of them.
Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd and Caleb Widogast are two new actors who hail from the Future. While their new relationship is making all the tabloids, their actual acting abilities are... okay, giving them an average salary. Much of their wages go into paying off the 1,500,000 G Caleb's cat-hating drunkard ancestors left him with and that Dimitri generously agreed to help paid off in his undying love for him.
Caleb ends up adopting a few robotic cats. Their maintenance costs add to his debt.
DEBT: +250,000 G
Sakyou finds 1 G.
DEBT: -1 G
Yamato's father pays Caleb and Dimitri for rescuing his son.
DEBT: -25,000 G
A villager pays Mollymauk and Sakyou for clearing out the well.
DEBT: -50,000 G
Caleb and Dimitri sell the gems that their cats Silber and Streusel found.
DEBT: -150,000 G
TOTAL DEBT:
TOTAL DEBT: 1,524,999 G
[Congrats! You've almost paid off... the additional debt Caleb accumulated. Anyway, go sleep in your beds now.]
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Anyway, this is fine. Once they arrive in their single room with two beds, Sakyou's not too bothered by it. He's used to cramming into rooms with like five other bodyguards at a time, even having to bunk up so wildly on campus didn't bother him (but that is also why he fled to the lower floor).]
If we're meant to stay over the night, then I don't need a bed.
[As long as no one SNORES he'll be fine sleeping on the floor.]
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The floor is fine for me as well. [He was homeless for a long ass time and he still sleeps in tents these days more often than not.] But are we really staying overnight? This is concerning to me; some of these have lasted a long time.
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[ Said dryly, because he doesn't actually beleive it. But anyway, he's also been homeless for... a while, so he's not running for a bed even if they're offered. Caleb or Sakyou can have it, or Molly ends up with two beds. ]
Some of the others were in their experiences for days. But I don't know that we're meant to progress otherwise.
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I was doing what I was repeatedly warned to do! Going along with the suggestions of the strange illusion! Anyway, I don't think there's anything for it but to just keep following it through.
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