[ 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. ]
[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.
[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.]
[SWEET MOLLY YOUR SWORD... AND SHOULDER. AND DRAGON?? Sakyou is just watching this all unfold with great exhaustion but it's fine. The flower doesn't seem as hostile as this funky dragon dino thing, so he's withdrawing his blade and pointing it thataway.]
If we're really meant to handle all of the stupid threats that we come across in order to leave, then I suppose it doesn't matter what we take care of first.
[TIME TO RUSH A WHOLEASS DRAGON T-REX. He will pass somewhat close to the dancing flower though since he's curious about what its widely grinning deal is. Does it respond to anything moving into its dancing arena??]
[Sigh well if Molly's sword isn't working, he will turn into a T-Rex too. This isn't the animal he would choose for this adventure but none of his other animals are a great idea against something like this, so.
Transforming. And trying to communicate with the dragon T-Rex somehow? His body language is saying 'hey, back off, leave my friends alone.']
I see no other objective we're supposed to complete, so...
[ Yeah, guess they're fighting this stuff. If the others are handling the dinosaur with their own dinosaur, then he's going to keep an eye on this weird dancing flower. Does it attack if he approaches? ]
[In that case his weapon is a blunt sword made of gold. And his wits! Which aren't very good. Maybe the ice is still there from yesterday. Either way, he sort of follows behind C-Rex, sticking close. Hopefully Dimitri doesn't get eaten by that flower?]
Try talking to it! It isn't actually attacking yet, right?
[The dancing flower and T-Rex do not make a move to attack them, or even show any indication of recognizing their presences. Alas, this means that Caleb fails in his dino communication.
But then, a man approaches.]
Oh, are you interested in my holograms? How about it? They're pretty realistic, aren't they—wait, is that a hologram of your own!? [He's staring at dino!Caleb.] Wow, it's great! You must be fellow hologram enthusiasts!
[Eyes sparkling, he's going to rush forward to grasp Dimitri's hands, since Dimitri does not seem to be holding a sword right now maybe I don't know where his spear is.]
If you know of any way for me to refine my holograms, let me know! You see, there's no info on the behavioural or movement patterns of the Dancing Flower and the King of Extinction or the sounds they made. I could only go off of photographs, so these are still incomplete.
Ahaha, if only I could go back in time and record them in their habitat, but it's not as if time travel is real. Alas, dreams are only dreams... But if you could somehow come across anything, I'll pay you handsomely!
[In the distance, behind him, the others might see a blue portal open up...]
Sakyou feels his exasperation continue to rise but at least he didn't just use a decent spell up on nothing... He doesn't bother sheathing his sword again either, considering he has a good idea that that magic new portal will transport them to the real dinoland.]
Well, that's a straightforward set of instructions, yes? Just head over and use that camera, presumably?
[Good work Dimitri!! Anyway he's not even addressing this poor hologram dude he's just inching around to go nyoom at the portal like he's got places to be or something. Hope he gets stuck on the way through.]
[Caleb Rex snorts at the dinosaur holograms and then tries to attack it. He looks so confused. He makes dinosaur sounds? Roar? So that should solve our quest entirely, but then he sees Sakyou going through the portal so he just barrels through after him.]
[ Thankfully, they've all operated their phones enough that this should be doable, even if their device is a little different. Oh wait, Caleb is a dinosaur and just ran through a portal to another world.
Dimitri just nods quickly at hologram man to say goodbye and zooms after the other two. ]
[Everyone just ran off with him, but I'm going to say Molly has the video camera because that's the funniest option possible. Holding it up, filming the hologram man for a bit, then giving him a thumbs up and scooting off after the rest of the party.]
[Honestly, it's a good thing they're zooming, because. Strangely, even before they reach the portal, the world seems to be disappearing? Bit by bit, the scenery is replaced with the desolate landscape of a ruined, still futuristic city. The process almost catches up to them—but then they go through.
It's probably fine. They ungracefully land in a new land (hopefully, Caleb Rex is not on top), while their two cats also pop through. Specifically, it seems to be some kind of wilderness, with lush plants growing in places. In the far distance, the silhouette of a village can be seen. In the less far distance, the King of Extinction can be seen, its head towering above the trees and the heads of lesser dinosaurs in the area.
Closer to the group on the ground, though, a few Dancing Flowers... dance their way to them, grinning wide.
Oh, and the portal they came through is gone. Damn, how are they supposed to get paid now?]
It's fine Sakyou is too busy looking a little disturbed by the fact that the wholeass world they were just in was seemingly collapsing underfoot?? But it's fine he'll take a glance around to make sure their party is all in one piece and not squashed by a dino. Then, glancing at these funky flowers...]
Who has the camera? And is there anything we can do for him or is he stuck until it wears off...
[GESTURING over at sweet Caleb. That aside he's definitely pointing a sword at these flowers because he's not anticipating they'll be as nice as the holograms, but for once he's not attacking immediately either.]
[He can drop it at any time and he will if you ask him to, but he only has the one transformation so he will keep it unless told otherwise. C-Rex isn't that smart so the plan Caleb had when he transformed will stay the plan.
Anyway, C-Rex sits up and sniffs the air, and smells something tasty in the distance. So he looks like he's about to bolt in that direction, but he turns and glances at the group in case there are other priorities? Than munching on a tasty triceratops or something?]
[ The camera, he means. C-Rex seems to at least be, uh, cooperative. He looks Caleb directly in his beady lizard eyes. ]
We should find this "King of Extinction" so we can be done with this task.
[ It's pretty hard to miss? Though Dimitri will actually grab his spear off his back to arm himself properly against these flowers, because they're creepy. Hopefully Molly is recording, because they're dancin' their way. ]
[Is there even a reason to go fuck with the King of Extinction? Whistling and gesturing to C-Rex.]
Oi! Caleb! Pose with the flowers or something! Gonna get both at once. A two-fer.
[Honestly he's just having fun being the filmmaker here. A real Kubrick in the making. Just filming everything, because this is absolutely going to end up like. A Blair Witch found footage thing. They never return from their cyoa, but this mysterious video tape does ... ]
[When Sakyou and Dimitri raise their weapons, the Dancing Flowers attack! ... By spraying pollen all over them. Hm, nothing seems to be happening.
... Except for a few things.
Sakyou will be overcome with guilt and shame over what a meanie he is. He has been SO mean, to the point where he doesn't even deserve cheese. He will feel the need to declare this to everyone and remind them often of what a mean and terrible person he is.
Dimitri will occasionally burst into an uncontrollable fit of giggles. Also, he will randomly get a near irresistible urge to just nyoom away in random directions. Like right now, maybe?
Molly will feel kind of like he's high? He will feel very giddy and distracted, as well as have harmless hallucinations about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and finding the way to the mystical Candyland.
C-Rex will... fall in love with the King of Extinction in the distance. He must go and be with him/her/them/mystery gender of this dinosaur until you get up close. Right now. That aside, he also has the urge to nibble on everything he sees but not, like, in a vore way.
These effects will last until... well, mystery.
Also, while everyone is possibly distracted with pollen in their face, a few of the Dancing Flowers will open their mouth and try to bite down on Sakyou and Dimitri's arms or legs with their sharp teeth. Furthermore, from behind the group, there is the sound of buzzing—a swarm of giant hornets approach, apparently attracted by the commotion and ready to sting.]
Well. He has like .2 seconds to be startled by this pollen before they're all TRAPPED IN VARIOUS HELLS and he's just walloped by such strong guilt?? The most stupid thing about being cheeseburger sasuke is that he's like this normally, just not as dramatic or edgy, i hate it here.
Anyway he immediately turns to everyone else--]
I - before we proceed any further, I must apologize for how cruel I've been up to this point, everyone. I don't know how any of you can even tolerate looking at a person as horrible as myself, let alone sharing a room with me for an entire night... I should have slept out in the alley by the garbage, where I belong...
[--As a flower just chomps on his arm because he's distracted professing his Meanie Crimes. DOES ANYONE EVEN NOTICE THE SOUND OF THE HORNETS.]
[C-Rex doesn't. He's bolting towards the King of Extinction, because that's who he's into now, and the thing about polymorph is, it lets you remember who your friends are? And that's a friend now.
[ Dimitri definitely does not notice the hornets. He barely has a chance to react in surprise at the pollen before it hits him and Sakyou starts his self-flagellating speech.
Which... is hilarious, actually? lol emo ]
The garbage—!
[ wheeze. Anyway he has a laughing fit and then runs off into a flower. He could at least zoom towards Caleb, but that would be useful. ]
[The camera is now totally pointed the wrong direction. Neither at the King of Extinction NOR the dancing flowers. It's at somewhere blank, just off to the side of this chaos. Whispering to himself:]
No one is listening to Sakyou except for Dimitri, and even he's not doing that anymore. Sakyou is left angsting as the hornets swarm to try and sting him. I decided that I don't actually want to write about the aftermath of bee stings, so if they succeed, it'll be more like small stab wounds.
Meanwhile, Dimitri runs into a flower. It wraps its leaves around him and starts dancing away with him in what's basically a kidnapping. Also, it'll bite down on his shoulder.
The Easter Bunny, who is not actually here, starts hopping in the same direction that Dimitri is being carried away, at least. Also, the hornets will try to sting Molly as well.
The King of Extinction roars back. Unfortunately, it sounds like he's being rejected. ): ]
Anyway Sakyou will just take some of these stings because he's so mean that he deserves them but also being tiny stabbed a lot still kind of hurts and ALSO, he still NEEDS to let everyone know how terrible he is!! So he's just eventually going to fuckin nyoom from the bees and follow after Dimitri who is being kidnapped by a flower.]
Dimitri-dono—! Ah, should I take care of that flower? If anyone cuts it down, it should be me, the most heartless among us...
[He's spending all this time talking and not actually helping.......]
[That makes sense. Caleb Rex isn't much of a catch, after all. The King of Extinction deserves to be happy, not with someone like him. Still, sad and lovelorn, he will follow him around, quietly pining.]
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Hopefully we can slice it down without needing to use your spells...
[ But yeah he'll engage first if this thing comes at them. ]
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[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.
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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.]
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If we're really meant to handle all of the stupid threats that we come across in order to leave, then I suppose it doesn't matter what we take care of first.
[TIME TO RUSH A WHOLEASS DRAGON T-REX. He will pass somewhat close to the dancing flower though since he's curious about what its widely grinning deal is. Does it respond to anything moving into its dancing arena??]
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Transforming. And trying to communicate with the dragon T-Rex somehow? His body language is saying 'hey, back off, leave my friends alone.']
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[ Yeah, guess they're fighting this stuff. If the others are handling the dinosaur with their own dinosaur, then he's going to keep an eye on this weird dancing flower. Does it attack if he approaches? ]
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Try talking to it! It isn't actually attacking yet, right?
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But then, a man approaches.]
Oh, are you interested in my holograms? How about it? They're pretty realistic, aren't they—wait, is that a hologram of your own!? [He's staring at dino!Caleb.] Wow, it's great! You must be fellow hologram enthusiasts!
[Eyes sparkling, he's going to rush forward to grasp Dimitri's hands, since Dimitri does not seem to be holding a sword right now maybe I don't know where his spear is.]
If you know of any way for me to refine my holograms, let me know! You see, there's no info on the behavioural or movement patterns of the Dancing Flower and the King of Extinction or the sounds they made. I could only go off of photographs, so these are still incomplete.
Ahaha, if only I could go back in time and record them in their habitat, but it's not as if time travel is real. Alas, dreams are only dreams... But if you could somehow come across anything, I'll pay you handsomely!
[In the distance, behind him, the others might see a blue portal open up...]
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Sakyou feels his exasperation continue to rise but at least he didn't just use a decent spell up on nothing... He doesn't bother sheathing his sword again either, considering he has a good idea that that magic new portal will transport them to the real dinoland.]
Well, that's a straightforward set of instructions, yes? Just head over and use that camera, presumably?
[Good work Dimitri!! Anyway he's not even addressing this poor hologram dude he's just inching around to go nyoom at the portal like he's got places to be or something. Hope he gets stuck on the way through.]
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Dimitri just nods quickly at hologram man to say goodbye and zooms after the other two. ]
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It's probably fine. They ungracefully land in a new land (hopefully, Caleb Rex is not on top), while their two cats also pop through. Specifically, it seems to be some kind of wilderness, with lush plants growing in places. In the far distance, the silhouette of a village can be seen. In the less far distance, the King of Extinction can be seen, its head towering above the trees and the heads of lesser dinosaurs in the area.
Closer to the group on the ground, though, a few Dancing Flowers... dance their way to them, grinning wide.
Oh, and the portal they came through is gone. Damn, how are they supposed to get paid now?]
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It's fine Sakyou is too busy looking a little disturbed by the fact that the wholeass world they were just in was seemingly collapsing underfoot?? But it's fine he'll take a glance around to make sure their party is all in one piece and not squashed by a dino. Then, glancing at these funky flowers...]
Who has the camera? And is there anything we can do for him or is he stuck until it wears off...
[GESTURING over at sweet Caleb. That aside he's definitely pointing a sword at these flowers because he's not anticipating they'll be as nice as the holograms, but for once he's not attacking immediately either.]
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Anyway, C-Rex sits up and sniffs the air, and smells something tasty in the distance. So he looks like he's about to bolt in that direction, but he turns and glances at the group in case there are other priorities? Than munching on a tasty triceratops or something?]
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[ The camera, he means. C-Rex seems to at least be, uh, cooperative. He looks Caleb directly in his beady lizard eyes. ]
We should find this "King of Extinction" so we can be done with this task.
[ It's pretty hard to miss? Though Dimitri will actually grab his spear off his back to arm himself properly against these flowers, because they're creepy. Hopefully Molly is recording, because they're dancin' their way. ]
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Oi! Caleb! Pose with the flowers or something! Gonna get both at once. A two-fer.
[Honestly he's just having fun being the filmmaker here. A real Kubrick in the making. Just filming everything, because this is absolutely going to end up like. A Blair Witch found footage thing. They never return from their cyoa, but this mysterious video tape does ... ]
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... Except for a few things.
Sakyou will be overcome with guilt and shame over what a meanie he is. He has been SO mean, to the point where he doesn't even deserve cheese. He will feel the need to declare this to everyone and remind them often of what a mean and terrible person he is.
Dimitri will occasionally burst into an uncontrollable fit of giggles. Also, he will randomly get a near irresistible urge to just nyoom away in random directions. Like right now, maybe?
Molly will feel kind of like he's high? He will feel very giddy and distracted, as well as have harmless hallucinations about Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and finding the way to the mystical Candyland.
C-Rex will... fall in love with the King of Extinction in the distance. He must go and be with him/her/them/mystery gender of this dinosaur until you get up close. Right now. That aside, he also has the urge to nibble on everything he sees but not, like, in a vore way.
These effects will last until... well, mystery.
Also, while everyone is possibly distracted with pollen in their face, a few of the Dancing Flowers will open their mouth and try to bite down on Sakyou and Dimitri's arms or legs with their sharp teeth. Furthermore, from behind the group, there is the sound of buzzing—a swarm of giant hornets approach, apparently attracted by the commotion and ready to sting.]
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Well. He has like .2 seconds to be startled by this pollen before they're all TRAPPED IN VARIOUS HELLS and he's just walloped by such strong guilt?? The most stupid thing about being cheeseburger sasuke is that he's like this normally, just not as dramatic or edgy, i hate it here.
Anyway he immediately turns to everyone else--]
I - before we proceed any further, I must apologize for how cruel I've been up to this point, everyone. I don't know how any of you can even tolerate looking at a person as horrible as myself, let alone sharing a room with me for an entire night... I should have slept out in the alley by the garbage, where I belong...
[--As a flower just chomps on his arm because he's distracted professing his Meanie Crimes. DOES ANYONE EVEN NOTICE THE SOUND OF THE HORNETS.]
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He runs, giving a dinosaur mating cry.]
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Which... is hilarious, actually? lol emo ]
The garbage—!
[ wheeze. Anyway he has a laughing fit and then runs off into a flower. He could at least zoom towards Caleb, but that would be useful. ]
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Do you guys see this huge rabbit?
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No one is listening to Sakyou except for Dimitri, and even he's not doing that anymore. Sakyou is left angsting as the hornets swarm to try and sting him. I decided that I don't actually want to write about the aftermath of bee stings, so if they succeed, it'll be more like small stab wounds.
Meanwhile, Dimitri runs into a flower. It wraps its leaves around him and starts dancing away with him in what's basically a kidnapping. Also, it'll bite down on his shoulder.
The Easter Bunny, who is not actually here, starts hopping in the same direction that Dimitri is being carried away, at least. Also, the hornets will try to sting Molly as well.
The King of Extinction roars back. Unfortunately, it sounds like he's being rejected. ): ]
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Anyway Sakyou will just take some of these stings because he's so mean that he deserves them but also being tiny stabbed a lot still kind of hurts and ALSO, he still NEEDS to let everyone know how terrible he is!! So he's just eventually going to fuckin nyoom from the bees and follow after Dimitri who is being kidnapped by a flower.]
Dimitri-dono—! Ah, should I take care of that flower? If anyone cuts it down, it should be me, the most heartless among us...
[He's spending all this time talking and not actually helping.......]
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