WEEK 5 CYOA: ICHIRO, ICHINOSE, MABEL, MANDRICARDO

[dormheads]

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Just so you know, this is terrible customer service!

[Well. The crowd isn't stopping! Ichinose will slam the bat into the dude's head if Mandricardo needs support, but they don't have a lot of time to waste. Soon enough, she's tugging him along to keep running.

Any other obstacles in their way? Or something they can knock over to slow down the mob?]

[dormheads]

[ The path ahead of them seem mostly clear, and from what they can tell, there doesn't to be any people.

Tanaka speaks. ]

Just keep going! You're almost there.

[duranduel]

[Mandricardo is taking this bat! Free bat, suckers! Including their cute bat! BAT FAMILY.]

[But yeah, this is...oddly calm? He's wiping at the back of his nose with a hand, wincing as he runs with Ichinose.]

I really hope this whole thing will be over soon....

[txt]

[Sometimes a family is a bat, two bats, and depression.

Ichinose keeps running, keeping an eye out for any sudden movements because she's fucking paranoid.]

How do you think Ichiro and Mabel-chan are doing?

[dormheads]

They're doing just great!

[ No one asked you, Tanaka.

But as they run, they'll see an apartment building in the distance. It stands out, given that there's a lot of lights on through the windows compared to the other buildings around, that are all still primarily dark. ]

[duranduel]

What, you know what they're doing?

[HELLO??? TANAKA??????]

[But end is in sight!!! He's running to that apartment building.]

Which floor is it on?

[txt]

Are you stalking them too...?

[Tanaka, you creep.

Assuming they reach the apartment building, she will check out the entrance first. Is it unlocked?

How is Hector doing in her shirt papoose, by the way?]

[dormheads]

I'm just making sure they're taking good care of Miku.

[ Who's Miku.

This door is unlocked. The inside takes them to an area with mailboxes, a set of stairs, and an elevator. Beyond that is a long hallway that has apartment doors on either side. ]

All the way up.

[duranduel]

What's Miku? Who's....Miku?

[what]

[Anyways! Wow, they're finally here. Looking at the elevator.]

Maybe...the stairs? Since I don't trust this thing to break down on us.

[txt]

Hatsune Miku?

[She glances at the elevator... and slowly nods.]

Or someone totally crazy'll hop in with us... What a bummer.

[Is there anything of note about the mailboxes? Are any of them unlocked...? She will take a quick look around to make sure there's nothing useful here, before she starts making her way to the stairs.]

[dormheads]

[ Hector makes a bat noise. She's getting a little fussy.

They all seem locked, except for the one that reads 420. There's only an ad to a pet store inside the box.

The staircase is quiet, to the point that each step they take echoes through it. ]

[duranduel]

Shhh, shh, it's okay, Hector...

[And...wow, this staircase.]

How...high is this apartment building again?

[txt]

[W... Why... Is there anything out of the ordinary written on the ad?

Anyway, she gently scratches Hector's little noggin, offering her a snack.]

With our luck...?

[It's going to be like 50 stories high, isn't it?]

[dormheads]

[ Hector will take her snack and nibble on it.

The ad reads PET ADOPTION! A SPECIAL SALE FOR ONE DAY ONLY! MEET YOUR FURRY NEW DEFINITELY NOT CURSED BEST FRIEND! BECOME A HAPPY FURAMILY OR ELSE!

It's high enough. But, at least for now, it's just them and the quiet. ]

[duranduel]

Ugh. Well, this might take a while...

[Just looking around as they get to each floor, noticing if anything is off.]

Hey, why do people think Hector is "cursed", anyways?

[txt]

Hmm... The problem likely lays at the feet of the world.

[This world is fucked up, y'all. She pats Hector as they make their way up, keeping an eye out as well.]

But, Tanaka-san, what's up with this advertising?

[dormheads]

Hm? Oh, you know. We need the business. And it got you there!

[ No, it didn't.

As they walk, they hear a door for the stairwell open somewhere. ]

[duranduel]

Ichinose, what the hell does that mean?

[Just. Freezing.]

[And whispering over to Ichinose.]

Someone is coming to us, huh.

[txt]

[She opens her mouth to answer, but— Well.

She presses a finger to her lip, tugging him along. Shhh, no talking.

... Are these stairs of the looping type? Assuming there's a handrail and wall, she will move to hide behind it. Does it sound like someone is heading their way, or in another direction?]

[dormheads]

[ They are the looping type. And it sounds like someone is coming down from higher than they are.

Tanaka starts humming. ]

[duranduel]

[ANGRILY LOOKING UP AT THE CEILING HE HATES YOU SOOO MUCH TANAKA-SAN]

[But yeah, sounds like someone coming down. He gestures for Ichinose to go to the other side of the stairs, raising his bat as he goes up a little further than her. If he gets knocked down, he won't fall back into her. Hopefully.]

[txt]

[Ichinose nods, doing as requested while brandishing her own bat.

When it sounds like the mystery person is turning the corner, she will immediately try to take a swing at them, aiming for the gut.

Can't wait for this person to be totally harmless and here she is, brutalizing them.]

[dormheads]

[ They will notice two things.

The first, is that this is a visible old man, who immediately crumples to the floor as soon as he was hit.

The second is that he had a taser, so like, maybe it was for the best. ]

[duranduel]

[wow grandpa manslaughter]

...Tch. [He just noticed the taser after a moment of panic, and turns to Ichinose, tugging at her sleeve.] C'mon. Let's get goin'.

[txt]

[







She double taps grandpa and steals his taser.]

Yes, let's!

[Up they go...]