WEEK 5 CYOA: ICHIRO, ICHINOSE, MABEL, MANDRICARDO

[dormheads]

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[duranduel]

[Love their little baby child swaddled up in a bat burrito.]

[Mandricardo is more than happy to get out of there, not caring for stepping on the guy behind the door. Who cares! It's his fault! And now they're on the road again...]

Hmmmph. [He hates Tanaka SO much.] Fine. Maybe.

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[She may be stepping on the guy with her heels a little harder than necessary. Oopsies!

Once outside, she keeps cradling this little bat burrito and kind of? Tries to hide her from view as much as possible.]

... Yeah, alright, fine. Will you act as our navigator?

[Time to go home... finally?]

[dormheads]

[ Hector is a snug burrito.

But Tanaka just sounds happy. ]

Okay! Just head left and keep going. You'll reach an area with a lot of apartments. Try to watch out for the morning joggers!

[duranduel]

...

[He pinches the bridge of his nose and curses.]

Let me guess. The joggers are gonna attack us because this bat is supposedly cursed, right?

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[...]

This is getting old... Oh, well, guess we should get it over with.

[Time to go left!]

[dormheads]

[ Tanaka makes a noise that can only be described as what a shrug would sound like.

But off they go! This street isn't that fancy compared to the other one they were on, but it's still nice enough that there isn't really trash on the street and it doesn't smell like pee. You know, the city smell.

They can see the occasional car pass by them, but traffic is light this early in the day. It's a quiet walk, but they'll eventually hear the sound of feet running on pavement. ]

[duranduel]

[Oh. Here they come.]

[Mandricardo quickens his step a little more in the direction of the sound of running, raising his voice - its definitely a little on the hoarse side because of the prior strangulation.]

Hey! HEY! If any of you joggers want to give the both of us any trouble, let me tell ya, I will not hesitate to throw you in front of a car, okay? Go around us, or you'll have to deal with me!

[Mandricardo at his lowest most exhausted point is just tapping full into his delinquent part of his personality. He sneers.]

Get the FUCK out of our way!

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[Jesus CHRIST, Mandricardo.

Ichinose looks a little startled by the outburst, eyes widening as she keeps Hector close to her chest. While Mandi has his outburst, she will chance a glance in direction of the footsteps — just in case they're actually visible.]

Whoa, stop, stop. Calm down. [Sir, your blood pressure.] Are you okay to run? Let's just go.

[She does not want to get into a fight now that they're minus two whole ass cages.]

[dormheads]

[ They hear a lot of loud murmuring, it's definitely people talking shit. They can't see anyone though, so it's probably fine.

But then they hear more feet running. And more. And more? You know the stampede in the Lion King and how that sounded like?

Tanaka whistles. ]

Oh... maybe run?

[duranduel]

How can I calm down when there's all of this crap?!

[And. Uh.]

[Haha! Maybe he...bit more off than he can chew?]

[Mandricardo feels his delinquent part shrivel up like a grape in the sun.]

...Okay. Uh. Let's...go?

[And he's just going to grab Ichinose by the arm and run the opposite way haha!!]

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[Welp! They're running. She's tucking Hector in her shirt so it's more of a papoose situation, supporting her with her arm to reduce the chances of, oops! Honey, I think I dropped the kids! Noooo dropping the baby.]

Tanaka-san, how much longer now?

[Are they even close to their home?]

[dormheads]

Just keep running! I'll let you know when you're there.

[ That doesn't really answer the question, but it's fine.

Objects are being thrown at them now. Small things, that people would normally have on them-- water bottles, keys, cell phones. They must be rather pissed if they're willing to get rid of that, huh. But the crowd just grows as the seconds pass. ]

[duranduel]

[Mandricardo yelps when an iPhone conks him in the head.]

Ah-! We...just have to keep runnin'-! Shit! I hate this city!

[Mandricardo does have Agility Rank A, so his running is pretty good! He's just making sure Ichinose is along for the ride.]

Are we there yet?!

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A-Ah... Should I have spent more time working on my stamina...?!

[SHE'S A NERD WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO RUN LIKE THIS

But adrenaline is one hell of a drug, so she's keeping up! For now, at least. I do not trust Francy. The wasted iPhones make her sad, though.]

[dormheads]

[ The crowd keeps up with them, continuing to throw random items at them in an attempt to slow them down. But since they're so focused on what's behind them, they won't notice two invisible people (who are holding very visible baseball bats) step over from the side. One of them swings at Ichinose, but only hits her on the arm-- she manages to miss a good chunk of the blow, at least, but that's still probably going to hurt.

Mandi, however, gets the full brunt of a metal bat right to the face. ]

[duranduel]

[Well, he sees the bats, for sure, but even a speedster like Mandricardo can't avoid something like that.]

[Mandricardo gets absolutely smashed in the face - he can probably feel his nose break from the force of it, reeling back.]

[Sorry, Ichinose, he's seeing stars from the impact, and won't be able to help you out at this moment.]

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—Mandricardo-san!

[HE'S GOING DOWN, HE'S YELLING TIMBER...

Hector might be getting jolted when the bat makes contact with her arm. Sorry, child. She hisses in pain, making sure to keep her arm secure under the baby bat while she pulls out the glass bottle from before — and immediately tries to bash it over one of their invisible attackers. And if it breaks, she will use it to stab at whatever part of them she can reach.]

[dormheads]

[ I rolled a 2, so not only does Ichinose break the glass over one of them, she also gets to stab them. She'll also get to see the blood pour out from the wound.

Hector makes a scared bat sound, and the attacker who got Mandi is now turning their attention to the bat and Ichinose. They run forward to try to hit her. ]

[duranduel]

Oh...oh NO you DON'T!

[He finally gets back into his senses, though his nose is bleeding like a sieve. Everything is blurry, but he sees the movement of the bat, and he's turning to just straight up tackle the man.]

Tanaka, you bitch! If you get us into these situations, then help us get us out of them-!!

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[WELL... Mandi maybe has the second attacker handled, so Ichinose will kick the guy she just stabbed while she's at it and try to steal his bat. She deserves a bat for going through this shit twice? (No.)]

R-Right...! Isn't there something you can do?!

[dormheads]

[ Mandi tackles an invisible person to the ground. They yell, and try to hit him with the bat, but it's an awkward angle now so it doesn't connect as well.

Ichinose now has two bats. But also, the crowd is still running after them.

Tanaka talks. ]

How's Hector? You guys can't last a little longer?

[duranduel]

[Yeah, Mandricardo is trying to grab at the only visible thing here (the bat) and is just going to try to yank it out of the man's hands so he can start smashing it down on his head.]

[Brutal!]

Not when we have a FUCKING crowd after us! Hector's goin' to be a pancake in like ten seconds!

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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....