[ sasazuka reads what he can make out. blinks. rereads. wonders if today he lost his ability to read? then just walks away from the books to where sheila is. ]
There was nothing useful about the books, they're too damaged.
[ but uh he will walk over to sheila to help out since he's the tallest one here, even though apparently it's not by fucking much since THEY'RE ALL SO SHORT THIS IS A HORRIBLE CYOA FOR THIS GROUP ]
[ reading 'since he's the tallest one here' gave me psychic damage. anyway unfortunately vira will not eat the goo, but she'll try to identify it. is it like... oil? is there anything identifiable underneath the goop?
since harrow is the lightest she'll leave those three to jenga. ]
[Well, wait. First, since Sasazuka said there wasn't anything useful to be gleaned from the books, Harrow will saunter over to look at them and see if she can figure it out. After a moment - ]
It is nonsense, but easily decipherable if you put any effort into it. It says 'Handsome Sentient Food Pounds My Butt and Turns Me Gay.' Clearly a pornographic novel of some sort.
[She announces this so smugly. And then will return to be jenga'd up the chair. But first, the hats.]
I found these. They're likely useless, but please inspect them and keep them with you in case there's relevance to a puzzle.
[She will hand Sasazuka the newsboy cap, Vira the police cap, Sheila the furry cap, and herself the water cap.]
[there's nothing interesting about the chair other than it's big and water damaged. i will assume they are going to try and do jenga but i'll let you confirm that.
as they're doing that, vira is checking out the goo. it's also checking her out? because the second she gets too close, a long, thick, caterpillar like string of oil-like goo shoots out at her and latches onto her arm. she can't see it, but she does feel a sharp pain as the thing bites her arm with its lamprey teeth mouth.
a few other strands of goo shudder and make a sound like the grinding of metal as they gloop off the shelf to the floor towards vira.
so that's fun. glad y'all are having a grand time with the hats.]
[ shortly after harrow goes to dispense hats and play jenga, the goo rears up, forming some kind of... creature. she lets out a soft, surprised yelp of pain as it bites into her, sending a lancing pain through her arm before she can even react.
she doesn't have anything to fight back with, so she just brings the lighter's flame up to it and tries to get away before the rest of the goo can lash out at her. ]
[Can't believe Vira is about to get vored because they were playing jenga.
Unfortunately for everyone else in this stack, nobody told me no when I asked if Sheila was on the bottom. So the moment she hears that yelp, she whips around—]
Vira?!
[—and totally forgets she has two other people on top of her shoulders. Goodbye, bitches. Her job is done here. "She did nothing to help." Her job is done.]
[ oh, no, he is no longer jengaing on sheila and is instead hitting the ground. he is a computer nerd, there is no way he is catching himself in a cool fashion with this. harrow probably steps on him because she was on the top but i will allow siz to confirm this fact.
either way, once he is able to, he scrambles onto his feet and runs over to where the commotion is. ]
[She was probably stepping on him before Vira yelled. Harrow is like. Very not athletic or aerodynamic in any way. She's wearing a corset made of bones and it's really not very moveable. But she will try to grab on to the edge of the chair when she feels herself falling, if she can.
Of course, then she notices the fight!]
Vira! [She - is staying put for now depending on whether she grabbed the chair or fell ten feet on top of a nerd but either way she's concerned?]
[the goo monster proceeds to open its mouth wider and swallows her entire arm. the arm is not gone, but vira will get the impression that this thing is trying to swallow her like a snake. it does not give a single shit about the fire.
the rest of the goo strings are coming after her as well, but they get distracted by the shouting. one other one goes towards vira - three more move toward sheila and sasazuka in a motion reminiscent of a stop motion slinky. one launches itself towards sheila's feet, and the other two ram right into sasazuka's stomach with the intent of knocking him down.
harrow is clinging to the chair, and she can see the handle of the door from here a little better. she can also see goo caterpillars eating her fellow compatriots and maybe one friend. above her, the rattling gets worse again as the wind picks up.]
[At first she planned to run over to help Vira, but now a goo caterpillar is coming for her life, too? Nah, man. Nah. A bitch is just going to immediately jump and turn in the opposite direction, trying to yakety sax it away from Vira and Takeru.
[ sheila just abandoned them so fucking fast i'm in tears
meanwhile, this bitch is just getting tackled by two of them, i guess!! he stumbles, falling down to his knees, and he will try to scramble back up so he can finish running over to vira before she gets vored. ]
Stupid fucking shitty ass worm bullshit fucker!!
[ anyway how well he manages to do this is up for debate but he will try ]
[ running away is probably the right reaction to vore, honestly
at the very least, the other two help divide the worms' attention. she grits her teeth as the goopillar expands up her arm, snatching it with her free hand and trying to wrench its horrible little mouth open like a snake. either way, she's going to try and pull her arm free, even if it means a little mauling. beats being consumed whole.
if she's successful, she's going to grab sasazuka and book it. ]
[Okay, first things first, once she manages to pull her weakling self up onto the chair. She is going to grab one of her ribs on her corset, snap it, and toss the bone down towards Vira. Have a weapon - not much of one, and maybe not helpful with goo, but it's something.
Once that's done, she takes a look at the handle - she can do more good staying here than helping the others, right? Her dear friends Vira, Sheila and [looks at smudged handwriting] Sassafras. So she will climb towards the handle and do her best to catch the handle with her hands, hopefully pulling it down. If it's not enough to pull it standing on the chair, she'll let go and put her weight on it.]
[yakkity sax plays in the background as the worm misses sheila and hits a wall. it lays there, defeated, for the moment.
the other two worms have attached themselves to sasazuka. one is gnawing on his shoulder and trying to expand to his arm. the other slid down and is trying to eat his leg. someone help this twink.
thankfully the worm is not like, super strong, so vira manages to wrench it off of her. it does leave a huge ring of teeth around her upper arm, though. it means a little mauling and her arm's kind of fucked up, but it's fine. at least she can walk!
harrow manages to climb up, and grab the handle. she might have to jump a little, but it's fine - the handle comes down, and the door squeaks open slowly, just enough for the four of them to be able to get through it. probably. if they don't get eaten by goo worms first.
it's really dark, by the way, and if your lighter is out, you're freezing.]
[The goo monster hits the wall, and the first words out of Sheila's mouth are:]
Suck my dick, bitch!
[This is not the time for this.
But with the door open and her monster temporarily out, she circles back to Vira and Takeru. Hope they enjoyed getting shoved, because she is absolutely crowding them through the door while simultaneously trying to yank the goo away from Takeru's shoulder. What about the one on his leg? Sounds like a problem for someone else's free hand!]
[ thanks, mom and also bone friend. vira catches harrow's gift before it can clatter against the ground, ignoring the sting in her injured arm as she jabs the bone into the worm biting at takeru's leg to help wrench it off as they're shuffled away.
and so they stumble through the door. ]
I've never seen them before— [ she quickly ignites her lighter again with a shiver. at least they didn't vore both her arms... ] But my apologies, I shouldn't have allowed that to happen.
[ hopefully the light will not reveal a hundred more goo worms or anything. ]
[Well, Harrow doesn't have her lighter out because she's holding on with both hands, and also on a door handle/chair that's like ten feet off the ground? She will try to lower herself off the ledge of the chair and then let go, falling near the door in a loud clatter of bones. She'll pick herself up gingerly and scramble after them into the next room, and reach to get her lighter back out when she notices the chill.]
It isn't your fault. You did well, fighting them off.
the worms don't seem like they're smart enough to follow, so they get yeeted off into space, stabbed with bones, and squished. everybody is here with all limbs attached, still, so good job. maybe take a second to have a breather, catalogue your injuries, and check out this new room that you've wandered into.
this new room is similar to the last - cold, drafty, and made of metal. it's dark, but you can see a little better in here. in fact, you can see enough to see a tiny figure curled up in the middle of the room, vaguely humanoid.
this room looks like a bedroom, similarly proportioned to the stuff in the last room. y'all still small. or maybe it's all big? who knows.]
[Vira, you did better at fighting the goo than all these dumb bitches combined. Please.
She comes to a halt upon spotting the tiny figure. On one hand, it may be someone else who got brought here. On the other hand, there is no one that tiny in their fuckhouse and they all just got attacked by goo monsters, sooooooo... She glances at the rest of the gang, cocking an eyebrow and gesturing at the figure by tipping her head in that direction. What do they want to do?]
[ meanwhile, sasazuka definitely thinks it's vira's fault, but she handled it better than the rest of them, so it evens out slightly.
but he stares at the figure for a moment, before quietly holding up one finger, gestures to the person(?), and then he'll slowly approach the tiny tiny humanoid. basically, he wants at least one person to come with him. it does not matter to him if it's all of them, as long as you do not leave him alone with a potential goo human.
he stops walking when he is both close enough that he could, in theory, reach out to touch them, but also far enough that if it decides to murder them all he could potentially dodge. none trust. ]
[ thanks sasazuka you suck, this is why only girls matter. she gives them a grateful look but mostly turns her attention to the room while sasazuka investigates the body. if harrow doesn't go, she will, but i will give everyone an opportunity to be mauled by goo
meanwhile, anything in the rest of the bedroom that stands out? what's it look like? ]
[I mean, Harrow is pretty rude, but Vira is lovely and good at sticking a bone in things. What more can you want?
But Harrow will approach the weird little person with Sasazuka, cautious and none trust as well, trying not to get too close to it. Also trying to stay close enough to Sasazuka that it will attack him first.
[the bedroom has a bed, a bedside table, a lamp (that is shattered and knocked to the floor) and a bookcase. everything is made out of metal, though sometimes if you look at it at the right angle, it almost seems like it's the same sort of off-white that the common room on the base is. the bed has no mattress, just a ratty, moth-eaten blanket hanging through the metal slats, and the table rattles with the wind, short on one side. there are puddles of water in here too, and a lot of rust - no thudding, rattling noises from the ceiling here, at least.
sasazuka starts towards the tiny humanoid (which is like 2 feet tall, for reference) and it immediately looks up at him. it doesn't attack him, though - it seems frightened. now that he's closer, he can see that it's wearing a paper bag over it's head, with eyeholes cut out. long, tangled black hair spills out from under the bag, down to the little figure's waist. it looks like a child, though the proportions are weird in a way you can't quite grasp.
when sasazuka and harrow get close enough to touch, it makes a very alarmed jingling sound? like tiny sleigh bells. and it jitters away and goes to hide under the bed. poorly. you can still see it peeking at you from behind one of the bed legs.]
[Well. That seems... fine... Surely, Takeru and Harrow will be gentle enough to deal with this situation without escalating!
She will turn her attention to the furniture while Takeru and Harrow proceed to not be gentle, making sure to keep an eye on Vira as Sheila tentatively approaches the bookcase. Anything of interest in it? Perhaps Cuck Tingle's latest novel, abs thots f ing ring day rex cause m arom sex that fully lid ay rove love eal? Perhaps another goo monster?]
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There was nothing useful about the books, they're too damaged.
[ but uh he will walk over to sheila to help out since he's the tallest one here, even though apparently it's not by fucking much since THEY'RE ALL SO SHORT THIS IS A HORRIBLE CYOA FOR THIS GROUP ]
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since harrow is the lightest she'll leave those three to jenga. ]
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It is nonsense, but easily decipherable if you put any effort into it. It says 'Handsome Sentient Food Pounds My Butt and Turns Me Gay.' Clearly a pornographic novel of some sort.
[She announces this so smugly. And then will return to be jenga'd up the chair. But first, the hats.]
I found these. They're likely useless, but please inspect them and keep them with you in case there's relevance to a puzzle.
[She will hand Sasazuka the newsboy cap, Vira the police cap, Sheila the furry cap, and herself the water cap.]
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as they're doing that, vira is checking out the goo. it's also checking her out? because the second she gets too close, a long, thick, caterpillar like string of oil-like goo shoots out at her and latches onto her arm. she can't see it, but she does feel a sharp pain as the thing bites her arm with its lamprey teeth mouth.
a few other strands of goo shudder and make a sound like the grinding of metal as they gloop off the shelf to the floor towards vira.
so that's fun. glad y'all are having a grand time with the hats.]
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she doesn't have anything to fight back with, so she just brings the lighter's flame up to it and tries to get away before the rest of the goo can lash out at her. ]
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Unfortunately for everyone else in this stack, nobody told me no when I asked if Sheila was on the bottom. So the moment she hears that yelp, she whips around—]
Vira?!
[—and totally forgets she has two other people on top of her shoulders. Goodbye, bitches. Her job is done here. "She did nothing to help." Her job is done.]
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[ oh, no, he is no longer jengaing on sheila and is instead hitting the ground. he is a computer nerd, there is no way he is catching himself in a cool fashion with this. harrow probably steps on him because she was on the top but i will allow siz to confirm this fact.
either way, once he is able to, he scrambles onto his feet and runs over to where the commotion is. ]
What's going on?!
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Of course, then she notices the fight!]
Vira! [She - is staying put for now depending on whether she grabbed the chair or fell ten feet on top of a nerd but either way she's concerned?]
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the rest of the goo strings are coming after her as well, but they get distracted by the shouting. one other one goes towards vira - three more move toward sheila and sasazuka in a motion reminiscent of a stop motion slinky. one launches itself towards sheila's feet, and the other two ram right into sasazuka's stomach with the intent of knocking him down.
harrow is clinging to the chair, and she can see the handle of the door from here a little better. she can also see goo caterpillars eating her fellow compatriots and maybe one friend. above her, the rattling gets worse again as the wind picks up.]
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[At first she planned to run over to help Vira, but now a goo caterpillar is coming for her life, too? Nah, man. Nah. A bitch is just going to immediately jump and turn in the opposite direction, trying to yakety sax it away from Vira and Takeru.
Help us, Harrow-wan Boneobi. You're our only ho.]
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meanwhile, this bitch is just getting tackled by two of them, i guess!! he stumbles, falling down to his knees, and he will try to scramble back up so he can finish running over to vira before she gets vored. ]
Stupid fucking shitty ass worm bullshit fucker!!
[ anyway how well he manages to do this is up for debate but he will try ]
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at the very least, the other two help divide the worms' attention. she grits her teeth as the goopillar expands up her arm, snatching it with her free hand and trying to wrench its horrible little mouth open like a snake. either way, she's going to try and pull her arm free, even if it means a little mauling. beats being consumed whole.
if she's successful, she's going to grab sasazuka and book it. ]
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Once that's done, she takes a look at the handle - she can do more good staying here than helping the others, right? Her dear friends Vira, Sheila and [looks at smudged handwriting] Sassafras. So she will climb towards the handle and do her best to catch the handle with her hands, hopefully pulling it down. If it's not enough to pull it standing on the chair, she'll let go and put her weight on it.]
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the other two worms have attached themselves to sasazuka. one is gnawing on his shoulder and trying to expand to his arm. the other slid down and is trying to eat his leg. someone help this twink.
thankfully the worm is not like, super strong, so vira manages to wrench it off of her. it does leave a huge ring of teeth around her upper arm, though. it means a little mauling and her arm's kind of fucked up, but it's fine. at least she can walk!
harrow manages to climb up, and grab the handle. she might have to jump a little, but it's fine - the handle comes down, and the door squeaks open slowly, just enough for the four of them to be able to get through it. probably. if they don't get eaten by goo worms first.
it's really dark, by the way, and if your lighter is out, you're freezing.]
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Suck my dick, bitch!
[This is not the time for this.
But with the door open and her monster temporarily out, she circles back to Vira and Takeru. Hope they enjoyed getting shoved, because she is absolutely crowding them through the door while simultaneously trying to yank the goo away from Takeru's shoulder. What about the one on his leg? Sounds like a problem for someone else's free hand!]
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admittedly it is hard to walk like this when they are clearly rushing, but sometimes you need to ignore inconvenience. ]
What the hell are these things...?
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and so they stumble through the door. ]
I've never seen them before— [ she quickly ignites her lighter again with a shiver. at least they didn't vore both her arms... ] But my apologies, I shouldn't have allowed that to happen.
[ hopefully the light will not reveal a hundred more goo worms or anything. ]
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It isn't your fault. You did well, fighting them off.
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the worms don't seem like they're smart enough to follow, so they get yeeted off into space, stabbed with bones, and squished. everybody is here with all limbs attached, still, so good job. maybe take a second to have a breather, catalogue your injuries, and check out this new room that you've wandered into.
this new room is similar to the last - cold, drafty, and made of metal. it's dark, but you can see a little better in here. in fact, you can see enough to see a tiny figure curled up in the middle of the room, vaguely humanoid.
this room looks like a bedroom, similarly proportioned to the stuff in the last room. y'all still small. or maybe it's all big? who knows.]
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[Vira, you did better at fighting the goo than all these dumb bitches combined. Please.
She comes to a halt upon spotting the tiny figure. On one hand, it may be someone else who got brought here. On the other hand, there is no one that tiny in their fuckhouse and they all just got attacked by goo monsters, sooooooo... She glances at the rest of the gang, cocking an eyebrow and gesturing at the figure by tipping her head in that direction. What do they want to do?]
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but he stares at the figure for a moment, before quietly holding up one finger, gestures to the person(?), and then he'll slowly approach the tiny tiny humanoid. basically, he wants at least one person to come with him. it does not matter to him if it's all of them, as long as you do not leave him alone with a potential goo human.
he stops walking when he is both close enough that he could, in theory, reach out to touch them, but also far enough that if it decides to murder them all he could potentially dodge. none trust. ]
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meanwhile, anything in the rest of the bedroom that stands out? what's it look like? ]
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But Harrow will approach the weird little person with Sasazuka, cautious and none trust as well, trying not to get too close to it. Also trying to stay close enough to Sasazuka that it will attack him first.
What the eff is this thing.]
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sasazuka starts towards the tiny humanoid (which is like 2 feet tall, for reference) and it immediately looks up at him. it doesn't attack him, though - it seems frightened. now that he's closer, he can see that it's wearing a paper bag over it's head, with eyeholes cut out. long, tangled black hair spills out from under the bag, down to the little figure's waist. it looks like a child, though the proportions are weird in a way you can't quite grasp.
when sasazuka and harrow get close enough to touch, it makes a very alarmed jingling sound? like tiny sleigh bells. and it jitters away and goes to hide under the bed. poorly. you can still see it peeking at you from behind one of the bed legs.]
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She will turn her attention to the furniture while Takeru and Harrow proceed to not be gentle, making sure to keep an eye on Vira as Sheila tentatively approaches the bookcase. Anything of interest in it? Perhaps Cuck Tingle's latest novel, abs thots f ing ring day rex cause m arom sex that fully lid ay rove love eal? Perhaps another goo monster?]
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