[ 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?]
he watches the tiny jester jingled miserably under the bed. sasazuka looks around at the others, before shrugging and walking closer closer. he crouches down, and in the biggest plot twist of the century, actually speaks in a soft voice. ]
Hey. I know these women are scary, but they're mostly safe. You can come out now.
[ actually, it's definitely the tone that people use when they're like, trying to calm down a cornered dog? but it's fine. ]
[ he's doing his best. vira eyes the jingling noise cautiously, but investigates the rest of the furniture with sheila, just in case something tries to attack mom.
anything up with the lamp or the bedside table it presumably fell off of? ]
[Oh. She sort of stares at this little jingling child thing, afraid of it not in the sense that it's clearly a horror movie child (she'd be fine with that) but more in the sense that she might have to talk to or touch it, and she doesn't know how to do that?
So she just stands sort of awkwardly when Sasazuka, bewilderingly, starts doing what looks like she'd imagine you're supposed to do to a horrible little child thing if you wanted it to come out of hiding. She clears her throat, still wary.]
Yes. If you don't try anything, we won't harm you. We're only looking for information, not a fight.
the little figure is shivering, looking up at sasazuka when he comes closer. it doesn't run away, just makes another shaky jingling sound. a pause, and then it jitters close and attaches itself to his leg. it's just hugging him, though. it seems pretty scared.
the books are all cuck tingle titles. all of them. except for one of them. that one is a very unfortunate cookbook.
as far as the lamp, it's just shattered. it looks like maybe the wind knocked it off the table? be careful, the glass is very sharp. there's a drawer that is half open on the bedside table, with something hanging out of it. looks like something on a string from this distance, but you'd have to climb up in order to see it better.]
[............... Unfortunate, how? Flurry, explain??? Give us the cookbook lore????
She will wander over to Vira to help her out if she wants to go after the thing hanging out of the beside table. But she does slow on the way to coo at the Cuck Jr. situation.]
Ohh... [LOOK AT YOU, TAKERU. THE ELDRITCH CHILD WHISPERER.] Are they okay?
[ vira looks surprised at their new child, now dubbed cuck jr. she's wearing a concerned frown, partly because this baby is a little frightening, but also if it's scared—that doesn't bode well for them. ]
I can't imagine leaving them here in this state...
[ the gooworms could get them. but since it seems to be attached to takeru, she focuses on getting to whatever's hanging up above them. ]
There's something up there.
[ her arm is still bleeding, so climbing might be rough, but maybe if they help each other they can reach whatever's there? jenga... ]
[Well, since she's not helping much with the baby, so instead, she's going to take a closer look at the bed? Is there anything on it or under it besides the blanket and the little jingle baby?]
[i'm not explaining the cookbook as retaliation for cuck jr.
anyway, cuck jr. rests their head on takeru's leg after they are pet. and then they dislodge themselves and reach up expectantly for his hand. they also reach out to whoever else is closest. give hand.
the bed has bloodstains on it! haha, bad. are we climbing the drawer, how are you doing this.]
But since Harrow and Sassafras are now the proud parents of one (1) eldritch baby, Sheila will take a moment to just stare at them, clicking her tongue.]
Aw... Look at you. Aren't you just the cutest— [........] Whatever it is you are!
[Ma'am.
But, okay. Priorities! Time to shimmy over to Vira, and lend her a hand. Maybe literally. Walking closer to the bedside table, she gestures at Vira so she can either get on her shoulders or offer her enough of a boost that she can pull the thing down. Whatever is most comfortable for her and her injured arm? It's Jenga..........2!]
anyway, there is now a handhold chain going on. he wonders if they should at least walk over to where the others are in case something happens but at the same time he does not want to be close to them if it does. he will let harrow decide if they move or not.
[ i hate that the mod tags also refer to their baby as cuck jr this is the worst cyoa i've ever experienced ]
Give me a moment, I'll check.
[ jenga.... 2! this is probably fine. she leaves sassafras and harrow to their newborn... thing, nodding at sheila before she takes the boost up and peeks up into the drawer to see what's hanging out of it. presuming they can get that high. ]
[Harrow. . . will just take the child's hand. Seeing the blood, her mind also goes to danger from whatever this creature is, but it also goes to the thought that the child's blood is what was spilled. Something about the thought of a vulnerable, monstrous child being harmed is distressing to her, whether or not she knows anything about children. So, awkwardly, she'll take it.]
anyway give the baby a better name than cuck jr. and i'll have something to call them. they seem less scared when both sasazuka and harrow take their hands, and when sheila says they're cute they rattle all over the place excitedly. they hold on very tightly, jingling happily, and immediately ignores the walk over to the drawer in favor of going somewhere else.
they start dragging sasazuka and harrow both over to the wall near the bookshelf. using sasazuka and harrow as braces, they lift themselves up off the ground and kick the bookshelf, which makes it slide off a bit to the side. it looks like there's a vent behind the bookshelf! wow, it's a good thing you were nice to the superhuman strength baby. also, the bloodstains on the bed are old and rusty. that's probably fine.
with sheila's help, vira boosts up to the drawer, and finds a cat toy.
... weirdly enough, you're all starting to feel kind of hungry.]
[Fine. I hereby pronounce our baby Chuck Jingle. :/]
Can you see it, Vira?
[... Is the cat toy giant? Can they even pull it down? Hm. Either way, she turns her head when she hears the ruckus from the bookshelf — but thankfully, no one gets dropped this time. Good for Vira! Less good is the sudden hunger, and the way it causes her to take a deep breath as she pointedly ignores it. Whenever Vira is ready, though, she will set her down and follow her wherever she decides to go next.]
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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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he watches the tiny jester jingled miserably under the bed. sasazuka looks around at the others, before shrugging and walking closer closer. he crouches down, and in the biggest plot twist of the century, actually speaks in a soft voice. ]
Hey. I know these women are scary, but they're mostly safe. You can come out now.
[ actually, it's definitely the tone that people use when they're like, trying to calm down a cornered dog? but it's fine. ]
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anything up with the lamp or the bedside table it presumably fell off of? ]
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So she just stands sort of awkwardly when Sasazuka, bewilderingly, starts doing what looks like she'd imagine you're supposed to do to a horrible little child thing if you wanted it to come out of hiding. She clears her throat, still wary.]
Yes. If you don't try anything, we won't harm you. We're only looking for information, not a fight.
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the little figure is shivering, looking up at sasazuka when he comes closer. it doesn't run away, just makes another shaky jingling sound. a pause, and then it jitters close and attaches itself to his leg. it's just hugging him, though. it seems pretty scared.
the books are all cuck tingle titles. all of them. except for one of them. that one is a very unfortunate cookbook.
as far as the lamp, it's just shattered. it looks like maybe the wind knocked it off the table? be careful, the glass is very sharp. there's a drawer that is half open on the bedside table, with something hanging out of it. looks like something on a string from this distance, but you'd have to climb up in order to see it better.]
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She will wander over to Vira to help her out if she wants to go after the thing hanging out of the beside table. But she does slow on the way to coo at the Cuck Jr. situation.]
Ohh... [LOOK AT YOU, TAKERU. THE ELDRITCH CHILD WHISPERER.] Are they okay?
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They seem scared. Which isn't surprising, considering what was in the last room.
[ cuck jr gets one head pat. ]
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I can't imagine leaving them here in this state...
[ the gooworms could get them. but since it seems to be attached to takeru, she focuses on getting to whatever's hanging up above them. ]
There's something up there.
[ her arm is still bleeding, so climbing might be rough, but maybe if they help each other they can reach whatever's there? jenga... ]
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anyway, cuck jr. rests their head on takeru's leg after they are pet. and then they dislodge themselves and reach up expectantly for his hand. they also reach out to whoever else is closest. give hand.
the bed has bloodstains on it! haha, bad. are we climbing the drawer, how are you doing this.]
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You can't hide the truth.
But since Harrow and Sassafras are now the proud parents of one (1) eldritch baby, Sheila will take a moment to just stare at them, clicking her tongue.]
Aw... Look at you. Aren't you just the cutest— [........] Whatever it is you are!
[Ma'am.
But, okay. Priorities! Time to shimmy over to Vira, and lend her a hand. Maybe literally. Walking closer to the bedside table, she gestures at Vira so she can either get on her shoulders or offer her enough of a boost that she can pull the thing down. Whatever is most comfortable for her and her injured arm? It's Jenga..........2!]
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anyway, there is now a handhold chain going on. he wonders if they should at least walk over to where the others are in case something happens but at the same time he does not want to be close to them if it does. he will let harrow decide if they move or not.
also since they're huddled at the bed like
how fresh are the bloodstains
how concerned should they be right now ]
Do you guys see what's up there?
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Give me a moment, I'll check.
[ jenga.... 2! this is probably fine. she leaves sassafras and harrow to their newborn... thing, nodding at sheila before she takes the boost up and peeks up into the drawer to see what's hanging out of it. presuming they can get that high. ]
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We should stay close, in case they need help.
[So, yes. They'll approach the jenga.]
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anyway give the baby a better name than cuck jr. and i'll have something to call them. they seem less scared when both sasazuka and harrow take their hands, and when sheila says they're cute they rattle all over the place excitedly. they hold on very tightly, jingling happily, and immediately ignores the walk over to the drawer in favor of going somewhere else.
they start dragging sasazuka and harrow both over to the wall near the bookshelf. using sasazuka and harrow as braces, they lift themselves up off the ground and kick the bookshelf, which makes it slide off a bit to the side. it looks like there's a vent behind the bookshelf! wow, it's a good thing you were nice to the superhuman strength baby. also, the bloodstains on the bed are old and rusty. that's probably fine.
with sheila's help, vira boosts up to the drawer, and finds a cat toy.
... weirdly enough, you're all starting to feel kind of hungry.]
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Can you see it, Vira?
[... Is the cat toy giant? Can they even pull it down? Hm. Either way, she turns her head when she hears the ruckus from the bookshelf — but thankfully, no one gets dropped this time. Good for Vira! Less good is the sudden hunger, and the way it causes her to take a deep breath as she pointedly ignores it. Whenever Vira is ready, though, she will set her down and follow her wherever she decides to go next.]
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