WEEK 5: CYOA

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[shiftingwinds]

[waow indeed!]

Oh! Speaking of a key...

[found one!! that was good timing. she walks over to the closet to hand it to endorsi.]

[gamerbrain]

Boop boop.

[ meanwhile aoi picks up whatever this was that fell from her book. what is it? ]

[fisherwoman]

[Nice! She takes the key from SQX with a nod and then turns back to the closet. If it fits the lock, she'll carefully open up the closet door, though she does give Aoi a strange look at 'boop boop'.]

[fergalicious]

[ Medb glances over when SQX hands over the key and when something clatters on the floor from Aoi's book but goes back to staring at her find. ]

There's a skull under the bed.

[ She sounds more displeased than anything else.

No inventory but phone means she has to debate touching this skull herself but at least her outfit has gloves.

Ugh.

Medb tries to slowly but carefully fish the skull out from under the bed. ]

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[it was good timing, probably. the key fits into the lock, and - well, two things. first, it doesn't turn, so this probably isn't the right key, and second, it shocks the fuck out of endorsi and leaves an electric burn on her palm.

aoi finds another key! yaaaay.

medb now has a skull. it's kind of wet and has... chew marks on it? herugh.]

[shiftingwinds]

[...UH?!]

E-Endorsi...?!

[reaches out to. try and help her? yikes?]

Are you okay?

[gamerbrain]

[ oh concerning!

aoi doesn't want anyone else to get shocked testing this new key, so while sqx checks on endorsi, aoi will try her own key on the closet door! ]

[fisherwoman]

[SHRIEKS but more out of surprise than pain. probably. though the pain is definitely there. after a second:]

I'm fine, I'm fine... Ow.

[she's so busy shaking her hand out that she does not notice aoi trying her key, and as such doesn't try to stop her.]

[fergalicious]

[ Medb looks up in concern when Endorsi shrieks. And walks over with her skull and dog tag, yeah. Haha. Gross.

She forgot how gross it was because of the shriek. ]

Endorsi? Are you sure?

[ Her worry for Endorsi also makes her miss Aoi trying the key on the closet. ]

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[you guys are responsible for this water bottle and you're just letting her open up random shock closets, huh?

it's fine this time because the book key seems to be the correct key! the closet lock clicks and falls off the closet. it is now able to be opened.]

[shiftingwinds]

[the water bottle is doing better than we are, apparently.

anyway, she looks worriedly between endorsi and ... well, now she realizes the closet is open]

...Aoi?

[peering in the closet from behind her ig]

[gamerbrain]

[ what we got in here?

she doesn't look away from the closet, but sounds like she's talking to everyone: ]

Please let Aoi check things like this in case it's dangerous.

[fisherwoman]

[she looks lowkey annoyed that she got off without any injury, but even though she's a Mean Girl she does recognize that wasn't actually aoi's fault, so. after a second, and a sigh:]

No. It might get more dangerous than that, you know! And people want to see you safe.

[fergalicious]

People will yell at you, if you throw yourself in danger, Aoi.

[ Well, if the closet is getting looked at, then... Medb will look at the blue containers(?) or whatever those are across from the bed. ]

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[there are a lot of outfits in here! and also a very bright red jacket with a black collar that stands out in particular.

the containers are full of knickknacks - little notes and letters, mini figurines, bags of chips, things that people just store away. nothing interesting, but it does make this place feel lived in.]

[shiftingwinds]

None of us want to see you get hurt, Aoi.

[please!!

...can she. uh. steal that first outfit in the first link? because it's hella cute and she'll totally wear it later if she can take it outta here. also checking any pockets that might be on it or some of the other outfits, though that bright red jacket with a black collar seems important so i'll leave it for someone else at the closet to check.

is there an upper shelf? she towers over the three of them, so she'll check up there if there is one.]

[gamerbrain]

Oh. Thanks.

[ aoi figures it's better to say thanks than to waste anyone's time arguing. what kind sentiments from everyone!

as much as i love outfit number three... aoi doesn't see a reason to take it.

she'll look at those figurines, though. i know it sounded like they're just for flavor but that's what aoi cares about here. ]

[fisherwoman]

[meanwhile, endorsi definitely sees a reason and the reason is Cute Clothes, so she's grabbing dress number three if she can! even though i believe with all my heart that aoi deserves it more. tragic.

but she's checking out that red jacket, carefully slipping her hands into any pockets to fish out what could be inside.]

[fergalicious]

[ i'm going to be really honest: once all the dresses and all the other outfits are looked over for anything hidden or weird, if the other 3 dresses and that jacket are stealable, medb will try to take them.

HER SIN IS GREED.

but until then, she will look to the left of the door? do those smaller doors open to anything? ]

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[if aoi doesn't dress up i'm making you all live through this cyoa

anyway medb can have as many dresses as she wants? i don't know how she's carrying them but she is. endorsi doesn't find anything in the jacket pockets, but when both she and medb touch the jacket, they get the sense that it is very important to someone.

there's no shelves or anything for sqx to check. the mini figurines all seem to be like... D&D minis, and tiny toy dinosaurs and animals. she can take them if she wants!

as for the doors to the left - no, they don't open, but there is a vent that seems big enough to crawl through.]

[shiftingwinds]

[sqx folds up her stolen dress and tucks it into her sleeve for safekeeping.

and she is not perceiving that vent because of the notes about the rat, so. she's going to try the door that was mentioned in the first tag, unless i'm an idiot and that's what you meant by the doors to the left, in which case she's just going to be making a face at the vent.]

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi looks for like a lil necromancer and a knight mini and pockets those.

and then she is just going over to the vent to. look inside it for herself while she waits for someone to give her instructions. hmmm... ]

[fisherwoman]

[nabbing the jacket as well! nice.

she’ll let aoi look, but also gently put both hands on her shoulders to try and make sure she doesn’t actually crawl in. bluntly:]

No.

[fergalicious]

[ If there is a will, there's a way. Medb is slinging them all over her shoulder or something. I forgot she still has the toe tag and the skull? I don't know how she's carrying all of this either. Extreme juggling. ]

You should pick an outfit, Aoi. Something you like. But don't get too close to the vent, if there really are rats.

[ (janet chanting) kill us! kill us! kill us!

Anyway, about the door that SQX is now looking at: ]

Endorsi, do you think the key you have is for the door or something else in here?

[ The desk is separate from the coffee table in the picture, right? If so, Medb is going to look at the contents on the coffee table, if there's anything. ]

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[sqx tries the door - it seemed to be jammed.

the desk is separate from the coffee table, yes! there's a couple of half written reports there, as well as a rubix cube. the reports seem to just be about maintenance and upkeep of the station, about how the doors keep getting stuck and needing to have alternate ways to get around.

aoi has her little figurines! and also there's just darkness in the vent.]