CYOA - WEEK THREE

[cyclists]

WAKE THE GREAT SPIRIT

Without warning, sometime in the middle of the day of your Tuesday, you'll find yourself beckoned to the gateway. The cave that sits at the edge of the city beckons you, drawing you closer and closer until you find yourself entering it. The darkness envelops you and you know nothing but that you must walk one step in front of the other, one step in front of the other, one step -

Until you blink and there is suddenly stone beneath your feet, ruins in front of your eyes.



Thankfully, you aren't alone. There are five others with you as light filters from above, as though you're on the very floor of the ocean. Schools of fish might swim overhead, implying that you may be underwater but you don't feel the heaviness of the pressure at all.

A small cacophony of noises will arise as six floating orbs rest in the distance, flickering with light. There seems to be chatter there, but it'll take some adventuring closer in order to determine exactly what they might be.

Though the longer you wait, you may feel a rumble beneath your feet, like an earthquake.

And then the curious whirring of... mechanical gears?

... In truth, you might not want to linger here that long.



In this CYOA, characters have been set on a path in order to fight the corruption that lingers within the ruins of the lost continent of Mu. They'll be guided along as they get through the plants that have been corrupted along with a few former inhabitants of the gateway that is within. They'll be separated before congregating to face one final challenge together, and then hopefully be unceremoniously dumped back in the mingle after disappearing. They should ICly be gone for approximately six hours beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday.

Comments

[wagashis]

That one does speak, but I advise not listening.

[he's helping]

[wildc4rd]

I prefer "magician."

[wildc4rd]

[He gives Shirasu a look. Like this.]

AND WRAP!

[cyclists]

[Everyone is actually free to chat with Yoh and Jeanne for as long as they want! (And by that I mean, I won’t drop those tags until Friday – you never know, you might be able to learn something from it.)

However, they’ll be forced to relinquishing their spirit pals as Yoh stretches awake, looking back at the cluster of light and spirits before glancing to everyone else.]

Seems like everyone else is waking up too… What a weird thing to go through – I’m not even super sure what happened? Nii-san’s gonna be mad if he finds out there’s something stronger than him?

[Though in that moment, a few more items will appear in front of them.


A long necklace of itako beads that will be able to summon one dead person’s ghost and have inhabit someone else’s body. However it’ll take a large toll on that person’s body and knock them unconscious for a day, and the summoned spirit can only communicate via charades.

One talisman where a command can be written in blood and applied to someone’s forehead in order to have them complete that one command.

One protective talisman that can allow a person to keep from being touched by corruption.

Though it won’t be apparent immediately, their other souvenirs will change form at the end of the week.

The Ferrari will turn into a smaller toy car at the end of the week and if used, it’ll be able to summon the archangel Michael to do your bidding for five minutes.

The robot will disappear at the end of the week, but the gem will remain. It is capable of stealing a person’s soul for one day, essentially putting them in a fake state of death.

The football will… remain a football, and will allow the holder to multiple into one small team of themselves for a wholeass minute.

(You’re free to ask the NPCs about the items, but that’s what they do, for the record.)

Though at the conclusion of their time in the gateway, they’ll hear the blaring horn of a train. A soul train that will apparently be their ride to return back through the gateway and make it back to the village. When they climb on, they’ll see more images of their loved ones – both living and deceased – who are gone as soon as they seem them in the corner of their eye.

CHOO CHOO!

(They get to take the Ferrari, Golem, and baseball with them.)]

[wagashis]

[He gives Hisoka a pleasant smile in return.]

[nonbelligerent]

I'm fine...

[foodbin]

At least let me take a look. I wanted to talk to you about something anyways, so...

[wagashis]

[so he will absolutely have other questions bc zooms in on that reference-- however, he is curious about something else first.]

Ah, I wonder if you might know about something-- is this baseball some form of trophy? There appeared to be a small army that very much wanted this.

[but it doesn't look valuable or very useful except for BEANING PEOPLE IN THE FACE.]

[whitewalls]

[ she points at the car ]

Can I keep this?

[foodbin]

...Can you tell us what all of these do?

[She's probably taking the itako beads, though.]

[cyclists]

[haha what?

Yoh isn't sure what he's talking with the army and stuff but but

he beams]

Oh yeah, man! It's like the pride and joy of Japan!! I never miss the World Baseball Classic!

[nonbelligerent]

[shess picks up the protective talisman with a questioning look. is anyone gonna fight him for this, or.]

[nonbelligerent]

Try not to crash it.

[whitewalls]

Thank you!

[ i hate this ]

[foodbin]

[...]

It's actually called a football, so...

[wagashis]

Is it...? I've never heard of such a thing.

[What Japan are you from, Yoh.]

[wagashis]

...is it.

[emma?

did you lie to him?

what the fuck.]

[foodbin]

I said it sounded like a baseball game, I didn't know it wasn't actually a baseball game until we got there.

[cyclists]

No? It's great!

I don't know how much time we've got, but if we ever cross paths again, we should play a game.

[he's still talking about real baseball]

[cyclists]

[yoh doesn't know how to respond to this

so he

won't]

Have fun!

[juST TAKE MARCO'S FERRARI, JUST DO IT]

[cyclists]

Oh - that's for channeling spirits! If you want to summon one, they'll be drawn to the sound of the beads and then you'll be able to place the spirit in someone else's body to communicate with them.

.... it's kind of advanced though, so - be careful? It might not be perfect if you haven't trained as an itako...

[take 'em anyway]

[cyclists]

... he's still bleeding...

[anyway]

Do you have a haunting problem? Or are you one of those people who super easily gets possessed?

[nonbelligerent]

[it's fine.]

You could call it a haunting problem.

[cyclists]

That sounds exhausting. But that should come in handy, then. I'm glad you guys don't have to leave empty-handed!

[even if yoh doesn't really understand what the fuck happened, it's fine]

You really helped get us out of some hot water. Seems like even the Shaman King wasn't able to do anything here...

[whitewalls]

Thank you!

What's your name?