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

[cyclists]

[Kara deserves better than this - but the sword connects with the gem! So that's excellent. It was able to draw enough energy that it unleashes it all rather suddenly though, and it seems like it makes the robot in general begin to lose control for a second as it suffers from a malfunction, shuddering violently before it starts to lose altitude.

As for Hisoka, congratulations on opening up the center of the golem!

He's going to be greeted by the sound of sudden, piercing cries breaking through the cut, ringing rather offensively in his ears.]

[whitewalls]

[ what a coincidence because naminé is also tired of memory bullshit, because of reasons. it's fine.

but thankfully she is busy trying to scramble back into the car so that she won't die horribly by falling out of it. once she's settled, she goes back to firing. ]

Are we going the right way?

[wagashis]

[He SURE IS. You're cursing him to return with a football and tell people they fought for the baseball and I hope you're happy with yourselves, because I am.

Shirasu hops onto the board, though, not too bothered by having to be in Emma's personal space seeing as it's this or probably being trampled by these strangely armored men...

As they get closer, though, Shirasu focuses on manipulating the wire of that pendulum. Specifically, he's nyooming it right in front of them, just below the knees, and then suspending it there. Have a nice trip, hopefully.]

Emma, go-

[cyclists]

[Memory duo tired of memory bullshit, rest in pieces.

Regardless good for them figuring their stuff out, and they'll eventually be able to skid out of the poorly lit area.]

I believe so... Once Lucifer is felled, we should be able to return to the main route to the chambers.

There ought to be a hand grenade somewhere in the car... though I would only use it after we have the greater amount of distance between us.

[Fast and the Furious intensifies.]

[unfriendliest]

[ hm, that probably isn't good. it might bring them closer to the gate, if they can make it go that way? crashing probably won't help, though. since hisoka has the window thing handled (probably), he's going to try to find a way to maybe direct it in the general direction of the gate, but he's already sure they'll have to rely on the snakes again to get off safely when the time comes... ]

[nonbelligerent]

[shess is not too sure how well naminé will be able to throw a grenade, especially considering she almost fell out of the car already, so he's just. going to try and very quickly scribble onto his tablet with one hand:]

We should switch then?

[naminé can hopefully handle driving for, like, a minute when the time comes??]

[foodbin]

Okay, hold on!

[And, with that, she does just that and starts to go down the path of snow she's creating. She also doesn't look too bothered by the proximity, considering the circumstances. Hopefully his plan works and their movement isn't interrupted by a horde of determined football players!!]

[cyclists]

[They're snowboarding on their way to victory and I imagine this doesn't tell Eli anything else about Shaman King and that's all that matters.

For the front line of baseball players, Shirasu's plan works!! They're felled with the combination of snow and the wire, landing on their big stupid faces. However there's uh, more than just the offensive line! It looks like there's more players who creating something of a wall in front of the goal posts, reading to tackle Shirasu and Emma as they snowboard closer.

What's the new plan? Over? Through?

The goal is, at the very least, right there!]

[whitewalls]

That's fine!

[ she is just going to

drop the machine gun out the window because honestly there's other guns in the car and it's going to be awkward to like switch properly if she's holding that thing ]

[wagashis]

[Nice. Once they land on their faces he retracts the wire again, returning his focus to keeping his balance on the snowboard with minimal clinging. She's shorter, it's probably a little awkward.]

...build more speed and head up, if you can make a path.

[Hopefully the snow means ice is also something she can do? Ramp over these guys, let's do it.]

[cyclists]

[Naminé has a halberd and use of lightning and she still chose a machine gun and that's why she's the best.

Anyway, have fun switching spots!

It looks like they're headed straight for one of those drops where a gap opens up, and the rest of the road is on the other side!

Might as well floor it, right?]

Please be careful.

[And that's all the Iron Maiden has to say about it, apparently.]

[nonbelligerent]

[WHAT WAS THE POINT OF AVOIDING THE GAP ROUTE BEFORE IF THIS WAS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN smh

anyway that's naminé's job to deal with now as shess pulls down his hood and gets the hand grenade ready.]

1/3

[whitewalls]

[ naminé and shess both think this world is stupid

anyway she is going to SLAM ON THAT GAS PEDAL ]

[whitewalls]

[ wait no that was the brake

sorry ]

[whitewalls]

[ ANYWAY SHE IS GOING TO MOTHERFUCKING SLAM ON THAT GAS PEDAL

VROOM VROOM ]

[cyclists]

[does the continent of mu look like it has a lot of options in architecture to you, the gap route was inevitable, punks.

Naminé slamming on that brake is honestly a little concerning consider the way that the car lurches fORWARD for a second before she actually slams the gas and then they have to pick up momentum AGAIN to hurtle themselves off the edge of this section.

It might be a bit closer of a landing than it would've been but it's fine.

Lucifer is following after still, extending one mechanic claw toward their Ferrari - best use the grenade sooner rather than later.]

[foodbin]

That’s what I was thinking!

[She’s doing just that, making an ice ramp that stretches right over them and gives the pair a clear path through the goal post. Just a barista and a ninja snowboarding over the top of a ghostly football team, nothing to see here.]

[nonbelligerent]

[well, they sure almost died, that's fine.

using one hand to hold on and maintain his balance, he leans out to toss the grenade at lucifer.]

[whitewalls]

[ it's fine? this can be a fun(?) story to tell later

she really wants to look behind her to see if the grenade hits or not, but taking her eyes off the road sounds like a bad idea so naminé will just really hope that shess has some good aim. ]

[cyclists]

[They're doing great - but luckily it is within her powers to create an ice ramp! Emma's doing great at this magically guiding the snowboard to do whatever she wants thing. It'll bring them higher and higher and they can climb on their way over to the goal so they can go and slam dunk that baseball over the forks.

Except that the ghosts are still there.

And they are definitely going to at least try to tackle their ice ramp, making it a little shaky. It might start cracking...?? Their descent might be a little rough.]

[cyclists]

[Anyway Shess does great! He's fantastic! He possesses both good aim and good end.

The grenade hits Lucifer's extended claw - which actually makes the explosion almost a little too close for comfort. The sudden release of energy and the blast manages to push the Ferrari more decisively onto the other side of the gap, so there's that, but it's also loud, fiery, and there are pieces of shadowy ghost shrapnel hits the back of the car and might cut the memories duo up a little.

But the bulk of Lucifer's fallen angel gundam body will descend into the gap, shadowy wisps emanating from the steel and metal.

. . . . but while it takes a second, Michael the Ferrari will roar back to life and start to take the helm again, driving without needing to be directed.

Looks like they're headed back to the main path!]

... A-Are you both alright?

[nonbelligerent]

[when the shrapnel starts falling, shess immediately moves to shield naminé. pain doesn't mean much to him, so whatever.

it's once things calm down, and michael resumes control of itself, that he shifts position and grabs his tablet.]

Seems so.

wow this icon actually became functional

[wagashis]

Damn--

[As the ramp shakes, he reflexively holds on a little more, glancing behind them with a frown. If these guys break it, well, either Emma's going to have to work fast or they're going to drop into the waiting arms of a wall of meaty baseball boys.

There's one way to make sure they stay out of reach though!]

This is going to be risky, but-- grab onto the board and hold on to me.

[Because he has this pendulum and he's going to just like. Swing it out in front of them and suspend it there and PRESUMABLY his end still moves and everything? The end is like a fixed point? We are Spiderninja-ing this shit, is what I am saying.]

[whitewalls]

[ this is literally what's happening right now

but thanks, she doesn't get hit that badly even if now she's concerned for shess?? ]

I'm okay... did we do it?

[foodbin]

[She does both of those things reflexively as he says so, but once she has the board in hand and she's grabbing onto him, she realizes what's happening. And, well, as she clings a little tighter:]

If you drop me I will never forgive you!

[Anyways. Off they go! She's probably leveling some more snow at the baseball players below to stop them from trying to head their way. Everything's fine.]