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WEEK SIX: MINGLE

WEEK SIX

OCCUPANCY: . . .

Rise and shine, little monsters. A new week is waiting just for you. The events of yesterday may have been hard to stomach, but time heals all wounds, after all. The damages the house has incurred over the last week have been reverted and the staff is hard at work fulfilling their roles in this mansion. A piping hot breakfast is served in the dining room promptly at 7am, every square inch of floor and furniture has been cleaned spotless, and Pumpkin is...probably around tending to the animals outside. As you exit your rooms on this lovely morning...

...a silence lays over the house.

For anyone who ventures into the ballroom, a new change may become apparent. Should you choose to look at the plaques, those of the dead have gone blank. The images that were once there have been covered, though the information is still there.

Additionally, the house rules have been removed.

Odd, isn't it? Where are those strange effects you've grown accustom to over the last several weeks in this house? Your body is as it should be (except for those of you who have lost limbs...you know who you are...), your mind is sound and stable, and there are no strange urges or instincts arising within you.

The mansion is in prime condition. All of the rooms (except for Master Blue's and the servants' quarters) are unlocked, and nothing seems out of place. Perhaps you'll have a chance to relax this morning?

Well, it was nice while it lasted anyway. Come Monday at noon a rustling crackle of static can be heard from overhead. Try as you might, you won't be able to find the speakers but a message will play loud and clear for all.

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[I hate to say it, but honestly driving up a building that's shedding parts and then landing his motorcycle in an insanely cool way . . . is like Lio's Tuesday. So far, this is perfectly suited to his skills. Maybe the screaming directly in his ear is a little distracting. If you get pegged by a small piece, then walk it off. Walk it off!! Lio himself probably takes one in the shoulder with barely a tch! It'll probably hort pretty bad later.

To make the top of the jump, he's going to do his best to aim down, but the weight is most likely really off from what he's used to. Doing his best, but fully expecting that bike to land in a heap at the top, tipping over to the side and skidding. Not in the cool Akira slide way either.]

[Cool stunts would be Galo's Tuesday, too, and he'd find this very sexy, if he could remember any of that! Anyway, on instinct he jumps off the bike as it crashes, rolling to the side. Not gracefully - he definitely gets scuffed up - but enough that he's not super hurt. Brushing himself off, and picking up his badass cool sword. He probably needs a good name for that, right?

Glancing over at the others, rushing over.]

Hey, are you guys okay? That crash was nasty!

[How many tags can I go before he even acts noticeably different. Let's find out.]

[ beau is usually pretty good at catching herself! maybe not so much with the whole motorcycle thing because that's new, but it's fine. she grabs a couple of the orbs as they're going and it gives her just enough room to launch herself off the bike before she eats shit to do a Cool Guy Slide across the building top. she definitely gets pelted with debris, though - it scratches across her face and she curses, ducking.

... okay, but she's fucking amped!!! let's GO!!! ]

Holy shit, that was awesome! [ she says, grinning despite the shallow cut. ] I'm - fine, probably? A-Sang, are you good? Lio!

[ are there still monsters? she's gonna fucking beat the shit out of some monsters!! watch her adjust her leather jacket and smack her fists together as she makes her way to the bike and the side of the building. ]

[yeah nie huaisang had his eyes closed and so he's going to eat shit when the bike lands. maybe not too badly, depending on how the bike tipped...

but either way, he's just sprawled on the roof, pushing himself up with a groan. ow.]

I am not getting back on that thing-- whatever happened to a perfectly good sword, they don't do this-!

[he's going to hang back a bit because he is definitely scuffed up from that, fan in one hand-- and he's pulling the pipe out of his sleeve as well, looking it over curiously. a little suspiciously. trying to get an indication of what it might do, more or less.]

[The group lands at the top of this building and it gives them a good view of the city below them. They're still a few miles from the castle itself, but now they can see a clearer path. Shadowed figures swarm the ground, so they'll have some legwork to do if they take the long road. On the roof though, Beau will also feel a boost of aggression the moment she adjusts the jacket, punching those monsters in the face and sending them sailing several feet in the opposite direction. They shatter in the night, and several of them linger below the roof.

They're all a little damaged now, but they can take a breather. The rain somehow seems less this high up, and the smokey scent is more pungent and wafting from the north. Galo's doing his best in these trying times, at least, and NHS...tried his best. Unfortunately, he won't be able to tell anything about the pipe by looking at it. It might need further investigation.

For now though, thunder rumbles in the clouds above and they can either jump from building to building across the city...or they can find an alternate route. The red of the moon grows a bit brighter though. Huh. It wasn't that close before, was it?]

Galo, you're alright?

[He'll just check in on him. The rest of you are fine, suck it. And taking a second to observe the city for a second, before he just digs in his jacket pocket. He took that Blue Eyes White Dragon card, so he's really really hoping . . . this shit just summons a dragon. He doesn't know why he believes that, exactly, just that it seems like the sort of thing that would happen here. And he really wants it. Flipping it over, back and forth.]

How the hell does this thing work . . . Blue Eyes White Dragon?

[He doesn't answer, because who's Galo? Blinking at Lio when he checks on him, though. Hmm, wow! He's just a kid. . . ]

Doesn't look like anybody's hurt.

[Rubbing his head, though, because he really does feel pretty confused.]

You can't have my sword, but I'll . . . I'll help you guys out, okay? Where are you trying to go?

[ she's so fucking jazzed about the monsters, give her a second to like, punch the air and whoop. that was so great. SHE FEELS ALIVE!! thankfully she'll chill out in time enough to hear galo speak, which gets her to pause.

she looks over her shoulder. ]

... Wait, what? What do you mean? [ a beat. ] Did he hit his head or something?

Shouldn't you know where we're going...?

[like, he's still watching what happens with this card of lio's too, but he's glancing between that and galo, frowning a little.]

If he did, he still seems perfectly functional otherwise...

[he's fine? he's fine, for now.]

[Luckily Galo doesn't seem too harmed beyond the general confusion, though they may want to be careful. Lio keeps flipping the card and it begins to smoke, a white curling chain surrounding the card itself before it physically burns Lio's hand. Or. It would. If Lio wasn't who he is.

The roof's about to get a little crowded though as the card sparks and sputters, crumbling into ash as it's soon replaced by a giant white dragon, blue eyes giving the quartet a steely glance before it roars loudly. It's almost enough to knock them off of the roof entirely, and its tail whips as it begins to stalk forward. Someone's ready for a fight and not too happy about being summoned by some strangers.

Ally? Or betray?]

[Lio's expression goes a . . . bit worried, at Galo's confusion, but he does seem functional for now.]

Keep an eye on him. We'll use the shackles if we need to.

[Anyway, yeah the burning does literally nothing? he doesn't even seem to notice it until the card just turns to ash. anyway, i know this is supposed to be like, incredibly dangerous, but so far this is truly the raddest shit on earth. When the dragon roars, he's pushed back a bit, but he crosses his arms and widens his stance after a moment - staring down the dragon right back. There's a bit of a Nerd Sparkle in his eyes, because he is living right now. I think I mentioned something in the app about how Lio just says almost everything like he's being cut for a Marvel movie trailer wham line? This is one of those moments.

Holding out a hand, lighting that tiny bit of the Burnish fire he can summon in the palm.]

Will you help us?

[obviously he respects this dragon's autonomy.]

No? I -

[He's trying to explain what's up to these weirdos who are talking about shackling him or something. He didn't hit his head, he's just kind of confused?

And then a big dragon shows up! He's got the sword out, but Lio starts talking to it instead. This truly is the raddest shit on earth? Lio is incredible. Whether or not the dragon agrees, Galo is won over.]

[ oh boy. that's a big dragon.

she doesn't exactly wince at the roaring, because she's used to monsters screaming in her face, and she also is very much running on Go Juice from those orbs and this jacket. she moves right up, standing a bit behind lio to face the dragon, grinning up at it.

she's like, super confident just asking it to help will do it. ]

[...lio seems to have the dragon part handled? he has no idea what else to do when faced with a dragon you don't want to fight when 'run away' is definitely not an option...

like, the only other thing he can think of is offering it food and all he's got is the pudding phoenix gave him earlier. he does not think dragons eat pudding.

so he's just hanging out behind beau, hiding behind her a little just in case. hello dragon, they're not malicious, please help.]

[The big dragon roars again immediately like it's thinking about eating Galo's sword, but the Burnish fire immediately distracts it. There's a curious kind of squawk as it stares.

...fellow...dragon?

It tries to roar again but it's less threatening this time as it thinks things over, looking at the four of them and stomping its feet on the ground. But it doesn't seem to want to attack anymore. Help is...a bit of a stretch! But at least it's considering standing still. Sure. It'll help.]

[god lio is so deeply horny right now you guys i just think you all need to know this]

I am sorry someone confined you to a . . . piece of paper trash. You deserve your freedom.

[Lio points to the castle in the sky, to show the dragon.]

We need to go there. Can you take us?

[then turning to the rest of the group to (loudly) whisper]

Give it something.

[He's deeply horny, too! It's a new world, and he doesn't know anything, except that this pretty dude just summoned a dragon and demanded a favor from it. Wow.

He digs around in his pockets to see if he has something to offer the dragon. Let's see. Dice, a Powerline Poster, and - aha! A piece of paper trash.

He'll hold it out to the dragon.]

Please help him! You can have this extremely cool art I found to show that we're working together.

[ beau doesn't know what to give this dragon except for like, pudding? do dragons like pudding? or treasure... they like treasure. ]

If you take us, you can have whatever treasure is up there, too. [ beau says, digging around in her bag. nhs has pudding but so does she! she'll offer it. ]

Ah- we'll help fight off anything that attacks you, as well. They'll be shared enemies, after all.

[he would absolutely help fight with a dragon, if he has to fight at all? much better than the motorcycle.

the dragon gets, uh, additional pudding because the rest of his stuff is all weaponry etc and he is keeping that, thank you.]

[The dragon looks at the castle and seems to wither, growling in the castle's direction. There's a squawk of indignation at Galo's offerings of paper (no!!!) because Lio's right, how dare it be confined to paper? This dragon is big and majestic?

...and curious about the pudding. Don't mind it stomping its way over to Beau and NHS to immediately snatch the pudding out of their hands. It considers the pudding, mouth opening and closing before it roars in understanding and...leans down, tail swishing.

Hurry up and get on before it leaves. Just direct where it's going.]

[god this might be the best day of his entire life

climbing on!!! And, to the dragon:]

Ah-- Don't forget the motorcycle.

[Climbing on, too! He doesn't know these people or where they're going, by why not? Even if this dragon is a rude asshole. Reaching out a hand to help Beau and NHS.]

So . . . can one of you guys catch me up on what we're trying to do?

[ THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. she's only ever fought dragons, not had their help!! what the fuck!! SHE'S SO AMPED. beau just grabs for nhs and yanks him along up onto the dragon! she accepts galo's help also, thanks bro. up they go. ]

There's a big fucking evil thing up in that castle, and we gotta kill it or at least hurt it so that we can make sure our friends get to go home. [ beau tells galo, squeezing his hand. ]

Stick close and help us fight shit until we can remind you who you are. [ she's not too worried, it'll... be okay probably. ]

We'll help guide you along the way, just-- please try not to go anywhere on your own.

[he lets beau and galo help him up onto the dragon, which, let's be honest, he needs the help...

he doesn't Want to but he's sticking the pipe in his mouth for a sec to free up his hand. gross gross gross. the dragon gets an appreciative little pat once he's settled, very good dragon.]

[The dragon picks up the motorcycle in its claws, squawking in a friendly (?) manner to Lio. Hate this. Once they're all aboard though, the dragon rumbles a bit and suddenly breaks into a run, leaping off of the building and soaring down before becoming airloft to fly toward the castle.

The pipe, unfortunately, also transforms into a small dagger! I hope NHS enjoys holding the handle in his teeth.

As they fly, the dragon will dodge bolts of lightning, but it may need help directing where to go. Will you head for the castle directly, or will you try somewhere else first?]

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