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Continued from here.
Mid-Chapter Update
"Three x Three"
When Kyoko tried to turn on the laptop, she found that it wouldn't work. Either it was broken or needed power, but it seemed odd for a broken laptop to be left for them to find. There was nothing left to do in the attic or kid's room, so it was time to return tot he Main Hall.
The click sounded so resolute. So loud. It seemed to echo throughout the bathroom. Bullet's breath caught in her throat, her mind reeling from what just happened. Klein was not dead, and neither was she. The glass door of the shower opened, letting Bullet free just as flames erupted behind her. A rush of emotion overtook her and she walked over to Nancy without thinking, throwing her hands around the other girl.
"Thank you," she whispered. Even if it had been statistically the better option, Nancy had made an impossible decision to save her life. Bullet would be forever grateful.
She backed off from Nancy aimed two middle fingers upward. "Fuck you, Lucas!"
As the metal clasps on the chair released, Lucas seemed to chuckle. "Kind of a shit bet, wasn't it? I think you'll find none of y'all needed those two extra HP once you get back to the Main Hall."
A statuette of a dog's head dropped from the ceiling. Bullet picked it up and led her group back to where everyone was waiting. The fire had died out and, at some point, either Makoto or Agatha had put a sheet over the dead bodies.
Bullet took notice of how fewer their numbers were, but as Owen explained again the explosion that occurred, she knew she couldn't linger on that tragedy long. She set the dog's head into the door where the others had already done so.
The group waited, but the door didn't open.
"Nice job, but you have a biiiit of a problem." Lucas sounded just about giddy now. "Some of you already know, but you're not leavin' this house with that many of y'all still alive. Lessee, there's about... eighteen of you now. That door's not unlocking until only fifteen of you remain. So, I'm gonna need y'all to remove about three of you before we can move on. Sound good?"
"You son of a bitch." Bullet shook her head and turned to the others.
"I'm not dying here. Not after the bullshit I just went through."
A tense moment followed, broken eventually by Makoto speaking up.
"I can die."
He swallowed roughly and clasped his hands together out of worry. His finger rubbed at his wedding ring. "It's okay. I'm only a liability to everyone."
Noot Noot shook his head rapidly and moved to grab a hold of Makoto's leg. The penguin didn't like that idea one bit.
"Before we even consider that," Teddy interjected, "we need to talk about something. Any of you notice a sudden change in our HP levels? Owen, you say Adam caused the explosion when his codex his zero, wanna know why that is?" Teddy pointed right at Phil. "Him. In our room, Lucas gave us a choice of moving HP around, even lowering some people to zero. Under our noses, Phil killed six people."
It was just then that Phil started to feel a familiar feeling. A vision was coming on, one that only he could see. An image flashed in his head of the Main Hall where they all stood. The upper stairwell was coming undone from the damage done to it in the earlier fight. The middle par of the structure came down, crashing down to the floor below.
But then the vision ended, and Phil saw the angry looks from Bullet, Teddy, and Captain America.
Billy considered all that was said, though it was Noembelu that he responded to. "There was no doubt in my mind that was not the real Teddy. It was an illusion, just like that other guy's. Makoto was his name, right? I don't know if Mother relates to the whole family deal that's taken over Wanda. It seemed to me, back at the wedding, that Wanda was very angry to see Mother. Much different than how she was with that daddy guy. Either way, Wanda probably created those illusions to make us happy... to make us have an ideal family situation. Or, well, I think so..."
It was a lot to consider, but Billy knew they simply didn't have all the answers yet. He was scared to find out, really.
"The curtains seem to be a barrier, but I think I might be special here. Mother wants me after all, so she'll want me to fall further into this realm." He turned to the curtains and started to walk toward them. "... I'll get back to you, Teddy. I promise," he whispered.
Billy tossed aside a curtain, and a white light enveloped everyone.
***
When the light dissipated, the group was assaulted with sounds from all sides. A buzz of chatter was all-consuming as the group came to the realization they were surrounded by crowds of people. They were now deep in the middle of an African Metropolis.
Billy's eyes went wide with wonder. "Are we...?"
Inexplicably, both Raven and Zenyatta were missing from the group now, nowhere to be seen amidst the crowds. Troy and Josephine had traveled with them, the former still dazed and being held up by Josephine.
Cast List
@Takumi as Amir Halgal [Otoyomegatari] →
@Cromartie Sarkissian as Arno Victor Dorian [Assassin's Creed] →
@Kaykay as Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen [Dies Irae] ⇝
@Midnight Maiden as Belle French [Once Upon a Time] →
@dalecOoOoOoOoOper as Dale Bartholomew Cooper [Twin Peaks] →
@Gummi Bunnies as Kiyohime [Fate/Grand Order] →
@ShiroKiyoshi as Klein Ullyr Green [OC] ⇝
@Ryu Keiko as Koriand'r [DC Comics] →
@Verite as Kyoko Kirigiri [Danganronpa] ⇝
@Leon Moretti as Leon Moretti [OC] ⇝
@Bomb as Lola [Fairy Fencer F] →
@dark as Marcus Wright [Terminator] →
@Mason Moretti as Mason Travis Moretti [OC] →
@Krieg as Nancy Wheeler [Stranger Things] ⇝
@Yun Lee as Noembelu [Street Fighter] →
@Crow as Nono Morikubo [The Idolmaster] ⇝
@Archmage Jeremiah as Percival of the Round Table [Sonic and the Black Knight] →
@LuckycoolHawk9 as Phil Connors [Groundhog Day The Musical] ⇝
@ShiroKiyoshi as Rant T. Mouse [OC] →
@Gands as Raven Darkholme [X-Men Cinematic Universe] →
@York as Reiner Braun [Attack on Titan] →
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as Rumpelstiltskin [Once Upon a Time] →
@Minerva as Saeko Busujima [Highschool of the Dead] →
@Otto as Shen [League of Legends] ⇝
@Glostechk as Six [Little Nightmares] ⇝
@Seishin Ryuu as Spartan-B312 [Halo] →
@Jeremi as T'Challa [Marvel Comics] →
@CrunchyCHEEZIT as Tekhartha Zenyatta [Overwatch] →
@J A Y F R OM T H E 6 I X as Teth Adam [DC Comics] →
@The Batter as The Batter [OFF] ⇝
@thatguyinthestore as Toffee [Star vs the Forces of Evil] →
Phil Connors- This is Not An Exit
Phil had grown immune to angry looks. When you have been punched in the face and disappointed people, you were used to all the ire you were given. " Yes, I did kill those people. I'm not going to deny that. What Captain America and Teddy neglected to mention was one of those people, mr. blow everything up had killed seven of ours before. If you want to kill me, just do it already. But whatever you do, hurry up and do it." He wasn't about to explain why, but he had a feeling that if they didn't hurry up, they would all die. That was something his vision guaranteed.
@Kaykay @Atomyk @Verite @Jeremi @Otto @Crow @The Batter @Josh M @ShiroKiyoshi @Leon Moretti @Glostechk @Krieg @Main Hall
"Don't be so eager, Makoto," Kyoko said in response to the boy's volunteering to die, as though she didn't consider the prospect of Makoto sacrificing himself to be viable at all. Crossing her arms among the group, she continued to muse over her situation. A familiar setting where she was forced to send a person or two... or in this case, three, to death. She didn't want to consider it a habit to condemn people to their deaths, but she had become all too familiar with the idea, regardless. And though she was hard-pressed to call those she had condemned back in her Killing School Life "justice" just because they themselves had killed, it was a matter of survival.
Just like now.
On the outside, she hardly reacted when Phil announced he had killed more people in the wake of the angry glances from people who had accompanied him wherever he went. But on the inside, as natural for a human to, it made her judgment just a tad clearer. If he had no qualms with it, then there shouldn't have been any problem, right? Kyoko took no pleasure in the prospect, but looking at the pragmatic truth, if the man was going to kill more and more to preserve his own survival, then the best solution would be to put an end to that need. It was only logical.
Such logic was something Kyoko found herself bouncing on and off of every now and then... just like the Coalition Civil War. The Ultimate Detective idly wondered from time to time if she could have handled it better, but alas, the result is out of her hands now, and all she could do was live with it, its consequences, and those who had left her because of it.
Letting out a sigh, she cleared her throat. "Fine, then. If you're so eager, then I'll nominate you, Phil," Kyoko said, but that wasn't the end of it. On top of him, there'd have to be two more to sacrifice.
But who?
@Atomyk @LuckycoolHawk9 @Everybody
Teddy avoided Phil's gaze. "Yeah, and? Look at him. He can't walk. He's not moving from this spot. Does anyone here really think we're going to get a rescue? This guy is going to die, regardless. And you... for murdering all those people--"
Bullet pointed to Klein. "Anyone have any idea what the fuck he just said?"
Lucas was intrigued by Nancy's request. "Girlie, I know they're trying to talk ya out of it, but if you did kill three people, I'll totally reward ya with even more bullets!"
"Just forget about it, Nancy," Bullet growled. She didn't want Lucas to start taking a shine to Nancy. Who knew what that would entail.
"Perhaps it would be fair to simply allow those who wish to make the sacrifice to do what must be done," Agatha said, trying to give honest counsel. "Or, you face a potential bloodbath in murdering one another."
"So, myself, the captain, and Leon?" Makoto said.
"Or, Phil and Shane," Teddy countered. He shot a wary gaze Shen's way. "And what do we know about this guy? He's the only one still alive who went to the Pantry." Where Billy died, he wanted to add, but held his tongue.
@Kaykay @Verite @Leon Moretti @Krieg @Crow @LuckycoolHawk9 @ShiroKiyoshi @Otto @Glostechk @Jeremi @The Batter @MainHall
Phil Connors
Phil looked over at Teddy. " I know my words mean nothing to you, but he helped me to defeat one of those monsters down in the basement. Beatrice can confirm that if you don't believe me. I have no qualms with dying as I said before, so it doesn't matter to me. Though a fair warning, we should hurry this up... I feel if we don't- something bad might happen," he said, not being any more direct. If he directly told them the upper level was going to collaspe, he would have to explain his vision and he doubted anyone would believe him, not after what he did.
@Kaykay @Verite @Leon Moretti @Krieg @Crow @Atomyk @ShiroKiyoshi @Otto @Glostechk @Jeremi @The Batter@MainHall
"Kyoko-san, are you sure about this? Remember back then, when you wanted to give that Detective another chance in life, even though all of us might've ended up in the Dark Place? Even though he, too, killed others?"
Nono's eyes began to water.
"Phil, what happened to moving on for Noembelu? Are you just going to accept that your time is up? Do you really want to go about this? Morikubo finds this... impossible."
@Verite @LuckycoolHawk9 @Kaykay @Verite @Leon Moretti @Krieg @Crow @Atomyk @ShiroKiyoshi @Otto @Glostechk @Jeremi @The Batter@MainHall
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