CYOA: Nero, Yelena, Diluc, Ulrika

[grigori]

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[syndromed]

[ you blink, and wherever you were is gone.

you are now at a bus stop. it's an old fashioned thing; a wooden shelter with torn and faded posters slapped up haphazardly on all its walls. it looks a bit rickety and worn down. like it might not even keep you dry if it rained - but luckily there's no need to worry about that. the scenery is green and lush with summer. you can hear cicadas. forever.

you are at the edge of a quiet village. somehow, you know that this is hinamizawa. you don't know much else, but it's familiar to you. you know the layout of it like the back of your hand.

you know how to get to the run-down building that's been turned into an all-grades school. you know how to get to the shrine, in front of a shed with doors that must not be opened. you know how to get to the river, where the events of the summer festival always end. and you know how to head into the nearby town, with its family restaurant, game shop, and book store. and you know how to get to the dump, where one person's trash could be another person's treasure!

what do you do? ]

[perfectdistance]

[Ah... So it's that same thing as the other groups experienced before. He's never done the teleporting thing before, but he wouldn't teleport somewhere he didn't know.

He takes a look at the "bus stop" and gently presses a hand against it. Is it as rickety as it looks?]

Looks like it's our turn. Got any ideas on where to go?

[magichammer]

[

what's a bus - no, Ulrika will jump and swear, heart pounding as she scowls furiously at the area. she'd been in the middle of something, judging by her open satchel and the partially filled bottle clenched in her hand. ]

Really? Now?!

[ ugh ]

I think we should go into town, and see if we can find anyone to talk to. Maybe they can give us directions on how to leave.

[spydey]

[ uh

yelena, like the others, is startled when she realizes she's somewhere new. there's a few second of silence, before she moves to look around. ]

We might be more likely to run into people at the town, you're right. We can try to get some type of answer.

[shinetrue]

[ this is...strange? but he somehow knows where he is??

not a fan of this, that's for sure, as he looks around. ]

That does sound like the best course of action.

[syndromed]

[ the whole structure will just kind of lean with nero's touch, but it doesn't collapse or anything.

you all intuitively understand that you're headed to okinomiya. it's just a bus ride away! wow, all these people who have never seen a bus before sure chose the only option that requires one.

it rolls up as soon as they've settled on the decision, and the door opens for them. get in losers we're going to town. ]

[perfectdistance]

[What the fuck is a bus?

Is it this thing?]

We're goin' in that, right?

[He will not get on first but if everybody else does, he'll follow along.]

[magichammer]

[ sometimes you are young and reckless, and also lazy. ]

Oh, it's got wheels! That means we don't have to walk the entire way!

[ she is getting on immediately. i hope the bus blows up ]

[spydey]

[ yelena, who knows what buses are, has no problems with getting on this. she has no idea the others won't know what this is.

is there a driver? either way she is going to just head straight for the back to sit down. ]

[syndromed]

[ huh. well that was weird. weren't you just in town? like, you definitely went on the bus. chatted up some randos. went to the restaurant. and then...

you died. that's all you remember.

you are at the bus stop. you can hear cicadas. there is a baseball bat, propped up against one of the shelter walls.

you still know your way around hinamizawa. the school, the shrine, the river, the dump. or you could try heading into okinomiya again - where you know the kink denny's, game shop, and book store await.

what do you do? ]

[perfectdistance]

[Nero starts backing away from the rest of the group.]

Hey.

What the fuck was that?

[magichammer]

[ oh

this is. scary. ]

Why're you asking us? I've got no clue! One second we're talking about pie, the next-!

[ they, died? ]

I don't think we should go back there. I think we should just turn around and get as far away from here as we can.

[spydey]

What? Is it like... we pick the wrong spot and we die? Bullshit.

[ she rubs at her face ]

Do we pick something else? The school?

[shinetrue]

[ he's looking around confused, looks down to see canopus stuck to his leg...what just happened?? ]

Maybe something away from the town would be best.

[syndromed]

[ who's to say ]

[perfectdistance]

What about the river?

[Disce sits next to him, tail swishing slightly.]

[magichammer]

Yeah, the river sounds good! Maybe we can just follow that to an exit or something!

[ Albin is hiding behind Ulrika's hair once again. it would be nice if it actually was that easy... ]

[syndromed]

[ --and then you all wake up at the bus stop! it's a bright and sunny day.

you can hear cicadas.

there is a billhook cleaver propped up against one of the shelter walls.

all of you remember everything. everything. exactly how you died - both times. all the thoughts and feelings you'd had the entire time.

you already know your options, by now. ]

[perfectdistance]

[ He moves as far away as he can from the group. He's not doing this again.

How many more times do they need to do this?]

Anybody feelin' itchy right about now?

[magichammer]

[ well, Ulrika has learned her lesson from last go around

she lunges for the billhook and then backs up as far as fucking possible, dragging it with her as she goes. ]

No! I feel gross, and angry! What's wrong with you all, why've you got it out for me?!

[ because they do, she's certain of that now ]

[spydey]

[ she also backs away, her hand slipping into one of her pockets as her gaze shifts from person to person. ]

You all just... no one move. Just stay where you are.

[ she doesn't say 'or else' but it's definitely implied in her tone. ]

I don't feel itchy.

[shinetrue]

[ he jumps back, eyes darting between the other three. ]

I don't know what the Archons is going on here, but we have to get out.

[ he shakes his head. what does that even mean? itchy? ]

Maybe we should try the shrine next.

[syndromed]

[ hope you're all having fun. :) ]

[perfectdistance]

[ This is not fun, his natural state of being is already high anxiety.

This is hellish. ]

Don't think we're gonna get far, considerin' what keeps happening.

[magichammer]

Well we can't just stand around here forever...

[ her hands tighten on the cleaver as she edges backwards a bit more. ]

W-what if we just split up? Each one of us heads to the shrine every 10 minutes?

[ it's a terrible idea and she knows it, but she's afraid of being near any of them. what do they do...? ]