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[ You all find yourselves in a tunnel--dark, angular, and lit only by the glowing blue patterns etched into the wall. The tunnel seems to stretch on forever behind you with no end in sight. Ahead of you, though, in the distance, there does appear to be something: a monolith, huge and stretching up, up, beyond what seems to be the ceiling of the tunnel. Set into it is an enormous button, glowing brighter than anything else. The entire monolith, and the button etched into it, pulses with light, thrumming with power, like a living thing.
xXx WeLcOmE tO rEx'S tWiStEd MiNd xXx
What do you do? ]
xXx WeLcOmE tO rEx'S tWiStEd MiNd xXx
What do you do? ]
[ sorry monika, yuri is just staring at the ceiling like. what the fuck. what the fuck is any of this. this is like shopping mall gate again, monika. do you know what this is?? ]
Again.
[ uggggh. ]
Try not to get limbs torn off, we’re low on healing from what I can tell.
Again.
[ uggggh. ]
Try not to get limbs torn off, we’re low on healing from what I can tell.
[Rin is probably saying "Again?!" too, but it's muffled because he has a piece of toast hanging out of his mouth.
He's also dressed lightly- like he's ready to go to training- and carrying only his coin and what's left of his sword in its scabbard.
Time to look at Monika and Yuri in confusion! This doesn't look like his usual training grounds!]
He's also dressed lightly- like he's ready to go to training- and carrying only his coin and what's left of his sword in its scabbard.
Time to look at Monika and Yuri in confusion! This doesn't look like his usual training grounds!]
[ But what would tear your limbs off here, Yuri? This is just an innocent little circuitboard tunnel uwu
All three of them will have the implicit understanding that pressing the button is the only way to get out of here. Or at least, do something. Because as is, for as much as this place feels alive, absolutely nothing is happening. ]
All three of them will have the implicit understanding that pressing the button is the only way to get out of here. Or at least, do something. Because as is, for as much as this place feels alive, absolutely nothing is happening. ]
[ yuri looks like he's 1000% ready to press the button. let's get this hell over with. ]
Just... y'know. No lingering. The sooner we go, the sooner we leave.
Just... y'know. No lingering. The sooner we go, the sooner we leave.
[ well. as soon as any of them start to walk towards the button at the far end of the hallway, another pulsating sound starts to surround them. Quiet, nothing compared to the overall thrum of this place, but definitely there, and all the more noticeable for how it's out of sync with everything else.
A strange orange-red mist begins to fall over them. ]
A strange orange-red mist begins to fall over them. ]
[ doo doodoo doodoodoo doodooo dooo doooodoodooo.... staring blankly ahead, just making their way, making their way to the buuuuUUuuuUUuttoooonnn.
wordlessly, yuri just. lifts the collar of his sweater to cover his mouth. ]
wordlessly, yuri just. lifts the collar of his sweater to cover his mouth. ]
[ As Monika steps forward, the mist coalesces nearby into something shaped with more intent, something more solid and real and...humanoid?
It reaches with one of its translucent but very solid arms to grab Monika by the back of her collar before she can walk out of reach. It speaks in a calm, but strangely lilting tone: ]
Why so hurried? It's so rare I get to meet new humans.
[ and then it yanks her sharply, throwing Monika at the other two. ]
It reaches with one of its translucent but very solid arms to grab Monika by the back of her collar before she can walk out of reach. It speaks in a calm, but strangely lilting tone: ]
Why so hurried? It's so rare I get to meet new humans.
[ and then it yanks her sharply, throwing Monika at the other two. ]
[ well, shockingly google blessed monika with a catch. but for the sake of hilarity, he's gonna topple backwards after catching her.
ow. ]
ow. ]
[That's fine, Rin can stand right in front of the two of them on the ground.
...with toast still in his hand, because he hasn't finished his breakfast yet.]
Dude, I'm gonna be late to training! Just come along with us, yeah? We got a whole group of people who'll want to talk with you.
[Why fight when you can make a new friend???]
...with toast still in his hand, because he hasn't finished his breakfast yet.]
Dude, I'm gonna be late to training! Just come along with us, yeah? We got a whole group of people who'll want to talk with you.
[Why fight when you can make a new friend???]
[ The mist simply tilts its head, curious. And in the space between blinks of an eye, between breaths, the environment around them seems to change. There is no tunnel anymore. There is no glowing circuitry, and there is no button. Now, it is merely a dark and dingy laboratory, with walls made of metal and a ceiling of concrete. There are no windows here, and with how much of the space is taken up by huge machinery, it almost feels claustrophobic. ]
Why would I want more people when I have all the ones I need right here?
[ It pounces, almost faster than can be seen, tackling Rin to the floor like a tiger on the hunt. ]
Why would I want more people when I have all the ones I need right here?
[ It pounces, almost faster than can be seen, tackling Rin to the floor like a tiger on the hunt. ]
[Why must everything happen so much.
Monika pushes herself up, absolutely livid.]
Rin!
[Hello? She is grabbing the microscope and chucking it at the back of their head(?) with as much force as she can muster.
Yuri, it's up to you to be actually useful.]
Monika pushes herself up, absolutely livid.]
Rin!
[Hello? She is grabbing the microscope and chucking it at the back of their head(?) with as much force as she can muster.
Yuri, it's up to you to be actually useful.]
[ well. yuri does have dein nomos with him. ]
Already?
[ hello?? the room change is enough to get him concerned straight away, but he doesn't have time to worry about that. he flips dein nomos up into his hand and darts forward -- waiitng to see if monika's wild throw lands, before aiming a blow with his blade at the mist.
maybe disrupting it would work? ]
Already?
[ hello?? the room change is enough to get him concerned straight away, but he doesn't have time to worry about that. he flips dein nomos up into his hand and darts forward -- waiitng to see if monika's wild throw lands, before aiming a blow with his blade at the mist.
maybe disrupting it would work? ]
[ you guys i'm crying it's made of MIST
The microscope and the blade both pass through it harmlessly, mist displaced only momentarily as the objects pass through it. I guess the microscope is gonna smash Rin in the face. Likewise, the toast also phases straight through its face. It doesn't seem to notice, or at least care. ]
My name? I do not have one...but I suppose I do have a designation, unlike my thousands of nameless brothers. Father calls me Alpha. You may as well, for as long as you are able to.
[ which is when it dissolves into mist once more and seeps into Rin's body through every possible orifice. Nostrils, mouth, ears, eyes...Alpha will find its way into Rin's body.
At the very least, it doesn't hurt. ]
The microscope and the blade both pass through it harmlessly, mist displaced only momentarily as the objects pass through it. I guess the microscope is gonna smash Rin in the face. Likewise, the toast also phases straight through its face. It doesn't seem to notice, or at least care. ]
My name? I do not have one...but I suppose I do have a designation, unlike my thousands of nameless brothers. Father calls me Alpha. You may as well, for as long as you are able to.
[ which is when it dissolves into mist once more and seeps into Rin's body through every possible orifice. Nostrils, mouth, ears, eyes...Alpha will find its way into Rin's body.
At the very least, it doesn't hurt. ]
[ he winces slightly when rin takes a microscope to the face, apparently. yikes. ]
Oh don't you just seem like a load of fun. [ how does one beat up something they can't hit? important questions.
he just holds dein nomos ready -- he might not want to hit rin, but if he has to knock him out or something? well...
he'll do it. ]
Oh don't you just seem like a load of fun. [ how does one beat up something they can't hit? important questions.
he just holds dein nomos ready -- he might not want to hit rin, but if he has to knock him out or something? well...
he'll do it. ]
[Even if it doesn't hurt it's still freaky as fuck, and Rin is rolling over to his side while gasping for air.]
I'm- Oh god this is so gross! It's fine! I already got a demon in me, so it's not like he can possess me too.
[He feels grossed out by being attacked in this way, but everything will probably be okay, right? Out of everyone here, Rin was probably the best one to tank the hit because his body's already crowded. Let the demon in Rin's soul eat this mist fucker. He needs a snack.]
I'm- Oh god this is so gross! It's fine! I already got a demon in me, so it's not like he can possess me too.
[He feels grossed out by being attacked in this way, but everything will probably be okay, right? Out of everyone here, Rin was probably the best one to tank the hit because his body's already crowded. Let the demon in Rin's soul eat this mist fucker. He needs a snack.]
[ "it's not like he can possess me too" SIKE, because that's exactly what's happening!!
It happens quickly--Rin's control of his limbs will slip away, but he'll remain aware enough to see and feel everything, because it is gonna start to hurt now. He'll feel the way his muscles jerk and spasm as Alpha penetrates deep. He'll feel emptiness in his chest and a burn in his face and extremities as strange patterned gouges tear open the skin. Like a flesh and blood body isn't equipped to handle something like Alpha.
When Rin's body staggers to its feet, clumsy and staccato like a robot with rusted joints, it will examine its gouged arms like they're some kind of novelty. Or at least, it looks like that--it's not quite clear where Rin's eyes are looking because they've blanked out in a strange glow, branching out into its own gouges. ]
Fascinating. [ says Rin's mouth, in Alpha's strange, reedy voice. ] So this is how it feels to have a proper body. Nerve endings are so much more resilient than circuitry.
Father will be pleased.
It happens quickly--Rin's control of his limbs will slip away, but he'll remain aware enough to see and feel everything, because it is gonna start to hurt now. He'll feel the way his muscles jerk and spasm as Alpha penetrates deep. He'll feel emptiness in his chest and a burn in his face and extremities as strange patterned gouges tear open the skin. Like a flesh and blood body isn't equipped to handle something like Alpha.
When Rin's body staggers to its feet, clumsy and staccato like a robot with rusted joints, it will examine its gouged arms like they're some kind of novelty. Or at least, it looks like that--it's not quite clear where Rin's eyes are looking because they've blanked out in a strange glow, branching out into its own gouges. ]
Fascinating. [ says Rin's mouth, in Alpha's strange, reedy voice. ] So this is how it feels to have a proper body. Nerve endings are so much more resilient than circuitry.
Father will be pleased.
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