WEEK 3: CYOA (Rufus, Sumire, Taako, Dorothy)

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[siblingless]

[oh my god

GUESS THIS IS HAPPENING

Sorry about all the blood she is now getting on you, Taako. She will sling her arms around his shoulders when he pulls her up to make this easier on him. Time to run, Tuff Kasumi.]

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[ There they go.

Which is all well and good, really, except as they reach the stands, Taako may find that there is someone holding a baseball bat who is going to very suddenly attempt to slam the bat into his face in order to slow him down.

Akechi is here. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[I HATE YOU AKECHI

THIS CAN’T BE LEGAL IN THE RULES OF MURDER FOOTBALL, BUT OKAY i rolled and it wasn’t great (a 7) and I’m very honest about these things so he’s

he’s slammed directly in the fucking face. His nose is definitely broken? This is fine. Down both of them go as Taako falls on his ass, sorry Sumi. God. Why is Magnus fucking around back there? His job is literally to protect Taako’s sweet, perfect face.]

Bullshit! Bullshit bullshit!

[He’ll - sorry - leave Sumi on the ground and make a grab for the baseball bat right out of his hands. He’s got super strength! IT’S TUFF KASUMI BITCH]

[siblingless]

[SHE'S GOING DOWN... SHE'S YELLING TIMBERRRRR...

Which is to say, she only manages to croak out:]

Wait, Akechi-sa—

[Then Taako is getting knocked down on his ass, and so is she. She rolls away from him, landing on her back and groaning as she stares at the fucking sky. Everything hurts and she is absolutely dazed from all the pain, but with everyone else still following after them, she. Looks at Akechi. Looks at the Phantom Thieves. Resists the urge to vomit.

And teaches into her bag.

Is this is a bad idea? Absolutely. Don't expect her to be smart when she took an axe to the face. But she will pull out a moonstone, force herself to get up, and use it on (throws dart) Ryuji just as she starts to run back towards Taako. Please be even remotely like your real counterpart and be an Akechi anti, Ryuji.]

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[ Many things happen at once.

The first is that Taako has a baseball bat now, because Akechi cannot win a tug of war with someone who now has super strength.

The second is that the moonstone works! Ryuji blinks, and looks around, his expression souring more and more. ]

Hey. Isn't that my bat? Not cool, man.

[ He walks over to shove Akechi for taking his bat. Everyone else just watches. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[ Taako has the bat now, and a bleeding face, but I guess we are now all just watching this? Definitely partially because I wanna see this fight happen. ]

I guess we should . . . run?

[siblingless]

[She nods, having hobbled over to stand by his side. That's such a mood. I, Kyuu, want to see them throw down even if Sumire doesn't.

Quietly:]

We oughtn't waste any time.

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[ Are they going to run?

Anyway, Akechi pulls out a gun and shoots Ryuji in the face. Ryuji falls over and bleeds.

Everyone else starts walking towards them again. ]

[uhhhmagic]

Yup! Bye!

[Grabbing Sumi just like a sack of potatoes and booking it - taking his (it’s his now) baseball bat with him. This is what being the tank is like? It sucks. Booking it, hopefully while everyone is distracted by Goro With a Gun.]

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You are so very wrong if you think she's not going to scream when Ryuji gets shot in the face. Jesus Christ. GOODBYE, EVERYONE. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RESISTANCE FROM HER AS SHE GETS POTATO SACKED.]

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Nooooo team on team violence!

[ Says Claire, after her team was about to have her murdered.

But the group follows the fleeing two. Actually, it seems like everyone is? The stands begin to empty out as the crowd leaves their seats to also follow the action. The marching band also follows, playing a somber tune.

But the thing with guns is that you don't need to be close to use them. So Akechi, while following, shoots at the two retreating figures. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[I got a bad roll, again, so, fucking Akechi is ruining Taako’s day again - getting him in the leg with that fucking gun and send probably both Taako and Sumi spilling onto the ground. Sorry for dropping you again, Sumi. You’re fine, right?]

I hate this! This is the worst dungeon crawl I’ve ever been on! Why are there so many teens?!

[Um. Well. Here’s my idea. Are we still between the bleachers? Because his idea is to just try and stumble up as quickly as possible - I mean, you can do a lot on adrenaline, right - to pull those over directly onto the Pursuing Crowd. All of them. Fuck those guys.]

[siblingless]

[Will Sumire stop bouncing like a ping pong ball at any point of this CYOA? Apparently not! She, once again, shrieks as she's dropped. Any attempts at getting up are aborted once she realizes what Taako is going to do, and then she just crouches and covers her head to avoid getting in his way.

If Taako's trick works, then it will be her turn to drag him along, scrambling to her feet to support him now that he's down one leggy. Cannot believe this is apparently the baby stage of this CYOA.]

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[

Well.

I don't know how to say that it works, but it works. So that happened.

They can hear screaming from beneath the bleachers. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[Well! Just. Sitting there for a second, but he’ll start to get up once Sumire tries to help - still a little stunned. I’ll say the gunshot wound isn’t too terrible, in terms of gunshot wounds since we’re still in Baby Stage. A scrap along the side of his thigh, so it’s enough to bleed and hurty but he can still limp along for now pretty well. At least until it hurts worse later.]

Am I . . . good at Football? [no.]

Shit—- where do we go now?

[siblingless]

[That is such a good question! Where are they on this football field, even? Sumire will rapidly glance around, and then point in the direction that's furthest away from the horde of people Taako just squished. Whatever that is. As long as there isn't a big barrier visibly blocking their way. Francy is probably laughing at us in the background.]

There! Let's just go, Taako-san!

[Time to go, go, go!]

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[ There's a football field!

But also, very far in the distance, there's a building. So if they want to go anywhere, it's probably that way?



The sound of a marching band can be heard under the stands. Don't worry about it. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[AGGRESSIVELY NOT WORRYING ABOUT IT.

But yeah, he’ll start limping towards the building. That’s fine.]

Fuck this shit, let’s bounce.

[siblingless]

[Haha! Oh, geez. She is, in fact, aggressively worrying about it as she shoots an alarmed look towards the stands. Uh. Hm. Okay. Just gonna keep an eye on that until it becomes a problem.

She now, she will absolutely grab Taako's arm and sling it over her shoulder so they can three legged race to the building. Gooooo, team! Let's run.]

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[ Gooooo team!

As they run toward the building, they can definitely hear the band more loudly now? If they happen to look behind them, they can see the band members chasing after them. There's no one else, at least? ]

[uhhhmagic]

[I


what

running? Faster? Hopping faster. This is terrifying. I mean, literally yakety-sax, but if this were happening to you you’d also be screaming and running.]

[siblingless]

[oh my god

is the marching band at least playing a bop to set this chase scene? anyway—]

Do you see anything we can use as a projectile, Taako-san?

[SCREAMING ON THE INSIDE

YAKETY SAXING AWAY

this is truly the worst time to be three legged racing but faster, oh no.]

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[ This band only knows bops.

It seems to be a mostly clean shot towards the building. However, to their left, there are also some trees. They can either keep running straight or hide in the cover of nature. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[ taako has literally never trusted nature in his life and also while they are running sorta three legged and bleeding, the band has to carry tubas? So it’s probably fine.

Still going for the building!!! ]

[siblingless]

[Three eyes between them... Three legs between them... It's fine. She's not going to be the leg to destabilize them by suggesting stealth, so time to gun it for the building! And die.]