WEEK 5: CYOA (CLEMENTINE, LUP, JEANNE, ALPHINAUD)

[retellers]

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[arcsplainist]

[ Actual air!!! At long last.

Alphinaud pauses, focused for a moment. ]

... This way.

[ The chattering is probably a hint. He follows the sound down the hall. ]

[retellers]

[ Following the noise will bring them to a sitting room, where a couple of guests are hanging around. The same girl from the meat basement is there, and she smiles at them, but makes no move to approach. ]

[evocationary]

[ the meat basement...

lup lets alphinaud do the talking, since he seems to be a bit better at dealing with the guests...

she just fidgets at the doorway, looking out into the hall like she's going to find the king just wandering by. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Ha ha, awkward! Well, Alphinaud offers her a smile back, but overall lets her be excused from his sudden questioning, directed at the others present instead: ]

Pray excuse our sudden interruption, but I must ask– [ Like they didn't just come from meat hell or anything. ] –have you, perchance, seen the king about...?

[ May as well. ]

[retellers]

[ Lup doesn't see the king. Instead, for a moment, she'll see the hallway momentarily change to look... different. For a second, it suddenly looks like a completely modern hallway, before settling back to the castle look.

The guests all murmur, and then one points at a window. ]

Outside, maybe?

[evocationary]

[ oh, she doesn't like that. she startles - and then realizes she's still holding the school uniforms. she tosses them to the GROUND. goodbye.

she glances back over her shoulder when the guest answers. ]

[arcsplainist]

Outside...

[ He echoes skeptically. ]

... I suppose it is someplace we haven't looked. Carry on then.

[ Welp, he'll make an exit. Hi, Lup? Why are the clothes on the ground now. ]

Is... aught amiss?

[evocationary]

[ she wrinkles her nose. ]

The hallway turned into a different hallway for a second. Not a fan. And I don't need the clothes, so. Floor it is!

Are we checking outside, or should we nose around in here first?

[ are there more rooms they can sort of stick their nose into... ]

[arcsplainist]

I think it best to be thorough.

[ Though, uh, different hallway, huh... Did he miss it? ]

Even if I am beginning to have my doubts that the king is close by.

[evocationary]

Yeah, fair. Okay, go check the other rooms on the left side, then? I got the first one.

[ she'll go peek into the first room on the left ig ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Checking the third to the left!! ]

[retellers]

[ It's a bathroom for Lup! This is not historically accurate at all. Also, for some reason, the same girl from the meat room is also here, even though she was just in the sitting room? She smiles.

Alphinaud opens the door to see... what looks like a modern school clubroom. But then, a second later, it changes into a small closet. ]

[evocationary]

[ lup squawks, and slams the door.

and then opens it again. ]

What do you want?

[arcsplainist]

[ ... Ha ha, well, this place is not holding it together very well.

But it's just a closet so... Lup, do your thing, he'll check the last door to the left - the fourth. ]

[retellers]

Oh, hello again! Do you need to freshen up too?

[ She gestures at the mirrors. This is normal.

Alphinaud opens the door to... well. All of the walls are covered with papers, and he will somehow know the papers are from books in his library. Rude. ]

[evocationary]

How did you get in here? Weren't you just in the other room? What is with you?

[ she has lost all patience!! ]

[arcsplainist]

[ And Alphinaud isn't even there to tell her to chill. Oopsie!

Instead. WHO IS TEARING UP ALL HIS GODDAMN BOOKS? CHRIST.

He's gonna look around—from what kind of book are the pages from? ]

[retellers]

I'm just making sure the feast goes well.

[ She said she was a guest earlier? It's fine.

If Alphinaud takes a closer look, he'll see pages similar to what he saw earlier, but also others. Things like controlling time and other powers. It looks like there's years worth of collecting here. ]

[evocationary]

[ she just scowls. ]

By being a gross meat monster and teleporting all over the dang place? Is that how that works?

[arcsplainist]

[ Oh. Oh, hm.




Have fun, Lup, he'll be busy collecting some of these papers for himself. ]

[retellers]

I'm a monster now? Well... I suppose if that's what my part must be.

[ She holds her hand out and it's empty, until it isn't. A knife is suddenly in her grasp, and she moves at quick speed to try to stab Lup. ]

Like this?

[evocationary]

[ THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE'D CALL FUN

she's not expecting it. she actually yelps, and stumbles backwards out of the bathroom, trying to grab for her sword to defend herself, but - she is not a swordswoman, so if she even manages to get it off her belt, it'll be clumsy at best. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ ....... Why is there a sudden commotion—

Alphinaud steps out into the hallway again just in time to spot Lup stumbling out, and the girl from before lunging towards her with a knife. He, too, audibly yelps in shock. ]

[retellers]

[ We have now all realized a problem with this IC grouping, and it's, why did we put the two elves who are used to fighting with magic together.

But as Lup is too startled to do any proper defending, the girl is going to aim to stab Lup right in the side. ]

Am I doing it right?

[evocationary]

No, actually! That's --

[ too late, she stabs her, right in the side, right in the ow part, which is like, all of it. the burst of pain cuts lup off, and she chokes on it, staggering backwards.

does the knife go with her? either way, lup's going to pull her sword out and try to hit back. try, being the key word here, considering she's now knifed. ]