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

[retellers]

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[evocationary]

[ what if the elves just fuckin' mcdied here from stab wounds and the two competent fighters were like "huh, unfortunate."

lup prepares herself to fight off an attack, stubbornly, but that slash from before hit her sword arm, so she just. drops her sword instead and mutters fuck.

the dino is coming, but it's not gonna get there fast enough to stop this chick from making lup into swiss cheese. it will, however, try to eat the chick after she's done stabbing. ]

[retellers]

[ I'm really glad.

But she runs over and slashes Lup across the front, before raising her arm again to strike her again and

then a dinosaur just fucking rams into her. ]

Why!

[ She just. Fucking gets ran over by this dinosaur, don't mind her. ]

[arcsplainist]

—Ruby!

[ ohhh my god they need to get out of here.

Despite the pain, at least his legs work, so Alphinaud is going to try to press on towards... where the hell is the exit outside? He's gonna guess—this way. ]

We must run! Come!

[ Please have enough of a stubborn streak to get back up even with the knifening. We gotta cheez it bruh ]

[evocationary]

Fine, I'm fine, I --

[ oof oof oof. she's just leaving the dinosaur here to chew on this lady, and stumbling after alphinaud. she leaves like, a sizeable blood trail behind her. ]

Go! I'm right behind you! [ she's just stubborn enough to catch up to him. her poor maid outfit is in shambles. ] It's fine, we're gonna make it out, just run.

[retellers]

[ They can run, their friend is dealing with a fucking dinosaur.

But as they run (or like, limp fastly), they'll notice a sizable crowd staring out of a window and muttering fearfully. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Well, okay, guess we're just gonna show up to this party all bloodied? They're gonna have to get past... ]

[evocationary]

[ oh boy.

lup puts a hand on alphinaud's back, trying to help support him up. ]

What are they - what are they looking at? [ is it a big being throwing trees at blondes ]

[retellers]

[ It is, in fact, a big blue being throwing shit at blondes. They get to the window just in time to see someone get thrown and break their neck. Someone in the crowd surrounding the window yells, ]

No! Dickory, my love!

[arcsplainist]

[ wh ]

... Is that—

[evocationary]

Pfft. Dickory. [ lup says, giggling a little. don't mind her, she's lost a lot of blood. ]

Wait, is - that — [ ... ] We should probably get down there?

[retellers]

[ The person crying about Dickory glares at Lup. Handmaidens are so fucking rude.

But if they look, much much further down the hall, they'll see large doors that are probably the front entrance. It won't bring them to exactly where the other two are, but it would at least take them outside. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ Alphinaud grits his teeth, only making it just past the crowds before he has to pause again. The bleeding is still pretty bad from his own injury. ]

And no time to deal with our own wounds, first.

[ Of damn course. ]

How fare you, Ruby?

[evocationary]

Dizzy as hell, my dude.

[ she says, a little faintly. she pauses with him for the moment - she still... has a knife sticking out of her. she's got blood just running down her front. ]

I'll make it? I'll make it. Are you okay? She got you good. How's your hit points looking, I'm betting you're not much better off than me.

[arcsplainist]

[ The things that come out of her mouth sometimes...

Alphinaud exhales deeply, slumping back against the wall. Now that he has a moment, he has to squeeze his eyes shut. It hurts—it hurts so much, a pain unlike any he's felt before. But: ]

I... do not believe it is fatal.

[ His robes are stained a lovely red, though. ]

[evocationary]

Well - that's good, but.

[ she looks concerned. she coughs a little, and then: ]

I'd, uh - I'd do the thing where I rip the bottom of my dress to come up with bandages to wrap your wounds, but I really don't think I could do it. Rip my dress, I mean.

[ her arm is pretty useless. did she ever pick up her sword? hm. ]

Let's... we gotta go, buddy. Can you walk?

[arcsplainist]

[ A beat, and then he nods. ]

Aye. I will be able to make it.

[evocationary]

Okay. Then let's go. [ she gently rubs his arm, and then tries to stand up straight in order to go open the doors and head outside. ]

[retellers]

[ As they step outside and walk a few steps forward, they will get a lovely view of a carriage flying straight towards them. Where did it come from. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ THIS IS JEANNE'S FAULT.

Thankfully, it's hard to miss a flying fucking carriage so it's easy to scramble out of the way, but to do that when you're already hurting. Well, Alphinaud kind of falls out of the way more than anything, attempting to stifle a pained hiss. ]

[evocationary]

[ jesus a carriage OKAY WELL she's also going to try and dodge, though it's more like she just drops to the ground as well. ow. ]

[retellers]

[ Sometimes a carriage just crashed into the front door of a castle. It's fine.

From a distance, they can see the blue being that tossed it. Jeanne and Clementine are nowhere to be seen, since they already ran to the garden which is not viewable from these two's current position. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ That... sure is a big blue thing! Alphinaud ignores what is probably now a pile of carriage instead of an intact carriage to stare at it. ]

... Gods above—what is that?

[evocationary]

[ did they get pelted by carriage debris

lup is just on the floor. she doesn't want to get up, she didn't sign up for this. ]

Where the fuck did my dinosaur go? [ wheeze ] Are we going to have to fight that?

[ hold on she's going to pick herself up... or try. ]

[retellers]

[ They probably got pelted by some debris, it's fine.

They will also get a nice view of it picking up another carriage, and also throwing it at the castle. ]

[arcsplainist]

[ At least they get a warning this time?

Alphinaud manages to push himself back on his feet. ]

Away from the castle!

[ We gotta go man, we gotta go. While he's making sure they're out of harm's way, he scowls at the blue thing in the distance. ]

We would be best to avoid coming close, for we have not the means to challenge it head-on. There is still the matter of the king.

[ So, looking at their surroundings, what's immediately nearby? Anything that hints where one could flee to next? ]