[LOGS] Dundee Game: Day Four, Early (2/4)
So, you find yourself in the museum, having just been pulled through your own shadows to get there. Rand slowly lets go of your hands. "Good luck," he breathes, softly. "Call me if you want more help, we can trade again."
...Okay! Right!
* Shuri still sort of figuring out which way is up.
* Koizumi^Risa keeps her eyes shut until the nausea passes.
... let's not do that again, Shuri.
--How do we call you...
I-It's fine, it's fine, it's not that bad!
"I answer to 'Rand'," Rand says, and starts to vanish into your shadows.
* Shuri ... thinks this is rather creepy, but thinks it is pretty worthless to comment on it at this point.
... shoot, we should have brought a flashlight with us.
Do you still have yours?
... I can make light...
... r-really?
Oh right.
Do you want to check where we are first?
* Shuri zaiphons up a little flame :|a
Aahh, I'm not sure...
* Shuri looks arounddd
If this is a gallery, they should have like, tour maps and stuff, right?
You are in the middle of a large room which seems to be the "Dundee and the World" exhibit. So far, no alarms are going off that you can hear.
All right, the list says...
A figure of Thoth, a false tomb door, an amulet box, and a bell ghanta... And the Tay Bridge letters and watch and gloves.
... I can't believe we're really doing this.
What's a Thoth?
...I don't know...
Anyway, let's try getting to the reception. area, there has to be a map, or an exhibit list somewhere.
All right.
* Shuri ... walks off through a door or entranceway or something
* Koizumi^Risa follows.
You emerge into the entry lobby of the gallery. There is a man walking through it with a flashlight.
* Shuri -- immediately puts out the light
The flashlight beam starts to swivel towards your position.
* Shuri then, hides behind something, dragging Risa with him ;;
There are some handy pillars in the detail work on the stairwell you're on.
* Koizumi^Risa holds her breath and tries to see where the light is coming from
The beam flashes back and forth on the stairwell and then turns away again as the bearer continues to walk around on the floor below.
* Shuri ... whispers very quietly. "How are we supposed to get past that guy...?"
* Koizumi^Risa whispers back. "Can you knock him out?"
Well you weren't very specific in the description. The room you were in exits into a hall with a stairwell. The hall carries on past the stairwell, if you want to go that way.
* Shuri looks extremely dubious. "M--Maybe...??"
...Maybe we should just keep going now that he's already checked this area.
Down the hall?
Fine.
* Shuri nods...?
It's better if we don't have to do anything like that unless we have to...!
As you turn to head back you can see on the stairwell wall a map by the dim light of the high gothic windows. It's too dark to make out details other than vague shapes
* Shuri ... produces a light again
* Shuri and tries to read the map. :|a
See, I told you there's a map.
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/2006/mcmanus1.png
... Huh.
I think we should head back to where we came from first.
That has international exhibits
You think so...? Ah, I guess.
You try and remember where everything is, okay?
... Uh
hold on.
Okay. Got it.
It's pretty linear, although, I wonder where the staircase goes to.
We'll find out later, if we need to.
Let's shine a light on the exhibits one by one... we might find what we're looking for.
* Shuri shrugs, and heads back to the Dundee and the World exhibit
You return to the Dundee and the World exhibit.
* Shuri starts looking at all of the exhibits one by one, looking for anything on the list!
Each of the exhibits are under glass. They have small placards beside them listing what's in them
* Shuri is reading the placards!
* Koizumi^Risa is trying to peek into one of the glass cases
Risa, you appear to be peeking into a case with FACES INSIDE oh no wait they're masks
Shuri, there are a lot of placards with a lot of little text. You're currently on one about greek stuff.
* Koizumi^Risa makes a little squeak!
This is going to take forever. Shuri can you make a little more light?
* Shuri ...doesn't really know what country any of this stuff comes from... is just skimming for keywords from the list
...Not really!
. . .
Unless you want me to set something on fire~
Or you could just turn on the light.
. . .
. . .
* Koizumi^Risa facepalms.
Anyway
Just look closely and you can see, anyway.
* Koizumi^Risa grabs your fire lighting hand and drags you to the next exhibit.
* Shuri sldjflkj follows
Okay, the tay bridge stuff should be in the local area,
so we want to look for a figure, a tomb door, a bell or an amulet box, right?
Looks like various African artifacts, including more masks, shields, dolls, ceramic fragments, figurines, boxes, jewelry, cups, etc.
Just shine the light on the stuff for anything that looks like it!
Right, I... think.
* Shuri shines the light around |<
There are tiny notes beneath each item
(in this particular display case, at anyr ate)
* Shuri is skimming the notes for keywords again.
* Koizumi^Risa tris to read the ones next to the boxes
Egypt - Thoth - is on one of the notes, Shuri
--Thoth!
* Shuri looks for a way to open the display case :|a
This place wouldn't have security alarms on their case, would they?
...I-I don't know.
* Koizumi^Risa mumbles this mostly for herself.
The case looks solidly l ocked in place. There is a little electronic sensor by the lock and the base.
...Maybe we can just cut it open.
... can you do that?
I can try~!
* Shuri ... trying to zaiphon-cut a hole in the glass, right in front of the thoth figure.
Describe how you go about Zaiphon-cutting this hole, Shuri.
* Shuri is attempting to cut carefully in a circle, trying not to... break the whole case or anything.
You cut a hole. The glass you cut is still in place, given the care you cut it with. How do you remove this piece?
* Shuri ...pushes the piece of glass into the case...
It falls in with a loud noise.
* Shuri WINCES
* Shuri --and reaches in to grab the thoth figure very quickly
You have acquired a small figurine of thoth, about the size of your hand in height.
* Shuri whisperrrr, holding it out. "Risa! Hold this."
* Koizumi^Risa holds on to it.
... I told you we needed a bag.
Do you think they heard that...?
I-I'm sorry!
There's the sound of footsteps on the stairs.
Probably not. It's.. shit.
...
* Koizumi^Risa looks around frantically for someplace to hide.
* Shuri --dashes off to the nearest hiding place yes
There are various exhibit cases, and one bench to rest on that has space under it, and an exit onto a balcony.
* Koizumi^Risa rushes to the balcony.
* Shuri goes off onto the balcony.
* Koizumi^Risa so awesome.
You hear someone moving around in the room and see the occasional flash of a flashlight moving this and forth. And then you hear clearly, "--Shit!"
... S-shuri...
* Shuri WINCING AGAIN, and then--hisses: "Rand!"
* Koizumi^Risa eyes widen.
Are you sure you...
We can't do this by ourselves!
Just--it's fine!
Maybe if you just...
... knock the guy out. Go in there and knock the guy out
I-I can't do that!
Rand slides out of your shadows. "What do you want?" he murmurs, soft. Inside, you hear the sound of the glass piece being picked up...
You'd rather lose parts of your -- stops when she notices him.
* Shuri turns to Rand, and points back inside. "Take care of that guard somehow, and I'll pay you afterwards."
W-wait!
DISCUSS THE TERMS FIRST
Th-They're the same terms! We don't have time!
The guard jerks around at the sound of Risa's yell
"You!"
Sheesh, Shuri, you're as bad as..
...
..........
OH fuck.
Rand sketches a bow. "Do you want to discuss the terms now, friends, or-?"
AFTERWARDS!
The guard starts to run over, reaching to his side for a weapon.
... do you think we can jump off the balcony?!
* Shuri is cowering off to the side of the balcony.
Rand nods to Shuri and steps out to meet the guard. "Hello, friend," he says.
"Hands up," the guard demands, heavily accented. "Now!"
* Shuri is trying to stay out of sight, but watching.
Rand puts his hands in the air, and takes another step forward...
* Koizumi^Risa is just panicking... "shit shit shit."
"Don't move," The guard says. He reaches for a walkie talkie and Rand moves; shadows springing from his body to pierce the guard, then his own body dissolving into those tendrils, writhing around the guard
The guard screams, collapsing, dropping both his taser and his walkie talkie.
* Shuri ...has stopped watching.
* Koizumi^Risa gasps and puts her hand over her mouth as not to scream
The guard jerks under Rand's ministrations, and slowly jerks less and less.
D-don't kill him!
A head rises up from the tendrils. "I was told to take care of him," Rand points out. The guard is limp under him.
It's fine.
S-Shuri!
What else are we supposed to do?
Unconscious maybe! But.. don't kill the guy!
* Shuri shrugs...
* Koizumi^Risa is going to be sick.
It's...
* Shuri puts a hand on Risa's shoulder? ._.a
* Koizumi^Risa swats the hand away.
* Shuri steps back a few paces, looking a little conflicted.
You don't have to kill him, as long as he's like this, Rand...
"Decide," Rand says. "The cost is higher if I don't." Shadows lick the guard's form.
How much higher?
"A few years."
* Shuri ... glances at Risa.
How many is... a few?
He sounds sulky. "Five years if I don't kill. One year if I do."
* Shuri sighs. "It's fine, don't kill him!"
...
SHURI!
Don't!
--What? Aren't you the one that wanted him alive??
But I don't... I don't want you to pay that price
I.
...
* Koizumi^Risa is so confused.
W-we can split it.
Make up your mind!
...If you're okay with it.
Split the cost. But... we have to find out if there's more guards at this place.
We can't keep doing this.
* Shuri ...points at the taser.
It'll be fine, from here on!
... Okay.
"Split the cost?" he murmurs, and laughs. He withdraws from the guard, who lies there limp, and reforms himself into a human shape.
Mmm.
* Koizumi^Risa hesitates before nodding.
Rand puts a hand on both their shoulders, almost reassuringly, and suddenly you're very cold again.
* Shuri shivers. ;;
* Koizumi^Risa shudders. ;;
He lifts his hand; you feel a little faint. "Well," he says, affably, "call me if you need me again."
Hopefully this will be the last time.
* Koizumi^Risa looks at Shuri weakly.
* Shuri ...wipes his eyes and attempts to compose himself. "Of course."
* Shuri also, goes to pick up the taser.
* Koizumi^Risa picks up the walkie-talkie
Rand vanishes into your shadows.
You gain items: Taser, walkie-talkie.
... creepy.
L-Let's not think about it too hard...
Hopefully, we'll figure out if there are other guards around with this.
* Koizumi^Risa holds up walkie talkie.
Right. Anyway, we have one of the items now.
Yeah. Help me move the guy into the balcony?
...Okay.
* Shuri picks up his upper body?
* Koizumi^Risa grabs the legs.
* Shuri helps move the body! ...hooray!
* Koizumi^Risa takes the time to frisk the guard.
* Koizumi^Risa looks for keys, ID tags, something.
You find his ID (Roger Murray) and security institute (First Response Security), as well as what appears to be his car keys and some money.
* Koizumi^Risa sighs and pockets it all. Gives the ID to Shuri.
Just in case we have to check in with the walkie talkie, you have to pretend to be this guy.
* Shuri takes it and puts it away...
...I don't have an accent or anything!
... MAKE IT UP
O-Okay!
Come on... let's quickly check the rest of the room out.
Let's keep looking already--right.
* Koizumi^Risa also goes to pick up the guy's flashlight
You have also acquired a regular light!
Let's just split up.
In this room, I mean.
...Okay.
Tomb, amulet box, bell and...
... and the letters.
And other things from the Bridge thing...
* Shuri ...starts looking for tomb doors or amulet boxes or bell ghanta
* Koizumi^Risa ditto.
There's a large stone slab near the case you broke into. It's... big.
Ah...
Like, seven feet tall, three wide.
* Shuri looks to see if it is labeled "tomb door" anywhere.
Beside it is a much smaller wooden slab, hanging on the wall, carved to look like a door.
Ohhh... do you think this is it?
... Maybe.
Anything listed there?
* Shuri looks for labels!
the plaque beside it reads "A tomb door from the first intermediate period with accompanying false tomb door for the merchant's wife. The merchant's false tomb door was not found."
I don't know how much of that you can read.
* Shuri NOTICES THAT IT SAYS "false tomb door" like the list at least. "Aha!"
. . . the big thing?
I think this one.
The little one?
Because it's fake, right?
I guess.
* Koizumi^Risa nods.
Let's.. leave that there. We can come by and pick it up later
Unless you want to carry it with you
Ehhhhh, really?
The little one is a plank of wood, intricately carved, about two feet long and a foot wide.
Well...
It might be heavy.
That box was heavy too.
Then you've just volunteered yourself to carry it!
* Shuri ... sighs. And tries to remove it from the wall, obviously not thinking about alarms or anything like a winner.
How fortunate that this one does not set off an alarm.
Okay, good.
* Shuri holds it under his arm 8D "All right!"
Let's keep moving.
We still need--a box, the bell thing, and the items from the bridge collapse...
The box and bell thing do not appear to be in the African/Egyptian portion of the World exhibit
They have a place with new acquisitions. It might be there.
And then we can look for the letters.
Is there more stuff here?
Probably.
* Shuri looks to see if there is more to the World exhibit first.
It seems to be arranged by continent (minus "europe").
...Do you know where these things are supposed to be from, anyway? [LOOKING BLINDLY MOSTLY]
... I bet Robin and Sera knew.
* Shuri is annoyed. "Well, they're not here, are they?"
* Koizumi^Risa pouts. Sorry.
* Shuri wanders into the Asia exhibit and starts looking there...?
There's a lot of stuff here. Writing materials, scrolls, pottery, coins, even a suit of armour, statues of buddha, and, yes, some boxes, bells, jewelry, slippers, and other assorted odds and ends.
* Shuri starts looking at the labels for boxes and bells! :|a
* Koizumi^Risa sighs and follows
Some of the boxes don't say much of interest but you catch the word amulet with one, and the word ghanta with one of the bells.
None of those things are huge, are they?
The box looks like this http://imageserver.himalayanart.org/fif=fpx/77502.fpx&obj=iip,1.0&wid=300&hei=400&rgn=0.0,0.0,1.00000000,1.00000000&lng=en_US&cvt=jpeg
Ah! Maybe these!
Check for the alarm again...
* Koizumi^Risa checks behind her to see if there's any wandering flashlights.
* Shuri ... looks for sensors and things?
http://www.amritahimalayancrafts.com/catalog/100_9666.JPG the bell looks like this
You see no flashlights. The cases they're in appear to have sensors like the first
Try your zaiphon thingy again?
All right. But we have to figure out how to get the glass out without--making noise...
* Shuri starts cutting a hole to get the box, first
* Harukami rolls the d666 and gets 2 4 CD: 1
You have to cut a considerably larger hole this time to fit the box, but do so without triggering any alarms.
... you know, I can't believe Lucia is making us do this.
I mean, considering she has... Rand and Jez and them.
She said that demons couldn't do it, but you're right... Rand seems perfectly capable, at least.
Yeah, I don't... get it.
Do you need help?
* Shuri ... starts trying to push the bottom half of the glass piece so he can grab it and take it out without noise
Ah, I don't know...
It tilts, scraping....
* Shuri grabs the part tilting towards him!!
* Shuri tries to remove the piece
You have a sharp piece of glass with the edge angled into your hand!
C-careful!
I-I don't really know how to do this...
* Koizumi^Risa reaches over to help support the glass.
Just push it a bit towards me, I'll grab it from here.
* Shuri ... pushes?
* Koizumi^Risa attempts to grab the glass!
Working together brings great success and you are now holding a chunk of glass.
Go put it down somewhere, I'll get the box.
* Koizumi^Risa props it against the wall.
* Shuri reaches in to get the box!
You successfully remove the box. A faint feeling of displeasure hangs in the air.
Hahhh...
* Shuri tries to ignore it, and looks to see if he can grab the bell too without making another hole
You can reach the bell from here.
* Shuri goes for the bell!
Your hand closes around it!
* Koizumi^Risa holds the box close to her chest.
* Shuri ... tries to bring it out carefully so it does not ring too much.
http://www.bodhisattva.com/ghanta_dorje.htm it does, in fact, start to ring.
Ah--
Shhh.
* Shuri tries to turn it around and hold the -- bell thing still
Grab the dongly thingy inside!
Your shadow gives a lurch under you.
Ugh--
Rand separates; he flicks across the floor and off the balcony.
The sense of disapproval lightens and the bell stops ringing.
--What--?
. . . that was... weird.
...I guess he was making them...
The shadows?
Maybe they react to demons, I mean. These things.
Well good.
* Shuri tries to put the bell in the box for ease of carrying.
I don't think it fits, Shuri.
Ehhh, how annoying.
So... we just need the letters, right?
Letters, a watch, and a pair of gloves...
* Koizumi^Risa nods.
Let's just get this over with.
Right! ...Which of the exhibits would those be in, again?
* Koizumi^Risa checks the stairwell again before proceeding to the 20th century Gallery
* Shuri ... follows!!
Just follow me, I think
You head off to the 20th century gallery
Tay Bridge incident, right?
I think so, yeah.
* Shuri ... looks for that!
How thorough is your search of the 20th century gallery?
* Koizumi^Risa will go and peek into each exhibit case
* Shuri is skimming through all of the labels again for the words Tay Bridge.
You search and search for maybe twenty minutes, but don't find anything. Maybe the incident was from before the 20th century or there are exhibits on other floors?
Let's go to the next place~.
There's the New acquisitions place. Or victorian era?
* Koizumi^Risa points to the left and right after saying so.
...It would probably be a bad idea to split up... okay, let's try--the victorian era?
Okay.
You head into the Victoria Gallery only to discover that it's actually an art gallery.
... Maybe we should go in the other one.
... and then we could try the stairs, I guess.
the new acquisitions!
* Shuri heads over in the direction of the new acquisitions instead
* Koizumi^Risa sighs.
Man, I mean...
There's a lot to look at in new acquisitions and most of them aren't well labelled.
... do we even get paid for doing this?
...I hope so...
... wow look at all this.
Maybe we should try the second floor first
then check this out?
...Maybe.
Let's go, then!
I don't want to waste too much time... digging through this.
Neither do I~. We're almost done...
Yeah.
* Koizumi^Risa checks the hallway again for signs of life before proceeding
* Shuri just follows Risa.
You see no signs of living things in the hallway.
Okay, let's go.
* Koizumi^Risa proceeds up the stiarway slowly.
* Shuri nods and keeps following Risa.
It actually goes down, and you can take it down to the area you first saw the guard.
Oh.
* Koizumi^Risa checks around for important looking rooms
* Shuri lookingggg also
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6750/mcmanus2.png You find a map!
Oooh, there's a gift shop!
I mean.
...
* Koizumi^Risa points to the red section.
Maybe the... Making of...?
It would be better if we knew when this bridge collapsed...
...Let's go there.
Yeah.
* Shuri starts heading in that direction!
You arrive! There's lots of local historical goods here and the displays are from ancient times up through to the 20th century.
* Shuri looks through labels for Tay Bridge again...
* Koizumi^Risa ditto
From what point of time do you start and searching in which chronological direction?
* Shuri is looking at the more recent things first, and working back.
* Koizumi^Risa is going to look in the opposite direction
Shuri comes across Tay Bridge stuff almost immediately; looks like it happened in the late 1800s.
Ah!
* Shuri ... examines the security on this Tay Bridge stuff.
You found it?
Yeah, it's over here.
* Koizumi^Risa heads over.
It looks much the same as upstairs.
the security, I mean.
* Shuri ... starts cutting another hole in the glass, then.
* Koizumi^Risa sets the box down and is ready for the glass.
* Shuri totally set his stuff down sometime also.
* Harukami rolls the d666 and gets 1 4 CD: 6
You have no problem getting the glass out.
* Koizumi^Risa sighs of relief
* Shuri starts grabbing all the stuff!
You now have a LOT of STUFF to carry.
* Shuri makes sure there are letters and a watch and some gloves in all of this STUFF.
You're able to find everything you're looking for.
Alright, we should head back
I still say we should have gotten a bag
We just have to carry it out to the car!
* Shuri gathers up the wood plank, the bell, and tries to take about half of the Tay Bridge stuff.
Careful!
Wait, take your jacket off
we can wrap all the other smaller things in it.
...Wh-Why?--Oh.
* Shuri ... takes his coat off!
* Koizumi^Risa takes the bell, the box, and the figure on top of the jacket and motions for him to stick the tay bridge stuff in there.
* Shuri starts stuffing it in.
We can probably exit down the balcony, right?
... I don't want to call Rand again if he's going to want something back.
We can just go out the door. We don't need to be here anymore, right?
So--let's just make a run for it!
NO
Alarms will sound, stupid
So what??
do you want a high speed car chase?
following us to Lucia's place?
* Shuri rolls his eyes. "Okay, fine. So what do you want us to do?"
Jump out of the balcony.
...how high is the balcony?
... a floor?
you jump first, I'll toss the goods down, and then you can catch me
(It is about a twenty foot drop.)
I-I can't catch you!
The walkie-talkie you're carrying makes a sudden hiss of noise.
Ah--
* Shuri ... just listens for now.
...
Shoot, shoot. We have to go, NOW.
"llo? What's the news over there?"
* Koizumi^Risa shoves the walkie talkie at Shuri.
TELL THEM EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
* Shuri panic! Panic! Panic! ...t-talks in the walkie talkie in a very bad Scottish accent. "E... Everything's fine!"
There is a long pause. "Roger?"
* Koizumi^Risa whispers. If he asks, just tell him you're sick.
Or peeing.
Yeah, tell him you're peeing.
and sick.
Yeah? I--I have a bit of a cold--
* Shuri elbows Risa sob
* Koizumi^Risa holds in that ow.
Anyway I think I'm going to go to the bathroom??
A longer pause. "Roger, what's your ID number again?"
...
shit.
* Shuri --gets out the ID!!!! and reads off of it!
Shuri, you have the ID!
* Shuri whispers roughly to Risa, not the walkie talkie. "I think we seriously have to go now."
"Hmm." It's hard to tell with the crackling if the other guard is convinced. "Well, over and out."
God yes, RUN.
* Shuri SHOVES THE WALKIE TALKIE BACK AT RISA. "Through the door or the balcony?!"
... uhm.
... YOUR CHOICE.
--Let's just go through the door! I don't want to jump from that high without something to break my--[JUST STARTS HURRYING TOWARDS THE DOOR GOD]
You make it towards the front hall just in time to see a guard rounding a corner and SPOTTING YOU
* Shuri --shoves whatever he is carrying at Risa
AHH
* Koizumi^Risa starts running.
* Shuri TRIES TO CHARGE THE GUARD WITH THE TASER
* Koizumi^Risa oh god this is going to end well.
The guard enters a fighting stance, scooping out his own taser.
* Koizumi^Risa fumbles and chucks the hammer at the guard's knees.
* Shuri ... ha ha haaaaaaa holy shit I'm in a real combat situation what the fuck is happening--
R-Risa!
The hammer hits the guard in the leg with an unpleasant sounding crack. He stumbles, which also slides him out of range of Shuri's taser at the moment, and his hand sweeps around towards Shuri.
* Shuri backs up quickly, and draws his sword. NOW HAS A TASER IN ONE HAND AND A SWORD IN THE OTHER
. . .
YOU HAVE A SWORD?!
Of course I have a--! Shut up!
* Shuri tries to get in taser range again. ;;
You slide into taser range; that puts you in *his* taser range too. Where are you aiming?
* Shuri is trying to aim at his back.
* Koizumi^Risa is just maing sure none of the items drop and break
It hits his back....! Which would work if he wasn't wearing a protective padded vest. His comes up towards *you*-- (pause for a moment...)
* Konatsu steps in from behind the guard, no longer wearing his Basrsburg uniform. Regarding the scene for a moment, he acts quickly, stabbing a familiar sword easily through his back.
--Konatsu...!?
The guard lets out a gurgle but your aim is true and he slides off, dying.
.....................
* Koizumi^Risa freezes
.. What.
Why.
...
* Konatsu pulls his sword out with a clean sweep, casting it to the side. "Really, Shuri. You should be more capable than that."
* Shuri ... drops the sword and the taser and jumps to cling to Konatsu SOBBBBB
I-I'm sorry! I was trying!
Ah--Sh-Shuri!
You... you didn't have to kill him!
I-I didn't really want to kill him or anything, so...
* Konatsu sighs, pushing him away so he can at least clean the guard's blood from his sword. "You weren't trying very hard--!"
Do you think he would have spared you?
He had a taser!
I-I, I was... I was...
Not a gun!
* Shuri collects his sword and taser again ._.
And what of your circumstances after that? What would he have done to you after subduing you?
Pardoned you and let you return home?
* Koizumi^Risa looks like she's about to cry.
No, but! He was just doing his job!
We're the ones breaking in, and you had to go and kill him?
You could just have knocked him out!
* Shuri looks between Konatsu and Risa rather--nervously. "It's... We can't do anything about it now..."
If it was his job then he was prepared. He knew the risk.,
Konatsu, where have you been??
YOU DON'T DIE IN MUSEUMS!
Lucia was mad! Really mad!
A guard faces the risk of death.
I had business to attend to, Shuri.
Like what?
* Koizumi^Risa walks over to Konatsu.
* Koizumi^Risa raises her hand and slaps him across the face.
M-Miss Risa--!
#konatsumakesthebestdecisions
KILL HER.
(You feel, at least, the urge to hit her back.)
You--I told you! She's one of the ones I want to protect!
(The feeling subsides, but the lingering rage still swims around.)
#getawaycar
...
What the hell is wrong with you?!
Risa...
No, you keep quiet!
Wh-What do you mean what is wrong with me?! What--what is the meaning of this?!
I'm not going to just let you--belittle him for saving us!!
Murder should never be the first answer to anything!
If your life is threatened then you take life to save it!
But he wasn't going to kill us!
EVERYONE SHUT UP! We have to get out of this place now!
#konatsumakesthebestdecisions
Let them get away, then. But not with the items they're carrying. Look through them.
Do they have what we need?
Make them show you.
#getawaycar
* Konatsu ignores Shuri. "And how do you know that?!"
He had a taser!
He's have called the cops!
If we didn't go and try to kill him first, he wouldn't!
And then what? For your theft and robbery would you not be put to trial?
* Shuri ... is ignored!!!! "Please stop!"
That's not the issue here!
I did what I had to do to save you!
WHY ISN'T ANYONE LISTENING TO ME?!
SHUT UP, SHURI!
NO!
Why were you here anyway?! You--you should have been at the manor!
* Koizumi^Risa shoves the stuff at his arms and storms off the in the direction where Konatsu came from.
Eh? We came back from the manor ages ago because YOU WENT MISSING!
R-Risa--!
* Konatsu grabs Shuri by the shoulder, holding him still.
Give it to me
--What?
Give me what you took.
* Koizumi^Risa turns around and glares at them both. "We're going home. Now."
--Right, we... We have to go.
In a moment. Give it to me.
Are you coming back, Konatsu?
I'm not giving it to you until you explain yourself!
#konatsumakesthebestdecisions
(ragerageragerageragerage)
(killkillkillkillkillkill)
#getawaycar
* Konatsu 's grip on his shoulder tightens. "Shuri, do not disobey my orders."
I... How hard is it to just tell me...
And how hard is it to show me what you've taken?
If we don't bring this back to Lucia, we'll be in trouble too--
* Koizumi^Risa will JUST... walk to the outside. "Rand? Are you here?!"
You can see it!
Are you opening the door, Risa?
* Shuri puts the bundle down on the floor and opens it up to reveal everything they have taken.
* Koizumi^Risa opens the door.
For some reason, the alarm does not sound.
* Konatsu takes a quick inventory of what they've found.
#konatsumakesthebestdecisions
Is it here? Do they have what we need?
(The amulet box. The box.)
#getawaycar
* Shuri dubious glare. "So what?"
* Koizumi^Risa forgot about the alarm... and is looking for the car.
The car is there.
* Koizumi^Risa checks to see if the car is locked.
It's unlocked. There's a spatter of what seems to be blood across one of the windows on the outside, a darker red than you're used to.
. . . Rand?
* Konatsu picks up the amulet box from the pile of items. "Well done, Shuri."
What do you need that for?
* Shuri bundles the rest up again, and stands
#konatsumakesthebestdecisions
Do we need any other items? Do we have the power to kill him now?
Patience, patience.
Would you go after the final boss with a Level 5 weapon? We need to prepare.
And I thought you wanted to find your Cain as well.
I--I do, I do.
Then trust me.
I trust you. But preparations can still be made in haste--
They let us make haste.
Very well.
#getawaycar
* Konatsu pockets the box. "You would not want Miss Lucia to be angry at me for not helping accomplish her goals, would you Shuri? At least allow me to tell her that I obtained this item."
...Well I don't want her to be mad but--f-fine! If you need it!
You don't see Rand. There's some black powder on the ground outside the car door.
* Konatsu smiles fondly. "Thank you, Shuri."
* Shuri ...dere... then goes outside to the car, too. "Risaaa? Rand?--What happened!"
... Dunno.
* Koizumi^Risa refuses to look at either of you.
* Konatsu has not followed Shuri out yet.
* Shuri glances back into the gallery. "Konatsu, aren't you coming?"
* Konatsu is no longer there.
* Shuri --goes back in the gallery immediately
You hear footsteps running towards you from around a corner, and a shout.
AUGHHHH!
* Shuri rushes back outside to throw the stuff in the car.
We have to go! Where is Rand?!
AND WHERE'S KONATSU
HE was with you!
I thought he was going to follow us!!
. . .
But there are guards in there, we can't--
* Koizumi^Risa gets on the drivers side of the car.
Do you even know where we're going?!
... I think I can drive. Come on.
No.
Not really.
...
Get in the car, Shuri.
You drive back with the stuff!
I have to see where Konatsu went!
* Koizumi^Risa is starting the car, her hands shaking.
There's a dead body, Shuri!
They're not... they're going to shoot you if they find you!
Get in the car!
I-I don't want to--!
...
I'm counting to three and leaving without you.
GET IN THE CAR!
* Shuri ...starts crying... "I..."
* Shuri GETS IN THE CAR
* Koizumi^Risa shouts a little hysterically.
OKAY, JUST GO!
* Koizumi^Risa floors it, hopefully in the direction of the house.
* Shuri just COLLAPSES IN THE BACK SEAT OVER THE BUNDLE OF STOLEN ITEMS BAWW
YOU DRIVE OFF this is a lot harder than in the arcades, Risa, but...
* Harukami rolls the d666 and gets 2 4 CD: 2
You're doing okay, if kind of swervy. It handles with a lot more... weight.
* Koizumi^Risa is sort of crying while driving. God trying not to hit any trees.
A... Are you sure you know how to do this??
* Shuri is also kinda crying.
I don't know where to go.
W-Were you paying attention when we came here? It's--out of the town--
I-I don't remember either!
Well that's just great!
* Shuri ... CRIES HARDER
W-We shouldn't have left after all.
* Koizumi^Risa will continue driving for a while before stopping at the side of a road.
HE killed someone Shuri!
And the guards are going to see that and blame us
And..
and...
Pulling over is successful. You don't crash into anything.
* Koizumi^Risa clams up and just clings onto the steering wheel and sobs.
H-He's going to kill them all if they try to catch him. So--I guess he'll be okay--
* Koizumi^Risa cries harder
We... We can't get away like this, Risa...
Where did Rand go...
I don't know!
I just wanna go home!
I'm tired!
I don't belong here!
Risa--Risa--we have to find Konatsu. O-Or Rand. We have to go back!
We're not going back!
EITHER GO BACK OR GO TO THE HOUSE!
We can't just stay here!
* Koizumi^Risa shrieks at Shuri. I DON'T KNOW HOW, OKAY?
DO YOU THINK I KNOW!?
WELL why don't you go and find Konatsu then, he knows everything!
Th-Th-That's what I said!
* Koizumi^Risa just. baws.
Risa... Let's go back... A-At least we know where that is... Everyone is probably already dead...
* Shuri sobs ;;