[ Not entirely. Your mentality is struggling to not be consumed by the Abnormality, but in it, you can somewhat tear away a sense of self, just enough that you recognise Charles in front of you isn't someone you want to hit (11, success). So you veer off-course with your next attack, spewing a torrent of blood from an unknown source on the security guard that's got their sword stuck in you. It's gnarly. Somehow your blood briefly takes on a quality almost like it's acid, burning the man. Lucky the earlier explosion didn't have this effect yet huh? ]
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Wh-while in the case of true Distortions, you'll need to figure out the root cause of their emotional upset to solve the issue -- it's a little bit different with Corrosions.
Either let her exhaust it, or beat it out of her -- those are your choices!
[ She is in distress. She's got a baton out, ready to defend Shoma at least -- she's still from the LCC Before Team, and very well-versed in combat and defense.
Isabel doesn't exactly have legs but you could see about detaching her from her present box I guess? ]
she's trying to focus on murdering any and all security guards, but charles is kind of in the way and she wishes he would stop? and who needs legs. whatever. ow. ]
Okay, exhaust her or beat her up. Guess I can work with that! —And someone get medical attention for this guy!
[aka poor blood-acided security guard.
he is not going to try and outright SEVER anything because he does not trust that course of action just yet, but he will try and slash at like. a part that does not seem immediately fatal. what is anything on this body.]
[ uh. okay he has zero idea what to do about medical attention and also, i'm sorry to say, he does not particularly care about this security guard as much as he does the two people currently in front of him.
someone else can help that guy, right? the focus is on exhausting isabel or beating her up, and shoma's on defense while gauging a few things. 1.) he's going to see how well charles does with slashing at her. and 2.) he's going to look around and see how close they are to like slot machines or other game boards, extremely heavy objects they can use.
and 3.) i guess he is also pulling out one of his bombs while calculating if he can throw one and blow shit up to knock isabel out if push comes to shove. ]
[ You really can't tell what from what on this body no, but you can in fact just give her a couple stabs and see if she slows down?
Which, yeah, between getting so brutally nat20 stabbed in the neck and further slices and dices from Charles, Holiday!Isabel will be slowing down, not that this edition of Corrosion was very fast to begin with. 'Are there more editions' find out.
Isabel, your mind-space truly is going through it. Thoughts ring in tune with Christmas carols, feeling cold and lonely as the vast expanse of space.
The colorful lights were as bright as Christmas, and as dark as every child’s nightmare and grimace. Christmas, oh the hideous carnival. ████’s young daughter would spend Christmas time alone because she would make a living by herself.
'That guy' cannot be helped. He falls down melting, unable to hold onto that sword any longer. It's just stuck in her now. I will give you one more tag round just to let Ty decide whether Shoma really will commit to this, because yes, while some things are bolted, other things are not and I'm sure you can try to see about throwing something heavy at her. Plus if you Screwloose Wallop it, the bolting probably doesn't even matter anymore anyway. ]
[ ... oh... ████’s daughter, alone on christmas... and doesn't that mean ████ alone on christmas too? because she couldn't keep ████ alive. ████ and ████ and ████ and ████ and
it's a different man. but he's in the same place. hearing the same joke. with the same virus working its way through his system. variations on a theme.
but does he know how it ends? what happens when he gets to—
[slowing down is a good sign but there's still room for something to go horribly wrong, which is a thought that both jan and charles are having.
but if they're making progress, he will switch from slashing at her to trying to use the blunt edge of his blade to whack......... whatever he assumes her head is, really.]
[ unfortunately, slowing down is enough for him not to use screwloose wallop yet even though he is also blatantly aware there's room for error. i'm sorry that this is my tag the slowing down really made him reconsider--
well. no. actually. is there any way he can pull that other sword out of her and also smack at whatever part of her he can reach? that's the next course of action. ]
[ Cool! So Holiday!Isabel finally stops, and Charles can use the blunt edge of his sword to smack the strange body -- and Shoma can yoink that blade out of her neck to smack at it too. The body will split open like a pinata, revealing Isabel inside.
She's bruised, she definitely got stabbed by that sword that went through Holiday's neck because it was a nat20, right through her abdomen. Shoma pulled it out though so she might be free-bleeding a bit. She is breathing though, and conscious, though she might have to pick herself out of feeling like she just woke up from an awful nightmare. Oh yeah, and also all her injuries.
Unfortunately this does not exonerate you from casino security, who is still piling in to try to detain all three of you. ]
unfortunately the first thing lovelace will do, after just. shuddering on the ground for a second. is pull out her gun to aim it at the approaching security. ]
[ okay well he has a sword temporarily. and actually, how badly are we about to get dogpiled right now/is charles' sword/isabel's gun actually going to help us because that's going to determine a few things.
so i guess he is also here with his own sword also blocking, on guard and Waiting. ]
You're being a disturbance!
Step aside or we will detain you as well, Tingtang or not!
And we will report it to your boss too!
[ For the record, the guard just. RAPIDLY GESTURES TO THEIR SECURITY BADGES LIKE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE??? THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB! Edits in general to add that it's probably the entire floor's security because an alleged Distortion appearing is kind of a big deal. But like, apparently only a big deal as it pertains to this floor because the second and upper floors are still having a good time. ]
Well, you heard them. We're being a disturbance, so maybe we should move somewhere else? [ like another floor. this one's a fucking nightmare also they really should maybe not go upstairs covered in blood but who cares at this point. ] Let them deal with the Distortion thing.
[ clearly isabel's fine? so they can simply leave. ]
[ The security guards. They are greatly insulted by this because it feels like they're just being straight up ignored and dismissed. ]
Casino Security
You! Literally! Exploded the bathroom!
With blood!
[ The security guard who's in charge of talking is just waving his sword around at this point. Are you crazy? Are you insane??? Did you fucking see what just came out of the bathroom??? Stop talking among yourselves!!! He is obviously not paid enough to do this but he has no other choice. ]
Look, the issue has been resolved. We'll clean the bathroom up later for you, all right?
[sheathes his sword to hold his hands up placatingly. maybe isabel and shoma should just see if they can somehow miraculously sneak away while he's talking to security.]
[ he's just going to help isabel up and kind of pocket his dagger and keep this sword. sure. we can attempt to head to the second floor? he really is just walking away from this mess because he did not cause it.
though he does stop and he looks over isabel's wounds. ]
Should probably figure out how to stop more of your blood from getting everywhere anyway. [ though he is also curiously looking back at the original roulette tables to see if he can spot the tingtang boss from here. ]
[ I don't know how you're doing it but I thought it would be funny to roll to get convinced and somehow, he's getting convinced. The guard makes a gesture that suggests his fellow men should step down for a moment, though he's still looking at Charles warily. ]
Casino Security
This will be reported to your boss.
The Tingtang Gang will have restricted access on this floor from hereon until further notice.
[ You just ruined the Tingtang Gang's ability to freely gamble on the first floor and for what reason. Shoma can look over and see the Tingtang boss definitely got their attention with the Everything that was happening a while ago, but this news is such a shock to him. ]
Tingtang Boss(?)
The fuck you did?! Beg for forgiveness, ya stupid eggs, and maybe I'll let ya leave with all your limbs in tow!
[ Well. I guess. Technically speaking there is nothing stopping you from going to the second floor but now you've got an angry man in a Hawaiian shirt unsheathing a dagger and fast-walking over, throwing his chips to the floor and at least one henchman in tow.
The casino security will get involved with Abnormality-related affairs, but they take a clear step back where intergang scuffles are concerned. Everything happens so much.
In the background, Effie returns from evacuating a few civilians to safety with a dead expression. Saude looks like she's on the brink of tears. She can't intervene with this but you can see her pulling out a smoke bomb and making a gesture, holding three fingers up, and then just one... two... ]
[ fucking excuse me is his hawaiian shirt at least different from the other hawaiian shirts because we have been STRUGGLING about copying his outfit for two days
but sure, lovelace will let shoma help her up. can she also take the sword from him while they wait for this smokebomb to get thrown? will he let her do that. just wondering. for reasons. ]
[ he said the boss was at the roulette wheel but nobody listened :pensive: anyway yeah he lets her have the sword because he's actually still annoyed so whatever, take the stupid thing.
also he is not going to apologize and instead is ready to bail once the smoke bomb is dropped, actually, shifting on his feet a little. ]
You'll apologise with your foreheads on my boot!
After you take a shower, you stink --
[ Saude rolls that smoke bomb and it explodes, unleashing a hefty cloud of acrid-smelling smoke. Hoo boy! No wonder it was so cheap, it does not smell good at all.
The nice thing is that it's definitely enough of a distraction for the squad to flee somewhere, possibly the second floor if you so desire, leaving the coughing of casino security and bean-hating Tingtangers behind. Or literally anywhere else, the world is your oyster. Back to the bathroom to do Christmas Part 2, even. ]
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Either let her exhaust it, or beat it out of her -- those are your choices!
[ She is in distress. She's got a baton out, ready to defend Shoma at least -- she's still from the LCC Before Team, and very well-versed in combat and defense.
Isabel doesn't exactly have legs but you could see about detaching her from her present box I guess? ]
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... sequel's never as good as the first movie.
she's trying to focus on murdering any and all security guards, but charles is kind of in the way and she wishes he would stop? and who needs legs. whatever. ow. ]
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[aka poor blood-acided security guard.
he is not going to try and outright SEVER anything because he does not trust that course of action just yet, but he will try and slash at like. a part that does not seem immediately fatal. what is anything on this body.]
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someone else can help that guy, right? the focus is on exhausting isabel or beating her up, and shoma's on defense while gauging a few things. 1.) he's going to see how well charles does with slashing at her. and 2.) he's going to look around and see how close they are to like slot machines or other game boards, extremely heavy objects they can use.
and 3.) i guess he is also pulling out one of his bombs while calculating if he can throw one and blow shit up to knock isabel out if push comes to shove. ]
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Which, yeah, between getting so brutally nat20 stabbed in the neck and further slices and dices from Charles, Holiday!Isabel will be slowing down, not that this edition of Corrosion was very fast to begin with. 'Are there more editions' find out.
Isabel, your mind-space truly is going through it. Thoughts ring in tune with Christmas carols, feeling cold and lonely as the vast expanse of space.
The colorful lights were as bright as Christmas, and as dark as every child’s nightmare and grimace.
Christmas, oh the hideous carnival.
████’s young daughter would spend Christmas time alone because she would make a living by herself.
'That guy' cannot be helped. He falls down melting, unable to hold onto that sword any longer. It's just stuck in her now. I will give you one more tag round just to let Ty decide whether Shoma really will commit to this, because yes, while some things are bolted, other things are not and I'm sure you can try to see about throwing something heavy at her. Plus if you Screwloose Wallop it, the bolting probably doesn't even matter anymore anyway. ]
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it's a different man. but he's in the same place. hearing the same joke. with the same virus working its way through his system. variations on a theme.
but does he know how it ends? what happens when he gets to—
stop. focus.
slowing down... ]
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but if they're making progress, he will switch from slashing at her to trying to use the blunt edge of his blade to whack......... whatever he assumes her head is, really.]
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well. no. actually. is there any way he can pull that other sword out of her and also smack at whatever part of her he can reach? that's the next course of action. ]
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She's bruised, she definitely got stabbed by that sword that went through Holiday's neck because it was a nat20, right through her abdomen. Shoma pulled it out though so she might be free-bleeding a bit. She is breathing though, and conscious, though she might have to pick herself out of feeling like she just woke up from an awful nightmare. Oh yeah, and also all her injuries.
Unfortunately this does not exonerate you from casino security, who is still piling in to try to detain all three of you. ]
[ Oh, shucks. ]
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...
unfortunately the first thing lovelace will do, after just. shuddering on the ground for a second. is pull out her gun to aim it at the approaching security. ]
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[JUMPING IN BETWEEN ISABEL AND SECURITY. BUT ALSO TURNING TO GLARE AT SECURITY STILL HOLDING A SWORD AND COVERED IN BLOOD]
Can you not? We're busy here!
[go away security!!! >:/]
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so i guess he is also here with his own sword also blocking, on guard and Waiting. ]
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Step aside or we will detain you as well, Tingtang or not!
And we will report it to your boss too!
[ For the record, the guard just. RAPIDLY GESTURES TO THEIR SECURITY BADGES LIKE. WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE??? THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB! Edits in general to add that it's probably the entire floor's security because an alleged Distortion appearing is kind of a big deal. But like, apparently only a big deal as it pertains to this floor because the second and upper floors are still having a good time. ]
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she can't shoot charles. so fine... she'll lower her gun again... and clear her throat. ]
So. That didn't work.
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[PWEASE SECURITY. remains between them and isabel.........]
No, that definitely did not work. What now?
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[ clearly isabel's fine? so they can simply leave. ]
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With blood!
[ The security guard who's in charge of talking is just waving his sword around at this point. Are you crazy? Are you insane??? Did you fucking see what just came out of the bathroom??? Stop talking among yourselves!!! He is obviously not paid enough to do this but he has no other choice. ]
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[ guess she will get up off the floor. ]
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[sheathes his sword to hold his hands up placatingly. maybe isabel and shoma should just see if they can somehow miraculously sneak away while he's talking to security.]
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though he does stop and he looks over isabel's wounds. ]
Should probably figure out how to stop more of your blood from getting everywhere anyway. [ though he is also curiously looking back at the original roulette tables to see if he can spot the tingtang boss from here. ]
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The Tingtang Gang will have restricted access on this floor from hereon until further notice.
[ You just ruined the Tingtang Gang's ability to freely gamble on the first floor and for what reason. Shoma can look over and see the Tingtang boss definitely got their attention with the Everything that was happening a while ago, but this news is such a shock to him. ]
[ Well. I guess. Technically speaking there is nothing stopping you from going to the second floor but now you've got an angry man in a Hawaiian shirt unsheathing a dagger and fast-walking over, throwing his chips to the floor and at least one henchman in tow.
The casino security will get involved with Abnormality-related affairs, but they take a clear step back where intergang scuffles are concerned. Everything happens so much.
In the background, Effie returns from evacuating a few civilians to safety with a dead expression. Saude looks like she's on the brink of tears. She can't intervene with this but you can see her pulling out a smoke bomb and making a gesture, holding three fingers up, and then just one... two... ]
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but sure, lovelace will let shoma help her up. can she also take the sword from him while they wait for this smokebomb to get thrown? will he let her do that. just wondering. for reasons. ]
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... Sorry, boss?
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also he is not going to apologize and instead is ready to bail once the smoke bomb is dropped, actually, shifting on his feet a little. ]
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After you take a shower, you stink --
[ Saude rolls that smoke bomb and it explodes, unleashing a hefty cloud of acrid-smelling smoke. Hoo boy! No wonder it was so cheap, it does not smell good at all.
The nice thing is that it's definitely enough of a distraction for the squad to flee somewhere, possibly the second floor if you so desire, leaving the coughing of casino security and bean-hating Tingtangers behind. Or literally anywhere else, the world is your oyster. Back to the bathroom to do Christmas Part 2, even. ]
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