[ You can just take the stairs because I'm hustling you along, we can just assume Arthur called off anyone there because he wants you out of his sight. You filthy charlatans.
If nothing else about this place, you learn that the interior fucking rocks. It's awesome. On the third floor, you see a bunch of mahjong tables and INCREDIBLY thuggish looking people all over, playing games, smoking... somehow, this is the most 'gang'-like tier you've seen yet.
There's some very massive thuggish men standing near the stairway.
Also in the interest of time again, I will say it's like. 4:30pm right now. ]
[ well he will monitor the time and also seems to be weighing the pros and cons of simply using his e.g.o. to create a barricade so the boss can't come upstairs.
so isabel's looking for a vip table, charles is walking up to the stairway, and shoma's going to make himself busy by doing a quick visual sweep of the floor to see if there's anything else here that stands out. or, alternatively, making sure the boss didn't sneak past them while they were losing their shit at arthur. ]
[ Hmm... well, you can watch as a very bizarre something seems to be escorted up the stairs up to the fourth floor. It literally looks like a metal box. I really mean it. It's got a bowtie on it!
[ well she would stop the tingtang boss but she's annoyed so she's leaving that to shoma. instead she'll try to talk to the people nearest the path that the. box. went by. ]
Who was that? [ this world is crazy and it has arms and legs so she will say 'who' instead of 'what.' sure. ]
[ meanwhile, this is shoma's hubris so yeah, he's looking at the boss and he's feeling pretty confident (or really testy) and he just raises an eyebrow. ]
Who the hell are you? Pretty bold to be impersonating the Boss like that. [ fakeitfakeitfakeit... ]
[ there's just a vague hand gesture that gun must wait until he figures out if he can successfully gaslight this boss, actually. then you may gun.
charles is an extrovert and will probably spend some more time talking and picking a fight than actually starting it so that helps.
so anyway he stares this dude in the eye before shaking his head in disappointment. ]
And you really thought you'd make your way up to the top floor? Nobody's gonna believe you're the Boss when you can't even remember or control the real members of the Tingtang gang. So why don't you give up the disguise and go back outside and wait with the rest of the grunts?
[ this is probably not the way he should be doing it but here we are. ]
[ The Tieqiu Crew just do that thing where you smack your fist into your palm. In their defense, they are absolutely massive, so this isn't really as empty of a promise as it could've been otherwise. ]
Tieqiu Thug A
We'll break your bones.
Tieqiu Thug B
You're basically made of paper.
Tieqiu Thug A
Should've eaten more beans.
Tingtang Boss
Enough about beans!
[ He's not even a part of this conversation. ]
Tingtang Boss
If there's any imposter here, it's you!
I'll show you --
[ And bro is just straight up pulling out a knife to stab Shoma. I'm sorry he's gotta defend his honour(?). ]
yeah did not think this one through so there's a moment of panic about being fucking stabbed before he's just activating his e.g.o. to try and shield????
i rolled a 9 so you tell me if he actually gets this to work or not. ]
[ So, Shoma is getting a pretty nasty cut right in his shoulder, and then the Tingtang boss just grabs him in response to having a gun aimed at him, holding his knife to Shoma's throat.
For the record, the Tieqiu are absolutely not getting involved with this, because this kind of looks like an inter-gang scuffle and they're not interested.
Also, in the meantime, Arthur just comes up from behind the stairs, takes one look at this, shakes his head, and proceeds to continue past them towards the 4th Floor. He's not interested in whatever is going on here.
Probably extra-so since Shoma activates his E.G.O. out of panic, and --
His bracelet expands into a full-mechanical arm, the wires and screws digging into your body, replacing muscle with steel and an absolute rush of adrenaline flows through your veins. A part of it becomes a helmet encasing you, its teeth digging into your skull (link cw: body horror). You start... bleeding profusely, very profusely, although it's a little less traumatising than Isabel's case since your blood smells like oil and is so brightly coloured.
YOU
MUST
BECOME
STRONGER !!!
You're so strong! You can become even stronger? You have the strength, you can keep working! Truly?
Enda! [ ohhhhhhhh so this is what this is like from the other side. not great.
but like also if the kid (18 year old kid, she's enlightened now) wants to murder this guy... that's kind of fine isn't it...? honestly let's just see how this plays out for a minute. ]
[very briefly, there is a thought that flickers in charles's head something like "wow no one can give me shit for causing trouble now."
but he's going to run over to this scene now because yikes. he does not yet get involved if the boss is still holding a knife to shoma because honestly yeah? in this case murder is kind of okay? like, he does not want for shoma to have to kill a man, but also shoma's safety is presently more important than this guy's.]
[ okay actually first of all this was the worst e.g.o to give someone whose entire everything is based around being too mature for people his size and too small for people his age, so...strength?
strength is fine. strength is...
"I know about machine engineering, but not gene engineering. So I don't know too much about the details, but I do know that it works. My body is proof of that."
"You just gotta work at it! If I could do it, so can you."
a stab to the shoulder and a knife to the throat, and now he's bleeding everywhere but haha, fuck you, he has a mechanical arm now? he's finally strong enough to defend himself, right? he doesn't need everyone rushing in to protect him. no more "stay back for your own good" or people stepping in front of him or people thinking he can't take care of himself.
and no more of whatever this bullshit is so yeah. he's gonna attempt to just clock the boss right in the face with his mechanical arm. ]
[ Charles truly should be exonerated of all crimes.
Corrosion is horrifying but awesome, because as you can see, this 4'-something twink is about to literally fist-slam the Tingtang boss in the face so hard that his head just explodes. Yeah. He just did that. You can be horrified about it later and not now, since that adrenaline rush is feeling pretty frickin' awesome rn. That body is now a bloodied corpse, smashing right into the wall.
Keep going? You can! Grown Powerful! For realsies? ]
[THE TINGTANG BOSS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND CHARLES IS NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE LIKES THIS METHOD? killing the guy was fine but it probably should not have been shoma but whatever it's done now they'll deal with possible repercussions later
but this is to say he's going to pull out his sword because he assumes this will have to go a similar way as it did with isabel.]
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So... do we have a plan yet for dealing with the Tingtang boss?
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I don't know, why don't we just have Isabel point a gun at him and threaten to remove his shirt? That's worked out great.
[ but they will leave the table. he's going to wander and see how things look for gaining access to the third floor? ]
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If nothing else about this place, you learn that the interior fucking rocks. It's awesome. On the third floor, you see a bunch of mahjong tables and INCREDIBLY thuggish looking people all over, playing games, smoking... somehow, this is the most 'gang'-like tier you've seen yet.
There's some very massive thuggish men standing near the stairway.
Also in the interest of time again, I will say it's like. 4:30pm right now. ]
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is there a vip table up in here as well? any familiar faces, now that we know that's a thing? ]
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Hey, folks.
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so isabel's looking for a vip table, charles is walking up to the stairway, and shoma's going to make himself busy by doing a quick visual sweep of the floor to see if there's anything else here that stands out. or, alternatively, making sure the boss didn't sneak past them while they were losing their shit at arthur. ]
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The thugs block Charles's way. ]
[ You know what, because I think it'd be funny, yeah, the Tingtang Boss can be coming upstairs right around now. He just gives you guys such a look. ]
I got business but I'll take care of youse when I'm back, you stay right here.
[ And he's going to keep heading towards the stairs I guess. ]
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Who was that? [ this world is crazy and it has arms and legs so she will say 'who' instead of 'what.' sure. ]
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[actually, he can get an idea from what thug b said, so he just grins, tapping the hilt of his sword.]
Wanna test that, friend?
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Who the hell are you? Pretty bold to be impersonating the Boss like that. [ fakeitfakeitfakeit... ]
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Seriously, read a book.
We're here to keep security, not play with forks.
[ Everyone is so fucking rude all of the time. Meanwhile, the Tingtang boss's voice cracks out of sheer offense. ]
I don't remember a pipsqueak like you in my ranks!
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wonders what the hell shoma is doing back there but turning around to look would be like SHOWING WEAKNESS to these thugs...]
Ah, is that so? What would you consider "big boy toys", in that case? Because I'm sure not seeing any on you.
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charles is an extrovert and will probably spend some more time talking and picking a fight than actually starting it so that helps.
so anyway he stares this dude in the eye before shaking his head in disappointment. ]
And you really thought you'd make your way up to the top floor? Nobody's gonna believe you're the Boss when you can't even remember or control the real members of the Tingtang gang. So why don't you give up the disguise and go back outside and wait with the rest of the grunts?
[ this is probably not the way he should be doing it but here we are. ]
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[ He's not even a part of this conversation. ]
I'll show you --
[ And bro is just straight up pulling out a knife to stab Shoma. I'm sorry he's gotta defend his honour(?). ]
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BUT THEN I WOULD LIKE TO AIM GUN AT BOSS??? ]
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[BECAUSE THAT BOSS OUTBURST SOUNDS CONCERNING SO HE TURNS AROUND JUST IN TIME TO SEE SHOMA MAYBE GET STABBED]
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yeah did not think this one through so there's a moment of panic about being fucking stabbed before he's just activating his e.g.o. to try and shield????
i rolled a 9 so you tell me if he actually gets this to work or not. ]
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For the record, the Tieqiu are absolutely not getting involved with this, because this kind of looks like an inter-gang scuffle and they're not interested.
Also, in the meantime, Arthur just comes up from behind the stairs, takes one look at this, shakes his head, and proceeds to continue past them towards the 4th Floor. He's not interested in whatever is going on here.
Probably extra-so since Shoma activates his E.G.O. out of panic, and --
His bracelet expands into a full-mechanical arm, the wires and screws digging into your body, replacing muscle with steel and an absolute rush of adrenaline flows through your veins. A part of it becomes a helmet encasing you, its teeth digging into your skull (link cw: body horror). You start... bleeding profusely, very profusely, although it's a little less traumatising than Isabel's case since your blood smells like oil and is so brightly coloured.
YOU
MUST
BECOME
STRONGER !!!
You're so strong! You can become even stronger? You have the strength, you can keep working! Truly?
What would you like to do? ]
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but like also if the kid (18 year old kid, she's enlightened now) wants to murder this guy... that's kind of fine isn't it...? honestly let's just see how this plays out for a minute. ]
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[very briefly, there is a thought that flickers in charles's head something like "wow no one can give me shit for causing trouble now."
but he's going to run over to this scene now because yikes. he does not yet get involved if the boss is still holding a knife to shoma because honestly yeah? in this case murder is kind of okay? like, he does not want for shoma to have to kill a man, but also shoma's safety is presently more important than this guy's.]
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strength is fine. strength is...
"I know about machine engineering, but not gene engineering. So I don't know too much about the details, but I do know that it works. My body is proof of that."
"You just gotta work at it! If I could do it, so can you."
a stab to the shoulder and a knife to the throat, and now he's bleeding everywhere but haha, fuck you, he has a mechanical arm now? he's finally strong enough to defend himself, right? he doesn't need everyone rushing in to protect him. no more "stay back for your own good" or people stepping in front of him or people thinking he can't take care of himself.
and no more of whatever this bullshit is so yeah. he's gonna attempt to just clock the boss right in the face with his mechanical arm. ]
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Corrosion is horrifying but awesome, because as you can see, this 4'-something twink is about to literally fist-slam the Tingtang boss in the face so hard that his head just explodes. Yeah. He just did that. You can be horrified about it later and not now, since that adrenaline rush is feeling pretty frickin' awesome rn. That body is now a bloodied corpse, smashing right into the wall.
Keep going? You can! Grown Powerful! For realsies? ]
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[THE TINGTANG BOSS HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND CHARLES IS NOT SURE HOW MUCH HE LIKES THIS METHOD? killing the guy was fine but it probably should not have been shoma but whatever it's done now they'll deal with possible repercussions later
but this is to say he's going to pull out his sword because he assumes this will have to go a similar way as it did with isabel.]
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