[ Well, Harley and Shoma, whether you were just walking on your own or headed somewhere together, there is just something about this particularly new part of the Eudora that seems to just beckon to you both. Let's get a quick visual...
A row of sleek, black lockers line the hallway that leads towards the kwoon combat room and armory. Each crew member will find that they have a locker with their first and last name on it (where applicable) as well as their employee tag number. Inside each locker, they will find a spare, sleek EVA suit with a helmet and boots that conform to any size. There is an armory further up ahead once you step into the kwoon room, and the back wall is dedicated to staves, training swords of all kinds, and other weaponry. There is a small target set up in the back, capable of taking on the practice weapons and ammunition supplied for target practice. The rest of the kwoon room is lined with thick mats for throwing, leaping, tumbling, and whatever other sort of combat practice you get up to.
Now why would you go into a locker room-cum-armory-cum-combat room? (don't fucking laugh).
Well that's because this funky beat is just blasting from inside, muffled from where you stand just outside the hallway of lockers.
[(to the tune of shots) cum-cum-cum-cum-cum, everybody!
anyway-- she's stopping to squint at the hallway, baffled. i hope the part about batman is still somehow included except the part about him being bruce wayne is now something hilariously wrong.]
... Do you hear that...?
[is the music just. coming from the lockers themselves? or does it sound like it's somewhere past them?]
[ anyway he's still currently purple but now he kind of looks like a disgruntled cat, no further questions. the ears immediately prick up though at the music. ]
Yeah. Where do you think...? [ can he take a few steps toward the armory itself to see if it gets louder? ]
[ the fact that this takes place while shoma is still purple is killing me.
yeah you'd be right though, please assume that it is something ridiculous like it's suddenly "batman changed back into jeff goldblum," however you spell his name. harley tries to figure out where the music is coming from but it's kind of coming from further within, down the ominous hall of lockers. the bass is thump thump thumpin' (or is someone... jumping? or... is that thumping... coming from the lockers? it's a little off beat.)
shoma takes a few steps towards the armory itself to see if it gets louder and indeed it does? in fact, as he steps in further, he can see that the lights in the armor are flickering on and off like someone's having a light switch rave party within...
And only one will survive, I wonder who it will be This is the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny!
[HELP. NOT JEFF GOLDBLUM. the way she is going to snort once the song gets far enough for that.
she does not like the ominous flickering lights at all, though. so she quickly moves to step ahead of shoma, holding her arm out to half block, half shield him. her tail swishes anxiously behind her.]
Sorry, kid, but could ya stick close to me? I don't trust this stupid ship one bit.
[ me as her. anyway he does slow down a little once he sees the flickering lights, waiting for harley to join him. the ears flatten a little, eyes narrowing as he stares and listens to the music. ]
Considering what we've seen lately? Yeah. Let's just be ready in case it gets weird. [ it's gonna be weird. but...y. proceed we shall. ]
the music starts getting a little louder as you two continue onwards through the hall of locker. you both can hear the sounds of... people breathing? fast? in rapid succession?
the lockers rattle just a bit harder. one disused locker at the end creaks open ever so slightly... hm.
meanwhile, from the kwoon room that you both are just now outside of... "one two three! two two three! three two three! legs high! you better be kicking with your whole ass!"
do you even kick with your ass? who knows. someone's saying some shit? ]
[SQUINTS??? someone please explain the anatomy of kicking with your whole ass.]
The hell...? [she's making sure that shoma is standing behind her, giving him a quick glance.] I'm gonna open this door. Be ready to back up and text for help if shit gets crazy, okay?
[dice maiden has decreed that they check out the kwoon room first, so. here we go. please explain the ass.]
On it. [ he's still eyeing where the locker is making spooky scary noises though, because why are people breathing and what is this creaking? but we are going to look at the kwoon first, and so...explain the ass. ]
[ i can't explain the ass. it simply is the ass. the locker is just opening a lil bit it'll be fine tbh.
the music keeps playing and as harley opens the doors, at first... nothing really seems a miss? the room has clearly been utilized at this point, there is music playing from over in the corner of the room, it seems maybe someone left their i.r.i.s. tuned to the speakers? some people like to practice with music after all.
and only one will survive—vive—vive—vive! i wonder who it will be-bee-be-b-b-beeeeee? the music plays. it plays this line over and over again? like it's freaking out.
technology tbh... tch.
softer, further in, closer towards the target in the back of the room.
[h... hm... is there any way to disconnect the speakers? maybe using her own i.r.i.s.? or, like, is there anything funky when she pulls up the interface to check...?
still making sure shoma is behind her, she'll take a step into the room, mumbling:]
I did not hallucinate the butt pilates, did I...?
[can she hear the second voice more clearly from inside the room?]
I'm going to say no because I don't want both of us hallucinating... [ following! but he looks at the training target and squints further. ] ...think it's been tampered with?
[ if they try to get closer to the target, does anything visibly stand out as weird? are the lights flashing still? ]
[ the lights are indeed still flashing... seems it might be exactly to the music.
shoma, getting a better look at the target, can see that the surface... is beginning to pucker in a scatter of spots, one at a time, as though invisible projectiles are sinking into the target with the beat of each thud.
if harley looks on her i.r.i.s. she will see that the kwoon room has had the "auto instructor" selected. out of the corner of her eye, she sees a sparkling clean, white sneaker just do a high kick one-two! one-two! it's a hologram of a person in a leotard? some richard-simmons-looking person is here doing the most perfect high kicks you've ever seen.
and only one will survive! and only one will survive!
Or we're dealing with more glitches. [hmmm. hate that.] Feels like something weird happens in one of the rooms every Tuesday, T-B-H. First the bar, then last week it was the cargo bay, and now— whatever this is.
[can she disable the auto-instructor? or maybe select another option, if there are any available?]
Yeah, Charles told me a little about last week and I know Rodya was telling people about what happened with her and Luke. [ hm...is there like a lightswitch in the room? is that just being flickered on and off? okay but also since harley is dealing with space simmons he's approaching the target to see if he can, like, grab a practice sword and push it over. ]
It's a little too threatening for my taste, yeah. But it's probably just to psyche us out.
[ space simmons is mid-syllable when harley manages to shut him off. finally. the music disappears with him in an instant, leaving the both of them in silence.
there's soft sighing sound and then the doors whisper shut.
shoma cannot seem to find a light switch in this room, and as soon as the music stops, the lights stop in their final position: OFF. some sharp blue lights along the perimeter of the kwoon room glow softly in the dark. ]
[HELP. is there any way to switch the lights back on or unlock the doors through the i.r.i.s.? if not, she'll use the flashlight function to get some more light in here, reaching for shoma's arm while she's at it. she has zero trust!!]
Uh. [ UM. HELLO? normally he would protest grabbing but this is not cool? he's also flipping on the flashlight function and immediately checking the walls and ceiling before honing in on the blue lights. do they seem to be literally around the whole perimeter, or are there some that are honing in on a certain place? ]
[ woe darkness flashlight be upon ye. shoma can see that the blue just trails the perimeter, recessed into the floor. there are no special spots in particular that he can tell... the walls are just covered in weapons........ menacing menacing...
it seems like you should be able to open and shut the doors, but for some reason, standing there by the doors
is space simmons, glowing blue.
over his head, the text reads in the same color: ]
Please finish the training module.
[ a button prompt appears for you both to choose from: ]
[normally, she would try to punch through the hologram to pry open the doors if she had to. but she's got a tween water bottle to worry about, and those are a lot of weapons on the walls, so she glances at him first.]
What d'you think, kid? Do you want to go along with this, or...?
[if they have to pick an option, maybe... the not glitchy yes......??]
[ well, shoma may poke with the training sword if he so desires. he pokes the un-glitchy looking yes (i am assuming he is? if not pls tap me!!!) and space simmons' smile broadens with delight. ]
[ in the large open space, there are two dance pad-type shapes, the kind you'd see on a DDR machine (this shape). the squares light up and then go dark again. ]
Please stand on the training pad and we will begin!
the "demo" of the music choice (clearly... chosen for you... sorry you can't pick butterfly or something else from a typical ddr menu...) will surge and space simmons will wait for them both to steppy on the dance pad. he is just warming up by kind of dancing back and forth in a little shimmy, pumping his arms and moving his hips! look at him go!! he's glitching every now and then, but still shimmying!
Please stand on the training pad and we will begin!
is there anything keeping her on the dance pad...? tentatively, if she tries to take just one foot off it, does anything happen?
she's glaring at space simmon's perfect glutes while waiting for player two, either way. and also, you know, keeping an eye on the walls full of weapons just in case anything suddenly goes flying.]
[ there is nothing keeping her on the dance pad, though richard simmons occasionally glances her way like :holding_back_tears_face: Why?
YOUR LIGHTS ARE AROUND THE ROOM and beneath your feet. the moment shoma steps on, his pad lights up. lights around the ceiling perimeter, similar to the floor, glow as well in blue. shoma looks to the door and he can see that it does light up. as if locking in that you have stepped on it.
when harley steps on, the door begins to dimly glow around the perimeter. when shoma steps on, the glow intensifies. when she steps off, it dims again.
space simmons looks delighted that they are both ready to DANCE! as they do, there are two figures that appear in front of them, instructors it seems that are meant to be 1:1 examples, showing you the moves you must make. kind of like in just dance? it's just dance ddr. just roll with it.
as the music begins, they will give you a moment to get ready and they will begin to dance! the two instructive figures, and space simmons, will begin to dance in tandem, just an easy little foot shuffle first - left left right right, upper right corner, upper left corner, back back, front front. so far it's just easy foot steppies it seems...
if you make any arm motions like the digital instructors before you (arms up, wiggle em, jazz fingerssss~)
[yaaaaay, easy. what do their two just dance ddr instructors look like. clearly this is very important mini exploration lore.
she keeps up with the footwork easily, making the same arm motions while she's at it. but now that she has also been saddled with forbidden knowledge—]
[ yay...easy. he looks extremely disgruntled but also he is in fact following along just as easily, arm moves and all. ]
You can probably blame my sister. [ absently and not really a decent argument. does the door seem to be opening further/the lights glowing brighter as they go? what is space simmons doing? is he also looking the same or are there any noticeable changes now that they're dancing? ]
[ they look like a man and a woman :o their features are indiscernible though, they're just blurry-faced peeps.
now that you two have the base moves, they'll let you two continue to dance, the lights under your feet showing you the way and turning technicolor to the beat of the music "GO GO!" since shoma is looking, he can see a light begin to make its way up the center of the door trapping you both in.
you both are smart cookies, and might get the feeling that it could be a "meter" that's dependent on your GROOVE. once it reaches the top... you might be free! and it's almost there!
harley and shoma will see that their two dancing guides are putting on a show now, dancing together while space simmons watches, clapping because you guys are killing the dance streak wowee!!
but as the groove meter reaches the top, you'll see the male dance hologram flip the lady dance hologram the way swing dancers do. she seems very happy with this! he flips her again! she seems extra happy! :) :) :)
space simmons........ does not seem happy.... :( :( >:(
space simmons... begins to move forward towards the two dance guides now. with some sort of Purpose.
your meter is almost... to the top... keep dancing... keep... dancing... if you want to be free... ]
[she's grooving... she's dancing... she's putting her whole little rhythm gymnastics and circus themed heart into making that meter go through the roof.
but she is also glaring at space simmons when he approaches the two dancers.]
The hell...? [do NOT fuck this up for them, space simmons??] Back off, bitch, this is a couple's dance!
[important question: if she pulls her multitool out, can she do a knife throw at space simmons before he does... whatever the heck he's doing? this is a hologram but, look. listen. maybe it'll distract him.]
[ he doesn't even get to argue that before several things are happening. he is going to keep dancing to keep building their groove, letting harley deal with space simmons. ]
Does he...not want us to leave? [ while she's trying to stab a hologram shoma grooves and he's studying the two dancers. do they seem concerned about space simmons at all? ]
[ i mean, yeah, she can throw her knife at space simmons, that's fine.
it does go right through and it does not deter him however, and it clatters to the ground if she does. shoma watches the two dancers, and as the female dancer is flipped one last time, she looks over and puts a hand out at space simmons.
a knife materializes in space simmons' hand (HOW THE FUCK DID THAT GET THERE?)... and he does indeed aim to threaten the couple's dance, but before anything else can go down—
it all goes dark with the final three figures suspended in half-dance-half-fight before harley and shoma as the final words say— ]
WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO—NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
[ and after a two count of pure darkness, no lights on the floor or ceiling or door or anything.... suddenly in a burst of light, all three figures fragment and burst into particles of perfect blue. the pneumatic sigh of the door to the combat room opens up again and the lights suddenly flicker back on to normal, unchuffed and undisturbed.
the locker that was just outside the door, once opened... is closed now. looks like... you can leave now........... after having witnessed. something? ]
[okay, well, she is scooping up her multi-tool up and grabbing the cracked data pad so they can go over the contents away from this haunted ass room. farewell forever, space simmons.]
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Well that's because this funky beat is just blasting from inside, muffled from where you stand just outside the hallway of lockers.
What's first? ]
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anyway-- she's stopping to squint at the hallway, baffled. i hope the part about batman is still somehow included except the part about him being bruce wayne is now something hilariously wrong.]
... Do you hear that...?
[is the music just. coming from the lockers themselves? or does it sound like it's somewhere past them?]
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Yeah. Where do you think...? [ can he take a few steps toward the armory itself to see if it gets louder? ]
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yeah you'd be right though, please assume that it is something ridiculous like it's suddenly "batman changed back into jeff goldblum," however you spell his name. harley tries to figure out where the music is coming from but it's kind of coming from further within, down the ominous hall of lockers. the bass is thump thump thumpin' (or is someone... jumping? or... is that thumping... coming from the lockers? it's a little off beat.)
shoma takes a few steps towards the armory itself to see if it gets louder and indeed it does? in fact, as he steps in further, he can see that the lights in the armor are flickering on and off like someone's having a light switch rave party within...
This is the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny!
proceed? y/n/y? ]
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she does not like the ominous flickering lights at all, though. so she quickly moves to step ahead of shoma, holding her arm out to half block, half shield him. her tail swishes anxiously behind her.]
Sorry, kid, but could ya stick close to me? I don't trust this stupid ship one bit.
[i guess... y?]
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Considering what we've seen lately? Yeah. Let's just be ready in case it gets weird. [ it's gonna be weird. but...y. proceed we shall. ]
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you both hit y/proceed. sorry.
the music starts getting a little louder as you two continue onwards through the hall of locker. you both can hear the sounds of... people breathing? fast? in rapid succession?
the lockers rattle just a bit harder. one disused locker at the end creaks open ever so slightly... hm.
meanwhile, from the kwoon room that you both are just now outside of... "one two three! two two three! three two three! legs high! you better be kicking with your whole ass!"
do you even kick with your ass? who knows. someone's saying some shit? ]
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[SQUINTS??? someone please explain the anatomy of kicking with your whole ass.]
The hell...? [she's making sure that shoma is standing behind her, giving him a quick glance.] I'm gonna open this door. Be ready to back up and text for help if shit gets crazy, okay?
[dice maiden has decreed that they check out the kwoon room first, so. here we go. please explain the ass.]
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the music keeps playing and as harley opens the doors, at first... nothing really seems a miss? the room has clearly been utilized at this point, there is music playing from over in the corner of the room, it seems maybe someone left their i.r.i.s. tuned to the speakers? some people like to practice with music after all.
and only one will survive—vive—vive—vive! i wonder who it will be-bee-be-b-b-beeeeee? the music plays. it plays this line over and over again? like it's freaking out.
technology tbh... tch.
softer, further in, closer towards the target in the back of the room.
—doesn't have to know. ]
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still making sure shoma is behind her, she'll take a step into the room, mumbling:]
I did not hallucinate the butt pilates, did I...?
[can she hear the second voice more clearly from inside the room?]
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[ if they try to get closer to the target, does anything visibly stand out as weird? are the lights flashing still? ]
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shoma, getting a better look at the target, can see that the surface... is beginning to pucker in a scatter of spots, one at a time, as though invisible projectiles are sinking into the target with the beat of each thud.
if harley looks on her i.r.i.s. she will see that the kwoon room has had the "auto instructor" selected. out of the corner of her eye, she sees a sparkling clean, white sneaker just do a high kick one-two! one-two! it's a hologram of a person in a leotard? some richard-simmons-looking person is here doing the most perfect high kicks you've ever seen.
and only one will survive! and only one will survive!
and only
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[can she disable the auto-instructor? or maybe select another option, if there are any available?]
... The song's a little on the nose, ain't it?
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It's a little too threatening for my taste, yeah. But it's probably just to psyche us out.
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there's soft sighing sound and then the doors whisper shut.
shoma cannot seem to find a light switch in this room, and as soon as the music stops, the lights stop in their final position: OFF. some sharp blue lights along the perimeter of the kwoon room glow softly in the dark. ]
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[HELP. is there any way to switch the lights back on or unlock the doors through the i.r.i.s.? if not, she'll use the flashlight function to get some more light in here, reaching for shoma's arm while she's at it. she has zero trust!!]
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it seems like you should be able to open and shut the doors, but for some reason, standing there by the doors
is space simmons, glowing blue.
over his head, the text reads in the same color: ]
Please finish the training module.
[ a button prompt appears for you both to choose from: ]
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[normally, she would try to punch through the hologram to pry open the doors if she had to. but she's got a tween water bottle to worry about, and those are a lot of weapons on the walls, so she glances at him first.]
What d'you think, kid? Do you want to go along with this, or...?
[if they have to pick an option, maybe... the not glitchy yes......??]
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...try picking the one that isn't broken and see if that works.
[ can he try to poke space simmons hologram with the training sword he has. ]
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Training module commencing!
Rhythm game start.
Track selected: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
[ in the large open space, there are two dance pad-type shapes, the kind you'd see on a DDR machine (this shape). the squares light up and then go dark again. ]
Please stand on the training pad and we will begin!
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well. this is not. at all. what he anticipated and he's just staring at the dance pads. ]
...oh you've gotta be kidding me.
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Really? They're going to ruin DDR for us, too? [is nothing sacred? damn. she sighs.] C'mon, let's just get this over with.
[i guess? she will steppy on one of the dance pads?]
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the "demo" of the music choice (clearly... chosen for you... sorry you can't pick butterfly or something else from a typical ddr menu...) will surge and space simmons will wait for them both to steppy on the dance pad. he is just warming up by kind of dancing back and forth in a little shimmy, pumping his arms and moving his hips! look at him go!! he's glitching every now and then, but still shimmying!
Please stand on the training pad and we will begin!
harley stppies on the dance pad and it lights up!
PLAYER ONE CLAIMED! ]
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is there anything keeping her on the dance pad...? tentatively, if she tries to take just one foot off it, does anything happen?
she's glaring at space simmon's perfect glutes while waiting for player two, either way. and also, you know, keeping an eye on the walls full of weapons just in case anything suddenly goes flying.]
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he's also glancing at the door to see if it opens at all. are they dancing in the dark, actually? where are our lights!! ]
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YOUR LIGHTS ARE AROUND THE ROOM and beneath your feet. the moment shoma steps on, his pad lights up. lights around the ceiling perimeter, similar to the floor, glow as well in blue. shoma looks to the door and he can see that it does light up. as if locking in that you have stepped on it.
when harley steps on, the door begins to dimly glow around the perimeter. when shoma steps on, the glow intensifies. when she steps off, it dims again.
this might actually be your way out........
dancing. ]
ARE YA READY? [ space simmons says cheerily ]
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but sure, okay, harley can take a hint so she keeps both of her feet on the dance pad for now. doing some quick stretches, she glances at shoma.]
Ready?
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space simmons looks delighted that they are both ready to DANCE! as they do, there are two figures that appear in front of them, instructors it seems that are meant to be 1:1 examples, showing you the moves you must make. kind of like in just dance? it's just dance ddr. just roll with it.
as the music begins, they will give you a moment to get ready and they will begin to dance! the two instructive figures, and space simmons, will begin to dance in tandem, just an easy little foot shuffle first - left left right right, upper right corner, upper left corner, back back, front front. so far it's just easy foot steppies it seems...
if you make any arm motions like the digital instructors before you (arms up, wiggle em, jazz fingerssss~)
how are you doing so far :)? easy right? ]
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she keeps up with the footwork easily, making the same arm motions while she's at it. but now that she has also been saddled with forbidden knowledge—]
Ohh, you've got moves!
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You can probably blame my sister. [ absently and not really a decent argument. does the door seem to be opening further/the lights glowing brighter as they go? what is space simmons doing? is he also looking the same or are there any noticeable changes now that they're dancing? ]
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now that you two have the base moves, they'll let you two continue to dance, the lights under your feet showing you the way and turning technicolor to the beat of the music "GO GO!" since shoma is looking, he can see a light begin to make its way up the center of the door trapping you both in.
you both are smart cookies, and might get the feeling that it could be a "meter" that's dependent on your GROOVE. once it reaches the top... you might be free! and it's almost there!
harley and shoma will see that their two dancing guides are putting on a show now, dancing together while space simmons watches, clapping because you guys are killing the dance streak wowee!!
but as the groove meter reaches the top, you'll see the male dance hologram flip the lady dance hologram the way swing dancers do. she seems very happy with this! he flips her again! she seems extra happy! :) :) :)
space simmons........ does not seem happy.... :( :( >:(
space simmons... begins to move forward towards the two dance guides now. with some sort of Purpose.
your meter is almost... to the top... keep dancing... keep... dancing... if you want to be free... ]
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[she's grooving... she's dancing... she's putting her whole little rhythm gymnastics and circus themed heart into making that meter go through the roof.
but she is also glaring at space simmons when he approaches the two dancers.]
The hell...? [do NOT fuck this up for them, space simmons??] Back off, bitch, this is a couple's dance!
[important question: if she pulls her multitool out, can she do a knife throw at space simmons before he does... whatever the heck he's doing? this is a hologram but, look. listen. maybe it'll distract him.]
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Does he...not want us to leave? [ while she's trying to stab a hologram shoma grooves and he's studying the two dancers. do they seem concerned about space simmons at all? ]
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it does go right through and it does not deter him however, and it clatters to the ground if she does. shoma watches the two dancers, and as the female dancer is flipped one last time, she looks over and puts a hand out at space simmons.
a knife materializes in space simmons' hand (HOW THE FUCK DID THAT GET THERE?)... and he does indeed aim to threaten the couple's dance, but before anything else can go down—
it all goes dark with the final three figures suspended in half-dance-half-fight before harley and shoma as the final words say— ]
WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO—NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
[ and after a two count of pure darkness, no lights on the floor or ceiling or door or anything.... suddenly in a burst of light, all three figures fragment and burst into particles of perfect blue. the pneumatic sigh of the door to the combat room opens up again and the lights suddenly flicker back on to normal, unchuffed and undisturbed.
harley's knife is on the floor, as is a cracked data pad.
the locker that was just outside the door, once opened... is closed now. looks like... you can leave now........... after having witnessed. something? ]
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So, that was... that.
[okay, well, she is scooping up her multi-tool up and grabbing the cracked data pad so they can go over the contents away from this haunted ass room. farewell forever, space simmons.]
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[ but yeah, we nyoom! thank you mods this was a lot. ]