[ after approaching the glass cabinets, nero, you can tell these locks are more complicated and likely made to break if messed with. move the wire the wrong way and you could bust the lock altogether, rendering it impossible to open without breaking the glass. but, never fear, that dirty 20 is definitely enough.
hooray! scien's 7 will mean, well. the labels are the problem, not scien. every bottle and test-tube has writing on it, but the chemical names aren't familiar to you. this cyoa is set in a different universe, after all. bummer!! but you manage to squint and logic your way to enough probably-bleach-and-so-forth to make yourself the equivalent of one smokebomb.
likewise with sora's 4, it's not that her brain leaks out her ears, it's that this is the laboratory of a foreign academy with questionable ethics. you could use one of the stools, because obviously, but you don't notice anything else that would be helpful in the room.
uh-oh is that the sound of voices in the hall??? ]
[hell yea one smokebomb between this and the hand-rolled joint we're unstoppable. he curses under his breath when he hears the voices coming from the hall, frowning.]
The rest are too volatile to take if we're already rushing.
[he doesn't want to grab anything that could end up backfiring on them when he doesn't know what they're made of.... are the voices coming closer. he'll find something to hide behind if so.]
[ THE PRESTIGE--suk'ram fucking told you not to stop. you did so well against the messhall but one little lab and dexter can't contain himself. well, guess what, it's too late for you. also, like, nobody said they shut the door, so. it's open.
now i'm a MEAN cyoa runner. what do you think of this style? but i'm only mean for a second because i'll say you all successfully duck under desks.
[HELP SURE OPEN DOOR WHILE WE PICK THE LOCK TO THE CHEMICAL CABINET we deserve that. we really do. down under the desks they go and at the familiar face scien is just going to glance at nero.....
please don't let gay chaos ruin this for us (please do)
but also time to see who else is approaching and also see if it's possible to iiiinch slightly closer to the door without making a sound so it'd be easier to make a break for it]
[The sight of Bradley gets Sora to shake her head. So this is how it's going to be, huh. This schoo is pulling people from their ship to try to mess with them and screw up...
Sora hasn't moved at all. She sees Scien slowly inching, but she doesn't try to do the same, deciding not to risk it]
[ you wisely don't argue against my super fair and just rulings. good, good...
scien, 13 is enough for you to inch closer to the door, find a better vantage point. something in your heart and in the air tells you that it won't be enough to get out, however. that will be another check or some act of ingenuity.
hey sora, i'll get to you in a second.
bradley walks further into the lab, but at such a leisurely pace you bugs can scuttle continually out of view. ]
Jingu, isn't your girlfriend part of the group this time?
[ nero, your roll was strong enough that you can compute seeing the lower half of bradley's knees. barely. get yourself right, boy.
[scien has no idea who this is even though he can guess
but
he's really not liking how this is shaking out. another glance to sora.... for now he'll focus on staying out of the way and waiting for their next opportunity to dash]
[When she sees who it is, Sora's breath hitches. The Ideal is gone, Yugo is dead, and she has no obligation nor desire to be with Yugo anymore...but she still holds affection for him, enough that the sight of him and hearing that even in this fake place they're a couple it all immediately makes her melancholic.
Well, he's going to be alive somewhere even if it's for as long as this adventure lasts, that's nice...
She has enough self-control not to make moves to go after him, at least. The wisdom roll went well]
[ Nero scuttling back to avoid detection and just resolves to "That's definitely not Bradley." He'd only end up in a school if he got blackmailed into it. ]
[ a third figure enters in after the other two, this one in a skirt but also a...... habit? she carries a mace and it's set against her shoulder. ]
Let's not tease one another, all right? We haven't found the freshmen, yet.
[ as they walk further into the lab, it's possible for y'all to maybe sneak out to the hall without their detection. it's extremely possible to throw a smoke bomb. you could also try the art of conversation. what say you, adventurers? ]
[oh the devil woman. of course she has a mace. why wouldn't she have a mace.
scien would know that face and voice anywhere, his expression truly just falling flat instantly. this is going to be a pain in the ass.
nero or sora is free to take the smoke bomb from scien but he's going to try to sneak out now that the doorway is a bit more clear first. save resources...]
[If it were Yugo alone, Sora would try the art of conversation, especially since they're a pair here too. Well, perhaps Bradley being here wouldn't be too bad either, Sora and Bradley did get along, so she has a general idea of what to say to him.
But the third one...this is an unknown element. And that tilts the balance to the sneaking out plan. Time to attempt that alongside Scien]
[ He doesn't know these other two at all. Nero is extremely aware that Bradley is much better at talking than he is. If he gets caught in an argument with Bradley, Bradley will probably win or lock him up, or possibly both depending on how he was feeling.
Thus the best plan is simply to avoid them.
Which is what they should've been trying to do anyway.
[ as a unit, you decide you wish to proceed with stealth and that is totally an option. you get about halfway behind the group when someone (coughsciencough) steps on a tile and squeeeaaaaaakkkk.
the three you wished to avoid turn around and see some creeping freshmen.
bradley grins while yugo appears quite tired and saolome is incredibly mommy even deaged it's pretty intimidating i don't know what to tell you this place is a mindfuck.
he's not very good at hiding. so this very much checks for him. he just siiiiiighs once the tile squeaks and straightens up, giving up on sneaking entirely]
Someone else try negotiations.
[he's
not going to even make an attempt he's self-aware about what his personality is]
[Welp. Sora stands up, stepping forward. 'Negotiations' is literally in her profile. With some luck it won't have to go into the 'rougher negotiations' territory. Last thing they need right now is accidentally make the place explode because someone fired an eldritch blast or a sword at the chemicals cabinet]
This all can end in a positive note for everyone in this room, no?
[ salome says while she narrows her eyes at scien. you aren't invisible. that wasn't on the cantrip list.
bradley gives a toothy smile to nero and waves. look at the school uniform, nero. gaze at it. imagine the shounen-ai shenanigans. the potential for yaoi. but also don't forget your training. you're strong enough to say 'no' to this (yes) (no).
meanwhile, young!jingu sets his gaze on sora. ]
What do you suggest? The dean told all of the praeposters to find the three of you.
[he deserved that. scien shrugs in response to salome's jab. he should let sora take this. he knows, intellectually, that salome isn't the actual salome. but also.
he knows salome better than almost anyone in the world and so he tests his luck - ]
What I have is mostly my intelligence. [a beat] If you let us go, we'll never have to speak again.
[this is such a scien-specific bribe. 'don't you want to never interact with me ever again']
Indeed, that's one of the positive ways this can end up with.
[With none of you bunch having to talk to Scien again. Sora leans on that like that's going to sway them immediately into not snitching. Now, let's see...]
You have found us. As far as duties go, you have fulfilled it admirably. You'd all hardly be at fault now if it immediately after catching sight of the three of us, a clever ambush schemed by us three made you the praeposters unable to pursue or call for help, locked away in this laboratory while the targets run away.
[Something that very obviously can't happen for real, so Sora is insinuating that maybe it can be arranged that they fail at capturing, but are successful enough they are able to save face and avoid punishment]
That we're bothering to talk to you all instead of making a hostile move is a sign we don't mean any harm to you three...don't you think, Yugo? That's the last thing I'd ever want to do to you. Even with what's at stake for me today.
[Definitely aiming that line to young hubby dearest. Sora knows he's pretty rigid in thinking when it comes to right and wrong, but he has his soft spots, among them his heart, so she tries to nudge that weak point to appeal to their relationship.
She glances briefly at Nero. Hey, do you have something to propose to Bradley?
.......
Other than making out with him? Or including that? Who am I to deny anything]
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Is he a wizard or is he a rouge at this point? Arcane trickster?
He will start working on one of the cabinets, does this lock seem more complicated? ]
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hooray! scien's 7 will mean, well. the labels are the problem, not scien. every bottle and test-tube has writing on it, but the chemical names aren't familiar to you. this cyoa is set in a different universe, after all. bummer!! but you manage to squint and logic your way to enough probably-bleach-and-so-forth to make yourself the equivalent of one smokebomb.
likewise with sora's 4, it's not that her brain leaks out her ears, it's that this is the laboratory of a foreign academy with questionable ethics. you could use one of the stools, because obviously, but you don't notice anything else that would be helpful in the room.
uh-oh is that the sound of voices in the hall??? ]
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The rest are too volatile to take if we're already rushing.
[he doesn't want to grab anything that could end up backfiring on them when he doesn't know what they're made of.... are the voices coming closer. he'll find something to hide behind if so.]
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Except that it'd be a tremendously bad idea, so no. Any chance of closing the door or locking it, if it's already closed?]
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Their time limits...
How clear are the voices? Can they hear anything from where they are?]
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now i'm a MEAN cyoa runner. what do you think of this style? but i'm only mean for a second because i'll say you all successfully duck under desks.
but--double prestige--who shows up in the super open doorway but a communally familiar face? ]
Do you think the lab assistant left the door open again? Not too likely, right?
[ you can't see who he's talking to while hiding. ]
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please don't let gay chaos ruin this for us (please do)
but also time to see who else is approaching and also see if it's possible to iiiinch slightly closer to the door without making a sound so it'd be easier to make a break for it]
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Sora hasn't moved at all. She sees Scien slowly inching, but she doesn't try to do the same, deciding not to risk it]
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It doesn't compute. ]
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scien, 13 is enough for you to inch closer to the door, find a better vantage point. something in your heart and in the air tells you that it won't be enough to get out, however. that will be another check or some act of ingenuity.
hey sora, i'll get to you in a second.
bradley walks further into the lab, but at such a leisurely pace you bugs can scuttle continually out of view. ]
Jingu, isn't your girlfriend part of the group this time?
[ nero, your roll was strong enough that you can compute seeing the lower half of bradley's knees. barely. get yourself right, boy.
another youth enters the laboratory. now you roll wis, sora. ]
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but
he's really not liking how this is shaking out. another glance to sora.... for now he'll focus on staying out of the way and waiting for their next opportunity to dash]
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Well, he's going to be alive somewhere even if it's for as long as this adventure lasts, that's nice...
She has enough self-control not to make moves to go after him, at least. The wisdom roll went well]
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Let's not tease one another, all right? We haven't found the freshmen, yet.
[ as they walk further into the lab, it's possible for y'all to maybe sneak out to the hall without their detection. it's extremely possible to throw a smoke bomb. you could also try the art of conversation. what say you, adventurers? ]
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scien would know that face and voice anywhere, his expression truly just falling flat instantly. this is going to be a pain in the ass.
nero or sora is free to take the smoke bomb from scien but he's going to try to sneak out now that the doorway is a bit more clear first. save resources...]
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But the third one...this is an unknown element. And that tilts the balance to the sneaking out plan. Time to attempt that alongside Scien]
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Thus the best plan is simply to avoid them.
Which is what they should've been trying to do anyway.
The sneaking mission continues. ]
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the three you wished to avoid turn around and see some creeping freshmen.
bradley grins while yugo appears quite tired and saolome is incredibly mommy even deaged it's pretty intimidating i don't know what to tell you this place is a mindfuck.
what do? ]
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he's not very good at hiding. so this very much checks for him. he just siiiiiighs once the tile squeaks and straightens up, giving up on sneaking entirely]
Someone else try negotiations.
[he's
not going to even make an attempt he's self-aware about what his personality is]
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[Welp. Sora stands up, stepping forward. 'Negotiations' is literally in her profile. With some luck it won't have to go into the 'rougher negotiations' territory. Last thing they need right now is accidentally make the place explode because someone fired an eldritch blast or a sword at the chemicals cabinet]
This all can end in a positive note for everyone in this room, no?
[Let's see what ground there's to gain]
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Nero's one and only thought when asked was "Make out with Brad and let the other two sneak out?" Can't stop all three of them that way though. ]
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[ salome says while she narrows her eyes at scien. you aren't invisible. that wasn't on the cantrip list.
bradley gives a toothy smile to nero and waves. look at the school uniform, nero. gaze at it. imagine the shounen-ai shenanigans. the potential for yaoi. but also don't forget your training. you're strong enough to say 'no' to this (yes) (no).
meanwhile, young!jingu sets his gaze on sora. ]
What do you suggest? The dean told all of the praeposters to find the three of you.
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he knows salome better than almost anyone in the world and so he tests his luck - ]
What I have is mostly my intelligence. [a beat] If you let us go, we'll never have to speak again.
[this is such a scien-specific bribe. 'don't you want to never interact with me ever again']
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[With none of you bunch having to talk to Scien again. Sora leans on that like that's going to sway them immediately into not snitching. Now, let's see...]
You have found us. As far as duties go, you have fulfilled it admirably. You'd all hardly be at fault now if it immediately after catching sight of the three of us, a clever ambush schemed by us three made you the praeposters unable to pursue or call for help, locked away in this laboratory while the targets run away.
[Something that very obviously can't happen for real, so Sora is insinuating that maybe it can be arranged that they fail at capturing, but are successful enough they are able to save face and avoid punishment]
That we're bothering to talk to you all instead of making a hostile move is a sign we don't mean any harm to you three...don't you think, Yugo? That's the last thing I'd ever want to do to you. Even with what's at stake for me today.
[Definitely aiming that line to young hubby dearest. Sora knows he's pretty rigid in thinking when it comes to right and wrong, but he has his soft spots, among them his heart, so she tries to nudge that weak point to appeal to their relationship.
She glances briefly at Nero. Hey, do you have something to propose to Bradley?
.......
Other than making out with him? Or including that? Who am I to deny anything]
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What's it gonna take to let us go, Brad?
[ Want some weed? It's not magical wizard catnip, but it's pretty close. ]
I'd rather resolve this peacefully.
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