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foundationmods) wrote2018-11-29 04:47 pm
foundationmods) wrote2018-11-29 04:47 pm
GRAVEYARD
[On the instant of your death, you're suddenly outside of your body - probably staring down at the remains it's become.
Yet, you're not alone. For all of you (except Szayel), a young man appears from behind you, his face set into a firm, yet sad, scowl. His shaggy strawberry blonde hair is pretty eye-catching, along with the black and white Shihakusho he wears and the large sword on his back, even as he gently tries to lead you back into the lobby and away from what was once your body. You can still clearly hear and see the living, if you want to try - but they can't see or hear you.
'Welcome to the world of the dead in this Resort,' he says, quietly. 'Looks like you're stuck here with the rest of us.'
He hands you a tablet, just like the one you had before. "You'll need this if you want to keep talking to them,' he explains, looking sad.
It looks like you've passed on, and yet...You still feel like you have a role to play in all of this.]
Yet, you're not alone. For all of you (except Szayel), a young man appears from behind you, his face set into a firm, yet sad, scowl. His shaggy strawberry blonde hair is pretty eye-catching, along with the black and white Shihakusho he wears and the large sword on his back, even as he gently tries to lead you back into the lobby and away from what was once your body. You can still clearly hear and see the living, if you want to try - but they can't see or hear you.
'Welcome to the world of the dead in this Resort,' he says, quietly. 'Looks like you're stuck here with the rest of us.'
He hands you a tablet, just like the one you had before. "You'll need this if you want to keep talking to them,' he explains, looking sad.
It looks like you've passed on, and yet...You still feel like you have a role to play in all of this.]
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We will, yeah... Still, with this, things should be a lot safer for us. At least until we reach the bottom.
[Free-falling sure isn't pleasant, though.]
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boing!! The inside of Szayel's 'Telon Balon' is surprisingly springy! He lets them come to a bouncy stop before opening his curtain of tentacles and letting his personnel free.]
Phew... Now then. [he casts his senses out again, looking around the area they've landed in]
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Thanks. I can't imagine how badly that would've gone if you weren't around.
[Time to look around too, although he'll check above them too for the heck of it. Does it really look like a pitfall or what?]
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That was a huge help, yeah.
[But yes, one quick glance around, and then... time to check the map again: Let's see how far it says we fell, at least. The more information we have, the better. Even if it tells us we're back at the start again.]
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No, wait, that looks like....the ceiling? And it's....coming at them at a rapid speed.
There's a Large door in front of them, much more ornate - and a good look at it will show it says CONTROL CENTER.
Finally, as for the map.... The room is shrinking, and the floor number is rapidly flickering through numbers.]
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[Szayel takes a moment to look up, feeling the rush of air and the change in pressure.
Mm. that is. not ideal. ]
.... Get inside that door. Now!
[he grabs a hold of the door with one of his tentacles and flings it open. And if you kids don't hurry, you'll be flung in by another tentacle]
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Sounds like a plan!
[Yeah, he's booking it although he'll make sure Ellie's keeping up first.]
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Got it!
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For now.
Anyway, when they step into the control room, they will notice that it is dark. Not pitch black, they can still see to move around, but the only light sources seem to be in emergency strip lighting along the ceiling and floor boards, as well as the light given off from several computer screens. Not the best quality lighting for seeing in an otherwise-dark room. But from what they can see, they can tell that this is indeed a control room of some sort. The room is full of levers and buttons, with several computer monitors up and running as well. All of the screens are showing static right now, though.
And then, over against one of the walls, is a vaguely human-shaped ball of shadows. It is sitting down with a tablet in its lap, and it appears to be poking at it intermittently to type a message here and there.
When the three of them enter the room, the shadowy man glances up at them. It's hard to see his face in the shadows, but the confusion present there is more obvious when he speaks up.]
Why the hell are you three here?
[His voice is pretty deep, and it's started to go...gravely. Almost like it's being growled out rather than spoken, except the man is speaking normally. Hm.]
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[Szayel looks at Rean and Ellie and despite his cheerful greeting for the man, he gives them both a serious look -- don't get too close. He waves at them to go explore the rest of the command center]
We've been cleaning up the inflammation on the brain -- clearing the way for the still living. I specifically came to put a bandaid on your little ah... problem. Will you allow me to take a look, Gabriel?
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Alright, let's see what we can do. If you have any other places you want to check out though, feel free. I don't think we have to worry about this room shifting on us if he's been stuck here this whole time.
[He'll move closer to one of the control panels though, just examining the levers and such more closely. Any labels or whatever? Any of them noticeably broken or anything?]
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There seems to be no inflammation in the control center room!
At Szayel's request, Gabe frowned.]
He did say something about you knowing about this. If you fuck it up and make it worse, I'm blaming you.
[But hey, he's cooperating? And he sets the tablet aside and works at pulling off his hoodie and t-shirt. Shirtless muscular man covered in wispy black smoke ayyyy!
But yes, there is the start of a hollow hole on his chest. It's about halfway open currently.]
tw; bugs/parasitism
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Mmmmm MUSCLES! He doesn't have time to gawk, unfortunately.Szayel frowns thoughtfully, crouching to examine the Hollow hole]
Mmm, good. It's not as far along as I suspected. I can't stabilize you completely here, but I can slow the Hollowfication process.
[once again, he unzips his little garganta pocket dimension, and withdraws a large glass vial. Inside is what looks like a big earwig with an exoskeleton made of bone. It, too, has a tiny hole through its thorax, and its face has a skull-like look to it. It clicks the pincers on its abdomen and twitches antennae]
I've modified this small, parasitic Hollow to feed only on Hollow reiatsu. It should keep your nascent Hollow powers from growing too powerful and overtaking you. I'll remove it once we're back at the Foundation. Applying it may pinch a bit, but it isn't painful. Are you ready?
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So, stepping back and just looking around the area, are there general signs of living? Like trash bins filled with garbage, food packaging, other waste that we shall not specify, etc.?]
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The monitors have labels on them too! Written by Gabe, but still. There's one labeled 'the Lady', and then the rest are labeled with 'staff' and random strings of numbers. It probably makes sense to Gabe.
Gabe will take one look at that bug, and nope. Nooooope. He is not doing that shit at all. He's even getting to his feet and looks extremely nope about all of this.]
Put that shit away, Granz. It's not going anywhere near me.
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Oh, don't be such a baby. It's just a bug. Do you want to make it out of here alive? Or do you just want to degenerate into a mindless, voracious eating machine that Kurosaki will have to exorcise? [he glares at Gabe with real malice] The boy has been through so much. Don't force him to do something like that, too.
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Just in case, he'll open the control room door slightly and peek out of it. Is there a safe way out?]
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...Then she recalls being told that the key to winning this guy over was guilt-tripping, so...]
...Um... We're all worried about you and want to make sure you can get out of this alive too, and this looks like our best chance of keeping you safe until then, so...
It's... just for a little while longer after all.
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Ellie's additional guilt-tripping does make him pause, but one more look at that bug builds up his resolve.]
Why did you have to make it look like a goddamn bug in the first place? Can't you be a NORMAL doctor and, I don't know, make it a shot or a pill or something?
tw: parasite bugtime!!
Do I look like a normal doctor to you, Gabriel? I have my aesthetics. Besides, engineering organisms offers so much more flexibility. [he admires his little bug Hollow for a moment before approaching Gabe] Now please hold still.
[he places the insect on Gabe's chest. It scuttles near the hole in his chest and clamps down with its pincers, then buries its head in his skin like a tick. It hurts a lot less than it should. Even the feeding process is fairly painless.
But it's definitely something that Reaper might notice]
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...y i k e s]
...If it's any consolation, I can sympathize. Really. [Not that he's expecting Gabe to really answer him but you know. He'll send him his thoughts.]
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...It's... It's fine, it's just for a little while...
...Right...?
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