CAPTIVE GAME: WILD CITY & Worldbreaker

[idolpro]

[ You're in a room with no doors or windows, about the size of a living room. Depending on how many of you are around, it might feel a little cramped. The walls and ceiling are draped with fabrics, the floor covered in colorful rugs and piles of sitting cushions, but you can see the dirt ground and untreated wood walls peeking through in places. There are three or so oil lamps to light the space, each placed on a stump-like round little table that isn't big enough to hold much else. It's kind of cozy, but...

Most of the cushions are embroidered with an array of colors, but there's one pillow in particular, set aside from the rest, that's one solid color – Challah's position color. ]

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[goodtoolboy]

[nnngh]

Hang on, all we need t'do is make him cry.

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[presentational]

Oh, do you want to go first? Sorry, I didn't mean to take your spot.

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[goodtoolboy]

No, I don't care who does what. I just wanna make sure we get back whoever they took from us as fast as possible. What's the fastest way t'make someone cry?

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[presentational]

If we go for his eyes he probably can't cry, huh.

[ thinking for a moment ]

The nose is a good target. Oh, and the groin. Hands aren't bad.

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[goodtoolboy]

...groin, maybe... I don't think straight up pain will work. Would you cry from torture?

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[presentational]

Sure. It makes it more believable. I hate pain, too.

But more than that, it doesn't matter if it hurts with the nose. It's just a thing the body does. But we could ask what he's afraid of, too. Or we can cheat, if anyone's got primal instinct.

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[goodtoolboy]

Ah--!

[grabs Hunni's shoulder]

Good idea! I totally forgot about that one. I've got it.

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[presentational]

Do you want to make him scared of us and then I can turn into a scorpion or something?

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[goodtoolboy]

...if you wanna?

[why would being a scorpion matter]

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[presentational]

[ Hunny is not exactly scary in normal form ]

It's not fair if I make the rest of you do all the hard stuff! And my manager liked the venomous kinds. I saw it in one of his magazines once!

[everylast]

...

His eyes will water instinctively, if his nose is broken. Although, I suppose that isn't crying.

[presentational]

It's like crying! We can try just to see if it counts.

[everylast]

[ He nods! ]

It's, at the moment, one of our best options to get Challah back to us safely.

[presentational]

Okay! Do you want to do it to start? You look a lot stronger than me, but I can try too.

[everylast]

[ A brief pause- ]

Yes. I'll do it, in the case that our first option is fruitless.

[goodtoolboy]

You think so? Okay, we can try that if primal instinct doesn't work.

[he's not sure how he feels about 'torture' but breaking someone's nose seems fine]

[everylast]

...I must admit that I am lost on how releasing a dominating musk is to make him cry.

[goodtoolboy]

Fear.

I dunno if it'll work either, but we can start there.

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[bad_crowmance]

[ He can't exactly wave with his hands tied up but he does shoot him a smile. ]

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[goodtoolboy]

I don't suppose you're an easy crier?

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[bad_crowmance]

Unfortunately, I broke my ability to cry a long time ago. You've got a lot of work ahead of you. But good luck!

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[goodtoolboy]

Alright well. I'll owe you one after this. But we'll do what we gotta get our unitmate back.

[turning on primal instinct, you might notice that your lizard brain is informing you that Scythe is the biggest, scariest animal in the room]

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[bad_crowmance]

Of course, I wouldn't want to get between you and your unitmate.

[ He smiles, his tone pleasant and only slightly barbed at that last word. Barely even noticeable unless you're paying attention.

And when primal instinct hits him, the reactions are subtle. His pupils dilating, his shoulders tensing just a bit. ]

...Interesting ability you've got there.

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[presentational]

[ and, as the fear kicks in, there's also something that crawls up onto his ankle, up into his pant leg. ]

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[bad_crowmance]

[ He blinks rapidly at that-- no sign of tears or anything close as he looks downwards, towards his leg. ]

...So that's your strategy, huh?