ZRAEL

[idolpro]

[you find yourself in this derelict village, with not a soul to be seen—but before you is this station wagon:



for all intents and purposes, this baby is a simple "honk, steer, pedal to go, brakes to stop" vehicle that anyone with opposable thumbs can drive. despite its age, it does have a handy GPS system that displays paths you can take, but fails to identify anything like landmarks or other worldly features. last but not least: its paint job is done in your unit's color!

The following can be found in the trunk/dashboard:
• Icepicks
• These 5 Bone Saws
• A surgical set
• A single miniature of 99 Bananas
• one large first aid kit containing nothing but bandages and bandaids]

Comments

STARTING POINT

[idolpro]

[the GPS can talk, and it sounds a lot like God's voice]

Do please choose between the following blessed paths!

[the GPS screen then shows four paths fanned out in different directions, and reads aloud the vague directions in, once again, God's glorious voice]

1) LEFTMOST PATH

2) LEFT PATH

3) RIGHT PATH

4) RIGHTMOST PATH

[the GPS does not give you any hint as to which goes where. just like God herself, it's entirely unhelpful.]

ROUND 1

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ROUND 2

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ROUND 3

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ROUND 4

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DISCUSS

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DECISION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

[ Oh, fantastic. Just -- surveying all the supplies and realizing this is going to be miserable, particularly since her usual wardrobe consists of lacey corsets. At least she's wearing her sparring clothes, which means tights, and a fur-lined shoulder shrug. Small favors. ]

[ Also, having a ridiculous metabolism means she emits warmth more than a normal person. It also means her body, once it starts to fail, will fail fast. ]

Looks like they don't expect us to all make it out intact.

Re: DISCUSS

[thefinalcurtain]

... It seems so.

[ he's eyeing their supplies. ]

Nevertheless, we can do our best to try to assure no one is harmed.

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

[ Yeah, she's not thinking that's a possibility. But hey, worth a try. In the meantime, might as well be utterly casual about it all. ]

I guess we're picking a route. Should we be predictable and say: we're in hell, so we'll do the most sinister? [ Which would be the far left, thanks Latin. ]

Re: DISCUSS

[thefinalcurtain]

I am not against it, though ... I must ask what metric you would use to determine most sinister by.

Re: DISCUSS

[whenshesmiles]

They never do. If we're lucky though, we'll get to knock some heads around for the chance to get out scot free.

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

Oh -- it's a language joke. Left in one of the languages where I'm from is sinister.

Re: DISCUSS

[thefinalcurtain]

Ah, I see! Well then.

[ he makes a sweeping gesture towards the left. ]

Shall we... ?

[ he's going to get in the car I guess ]

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

[ She's not as gung-ho for that as before recovering a particularly harsh memory, but hey. It's for the unit, she'll suck it up. ]

At least they gave us some things that will make good weapons.

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

Hopefully this doesn't go bad, I'll never hear the end of it.

[ Approaching the car too, Little Miss 1800s probably could drive but it's not gonna be pretty. ]

Re: DISCUSS

[thefinalcurtain]

I would rather my first game be a smooth one.

[ he's not counting on it

he does pause at the car door, ]

Do you mind if I drive, by chance? I'm familiar with vehicles such as these.

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

Works for me. I hate driving. [ More like never learned anything that wasn't propelled by a horse. ]

Re: DECISION

[sangreine]

Far left, please!

Re: DISCUSS

[whenshesmiles]

Least they could do when they have a habit of taking our actual weapons away.

[ She laughs, tilting her head at the car. ]

You know how to drive?

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

Nocturne asked to drive.

I suggested we head to the far left, where I'm from another word for left is sinister. Might as well embrace the whole hell thing.

Re: DISCUSS

[thefinalcurtain]

I shall do my best to keep us on the road!

[ which is probably promising, but he at least DOES seem to figure out the car rather quickly ]

Re: DISCUSS

[sangreine]

We should be lucky enough to have a road for all of this. The ice picks make me think we'll be climbing something.

[ Settling into the backseat ]

Re: DISCUSS

[whenshesmiles]

Sure, why not!

THE FENCED AREA

[idolpro]

THE FENCED AREA
The path you've chosen leads you towards a closed iron gate. As ornate and lovely as it is, there's no clear reason for its existence—there's no house, no garden... if it doesn't exist to keep others out of the village, it simply exists to be a pain.

EVENT: It's impossible to drive through the fence, try as you may. One person will need to get out and open it. However, in doing so, their hand(s) will freeze to the gate. Trying to pull themself free won't do the trick, so the use of some tools will be necessary.