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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 25, 2018 18:29:43 GMT -5
Kai
Tai pulls the book back out, and the light goes off. He pushes it back in, the light goes on again. Pushing a different book makes a different light turn on. But you soon find the books all pop back out after some time... and their lights turn out again.
It takes hours to figure out which books to press in which order so all the lights are on at once. By the time Tai manages to get out of the room - which leads straight out of haunted house, the streetlights are on. He notices that only the circus has lights, the rest of the city is lit by candles and moonlight. The ghost and pink cat-thing follow after him.
Kai, meanwhile, learns quite a bit. This torture game is clearly rigged, but also really well designed. So many options, and with the voting and randomness you won't see it all in just a day. He never did find out what the jackpot is. But he did learn Natsumi handles extreme temperatures really well, and isn't afraid of spiders, snakes, or rats (angry bees are a different story). She also has a shockingly high tolerance for electricity and being crushed, and an equally low tolerance for being stabbed or sliced. She also loathes being sprayed with acid.
All potentially useful information!
Your guide comes back and tells you the park will be closing in an hour. So you'd better make these last four spins count!
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Post by Digi on Apr 25, 2018 21:14:07 GMT -5
"Hey, so are you guys gonna follow me forever now? That's fine or whatever but can you helo me take out an asshole?"
Kai smiles and soins the wheel, thoroughly enjoying every second of it. The wheel has far exceeded his expectations. Usually he'd be bored of something so trivial but this wheel keeps surprising him. He could stay all night.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 25, 2018 23:29:17 GMT -5
Kai
You give Natty a spin. When it comes to a stop, small rings pop out and wrap around each of her fingers and toes. They start flashing and blinking randomly, gradually slowing down. The last to light up is the ring on one of her toes. It starts grinding and wrenching as Natsumi screams, ending with the sickening crack of a broken bone. Then the others start flashing again. She begs and cries when it starts on her finger... After another five toes and two fingers, it's time for another spin.
The second time, it simply sets her on fire... then heals her.
The third, a spike starts to randomly stab up from all around the table, faster and faster, and hitting her more and more often as time goes on. Natsumi really hates it...
During the brief reset period, Natsumi turns to you. Tears are welling up in her eyes. "Please... don't come back tomorrow. I don't... want to associate you with this. I don't want to hate you, Master... More than anything."
Most of the crowd is gone at this point. Your guide comes back. "Last spin of the day, huh? Y'know, I really shouldn't do this, but since you're clearly a fellow torture enthusiast... Any particular result you want to see?"
Tai makes his way back to the tent with his new friends following after him. He arrives just in time to see the guide speaking with you.
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Post by Digi on Apr 25, 2018 23:36:48 GMT -5
"Okay, we hate that guy, okay? That girl is cool and we, uh, like her."
"Hmmm, bone breaking was interesting..." He whispers. Kai thinks for a moment before whispering to the lady. "How about we break some bones and cut off some fingers/toes?"
He turns to Natsumi and nods. "I... know. I promise that I won't come back. We'll be back to pick you up after it's all over."
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 26, 2018 22:04:11 GMT -5
Kai
"Maaaagius."
"Es-es."
The two creatures seem to understand.
"Oh, wicked!" your guide says. She walks over to the computer, holds up a card, and taps a few keys. "You had her listed as 'no mutilation,' but if that was just a clerical error then we can really crank this baby up! Annnnnd, there we go! Give 'er a spin!"
You spin Natsumi, noticing there's only one possible option, the others are all so low.
When she comes to a stop, the rings all flip out and lock around her fingers and toes again. They start doing their mini-roulette, stopping on a finger, a toe, then another finger, breaking them each in succession. She doesn't even scream at the pain anymore. Then the lights stop on one of her broken toes. A whirling blade pops out and slowly cuts through. That gets her screaming again. Then another broken finger, another broken toe, another severed toe...
And then it stops on one of her broken fingers. For the first time, you actually hear Natsumi begging. For help. From anyone. You, the gods, her parents. For anyone to save her.
But no help comes. She takes one look at her severed finger, vomits, then passes out.
"Oh, dear... Looks like we broke her," the guide says with a flippant shrug. The machine doesn't stop, slicing off another finger and toe. "Oh, well. Good night, you two! Come back whenever! Oh, and don't forget to stop at the bounty office and collect your pay!"
The circus is closing for the night. Janitors start filtering in to clean up.
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Post by Digi on Apr 27, 2018 8:05:00 GMT -5
As Kai walks away to claim his bounty, Tai grabs his arm and puts a pistol to his head.
"I'm not a murderer, bur for you I'll gladly make an exception."He pulls Kai back hard, playing with the trigger.
"You don't really want to shoot me though, do you? Even if you really hate me then you know you can't pull the trigger. It's not gonna happen."
Tai grunts as he fights the brunt of the influence, pushing it back with grit.
But it overwhelms him and he drops the pistol, shaking.
Kai wastes no time in grabbing the pistol and getting Tai on the ground, pinning him and pointing it at his face.
"It'd be so easy to get rid of you... No one would even miss you." He smiles a cruel smile.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 27, 2018 8:15:49 GMT -5
Kai
The many, many armed guards that still exist are quick to break up the fight.
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Post by Digi on Apr 27, 2018 8:57:51 GMT -5
"See? You can't touch me. Not here at least. So just bide your time and we'll settle this... dispute later."
Kai turns his chin up and goes to collect the bounty. Tai follows, his fists clenched. He leads the two pokemon.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 27, 2018 10:47:32 GMT -5
Kai
You collect your payment in the main office. "I trust everything was satisfactory?" the head clerk asks. She gives Tia's followers a curious glance, then smilies at Kai more.
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Post by Digi on Apr 27, 2018 23:05:57 GMT -5
"Very much so. Thank you." Kai flashes a warm smile then whistles innocently as he heads out of the circus.
Tai follows, so over his bull.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 28, 2018 20:59:30 GMT -5
Kai
You head out of the circus.
Yep.
And proceed to stand around outside of it.
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Post by Digi on Apr 28, 2018 22:05:55 GMT -5
Leave leave. Go somewhere besides the cirus. Back to the graveyard.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 29, 2018 0:46:21 GMT -5
Kai
Move to graveyard.
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Post by Vitsheep on Apr 30, 2018 23:18:28 GMT -5
DigiYou can now pick up Natsumi next time you come to the Dark Circus.
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Post by Vitsheep on May 5, 2018 23:27:06 GMT -5
Kai
You return to the Dark Circus. The attendant greets you at the main gate. "Hello! Welcome to the Dark Circus! How may we... Ah, you're the ones who dropped of Natsumi! You're a bit later than we expected. We left her receiving Public Humiliation to defer the costs of holding her for you. Are you here to pick her up?" the ticket seller asks. "Of course, we could also continue to hold her for you. If you'd prefer, we could upgrade her back to a torture package for a daily monetary gain, or you could discuss an execution for a larger sum... Or perhaps you're simply here to enjoy a trip to the circus? She's one of our most popular attractions right now, and tickets are only 10G each!"
...The same cheery, mindless attitude towards all of this... but a good way to make money, nonetheless.
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