... There's three people waiting for us at the altar. And something big beyond that I can't make out yet.
[ he's like, preemptively activating his gloves just in case. even though jolyne will just tell him it's their friends. Wow I Wonder What That Mass I Can't Identify Yet Is. ftr he is going to run forward to the altar once jolyne confirms it's nimona sigrun and hana so lol rip
Maybe you guys will all have a nice chat in the cult room. being sarcastic is unhelpful, sabo. ] ]
Identified them - Hana, Nimona, and Sigrun, all of them are there.
[ great great great she hates it. are they like in their normal clothes? are they in spooky cultist robes? are they covered in termites? though as she sees ace activate his gloves and start to run up, she say: ]
Ace -
[ sighs she like. can't let him run up alone. she activates her own gloves just in case, cracking her knuckles.
foof, can you identify the mass at all beyond them? she asks, as she starts to jog after him. as they get closer, is there anything else that's discernible in the room? more symbols? or people? she'll get as close as foo fighters needs so she can identify the mass. ]
[ THE WAY ALL THESE TERMITE JOKES ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY INCOMPREHENSIBLE AT UNLOCKS. NOTHING BUT TERMITES BABY!!!
Anyway yeah you can scale up those stairs (there's a good amount of them) up to the altar, where you will see that the squad is tied up/locked down to chairs, and the thing behind them is a lot of giant metal-and-wire somethings. Each one is like, the size of your torso. There's also some kind of... weird... box. With the NAIX logo on it. Like it's literally just a perfectly cube-shaped box.
The girls seem to be unconscious. They are NOT in spooky cultist robes, they are in their regular wear.
F.F.
Analysing...
It's termites.
Wait.
F.F.
Oops. I meant thermites.
Thermite bombs.
Because that's so much better. Bet you wish it was just termites now. Anyway that's your results for the big, non-box thingies.
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I do think it would be funny if there was just a light switch but no there is not one. In fact, this place is literally illuminated by a bunch of torchlights up on the altar. Yeah, it's like that. ]
[ well he is immediately going to the tied up girls to try to find where there is like, a padlock or something, because i assume it's chains and not like... ropes. it would be funny if it's just ropes and he just unties them.
they can all hear the ais so: ]
Those bombs things?! [ shit. anyway: ] Sabo, how do we get them out of there?
[ do you have a lockpicking option little eyeball. ]
[ she's following after him quickly, trying to look around for anything else that might be around? anything rigged up to the thermite itself that she can see when they get closer? ]
Do you see an electronic lock, dumbass?!
You're the one with hands!
[ Your real-person thumbs. Except this is some serious shit. You're definitely going to have to work for it, given they're locked by shackles of the wrists and ankles, all three of them. If you try hard enough with brute strength given you got gloves, or very carefully punch them, you might be able to eventually break them out, but...
★★★
F.F.
I don't see a fuse ticking down to killing us all.
It looks remote-controlled —
Jolyne. Figures behind you.
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Think fast. ]
???
Stop what you're doing.
Turn around with your hands up!
[ just when he was about to start punching. honestly, ace is normally the kind of stubborn that would keep going anyway because he ain't afraid of you fuckers, but in this case...
tied up to bombs and remote controlled. it's very obvious what happens if they don't listen and he's grimacing even as he complies, hands raising innocently and glaring at whoever it is they're facing. ]
[ so glad she can't read his mind and see him planning on punching them free. help. in any case, f.f. says "figures" and jolyne pivots on her heel, already. her hands are about to curl into fists but as she sees his hands go up, hers do so as well (but very very half-assed.) ]
[ There's a brief silence, and then footsteps as the figure -- or as it turns out, figures, reveal themselves. Say hello to your superiors...! Again. They really like showing up.
Hung, Luffy, and Iris are here with their own issued weapons, though Hung is in the midst of lowering a gun. Luffy doesn't get one because I would not trust him with a gun. Hung, be my mouthpiece because you're the easiest to get icons for. ]
Hung
So this is where that pathway leads...
How did you guys get here? Weren't you supposed to be at NAIX?
Did you find anything cool there?
We found a creepy abandoned shed that was all padlocked up in the park.
Went down it, and now we're here!
Ftr this is a different shed from the one Jolyne investigated, but that's irrelevant. Iris waves at Lillium, whose player is currently stuck in traffic. Hi! He was not a good boy who stayed at home after all. Who cares about vacation days when your friends are kidnapped. Anyway, as they're coming closer: ]
Hung
What he said.
We got some leads from Rita, and with her help, busted open those locks and came down here.
Who's that with you?
[ This is your superior. Anyway, YIKES. Hung looks alarmed when thermite is mentioned.
Hung
No, but between all six of us, we should be able to figure something out.
Come on. No time to waste.
As for Lillium. Why are you looking at him like that, man.
Iris
...Earth to Lillium!
Are you sure you're okay?
The video didn't get you, did it...?
None of that matters though, because you'll hear a very Jigsaw-sounding voice, the kind that's very obviously artificially changed, but does sound very effectively deep and scary. ]
[ well. she snaps her head immediately in whatever direction the voice is coming from, and if it's just resonating everywhere, then she just looks like a clown looking all around for the source. in any case, whomst. she's got her fists up and her body already tensed to fight, feeling like she's on high alert since dropping down the elevator. ]
[ He just gives Iris a squint because he's FINE. He's fine, but then he looks around and uses thermal sight to see if there's another person coming in anywhere. ]
[ Yeah, you see the orange shape of a person emerging from around the bend, though this person looks... um, awfully weird in thermo-mode. That is to say, his left half is warmer than his right half, in a bizarre and almost unusually straight line down the middle. Whoever it is, they sure are dressed strangely.
The figure raises a hand, in which you can see a little detonator enclosed in his gloved fist. ]
???
Ah, I wouldn't try any funny stuff if I were you.
One movement, and I could blow up this entire place, and all of you, into tiny little pieces.
???
Portgas D. Ace. Jolyne Cujoh. And Lillium White.
It's good to finally meet you.
You've done an excellent job.
which is to say ace is glaring and trying to like. block the guy's view of the people behind them. he did not name luffy and the others so he is trying to hope he is somehow blind and deaf and he didn't notice the other three. ]
A job of what? Showing up at a meeting?
[ Punching people in the nuts for balloons? Sabo stop snarking and figure out if there's a way to disable this shit remotely. Or like. If there's a rock he can throw or something. ]
[ jolyne's eyebrows furrow as she tries to kind of. size up the weirdo in an even weirder get up. problem is, said weirdo has the detonator to all the thermite behind them. this is a great place to be in right now. curling her fingers into fists and uncurling them... ]
[ ... Deep breaths, don't let things cloud your mind. Lillium is glad that only them three are named, even if that's three too many. Granted... It is impossible to hide the other three. Gripping onto his knife, he doesn't unsheathe it.
[ Sabo is like he's got a detonator, dumbass. If you try to pick up and throw a rock at him, he's going to push that button way before your rock ever even reaches him.
You notice that your heads are starting to hurt a little, a prickling pain reverberating through your skull. Primarily, it begins in your left eye.
???
You solved my balloon game easily. It takes sharper minds than most.
And more importantly...
You've made sure everyone was gathered for the main event.
If you want your prize, it's in that box. I won't press the button if you want to claim it.
???
As for what I want... well.
Before we begin, I'd like to inform you that you're standing at the intersection of a number of electromagnetic current generators.
...It's a little like how a microwave works. Do you know what happens to electronics in a microwave?
???
That being said...
I want you to kill... them.
The figure gestures towards Hung, Luffy, and Iris. ]
???
Ko Heising, Monkey D. Luffy, and Iris Black.
They've been a thorn in my side for too long.
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[ he's like, preemptively activating his gloves just in case. even though jolyne will just tell him it's their friends. Wow I Wonder What That Mass I Can't Identify Yet Is. ftr he is going to run forward to the altar once jolyne confirms it's nimona sigrun and hana so lol rip
Maybe you guys will all have a nice chat in the cult room.
being sarcastic is unhelpful, sabo. ] ]
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[ great great great she hates it. are they like in their normal clothes? are they in spooky cultist robes? are they covered in termites? though as she sees ace activate his gloves and start to run up, she say: ]
Ace -
[ sighs she like. can't let him run up alone. she activates her own gloves just in case, cracking her knuckles.
foof, can you identify the mass at all beyond them? she asks, as she starts to jog after him. as they get closer, is there anything else that's discernible in the room? more symbols? or people? she'll get as close as foo fighters needs so she can identify the mass. ]
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No one else around to negotiate?
[ When he sees Ace run up the stairs to the altar, he grimaces. At least double check if there are any traps? But he supposed they've checked.
...
Actually, can his AI check if there's a light switch on the wall. Wouldn't that be funny? ]
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Anyway yeah you can scale up those stairs (there's a good amount of them) up to the altar, where you will see that the squad is tied up/locked down to chairs, and the thing behind them is a lot of giant metal-and-wire somethings. Each one is like, the size of your torso. There's also some kind of... weird... box. With the NAIX logo on it. Like it's literally just a perfectly cube-shaped box.
The girls seem to be unconscious. They are NOT in spooky cultist robes, they are in their regular wear.
It's termites.
Wait.
Thermite bombs.
Because that's so much better. Bet you wish it was just termites now. Anyway that's your results for the big, non-box thingies.
★★★
I do think it would be funny if there was just a light switch but no there is not one. In fact, this place is literally illuminated by a bunch of torchlights up on the altar. Yeah, it's like that. ]
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they can all hear the ais so: ]
Those bombs things?! [ shit. anyway: ] Sabo, how do we get them out of there?
[ do you have a lockpicking option little eyeball. ]
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[ she's following after him quickly, trying to look around for anything else that might be around? anything rigged up to the thermite itself that she can see when they get closer? ]
Are they stable? F.F. - can you tell?
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You're the one with hands!
[ Your real-person thumbs. Except this is some serious shit. You're definitely going to have to work for it, given they're locked by shackles of the wrists and ankles, all three of them. If you try hard enough with brute strength given you got gloves, or very carefully punch them, you might be able to eventually break them out, but...
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It looks remote-controlled —
Jolyne. Figures behind you.
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Think fast. ]
Turn around with your hands up!
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tied up to bombs and remote controlled. it's very obvious what happens if they don't listen and he's grimacing even as he complies, hands raising innocently and glaring at whoever it is they're facing. ]
Sorry. We were invited to the party.
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Had a meeting here. Midnight.
[ a nod to the girls ]
Ran into some friends of ours.
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Hung, Luffy, and Iris are here with their own issued weapons, though Hung is in the midst of lowering a gun. Luffy doesn't get one because I would not trust him with a gun. Hung, be my mouthpiece because you're the easiest to get icons for. ]
How did you guys get here? Weren't you supposed to be at NAIX?
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[ oh well he is immediately lowering his hands and relaxing because that's luffy. that is his brother. :D luffy!!! ]
We are at NAIX. We just went down an elevator in the building. How'd you guys wind up here?
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Yeah, we were told to come in through the front. How'd you guys get in here? What pathway?
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We found a creepy abandoned shed that was all padlocked up in the park.
Went down it, and now we're here!
Ftr this is a different shed from the one Jolyne investigated, but that's irrelevant. Iris waves at Lillium, whose player is currently stuck in traffic. Hi! He was not a good boy who stayed at home after all. Who cares about vacation days when your friends are kidnapped. Anyway, as they're coming closer: ]
We got some leads from Rita, and with her help, busted open those locks and came down here.
Who's that with you?
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[ Maybe you could've succeeded in opening up a lock there. Shut up, Sabo.
anyway, he steps over a bit to show them, looking a lot more serious now. ]
Nimona and the others. We need to get them out of the chains, there's thermite all over this place.
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[ but yeah please! look at our girls! though at the mention of rita, jolyne hums softly. but then just nods, trusting. ]
Didn't bring any pliers or like. I don't know. Some kind of bomb-disabling kit?
[ pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease ]
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So you didn't go missing.
[ ... This is them, right? Don't mind if paranoia takes him as he kind of stares at these three for a long time. ]
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[ This is your superior. Anyway, YIKES. Hung looks alarmed when thermite is mentioned.
Come on. No time to waste.
As for Lillium. Why are you looking at him like that, man.
Are you sure you're okay?
The video didn't get you, did it...?
None of that matters though, because you'll hear a very Jigsaw-sounding voice, the kind that's very obviously artificially changed, but does sound very effectively deep and scary. ]
Good.
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[ he is not even surprised at having to explain that to him. Don't say it like you knew from the start yourself.
ace ignores sabo because jigsaw is here to welcome them to the fuckhouse, and he turns around fists ready Again ]
Who--?
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It's getting crowded here, huh?
[ whomst ]
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You going to show yourself?
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The figure raises a hand, in which you can see a little detonator enclosed in his gloved fist. ]
One movement, and I could blow up this entire place, and all of you, into tiny little pieces.
It's good to finally meet you.
You've done an excellent job.
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which is to say ace is glaring and trying to like. block the guy's view of the people behind them. he did not name luffy and the others so he is trying to hope he is somehow blind and deaf and he didn't notice the other three. ]
A job of what? Showing up at a meeting?
[ Punching people in the nuts for balloons?
Sabo stop snarking and figure out if there's a way to disable this shit remotely. Or like. If there's a rock he can throw or something. ]
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What do you want, exactly?
[ cut the dramatics. she grits her teeth. ]
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Hand is stayed! ]
Do we get a reward for doing so well?
[ Sarcasm. ]
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You notice that your heads are starting to hurt a little, a prickling pain reverberating through your skull. Primarily, it begins in your left eye.
And more importantly...
You've made sure everyone was gathered for the main event.
If you want your prize, it's in that box. I won't press the button if you want to claim it.
Before we begin, I'd like to inform you that you're standing at the intersection of a number of electromagnetic current generators.
...It's a little like how a microwave works. Do you know what happens to electronics in a microwave?
I want you to kill... them.
The figure gestures towards Hung, Luffy, and Iris. ]
They've been a thorn in my side for too long.
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