Week 4 event

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INVESTIGATION (?)

Friday morning comes and goes with no dead bodies to discover. Saturday morning passes with no trial. For two days, it seems like the Lady might be keeping to her word. This might truly be a week of rest, with no outside trouble brought in.

(She takes no responsibility for the incident in the vents, so.)

But then on Saturday night, close to midnight, the sound cuts off throughout the resort. The cause of the sudden quiet is unknown, but one thing is clear: something bad has happened.

Investigate?


??? GUESTS REMAIN.

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[The tiger thinks this is a game! It's fun! Chasing Cinque is fun!

Tiger is also making an interesting sound. Hm!]

[dolleyed]

[ Kohaku is absolutely slamming the doors shut with no regard for Cinque being inside as well. He doesn't want her to die, but the can figure how to get her out later....]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Kohaku why... Rean looks pretty alarmed at this?! He doesn't go for the switch so someone else is probably gonna have to do it oops.]

Wait, are you just planning to lock her in with him?

[dolleyed]

Can't we just get her out when the gravity is off and it can't move well?

[ He doesn't get tech....]

[relentlesslyonwards]

She's going to be stranded too, and we don't exactly know how close she'll end up floating to him either.

[...]

Please open the door.

[tacticalespionageaction]

[In spite of being so wounded, Snake manages to still look imposing.]

Get her out.

[If Kohaku won't, he will.]

[dolleyed]

Have it your way.

[ Okay okay, he'll raise his hands in defeat and then opens the door a small bit, so a human can hopefully slip through. He stays behind the door to slam it shut any moment though.]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[There's a nod to Kohaku before he turns to Snake.

...]

Snake, you should take it easy too, so... would you mind letting me handle it?

[tacticalespionageaction]

[Hnrnghgh.]

We'll do it together.

[He'll be your backup.]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[...]

...Alright.

[foundationmods]

[As soon as the door opens a crack, it will go SLAMMING OPEN

Because the Tiger happened to be running right near it and was expecting to hit solid wall with its feet, but hit an open door.

There is now a confused tiger on the floor outside of the zero gravity room.]

[dolleyed]

Ugh--

[ Kohaku is slammed backwards along with the door and hits the wall hashly. He's out of commission for a short moment here as he recovers from impact.]

[whirlingmace]

[ WOW GUYS. ]

Uh oh.

[ Does she need to step over a confused tiger to get out now?

She will try to pet him if she does because it's a furry cat ]

[relentlesslyonwards]

[Okay, they had a tender moment of solidarity for saving Cinque, but 'tiger slamming through the door' sort of distracts from that as Rean moves out of the way instinctively, only sparing a brief glance at Kohaku. Sorry dude?! But right now the girl trying to pet the tiger kind of takes precedence here??]

Wait, Cinque, stay away from him!

[First step is trying to pull her away from the tiger, although how successful he will be is probably inversely proportional to how determined Cinque is.]

[tacticalespionageaction]

[As Rean tries to keep Cinque back, Snake tries to move forward.]

We need to keep him down - we can't let him get away!

[He doesn't have much but a wealth of arms to restrain it with, however.]

[whirlingmace]

Oh. Whoops...

[ BUT REAN. ITS A KITTY.

But she'll let him tug her away after she manages to lay a hand on him to touch him gently. ]

Let me....

[ She'll change into Inaba while kitty is dazed. ]

Atsushi, are you in there?

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[She would, yes.

The tiger is also pulling itself to its feet, though it looks a bit wobbly. And now it is sniffing at the air and trying to sort out what the fuck just happened.

...or well, it WOULD be, but. The tiger now instantly focuses in on 'Inaba' and sniffs at her, trying to see if she smells familiar. Which she will, since doppelganger, but it still sniffs and checks.

And then it steps closer to Cinque-as-Inaba and will nudge her hand with its head.]

MESSAGE TIME GUYS

[whirlingmace]

[ THIS IS SO CUTE OKAY Sorry everyone but shes definitely petting the tiger. ] There you are. Your friends have something they want you to hear. [ She'll keep petting him, but pulling out tablet so the ghosts can chime in, too. ]

[resortghosts]

[ So.

Inaba is actually having extreme war flashbacks right now because of this but give her a second to just type something out, although people in the area of tiger (because yeah, she stuck around) might see tears falling out of nowhere, dripping onto the ground before placing an invisible hand on Cinque-as-herself's shoulder. ]

I'm sorry that I couldn't help prevent this, Atsushi.

But. . . no matter what happens, I still believe that you're in there. There's a reason I went through lengths to do so much for you, because I wanted to help you, no matter what happens.

I told you once, and I'll tell you again, over and over until you can hear me. I'll stay with you. I'm still scared, you know. Of losing people, of losing you. I think of the worst possible outcomes, but even so. . . I still believe in your ability to change.

[ A pause, and then, more text for Cinque to read aloud: ]

You told me this, didn't you? That your life is better now because I'm in it? Well, the same goes for me. Because you were here, I was able to change. I think I've managed to grow stronger now. And I couldn't have done that without your support.

I'm going to stick by your side. I don't care about the trail of death that might follow me because of it. Because I believe in your ability to change. To realize that you and the tiger are one and the same. I know it's hard to accept that. I get it, I really do.

If you don't accept it just yet, we'll work on it. Together. Because I'll accept you. All of you. No matter what.

Because I love you, Atsushi. You're really important to me, and I mean that.

Tiger Talk Time

[jumpedtheshark]

[Once the action audibly dies down, the earpiece in Cinque's possession crackles.]

Atsushi!

I-I know you can hear me. The tiger... is apart of you, right? So... I think you can control it, even if you personally think it's impossible. To... quote someone else, "The impossible is possible".

And... We talked about changing at the research meeting, remember? You said you wanted to change! I... I believe you can. So... please. Atsushi, make this be the last night you lose control. Make that the first change.

Wake up!

[There's a bit of quiet as Tsumugi hands over her earpiece to anyone else who wants to talk.]

[foundationmods]

[The tiger does seem to stop and listen for a bit. Or, well. It listens as much as a tiger can. It doesn't really understand the words being said, but it recognizes the voices.

But this is a tiger, and tigers will do as tigers do.

Namely, it is going to try to cronch whoever is closes to him that isn't 'Inaba'. Who gets bitten?]

1/2

[relentlesslyonwards]

[For a moment there, it does seem to be working; the tiger's somewhat pacified and listening even if they can't really read its emotions. But there comes the bite, and while Rean's reflexes are pretty good, it catches him off guard so he doesn't have time to move so he gets a nasty bite on his arm.]

2/2

[relentlesslyonwards]

[...Okay yeah, he isn't having any of this. There's a hiss of pain as he hit lands, but there's a flicker of something in his eyes as tries to draw away before.

Well, it would probably be more accurate to say that his lower body basically explodes into an arachnid's abdomen, and his spinnerets are aimed right at the tiger, ready to catch him in some webbing.

Congrats, guys. You found the Jorogumo.]

[foundationmods]

[First of all, that arm is coming right the fuck off, because tiger jaws.

Secondly, new prey. The tiger is going to try and knock Rean off balance, right into some rather important-looking technology that keeps the zero-gravity room running.]

[whirlingmace]

Reanie! [ And then seeing what happens... she frowns. :< :< :< ] Tsunderegumo.