[ kazu can't even help keep watch for any presidential body parts? this sucks! he's just going to hold onto kumon a little tighter, careful of his wounds. what even happened to his cool turbo eye? he has no idea. we're clueless over here, fam. ]
Like the others, she continues to keep an eye out for anything that seems out of place, or any sudden movements. We do not trust the Yearning in this normie house.]
[In the next car, it should become clear where this feeling is coming from: in one of the seats is curled up a a young girl partially covered in a blanket, parts of her looking strange and wooden, just like the parts you found - and its as if those parts inside your bodies are pulling you towards her. She's breathing heavily, blue eyes glancing at the group as she sees them come into view. Her voice is weak as she speaks up:]
You...have to keep going. Please. You can't stay here. Keep going. Don't...don't stay...don't worry about me...
[The conductor's car is right ahead. One more door. Maybe the end is in sight here. You've been through so many battles. So many bizarre adventures. It's over. The threat is dead. The President should be dead, and-]
Dojyaaaaaaaan~!
["Ta-daaaaaaaa!" - as the saying goes, because in the end, the magician always has the upper hand, with his hand of tricks, his rabbit from a hat. One Valentine comes out from under a chair. Another two come out from a space between a table and the wall. All are unharmed. Three President Valentines. All are glaring at the crew. One speaks up:]
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". That's the power of my ability. To travel to "neighboring worlds", to switch with myself- isn't it nice?
[Another speaks, pulling out a gun:]
You all will die. The "corpse" of that saint will be mine. It shall be my ally.
[And the third is pulling out a knife, and throwing it (5) without direction - whoops! Right into the wall. The second is shooting directly at Kumon and hitting him squarely in the hip (17).]
[Nogiku sends the balloon animal she had created beforehand after the one holding the gun. With renewed strength (16), or perhaps just fueled by the power of spite, she pushes herself to her feet and yanks out the knife (20) because, apparently, a mad bitch trumps twink strength. Sorry, Itsuki. She will quickly make a balloon animal out of the knife to send after one of the presidents, and make more (12) with two of her remaining nails.
Are there any more pieces of metal within her reach? Help.]
[Nogiku clearly shows true hunk strength that Itsuki's twink strength could never live up to. But sadly, it seems the President has caught wind of this little trick. One moves forward to punch the animal away with his Stand, giving himself distance (14), the second backs away from the animal, turning his gun on Nogiku and shoots, right through her kneecap (18) and the third simply slips behind a chair to avoid the incoming attack, smirking the whole time (17).]
[The girl starts sobbing where she's sitting.]
Run! Y-You have to go! He'll kill you! He'll just bring more back if he has to-!!
[alright Itsuki hears these words, but the only part he's registering right now 'bring more back if he has to',
Nogiku has the knife so he'll make for the sobbing girl instead, the eyeball in his arm is pulsing, and anyway yeah he's nyooming for her so he can hopefully pick her up with a roll of 11, or maybe she'll take this eyeball back into her and it will help her or something,]
[He has registered "Run", and he'll do that. Kumon's grabbing Kazu's hand and tugging him along. Unfortunately, the gunshot wound is drastically slowing him down (7).]
I'm fine!
[With how slow they're going, that's definitely not true.]
That voice said we can't touch our doubles, right? Is the same true for him?
[ probably not if he's the one making the doubles, but... maybe...?
also can you guys give a blind guy a chance to react? there's a yelp as he's suddenly dragged in a different direction, stumbling as he tries to keep up with kumon, but he's not an athlete. he's just an art ho who can't freaking see anything that's going on around him. ]
[The girl gasps with being pulled up in Itsuki's arms, and yes, that eyeball is being schlurped into her body...but it makes more of her skin break off to reveal the wooden parts underneath. She's shaking.]
W-What are you doing...?
[The first Valentine lets out a laugh.]
You're helping me? How bold of you. It still doesn't mean I won't get rid of obstacles in my way.
[He's dipping under the animal to try to launch a ferocious punch with his Stand at Itsuki's head. (14)]
[The second one is taking another shot at Kazunari this time, aiming for the back - and shooting - the bullet buries in his upper back. (15)]
[However, the third one, coming out from a table closer to the group, miscalculates and gets a faceful of balloon animal, bursting into his face as a nail, causing blood to splatter with a pained yell. One down(?)]
[Yeah! Um! People getting punched and shot this way and that and Kumon's managing to run faster to the door (19), pulling Kazunari along. He is not about to look back. Keep your eyes on the prize of the conductor car!
Nogiku is still on the ground slowly bleeding out, but she does at least try to direct all of her balloon animals at the one who got a nail to the face. She will also use her remaining metal, if only to try and make it harder for the president to emerge... But doing that much zaps the rest of her energy.
[Three cowboys down. One standing. Two Valentines. One scared young girl. A train, speeding to nowhere. A "corpse" at stake.]
[Everything feels like its still. Everything feels like its on the precipice. A final adventure, but there's death in its wake.]
[Kumon runs. The President lifts his firearm, squinting down the barrel. Who are you, to stand in his way? He shall be the one at the table of life. He shall guide this country to a new era. You are nothing.]
[He shoots.]
[Kumon reaches the door, and it opens, filled with light, and blinds him and everyone else in the room. The bullet buries itself in the wall next to the young man's shoulder, a narrow miss. He curses. He spits, his face enraged. The other version of him tries to reach for Kumon, trying to drag him back, do anything to stop him-]
[And everything goes white, consuming everything...until the settling ease of unconsciousness sets in.]
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How far away is the conductor's traincar?]
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we're clueless over here, fam. ]
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Like the others, she continues to keep an eye out for anything that seems out of place, or any sudden movements. We do not trust the Yearning in this normie house.]
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You...have to keep going. Please. You can't stay here. Keep going. Don't...don't stay...don't worry about me...
[The conductor's car is right ahead. One more door. Maybe the end is in sight here. You've been through so many battles. So many bizarre adventures. It's over. The threat is dead. The President should be dead, and-]
Dojyaaaaaaaan~!
["Ta-daaaaaaaa!" - as the saying goes, because in the end, the magician always has the upper hand, with his hand of tricks, his rabbit from a hat. One Valentine comes out from under a chair. Another two come out from a space between a table and the wall. All are unharmed. Three President Valentines. All are glaring at the crew. One speaks up:]
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap". That's the power of my ability. To travel to "neighboring worlds", to switch with myself- isn't it nice?
[Another speaks, pulling out a gun:]
You all will die. The "corpse" of that saint will be mine. It shall be my ally.
[And the third is pulling out a knife, and throwing it (5) without direction - whoops! Right into the wall. The second is shooting directly at Kumon and hitting him squarely in the hip (17).]
Three against four, isn't that fair-?
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except he rolls an 8 so he doesn't yank it out right away, his twink strength -- ]
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What do you do for gunshot wounds? Put pressure on them? Definitely stop the bleeding. He's putting his forearm over the bullet wound.]
K-kazu, there's three of the President guy in front of us, none of them are injured.
[Unfortunately he really doesn't know how to heal blindness, and turning into a dinosaur isn't likely to help for that.]
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Kumopi?! Were you hurt? [ ????? ] What do you mean there are three?!
[ WHAT'S HAPPENING?? aaaaaa he's going to get off of kumon's back and hover worriedly because attacking right now? sounds like a bad idea? ]
I don't know how to help you...
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Are there any more pieces of metal within her reach? Help.]
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[The girl starts sobbing where she's sitting.]
Run! Y-You have to go! He'll kill you! He'll just bring more back if he has to-!!
[Three against four, is it really that fair?]
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Nogiku has the knife so he'll make for the sobbing girl instead, the eyeball in his arm is pulsing, and anyway yeah he's nyooming for her so he can hopefully pick her up with a roll of 11, or maybe she'll take this eyeball back into her and it will help her or something,]
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I'm fine!
[With how slow they're going, that's definitely not true.]
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[ probably not if he's the one making the doubles, but... maybe...?
also can you guys give a blind guy a chance to react? there's a yelp as he's suddenly dragged in a different direction, stumbling as he tries to keep up with kumon, but he's not an athlete. he's just an art ho who can't freaking see anything that's going on around him. ]
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kyuu 🌊 nogiku Roll: `[1]` Result: 1
Nogiku crumples like a wet piece of paper. Her animals are still out there, searching for the president. But she's down. Bye!]
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W-What are you doing...?
[The first Valentine lets out a laugh.]
You're helping me? How bold of you. It still doesn't mean I won't get rid of obstacles in my way.
[He's dipping under the animal to try to launch a ferocious punch with his Stand at Itsuki's head. (14)]
[The second one is taking another shot at Kazunari this time, aiming for the back - and shooting - the bullet buries in his upper back. (15)]
[However, the third one, coming out from a table closer to the group, miscalculates and gets a faceful of balloon animal, bursting into his face as a nail, causing blood to splatter with a pained yell. One down(?)]
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[Itsuki says, panicked because he thought he was DOING SOMETHING, but instead he gets DONE by the punch that lands solidly against his temple, (10)
which immediately knocks him out because he rolled a (1)]
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Just! Keep! Running!]
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What--
[ the next gunshot hits, and kazu falls to his knees, hand slipping from kumon's grip. three cowboys down. ]
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[HELP!!!!
kyuu 🌊 nogiku Roll: `[9]` Result: 9
Nogiku is still on the ground slowly bleeding out, but she does at least try to direct all of her balloon animals at the one who got a nail to the face. She will also use her remaining metal, if only to try and make it harder for the president to emerge... But doing that much zaps the rest of her energy.
kyuu 🌊 nogiku Roll: `[1]` Result: 1
Nogiku passes out.
Good luck, Kumon. You're their only hope.]
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[Everything feels like its still. Everything feels like its on the precipice. A final adventure, but there's death in its wake.]
[Kumon runs. The President lifts his firearm, squinting down the barrel. Who are you, to stand in his way? He shall be the one at the table of life. He shall guide this country to a new era. You are nothing.]
[He shoots.]
[Kumon reaches the door, and it opens, filled with light, and blinds him and everyone else in the room. The bullet buries itself in the wall next to the young man's shoulder, a narrow miss. He curses. He spits, his face enraged. The other version of him tries to reach for Kumon, trying to drag him back, do anything to stop him-]
[And everything goes white, consuming everything...until the settling ease of unconsciousness sets in.]
[Your bizarre adventure is over, cowboys.]
[Time to go back to the real world.]
[END: DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP]