BREAK-IN: Edelgard, Junpei & Nikkari

[fullthottle]

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[crashout]

[It's late Wednesday night and so here we are, slinking through the arcade and toward the back where there's a locked door. It's also important everyone knows he's wearing this, though the pockets of the vest look a bit bulky. As he approaches though he'll notice the other two are waiting for him and he nods in greeting.]

So this is it?

[uncleanse]

[ while the vest definitely gets a Look, he's probably the least qualified person to comment on someone else's fashion mistakes after his disaster of an outfit from last week. so, instead, he gives a curt nod to his companions amidst the sound effects coming from various game cabinets toward the main part of the arcade. ]

So it seems. You both have my thanks for agreeing to accompany me on this excursion.

[hegemonstrous]

Of course. I'm pleased to uncover whatever we can find - hopefully without causing any explosions.

[She has her axe out, though!! She has no opinions on Junpei's cool look, though she misses sexy cop.]

[crashout]

Yeah if we can skip the explosions that would help a lot. [He gives the door a look, and giving Edelgard's axe a look before glancing to see if Nikkari has his sword. ] So. How do we want to try and get it open? I can probably pick the lock but I'm open to other ideas.

[uncleanse]

[ he does indeed have his sword, though it's still in its sheath for the moment. what he does have out, however, is a key, which he holds up to show the other two. ]

I purchased this from the gift shop when it first became available to us. It would be silly to jump straight to more esoteric methods without trying the obvious option first, wouldn't it?

[hegemonstrous]

I’ve had luck using my axe before - but go ahead and try the key. If it doesn’t work, I’ll cut the door down.

[Waiting! Patiently!]

[crashout]

[He looks kind of pleased by Nikkari's foresight to buy the key, so there's a nod of agreement.]

Solid plan. Let's see what the key does. [Do your thing, Nikkari Minaj.]

[uncleanse]

Well. Let's see what kind of fortune we have today.

[ with no objections, he walks up to the door and attempts to unlock it. is it really going to be as simple as this...? ]

[hegemonstrous]

[Waiting to see what happens and hoping it fails so she can use her axe!!]

[fullthottle]

[It really is going to be that simple! As Nikkari inserts the key and turns it in the lock, it clicks, and the door slowly swings open.

Inside, it's pitch dark, with nothing visible within; there is a faint beeping from somewhere inside.

Enter?]

[crashout]

[...thanks for unintentionally triggering him immediately, room, because he hears the beeping and immediately bristles.]

Come on. [He slips one hand into the pocket of his vest and uses the other to hunt for his clamshell to shed some light on the path.] Neither of you brought a light, did you?

[uncleanse]

[ it's funny that junpei should ask that, because as soon as he does, nikkari reaches into his jacket and pulls out a powerful led flashlight. he immediately turns it on to do a sweep of the room, dominant hand still resting on the hilt of his blade. ]

My. I almost feel as though I overprepared for this.

[hegemonstrous]

Well done, Nikkari. We'll have this unlocked in no time.

[Her mouth twists up in a smile, but she immediately is looking around, trying to get a sense of the layout of the area they're in. She's tense at well, not liking the dark and trying to stay near the light.]

[fullthottle]

[Nikkari will find that while it's more effective than the clamshell, his flashlight doesn't quite penetrate the darkness; it will light an area in front of them, but doesn't extend fully into the room.

From what they can see, it's a mess in here. The floor is filthy, and the light illuminates part of a shelving unit nearby covered in dust and dirty electronic parts.]

[crashout]

Maybe don't jinx us yet? [But okay. Walking ahead he's still keeping the clamshell just in case, but he raises an eyebrow.] Looks like our demons skipped spring cleaning...where are we? Storeroom?

[He's going to try and see what's on the left side of the room with the little light he has.]

[uncleanse]

[ it'd be kind of silly to split up in a situation like this, so rather than going off on his own to cover more ground, he follows junpei and motions for edelgard to come along. though, since he has no idea what most of this stuff even is, let alone does... he taps junpei on the shoulder and offers the flashlight to him. ]

Hm... actually, do you mind holding this? No offense intended, of course, but Edelgard-san and I both have more combat experience than you. It would serve us well for the two of us to have our hands free, should anything attack us.

[hegemonstrous]

[She makes a face at how dirty and dusty it is. She has no desire to split up either, given circumstances - on the other hand, she's got an idea how this works. Trying to feel along the wall near the door to see if there's a light switch.]

Agreed. Then again, we may not be attacked - it's more likely traps will be sprung.

[fullthottle]

[On that side of the room, Junpei will find more shelving covered in parts, all dirty and long undisturbed-- and with the help of the light, they'll see a worktable before they bump into it. There are soldering tools, as well as a minor repair kit.

The tech kind, not the sword kind, sorry Nikkari.

Meanwhile, Edelgard will find the light switch! Turning it on will reveal the room to them: the shelving lines every wall, there's the worktable they've already found, and there are a few defunct arcade machines to the right side of the room. Three are gutted and don't seem to work; three more have flickering, staticky screens that cut on and off.

The lights in here also cut in and out every so often, dim and flickering.]

[crashout]

[Edelgard is the true hero we needed, and Junpei blinks when the lights come on. He'll put the clamshell away and give the room one long look around. The screens are a little, hm, weird to say the least and he's holding the flashlight Nikkari hands him as he eyes the table.]

This looks...[Hm. Well anyway, he knows he just led them to the left but his eyes are on the arcade cabinets now.]

How much do you want to bet those things are haunted?

[uncleanse]

Ah—good call, Edelgard-san.

[ his natural instinct is to go full creepy mode again when junpei mentions the machines being haunted just to freak him out, but he has a much more no-nonsense attitude with edelgard present. it's his lucky day, i guess? ]

Perhaps not haunted, but certainly suspicious. [ he, too, glances over at the games. ] Higekiri-san and Hizamaru-san mentioned having to play a game when they originally broke in to the arcade proper. Do you suppose we're meant to do the same?

[hegemonstrous]

[Ugh. Well. They picked the wrong girl for that.]

Go ahead and play it. I'm going to look about.

[Gonna look all over the worktable and see if anything stands out? What's on there?]

[fullthottle]

[Thanks for not becoming another haunting in here, Nikkari. As he and Junpei look at them, they seem to be arranged a little oddly; two of the same fighting game cabinet sit next to each other, and a slight distance away there's an old-school Mario game (the one with Donkey Kong and the barrels, shut up, I'm busy and not googling) that sits next to a breaker box. It's plugged directly in.

Nothing seems to stand out on the worktable, though! The tools and parts are all equally dusty. It seems no one has touched this table in some time.

ALSO THE DOOR SLAMS SHUT ON THEM WHICH I FORGOT WOULD HAPPEN. It's locked. Very locked.]

[crashout]

Sure. [This is to Edelgard, but he begins to head that way.] Their game ended up being a little difficult but none of them have ever played a video game before. So that might be why. Their injuries weren't so great either though.

[As they approach though he's definitely going to approach the breaker box and the Donkey Kong game that is Definitely Donkey Kong. He'll tap the screen to see if he can get it to stop being static-y and also push one of the buttons. If that fails, he'll take a look around the breaker box.]

Take a look at one of the other ones. Edelgard, what do you see on the table? Anything useful?

[uncleanse]

[ whatever he's going to say, he's cut off by the sound of the door slamming on them. ]

Ah. I suppose we should have expected that to happen, whether we had taken precautions or not.

[ because that sort of thing just seems to be par for the course around here, as he thinks back to #teamfreezer... and a shiver runs through him. anyway. he wanders over to one of the fighting games, wiggling the joystick to see what that does. ]

... And you may need to play one as well, Edelgard-san. I doubt it was mere coincidence that there just happened to be three somewhat functioning machines waiting for us.

[hegemonstrous]

Nothing, really. The tools have dust on them. I think you may be right, unfortunately.

[Sighing? Deeply? And approaching one of the fighting games.]

I haven't played games of this type, either. I am not accustomed to competing and doing poorly.

[But she'll mess around with the joystick too. Any hot girls in skimpy outfits on the character selector?]