welcome to mayfield: day 2

[mayfield_mods]

[Day two of whatever this place is dawns bright and cheerful. Not much seems to have changed; the carnival is still standing, the town still empty of drones, the sky still bright blue and --

-- hang on, what was that? Did some sort of crack just appear in that patch of sky?

...oh, it's gone now. Must have just been your imagination. Anyway, there's no time to waste staring aimlessly at the sky, not when there's more friends showing up! Lucky there's more than enough food to go around, eh?]

OOC: If your character damages or affects the carnival or town in a noticeable and normally permanent way, please comment here.

OPEN! If your character was on the list of characters arriving on Day 1 or Day 2, they may comment here. All questions belong here.

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[genkibot]

[Having noticed the loose windows of the house now, Tachikoma is looking around the building to see which of the windows would be the easiest to get through.

It's really interested in looking over a new area, so if it means it'll have to scrape on through, it may do so.]

Why can't these houses be more accommodating to us think tanks...?

[perfectsymmetry]

[Looks like someone is trying to make it into one of the windows, Tachikoma. When he hears speaking, he turns around very suddenly, blinking in surprise at the robot.]

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma happens to notice them and goes to greet them!]

Oh! Hello there! Are you going inside? Do you think I could get in as well?

[perfectsymmetry]

Ah... m-maybe? If I can get this window open enough, I-I might be able to get inside and unlock the doors.

[genkibot]

Okay! It's hard for me to get through the doors, but it's much easier than trying through a window! Is it alright I keep an eye on you from out here until you open the door?

[perfectsymmetry]

That'd be great, actually.

[Good thing Crowe is in top shape, has fight training and is a footballer. He stands back, takes a deep breath, and gives it a sharp martial arts-style kick. He gives it a few more until it's cracked enough for him to pry it open with his hands, and slip inside. Once inside, he slips right around unlock the door and let Tachikoma in.]

[mayfield_mods]

As soon as Crowe comes inside, the window slams shut behind him. He can fiddle with the lock all he wants, but the door won't open. And abruptly, the lights in the house all go out, even the light coming in through the windows. It's nearly pitch black inside.]

[perfectsymmetry]

[He pulls on a door handle a few times, before turning around and grabbing his flashlight from his pocket.]

C-Can you hear me out there? It's locked a-and it's too dark to...

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma is looking in the window, trying to see where Crowe is. The sudden lack of lights inside might make it harder, but it should be able to see him in there. Right?]

Hello? Mister? Did you go to the front door?

[mayfield_mods]

[There's something wet pooling on the floor; it's warm and lapping at Crowe's ankles, but the level seems to be rising.

It's too dark to see what it is, though. Use the flashlight?]

[perfectsymmetry]

[Yep, flashlight. He's not moving from the spot at the moment as there might be something worse nearby...]

[genkibot]

[Tachikoma is having a difficult time trying to find Crowe, and it's starting to really worry now. Maybe it should try just pulling the door open? A broken door is better than a lost friend, right? Yeah, probably, it'll worry about causing minimum property damage later...]

If you can hear me, step away from the front door! I'll try and open it for you!

[Tachikoma is going to put all its strength into pulling that door open now.]

[mayfield_mods]

[It appears to be a pool of warm, dark red liquid...it's hard to think what it could be besides blood.

And the level is rising rapidly. The door won't budge.]

[perfectsymmetry]

[He's not surprised. Still horrified, but not surprised. Choking back a yell of disgust and fear, Crowe immediately turns back to the window he just came in through, hoping it's still open. If not, he has a heavy flashlight and, failing that, a pistol in his backpack.]

[genkibot]

[No matter what Tachikoma does, the door won't come loose, which is strange combined with not being able to hear Crowe, Tachikoma is about ready to panic.]

Oh no, something is definitely wrong here!

[It moves around to the window Crowe went in and tries to pry it open, at the very least it can try and call Crowe to come out!]

[emperor_cowboy]

... Maybe ya should just show them how ya feel about it and barge right on in.

[Don't listen to him. He's just grumpy. No, seriously, it could be bad.]

[genkibot]

You think so? I might be able to get through the window with a running jump.

...Of course it would cause some structural damage though, but it would be like widening the window and the wall should be able to handle it.

[Yep, Tachikoma is about to do it, it's even backing up to get a speedy start. Last chance to convince it otherwise.]

[emperor_cowboy]

[He slowly blinked and shook his head to clear it.]

What's the worse that could happen?

[genkibot]

Maybe the house would collapse? But I think I can keep that from happening, here goes!

[And Tachikoma suddenly drives at full tilt towards the window, suddenly jumping and tucking its legs underneath as it careens through the air and slams into the window with a loud crash!]

[emperor_cowboy]

Yeah, ya go 'nd do --

[He stopped talking and immediately went to shouting.]

No, wait, DON'T!

[He flinched at the sound of the crash... and hesitantly looked back.]

[genkibot]

[And taking a look, Hol will see an interesting sight. One (1) Tachikoma wedged in a window frame. The momentum it had got it part way through the window, but for some reason the wall didn't give much and all that happened was Tachikoma getting stuck.

It's front arms and legs are inside, along with a couple of its 'eyes,' while the last two legs and rear pod are stuck hanging outside. The legs wiggle as it tries to move in at least one direction or the other.]

...I think I'm stuck!

[emperor_cowboy]

Y'know... I think I'll go find ya some help.

[Sure he would.]

If I'm not back... fifteen minutes... just wait longer.

[genkibot]

O-okay! I'll wait here then...

Maybe if the house settles I can get free?

[emperor_cowboy]

You'll be fine.

[... and off he goes! To search for..."help"]

[genkibot]

[And Tachikoma will wait for a bit. With the occasional wiggle of limbs to see if it can move an inch out of the window.

...It's been awhile, maybe Hol is having trouble finding help?]

Hello? Are you still close by?