Night five - kill log

[guestcontrol]

Who: Killers, K, and Kaoru
What: discovering whether robots and gingers have no souls
When: The fifth night
Where: The park...

[It's in the dead of the night when K's door abruptly unlocks. His bracelet begins to beep. Something seems to be calling him, ordering him to leave his room. For every moment he delays, it beeps with more and more urgency, especially if he tries to bring anything. And besides, he feels groggy, not inclined to protest much. Shortly after, Kaoru's door also unlocks, and he's led to the park behind him.

As he steps outside, lights illuminate the path. The lights lead into the park. As soon as either one steps through the door into the park, the door slams shut. It won't open for again, and pounding on the door or calling for help will not yield any results. It's only once inside that the grogginess wears off.

You can run or try to hide, but there's not much use to it. Your bracelet is still beeping, the only obvious sound in the darkness. And though you're not restrained, you'll find there's no way you can strike a blow against the killers; the bracelet will tighten and you'll feel the grogginess return if you try to fight back.]

Comments

[sunshade]

[ Patchy will follow, but looks a little surprised. ]

Oh, coming along willingly? That makes things easier. [ frail mafia trio won't have to drag him there ]

I work with metal. [ ????? ] I know how to use it, how to control it. Once you know where all of the rivets are, things are easier. [ per se ]

[ionicwoman]

[That does it make it less awkward, considering he's like six and a half feet tall and their mafia is two tiny children and a skinny bookworm]

Don't worry, I've handled tougher things than you. ♥ If I had Tokunaga, this would be over in a second.

[Now follow the tiny children and skinny bookworm to certain doom, K]

[jingler]

Frankly...if I don't walk with you all I don't see how you would make me go with you.

[Seriously, three scrawny short people pushing one giant metal man...it'd be kinda sad to watch.]

Besides if I don't go with you, I assume the bracelet will be responsible for my death somehow anyway. It is still beeping after all.

[cheats]

Likely so. We wouldn't exactly know, since we've never had to draw things out quite that long.

[ Even Malik had been something a bit different in truth, but clearly otherwise, they hadn't bothered to blow people up. But yes, Ciel personally won't stick with the small talk, so presumably they will get to their destination before too long. ]

[sunshade]

[ if anything, that seems to...irritate Patchouli, but not for the reason you'd expect. ]

If I had my magic I could crack open that damnable suit myself... [ one of the scenarios in which metal manipulation would come in handy and shE DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT

But after that remark she'll be keeping quiet until they arrive, hobbling after Ciel. ]

[ionicwoman]

A lady has her ways! [She... won't say anymore than that, but] It's better to play along, it'll be less messy. ♪ The sooner this is over with, the better.

[Still, is that a flash of guilt in her expression as they reach the ride? Who knows.]

[jingler]

Believe me, I wish you could get me out of this suit.

[Nevertheless they arrive and K stares at the carousel.]

So...what now? I don't suppose you believe riding this thing will kill me.

[cheats]

[ They're at least at the quicker one rather than the one with frightening horses, so that might be something of an improvement. Maybe... ]

Heavens no. You're the most complicated one to off at all, so we assumed repeated impacts would likely work well enough. I suggested drowning, but that seemed like it would take too long.

[ So there's that. Sort of. Ciel looks to the control box, then to Patchouli or Anise, hoping that they'll take over from here, since he's a bit more lost when it comes to the method. He rode the teacups for the first time a few days ago, so the rides are confusing to him. ]

[sunshade]

It has the necessary momentum and force of impact to bash such metal in, judging by the time I rode it. An unpleasant experience, though nothing to hold a torch to this, understandably.

[ Patchouli hobbles over to the control panel, fiddling with the knobs and levels for a moment before the ride starts to boot up, blaring its obnoxious music and the cars beginning to rev up. Looking displeased, she flips a switch that shuts the music off. ]

My apologies K, we would have preferred to have you unconscious. [ lowering her voice ] But no, that's not enough of a pinch. What a troublesome spell.

[ionicwoman]

...Yeah. If we don't do it like this, you'll have trouble waking up. [She bites her lip, that flash of guilt returning, and remains closer to K, rather than going over to the controls. She wouldn't be much use with strange fontech like that, anyway]

So it's going to hurt a little. But not for long.

[jingler]

[He can see Anise's guilt and offers her a couple light pats of the shoulder, before walking to the car and strapping himself in.]

For both our sakes, I hope you aren't wrong. Not about the ride...but about "waking up."

[If they keep using that phrase, he speculates this could be some sort of artificial reality. The question is if they are correct...and where he will even be waking up.]

[cheats]

Of course we are.

[ He says it confidently, then walks to the booth with Patchouli, since he'll... Well, he won't exactly help, but he'd rather stand in there where it's not so noisy. ]

[sunshade]

Give my regards to Edea.

[ which is all she says before turning the knobs to boot the ride up again. This time, far beyond its safety capacity. Of course, for a ride like this, it results in the entire frame shaking, starting to move off course as its gears strain under massive speed. ]

Hmm...we may want to step back.

1/2

[ionicwoman]

[She stiffens and jerks under that pats, evidently not expecting it--]

[ionicwoman]

[Then the mask goes on again and she's stepping back as well, super cheerful]

Have a good trip, K~ Say hi to everyone!

[And off the car goes. This is the most awkward murder ever]