pullsneedles | New Pork City

With a great KSSSSSSSSH! the limo lands at the entrance of Master Porky's neon haven, New Pork City. The streets are lined with lively distractions and familiar faces, the people of Tazmily bustling about at the cinema or the arcade.

Boney nudges his owner's hand with his nose, giving him a comforting lick. Kumatora puts a hand near her eyes, scanning the area. Duster fiddles with a wall staple, itching to move but wanting to stay still.

Lucas soaks it all in, frowning faintly.

Where to?

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a1enzo

"That was some singing," Enzo notes. "You and my girlfriend should do a duet."

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pullsneedles

The elevator doors open here, still far below the 100th floor. The room inside reveals hippos frolicking in water.

Hippos with rocket launchers built in their behinds.

"Who's the closest to the Close Doors button?" Kumatora asks.

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herr_bookman

Autor answers by pressing it, and then has to drag his foot back into the elevator as the doors close and jerk open.

He stares at the wall as they travel. Eventually, he turns around to face the group, pointing at the door. "You all saw what I think I just saw, right?"

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a1enzo

"Pretty sure, yeah."

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pullsneedles

After this, the elevator stops and won't travel any higher.

"Is this the 100th floor already?" Lucas asks.

When the doors open, they're met with a hallway full of bathrooms.

"I guess Porky thought we needed a break," Duster goes.

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herr_bookman

Autor prods the buttons, pursing his lips. "The elevator doesn't appear to work," he says, wandering out. "So I guess we check these?"

Behind one of the blue doors, there is a toilet. Autor blinks. "I don't know what I was expecting."

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a1enzo

"Is it a trap?"

'Cause if not, taking advantage of it might not be a bad idea.

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raptorcanaria

Dinah closes the door she'd just opened and looks over her shoulder at Enzo.

"Really?"

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herr_bookman

Autor opens another door, and then another, before checking the end of the hallway... which is another door.

From:

a1enzo

"Yeah, yeah, I know, but it might not be. Everyone needs bathrooms."

Probably too much to ask around here, though.

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pullsneedles

"Hey, I found one that's not a bathroom," Kumatora says, opening a women's room door. Inside is a new hallway with a different door.

But once they're through that door-

"Guess we shouldn't get too hopeful," Duster comments at the new hallway of bathrooms.

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herr_bookman

Autor pinches the bridge of his nose and resigns himself to opening doors sporadically on the way to the end.

"This hallway is the same size as the other one," he says, "and ends in the same manner."

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a1enzo

"Not promising."

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raptorcanaria

"And it's too much to ask that one of you has X-ray vision."

Dinah starts methodically at one end, opening every door in sequence.

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pullsneedles

It's a pretty good strategy until one of the men's room signs floats off the door towards her.

Duster turns the attack around, though, deftly jumping behind the sign to get in a sneak kick.

Boney runs up to sniff and barks a warning.

"They know what?!" Kumatora exclaims as Lucas starts putting shields up.

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herr_bookman

Autor ducks; the hallway is too small for him to rush on in, and he certainly can't rely on incendiaries. "What the--What do they know?"

He seeks the now signless door and puts his back up against it, fists up, watching to see if any more float off.

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pullsneedles

"They know PK Starstorm," Lucas explains, being sure to put a shield up for Autor.

And not a moment too soon. Everyone's shielded just as the sign shows off the very attack, forcing the group down to the floor even with Lucas's PSI protection.

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a1enzo

Enzo's forcefield absorbs some of the attack as well, before overloading.

"Okay, what the frag kind of high-level monster is that?! Seriously!"

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herr_bookman

Chest to the ground, Autor can't breathe enough to answer for a moment. He presses his hand to the floor and pushes himself to a crouch, searching for the sign.

"One we need to kill before it does that again," he says, grimacing. "Is there more than one?"

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pullsneedles

"I don't think so," Duster calls, briefly scanning the hallway before tossing a wall staple at the sign, pinning it back to the door.

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raptorcanaria

Dinah dusts off her knees irritably as she stands. "New plan," she suggests. "I'll just try the ladies' bathrooms."

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herr_bookman

"Be careful," Autor says, checking another men's room door. "There's no guarantee the ladies' room signs won't be monsters as well."

From:

a1enzo

"This is so random," Enzo mutters, raising his sword and throwing open another door.

From:

pullsneedles

Revealing a bathroom fuller than possible with ghosts.

Not particularly menacing ghosts. Just ghosts. Most of them are floating around. Some of them are attempting to eat and drink, leaving a mess of food and wine on the bathroom floor.

"Oh, it's you guys," Kumatora says. "What're you doing here instead of Osohe Castle?"

"We were brought here."

"Everything on the islands has been brought here."

"Living and unliving."

"It's one last party."

"Too bad the piano couldn't fit in here."

Duster, bass still in hand, plays a little for the ghost wishing for music.

Lucas and Boney, however, are not as familiar with the ghosts as the other two and have backed off some.

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a1enzo

"It's okay," Enzo tells Lucas, sheathing his sword again. "I know what evil ghosts are like. They're not usually that subtle."

These aren't monologuing or anything, just expositing a little.

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