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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 4:13:31 GMT
Hisoka wraps the band around his head.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 4:21:38 GMT
The band is a headlamp! It turns on and sheds light all over the air duct that Hisoka is trapped in. The furnace ahead has nothing of interest in it, it's clear that this is a dead end.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 4:47:18 GMT
"I wonder what this furnace is for," Hisoka shrugged. He kicked it for good measure before going back to where he came. Now that he has some light, maybe he'd discover something else. He had the fusebox again and everything in-between in mind.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 4:51:54 GMT
"Hey! Welcome back! Hopefully you didn't mess anything up!" Bogota says, perhaps as a jab.
Hisoka notices that the ceiling is much higher by where the fuse box is.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 5:04:27 GMT
"Ah..."
Hisoka attempts to climb onto the fuse box, using it as a foothold to get closer to the ceiling.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 5:07:18 GMT
Hisoka gets standing on the fuse box and looks up toward the ceiling. About four feet out-of-reach is a glinting key.
Bogota sighs audibly, even from far away, "Geez, I feel like I lost my closest friend..."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 5:17:25 GMT
"...Hmm,"
Hisoka has a crazy idea, and it just might work! He heads to the fusebox, and rips all of the wires out. He fashions them into a rope, aiming to swing it at the key and get it to drop down so he can pick it up. Maybe it won't work, and maybe it will permanently destroy the wires in the process, but that key, man.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 19:02:37 GMT
Hisoka destroys the wires and the lassoing goes poorly.
“That is coming out of your paycheck!” Bogota yells.
“Also get on this special item order! I’ll pay you five points!”
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 20:30:30 GMT
"But...the key," Hisoka whined.
He walked out of the passageway and fulfilled the order.
"What the heck am I supposed to give her, anyways?" Hisoka accidentally filed his empty water bottle as the order while thinking about something to give Lyric. "...Oops, wait a second."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 21:55:03 GMT
"Uh, is that it?" Bogota asks as Hisoka pushes through the water bottle.
"Is there really nothing else you would like to send as well? Won't she be disappointed?"
Bogota is also unsure if they can make any changes at this point.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 23:13:23 GMT
"Um..."
Hisoka grabbed his lunchbox, which was now empty after he ate all of his sashimi. It did smell a bit fishy, with a little bit of wasabi stuck on the inside. Still, it was a nice lunchbox.
"...Could she use a lunchbox?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 25, 2023 23:26:46 GMT
Bogota thinks, "Probably not, but I guess I can't argue with a master craftsman about what he makes. Am I right, people?"
Apparently he approves of this.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 25, 2023 23:56:46 GMT
"O-Okay, so I'll give her one empty water bottle and a fishy lunchbox," Hisoka nodded. "...By the way, can I use some points to order one of those long grabber tools? Those will probably work better than the wires...they're totally ruined, by the way..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 1:46:13 GMT
"How about... 1 point for them." Bogota says, making it sound like he's driving some crazy-difficult bargain.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 2:40:18 GMT
"I'll take it..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 2:47:12 GMT
"Cha-ching!" Bogota tosses over a set of grippy-grabbers. "You're lucky there was one already lying around in the warehouse!"
"So, you guys had these when you were kids? Aren't you like eight years younger than me?"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 2:49:25 GMT
"...It's not just kids who use these," Hisoka sighed, heading back to the key.
When he arrived, he reached the grabber over to the key, attempting to retrieve it.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 3:00:23 GMT
Bogota shakes his head, "I mean, it's a toy! Come on! Am I right folks at home?"
Hisoka gets the key to fall from the ceiling. It's a little thing and it's attached to the key ring. It is unmarked.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 3:22:50 GMT
"Oh..."
Hisoka scratches his head.
"Hey, Bogota...the house is empty now, right? This wouldn't happen to be the key that unlocks that door above the ladder..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 3:49:14 GMT
"Well, it might be..." Bogota says with a smirk.
"You can always check the cameras to make sure that nobody is upstairs!"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 3:50:37 GMT
"Ah...but they might still be rebuilding the house from the fire," Hisoka sighed. "Oh well...guess I'll go check, anyways."
Hisoka checks the cameras, ignoring any potential danger...hopefully, he could test out the key.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 3:59:45 GMT
The basement of Crab Manor is empty, and nothing is going on upstairs in the cameras. The manor is still burned out, and it looks like, aside from when people took their stuff from it, there's no change from how it was after the fire.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 4:11:31 GMT
Hisoka decides to take the risk. He heads back to the basement and goes up the ladder. Time to see if the key works here...
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 4:16:11 GMT
Hisoka finds that there's no place to unlock the door in the shop. It locks from the outside???
Bogota breathes a sigh of relief. "Oh thank goodness. I thought you were going to get loose for a second! Then I would be all alone!"
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 4:20:02 GMT
"Ah...that's disappointing," Hisoka admitted, letting out a sigh.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 4:23:15 GMT
Bogota clears his throat. "What's so disappointing? Did you really think it was going to be that easy to get out of here?"
"That sounds like a YOU problem. Obviously things wouldn't be that easy. Should've asked me more about the rules."
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 4:41:06 GMT
"It wasn't a 'me' problem when I went and shut off all the power," Hisoka warned. "You know, for as much as you egg everyone on, the people who set this game up gave us a surprising amount of power."
He scribbled a quick note which seemed to contain information about the hermit crabs.
"...I can just sneak a note like this in to the rest of the group at any time..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 4:53:12 GMT
"Oh but won't that make it harder for any of you to escape? If they know where you are, isn't that sealing your own letter?" Bogota says, his voice shaking slightly with confused but dire energy.
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Post by pancakes on Sept 26, 2023 5:03:03 GMT
"It's true," Hisoka nodded. "Oh...I have no plans on pulling something like that. I just can't say the same about someone like Rebecca, who might do something like that out of spite...because she hates your guts, or something."
The puppeteer fiddled with the key in his hand. "...Oh, not that I don't hate your guts..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 26, 2023 5:29:24 GMT
"I have a really good relationship with Rebecca! It's not like I spend all my time talking to you or anything! That would be weird! I need friends my own age!"
He sighs, "Good thing I have all my fans to fall back on either way!"
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