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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 19, 2023 23:16:49 GMT
[Chapter 2 - Requested by Rebecca]
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Post by Panda on Sept 19, 2023 23:24:06 GMT
Some days after everyone had arrived at the forested area, Rebecca sought out Ava wherever she was.
"Ava! Which one am I talking to today? OG Ava, Nice Ava, or Sad Ava? Or is there a rare fourth kind?"
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 20, 2023 0:22:37 GMT
Ava, who is chilling in the cave of blankets and pillows she made on her bottom bunk, looks over as Rebecca enters the room and shrugs.
“I dunno, I’ve kinda been in Sad Girl Ava mode since I found out I couldn’t log into Maplestory the whole time I was here, but, the OG Ava act might turn back on if you piss me off enough. So, what’s up?”
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 9:19:59 GMT
Rebecca clapped once. "Good enough for me!" She sat down on a bunk opposite Ava's, which likely wasn't hers. "I mentioned before that I wanted to challenge you, but things have rather changed since those halcyon days a few weeks back. Does that still catch your fancy, or are things too 'different' now?"
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 20, 2023 18:15:15 GMT
Some of the spark and fire that’s been missing in Ava since the end of last chapter starts to ignite inside Ava’s eyes again at the mention of likely not-so-friendly competition.
“What kinda challenge are we talking about here? Are you trying to beat me in a game or do I need to go get one of the others just in case you’re trying to like, murder me-“
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 19:54:14 GMT
Rebecca bristled at the implication. "Fuck no! I'm not planning to murder anyone! I don't want that shit weighing on my conscience."
She then cleared her throat awkwardly, before continuing, "Anyway, if the idea still interests you, I figured I'd let the challenger decide. That way there can't be any complaints about fairness when I win." She smirked, staring down her nose at the much smaller girl.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 20, 2023 20:33:29 GMT
“You’re on. And I’ll beat you at whatever you choose, Becky.”
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 21:46:28 GMT
"Touché. Then... something exciting for the cameras, hmm... There's two ATVs in the garage. Can't be all that different from riding a motorbike. We could race them, plenty of room around here! Oh, but... does widdle Ava even have a driver's license? Not that you'd need one for an ATV, but without any experience, well, it just wouldn't be a fair contest now would it."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 20, 2023 22:18:42 GMT
“Of course I have a license!” Ava scoffs, confidently, and I’ll leave it up to reader interpretation whether the compulsive liar is lying about that or not. “I’m not the little kid you think I am, geez. I’m an adult, I’m out of school, and I have a job!”
“And I’m gonna lap your ass out there like it’s Mario Kart.”
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 23:10:50 GMT
"That's what adults look like these days? You're half my size!" Rebecca said, laughing. "It's hard for me to imagine you working a job. Unless that offer you made all the girls near the start of all this was genuine."
The two headed out of the cabin and began to make their way to the garage while they talked.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 20, 2023 23:26:35 GMT
Rebecca’s snark is causing Ava to get increasingly pissed as they near the garage.
“I work retail, and I’m fantastic at it, for your information! I’d love to see you handle customer service and not wanna die in the first five minutes. And yeah, my offer was genuine! Because I’m pretty enough that I thought it’d work, and why shouldn’t I try to have some fun and get a fuckton of points by getting into a situationship with a girl so early on in the show?”
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Post by Panda on Sept 20, 2023 23:43:32 GMT
"Retail?" Rebecca exclaimed. "God, no wonder you're... you. I won't deny it, I would detest your job. I've built my whole life around minimising that sort of contact with the average idiot..."
As they drew closer to the garage, Ava would notice that Rebecca was already a bit out of breath. Apparently she'd built her life around minimising movement as well.
"As for the sex offer, I'm more surprised by the monetary aspect of it. You'd have probably had more luck without that. Because you're right, that would have gotten a strong audience reaction. But, it failed. Maybe you're not the charmer you think you are."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 0:04:49 GMT
Ava, for once, doesn’t have a snappy retort to explain why she thought asking the other girlies to pay for a ride on the gremlin train was a good idea. Partially because her goblin brain just kinda gets ahead of itself sometimes, the whole sex offer thing being one of them, and partially because her player just wanted to have her say ‘cash up front’ in the moment. So, uh, yeah, I got nothing.
She rolls her eyes at the last part of what Rebecca says, though. “Yeah, getting trapped in this murder mansion has been a real eye-opening experience, and I’m not the superstar I thought I was. Especially since I landed right in last place for being my true self. But, heeeey-“ Her long-gone devious smirk creeps onto her face, as she winks and blows Rebecca a venomous kiss, “Thanks for taking that spot for me, Big Sis! I really appreciate it!”
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 9:48:14 GMT
Rebecca narrowed her eyes at Ava. "That reminds me, I forgot to mention that there's a penalty for the loser. Otherwise there'd be no point to any of this. We'll see how the points stand after the thorough humiliation you'll get after I kick your ass!"
By now the pair had arrived, and they began to set up the ATVs. "Let's see... the loser has to be the winner's willing servant for a day. Within reason of course; I feel like I have to preface that, given the situation we're in... The aim is humiliation, nothing more. I think we can both understand that."
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 11:41:23 GMT
“Sounds like a deal to me. Hope you enjoy doing all my chores for a day! Though you’d also make a pretty nice footrest…” Ava plops her ass down on her ATV’s seat with all the bravado of an overzealous toddler, and then glances around the weird forest area the cast has been living in for the past few days while tapping her heels on the foot guards. I think they’re actually called footrests but I already typed her threatening to use Rebecca as an ottoman, so.
“We going around the lake, or…? I’m assuming you planned out a track of some kind since you’re neurotic like that, and we’re not just winging it.”
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 11:54:57 GMT
"Good to know I won't need to hold back in my commands either," Rebecca responded with a smirk. She seemed very confident atop the ATV, likely due to her experience riding motorbikes. The effect was ruined a little by the dorky helmet she'd put on, though. She didn't quite have Ava's bravado. "And you're forgetting that I came to you expecting you to come up with the challenge. I haven't, erm, fully planned this out, but yes, around the lake seems like a good track. ATVs are built for off-roading, I'm sure they can handle themselves cutting through the forested parts. First back to the garage, then?"
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 17:01:01 GMT
Ava puts down the visor on her own dorky motocross helmet that she put on to avoid further brain damage and, smirking, doesn’t wait for Rebecca to give any sort of signal and cranks the accelerator on her ATV.
“See you at the finish line! Hahaaaaa—“
And with a very precarious over-the-shoulder look and middle finger to Rebecca, she takes off like a woman possessed off the concrete slab.
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 17:27:19 GMT
"Ah, hey!" Rebecca yelled, angry that Ava had done exactly what she'd also been planning on, only sooner. She revved up the vehicle and tore out of the garage after her.
It quickly became apparent that ATVs were not, in fact, motorbikes. Rebecca had also underestimated how different off-roading would feel. "Fuck!" It wasn't long before she skidded, sliding on mud as the wheels chewed up the soil they were racing on. With a growl matched by her engine, she took off again and tried to catch up to Ava.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 18:10:13 GMT
“Be careful back there!” Ava cackles like the little witch that she is as she narrowly avoids crashing into trees and immediately dying. Is this the point where I reveal that Ava was a child motocross prodigy before she became the prickly, horny scene kid loser that she is now, or is it sheer dumb luck that’s keeping her from becoming a splat mark on the ground?
Probably the latter.
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 18:43:54 GMT
"Get your scrawny ass back here!"
Rebecca made a few risky plays, narrowing the gap between them. As her ATV drew closer to Ava's, Rebecca rammed it into the back of the other, though with less force than she'd hoped.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 21:20:03 GMT
“Oh sHIT—“ Ava shrieks very, very loudly at the mild bump, looking over her shoulder to glower at Rebecca. “What the fuck, dude!?” If this were a silly little anime, both Ava and Rebecca would be in frame, and there’d be a speech bubble coming from Ava with a chibi version of her head inside of it with big white circle eyes and sharp teeth.
Seeing this as a perfect opportunity, however, Ava does the risky play of taking both hands off the handlebars to hastily shrug her arms out of her cardigan, hoping that it flies back and lands in Rebecca’s face. Is this dangerous, underhanded play going to cement her a lead for the rest of this race….?
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 22:00:05 GMT
The cardigan spread out like a net before wrapping itself around Rebecca's head, causing her to swerve wildly. The wild movements knocked into Ava's ATV again, before Rebecca's was sent into a spin that only stopped when it slammed into a tree. "God dammit!" Rebecca screamed, tugging the cardigan off her head and tossing it aside, where it sadly fell into the mud. As she revved her engine to get going again, more mud sprayed out behind the wheels, burying the cardigan and likely losing it to history.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 22:52:26 GMT
If this were a perfect world, this would be the point where Ava breezes her way right to the finish line while laughing her ass off at Rebecca's misery.
Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, for we truly live in a society.
Due to looking over her shoulder and laughing her ass off at Rebecca's misery, Ava fails to notice that she's not headed straight to the proverbial finish line, and is heading straight towards a literal rock jutting out of the ground. The front bumper of her ATV collides with the big rock, and before a clipped "Oof-" can even leave her mouth, Ava is flung off of her four-wheeler and goes tumbling into the shoreline and right into the lake just beyond.
Ouch.
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 23:00:48 GMT
"Yeeeeeah! Take that, loser!" Rebecca yelled. There was a moment's silence. "Wait, you can swim right?" Her voice grew more panicked. "You can swim, right? I am not letting a silly race get me done for murder!" She full-throttled it towards the shoreline, with enough reckless abandon that she nearly joined Ava for a dip.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 23:27:57 GMT
With a weak splash, Ava flops out of the lake, completely soaked and covered in dirt and lake grime. Her poor Nirvana t-shirt is completely coated in muck, and her usual black sleeves and tights are torn from her skidding along the ground as she tumbled into the lake, revealing faint vertical scars clustered around the crooks of her arms and the insides of her thighs.
She coughs up a bit of water and chokes out “This place is the fucking worst” as she forces herself up to her feet.
“I’m- fine. Just, consider this a win for you, I don’t feel like fucking racing anymore…”
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Post by Panda on Sept 21, 2023 23:36:42 GMT
"Oh. Right then. Excellent! I'll cash in my reward at a later date. In front of everyone," Rebecca said smugly. She made no motion to help Ava out of the lake or anything like that. How mean!
"How are you planning to get back? On your ATV?" she then asked, glancing at the other vehicle. It didn't appear to be in particularly great shape. "You need to hit the showers back at the cabin ASAP. I can barely stand to be this close to you, to be honest." She pinched her nose and grimaced in theatrical disgust.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 21, 2023 23:43:43 GMT
“Whatever. I don’t even care. I’m just gonna walk back.” She barely even looks at Rebecca as she shakes herself off, probably trying to hit her rival with some flecks of water, and shoves her hands over the newly-bared skin of her elbows as she trudges past the other woman and starts her walk of shame back to their lodgings.
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 11:34:24 GMT
Rebecca slowly drove her ATV alongside Ava, grinning down at the other girl who probably can't do much to stop her. The other ATV was left abandoned in the forest somewhere. It was Bogota's problem now.
"So, it looks like Raphael isn't the only one carrying scars. What's the deal with yours?" she asked very bluntly. Her eyes were gleaming with curiosity.
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Post by Akkordian on Sept 22, 2023 14:17:36 GMT
“Fuck off.” Ava replies, helpfully, tucking her arms tighter against herself as her cheeks start to flush with heat.
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Post by Panda on Sept 22, 2023 15:25:27 GMT
"Aw, come on, I'll find out eventually! Why postpone it?" Rebecca pressed nosily. It seems she was very interested in other people's secrets. "Tell you what, I'll even offer something in exchange: a ride back to the cabin."
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