CIRRUS NETWORK

[livestage]

You find yourselves in a surprisingly sterile room. It's entirely white, almost blindingly so. There are a few beanbag chairs to sit on, though perhaps not enough for your entire family. On one of the walls, there's a laminated poster of a wheel. At the center of the room is a table with a glass case on top. If you lift the case, you'll find a single red button. Behind a glass panel on the wall is a monitor that is currently off.

Curiously, it does not seem as though you can actually destroy anything in this room (save for a simple note by the button), regardless of how much you may try. The glass will never shatter. The poster cannot be torn into pieces. Furthermore, your blessings and powers are off and none of your personal belongings are actually on your person.

A simple note lays by the button on the table, a reminder of your directive: Will you push the button?

Comments

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[tackles his ass]

No!

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

[goes down oof, but keeps dragging himself toward the button]

Prick! See if I believe you about not volunteering for it ever again.

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

You didn't --

[getting him in a headlock if he can, putting his not-inconsiderable strength into it]

--ban it completely! This is a fully different circumstance!

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

Oh, so it only matters if it's exactly the same?

[you know what maybe today is the day I BITE YOU uses his also not inconsiderable strength to jerk on Vincent's wrist so he can bite into his forearm]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[SNARLS FULLY FERALLY but just locks his arm harder, shaking Booker like a terrier shakes a rat]

You don't want to, I don't want to. You don't think it's worth it, I do. That's what it boils down to.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

[trying his best to make Vincent bleed through his clothes, and risking letting go with one hand but just to grope behind him to grab Vincent's hair and pull on that, his mouth remains too occupied to argue but he hopes his emotions are conveyed through action]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[yeah he also gives up on words and just kind of leans his weight into trying to slam Booker into the ground bodily. F if Booker rips some of his hair out or he gets a full chunk bitten out of his arm in the process, this too is not as bad as continuous torture death by hurricane]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

[ultimately booker is missing his tail and claws AND doesn't actually know how to fight so he will be probably successfully subdued but Vincent WILL bleed at least, but eventually he goes somewhat limp under Vincent]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[HE'LL PAY THE BLOOD TITHE. EYES ON THE PRIZE. Booker probably has feathery keratinous scales stuck between his teeth, yuck

fully does not relax his grip past letting Booker get at least a little air. does not fully trust him to not be shamming]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

[gasps, wheezing, for air and also tries to awkwardly punch him in the throat]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[HACKS AND WHEEZES but sort of full-weight bodyslams him against the ground at the same time. just fully. drops on him]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thefaultinthestars]

[ow, will lies here and just. breathe a bit]

Re: DISCUSSION

[endsjustified]

[HE'S SO TIRED, EMOTIONALLY

keeps a grip on him until they run down the clock but his heart's not really in it]