GAME OVER (S██'s Palace)

[pointzeropercent]

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[destage]

[For what little it's worth, Sayaka manages not to scream--despite the clear terror on her face, she's determined to not be useless and dither this time around. The floor falling beneath them is terrifying in entirety, and she can't even see what Mafuyu is screaming at.

But Sayaka pauses. Gulps her throat. There's a button there that's in front of her, and she doesn't know what it does. But...]

...Mafuyu-chan. Can you trust me for a second?

[beathollow]

Y-yes.

( her stomach feels heavy, her throat is dry and something is hurting, and she can't look away still.

but she would trust almost everyone here with her life. )

[destage]

There's a button here on my chair. I...I'm not sure what pressing it is going to do, but...

[It's within her reach. It's something she can do, though she looks around what little bit of the room she can see to see if there's anything else that can be done.]

I can try it. What's in front of you, what's happening? C-Can you describe it at all?

[beathollow]

It- it's a robotic arm with a syringe. It's right in front of me. I don't know what it will do.

[destage]

[...Given Sayaka's nat one observation, she's pretty sure there's only one option. And while she hates it, maybe...

Maybe she can save Mafuyu with it.]

...I don't know if this is going to work, but this is the only thing I can see here...

[moodwrecker]

We're trying to find a way out for you guys, so hang in there!

[destage]

[Aubrey's right. Sayaka forces herself to calm, and while she can't look at Aubrey, the presence and words are at least grounding enough.]

We will--do what you can, everyone! Thank you...

[prozaic]

[Ah yes, the two most prone to panicking, in this game together. For the love of--

Shalem bangs on one of the glass walls as hard as he can so he can get the girls' attention. Then he projects his voice as loud as he can with all of his stage training:]

Do not do anything, and keep yourself from panicking. We have an hour before whatever punishment activates.

[destage]

[Sayaka startles a little, but at the very least, Shalem's voice is...well, it's not calming necessarily, but it's at least enough to get her to withdraw her hand.

...For now.]

...Okay! Please keep us updated on the time--I'm...

I'm not going to do anything impulsive, but if it's our only way...

[Still, she finds herself trying to calm a bit. For Mafuyu's sake. Is there anything Sayaka can make out looking around, now that she's a little calmer? (16) Or is it just the button and what one can only assume is just. This room.]

[beathollow]

( mafuyu closes her eyes and tries to steady her breath. joshua's voice helps. but confirmation that there's still time...

...

she tries to take a better look around from her position. (12) )

[pointzeropercent]

[She can just barely see the clock ticking down over in the glass room. It currently says 52:47.]

[beathollow]

I can't see anything over here... just the clock in the other room...

[finalmix]

[ when sayaka announces that the number goes down on her side, he'll shout over to mafuyu ]

What's the number on your screen?

[pointzeropercent]

[From her side of things, it's difficult to see. She's facing the wrong way. However, she can see that there is wiring going from the pedestal they are on and over to the clock that currently says 55.0.]

[destage]

[Damn. It was at least worth a shot.]

[pointzeropercent]

[Well. Since she's looking right at it and everyone else is Suddenly Blind, she can see that it suddenly changes to 54.8.]

[destage]

[i'm so glad sayaka has eyes for this instance and this one instance alone.

But you know what, actually--]

H-Hey! Guys, that 55 went down a tiny bit!

[It seems like they did something relevant???]

I'm not sure what you guys did, but...it's doing something!

[moodwrecker]

[-?!]

Is that... good? Or bad?

[destage]

I'm not sure, but it's probably the best other way we have!

[...Though, if what Shalem says is true...there's worry there, too.]

Just please be careful!

[prozaic]

A piece of tile fell into the pit when that happened. [His voice is loud enough for everyone to hear. Sorry for your ears, Josh and Aubrey.

But he's staring right at the tile Josh moved out of the way to reveal the pit. Hmm. ]

[finalmix]

[ he's dealt with minamimoto who is louder, probably, it's Fine. ]

Hey, can you break the thing and shove it in the pit?

[ he would but josh is a Noodle, we established this ]

[prozaic]

Of course I can.

[He draws his katana, sheath and all, and slams it on the tile to break it, and tosses one of the larger pieces into the pit (17). Just to see what happens first. He has suspicions because there's necessarily no reason to believe all of these timers record time.]

[pointzeropercent]

[As if on cue, that voice comes over the speaker:]

Time is running out~

[beathollow]

--!

[prozaic]

[Her constantly acting on her impulses is his problem with her! He does not trust any of the kids in this place. Where are Yoon and Kirumi when you need them, they're trustworthy.]

We found a pit underneath the room. Stay put.