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TEAM TARZAN

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Team Tarzan roster: Anastasia, Ikuo Ryuuzaki, Jack Kelly, Kasen Ibaraki, Keigo Asano, Kurogane, Kurt Wagner, Silver, Yamatonokami Yasusada, Yaeger, Yosuke Hanamura, Yugi Mutou.

The city's been under siege for what feels like hours. It's only on August 3rd that you learn it's been a matter of days. Monsters begin pulling Retrospec users through portals left and right, large gaping holes in reality that spit you out in any given location around the city.

However, just as you think you're finally getting away, a large blue portal opens and you're snatched up. No amount of fighting and struggling will free you and soon the pressure is too great to ignore. Darkness fills your vision and the last thing you may remember is the sound of the monkeys howling...

This is the Team Tarzan Event Log. You are free to toplevel and thread as you choose on this log, but only team members may utilize this log. Important links to mod toplevels are: Mod Questions & Participation Reporting. Please be aware you are responsible for reporting your own participation & objective completion efforts with links; the moderators will try to keep up with threads, but as we are currently running several teams with participation, we require you to keep us up to date! Please read each of the toplevels and instructions!

The schedule for Team Tarzan is as follows:

3RD: Objective 1 posted (9PM EST) | Objective 1 Part Two
10TH: Objective 1 closes (8PM EST), Objective 2 posted (9PM EST) | Objective 2 Part Two
17TH: Objective 2 closes (8PM EST), Objective 3 posted (9PM EST) | Object 3 Part Two
24th: Objective 3 closes (8PM EST), Final city-wide log posted (9PM EST)

Objectives will be given in mod toplevels to this post with instructions; please check the log currently for Objective 1 to see how this will work.

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[The shackles choose that moment to rattle, startling the absolute shit out of Tatsuo.]

YAGH!!!

[Thankfully, they soon fall silent again, and when Tatsuo tentatively pokes them a second time, they remain still.]

This place is going to give me a heart attack. I am too young for one of those.

[He's a little curious about the shackles now and squats down to take a closer look. Through the rust, he can still make out the deep scratches in the metal, as if someone was trying to claw them off. His skin crawls at the thought, and he quickly stands back up to take a couple steps away from the shackles.]

Ugh. Let's look at the well. Do you want to look in or shall I?

[He really doesn't want to, but if Yousuke asks, he will.]

[ He--what? What was that about? Yosuke totally missed the objects moving on their own. He blinks at his companion curiously, watching him inspect the shackles. ]

You okay, man?

[ You know, okay in this equally disconcerting situation?

Well, that makes both of them. Yosuke grits his teeth as he steps forward. ]

I guess...

[ He inches up to the edge. ]

I'll, uh...

[ And veeeeeeery slowly peeks over the edge... ]

[Yosuke, what did you think would happen here? As soon as he peers over the edge, the girl scuttles up the wall and vaults, knocking him flat on his back. Dark hair hangs arounds her face so her eyes aren't visible and she feels incredibly heavy despite being lithe, hands putting pressure down on his chest to keep him there.]

What?

[It's an angry hiss and her nails flex into his shoulders, clearly unhappy by the intruders.]

[~~OH GOD NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN~~

It all happens so fast. One moment Yosuke is leaning over the well, the next he is flat on his back with a... well-demon sitting on his chest.]

Yosuke!

[Tatsuo slides the metal capped staff he picked up from the armory in the temple from the holster hanging across the back of the cuirass he also picked up. A second later it's a centimeter from the woman's(?) head. If she wasn't currently sitting on his teammate, he maybe would have risked outright bashing her, but with Yosuke so close, Tatsuo can't risk him getting hurt.]

Please get off my friend there.

[His voice is a little tight, but he manages to keep and low and even tone.]

[ Worst case scenario? Worst case scenario. Yosuke didn't sign up for this. ]

ACK!

[ Screaming seems like an appropriate reaction, honestly. He's frozen in place, partially by fear but also because there is most definitely a creepy girl from a well sitting on top of him. Sweat drips down the back of his neck. Tatsuo's quick reaction time is very much appreciated. ]

S-Sorry! We--I didn't know someone was in there--

[ Wait a sec, why was someone in there in the first place? ]

[She doesn't respond to Tatsuo's request to move, but her tone shifts to match his. Actually, when she responds her voice is an identical mimic of his as her hands shift to press down now closer to Yosuke's windpipe.]

If you didn't know, then why look? No one ever thinks to look.

[Tatsuo breaks out in a cold sweat and he adjusts his hands ever so slightly on his staff. If her hands get any closer to Yosuke's neck... she's getting the equivalent of twenty pounds of force to her temple.]

We were looking for clues. We're just trying to get home.

[ Okay, that's a terrifyingly effective trick of hers. Yosuke gulps, very aware of how close her hands are to his throat. His head instinctively pulls back a bit as if that will somehow put some distance between them.

She--she's dirty, and deathly pale, and smells heavily of the sort of mildew one might expect when surrounded by still water. ]

Y-Yeah, what he said! We don't want any trouble. Promise!

[Her hands stop once they speak and instead this time she speaks in Yosuke's voice. She's not moving from her spot just in case, but she's not immediately going to destroy him at least.]

Looking for clues? Or for her? [Luckily they can't see her eyes at this point.] It's always her. Why wouldn't you look for the lost princess? [On the other hand she glances at the shackles that are now free from the wall and her grip on Yosuke tightens again.]

[Are they making progress? Tatsuo isn't sure.]

We don't know anything about a lost princess.

[Did she just look at the shackles... she did. Tatsuo doesn't look at the shackles himself, just keeps it in mind that she is apparently aware of them.]

Please, could you let me friend go? We didn't mean any offense.

[ He cringes, hearing his voice come out of--that...mass of hair. He can't even see her mouth.

To think this is the first time any girl has thrown themselves at him and she might just choke him and he's not even into that. Sucks, man. ]

H-Hey...

[ He glances up at Tatsuo, then back at the girl. ]

T-This is the first we've heard about any Princess. We didn't even know she was missing.

[ Should he even risk prodding further? ]

Are you, um...are you okay? Y-You're not lost, are you?

[ Maybe...she's...just undead and jealous of this Princess...?? ]

[Maybe she doesn't have a mouth, Yosuke. Consider.

Speaking of, there's a considerable pause as she seems to assess the two of them.]

Everyone has heard of the missing princess. They thought the well was her escape, but she was more clever than that. [Given she's taken on the voice of someone else entirely, feminine in nature, it's a safe bet that it's this missing princess.] Freedom must be nice. Having a home to go back to must be nice.

Who else? Who else is in these walls? [But her grip is loosening veeery slightly. So far they seem non-hostile and less likely to throw her back into the well, so that helps.]

We're not from around here.

[Stolen voice or no, as long as it's not his or Yosuke's voice she's using, Tatsuo doesn't really care whose she uses. Still, her comments about the well and the lost princess... are a little disturbing.]

Some of our friends are here with us. I hope that's not a problem... we're just trying to find a way out of here.

[ The well? The well that she came out of? Yosuke glances around her, difficult as it is, to look back towards the well she'd jumped out of.

For a moment, he locks eyes with Tatsuo. ]

It is nice, yeah...

[ Is she...this missing princess? ]

Maybe if you get off me...we can help eachother out?

[Another considerable pause...she doesn't move off of him, but she does stop trying to choke Yosuke even as her attention turns between both of them.]

The king fell apart without his crown, and without the princess the kingdom fell down. [The tone's almost cutesy even as she eyes the well again.] And without the princess they broke the spell and threw all witches into the well.

[A soft snarl.] Why do you deserve freedom?

[Sorry Yosuke. She's a witch.]

Because maybe we could help fix things. No one deserves to get thrown down a well.

[Well, mostly. There probably are some, but let's not make well-witch angry.]

This all happened because the king lost his crown?

[ Well. A guy can dream. Somehow knowing that she's a witch doesn't make her not choking him as liberating as it could otherwise be. ]

He's right--that sounds like a pretty raw deal...

[ This isn't exactly how he'd like to get to know their little dead friend either. ]

Does that mean we just gotta find a crown? Were you, uh...in charge of that "spell", then?

The crown. [There's apparently a difference and she's going to crawl off of Yosuke finally.

Granted, she's also using her powers to suspend both of them to pin them to the wall, but that's fine.]

The enchanted items of the king and his crown will restore the kingdom, but they won't bring back the princess! [There's a small, not pleasant laugh.] No freedom for her either.

[And then, perhaps, there's something a little startling.] The contract was signed and the deal was made. But tell me: if you had one wish to change who you are, would you take it?

[Shit. Tatsuo tries to squirm against whatever force is holding him to the wall, but it's no good. That and getting slammed against the wall cause him to drop his staff.

Still, they've gotten some useful information? If they can find this king's enchanted items (Tatsuo is so pissed he's even having to think the word 'enchanted' in a serious fashion, but well-witch over there is forcing his hand) and the crown, then... restore the kingdom? Do they want to restore the kingdom?

And what is this about a contract and a deal? Did they just agree to something shady?]

No. I see no need to change who I am. Such a wish would be useless to me.

[ He's really not sure if this is better or not than his last position. Yosuke's back hits the wall and he lets out an 'oof'. He tries to move, but can't do much more than wiggle.

To Yosuke, this just seems like it's getting worse. Why is she asking them this? Change who they are? He glances at Tatsuo. Of course, the young man's answer is assured and cool... ]

...

[ ...will she know if they're being honest or not? Will she pull out their innards and knit a sweater? ]

Well...

[ Yosuke swallows. No, he should play it up, right? She doesn't know who they are! ]

O-Of course not! No, no way. What he said.

[ That's convincing, right? ]

[It's hard to tell through her curtain of hair, but she's definitely staring directly at both of them simultaneously before there's a high-pitched cackle.]

It's too late for you. You already have. [She shakes her head.] The princess would do well to listen. [She opens her mouth to continue (again, hard to see) but outside of the castle all three of them will hear a mighty roar. The spell breaks and drops both Tatsuo and Yosuke on the ground as the water in the well ripples.]

It's too late for all of you, just you see. Too late for her, but not for me. [The shackle Tatsuo removed suddenly flies through the air and down into the well as she closes the lid again. Her hair begins to float away and up before finally revealing her face, dead eyes focused on them again.]

It was never a choice. [And with that she suddenly changes into a raven. The shackles that once held her by a spell have been broken and she caws, flying past the two of them and leaving behind two feathers as she makes her escape. Their exit opens behind them and the feathers have a soft, eerie glow to them. With the information they need, they're now free to leave...good luck figuring out what the hell that was all about though.]

[It's too late for you. You already have. Tatsuo struggles against the spell, only to almost land on his face with the spell breaks.]

Unf! Wait...

[It's too late for all of you, just you see. Could well-witch get any more ominous? Like... way to poke at every. single. insecurity Tatsuo has about his identity in relation to the memories he's been getting. He can't even say anything though, because then they get that look at her face and just... nope.

It was never a choice.

And then she's gone.

For a moment, all Tatsuo can do is stay where he fell on his hands and knees. Shit. Some would argue the witch had been talking about them escaping the castle, but Tatsuo knows better. She was talking about the memories.

The moment passes and Tatsuo forces himself to climb to his feet.]

Well that was exciting.

[His tone is dry as he picks up the staff he dropped.]

So... should we pick up the creepy glowing feathers?

[Probably.]

[ That sounds ominous and terrible. Definitely both. Yosuke cringes, expecting the worst...her words--this is the end, isn't it? This is really how he's going to--

Oof! Down on the ground again. Yosuke falls to his knees as well, but manages not to topple completely over. He braces himself up against the wall...

--her face isn't what he expected, and then she's off. After literally turning into a bird. They're left staring after her, confused, alarmed, and...free? Maybe? ]

...Well that all sounded ominous and terrible.

[ Just because Tatuso couldn't hear his earlier thoughts. ]

Haha, right. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?

[ No, there is a lot that can happen and he knows it and hates it.

Yosuke pushes himself to his feet, dragging himself over to the feathers. ]

...Should we? Really? Do we--maybe we shouldn't actually touch them...

[ He pauses as he pulls forward his sleeve to carefully pick one of them up. He isn't immediately irradiated. That's a good sign. ]

Can't argue there.

[After all, his training says DO NOT PICK UP WITH BAREHANDS. So Tatsuo rips a piece off the bottom of his shirt and wraps that around the feather.]

Maybe they'll come in handy.

[If they can figure out what they do. Because clearly glowing feathers do something.]

Let's go find the others. Have to tell them to look for a crown and some enchanted items belonging to the king.

[The well-witch's little poem runs around in his head, as well as other choice words. Like 'it was never a choice.' Those words are going to keep him up at night.]

[ Yosuke nods, watching Tatsuo pick up the other feather with the same level of care. Hopefully they won't become the worlds next radioactive mutants. ]

Yeah, though I can't imagine what...

[ He looks towards their newly opened exit. ]

Let's hope the other guys didn't make any creepy friends, too. I can't take a shower soon enough.

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