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[sketchythief]

a letter to my future self:
do not make bad decisions to offset bad luck

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october nightmare overflow

[sketchythief]

( the "i cant believe this also needs an overflow" thread )

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

Uh, okay!

[ Good thing some of the fences are open. Daisuke walks past the gate and gestures to Chiyo that she should come here too. ]

So when it comes in, we circle around the house and then leave through this fence... then trapping the raccoon. Would that work?

[admiringly]

[ She goes where beckoned and looks at the gates. ]

I think so! Time to test it out. Let's go!

[ The raccoon dog makes for them on its one track path. Chiyo follows Daisuke's plan and begins to circle the house. ]

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke easily keeps up while looking back every now and then to make sure the raccoon is still following them. ]

It really does have a one-track mind... Kinda like a real zombie?

[admiringly]

Yeah! It supports my zombie theory, but that somehow doesn't make me feel better about myself.

[ Her laugh is sheepish.

Once they're in the yard and the tanuki enters, she holds up three fingers. ]

Sprint on three? Will you shut the gate?

[ She is 100 percent positive Daisuke is the faster runner, so he'll get through first. ]

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

[ Daisuke takes a quick look at that hammer and... is that an iron on both ends? He decides not to think about it any longer because it's a dream. It doesn't have to make sense! Right. Right... ]

I don't think I can dream up a--

[ It starts raining fire extinguishers. Thankfully, they are not within the range of hitting the two boys on the heads. Daisuke looks up and has an unsure look on his face. ]

[windeity]

Dude! [He's ducking but also he suddenly moves, swinging at one of the fire extinguishers like a baseball with his hammer and aiming it toward the bill monster.] Considering what else you have dreamed up I think logic is out of the question here!

[sketchythief]

[ The bill monster is hit with the fire extinguisher and it roars in pain. It made a very visible dent on its body--an imprint of a fire extinguisher.

The meta is quite... something. He's not sure why there are fire extinguishers in the first place, but he sees most of them melting into the lava. In that case, he tries very hard to think of something else--

When you wish u p o n   a    s t a r .  .   .

A giant meteor is heading this way. Did Daisuke cast Meteor? Probably not. Did his imagination summon it? Maybe. Either way, he's panicking, pointing at the meteor. ]

You don't think you can hit that back into space with your hammer, could you?!

[windeity]

[Oh no. Ohhhh no, that is probably not great? That is actually definitely not great and while he's celebrating his small victory of hitting the monster Daisuke summons a meteor. It takes a moment to get John's attention and his eyes widen.]

Fuck. Uh. Maybe! I think this is probably going to end really badly but it is worth a shot. Can't we redirect it toward the monster instead? [He's wielding his hammer though, ready to go.] If that meteor lands, everything will be destroyed!

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

[ The chair ends up breaking when it comes into contact with the clown's arm. However, the clown withdraws its arm back into the hole, letting go of Daisuke in the process. He coughs and tries to clear his throat. ]

Thanks, Chiyo...

[ He coughs again, and eyes the outside world, full of water. Water everywhere. He wonders... ]

Do you think we can somehow... ride something on top of the water outside? Maybe the desks? Do they even float...

[admiringly]

[ She lets go of the chair once it breaks, her shoulders sag with relief, adrenaline fading. She doesn't flinch at the clatter the chair makes when it hits the floor, and she smiles at Daisuke. She did something helpful(?). ]

We can test it out with one of them? Let's barricade the door first before we try, though.

[ That should hopefully buy them enough time to experiment. ]

[sketchythief]

Alright, that sounds good.

[ ...

This leaves him with a few options. ]

Sorry to ask, but could you drag the desks here? I don't really want to make you do more work than you already did, but...

[ He trails off. Even though holding the door shut by the doorknob is a simple enough task physically, it could take a toll mentally because who would want to be next to something that can kill you with a hole in the door?

Yeah.

Daisuke just hopes Chiyo is aware of this. He wouldn't mind holding the door, because he wouldn't want to subject Chiyo to that. ]

[admiringly]

Yeah, I'll get on it!

[ Chiyo's aware of it, but she doesn't know that's Daisuke's thought process. She drags one desk and then another. It's slow-going because she's far from strong, but she doesn't give up and she doesn't complain about it. ]

Ugh...! Okay, there. I hope that holds.

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

[ Krad just smiles and shifts Daisuke's position easily by pulling his head up. It might have been an easy movement for him, but for Daisuke, it felt like his head was going to pop off his neck. Not to mention the very close call of the dagger's cutting path being merely inches away from his eyes.

Sure, he came to kill Daisuke, but to have fun in the process is what makes it enjoyable. Daisuke isn't having fun though. The color is gone from his face and that dagger swipe felt like Akira cut out 10 years off his life. Daisuke can feel the ground with his feet now when Krad lowers him, but he feels like his mind isn't there. ]

"Such energy you have. Maybe you can kill him for me?"

[ It's a mocking tone and he looks totally smug. ]

[maskreant]

Leave him alone. I'll fight you.

[ Even though Daisuke is in a trance, Akira yanks him away from the figure, making sure his friend is a safe distance. He doesn't know who this is... And he's sure this isn't a good idea in the slightest, but he's driven to engage. There's a swell of determination... Maybe even anticipation? He's just itching to fight at this point, especially when it's to protect his friend.

It takes one twirl of his dagger and he starts assaulting the apparition with little to no time to think of a counter. ]

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke snaps out of it when he's pulled by Akira. Krad, for some reason, lets go of him easily. When Akira starts his assault, Krad creates a small gust with his wings and jumps back. It doesn't take him long to exact a very wide Laser Cutter™ in their path. The height of the laser tower is pretty tall--its hard to see the end. It starts to slowly move towards them both.

The moment Daisuke sees that towering thing, he reaches out to pull Akira back. ]

Come back--

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

[ When Daisuke comes back, all that pseudo confidence drops from his very being and his shoulder slouches in relief. He thought he did an okay job, because he didnt get booed at or anything. However, when he sees Sena's reaction, he's not sure why he's making that face. ]

... Is something wrong?

[adoringpast]

Hm? Oh, no. Nothing at all.

[ squints real hard at the audience full of... lifeless, normal-looking jeans. huh. this is really odd. ]

Usually they'd start throwing shit at you but it looks like you bored them to death somehow. Way to go, kid.

[ THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GOOD THING but the way he puts it sounds as if it's all daisuke's fault... rip ]

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke will just see through that and take it as a compliment anyway. ]

Thanks! Is it your turn to go out there...? It would be a cinch for you, I'm sure.

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

Well, I meant like... the typical robot?

[ And as if to echo his thoughts, Daisuke quickly brings up-- ]

I can distract it so that you can try to find it--

[lecturehall]

[keito sighs, shuts his eyes, and holds up a hand.]

–I don't know anything about this sort of technology. Although I appreciate the attempt. I think we both know what I'm going to have to do.

[not like the robot would pay attention to daisuke anyway. keito moves to leave and stops himself, if just for one last, nervous:]

Don't... Don't let anything bad happen to me. I'm trusting you.

[sketchythief]

[ Daisuke stands there in silence for a bit before raising his head. His memories have taught him how to hack into electronic locks without the use of a tool, so maybe he should be able to do the same with a robot. He remembers all those seemingly impossible things that his other self has done and swallows. ]

I won't let it hurt you.

[ He looks very determined with a serious expression on his face. ]

I'll do it as fast as I can.

[sketchythief]

[ from here ]

Okay, um... let's try to lure it outside?

[ He grabs the flamethrower and the box of sterilized gloves just in case. ]

If we're going to burn it, we should do it outside... I don't want anything to catch on fire and then ring the smoke alarm.

[ The monster just keeps growing bigger as it moves because it's collecting more of everything that's filthy. ]

[sharplydressed]

Mm, yeah, that's a good idea. Who knows, it might even be able to like, eat up the burnt furniture or whatever too...

[Is that trash?? Well, burnt things are technically filthy, so he doesn't want to risk potentially giving this blob monster more ammunition.]

D'you have any trash on you? Looks like this thing's just gonna keep collecting junk, so we can probably set a trail. Like this—

[A great example would have gone here, but as Kiyomitsu reaches into his pocket to toss some junk on the ground, just a single sad gum wrapper flutters down from his palm.]

...I know I had more trash than that!

[sketchythief]

[ . . . ]

Do you normally carry more trash in your pocket?

[ That confuses him so much because why... Daisuke pulls a rater long receipt from his pocket and tears it up into small pieces to continue the trail that Kashuu started.

As expected, it starts following the trail, eating up any trash on the way. ]

Let's get ready.