Thread continuation for thetaintedsorrow.

[goatsongs]

[from here]

Heh. I can think of plenty of people who'd call me vain for drinking to that one. Lucky I'm drinking with you instead.

[Chuuya drinks, naturally.]

Well, never have I ever been a sexy redhead.

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[thesettingsun]

D-Dazai Osamu...

[God, he's terrified.

The alchemist rolls her eyes, and after confirming that the spirits are ready, shuts her eyes in focus with Poe's book in her hand. The book glows red, and the three authors disappear in a flash of light.

That done, the alchemist hands Chuuya Poe's book. If he opens it up he'll immediately see the problem- Large sections of the book are blacked out and illegible, words and empty space alike covered in black ink. It's like this through the whole book.

There is still enough legible to read a sentence or two at a time, though.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Good.

Poe’s book is certainly in rough shape, and Chuuya can see why they need to go in and fix whatever is happening here. He still can’t wrap his head around it, but he hardly has time to think it over before he’s being teleported inside of the book.

This...this is so strange...

He glances around, looking for the others.]

So I’m inside a book. What now?

[goatsongs]

[The setting of this book is a classic spooky camp in the woods. It's daytime now, all the better to see the random giant letters floating in the sky.

That probably wasn't in the text.]

The letters are the damaged parts of the text. You go towards those and kill any Taints you run into on the way.

[Chuuya's here, as well as Dazai and Niimi. They've already got their weapons out, so it's mafia-Chuuya's first opportunity to see Dazai's scythe and Niimi's rifle.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[It’s bizarre, but Chuuya isn’t complaining. That just means more excitement for him!

He’s totally impressed that Shuji has such a cool looking weapon with how much of a scaredy cat he is, and Niimi using a gun is highly entertaining. Chuuya himself has his fists and whatever projectiles he can find at his disposal, so he’s ready to go.]

Show me how it’s done, Chuuya~

[He wants to see his boyfriend in action.]

[goatsongs]

[You better believe Chuuya's going to show off.

It doesn't take long to run into some Taints, and it's obvious to tell they're not normal - there's two of these sheep-looking creatures and one red guy on fire.

The sheep are slower than the asshole on fire, who shoots a concentrated ray of energy towards Shuji. Shuji, to his credit, takes it very well, only grunting in pain when he blocks the brunt of it with his scythe.

Poet-Chuuya and Niimi, meanwhile, both take shots at the one of sheep. It staggers, but the other one tries to ram into mafia-Chuuya.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[This is like something right out of a video game. Chuuya watches the others work, grinning when he sees his boyfriend do his thing, but then one of the sheep charges towards Chuuya, and it’s his turn to jump into action. He puts all his strength behind his fist and...punches right through the sheep. He hopes it’s made of ink.]

One down. This is pretty fun.

[He grins over at Shuji.]

Step it up, peach blossom bastard.

[thesettingsun]

[It's pretty solid when he punches into it, but when it dies it melts into ink.]

That isn't my name!

[Scowling, Shuji slices deeply into the guy-on-fire Taint with his scythe. It looks like it did pretty decent damage, but didn't one-shot it.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

My bad!

[Chuuya dives in and kicks the injured Taint as hard as he can, effectively turning it into a mess of ink.]

Looks like I had to finish your job for you.

[He chuckles, waving over at poet-Chuuya.]

How am I doing so far?

[goatsongs]

Not bad-!

[Sorry, Chuuya, poet-Chuuya over here is busy taking another shot at the last sheep. Between his and Niimi's shots, it goes down.]

Not bad at all for your first time.

[Shuji's going to sulk in silence.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Thanks~

[Poor Shuji. Teased by two Chuuyas.]

How many do we have to fight to clear the book? Is there a boss?

[goatsongs]

Depends how corrupted the book is, but if we find the main path to the 'boss' I'd say probably at least twelve more. There's usually a leader Taint riling the other ones up, it's just a pain to find them.

[It's gotten foggy all of a sudden...]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[It sure has gotten foggy, and Chuuya immediately goes on the defensive, preparing himself for an ambush. He has no idea how many forms these Taints can take, but he’s determined to punch them all into oblivion to protect the others. Yes, even Shuji.]

Do you see any more of them?

[goatsongs]

They could show up any second - oh, not those guys.

[Two more Taints have appeared, but Chuuya's reaction is one of annoyance rather than fear.

Fuck these guys. It's hard to damage them at all unless you get a lucky shot and they're just a pain in the ass.

That's made quickly apparent - Niimi and Chuuya both get a shot in, one on each of the Taints, but they don't even flinch.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Looks like they’re pretty tough.

[Chuuya will settle for trying to punch the fuck out of all of them. Look at him go.

It’s probably not going to work.]

[goatsongs]

[Barely a dent. On the other hand, it does mean that all of them will be trying to slice into Chuuya.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[OOPS.

Chuuya is forced to try and fight them all off at once, but...it’s not working. Clearly.]

Oi! Help me out here!

[thesettingsun]

[Help comes in the form of Shuji getting one good swing that pierces one of the Taint's defenses and reduces it to ink.]

Step it up, Chuuya.

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Ugh. Of course Chuuya’s gloating would come back to bite him in the ass.]

Yeah, yeah. Don’t get cocky.

[Chuuya is much more concerned with watching out for his boyfriend and Niimi, anyway.

Chuuya does manage to get a good hit on one and take it out quickly.]

I just wanna kick his bosses’ ass already.

[goatsongs]

That might take a while more. Assuming we even find the boss on the first run through.

[are you ready to curse the RNG]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Damn...

[Well. He did promise to help. He’s kind of stuck here until they clear the place, right?

So he’ll just keep fighting, keeping a close eye on his boyfriend all the while.]

What happens if we can’t find it?

[buyingmittens]

We come back out of the book to take a break, and then we try again! And again... and again...

[Can you tell how much Niimi loves that part.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

...right.

[Chuuya is kind of glad he doesn’t have to deal with this on a regular basis.]

Let’s finish this, then.

[goatsongs]

[At least the mafia's missions don't rely on RNG.]

You don't have to keep doing this if it's too much of a pain. We can take care of it.

[thetaintedsorrow]

Like hell.

[Well then, that’s more than enough motivation to get Chuuya kicking ass again. Except this time he takes a hit, now bleeding from his arm.]

Shit...!

[goatsongs]

[Chuuya sees his boyfriend bleeding and.

Well. On the bright side, that Taint no longer is moving after Chuuya pumped two or three shots into it.]

Fuck you, don't you dare hurt him!