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[CYOA] The Fourth Floor

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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[Only those quoted may respond!]

The deep dark abyss... what more could you ask for??
On the shelf you notice a stack of flashlights, and you make the very quick and wise decision to grab one and a couple of the rolling loose batteries, juuust in case.
This place is old and decrepit, and you decide you're brave enough to find out what that 4th camera is hiding.
Wielding your flickering flashlight as both a weapon and a light source, you make your way thru the foyer, pushing thru the entryway turnstiles with ease and barely sparing a glance at the giant golden statue in the entrance.
And arrow on the wall directs you to the right, where there seems to be a hallway.
The handy flashlight comes in... uhm, handy... in the dark, and a short trip later you're looking at one of the pizzeria mascots looming over a gate to the race track.
Or what should have been a race track.
No sooner did you glance down away from the following pair of eyes, the hole from the camera is there in plain sight, destroying part of the track and making a path down into the dark like a dangerous sinkhole.
The gate for the track is locked, but since it's only a simple chain link one you scale it with ease, dropping on the other side all easy-peasy and making your way over to the hole.
Flashing your light down into it, you can see that there's some kind of scaffolding, as if someone had gone down before, and it makes you a little more comfortable about climbing into the dark, and with little to no hesitation you descend.
The scaffolding goes from a sturdy metal to wood, and the further you climb down the more you start to wonder if this was a good idea.
You misstep and one of the rungs of the wooden scaffolding cracks, causing you to slip and land with a thud on a rather cushy bed of decaying... something or other.
Luckily for you, you'd only fallen about 3 inches; the dark made it almost impossible to see anything down here.
Looking around, it seems you're in a cave, with tunnels connecting all over the place, and you can't help but shiver.

The expected direction seems to be the middle tunnel, with a few old string lights barely flickering signs of life to lead the way...

A movement in the dark, and you flash your light down the left tunnel just in time to see something slide away around a bend, just out of sight.

But you swear you can hear something whispering in the tunnel to the right, and your flashlight bounces back and forth between all three options.

Where do you go?


[Roll 1d100 along with your choice!]

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Joshuality

Grizzled Veteran
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Yeahh, no, whatever just caught his eye is not gonna get the jump on him.. Bon's headed for the left tunnel. Better to face it head-on, right? ....Right?
 

Zakiax

Stew Aficionado
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 32 32
Match decided to go down the middle tunnel. More light the better right?


(The expected direction seems to be the middle tunnel, with a few old string lights barely flickering signs of life to lead the way...)
 

Inari Miko

Veteran
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 96 96
Pooka twitched his tendrils, either in irritation or agitation or both even he couldn't tell you, and flicked his gaze between the three tunnels. Why on earth was there a sinkhole with scaffolding in this joint was beyond his understanding. I'm not getting paid enough for this. He thought, grumbling before picking the RIGHT tunnel. Suspicious activities were going on, and the noises must be investigated.
 

Natty-chan

Stew Aficionado
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 87 87
Just as he entered the dark area, Itto began having second doubts about being able to use the race track. Reeaaally, he should be taking this job seriously… and he was, but there was no harm in some wishful thinking- Was there? Either way, armed with a flashlight- and a club- he cautiously continues his way toward the fourth camera. Going through obstacles, Itto muttered about being paid extra for the trouble and risk of injury. Clearly, he didn’t really read what was on the contract he signed. That was neither here nor there now. Reaching his destination, a large frown appeared on his face. AW MAN!! He whined in his head. Well… whatever hopes of taking a lap on the track was dashed when all he saw was a hole in the ground.

A snort of disappointment.

There was part of him that wanted to turn back and just veg out in the security room, but he was already this far… might as well keep going. Effortlessly, Itto jumps over the gate to the other side, making it to the sinkhole in the ground and shining the flashlight down it. At least there was scaffolding. He could probably jump down, but not knowing how deep it was, there was no telling if he would be able to land safely. The trip down wasn’t so bad, a few moments of worry about fal- “WOOOAAH!!!” He exclaimed, finding himself tumbling to the ground, landing with a thud and a grunt. Itto shook his head, pushing himself back up onto his hooves and looks around t o see… nothing. Greeaat... He muttered again, checking if the flashlight was okay then shining it around again.

Tunnels? Now he wished Kuki and the gang had come with him- they could take each one and see what was done them much quicker. At the same time, he knew his deputy leader would be nagging his ear off right about now as well. He sighed, shaking his head and not letting this little set back bring him down. The first tunnel looked promising, just follow the lights and he could possibly find a way out. He takes a step forward…

Whazzat?!” He asked, well… no one in particular, as his flashlight seems to hit something briefly down the left tunnel. His head tilted, brows furrowing. He was certain he was the only one down here… right? Then the whispers happen, eyes going wide and turning to quickly aim the light down the right tunnel. There was nothing there… but… he could have sworn.

He growled in annoyance. Seeing something was the most suspicious to him, though he was sure that it was just some punk kid doing a dare or something. Either way, they shouldn’t be here. With that, he turns once more and heads down the left tunnel.
 

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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@Joshuality @Natty-chan

The urge to seek out something that may be lurking in the dark, earthy tunnels is too must of a temptation, so you quickly make your way down the left tunnel.
While you'd expected something when you rounded the corner, you certainly didn't expect to see staff bots from the first floor just... left down here.
There were quite a few of them standing to the left and right of the tunnel, in varying states in disrepair, but one little fellow catches your attention just tucked away behind a few of the cleaner ones.
It doesn't seem to be a staff bot at all, a little shorter with a lot of brightly colored panels spread across both its head and torso.
A coin slot sits just between the wheels at its base, and scattered all over the tunnel floor, besides bits and parts of other bots, are tokens surely meant for this bot.
Maybe you could try using a coin on it to see what happens? Or do you choose to just proceed down the tunnel and see where it leads?
Of course, turning back is always an option too...
[Roll 1d100 with you choice!]​
 

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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@Zakiax

The middle tunnel, despite being better lit than the other options, isn't any cleaner.
Litter still manages to find itself scattered down here, but loyally following the string lights proves to be fruitful.
Just as you come to the end of the tunnel, where the string lights seem to be hooked up to a generator, you spot it: an old, burned out building.
Aside from noticably suffering from a fire, there's not much you can make out about it at first glance besides that its still standing, if a bit precariously.
The rest of the area is just closed in, abandoned, even a bit wet from leaks dripping down from the above building.

I suppose, if you really wanted to, you could check out the rest of the cave? Or maybe you'd like to just dive into the building itself?
[Roll 1d100 with your choice!]​
 

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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@Tea

The middle tunnel, despite being better lit than the other options, isn't any cleaner.
Litter still manages to find itself scattered down here... wait, that newspaper just moved.... ACK!



It seems you have a new friend... and it's just staring at you, and moves when you move. Okay then.
[Hold the link for the end of the game, this isn't your official link just yet!]

Just as you come to the end of the tunnel, where the string lights seem to be hooked up to a generator, you spot it: an old, burned out building.
Aside from noticably suffering from a fire, there's not much you can make out about it at first glance besides that its still standing, if a bit precariously.
The rest of the area is just closed in, abandoned, even a bit wet from leaks dripping down from the above building.

I suppose, if you really wanted to, you could check out the rest of the cave? Or maybe you'd like to just dive into the building itself?
[Roll 1d100 with your choice!]​
 

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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@Inari Miko

The whispers only seem to grow in intensity the further you travel down the right tunnel, but they never seem to get any louder, and it leaves you with goosebumps.
When the urge to turn back hits a high point, something shifts in the dark....
"Well, well, well.... this is... unprecedented...."
That voice sounds... almost too familiar, but you can't seem to place it when the figure suddenly steps forward...



"I don't think you should be here."
The deep voice rumbles, and you have two options before you now:
Face your opponent head on? Or maybe you can retreat to the safety of further down the tunnel? Or maybe you can just sprint back the way you came and hope it works out?
[Roll 1d100 with your choice!]​
 

Joshuality

Grizzled Veteran
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 6 6
No WAY could he pass this up! Bon absolutely scrambles to grab some tokens and hurriedly uses one on the bot.
 

Inari Miko

Veteran
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 34 34
Pooka stared the figure before him down. "I was hired to be here. What about you?" he replied in a bored tone. Seems he wasn't going to back down and was prepared to face his opponent head-on.
 

Zakiax

Stew Aficionado
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 98 98
Gulping a bit Match took a catious step forward and began is apprach determind to 'dive into the building itself'
 

Natty-chan

Stew Aficionado
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Dice Rolled:
🎲d100 12 12
Stupid food joint. Stupid race track. Stupid hole. Stupid scaffolding. Stupid punk... Itto mutters to himself while walking through this tunnel, on the look for the shadow he was sure came this way. Most of it was him being a brat that he couldn’t goof off like he would have liked, but what did he expect from a building that was abandoned? He started to regret signing up for the job, if it wasn’t for the fact he needed the money he would be spending his time doing much better things. Like battling beetles.

He snorts as he turns the corner, then promptly stops. “Wooooaaaaah...” He looks around amazed at all the bots just laying around. His first thought was why they were down here, since they were supposed to be on the first floor. Then he had thoughts of all the ways he could use just one of them to pull pranks on other ponies, even getting all giddy from all the ideas that started coming to his mind. Then he realized that the owner of this place probably wouldn’t approve of him taking any of them, causing a pout to come to his lips. Walking around, shining the light on the bots to inspect them, Itto notices one of the bots. Although it was tucked behind others, it wasn’t too hard to spot because of how different and bright it looked. Curiosity piqued, the large stallion moves over to it, even pushing some of the other animatronics out of the way. Geee… these weigh a ton. He thought as he heft one out of the way to reveal the smaller bot. Getting a closer look, he saw the coin slot and tilted his head. What did that do? Of course he had to find out what it did… he was like the biggest foal in an adults body. So, it didn’t take him long to scoop up one of the tokens to use the coin and slip it right inside the slot.
 

ChexaRain

Grizzled Veteran
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@Joshuality

You hardly expect a reaction when you drop a coin in the bot, but you're pleasantly surprised when the scrappy metal body springs to life, if a bit wonky.
“I am a Candy Cadet. Come get your candy here. I have candy all day. Every day. Candy. Candy. Candy. Candy.”
A few sparks fly from the neck, and the poor little bot is silent again. Alas, even entering another token doesn't seem to give him life again.
However, something creeps around from behind the bot, and it nearly makes you jump out of your skin...



Oh. Well I suppose this is your uhm... prize?
It's coming with you either way...
[Hold the link for the end of the game, this isn't your official link just yet!]

Now that the bot is no longer running, it seems like the fun is over, and now you're left with a couple choices to make: Continue down this path and see where it leads, or do you want to turn back and try a different tunnel?
[Roll 1 d100 with your choice!]​
 
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