bradley catchall

[outsidebones]

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week 0; monday

[outsidebones]

[i rolled 1., so at first this room looks completely normal. harrow frowns, paces around the room, checking the walls.]

Where are we...?

[battling]

Looks like more of the hotel.

[He'll go around and inspect it.]

[outsidebones]

[she blinks after a moment, touching the wall.]

Is it getting darker...?

[battling]

[ He blinks twice, but the darkness doesn't fade. ]

Seems like it.

[ Is there a lamp here he can look at? He's looking it over. ]

[outsidebones]

[it's still getting even darker, even if he fiddles with the light. and her voice sounds a little quieter now.]

I'm not sure it's the light or if it's my vision. My eyes aren't adjusting, they're just getting worse.

[battling]

[His sight is going faster than he could've prepared for.]

Start yellin' I can barely hear ya.

[outsidebones]

I'm speaking at my normal volume. Why are you -

[oh, this is getting bad. she'll sort of stagger in the dark to try to get nearer to where he is.]

Where are you?

week 1; monday

[outsidebones]

[4. You open the door and find yourself inside an Applebee's. That's it. That's the prompt. You can't leave until you have finished a dish from their menu. Once you're done, you find yourself back in the hallway. Only four minutes have passed.

so. here they are.]

...What is an Applebees?

[battling]

[ He's idly looking around like he's expecting a snake to show up and hiss at them to eat ]

Whatever this place is. Never heard of 'em before.

[outsidebones]

Neither have I.

[she squints at the menu.]

What is a Double Crunch Bone-In Wing, exactly?

[battling]

Chicken?

[ With some doubt. Are chickens standard food in the multiverse? ]

Or at least some sorta poultry.

[outsidebones]

Hmm. How would they engineer a chicken to develop extra crunchy bones?

[she's aware of what a chicken is, yeah.]

[battling]

Looks more like it's been fried twice and doused in some kinda sauce.

This one has the bones still in it. [ there is also, oddly to him, boneless wings. Who did that. ]

Week 4: Friday

[battling]

[He is walking around the lobby like he does most Fridays. It's been a long five weeks so far.]

[outsidebones]

[she's limping, and her face is a little more bare than usual; she has only light face paint that avoids the burn mark on her cheek. but she nods to him.

it has been a hard five weeks.]

I'm sorry, Bradley. It seems so wrong, for you to lose another.

[battling]

[He stops and then he sighs, running his hand through his hair, nodding back to her.]

These places have never been fair. We all know that.

[All these emotional wounds are still raw, barely having the chance to heal. He's usually have a few months in between.]

[outsidebones]

We do. But some experience the cruelty more deeply than others.

[battling]

[ There's really nothing he can say to dispute this. And yet, there's no part of him that wants her to be experiencing the same thing. ]

Yeah. ... Help me to solve these tomorrow.

[If there's nothing else, he might at least find some closure.]

[outsidebones]

I will.

[she says it very firmly.]

You deserve to know what happened to them. This time, perhaps I can help ensure that you do.

week 5; saturday

[outsidebones]

[harrow looks very tired; she's sitting on one of the couches in the library, resting and eating a hot cup of cup noodles, her face drawn and, unusually, free of more than a few dabs of paint.]

Hello, Bradley.

[battling]

[ He has fruit snacks for himself. ]

Hey. We got another busy weekend ahead.

[ Three of them. Again. ]

[outsidebones]

Mmm. This is getting ridiculous.

[she’s actually pretty sad.]

I would offer to try to find the one who killed him again but last time I reneged.

[battling]

We're getting closer to the end.

[ Makes sense the numbers would get decimated.

On one hand he is upset, but on the other he's so old and used to this. ]

You did help. We all hated that answer. I get it. There're some people you never wanna lose.

[outsidebones]

You say you get it, but it's more complicated. When I said I felt a need to help, I meant it.

[she examines her fingers, which are bruised and nasty looking.]

We are coming to the late weeks in our time here. I would like to tell you something. And I would prefer you not share it with others, but you owe me nothing and can do as you please.

I killed Aikawa.

[battling]

[... That's another mystery solved, at least.

He bites into the chip and stops, letting himself absorb that information.]

Got some questions.

Were you possessed? Was he himself that night? How much do you remember?