[ Cue Jude covering his ears just before Yu opens the door. So much for waiting to see about needing to do this or not! Just hopefully they won't go deaf. ]
[Time to dive in, boys! What they enter is even more lavish, somehow, than the outside, but a completely different atmosphere. The wide chamber has a beautiful domed ceiling and is full of bright, warm colors. There are oversized, overstuffed pillows over almost every conceivable surface in the place, a massive vanity covered in glittering, gold accessories, and a table full of hot foods and plump, mouth-watering fruits that look ready to burst.
The music is coming from a set of magical instruments that seem to just be playing on their own, as if by phantoms, over in one corner, but there's nobody else in sight and the instruments don't stop on their behalf.
Notably, there's a pathway where the pillows break and seem to lead to a circular clearing. Or, perhaps its more accurate to say that the pillows have all been shoved away to make space to walk through. There's also another door past that clearing, as well.]
[ Okay, okay. With the door fully open, the music ... isn't any quieter, but it becomes bearable slowly. The ear he couldn't cover is ringing, but Yu will lower his hand from his other ear and step into this new room.
Mostly to himself: ]
This does seem like a place that would belong to a god of indulgence...
[ Like, damn.
Yu will wander around, just taking it all in. Though it's really more like "picking his way through this veritable sea of pillows" than actually wandering. There's so much to look at here, but the magical instruments inevitably draw his attention; he'll head that way simply to admire them. As he goes, he'll carefully overturn pillows here and there, trying to see if there's anything important here to find.
Of course there's also the path, but he'll get to that in due time. ]
[ Fortunately for Jude his ears aren't ringing but it does take him a bit to adjust to the sound. Though while Yu manages through the sea of pillows, Jude finds himself with a little more difficulty. Only just. His delay results in him having more time to look at all of the food on display and the instruments.
...and as tempting as it might be to grab some of the food, he follows Yu instead. ]
Is that who we're looking for?
[ Did they just break and enter into Indulgence's room??? ...if they did, why is Jude now just caring about it? ]
...or maybe I should be saying how we should make sure we aren't caught by them.
[Other than finding luxury after luxury, there doesn't really seem to be anything noteworthy to be found under any pillows, or anywhere else for that matter. The most interesting piece is probably the circular crown that rests on the vanity. There's also something red jutting out into the middle of the pillowless pathway.]
Looking for? ... to be honest, I kind of hope we don't run into them. But it was Indulgence's symbol that hid the mechanism to get in here. This place is probably theirs.
[ ... of these two things to investigate, that "something red" concerns him more, so Yu will head for it. What is this thing? ]
[Surprise: when Yu picks up the mysterious red object, he'll discover it's a bright red speedo! Finding a luxury cloth that's been tasked to cradle some godly junk? An absolutely blessed discovery.]
[ Very soft. He had to pick it up to pull it free from the pillows, and oh boy, it sure is what it is. He's holding it very carefully with the tips of just two fingers, the same way you might hold trash, or something very filthy.
[Maybe the speedo doesn't appreciate being treated like garbage when it's an object of absolute divinity, because as if its alive, like Aladdin's Magic Carpet, it springs up out of Yu's grasp and coils around his arm, sliding up his body like a snake.]
[ With a startled, hoarse cry, Yu will try to shake it off, fail, stumble over all the fucking pillows on the floor, and topple over, disappearing into a pile of them.
Please save him from this predatory speedo?????? ]
[ When people talk about doing heroic deed, they're probably not talking about rescuing people from seemingly sentient speedos and friends who have fallen into a sea of pillows.
But then again. All kinds. ]
Yu!
[ Jude yells while immediately rushing to his side (hopefully) and sticks his hands into the pillows to (hopefully) grab a hold of the speedo to pull it off of Yu (hopefully). this is a real tag i'm so sad. ]
[This feels like that scene with the giant baby in Spirited Away except it's a very persistent speedo that wants to find a home. It's a slippery little bugger, and fast, too, making its way across Yu's body and wiggling free of Jude's fingers as they try to close around it.
[ Yu, Jude, and a speedo, struggling amongst the pillows...
This is the worst. I regret everything.
anyway he's going to at least try and kick it off now. They sure are making a huge fucking mess of all the pillows on the floor. So much for making this place not look broken into. ]
[ not sure if "horror" is the genre you're looking for...
During the struggle to get the speedo off of Yu, Jude falls into the pile of pillows as well and keeps making attempts to grab the "divine garment"...only to also be kicked by Yu a few times due to the amount of pillows causing him to yelp in pain and pull away momentarily. ]
[In the commotion, a pillow goes flying into one of the enchanted instruments, causing it to stammer and lose tune, then fall into another, causing a domino effect of clanging, clattering instruments until they're all together in a sad musical pile on the floor.
Sad, sad trombone.
As that happens, the speedo loops itself over his ankles. RIP Yu, which will make it even harder to find any kind of balance or right himself.]
[ What kind of protagonist do you take him for? Jude will definitely not give into that and instead will start picking up and tossing pillows away from them. (Likely causing even more noise than necessary.) Parting the sea of pillows now that they've given up on making it seem as though they were never there. ]
No way!
[ A toss of a few pillows to one side. ]
It's just—
[ Another toss of some more pillows to the other side. ]
Some underwear! [ Firmly grabbing a hold of the speedo at Yu's ankle. ] Probably.
[Entirely too dramatic, but somehow perfectly in line with a jrpg, isn't it? The speedo struggles, unable to crawl farther up Yu's legs with the way Jude has a hold of it, so it shivers as it tries to resist!
Now that the music has stopped, they can hear the sound of running water coming from the other door past the area in the room that's clear of pillows.]
[ Jude will hold onto the speedo firmly as Yu escapes its grasp(??). For whatever the remaining length that the speedo tries to wriggle back up on Yu as he removes his legs(???), Jude will do a bit of his own tugging and hopefully pulling it off of Yu. ]
There!
[ Please free Yu from the speedo. It's free to live on Jude's hand. I offer him as tribute. ]
[Hand? Oh, no, when Jude manages to finally pull the speedo free, it snaps itself in the other direction, wrapping itself firmly around his head. This is his special hat now.]
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Damn. Jude-san, cover your ears.
[ He's going to go ahead and yank the door all the way open. Yolo!!!!! ]
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[ Cue Jude covering his ears just before Yu opens the door. So much for waiting to see about needing to do this or not! Just hopefully they won't go deaf. ]
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The music is coming from a set of magical instruments that seem to just be playing on their own, as if by phantoms, over in one corner, but there's nobody else in sight and the instruments don't stop on their behalf.
Notably, there's a pathway where the pillows break and seem to lead to a circular clearing. Or, perhaps its more accurate to say that the pillows have all been shoved away to make space to walk through. There's also another door past that clearing, as well.]
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Mostly to himself: ]
This does seem like a place that would belong to a god of indulgence...
[ Like, damn.
Yu will wander around, just taking it all in. Though it's really more like "picking his way through this veritable sea of pillows" than actually wandering. There's so much to look at here, but the magical instruments inevitably draw his attention; he'll head that way simply to admire them. As he goes, he'll carefully overturn pillows here and there, trying to see if there's anything important here to find.
Of course there's also the path, but he'll get to that in due time. ]
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...and as tempting as it might be to grab some of the food, he follows Yu instead. ]
Is that who we're looking for?
[ Did they just break and enter into Indulgence's room??? ...if they did, why is Jude now just caring about it? ]
...or maybe I should be saying how we should make sure we aren't caught by them.
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[ ... of these two things to investigate, that "something red" concerns him more, so Yu will head for it. What is this thing? ]
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[ Jude also wades on over to closely examine the crown while he allows for Yu to examine the "red thing". ]
If this does belong to Indulgence, that must mean there are rooms for all of the other gods, too, right?
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[ Very soft. He had to pick it up to pull it free from the pillows, and oh boy, it sure is what it is. He's holding it very carefully with the tips of just two fingers, the same way you might hold trash, or something very filthy.
Look. He doesn't know where this has been. ]
I hope you had more luck than I did, Jude-san.
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[ Yu's modest response gets Jude to turn around momentarily away from the crown to only see what he's holding
and.
well... ]
Perhaps you should put that back.
[ Do they need to be like the others with the bra??? ]
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Please save him from this predatory speedo?????? ]
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But then again. All kinds. ]
Yu!
[ Jude yells while immediately rushing to his side (hopefully) and sticks his hands into the pillows to (hopefully) grab a hold of the speedo to pull it off of Yu (hopefully). this is a real tag i'm so sad. ]
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It's heading for Yu's legs, now. Oh, god.]
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Get off!
[ Yu, Jude, and a speedo, struggling amongst the pillows...
This is the worst. I regret everything.
anyway he's going to at least try and kick it off now. They sure are making a huge fucking mess of all the pillows on the floor. So much for making this place not look broken into. ]
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During the struggle to get the speedo off of Yu, Jude falls into the pile of pillows as well and keeps making attempts to grab the "divine garment"...only to also be kicked by Yu a few times due to the amount of pillows causing him to yelp in pain and pull away momentarily. ]
Wh, what is with this thing?
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Sad, sad trombone.
As that happens, the speedo loops itself over his ankles. RIP Yu, which will make it even harder to find any kind of balance or right himself.]
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He's just going to take a pillow
shove it over his face
and stop struggling. let him die.
miserably: ]
Go on without me, Jude-san.
[ this is his fate. ]
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No way!
[ A toss of a few pillows to one side. ]
It's just—
[ Another toss of some more pillows to the other side. ]
Some underwear! [ Firmly grabbing a hold of the speedo at Yu's ankle. ] Probably.
[ This is entirely too dramatic. ]
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Now that the music has stopped, they can hear the sound of running water coming from the other door past the area in the room that's clear of pillows.]
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Jude-san...
[ ... his hero ...
Of course now they're stuck at an impasse. Very carefully, Yu will try to remove his legs from the speedo with Jude's help.
HE'D LOVE TO EXPLORE THAT SOUND BY THE WAY IF HE WERE NOT LITERALLY TRAPPED BY A SPEEDO. ]
... we can't spend much more time on this. We need to keep going ...
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[ Jude will hold onto the speedo firmly as Yu escapes its grasp(??). For whatever the remaining length that the speedo tries to wriggle back up on Yu as he removes his legs(???), Jude will do a bit of his own tugging and hopefully pulling it off of Yu. ]
There!
[ Please free Yu from the speedo. It's free to live on Jude's hand. I offer him as tribute. ]
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Jude-san, no!
[ we're going full dramatic jrpg protagonist
Yu sits up, grasping Jude's shoulders, looking pained. ]
I can't ... I can't let you do this!
[ They've got to get this thing off! Without tearing off Jude's hair... ]
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