Adventures Of Gloom in Yuritown

Gm: It's the first day of the week, and the clock has barely struck for the second break of the morning before all the silly, silly students rush away to the school cafeteria, some of them not even bothering to wait for the teacher to give away the rousing signal to get up. Guess it's just one of those days where famine strikes in Rakunan High School, to the point where the cafeteria food is preferable to nothing. A familiar happy voice  comes from behind Shinobu, no doubt sending the gloomy girl into a panic/heart attack because holy fuck social contact, calling out with glee "Heya, Gloombaskets!" while hopping next to the massive nerd, the sight of Sumiko Yuina and the feeling of her hands pressing down on the Gloomshoulders making themselves known. "Wanna eat lunch with me on the roof~? 'cause it turns out I forgot to pack mine and I was hoping you had some yourself!"  What a moochy best-but-also-only-friend.

Shinobu: The Gloombeast enjoyed eating on her own away from the big loud crowds of the cafeteria and was actually making her way to a nice SHADY STAIRWELL she could sit under and eat in peace like some sort of disgusting troll. The appearance of both her friend and PHYSICAL CONTACT cause her to let out a small squeak of fright before she calms down slightly. "A-Ah...Sumiko..." She breathes a sigh of relief and turns to quickly latch on to her childhood friend's arm before she can protest. "I'll come to the roof with you, and I don't mind sharing..." WOW SPEAK UP THERE GLOOMBUTT YOU'RE WHISPERING WHILE ATTACHED TO ANOTHER GIRLS ARM THAT'S WHAT WE IN THE BUSINESS CALL 'A SCENE'.

Gm: 'A SCENE' is right. The Genkifiend really stifles a laugh as she's basically tackled, stumbling a little on the way to the stairs and up hup bup climb all the way fup. "Snnnnrrk... speak up, Gloom Reaper, I can't hear you!" GOSH SHE'S ANIME-LOUD SOMEBODY STOP HER also did she just say Shini-gami how kawaii. A few of the students who are coming back down the stairs, mostly seniors, give the pair of yuribeasts an ODD LOOK or two, but  those are usually the norm wherever they go. Mostly because of shit like this. With her other arm, Sumiko is already pulling out her phone, which is normal for her. To the point where she has to have a decoy phone to give to the teachers just to exist. Reaching the top floor and giving a sideways entry through the door because the two of them are kinda wide like this, the pair reach their roof-y destination with no incident other than almost knocking down the basketball ace off the stairs for like the fifth time this month! "Ahhh, fresh haircoughhackwheeze... dang delinquents and their smokin'...~!" Yeah it smells like tobacco and recent loss of nerd money... "Well, whaddya got for us, Super Gloomnova~?" CHOU-SHINU-SEI.

Shinobu: Gloomnado keeps her depression gaze firmly locked on the floor whenever they pass by another living being, eye contact was forbidden even if it did almost cause her to accidentally almost kill people a few times when going up the stairs. "Bueh..." Shinobu lets her distate for smoking be known with a very strange noise as she produces TWO BENTOS wait what the fuuuuck does she have an eating problem now. "I made two because I thought you might have wanted one..." She mumbles to herself. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want too..." SHE'S YOUR FRIEND YOU LITTLE SHIT STOP BEING MOPEY.

Gm: "Yoink~!" is Sumiko's reply, and what can be expected from her happens. That is to say, she yoinks the fuck out of one of the bentos, and in fact takes a little bit of a PENSIVE STANCE as she looks at the leftover one... but decides not to snatch that one too. How nice of her. How nice of everybody to also not be on the roof at this precise moment. Not a second is wasted before she "Rub a dub dub thanks for the grub~!" and begins  laying down the snack on that Final Ad Bento, chopsticks poised to strike before one can even blink. Amidst her good eats she pulls out her phone, and begins talkin' it out with her mouth full. "Shaay, Shadobu, didya shee all thish shtuff about-- gulp-- about like... these computer monsters?" she then shows off the phone, sliding with her long nails a few screens of the BEST NETWORKING WEBSITE of your choice. No digital monsters are  present, just people bragging about seeing them, and taking selfies with strange watch-like devices on their wrists. "They say there's like this ~spooooky~ other world you can go into using a computer or something, and there's monsters there like it's a VIRTUAL REALITY GAME~! You still like games, right~?" DO YOU SPOOKSTER

Shinobu: "Hmmh..." Shinobu makes yet another noise which seems to suggest displeasure at things being snatched away from her and gets right to the job of EATING A BENTO while she listens to her rambling friendo. "Computer monsters...? I don't like the sound of that at all..." She used her computer all the time and it had been safe from monsters so far. "Games can be fun! But I think virtual reality would be too scary for me...unless it was a nice game about hugging." LIKE ARTIFICAL ACADEMY 2.

Gm: "Scary...? Oh you dummy, it's not like anything can happen to you if it's like, a game! It's not real! Dohh..." GenkiRanger shows a mild amount of Pout Energy, apparently she was kinda hype for INVESTINGATINNING some of that digital monster stuff, even if it was scary! "Well ifya say so, Gloomy Bloomy... I guess we can do a game that's about hugging though!" Oh God there's that twinkle in her eye that says shit's about to get comfy and/or boin-y. And sure enough, she puts away the mostly-finished bento Jesus Christ she eats at lightning speed, then adjusting the school jacket tied around her waist, before going on all fours not unlike a predator stalking her prey. "Hugsies! Ready...~" PAW, PAW, PRETEND IT'S A PAW YOU GLOOMY NERD. "Nyaaah, go~!" OH GOD THE POUNCE IS IN MOTION HELP HELP BULLY/SEXUAL ASSAULT IS IN PLACE.

Shinobu: "O-Oh, um...I like hug games." Gloom n Zoom puts down her bento at a safe distance so that the janitor does not have to clean up the results of the sex fiend attack that is currently taking place. "N-Nyaaah...mmmph!" Shinobu is soon introduced to a world of oppai hell and apparently thought that she was required to return any cat noises thrown her way, she seems to be enjoying herself though since she did wrap her arms around Sumiko and is not currently screaming or trying to escape.

Gm: Damnably enough, the sex predator was actually expecting to dodge, although she totally doesn't regret putting way more jump into her pounce than was needed. Rolling for a few seconds until the two girls hit what is essentially a dead stop for living boins (with Gloomy-buns on top of Sumiko, since she didn't let go-- not like she ever does), Shinobu's classmate and actual sex offender Sumiko Yuina laughs it off, then she giggles up a storm, hugging Shinobu with one arm while the other one strokes the back of her head. "Hahaha... eheheh~! Gloomy, you're like a really silly kitty sometimes, yanno that~?" A really silly kitty who should not stand still when the big tiger gets into the pounce position, because then this happens! Good thing this is totally alone roof time. "We should do more hug games after school! Buuuut we should also do the other kind of game, with the digital monsters, because it also sounds fun!" WAS THIS HER PLAN ALL ALONGyes, yes it was. "Right?" Rufflesnuffle the gloom's head until she either suffocates on the boin or agrees to the terms delivered: the Yuina family technique passed down through generations.

Shinobu: Gloomtrain has been trapped in a world of brainwashing boin and could not deny Sumiko's request even if she tried her very hardest! She would struggle to do that without the hugs anyway since saying no would cause her far too much stress. "I-It does sound fun if it's with you..." She mumbles into the boin but thankfully is still loud enough to be heard. "I'll do it." Wow holy god anyone overhearing this conversation would probably be thinking it was some MAD SCOOPS RUMOURS for them to spread, hot damn.

Gm: Sumiko is so totally used to Gloom hugging herself to the boin/under the boin/quite literally between the boin, this is almost too easy for the overendowed student. "Snrk..." A stifled laugh from the genki girl that was, successfully for once, contained in her system. Mostly. She wiggles her bod for a second to tease her biffle smiffle, since she's so totally under her control oh man she's gonna be evil isn't she. "I told youuuu~! Gotta talk loudeeeer..." A whisper, Jesus Christ, she's going all out. What is also going all out is the school bell, signaling the end of lunch time, and as expected, the return to classes. "Hmmmuuu, my chance..." CHANSU... "Ah, nevermind. Get up, Gloom Reaper, we gotta go back to class before someone else cuts class and catches us!" AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT THAT, WOULD YOU well I mean it's just hugs isn't it??? Oh God backrubbing with your hand during a non-comfort hug is illegal please stop that right now.

Shinobu: Screaming internally may or may not be happening as this gets progressively more danger, what chance was Sumiko talking about there? Gloom would have to ever ask about it ever in a million years for sure. "R-Right! Class..." Woaaah hey she pretty clearly almost fell asleep there from BACKRUBBING of all things and is putting great amounts of effort into staying lucid.

Gm: Oh the chance is here and presented so... so... eagerly. Almost. Not really. It's pretty clear The Path Of Shinobu is just letting herself get swooped away into the raging currents of Sumiko and the valley between her lily petal-covered mountains. "Orrrr... we could stay here like this... for a little while~?" she asks, and what happens next is very very very not actually lewd at all whatsoever because all she does is wait for Shinobu to fall asleep into her boin, then mark down "YOURS TO CLAIM" on the Gloomy girl's back, followed by an arrow pointing downwards, all in water-washable Sharpie. Followed by snuggling down with her. By the time Gloom-chan is able to wake up, she may feel the weight of her BFF laying on top of her, hugging herself to her navel while drooling a bit over her ear. Also: the sun is already setting over the orange skies, so it must be... pretty late in the afternoon. Sumiko mumbles "Nuuh I don't wanna be a vetenarian...~" in her sleep, for whatever reason. Sure hope the school isn't closed or they might have to stay the night locked up!

Shinobu: Gloomshazoom slowly wakes up after her trip into the death zone and slowly takes in the situation that she finds her self waking up to. "A-Ahh...w-what happened...?" She sputters nervously to herself and looking quite distressed. "D-Did we...? N-No I'm still wearing clothes..." The depresslord calms down a little more and avoids a panic attack. "And I don't taste anything either, okay....S-Sumiko? It's time to wake up." She whispers and gently nudges her friend. "I-It's getting dark..."
Gm: Sumiko lets out a loud snooooooore from her big drooly... inviting... mouth, rolling off of Shinobu, before waking up with a jolt and straightening herself while sitting down. "HAAAaahhwwwhuh, whuh? Did I win?" DID I WIN AT 'HUGS'?? Well yeah considering your opponent fell asleep a long time before you got bored of writing on their body... probably. "Aww man, it's so late now..." she whines with a pout, pulling out her phone... and checking the time to make sure. "Yup, late o'clock..." Yup, it's late o'hey, damn you. "But wait, I was gonna say we should sneak into school when they closed anyways... this is good too, now we can do the alternate reality thingy!" No it's virtual reality, ya ditz. Also are you... gonna get up at any point.

Shinobu: "A-Alternate reality?! S-Sumiko, I-ohh...you mean that virtual thingy..." Uh, why did you look like a heart attack was rapidly approaching for a second there what kind of alternate realities do you have floating about in that gloomy mind of yours and why is it making you blush. "I did say I would do it with you so...let's go." Once you lead the way of course because everyone knows the school has like a million ghosts haunting it.

Gm: "Yeah, let's!" Sumiko waits not one second sooner before hopping to her feet; the mystery of how the boin manages to stay firm despite her athletic capabilities surprises no one because it's 'the tightest bra ever I mean damn'. It's like a locking mechanism at this point. After wiping herself off a little and nabbing some more of the bento discarded to the side, the genkifiend grabs Shinobu and locks her to her own arm instead of the other way around for once, and begins the descent through the stairs, explaining what she read before. "Sooo the seniors said that you need a really special computer, and it's in the second floor of this place, in the old computer science room they shut down last year..." Her steps are much less bouncy (thank God) and, when they near the door, she squeaks up again. "There it-- oooh... the door's all boarded up..." Well shit! There's wooden boards over it, as well as some yellow and black tape saying KEEP OUT (probably placed as a prank to the freshmen), for good measure...

Shinobu: Oh man! The school sure was spooky this time of the night, luckily Gloom had a weird best friend close by to ward off all the demons with the threat of her stealing all of their sweets. "B-Boarded up? I think that might be against school rules...!" She squeaks out, looking around a little nervously. "W-What do we do? I don't think I'm strong enough to move those..."

Gm: "Hmmmmmm...!" HMMMM a very pensive HMMMMM comes from SuHMMMMiko, and she taps the boards, like that's gonna cause them to break. It's not a safe, putting your ear to them won't tell you how to magically destroy them... silly bean. Frustrated headscratching takes place, apparently Sumiko is not very smart, or even vaguely attentive. "Well... like, I mean... poop!" She paces around, finally giving up and taking to opening one of the windows, fortunately not jammed or anything... it's on the same side as the door, and overlooks the school entrance. Finding not much solace in knowing that they're kind of... boned unless they can come up with something or her much-smarter BFF finds a way to get in, the genki-lacking-genki girl takes a few breaths of fresh air out of the window, wiggling her butt a bit. "Aww, man, this is the blorst...~" HELP HOW DO I INTO THE ROOM.

Shinobu: "A-Ah...S-Sumiko." Gloom calls out to her buddy bud and shuffles over to her, she had to get her best friend into this room no matter what since she had promised! The stress from failure would probably give her a heart attack. "I-I think we could maybe use the ledge to g-get to the window..." She suggests while pointing out said ledge. "J-Just an idea!" SQUEAKY VOICE.
Gm: "Hmm... Gloomyyyy... you're so smart I could kiss you~!" OH G"But I won't because I know you usually pass out when I do that." It's true, that does seem to be the case most of the time... hell, Shinobu fell asleep from a hug just now, it could really go either way! Still, Sumiko seems to accept that as THE NEXT BEST PLAN AVAILABLE, and slowly climbs over the window's waist high wall and onto the ledge... and promptly looks down. "Alrighty... hoooly moly... um, Gloom Reaper, don't look down, okay? A-and... like... don't fall, either, that'd be bad!" she notes, her back to the wall, the ledge fitting her entire shoe but not leaving much room for error either. Good thing she's not facing the wall or the boin would be really fuckin' inconvenient to have... still, she begins inching to the right, in the direction of the room's window, expecting her scaredy-kitty friend to come with.

Shinobu: "Uuuah...kisses..." Gloomy doomy follows close behind her friend and keeps her eyes closed tightly, presumably to think about something nice that's totally not about kisses to keep herself calm as she traverses the ledge. "I-I'll...open this." She mumbles to herself and then opens up that window and quickly scrabbles her way inside, ledges are scary!
Gm: "Aha, successful stealth mishuwaaaah~!" OH DEAR GOD WHAT'S THAT SOUND well it's the sound of Sumiko entering a dark room filled with dusty computers and immediately tripping and sliding into a hug for the Shinobu, causing the two of them to immediately stumble into one of the computer desks in a loss of footing, the monitor screen flickering from its inactive state with a 'psh!' and loading... a screen of some kind of city with static over it, the program being called 'gate.exe'. Not much else exists in the interface that they can see, though. "Oof, sorry, Gloomy... I slipped..." apologizes the genki girl while towering over Shinobu on the floor. Why do they keep ending up in these compromising positions? Moreover, this room is hella dark, which Sumiko will remedy... by getting up and flipping the light switch on, letting the room be illuminated by more than just one monitor.

Shinobu: "U-Uwaaaaaaaah!" Shinobu responds in kind and pretty much jumps out her skin at the sudden loud noise and being toppled to the floor. Sumiko is not allowed much time to recover as Shinobu is soon buried face first in the boin in an attempt to seek comfort from being spooked so bad, she might actually be crying a little but it's a mystery at the moment! She is shaking quite a bit though...which is probably not good for someone who is at NERVOUS as her normal state.

Gm: "Ooh, sorry, sorry... gosh, I forgot..." Sumiko kinda smirks but also facepalms at her CALLOUS DISREGARD for her best friend's massive amounts of social anxiety and... basically spergissitude. "Shh, shh, it's okay Super Gloomnova, it's coooool...~" comforts the genki girl, oddly quiet compared to her usual anime-loudness, hugging Shinobu close to her while letting those two assets remain a useful... asset for anything related to her BFF.  They're like pillows to the black-haired girl, dang! Not that she minds...

Shinobu: Soon enough the Gloombuut recovers enough to pull back from the HYPNOTIC POWERS of the boin zone and lets out a little sniffle. "I-I'm okay...thank you Sumiko." She gives her friendo a little affectionate squeeze and then gets to giving the room a nervous scan. "W-Weird...what is that on the m-monitor? The static is a little spooky..." EVERYTHING IS SPOOKY TO YOU HOW DO YOU LIVE.

Gm: PHEW, situation defused before she had to resort to snuggling. This was no time to snuggle, she already did that before, and look where that got them! ... in the room where they were gonna go anyway. Okay, damn, that's fine, but she's still not snuggling until the cooldown's off on that. What were we talking ab"Oh, you're right... it's pretty weird." Sumiko is really observational and begins her own investigation of the sNO DON'T TAP ALL THE BUTTONS AND ESPECIALLY DON'T HIT ENTER! "I wonder if this is the virtual reality thing~!? Let's find out!" Oh God oh man the screen is... oh, the image of the city disappeared, and now it's just a loading screen. It says 'loading' and the bars go slowly increasing in size and quantity. "Oh... um... I think I did it? Do you see one of those big headsets... or whatever, that you put on, and... okay, no. So what now?" HMM YES WHAT NOW maybe let it load first you shit.

Shinobu: "A-Ah! It's loading something!" Gloompants squeaks out, does she do this at home when she starts up a waifu simulator? Probably. "When things load you have to wait until it f-finishes..." The big genius over there explains how loading works for her all too eager friend. "I-I've never seen that many before though...m-maybe it'll tell us what it's loading up somewhere?" Gloom will go ahead and check on the computer for any clues as to whats loading up, which is a little difficult because she's also holding  Sumiko's hand at the same time, lewd!

Gm: "Ooooh. Man, phones are way better..." Poutyface engaged, looks like Sumiko doesn't like being reminded that she's not the sharpest tool in the shed! Oh but handholding is fine she's okay with doing that, and in fact, she even entwines her fingers with Shinobu's for good measure. Lewd! She, however, lets her smartypants friend figure out what it's loading... or try to, at least. The computer slows down to a crawl as it does whatever the heck it's doing, and it's probably because the damn thing looks like it's only made to handle Word and Excel and not much else. Cheapskate principal... however, she manages to find a folder named ??? on the desktop with gate.exe inside, and a text file with a strange name-- that promptly disappears as the monitor screen glitches the fuck out in purple and green lines while a loud CRRK comes from the computer's tower, a sign  recognized by all PC-havers to mean 'oh fuck what just broke'. "Oh man... did you break it?" DID YOU.

Shinobu: "N-No! It...just did it!" Gloom protests as best as she can but mostly comes across as being close to tears than anything else because she's a big silly baby. "I-I don't like this at all Sumiko...I really hope it's not broken for good or someone might get mad." She just pokes at a random key nervously in the hopes that it suddenly fixes every problem and squeezes Sumiko's hand a little tighter, GOSH IS IT GETTING HHOT IN HERE.

Gm: "I-it's okay, it's okay, no one even knows we were here..." comforts Sumiko while at the same time petting Shinobu's head like she's a lost puppy, letting the pleasantly humming sound of the broken monitor soothe the two of them. She's a bit worried that yeah they might get blamed for this, but as long as they make a stealthy escape, it should be fine. "Look, it's kind of a bust, so we should just go..." and leave whoever comes next to sort this out. "It's getting late anyway, so--" Whatever she was gonna say is silenced by the monitor suddenly bursting with blinding white light, causing the genki school girl to instinctively hug Gloomy closer to her and oh God the boin is back. "A-ah, what the heckie!?" DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE 'HECKIE'. "Alrighty time to get ooout~!" notes Sumiko, but unfortunately, trying to drag herself and Shinobu away only results in the tiled floor beneath their feeth peeling apart, revealing a white void and entering free fall. "Wah, is this it~!? Is this the virtual reality stuff!?" UH EITHER THAT OR YOU LITERALLY OPENED A GATE INTO HELL, LIKE, YEAH. "Wheee, haha~! Look, Gloomy, it's like we're flying!" OR FALLING INTO FOREVER.

Shinobu: "U-Uwaaaaaaaah!" Once again Gloomers is sent into a panic attack by the white light which only intensifies with the removal of the floor. "W-What's happening?! I don't want to be falling anymore! Please don't let go of me Sumiko!" She wails, how can you be saying WHEE in a situation like this you crazy person GLOOM IS NEAR HEART ATTACK LEVELS OF PANIC.

Gm: She can be easily saying it because Sumiko is, like, having the time of her life, like DAMN, wheeeee. "Don't worry you Gloombasket, it's VIRTUAL REALITY, ahahahaha~!" Soon enough the genki girl takes the two of them in a very spinning motion by jerking her body to the right, like they're a damn drill torpedo falling through the white void. "I gotta wonder if we'll ht a--" whatever comes next is nothing as Sumiko's embrace is replaced by the air(?)'s embrace, with Gloomy falling on her own lonesome... into what appears to be a lake of sorts, the pristine water splashing high into the air because a fucking depression-radiating torpedo just fell on it at terminal velocity. Still, Gloomy does appear to be fine, physically I mean. She's gonna need a few years of therapy to overcome falling so hard and fast into a lake, not to mention doing so without the cushiony embrace of her BFF. The water is cold. 0/10 hot springs, not enough warmth.

Shinobu: "Glbrlrl!" Shinobu helpfully informs the world at large as she splashes out of the lake and makes a frantic attempt to get to the shore. "G-Guaah..w-where am I...? S-Sumiko?!" She calls out for her friend as she clambers out of the lake, looking around nervously and RAPIDLY APPROACHING a breakdown of massive proportions. "H-Hello....?"

Gm: Gloomgirl is met with the sound of birds going CAW in the distance because she disturbed them. Also, with a loud cry of "Shut up!" coming from a man's voice along the plains... Or, well, a teenaged jerk's voice, at least. More accurately, it seems the voice is coming from a small cabin in the middle of the green prairie. Looks like it's a very long ways from civilization, and through the plains, one can see a large pillar or obelisk of sorts poking into the sky. Across the lake is another one of those, but it seems decidedly further away. The lake seems to lead into a waterfall in the distance, as well.

Shinobu: "S-Sorry!" An apology is quickly squeaked out, but the gloom still heads towards the cabin regardless of the rudeness of the voice. "U-Um..could you help me? I don't know where I am and I'm really scared!" She continues to squeak as she approaches her destination, she needed all the help she could get before the demons which totally existed came and got her.

Gm: Gloomy is able to spot a few fishing rods left aside near the lake, for whatever reason. Maybe the cabin is like, selling fishing supplies or something? Either way, though, the orange-mohawked 'salesman' grumbly-dumbly accepts that he has to meet Shinobu... with angry grumbling. He's... decidedly not human, and in fact, not very tall, holding up a thick wooden club behind him as he exits his cabin. "I toldja to shut up, ya' noodly-- what the hell kinda digimon are ya'...?" Yeah what kinda digimon are ya what the fuck is a digimon exactly. "Not very strong-lookin' that's fer sure!" HEY, THAT'S MEAN.

Shinobu: "A-Ah...! N-No...I have to be calm, it's just a game...." Gloom takes a few deep breaths to try and calm herself down and is finding it very hard to do so. "I'm n-not a digithingy...I'm a human! I've never been to this place before...and I lost my f-friend." OH NO ARE THE TEARS GOING TO START FLOWING SOMEONE GET A BUCKET. "I need help!"

Gm: "A hewman? Funny accent, haha! You mean hewmon!" Uh... are you... brain damaged? Either way, looks like Shinobu manages to draw out a laugh from the dude. To the point where he smacks his knee and slams down his club over his head, causing a crack in the ground. "Oooh, that tickles me good! You're funny soundin'! And cute!" Whoa there friend, last time someone said that, they got dropkicked by a girl yelling 'genn-kiiii-ck!' in seconds flat. "Serious though, quiet down, 'cause you're scarin' the fish." Kinda far away to do that, though, ain't it. And there's no one fishing.

Shinobu: "O-Oh..I'm sorry..." Gloom lowers her volume down to more reasonable levels so the fishies don't die from the soundwaves. "I really want to go home though...I just f-fell out of the sky all of a sudden and now I'm lost." She explains. "I don't know w-what to do at all." Just walking into the wilderness is a bad idea. "Y-You seem nice...so could you help me?" She's not sure HOW he could help but anything would be nice at this point.

Gm: "Uhh, no clue, don't look like you got wings to fly back..." The Green Goburin shrugs something fierce, scratching his head while narrowing an eye. "Hey, wait... I'm not nice!" He stomps his foot. "I'm not nice at all ya hear!" Twice, now. "Gimme your money, who the heck'dya think y'are, this is private property!" Uh, is it, 'cause it just looks like it's a giant field with a shack and a lake nearby. "This place is mine! Gotta pay the toll or you go squish!" SQUISH is what you go if you don't pay the toll apparently.

Shinobu: "U-Uwaaah! Don't squish me!" Gloom backs away from the suddenly ANGRY clun wielder and almost trips over onto her big idiot butt. "I-I don't have any money to give you! I just wanted some help! S-Sumikoooo!" Well the fish are gonna be long gone by now, good job idiot screaming for boinlord.

Gm: "I dun want nothin' of what yer sellin' me!" Apparently the Green Master does not want any Sumiko because it sounds like some weird shit you put on your steak to make it taste less raw and why the hell would you ever wanna do that exactly??? Steakruinner, this girl. Either way, he brings his club down rather harshly to make Shinobu go squish... except that in a sudden moment, a sword blocks the club's descent and immediately deflects the attack back, sending the angry midget stumbling on one foot for a second while the dust clears in front of Shinobu to reveal... another midget, but this one is actually dressed and armored, with a mask over his face. "Oof, oof, oof! Who did that!? Who-oh." SHIT, SAVED BY THE BELL... or, well, the kendo guy. Then, words from Shinobu's savior. "A-are you okay, miss...?" it-- he-- she! She asks. It's a she, totally, or just a boy with a girly voice.

Shinobu: Shinobu was pretty sure she was going to die right there! But it seems her cries have summoned the aid of a super hero midget which is....strange but acceptable, and heshe seemed nice enough with the whole murder preventing thing. "T-Thank you so much! He was trying to squish me! I'm l-lost and confused so please help me!" HELP ME TINY KENDO PERSON I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE HUGS.

Gm: "Oh, you little you go squish now!" Okay well that's a train of thought that just flat-out went unfinished, but that's fine, because at least now the angry midget is definitely focused on someone that isn't Shinobu. "Squish!" is that like calling your attackOH FUCK THE CLUB'S COMING DOWN-- and it, once again, gets parried by the tiny sword-holder with a hearty "Nyegh!" oh how kawaii. "I-I'll help you miss! Give me a second!" YEAH KINDA BUSY BITCH GEEZ

Shinobu: "S-Sorry!" Gloom is once again quick to apologise for stupid shit and tries her best to watch the fight without screaming or making frightened noises, you go Kote and...fuck that guy up! Is the little guy going to be okay with just a shitty little wooden sword? She hopes so.

Gm: "Y-you won't s-s-s-stomp over the w-weak and defenseless anymore! Y-you meanie!" squeaks out Kotemon-chan in Shinobu's defense, and aims a strike at the Goblin's mid-section horizontally, which ends up connecting with his blocking hand while leaving behind a trail of words calling out for JUSTICE! "Oh! No!" cries out the green man, and his weapon goes flying off... and breaks the cabin's wall. Jesus that's strong. Instead, he must settle for grabbing... a stick from the ground as his back-up weapon. "Ya'll pay for that, ya prick, ya!" Oh it's on.

Gm: Said stick seems to be a pretty shit replacement for the giant wooden club that just broke the green man's house, especially since he seems to be trying to do kendo with it. The more experienced kendo user turns around to face Shinobu and blocks the strike while not even looking, squeaking out "N-naive..." before his glowy eyes focus on Shinobu. "I-it's okay miss! Y-you don't have to apologize so much!"

Shinobu: "O-Okay! Sorry..." OH FUCK SHE DID IT AGAIN SHE LITERALLY CANNOT STOP. "You're s-so strong..." Wowie don't get him all embarrassed in the fight you silly mooooo.

Gm: "Y-you did it a-again, miss!" The kendomon spins on his heel and tries a two-handed bonk strike to the goblin guy's head, which... doesn't seem to do much. He's hard headed, that guy. That should surprise no one. "Ow, what." Oh it distracted him, he's looking straight at it. "Ya punk, I'll show ya how to fight!" WILL YA NOW? "STICK SLASH!" oh fuck's sakes
Gm: The slash not only misses, but it actually makes the green dude spin in place for a few seconds, which kendomon takes advantage of by crouching and sticking his sword between the rapid spinning dude's feet. Predictably enough, he trips and lands face first on the ground with an "Ow, that hurt!" AHHH IT HURT APPARENTLY. "S-sorry... w-wait, no! N-not sorry! Meanie!" OOH SHIT, FIGHTIN' WORDS.

Shinobu: "Ah! I did it again! S-Sorry!" AH SHIT YOU DID IT AGAIN-AGAIN. "O-Oops, sorry!" SHE'S IN AN INFINITE LOOOOOOOOP AHHHHHHHH.

Gm: "R-really, it's okay!" Kotemon attempts to comfort the looping gloom-sorcerer, whipping around on his foot. Meanwhile, however, it seems his adversary is getting back up...! "Ahhh this'll clench it!" KORE DE OWARI DAYO! However, the kendomon has other plans, and blocks the stick once again with an upward slash, squeaking out "Not gonna let youuuu! Hiyaah!" and bopping the olive bully with another downward strike to the head. It TINKs audibly, and the green dude sees flying ducks before he crashes down on the floor, unconscious and with his eyes spinning. "Wah... i-it's over..." IS IT OVER, MISTER SWORD.

Shinobu: "It's over..." Shinobu seems to take this announcement to heart and quickly scurries over to Kotemon to deliver the fabled HUG FROM BEHIND OH GOSH SHE LIKES HIM FOR SAVING HER LIFE WHO KNEW. "T-Thank you! Now please help me stop being l-lost." REAL EASY JOB THERE TOOTS.

Gm: "W-wah, stranger danger, stranger danger!" The little Kotemon flails its arms around and drops the sword it was holding onto for dear life during the entire fight, squeaking like it's being strangled. And, well, it might well think it is. "M-miss I wanna help you but also you're touching me ahh aaaahhh!" DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE AAAAH YOU'RE BOTH GONNA FREAK THE FUCK OUT AT THIS RATE.
Shinobu: "A-Ahhh! Sorry!" Spooks quickly detaches but still keeps at CLOSE RANGE because she is not used to functioning in an outside environment without someone with her. "I'm just scared is all..."

Gm: Panting ensues. A lot of it. Mostly out of exhaustion, but also, you know, calming the fuck down. Gonna need its asthma pump. "Aah... aaaah..." Yeah that's what it sounds like. "S-sorry... um... you're a 'human'... right, miss?" The Kotemon distances itself a bit from Shinobu as it picks up its sword and tucks it to his side with a little string. "This is the um... the digital world..." it explains, looking down at the ground. "And... I don't really know w-where humans live..."

Shinobu: "Digital w-world? But it all looks so real!" Ah yes humans probably live in this REAL WORLD probably, maybe. "I am a human...but I don't know if that'll h-help get me home! Uuuu...what do I do?" She holds her head in her hands and is also looking like she might need an asthma pump in a minute.

Gm: "W-wah, p-please don't feel bad! I will um... I can... um..." The little Kotemon seems to be trying to find the right words to say. "I-I know it's probably really scary... I know! Like when you're lost and you don't know where to go... I-I got lost in the forest once..." oh gosh is it sharing stories time please say no. Trying to overcome that fear and shyness in order to comfort someone is pretty tough, but... Kotemon puu.shes through, and hugs Shinobu. "S-so please d-don't c-cry or anything... I-I'll protect you!" Yay! "O-okay?" IS IT OKAY

Shinobu: "O-Okay...thank you for being nice." Kotemon has made his way into the BIG BOOK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BULLIES which now holds a total of three people, well done you silly nervous sword wielder. "B-But what do we do now? I don't know where anything is..." HOW DO I GET TO THE ERO GAME STORE AND ALSO THE DOOR TO HUMANLAND. "I-I was with a friend too and she just vanished! S-Sumiko..." I MISS YOUR OPPAI.

Gm:"I-I didn't see anyone else fall from the sky..." admits the little Kotemon. "Um... there's a city nearby I think but I never go into it because it's full of meanies and robots and stuff and it's noisy and scary and..." Oh, that must suck, being afraid of machines and shit in a digital world. "But... there was this thing that just popped up when you fell! It's big and huge and right there!" Little Kotemon points to the massive pillar obelisk thing in the distance that pierces the clouds. "We could go see what it is a-and m-maybe your friend is there too waiting for you with a big cake!" okay I don't know about the last part but uh yeah. Wasn't there another pillar somewhere? Oh, right, over the river. Hard to miss that one.

Shinobu: "A big cake..." MMM YES A BIG CAKEY WOULD BE NICE INDEED KOTEMON BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU GLOOM IS NOT A COMPLETELY RETARD. "I-I think we should go to that one..." She points out the pillar across the river. "If the other one popped up when I f-fell then this one must be for S-Sumiko!" WISHFUL THINKING THERE MISS GLOOOMERSON.

Gm: "O-oh, true! Maybe! Y-yeah..." The Kotemon goes from excitebike to its usual shy demeanor within seconds, looking down at the ground while heading in the direction of the lake... and stopping on its shore. It's not exactly a fast running river, but... "I um... I don't know how to swim..." oh what a kawaii admission how are you gonna carry this guy he's like 99% armor 1% stick

Shinobu: "H-Here, we can use these rocks to cross..." Gloomgirly points out the SKIPPY STONES to Kote and tugs him in the right direction. "J-Just make sure to be careful that you don't slip...we'll take it slowly." Can't take it fast or she'll overload and die of STRESS ATTACK.

Gm: "Nyuuuh..." Little Kotemon seems just as unsure as Shinobu is, and taking it fasts sound like the worst thing they could try. Not like the river was all that fast, again, but... getting wet would mean sinking like a dang pebble. Like a dang pebble y'hear. Still, finding no other choice unless it's forced to leave behind the person it said it'd protect, Kotemon sighs and hop hop hop hop hops to the other side of the river. "W-wah... m-made it..." SO SCARED, NEED A HUG.

Shinobu: Shinobu also takes it slow but manages to ACE the journey across to the other side, probably because her depression and nervousness is warping the digi world to her will or something! Either that or she's used to doing athletic stuff from years of running away. "O-Okay..w-well done." She pat pats the Kotemon and looks up at the pillar. "Well, here we g-go..." IT'S JUST A PILLAR WHAT IS IT GONNA DO, EAT YOU?

Gm: The thin, obelisk-like tower, about 60x68 inches in width, as tall as it can be, pierces through the clouds overcast in the sky. It makes a low, rumbling generator-like noise, which might explain why the scaredy-kote is being so cautious. Or maybe it's just because Shinobu isn't exactly radiating confidence. On the pillar is a monitor and a keyboard, showing off the classroom! And... not much else, actually... oh, wow, there's a little blinking time display in the corner of the screen, saying 21:32. A little text box below the screen displays a closed padlock as well as the words "INPUT CODE:" in blinking white letters. In front of the massive pillar is a pedestal of sorts, but nothing seems to be on it. How strange. No sign of Sumiko, though...

Shinobu: "Uuuah...what do I do with this?" Gloom is just completely lost here how is she supposed to know anything about a code. "W-Well...I guess I have to try! Maybe it'll help me find Sumiko...?" So she follows that course of action and actually types in SUMIKO like a stupid retard.

Gm: BOOP BOOOOOP loudly rings out from the tower. Oh shit it's fucking angry, you've angered it. Or maybe you got the code wrong.
Shinobu: "Eeep! O-Oh...I just got the code wrong...maybe something else?" Gloom goes on to try her own name and then KOTEMON failing that, she's really reaching here!

Gm: BOOP BOOOOOP, BOOP BOOOOOP. Yeah neither of those are working... Little Kotemon is covering its ears-- well, where you would find ears, rather-- as the boop booping takes place. In fact, it appears to be searching for clues! Which aren't very plentiful. "Um... er... i-is that sound good or bad...?" WHAT DO YOU THINK CAKEBOSS

Shinobu: "Bad...I don't think we're going to f-find much here! M-Maybe we should just go to the other tower instead?" Maybe it's like a fetchquest in an mmo and you have to go to the PASSWORD TOWER and then all the way back to the COMPUTER TOWER to input the code. "Ooooh, there has to be a clueee..." THERE HAS TO BE.

Gm: "O-okay... we can try the other one... nyuuuh the riveeer..." NYUH THE RIVER apparently. Still, it's almost been a bit too long in this place, and getting to the other tower is only a matter of crossing the river and going over the plains and not minding the fact that the green goblin guy seems to have gotten up and left at some point from his unconscious spot and reaching the other tower and hey there's no screen on this other tower! And the pedestal has... what looks like a watch-like device, with straps and everything. Better not be a fucking trap though... you know how those things are...

Shinobu: "A t-thingy!" Holy shit it's a thingy! Gloom edges towards it and regards it with SUSPICION before timidly reaching out to try and take it. "I s-saw these things on Sumiko's phone..." She did see that thing indeed, good job on remembering Gloomers! Hopefully you don't die from arrow traps.

Gm: WATCH OUT A DOOR IS SLIDING FROM THE TOWER TO reveal... a computer screen and keyboard combo, much like the one at the previous tower. Apparently these watches trigger that and make the tower active? However, the tower seems to display the same classroom as the other one, with a different time, this being 22:32. Pretty sure Shinobu didn't take one hour to get here... it was just a river. Either way, the same "INPUT CODE:" blinks with needy white lights. The watch displays a chibi caricature of the little Kotemon with three little checkboxes and three lines below that, and ??:?? as the time in the upper right corner. What a useful watch... NOT! Oh, and there's a string of digits in the lower right corner, it says "S1%^2P/". What the fuck, yo.

Shinobu: "What the heckie..." Oh no she's picking up a habit from Sumiko god help us all. "W-Well m-maybe this will help..." She wanders nervously over to the keyboard and tries her knew exciting idea of entering that string of digits, big brain time is go! She would tell Kote how cute his chibi form is later.

Gm: BOOP... boopboopboop~! comes from the large tower. Then, a loading bar appears in place of the classroom on the screen, while the command prompt rapidly flashes between many nonsensical phrases that can only barely be glimpsed by the human eye. The Kotemon seems to have no problem with this though since it pulls on Shinobu's arm, questioning "What does... 'reticulating splines' mean?" It's just an in-joke man, don't think about it. Either way, it looks like things are currently looking up for Shinobu! This might very well be the way outta this world and into the other one!

Shinobu: "Y-Yay! Now we just have to wait for it to finish I think...I hope Sumiko is okay." She mumbles to herself, there was no weird watch at the other tower so someone must have taken it. "T-Thank you for the help Kotemon." PAT PAT THANK YOU.

Gm: ahhh physical contact! "Aa-ah... y-yes, it was nothing..." Wow, the Kotemon flat out deflates after being patted. Even if they didn't really get to protect Shinobu all that much, it was still pretty much all they could do, wasn't it? Either way, Kotemon soon gives Shinobu a nod, and its eyes seem to curl ever so slightly as if to show happiness. How kawaii! Oh, looks like the terminal is finished loading. Which can be grasped by the fact that it returned to the classroom view and now says OPENING PORTAL... for whatever reason... it might be good to say goodbye to little Kotemon, or grab it, or something.

Shinobu: "U-Um...well y-you're on this watch so maybe you get to come with? That would be nice..." Gloom has her opinions and having a SWORD MONSTER to protect her from bullies would not be something to scoff at. "H-Here we can holds hands and see if it works." A hand is heldy out for the Kotemon, COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE.

Gm: "E-eh? Oh, okay! Yes I would like to see the human w--" Whatever Kotemon says is absolutely cut off by the fact that a blinding white light just sucked Shinobu into the screen, and spat her out inside the classroom. On the floor is... a very sleeping maiden known as Sumiko! And no Kotemon to be seen! And oh dear God the watch is still there so it couldn't have been a boin-induced acid trip what the heckie you two! Kotemon is on the computer screen (which is now displaying Kotemon as well as the plains and lake behind them) though at least, that's nice.

Shinobu: Welp, guess he's trapped in there forever until the computer stops working! And it was not a dream at all it seems. "U-Uwaaah! S-Sumiko!" She scrabbles over and gives her best friendo in the world a little shake, is she okay? IS THE KISS OF LIFE REQUIRED? "W-Wake up time please..." Speak properly you spaghetti monster.

Gm: Sumiko does not in fact wake up despite being shaken a lot, but her big open mouth dripping saliva from its side, along with her loud snoring, would imply she's at least not very dead. Or she doesn't look and sound dead at least. "HAAAaaaaahhhhhwww..." bellows the oppai beast in her slumber. She appears to be asleep.

Shinobu: "O-Oh...um." Gloom opts for a strange course of action and shifts Sumiko so that her head rests in Shinobu's lap, allowing her to sit there and keep an eye on her and the screen at the same time. "K-Kotemon? Can you hear me through the s-screen?" I sure hope you don't see me petting my friend like some sort of fucking weirdo molester.

Gm: "Y-yes I can! What happened?" Kotemon tippy taps on the screen with its overly long chainmail dress watch out you're gonna break the fucking computer man geez. "Y-you went away... a-are you okay over there...?" Honestly it doesn't even look like miss Sumiko can be woken up; in fact, she appears to be absolutely tuckered out, and smacks her lips a few times amidst her snoring. No embarrassing weirdly-pronounced sleeptalking yet, though,  that's a good sign...

Shinobu: "I-It sent me back home!" Gloom informs her good buddy-da who is not being very gentle with technology. "I guess you can't c-come with after all...b-but I'll probably visit again! I'm sure Sumiko will want to..." She looks down at her unnacceptable lip smacking friend, maybe she's asleep forever oh gosh! How do you wake a sleeping oppai beauty again? Wuh ooooooooooh.

Gm: "O-okay... I'll wait for you! A-and then I can protect you again! And we can be friends and it will be great!" Yeah Kotemon does not have large-sized dreams, apparently, since... well, come on. Another smile with its cute glowing eyes is shot at Shinobu along with a head tilt, followed by waving. "Take your time! I'm n-not going anywhere!" Oh gosh how kawaii please stop. The sleeping oppai beauty will never stop dreaming, it looks like, which should be of no surprise to anyone... and this entire room is boarded up anyway, so considering it's about 10:40PM now, it's probably a fair call to just sleep the night off in the school like Sumiko's doing...

Shinobu: "O-Okay!" Stop saying okay at each other you weird people what is the matter with you. "I-I can't leave S-Sumiko here so..." Shinobu changes positions and and settles down next to her friend, snuggling up as close as she possibly can and wrapping an arm around her to engage hugging, clearly for warmth reasons and nothing else. "S-Soft..." She mutters to herself as she starts to drift away, gosh at this rate she'll need to be with Sumiko to even SLEEP.

Gm: Kotemon at this point presumably just... rests against the pillar and purupurupuruuus into sleep/rest mode? Oh, but who cares. Hugging! Which is perfectly fine with the beast of the breasts, considering she doesn't protest. Because she's asleep. Also she probably wouldn't protest if she wasn't regardless so what the heckie can you do? Other than cuddle up to her really comfy bosom and pretend that she's not snoring really hard through her mouth while seemingly salivating up a storm. At least her tongue's still in her mouth though; the second it lolls out, it's all over