[zhongli bats alan's head away, and it smacks into jeord, who was just sitting up from the ground. alan's head is now angrily biting jeord, who is trying to yank him away. hm.
meanwhile, alan's body is trying to get up, but when it does, it shuffles into a wall and falls over again. katarina is still occupied with the bloody food. nom nom.
that just leaves zombie keith, who lunges for zhongli with his arms outstretched! he's dripping blood everywhere and it's very gross.
as for maria, since no one warns shen qingqiu that she's coming, she... actually, she just taps on his shoulder. ari, i would give you death, but maria is the helpful option. she smiles (it looks weird because her neck is bent at the wrong angle), focuses, and...
shen qingqiu's hand is now glowing. when next he punches the window, it will shatter! loudly.
living keith, meanwhile is just tucking the blue flower behind his own ear when it does.]
Thank you. This--
[SHATTER.]
What was that?! Ryan, get behind me!
[he is now standing protectively in front of ryan.]
[OH MY GOD, MARIA IS SAVED BY ZHONGLI NOT NOTICING HER APPROACHING SQQ AND THEREFORE NOT ATTACKING HER IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP. thank goodness]
[anyway, hi zombie keith. how are you doing today. would you like some POLEARM shoved through YOUR FACE, because that's exactly what Zhongli is doing. . . attempting to thrust the pointy end of his weapon right through zombie keith's head. but he also hears the glass shatter and cries out]
[since ari said to skip her-- THANK YOU SQQ AND MARIA. he startles at the noise, and reaches out to set a hand on keith's arm briefly.]
I'll be okay! Promise. [he's so used to just not needing to worry about death or anything.] You should, um, go make sure your sister and everyone else is okay, and I'll find out what happened and meet up with you as soon as I can?
[...sure, reasonably ryan should go check on the party instead, but he's just praying keith likes him enough to buy this??
if it works he's going to go join zombie squad for the record!!]
zombie keith fails his roll to dodge and takes a polearm to the face. it's just as bloody and gross as you would expect it to be. i'm not going into detail in case of squicks but just know it's there.
meanwhile, ryan does in fact have enough clout with living keith for him to buy that. he nods and runs back to the party - which in turn has ryan rejoining zombie squad.
the instant he joins up with them, there's a dialogue box that pops up - ]
Ryan has rejoined the party. The party is no longer split.
[Zhongli is probably covered in blood and. . . zombie bits, then. but it's fine, as soon as Zombie Keith is taken care of, he whirls on his feet towards the menu]
Leave!
[AND SLAMS THAT OPTION because why the fUCK would they stay]
-oh, wow, it looks kind of bad in here. What did I miss...
[living keith Just left so he's, like. actually very unconcerned as he sees this zombie keith on the floor? nor is he disturbed in general at all this. he asks that question like he's asking what he missed during a movie when he went to the bathroom.
and as zhongli slaps LEAVE:]
Wait, wait, can we not talk about this, I was just getting somewhere-!
[his DATE! he wanted more of those sandwiches he probably worked hard on during a timeskip!]
Okay, okay okay okay, just leave this on pause for a minute!
[like i said, he's going to do something extremely dumb. he's nyooming off into the living party room, taking the long way to get into it. shit's weird, he's going to attempt to abscond with a big plate of those sandwiches and stack some of the desserts on it also.
before he picks it up, though, he wanders over to check on the not-zombied keith, worrying at his lower lip as he considers....
and finally he mumbles 'fuck it, might as well' and smooches his cheek before he grabs his stolen food and goes.
did the menu follow him or does he have to come back-- in either case, he goes to hit LEAVE after he's done, whether he has to haul his stupid plate back or not.]
which is to say, he does indeed have to join back up with zhongli and shen qingqiu before he can smack "LEAVE". once all three of them have hit made their choice, the menu vanishes.
and then, everything fades to black, but one last dialogue box appears in front of them.]
GAME OVER
[...the black slowly gives way to white, and they'll feel a sudden chill as they find themselves just steps away from the lodge...]
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meanwhile, alan's body is trying to get up, but when it does, it shuffles into a wall and falls over again. katarina is still occupied with the bloody food. nom nom.
that just leaves zombie keith, who lunges for zhongli with his arms outstretched! he's dripping blood everywhere and it's very gross.
as for maria, since no one warns shen qingqiu that she's coming, she... actually, she just taps on his shoulder. ari, i would give you death, but maria is the helpful option. she smiles (it looks weird because her neck is bent at the wrong angle), focuses, and...
shen qingqiu's hand is now glowing. when next he punches the window, it will shatter! loudly.
living keith, meanwhile is just tucking the blue flower behind his own ear when it does.]
Thank you. This--
[SHATTER.]
What was that?! Ryan, get behind me!
[he is now standing protectively in front of ryan.]
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[anyway, hi zombie keith. how are you doing today. would you like some POLEARM shoved through YOUR FACE, because that's exactly what Zhongli is doing. . . attempting to thrust the pointy end of his weapon right through zombie keith's head. but he also hears the glass shatter and cries out]
Go, Shen Qingqui! I will follow!
[AS SOON AS HE CAN]
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I'll be okay! Promise. [he's so used to just not needing to worry about death or anything.] You should, um, go make sure your sister and everyone else is okay, and I'll find out what happened and meet up with you as soon as I can?
[...sure, reasonably ryan should go check on the party instead, but he's just praying keith likes him enough to buy this??
if it works he's going to go join zombie squad for the record!!]
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zombie keith fails his roll to dodge and takes a polearm to the face. it's just as bloody and gross as you would expect it to be. i'm not going into detail in case of squicks but just know it's there.
meanwhile, ryan does in fact have enough clout with living keith for him to buy that. he nods and runs back to the party - which in turn has ryan rejoining zombie squad.
the instant he joins up with them, there's a dialogue box that pops up - ]
[and then a menu:]
2. LEAVE
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Leave!
[AND SLAMS THAT OPTION because why the fUCK would they stay]
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[living keith Just left so he's, like. actually very unconcerned as he sees this zombie keith on the floor? nor is he disturbed in general at all this. he asks that question like he's asking what he missed during a movie when he went to the bathroom.
and as zhongli slaps LEAVE:]
Wait, wait, can we not talk about this, I was just getting somewhere-!
[his DATE! he wanted more of those sandwiches he probably worked hard on during a timeskip!]
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What are you planning-?
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[and slams the "leave" button again]
[OVER AND OVER. that's. that's his answer]
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[like i said, he's going to do something extremely dumb. he's nyooming off into the living party room, taking the long way to get into it. shit's weird, he's going to attempt to abscond with a big plate of those sandwiches and stack some of the desserts on it also.
before he picks it up, though, he wanders over to check on the not-zombied keith, worrying at his lower lip as he considers....
and finally he mumbles 'fuck it, might as well' and smooches his cheek before he grabs his stolen food and goes.
did the menu follow him or does he have to come back-- in either case, he goes to hit LEAVE after he's done, whether he has to haul his stupid plate back or not.]
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which is to say, he does indeed have to join back up with zhongli and shen qingqiu before he can smack "LEAVE". once all three of them have hit made their choice, the menu vanishes.
and then, everything fades to black, but one last dialogue box appears in front of them.]
[...the black slowly gives way to white, and they'll feel a sudden chill as they find themselves just steps away from the lodge...]