cascadingfailure | Yuletide 2

[ Once you enter the Escape Room, a series of messages pops up on your phones: ]

TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Wellll it looks like Naffy's out of commission? It'll take her awhile to reboot with how hard she just got hit by the autocensor!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Whatever you did, it really made her mad! Haha!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Anyway since I know what's going on now, I'm happy to help! It looks like the nature of the threat is a gang war between an evil thought sealed and another that you all and your fans helped to return to the world of the not-so-living? Wild!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: In case you didn't get the memo, this means you're going to explore the combination WcDonald's and Damned Queen's Cookies!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: There you'll find something you're looking for, probably…? But mostly you're looking for a way to contain the outbreaks!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: And fortunately, we've received a message from a friendly entity known only as "The Borger King", who apparently has a stake in the downfall of Lonard's lost empire…
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: It says:
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: There is a war going on for your mind. Steal their secrets. Create the Ultimate Prankburger. The king awaits. Salvation will come.
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Wow! It looks like it's time for corporate espionage, or something?
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Anyway, you get to keep everything you find, unless it's a dolphin! That's mine.
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Better get going! Charge!!!!!

[ And then everything goes white... ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Does it look like there is a way to reach her through the machinery? Or would that involve reaching into the oil...?]

Yep, you can just stick your hand in there.

She might slice and dice your hand but, you know,

[Ssssseems bad]

[But you know]

[So does leaving this girl in hot oil]

[That's what Henshin is for, right? Right]

[So. Armoring up and sticking his hand in there,]

Roll 1d10.

[9]

You retrieve the idol without slicing or dicing any fingers! Nice job.

It's Megurine Luka!

Wait, no, it's not. Megurine is dead, because you (general you) monsters (general monsters) KILLED HER. This is the Meringue Luka, an idol-shaped device crafted from the stripped down essence of the poor innocent idol you murdered in cold blood. She has been relegated to mixing strange pink goop and WcFlurries for the rest of eternity with her unique talents. She slices! She dices! And the citizens of Tokyo-F have consigned her to forevermore julienne fries!

Unless…?

Uh... hey. Are you, like.

Are you okay?

"________"

[How big is she?]

She's the size of a 1/8 scale figma.

[Picking her up, careful]

...hey.

We maybe gotta fight someone who Izanaagi says we ain't supposed to listen to.

If we get there, could you sing, like. Real loud?

We helped you out, so you can give us a hand, too, right? And after, we'll let you go, long as you promise to steer clear and not give us any trouble.

[That might be a yes, right?]

[That's probably a yes]

...thanks.

[Oh wait and then everything is painful]

[Please hold while he is beaten by a ghost,]

[But eventually, after scraping himself up off the floor and de-henshining:]

...kay.

Let's get outta here.

Where are you going now, champ.

[Now he's going to take the idol to the drop box]

I'm gonna send you to Izanagi, kay?

He knows you're gonna help out-sing the queen, so be nice to him, okay?