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[ghostofissues]

Who: everyone
Where: GAME TOWER
When: Day 8, morning

[ as the GAME ALERT goes off on idols' phones and pulls up the map app, the monitors in the lobby of the game tower similarly flare to life, showing the face of a white-haired man with eerily green eyes and matching painted nails, leaning very close to the camera and waving with both hands. the elevators are open and waiting, with the floor indicator lights over the doors showing unit names instead of numbers. trying to enter another unit's elevator just won't work, for whatever reason. there are more monitors inside the elevators, in case any of you were worried about missing this guy's intro spiel on the ride up. ]

Good morning, everyone! Thank you for tuning in~! As you may have seen on our website, today we'll be collaborating with some very special, very exciting guests-

[ he steps back, and the camera pans out until the top half of his figure is relegated to one of the bottom corners of the display, to make room for a large screen; he gestures at it with a fling of both arms, and logos with each of the units' names fill the screen. ]

-My very own juniors from Imeeji Idol Productions!

[ as he keeps talking, the logos fade out and change to a slideshow of pictures of the characters in Imeeji, some group shots, some solo, all candid shots from their past few days here, expertly taken (and in some cases possibly edited a little). ]

As some of you probably already know, it's only been a short time since I graduated from being an idol, so this will be my first time on this end of the "host and idol" interaction! Since it's an important occasion, I arranged for a special theme for today's program- mahjong! Ja-jannnn!

[ he gesticulates at the screen again, and the last shot of someone's face is replaced by this image. ]

But the goal of this game isn't building sets like your standard riichi. These tiles are just simple tools for our idols to use to show us their resolve! Their compassion! Their devotion! And most of all, their luck!

[ the camera angle switches to one where his torso is centered in the frame when he claps his hands, and he smiles brightly from the monitor. ]

But they're not the only ones who'll be working hard! Remember, everyone - idols thrive on love! That's why, please support them with everything you have! The only way the unit you hold in your heart the most can beat the others is if you cheer them on with all your love!

And with that, leeeeeet's go~☆!

[ the screens flick off and the elevator doors open, not to the large stage, but to individual rooms. as soon as you step into your unit's room, the instructions will appear on your phones. ]

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RULES

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- There will be two rounds of about one hour each. Units are dealt a hand of four mahjong tiles at the start of the round. Each tile has a number value, between 1 and 9, and represents a form of attack.

- During both rounds, each unit will pick one tile from their hand to play, as well as their first, second, and third choices on which other unit to use their attack on. After the resolution of the first round, their remaining hand is discarded, and they will be dealt four new tiles for the second round.

- There is a 9 point threshold on what tiles will actually be accepted in a round. Tiles with higher values will be accepted first, and their values are added to a collective total across all units. After the collective total crosses the threshold of 9 points, no further tiles will be accepted. To demonstrate: if the highest tile submitted is a single 8, it will be accepted. Since there is still a point of space before the threshold, the next tile down will also be accepted. If the next highest tile submitted is a 7, and three units play 7s, all three 7s will be accepted, but nothing lower than a 7 will be accepted. If 2 or more 8s are submitted, that will have already crossed the 9 point threshold, soonly 8s will be accepted. Only accepted tiles will have their attacks carried out.

- Units whose tiles are accepted are protected from attacks for that round. If a unit's first choice unit is protected, the tile will go to their second choice.

- Units may not list themselves as one of their choices to target.

- Units may choose to hit the TRADE button. When two units have chosen to trade, their hands will be swapped, and they will pick a tile from that hand for the round instead. A unit can only trade once per round; once you have your second hand, you have to play from it.

- Units who fail to choose a tile within the timeframe for the round will have a tile from their hand selected by RNG and played for them. If a unit's tile is accepted, but they did not specify their first, second, and third choices of target, the attack will be sent to a unit which will also be receiving other damage during that round. The exception would be if the unit fails to choose their target units, but their selected tile is a 9, in which case the target will be randomized but the unit will not receive protection for that round.

- All tiles below 9 affect only one person on a unit, and all status effect tiles (such as "blindness") last for one full day unless otherwise specified. Which member of the unit takes the damage for an attack should be decided and agreed on by the unit OOC, but treated in character as "random selection."

- Accepted tiles and the units receiving them will be publicly announced at the end of the first round, e.g. "avante en garde was hit with an 8 characters tile." (The units who played the tiles will not be revealed until the end, when all submitted decisions from both rounds will be publicized. Characters are not informed that decisions will be revealed publicly, only that damage will be.)

- Winners will be the top units with the highest total when the number values of their successfully played attack tiles are added together. Only the tiles that were accepted and carried out count towards a unit's end total.

ROOMS

[ghostofissues]

sensitIV
Taisho Roman Revolution
BAD END=DEAD END
future is now
WILD CITY
☆ZRAEL
Heart Soldier Senshi
AlcheME!
avante en garde

RESULTS

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ROUND 1

[ghostofissues]

[ the tv monitors light up again and this dude's face is back ]

Here are the results for the first round!

[ it switches to a display of the following text, which he also reads aloud: ]

Heart Soldier Senshi lost a tongue and an ear.
BAD END=DEAD END lost an ear.
avante en garde lost a pair of eyes.

ROUND 2

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[ this time, the guy's face doesn't appear, just the text with the round results, though as his voice reads them aloud he sounds considerably chipper: ]

AlcheME! lost a pair of eyes.
avante en garde received crushing damage to two joints.
Taisho Roman Revolution lost a tongue.

END

[ghostofissues]

[ on the way out, the man from before appears on the game tower monitors again, clenching his fists like he can barely restrain himself ]

Ohhhhh! Amazing!!

[ he flings his arm up and twirls in place, fast enough his modernized haori flutters up with the movement ]

Weren't they just amazing? I can't wait to follow their careers from here on! And the enthusiasm of all of you was just as amazing, so much that I could feel it! Thank you very much, everyone, from the bottom of my heart! From~ your~ Mu~ku~ro~♥

[ghostofissues]

--Ara! But I'm not the idol anymore, now am I?

ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[ghostofissues]

[ The elevator doors open up to let people ride them back down. Once they're back at the lobby, as promised, there's a large cardboard box near the main entrance (with blood seeping out the bottom…) Characters will find their body parts inside, but they're all just kinda… in a pile, like they were tossed in with no particular organization involved. Good luck finding yours? ]

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[leaveshishaton]

[stepping cautiously and quietly out of the elevator, taking in the box of bloody parts with a slight grimace, and then looking up at the score results]

Haah, looks like we were a popular pick.

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[rollwillpowercheck]

[looking unharmed but very shaken, though oddly a little relieved at the sight of the box.]

Is that--?

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[columbidaring]

[ hey everyone i have no fucking EYES. probably with a makeshift bandage around them. probably leaning on a teammate. lil bit hysterical. ] Well as far as I can see everyone made out pretty well with this super fun game do you get it it's funny because I can't see

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[grandschemed]

[ one bad end member - - missing an ear, holding a torn up piece of clothing to the bleeding side of his head - - is eying the body part box. with a snarl that's almost animalistic; ]

Do they think this is a goddamn joke?

LIVE

[deicider]

[As soon as all the teams are out of the tower, Cardigan hits the LIVE button.

They give is a few moments, to make sure they have some attention. Their right sleeve is rolled up to reveal the pancake'd mess of their right elbow joint. They let that stand for a beat, before unsheathing their sword and, in a graceful arc, thrusting it through their arm.

A beat.

As they drag the blade free, the flesh begins to knit, resolving itself back to being elbow-shaped. A flick of the wrist snaps a dotted line of blood against the floor leaving their blade clean.

And once all this is done:]

If you chose a seven or higher, step forward!

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[hashtagaesthetic]

[CHRIST

Shuten is... bleeding heavily from the mouth, and just heading straight for the box.]

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[probablyhavingfun]

[Well. At least they seem to have played the game "right". Right?

That is sooooo maaaany broken faces. So many. And his unit only barely escaped getting zapped so many times over! Scary. He gives the box a wide berth.]

[made_up_names]

[ Spidey isn't hurt save for his (still) broken arm, but he's helping out two teammates who definitely are. ]

Yeah, that could have gone better.

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ not looking particularly shaken all things told. he does make a face at the box of body parts, though. ]

Yuck.

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[nohalation]

[Just kind of stares at the box.

I mean, Angel is physically fine. But her face seems not very happy with the results around her though. Processingggg...]

SENSITIV HEALING

[sancrimony]

[ this completely uninjured sensitiv is standing next to the box, sleeves rolled up - scars litter his arms, from his elbows down to his wrists ]

Please - if your or your teammate has been injured, we can heal them. At this current moment, the cost is unimportant, so please bring them forth.

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Not hurt, but probably pretty bloody from helping the teammates who are down an ear and a tongue, respectively.]

[He just kind of freezes in the doorway, taking in the damage.]

[knightceties]

[guess who has no eyes!!! yes, it's this guy. the bleeding has stopped, but his face is still caked with drying blood, so it's still a reasonable nightmare scene. one of his teammates is probably helping him around.]

Can someone hand me the eyeballs?

Re: ENDGAME & HEALING(?)

[dragonheartedgirl]

Standing--not over but close to the box of missing body parts, leaning heavily against the nearby entry-way corner. It might be a little hard to tell at first, what with her hair being naturally red, but the normally floofy strands are plastered heavily to her skin which is--covered in drying blood from the remains of her left ear all the way down to her collar bone, shoulder, and clothes. (Thank goodness her color choice will hide the stains well?) Her ear is actually fairly easy to spot; it was pierced and had an earring in it after all. But the sight of all the bloody pieces of people is making her stomach queasy and her already throbbing head woozy again. If she looks like she might be sick, it's because she might.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Steps out of the elevator, glancing between the box of body parts and all the gathered teams.

...

Well then]

[syncintohell]

[ after looking after his unitmate, There's this asshole who doesn't look super well? He's pale and sweating, but standing on a desk in the lobby and announcing ]

Taisho Roman Revolution takes responsibility for the seven played on Heart Soldier Senshi!

[calmthefoxdown]

[ Excuse me my team is all in various stages of broken and I am a normal volleyball boy and have no idea how to handle any of this. ]

[ In one whole piece, but visibly shaken and avoiding eye contact, going between eyes-less Ace and broken Nemesis and god damn it Cardigan I don't know how to handle an angry teammom, going to just let you do you. ]