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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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Maybe. Maybe it's all just VR or something, and we're hooked into a server farm in some guy's garage.

Sure feels real for VR, don't it.

Isn't that the point, it's supposed to feel real? Since actual reality isn't real enough or whatever...

Does that shit get this advanced?

No idea, I thought VR is mostly for porn.

I'm guessin' not torture porn.

Oh, I'm sure there's someone into this, it just sure as hell isn't me.

I don't know if there's a single person here who does.

I sure hope not.

I feel like this kinda game woulda been a perfect chance to showcase that.

Lucky for you, I'm pretty sure that's not why you played low.

[ a huff out. ]

It was basically a "fuck you" on our part.

And everyone on your team agreed?

Yeah. I was half a second away from goin' higher after I got my ear chopped off - - but 99 and Boss, they said they'd prefer goin' low and takin' a hit over going high.

...Huh. And they somehow knew you wouldn't be grabbed again?

S'not like we knew, exactly. But I woulda been okay with bein' hit again, too. More okay than havin' one of 'em hit. So that didn't enter into considerations for me.

Mm...

I know I probably sound like a hypocrite sayin' it. But it's harder seein' a kid on my unit get hit than bein' hit myself.

No-- No, I get that. If it's you, you can deal with it. If it's someone else, you've just gotta watch.

[ he nods ]

I don't know what I woulda done if I saw one of 'em hurt.

Probably think a lot more seriously about playing hard.

... Yeah. Or gettin' em after the game.

Yeah. There's probably ways to make it look like an accident, but then what's the point?

Right? It ain't gonna be a deterrent if they think it was bad luck.

Plus, impersonal violence just makes you a dick. You should respect someone enough to go after them head-on.

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