LIVE!

[criminaljustice]

Who: some good and helpful BAD END=DEAD ENDers and other Imeejins
Where: hotel lobby
When: Day 66, evening after Plan Crazypants

[so anyway.

a Live alert goes off.

and there's Boss, setting fire to Future is Now's cursed couch. this is fine?

Boss seems to be dressed in a suit that's not quite the right fit and his Take No Prisoners t-shirt. maybe some of you even remember a certain portrait that he seems to eerily resemble?

he just smiles up at a camera and waves before going to lounge on a lobby couch near the flames. he hasn't slept much recently, so a nap is fine, right? it's fine.]

((ooc: Boss will be Sir Chilling In The Lobby while Jeva is at work. slow tags may occur until she is free from work. other Bad Enders will be helpers for other units that turn up))

Comments

[afailedmurder]

That it has.

[yay, good, pay attention to A]

[criminaljustice]

[yes, facepets for A now]

I didn't really sleep last night. Not anyone's fault, just a bad time.

But I've figured out the way to fix all of this, so it'll work out.

[afailedmurder]

That's fantastic! How can I help?

[criminaljustice]

[... looks a little surprised? then a little relieved.]

You know how you'd play hard for your unit in the games? Or... well, some of them? It's better if it's for all of them, though.

[afailedmurder]

Is that what it is? I always play harder than the others...

[criminaljustice]

Right, and that's put you at odds with your unit until you spent weeks at a time away from them--that's why you're going gray.

But without conflict between the units, the audience in Hell is bored. And if the audience is bored, we get cancelled.

So the solution is...?

[afailedmurder]

Hmm... sell C to the circus?

[criminaljustice]

[smacks him upside the head.

it's maybe a little harder than it has to be but like. that's still a lovetap, really.]

Nooo. Try again.

[afailedmurder]

[you're no fun]

[but shrugging]

Show unity, stick to our aesthetics, play our role. The others are pacifists for practical reasons above all, so they'll see the wisdom in playing hard rather than risk this.

[gestures to self]

Frankly, I'm offended that these things should happen to AlcheME. We've always made a point of being on brand.

[criminaljustice]

Well, you spent weeks away from the unit.

And B... isn't aggressive to other units at all. Even for the sake of his unit.

It's unfortunate, but it'll be fixed.

[afailedmurder]

I was under the impression that B was being punished for his wardrobe...

Is there some faster fix I don't know about? AlcheME can do what it takes, but we can't expect everyone to cooperate.

[criminaljustice]

Like I said: get a little more rough. Defend your unit.

[gonna lean against because he tiiiiired, A 8(((]

Makes sense, right? Since this is all literally Hell.

[afailedmurder]

I can't deny there's a certain logic to it.

[putting an arm around him]

What about Maki? She's being awfully stubborn.

[criminaljustice]

[... yeah. she is.

and he's staying quiet because there's just no good that's going to come from that stubbornness this time around.]

Maki will do as she likes. As she does.

[afailedmurder]

I'm worried about her.

[criminaljustice]

... yeah, me too.

[afailedmurder]

I'd really prefer to have her on board. But maybe if we can reverse what's happening to me, she'll come around...

[criminaljustice]

It might be too late, by then.

[afailedmurder]

...I see.

Then we'll simply have to push her a bit.