Plot Dump the Second

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Who: All idols interested in an info dump
Where: Dissonance and Lobby
When: Day 70 evening

[Evening idols, you're going to get a Dissonance message on your phones from a certain asshole on Future is Now]

CEO : Now that the apocalypse has been averted.
CEO : And our halls have been graced by not one, but two new units.
CEO : How about a little check-in on what we do know about our little glass prison?
CEO : As always, those who enjoy living their little puppet lives need not apply.
CEO : And no Lives allowed.
CEO : For what little that is probably worth.

[For those that do stop by, feel free to pick up the latest summary of what people know about Idol Hell]

[[OOC: Feel free to just assume your character picked up an information pamphlet without tagging in if you like]]

Comments

[we_meet_again]

[Paging through everything, reading it carefully.]

This might be a dumb question, but is it okay to talk about this out in the open or is this still stuff that needs to be kept secret?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Considering that Exael works for the Prince of Lies, her reassurances that the dorms are safe places to talk don't hold much weight. So then it becomes a question of do we share information or not.

[we_meet_again]

In that case, is it okay if I ask about some of this now?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Of course. If it's sensitive, we can move somewhere more remote.

[we_meet_again]

Thanks. And nah, it's not sensitive, I was just wondering about some of the points on this sheet.

In the other batch of notes, it said there were several Tokyos before this one. Before I understood what "graduation" meant in this context, I thought it might be like school, where you graduate from one program just to start going to the next one.

It says in these notes that Mukuro graduated multiple times. Does this mean he earned multiple wishes, or does it mean he graduated from one Tokyo just to wind up in the next one?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Graduation means you take either Heaven or Hell's offer. If you take Heaven's--- supposedly you return home as you left it. If you take Hell's, you get a wish granted and then become a minion for one of the Princes.

This is the first time there have been units, so I thought that meant previous productions just had people compete as individuals. But that also seems to not be the case. It seems that the producers approached the "idols" in their home worlds. Not here. So who knows what the other Tokyos were for. Possibly other productions entirely, if there are multiple princes running multiple shows simultaneously.

Which makes Mukuro's comment about graduating multiple times interesting. It means at some point, he decided to return to being a player instead of a host. And we have no information about the circumstances behind that decision.

[we_meet_again]

If it's possible to return as a player, do you think it's possible that some of us have done this before and don't remember?

[because that would sure explain all these YGO memories]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Since they can wipe our memories -- I would have to say the answer to that question is yes.

And since they have complete control of our memory regain, there is no way we'd ever be aware of it.

[we_meet_again]

Boy, that's something to think about.

Do you know if each Tokyo replaces its predecessor, or are they all running concurrently? I wonder if it's possible to get to a different Tokyo instance.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Exael's apartment was in another one of the other Tokyos. Some of the audience was there as well. And no, it's no longer housing a production from what little I saw of the city.

[we_meet_again]

Oh, right... I saw the notes about that, but that part of the primer was a little unclear. It said you and some other people went to the other city, but not how or why that happened. It also said you got there through an elevator? Was that a one-time thing or can you go back the same way?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

We all went there through different methods. I went through the subway - which ours wasn't running at the time. But from what I can tell from the others' stories, it was all the same. You walked through a place in Faukyo, the world went black for a moment, and then you were in the the Tokyo that Exael lives in.

She permitted us to arrive there. It's not something that can be done without outside help.

[we_meet_again]

I see. Thanks.

[Paging through the material again, skimming it to make sure he got everything.]

That's all I've got for now. Thank you for all the information.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

There's something I want to talk to you about.

Meet me after this meeting is concluded.

[we_meet_again]

Me? Yeah, sure.

I'll just hang out until you're done.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Give him about an hour and he'll come looking for Cobalt]

Still have a moment?

[we_meet_again]

[Cobalt's just been chilling in a chair, watching the snow fall.]

I'm not doing anything.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then let's go back to my lab.

[And heading toward the hotel elevator]

[we_meet_again]

[Following obediently]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[And bringing Cobalt into his lab which has not been updated due to gray plague]

I never updated you about the result of our experiment.

1/2

[we_meet_again]

....?


.......Oh!

Re: 1/2

[we_meet_again]

I never expected you to, to be honest.

Did you get what you needed?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

No. Exael said we cheated by using pep!pep!'s power set.

And it didn't matter anyway since Lilith and her casino was revealed during the Last Supper.

[we_meet_again]

Oh noooooo!! Shoot, I'm so sorry!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . . Why are you apologizing?

If anything, that's on me. Exael told me to get the information before pep!pep! was even here.