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[idolpro]

Who: kisses and the attached lips
Where: Game Tower => home
When: Day 73, night

[ You're summoned to the Game Tower - or maybe you're not, maybe you're too far away to get there. In any case, there's not really much at the Game Tower for you to see - winners are highlighted on the television screens in the lobby, the elevators once more locked. There are a number of radio announcers' voices as the results go by and none of them are recognizable or even very easy to focus on with how dull they sound. You can catch some of this:

" -- Heart Soldier Senshi -- not surprising that they got the most kisses, but who would have expected ☆ZRAEL!?"

"I know, right!? They really did a 180 since the last game!!"

"It's crazy! Now, here are some fan favorites -- "

" -- You voted, listeners, and your voice was heard! Who did you think deserved to win!?"

"First pick! Drumrooooooooooll -- "

"CEO ☆ S2FPYME= on future is now for his AMAAAZING game with Jigsaw! He was so intense! That's why the fans named him Intensity, you know!!"

"I knoooow, right? Oooh my goooood, it was sooo good I couldn't stop watching! Okay, next up is -- "

"Speaking of pep!pep!, you know who I reaaaally liked? A Sleeping Knight and 😘 were just like, the cutest! But it was sooo funny too, like, LMAO, a spray bottle???"

"Hahaha, I totally get it though! Guys are pig disgusting! But I totally ship the two of them, they're so good together! I loved them in the last game too ♥"

"Now, last but not least - ! BAD END=DEAD END . . . "

" . . . "

"Aaaaah, no one's surprised by that, huh!? They're so steamy with their kisses! They're so crazy! But man, the stuff that Prisoner did with Warden - I mean, their names say it all, right!? Right!?"

"I knoooww it was sooo crazyyyyyyyy!!! My heart was racing the entire time!!! You know, I totally prayed that they would kiss in the trial and then they did it here, they're soooo gooooooooooooood."

"You prayed!?"

"Yeah!?"

-- the chatter goes on, completely unimportant and fizzing out once the relevant portions have been relayed. pep!pep!, BAD END=DEAD END, future is now, ☆ZRAEL, and Heart Soldier Senshi will find not 500, but 800 points deposited into their banks. Every other unit gets the standard 100.

There's nothing in the lobby but leaves and sprigs of leftover mistletoe. You might find a few stray mistletoe around the buildings too, but they'll start to disappear with time. ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The house... That's a long fucking time when your memory is only 70 days long.

[Unconsciously pulls her closer to his side as they walk through the snow]

Is that really going to help if his "better" is more of his fucked up people pleasing? What are you going to do to counter that?

[rollplayinghouse]

[It's more deliberate on her end when she leans into his side.]

I don't know.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

[After walking a few more moments, Intensity spots a large tree that would be very dense and full of leaves if it weren't winter and leads the two of them toward it.

He sits down at the base of the tree, legs crossed at the ankles, before pulling Maki to sit in his lap]

[rollplayinghouse]

[She settles down comfortably and leans back against his chest with a sigh.]

...Thank you.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You're not responsible for their fucking problems.

[Wraps his arms around her waist and settles against the tree]

Don't argue.

[rollplayinghouse]

I didn't say I was responsible. They're responsible for their own problems. I'm just angry they won't even let me help.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What did I just say?

[rollplayinghouse]

...Not to argue.

[sigh]

I don't really want to argue anyway.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And yet you're always ready for one.

[rollplayinghouse]

You're one to talk.

...I don't think I'm always ready. Just when there's something I'm mad about.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Don't turn this around on me. I'll fucking argue with you 24/7 if I think you're in the wrong. But I'm also not the one who's tired of it.

So then when's the last time you weren't mad at something?

[rollplayinghouse]

...um...

I'm sure... there was a time in there somewhere...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Do you think that's because you get mad easily? Or are you trying to control too many variables at once?

[rollplayinghouse]

...Probably both.

Well, I don't think I'm trying to control them.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You sure? You're upset that they won't let you help them. I'd say that's looking for some semblance of control.

[rollplayinghouse]

They don't need to do exactly what I say, but it would be nice if it seemed like they listened or believed me...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And what do you need as proof?

[rollplayinghouse]

Them not doing the same exact thing a few days or a week later and having the same conversation again with no apparent awareness that's what's happening...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Perhaps you could provide cliff notes for the repeat offending conversations.

[Not a serious suggestion.



Or is it?]

[rollplayinghouse]

Maybe I should make them take notes. It's not my responsibility, after all.

[Also joking. Probably.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Laughs]

See. Now you're learning.

[rollplayinghouse]

Hm.

[turns her head a little to look at him]

Something like that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Raises an eyebrow at her. What?]

...Cold?

[rollplayinghouse]

[She cranes her neck to kiss the edge of his mouth before turning back around and settling in again]

No, I'm fine.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Drawing her in closer and resting his chin on the top of her head]

And here I thought you were all kissed out.