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Who: avante en garde and visitors
Where: avante
When: 78 night/79 morning

[We have some dorm upgrades!

"Each bedroom has a small nook with a single large gothic cathedral-styled window, with thick velvet curtains that can be drawn to cover the alcove itself. As for the common area, two stained glass windows adorn the entrance, hemming in the doorway. Depicted on each is a knight standing vigil. On the lefthand and righthand walls are two more windows, both depicting knights slaying a dragon. All the stained-glass windows are hinged, to allow them to open."

"Arcade:
Welcome to the dungeon! Branching off from the hallway leading to the bedrooms is a dark, narrow stairwell that leads into a large stone chamber illuminated only by lit wrought iron braziers lining the walls and and the hazy neon glow of the arcade machines that populate the room. Every single game is something competitive, and most are combat-oriented. Set into the walls between each brazier is a small alcove with a pair of manacles hewn onto the wall, presumably for leaving losers to rot for the rest of eternity. On the far end of the dungeon, disguised as a podium, is a minifridge."]

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[Sometime before Hurricane comes back. Whatever works in your timeline]

CEO: You have windows now?

Nemesis!: y
Nemesis!: stain glass v knighty
Nemesis!: howd you no
Nemesis!: know

CEO: Open your window.
CEO: If it does open?

Nemesis!: y
Nemesis!: you arent
Nemesis!: ...?

[...opens the large stained glass in her room, poking her head out, wary]

[Well, not exactly outside of her window because he has no idea which window is hers on this floor. But a couple passes around the hotel via dragon does finally get him there when she opens her window.

Have a dragon and her idiot master hovering outside your window, Nemesis]

It's a nice touch really. Bet it adds color.

[And here she thought the first window visitor to Avante was gonna be C. She shakes her head, but mostly seems amused]

When it's light out, sure.

...Should I grab my shoes?

You probably should. In case you want to make a getaway.

Isn't that what you're here for? Though usually it's the knight rescuing the princess from the tower...

Should have worn the fucking dress.

[Huffs and holds out his hand to her]

Are you coming or not, Sir Knight?

You could go get it and try again.

[tugs on her boots though]

Maybe next time.

[Not real keen on heading back to his own dorm at the moment]

Yeah, 's not the same with a do-over. C'mon.

[takes his hand, aiming to get on Blue Eyes behind him]

[Shouldn't be too difficult to accomplish. And off and away they go. Not in any particular direction. And not too far from the Game Tower in case Nemesis hears news on Hurricane and needs to head back ASAP.

The first loop will pass in mostly silence from Intensity's end until:]

That game was fucking stupid.

[No response for a while. Then:]

...Thought "games" were supposed to be a challenge, even if they weren't fun. Only thing this was a test of is how much bullshit you'd put up with.

How many times did you go through?

I thought I saw you most of the rounds I was in. If only for a few minutes.

...Seven or eight...? Kinda ran together after a while. ...Only died the once, though.

Seven or ei--- Fucking...

Only isn't the word that I would use. You were--- bothered by me coming near you. When we met in that center dead zone.

[Stays silent behind him, still]

So I'm just going to assume that whatever it was, it was fucking bad.

[Shifts]

...What about you? Was it only the once?

No, but the headshot round was by far one of the more unpleasant.

The other was a fight that had been weeks in coming. The game just set the appropriate stage for it. And I think we both needed to get it out of our system.

So... You feel better about that one?

Ha! Going to judge me if I said we both had fun.

That's the ideal outcome, isn't it? Most people didn't even have fun on their own.

Well one of my duels was fun. The one I won wasn't. Not sure what that says about me exactly, but I'm not going to dwell on it.

How about you?

Were any of your rounds not a shitshow?