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opening_act ([personal profile] opening_act) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2019-02-01 04:55 pm

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Who: Exael and the Unlucky Contestants
Where: The Game Tower
When: 86, Evening

[ Between one step and the next the walls (or streets, or open air) around you changes. The sight before you is a room inside the game tower, a new pressure at your neck. Reaching up or looking at the people around you reveals it to be a collar, titanium with a small green blinking light set in the center. ]

[ the screen flickers on, on your cellphone. It's a half-second, blink and you miss it— Exael, chewing on a nail, looking uncharacteristically nervous— then the moment's gone and she waves both hands and smiles for the camera. ]

"Ladies, gentlemen, honored guests! Units of all stripes and sizes! I come offering you a game and a few familiar words, rearranged for the occasion!"

Her carnival barker demeanor shifts for a moment as she lowers her head to say: ] "Glory to the highest, and on earth peace—" [ her head snaps up, her pigtails bouncing with it, and she's grinning again, all pomp and energy ] "even if we're not getting much down here! So let's kick up a ruckus, put on a show, and see how much good goodwill alone can manage! If you wish to save your fellows, now is the time speak!"

[ The rules appear on your phones. ]
[ Rules ] [ Rooms ] [ Results ] [ Endgame, Revivals & Winners ]
backstory: Do not take (Not sure what to say to that...)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
There are different ways of helping people.

[And it looks like most people right now are not in need of their abilities.]
backstory: (Allow me to help)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head, before reaching out to grasp onto his arm.]

Help me do it. Alongside anyone else I can find willing to help me. People won't just listen to my voice alone.
Edited 2019-02-10 08:07 (UTC)
bluerosestyle: (❃ 01)

[personal profile] bluerosestyle 2019-02-10 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I need help, but I won't say no to company.
crossmyheartandhope: (Just shine a light into the wreckage)

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-02-10 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
I mean... pretty sure they're definitely not gonna listen to mine.

Been there, done that.
backstory: Do not take (Would that not be dangerous?)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
Don't give up. We must laugh in the face of defeat, and when we fall, stand up once again just to spite it.
crossmyheartandhope: (Lord we are all cinders)

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-02-10 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[There has been a whole lot of falling down and standing up already, and he is getting awfully tired... but after a long moment of hesitation, he nods.]

...yeah. Yeah, sure, why not? One last try.

You get everyone together, I'll show up. I dunno how much help I'm gonna be, but. I'll be there.
eatsthecanary: (pic#12391675)

[personal profile] eatsthecanary 2019-02-10 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)


I'm married to two people.
backstory: (I don't even remember first)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sitting back on his knees. He really does hope it helped, even just a little. That it may have sped up the process even more.]

I'm sorry this happened to you.
backstory: Do not take (Did I leave the stove on I wonder)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE NEEDS HELP HE JUST EXPERIENCED SOMETHING TRAGIC AND TERRIBLE AND AWFUL

So he'll accompany him.]


You are...from Taisho, correct?
backstory: (Complimented and flustered)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Reaching out to carefully grab one of his hands and gently squeeze it. He doesn't want to hurt him or do something more if it would cause him distress right now.]

Thank you. I promise that I will do my utmost best to ensure that it is successful. I'm sure that the princess, Abi, Wednesday, Lucifel, and others will be willing to help, too.
asonoficeandfire: (92)

[personal profile] asonoficeandfire 2019-02-10 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[sitting up straighter, but not moving just yet]

...it's not your fault.
rollwillpowercheck: (Find it in the weapons section of Target)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2019-02-10 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[catches the questioning glance.]

We have a clinic now. It's more of an exam room, and the decor is terrible, but, well, it's a start.

[unlocks the door and shows him in.]

As for your question... a memory purchase he took in private? Um, no, he didn't. But you know that I haven't... been around as much.
backstory: (Not always easy)

[personal profile] backstory 2019-02-10 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He knows. But it is no less painful to witness.]

. . . I would like to try and prevent at least this situation from happening again in the future.
foolmetwice: (pic#12834279)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[quiet for a very, very long moment, like. . . he isn't really sure what he can say to all of that]

[then, he reaches for her hand :c]
foolmetwice: (pic#12834186)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[BLUNT]

That ain't gonna change anytime soon.
foolmetwice: (pic#12694460)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[wow]

Yeah, okay.

[look, if C is paying him, then he won't complain any further]
foolmetwice: (pic#12694568)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[FRIENDS ARE HARD AND WEIRD AND WHY DO WE EVEN BOTHER WITH THEM!!]

[anyway he's shuffling a bit awkwardly himself, because. . . small talk is hard when you just had your head blown off]

I'm okay, though. If you feel guilty for not protecting my unit-- don't. We'll be fine.
foolmetwice: (pic#12834167)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[a wry snort]

These things happen.

[GOD]

I'm going to add it to my bingo card.
foolmetwice: (pic#12694457)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I-- yes. I will. Yeah. Okay.

[AND WITH THAT, he's finally shuffling off. super awkwardly]
foolmetwice: (pic#12834175)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-10 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
No. We rolled a die.

[BUT]

That's not what I meant. We couldn't make the choice to protect only one or two people on the unit, could we? It was the entire unit or none of the unit. So if someone hated even one person on the other unit and didn't know anyone else on it. . . then naturally, they wouldn't want to protect that unit.
asonoficeandfire: (8)

[personal profile] asonoficeandfire 2019-02-10 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think that will be easy. This place doesn't allow us ways out or loopholes.
rollwillpowercheck: (I start disarming the squirrels.)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2019-02-10 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's not what you were talking about before, though! You were saying that no one cared about your unit. And the fact that we could only choose to protect an entire unit doesn't cancel out my point that individuals do care, because a unit is an artificial construct and it's impossible to say "this entire unit cares about this entire other unit." There's only people, and the people on your unit are cared for.
Edited 2019-02-10 16:56 (UTC)
rollplayinghouse: (sa001)

[personal profile] rollplayinghouse 2019-02-10 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looks up, blinks, and then takes his hand.]

[personal profile] inspiteful 2019-02-10 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...Yeah. I mean, Mars isn't exactly a nice person -- he can be pretty abrasive, actually. [ He shrugs, as if to say 'well, but by now we're kind of used to it'. ] It's just...it's not as if his reaction came out of nowhere, nor was it some kind of baseless fear. I don't think he should be shamed or scolded for feeling the way he did. Trying to insist on the value of friendship to someone who's panicking because those friendships are being used against him is just making it worse.

It was frustrating because it felt like she thought we were attacking her beliefs, when I was trying to explain to her where we were coming from.
puzzlers: DNT. (pic#12049243)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] puzzlers 2019-02-10 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
So let's pick out something we both like!