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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 ]
heroicsacrifeyes: (54)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I know. It's a dangerous thing to promise here, and I know your teammates will have plenty of other people they want to protect too. It's okay.

Neechan will be fine no matter what.
heroicsacrifeyes: (pic#12778603)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Uwaah, that might be too much for my heart to take if you could!

[Once they leave the tower, and are a few feet away, some of the tension starts easing out of her shoulders.]
liarliarliar: (Am I coming out of left field?)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] liarliarliar 2019-02-02 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You're too good.
avestan: (It's like the end of Akira!)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] avestan 2019-02-02 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[taking note of the easing tension]

So who did you guys vote for?

[conversationally]
asonoficeandfire: (253)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] asonoficeandfire 2019-02-02 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[I wanted to protect you too, but made a call and figured HSS was a team that would be safe and the guilt is slightly overwhelming you should have stayed on that list.

he reaches out to tug Mori into a hug, mumbling his words into Mori's shoulder]

Don't. It's not your fault. We... I... [trying to fight through the thick pain in his throat from more than just dying] I thought you would be safe. I should have asked to vote for you. We voted for someone who we thought wouldn't be chosen.
heroicsacrifeyes: (qZ95k17)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Looks over at him, still walking, she kept her smile up before but it turns to something solemn now.]

The others wanted to vote for Heart Soldier, or Bad End, or future.

I played the big sister card and forced them to vote for AlcheME.
avestan: (And you get wished into nonexistence)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] avestan 2019-02-02 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, that makes sense. Family comes first.

[there's no sign of any anger or upset on his face, just a very slight hint of tension]
heroicsacrifeyes: (pic#12778610)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ehe! It's because I'm the big sister~
liarliarliar: (Am I coming out of left field?)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] liarliarliar 2019-02-02 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[hugs tight again

so glad she's safe]
heroicsacrifeyes: (31)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
...Yes. I made a promise, back when he first came to my family, that I'd do everything I could to keep him safe and happy. That's my job as the big sister.

[She squeezes his hand a little tighter for a second, clenching her fists, but quickly realises and loosens back to her normal hold almost instantly.]

I... I can't say I'm sorry for that.
ferociousfuckingnerd: (1)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] ferociousfuckingnerd 2019-02-02 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[The hug breaks him, and he starts sobbing outright, clinging to Todoroki]

Y-You...! You wanted, to protect - t-to protect as many, as you could, th-that's not something to regret...!
ferociousfuckingnerd: (pic#12386419)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] ferociousfuckingnerd 2019-02-02 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Decorate prison?
avestan: It's marinara, guaranteed (Is it blood? Is it marinara? Nobody know)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] avestan 2019-02-02 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Good, you shouldn't apologise. Not like you did anything wrong.

[but even so. that little bit of tension remains.]

On a different note, there's a couple of things I've been meaning to talk to you about. Not out in public, though.
asonoficeandfire: (158)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] asonoficeandfire 2019-02-02 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[going to let him cling, not letting go of him himself. his voice is a little shaky and muffled]

The same applies to you.
liarliarliar: (Seems like a big pain.)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] liarliarliar 2019-02-02 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I already bought some stuff. Ah, I should have held off, I would have been able to help a lot more....
heroicsacrifeyes: (19)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] heroicsacrifeyes 2019-02-02 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not a very good thing for a girlfriend to say.

[She murmurs quietly, just barely heard.]

Is that so? We can talk about it at the dorm, what's on your mind?
avestan: but I'll be the first to say I didn't do good enough. (I did my best and tried very hard)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] avestan 2019-02-02 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not like I'm exactly the greatest boyfriend ever, y'know.

...Which is actually kinda what I want to talk about.
ferociousfuckingnerd: (pic#12386487)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] ferociousfuckingnerd 2019-02-02 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, hey, no. Let yourself have stuff, you're already helping out plenty. If you stop buying stuff then I'll just buy you all the stuff.
liarliarliar: (And I've been fibbing ever since.)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] liarliarliar 2019-02-02 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I have all the stuff I need already I'm afraid~

Old moneybags has it all.
ferociousfuckingnerd: (pic#12386478)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] ferociousfuckingnerd 2019-02-02 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm...

[Scrubbing at his eyes ughhh calm down calm down]

I, I wanted, to protect you... W-We all had too many people, nobody could decide... I'm sorry, I should have insisted harder for you...
asonoficeandfire: (238)

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[personal profile] asonoficeandfire 2019-02-02 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[his voice is quiet but it doesn't make it less intense and he curls his fingers in the fabric of Mori's shirt]

Stop apologizing... I wanted the same. I could have insisted. I wanted to protect everyone.
worthathousand: (❦ that you could not change)

[personal profile] worthathousand 2019-02-02 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she looks... pained, at that ] Lily would be... very touched to hear that.

For us... it came down to a vote. Which unit we thought would would... need our help the most.
[ quieter, but staying resolute ] I input the results myself.

[personal profile] deicider 2019-02-02 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Those who need it are getting patched up. There's nothing else we can do here.
rollwillpowercheck: Doujinshi by Leche. (Alignment: I'm Lost.)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2019-02-02 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[shakes his head]

If Lucifel-san is correct, and... honestly, I don't see why he wouldn't be on this, since Wild City does a great job of alienating themselves, if we hadn't voted for them, they would have died. So...

[frustrated]
foolmetwice: (pic#12694540)

[personal profile] foolmetwice 2019-02-02 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . .]

Doubt dot png, but okay. I'll let you have it.