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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. ]

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[ Just looks devastated ]

Heart Soldier, Bad End, Future and Taisho...

...

[brows knit]

What happened to them?

She killed them. Because... nobody voted to protect them.

...I see.

Was everyone only able to protect one unit?

... yeah. We chose the wizards. Rise's brother.

That makes sense. I'm glad we were able to protect them, at least. I'm sure Sunrise would have been pretty sad, otherwise.

Yeah, she would have. I don't regret protecting Rise's brother.

Good.

Then the only thing left to do is focus on what we can do now.

I'm going to help Wednesday get back and then find some tea and honey.

Good deal. Help yourself to any of the tea that's in the lounge, if you'd like it.

I don't think we have any honey yet, though... That's a good idea.