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[opening_act]

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 ]

Comments

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

It is... I wanted to protect Bad End... I wouldn't pick a side. And... I thought you guys would be safe.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

S'cool. We been burning bridges lately, so. Kinda figured we had it coming.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... who was there?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

What, today? For HSS?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Y-Yeah...

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Everyone but Abi and Prim.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

[ There is a second of relief, and he only feels more guilty for it... ]

... this whole thing was bullshit, like always.

Is there... anything you need right now?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Nah. I think I'm good.

I'm just... glad you guys were good, too.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... I didn't think we would be. But I'm glad Rise and B could protect each other.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Rise voted for B...?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Yeah...

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Quiet for a couple of beats.]

...okay. Good to know.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

What's wrong?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Doubled up, I guess.

Our vote went to AlcheME, too.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... shit. The button game all over again.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Kinda, yeah. Way more room for error, though.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... I guess it wouldn't have mattered for us anyway. It's not like anyone would tell Rise to not protect her brother.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

We rolled for it. Everyone put in their top choices, and King broke out the dice.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Mm, I remember those... That's probably the best way to do it when you can't decide.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

I mean... a choice got made, anyway?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

But you didn't have to clash about it.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Mostly, yeah.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... do the others think it's punishment?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[crossmyheartandhope]

Punishment?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Oh good, you're surprised. I guess it's a dumb worry then.