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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

[liarliarliar]

I already bought some stuff. Ah, I should have held off, I would have been able to help a lot more....

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

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.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

I have all the stuff I need already I'm afraid~

Old moneybags has it all.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Good, then enjoy it like you deserve.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

I got some dumbbells for prison, by the way.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Ah, you got stuff to spoil me?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

You'll have to share like a good boy until I buy more.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Y-You don’t have to buy more, sharing is fine, don’t worry. Thank you for the dumbbells.

[He tries to work energy into his voice but his throat is too pained to put all that he wants into it, it’s softer than usual.]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

Mmm...

Well, speaking of dumbbells! Time for this one to get home.

[we're on our way anyway so]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

H-Hey, what’s that supposed to mean?

[Home we go]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

Nothing it just seemed like a good joke.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Be-kun is such a rude boy.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

As if you should even buy into that kind of comment. You're one of the smartest people I know, Mori.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

[Oh no he was just trying to rib B back but now compliments happened and he's flustered]

Ah, come on, I can't give you a hard time when you're being that nice.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

I really admire that part of you though!

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Oh no you're doubling down.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

I'm helping.

And winning.

It's the best life I can live.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Mm. This is your best life huh.

You really are too nice to me.

Thank you, Be-kun.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

Mmm.

Have I helped my hero tonight in a small way?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Yes. Things feel easier with you around.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

I did it~! Like your All Might, here with a smile!

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

[Congratulations you get him to laugh, and Mori can't quite mimic All Might's booming voice right now but he makes his best attempt.]

It's alright now, because Be-kun is here.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

Heh.

[fluffs Mori's hair briefly]

Here you are, my hero. Home. Please rest up and take care. Give me a text if you need anything. Even if it's just a distraction.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Ah - I will, but, I think I’ll be alright. Goodnight, Be-kun.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[liarliarliar]

Good night.

[lingering look, still worried but

he'll go and let Mori be alone

he's probably not helping as much as Mori says anyway]