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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 ]

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Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

....It really does.

[ It really does. ]

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He chuckles and hits the elevator button up.]

Alright. Go take your shower and head out. I won't even be slightly upset if you use all the hot water.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

I'll try not to anyway. You gonna check up on Anubis-san? I know sensitIV is okay, but I'm worried he'll be stressed out after this.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I will. His unit probably had an argument and there was a lot of yelling I imagine.

But yes, I will check up on him.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Mmm, I'm glad he has you then.

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

Really? Aren't I supposed to be the next great super villain with C?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Even great supervillains can have people they care about. The people they want by their side while they take over the world or whatever it is supervillains want.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Patting his back before, uh, oops, sorry.]

Don't put a bright spin on that. I've got a reputation that goes rampant without me doing much of anything.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Well, all joking aside I do think you're a good guy to have around.

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

That's because you have a lick of sense.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

On rare occasion I try to keep some around.

[ Sense, he means. ]

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

We've got a good unit. Look, we don't even get mad at each other after.

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[motorcycle_noises]

Why would we be mad?

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

Have you seen sensitIV and Taisho.

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[motorcycle_noises]

I don't usually pay much attention to Taisho and I've only really been paying attention to Anubis-san and Nya. What am I missing?

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

They fight like cats and dogs.

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ He blinks at that. ]

Oh.

[ He makes a move for the lighter in his pants, but then his clothes start to slip from his arms so he stops and adjusts them before speaking up again. ]

I feel like.... we always listen to each other and consider what everyone has to say. We do our best to reach an answer all of us can live with. It's.... one of the things I like about our group. We may not have been put together by choice, but we're doing our best with it.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Yes, it is something we do inside of games and am glad of it.

I'm going to check on a few things. I'll probably see you when you get back.

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ He noticed that "inside of games" but he's not going to comment on it, instead nodding. ]

See you later, then. Take care of yourself.

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[rollwithdisadvantage]

I can't get any deader.

[Waving him off as he heads back outside.]

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ A startled laugh follows him before they go their separate ways. ]