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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

[motorcycle_noises]

Mmm. Thanks for the offer, though. It was a kind one.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Least I could do for one of the strongest units.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

[ He actually stops moving at that, staring at Sunshine in wide-eyed confusion. ]

Ah? What are you talking about?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Aren't you? You put up with so much and still haven't lost faith in your own connections. I'd call that strong.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

It's--

[ He blinks several times before looking away from him. ]

...unexpected to hear.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

Joker said the same thing. Which tells me you guys need to hear it more often.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Joker did, huh?

[ He glances briefly over back at Sunshine before his eyes dart back away. ]

He's not very good at realizing people care for him, you know. Or how strong his bonds are. ...My unit, they're all good people. Even Nine-nine, as much as he wants to come across as the most chuuni guy in the whole city.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

He's not, but I hope he's getting better. And I know you are. I think other people know it too. Things just get mixed up.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

I don't think things got mixed up at all. Sometimes, you just have to set your priorities... Everyone I'd hoped came out of this fine, so I'm content with the results.

[ He just had no hope for Bad End. ]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

That's what I mean by things getting mixed up. These games are designed to make us second guess everything.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Really? I got things pretty right from what I can tell.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

You must be good at this sort of thing. Not everyone is though.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

I'm not really that good at figuring out people or strategies, not really. I just had a pretty strong idea this one time and ended up being right. ....Though I would've called anyone on helping out Heart Soldier Senshi.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... yeah. My guess is everyone else was thinking the same thing.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Probably. Still, I feel bad for them. They're all good kids.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

I just hope they don't see this as punishment...

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

....I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

That is what I'm afraid of.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

....I'm not really that close with any of them, but I hope someone is able to convince them otherwise.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

I plan to try.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

Good luck, Sunshine-san...!

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[malignstar]

... take care of each other.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[motorcycle_noises]

...We will.