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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

[bluerosestyle]

[thank you okami, his hands will stay there]

Sorry...? Why?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

That you have to do this when you are injured as well...

I will... be stronger next time. It just... hurt more than I expected.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

...

I guess you couldn't hear me, but I wasn't exactly silent this time.

Besides, I'm glad I can be here for you.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

I want... to be there for you as well...

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

[squeezes hand]

You are.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

[ Thumps tail and strains to sit up ]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

[helping him a little if possible!]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

[ Winces ]

I do hope it stops hurting soon...

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

It will.

[says the person with high pain tolerance who's already gotten used to it]

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

[ His pain tolerance is critically low ]

... was your friend all right?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

Yeah. Her unit was safe. Wild City was safe too.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

I am glad for that.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

So am I.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

... are you going to go see her?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

No, I'll send her a message, unless I happen to see her on my way out. But... seeing me will probably remind her of what just happened, and I don't want to make her sad.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

... I did not consider that. I do not think most others would either.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

Well, I've made her cry in the past right after games. I don't want to put her in that position again if I can help it.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

... I understand.

I wish to take you back then.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

Thank you... I want to stay outside for a bit before I go back, though. You can come if you want, of course, but don't you want to talk to Silver first?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

I have. His brother and closest friends were all right. Though he too had people who were hurt...

Why do you want to stay outside?

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

Mm, well... I think I need it. Moving helps me calm down, so I want to take a walk first.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

Oh... perhaps I should try that. For calming down.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

Training helps me as well, but... I doubt that'd be a good idea right now.

Anyway, in your case, maybe running could help too. You seemed to enjoy that when you were turned into a wolf.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[furrytailprince]

I do like running. And I have my sword now. So I could do more practice with that.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[bluerosestyle]

[nods]

How are you feeling? Better?