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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

[rollwillpowercheck]

No one's in danger of dying. It's okay if you need a moment.

[backstory]

[Because they are all still struggling with coming back to life.]

How long have you been here for, Anubis?

[rollwillpowercheck]

[yeah, well,]

Ah... since the beginning? Almost three months now.

[backstory]

[Reaching out he gently... rests a hand upon his own head.]

I think you are incredible.

[rollwillpowercheck]

Huh?

[backstory]

You have been through a lot but remain strong and determined.

[And ready and willing to comfort others after the event.]

I believe that more people could learn from following after your example.

[rollwillpowercheck]

[he's quiet for a moment, and his voice is quiet when he does speak]

... they could learn from my mistakes, maybe. I haven't always been as successful as I'd like. But... thank you.

[backstory]

We can only do our best.

[No one is perfect. But even still, he finds Anubis to be an admirable person.]

I would like to do my best to make more of a difference in the future, too.

[rollwillpowercheck]

I... thank you. For being willing to try to make a difference for the better.

[backstory]

Let's both do our best together.

[Especially as a unit.]