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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

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Keep being absent to more of these stupid games. The car racing one you can stay in though.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[we_meet_again]

Hah! Why can't all the games just be bumper cars?



...Seriously, though... Thanks for thinking of me.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Ugh. No.

Oh, don't tell me you have low self esteem. You are definitely one of the people that make living here better.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[we_meet_again]

Do I look like a person with low self-esteem to you?!

It's nice to be considered! Let me express my gratitude, okay? Gosh.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Ha! You don't, and I'd say you could be good at hiding it, but you're honest.

Very well. Bask in it. Though I suspect other people had you in their thoughts as well. King would have wanted to protect Corona.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[we_meet_again]

Oh, I'm sure. I'm certain it was mutual, too.

I doubt there was a single unit who only had one candidate for who they wanted to protect.

Gotta say, I'm not thrilled about this outcome, though.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I have a very low opinion of Wild City, so I'm going to pick on them as not caring about any other unit.

But think of it this way. If there arguing, that means people are caring about more than one unit which probably is a good thing. Even though the headache right now is telling me otherwise. Please remind me of that fact later.

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[we_meet_again]

[he's just quiet for a moment]

I'm... really upset that you guys slipped through the cracks. I hope nobody on Bad End thinks it's because nobody cares about you. I swear I will kick down your door and shout embarrassing things at all of you if that's the case.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

You can talk to Thorn and Tatsuya, but I know that isn't the case. I should have thought of Taisho though, but I was convinced that after the last bad game sensitIV wouldn't get picked. And I don't think it is a surprise to anyone that I would prioritize Anubis.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[we_meet_again]

I'm super glad you did, too. I'm so relieved that at least some of my friends didn't die. Thanks for that!

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Are people taking this one particularly badly? I had figured since it was protection and not aggression it would be easier...

I'm tired of dying, but that's another problem entirely.

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[we_meet_again]

Protection is definitely a lot better than usual.

I can't speak for everyone, but a couple of my unitmates in particular seem pretty devastated that some units were left unprotected. It sucks when people you care about get hurt.

I'm sure it sucks being hurt, too.

A real bummer all a round.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Had we been able to communicate, I'm sure everyone would have. I don't have much faith in the community, but at least I still have that shred.

Re: RESULTS, END GAME

[we_meet_again]

...Yeah, I agree with that. I don't think anyone would have benefitted from leaving a unit to die if they could help it.