mingle.

[puzzlers]

Who: Everybody
Where: To infinity The Hotel & Beyond!
When: Day 127

[ do your thing, imeeji. ]

Comments

[Sometime after the Retribution project]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Intensity will loiter around the amusement park after is all said and done. Like you do.

(Is he side-eyeing Yugi at one point after their last conversation? Maaaaaaaybe. Or maybe it's just Yugi's imagination.)]

Re: [Sometime after the Retribution project]

[puzzlers]

[ he can't tell, but it doesn't matter, because he's heading on over to intensity. ]

Are you planning on sticking around here oooor do you have time to make a quick stop off at the dorm?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

For what purpose?

[puzzlers]

I want to give you something?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Raised eyebrow]

Fine. Whatever.

I can stop off by the dorm.

[puzzlers]

[ he is oozing good vibes right now. ]

Great! Let's go!

[ almost just darts back to the dorm without him. must remember that not everybody has super speed. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[This may be in fact the scariest version of Yugi. Is this a "careful what you wish for" moment?

Snaps his fingers and there's the sound of metal wings as Blue Eyes comes over from her nearby perch on top of the Ferris wheel]

Need a ride?

[puzzlers]

[ naahhhh! peace has been restored or some nonsense. he's just feeling super special awesome! and he's also really excited about what he's got for intensity. it's a thank you! for the other day!!! ]

Blue-Eyes! [ his expression brightens even more, as if that were even possible. ] Sure!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[As per usual, when she lands, she extends out a wing so that Yugi can easily climb onto her back]

[puzzlers]

[ climbs aboard. ]

Thanks for the lift, Blue-Eyes.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Intensity watches all of this with little to no expression as he hops on behind Yugi.

Blue Eyes, on the other hand, turns around to gently headbutt Yugi before taking off into the air again. And once they are airborne:]

You guys get a balcony yet?

[puzzlers]

[ he's missed you too, blue-eyes. ]

We did, yeah, among a bunch of other stuff as soon as all of those dorm requests were processed. Did you guys get anything?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Also a balcony.

[AND A SNAKE PIT]

Seems we all agree that windowless dormitories are garbage. But it also makes this that much easier.

[As in. He's just going to park Blue Eyes on your balcony, Yugi]

[puzzlers]

Yeah? I bet you and Blue-Eyes are really happy about that.

[ w- why a snake pit??? ]

[ their balcony looks like a school roof, complete with steel railing around the perimeter, planter boxes, and a bunch of empty cafeteria tables scattered about. ]

We didn't get our pool, but maybe next time. [ hops off and gives blue-eyes an affectionate pat on the head before heading toward the door. there's a bunch of new rooms lining the hall, one of which yugi heads toward. inside is a massive home theater that's currently playing some old godzilla movie. ] NafunAI, can you turn down the volume? Thanks. [ the ai chimes in a response and does as instructed as yugi heads to the far corner behind the seats, which is an absolute mess of tools and colored glass, a pep! blue sheet draped neatly over something. ] I really appreciate yesterday, Intensity, so I wanted to do something nice for you.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Wait.

I'm sorry to interrupt this tender moment, but---

Holy shit.

What did Yugi just say?]

!!!





What did you just call your AI?

[puzzlers]

[ ??¿¿?¿?¿¿¿?? ]

I- Intensity? [ he is suddenly kind of... alarmed? is he ok? what's going on? ]

It's, uh, NafunAI.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He quickly pulls out a small notepad and flips to a certain page, but he already knows the fucking answer.

Shit. This is his fault for not updating the notes with the new list of hosts. Shit shit shit.]

Right.

NafunAI.

The host that ran that ridiculous murder mystery game that got the majority of the units killed.

She's integrated in your dorm now?

[puzzlers]

I... [ am speechless because what. ]

[ but murder mystery rings a bell, because he's pretty sure that's the game that wednesday had been the lone pep! in. ]

... [ he's going to shove intensity back into the hall and shut the door. ] What?! [ IT'S A HOST?!?! ] It's just in the theater, but I, uh, guess so? Oh man this is bad. [ looks back at the door. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[KER-SHOVED back into the hallway.

Look. Yugi. He's just as speechless as you are.]

Does she come with instructions? A manual? Anything?

[puzzlers]

No, but, uhm, all functions of the theatre are be controlled via voice commands l- like “NafunAI, play Drag me to Hell.” or “NafunAI, dim the lights." It didn't come with an formal set of instructions so much as a brief overview in the form of a single sentence.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Leaning against the opposite wall with his arm crossed, obviously thinking about something]

So just that.

A personal assistant AI.

[puzzlers]

[ just sort of stares at the door, huffing a sigh as his shoulders sink inward. ]

It kinda seems like it, though there's probably more to it than meets the eyes, especially if it's some former host. [ ffffuck. ] I haven't really asked it anything out of the ordinary. I didn't think to... [ looks back at intensity. ] Do you think it'll talk? theater functions aside.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Maybe with the right persuasions.

...

[Looks back at Yugi]

What would you ask it?

[puzzlers]

I don't know. Maybe why the hell it's in our dorm? [ but, in all seriousness, he has no idea what the fuck to ask it. ]

Did you want to ask it something? I know we get a chance to sometimes talk to the hosts before the games, so if you hadn't gotten something out of it then, maybe now's the time.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What dorm upgrade request did you put in exactly?