Back to the Future... is now

[justpure]

Who: future is now + any visitors
Where: future is now dorm
When: Day 130, post game

[So... Space happened. Now what?]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Sometime later]

You both doing okay?

[resonantblue]

[a quick nod]

Thank you for directing Levi to our aid.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

He was offering. And Lucifel was---

[How to word this]

Out of commission.

[resonantblue]

[looks towards the floor]

I see. SensitIV died... it is no surprise. Anyone mustering the strength to help us was surprising enough.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

White mages love to work overtime.

Don't fuss too much. I made sure Lucifel was in good hands before I left.

[resonantblue]

Understood. Do you need anything, Intensity?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Man Eater is going to be staying with us for a bit.

[resonantblue]

That is fine. I correctly assumed it was trouble with ZRAEL, which is troubling...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Sounds like there was some in-fighting during the last game, yes.

[resonantblue]

Very troubling. How long do you think it will take for them to work it out?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Shrugs]

Dunno. They usually one of the more put together units. So it depends on how long they keep their tempers.

...



That's probably a long time.

[resonantblue]

...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

He has to go back in at least 3 days. He'll start going grey otherwise.

[resonantblue]

"Going grey?"

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Has no one explained the trial to you?

[... Oh I guess if Intensity didn't explain it, then no one explained it]

Right when Shine arrived, the production was in trouble. The units weren't being entertaining enough and weren't sticking close enough to their units. So people and eventually the world started to go grey and fade. Future is Now was hit with the worst of it for a stupid reason that is not worth mentioning at this point.

People tried to stop it. Ended up invoking the powers of both Pythia and Asmodeus. They held a trial - to see who had committed crimes against unit unity and not causing enough unit conflict. We lost. Badly.

Now - if you don't where you unit outfits or go multiple days without returning to the dorm, you start to fade. First losing pigmentation and then memories. And the end state is you become one of the Damned.

[resonantblue]

What in...

[the fuck]

Silence has watched everyone at large, day by day, and had not witnessed this occur... which means everyone truly is complying to this rule.

But this trial... what became of it?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It takes three days for it to start. Your phone will start blaring at you if you spend more than 24 hours outside the dorm.

We were placed on trial with AlcheME!, Taisho, and SensitIV! Bad End was the presiding judge. And our sentence was not causing enough unit conflict. Taisho emotionally destroyed multiple people and SensitIV! physically did, so they were spared.

So we died. As well as AlcheME! - not too surprising.

But because we were already inflicted with the grey disease, all Future is Now that were present were also affected by a permanent memory corruption. This included myself, Angel, Shogun and you didn't meet him, but our Dr. Moreau.

One of AlcheME! was also affected, but I never learned what his particular affliction was. It was different per unit.

[resonantblue]

[she might need a minute]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Look, there is a reason he offers up Taisho and SensitIV! every trauma game.

AKA take all the time she needs]

[resonantblue]

[ok good she does in fact take a Minute]

It occured well before my presence, so there is little for me to act upon or say. But it makes me wish more for ZRAEL's agreement so Man Eater does not become grey.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm sure they'll pull themselves together soon enough. They always have a rough time when it's protect and not attack.

And if not---

I'll drag him home myself.

[resonantblue]

[smiles to herself]

This time I really do not have to worry.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Eyes narrow. SUSPICIOUS]

What does that mean?

[resonantblue]

[?]

Exactly what I said. Should Silence repeat herself?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[A slight pause and then]

No.

That won't be necessary.

[Let's not trip another feelings talk accidentally]