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

probably more like day 131

[purrrnicious]

[There's a bang at the door -- more like someone kicked it. Then a pause, and something that sounds kind of likely scratching?

Geez who would do that what a freak.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Who would indeed?

Opens the door and:]

Yes? Can we help you?

[purrrnicious]

[Just chilling there, arms crossed.]

Hey. You're standing in the way.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Bows ridiculously and moves to the side so she can come into the entryway]

[purrrnicious]

[Walks on in like she owns the place. ]

Heard you guys survived.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You may horde cubes and sheep to your heart's content, Princess]

Only had one failure.

And from what I can tell, all units traded equally so it death and maiming was really left to playing the odds.

... Did BARiTONES make it?

[He booked it out of endgame early to take care of a stressed out not!boyfriend]

[purrrnicious]

[Folds her ears back. ]

One of them didn’t make it. We needed pep to bring him back after.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[This.

Does not compute]

Even though the rest survived?

[purrrnicious]

Apparently it was the––

[How did Sekhmet put it?]



––the shock. Pretty sure he doesn't want me saying the specific reason why it happens.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then I won't ask. But--

...

Is this going to be a re-occurring event? That he dies even if the injuries don't qualify as "life threatening" according to the producers.

[purrrnicious]

[Curls in on herself. ]

Something to look forward too, huh?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Only tangentially related, but---

I know of a person in a state of perpetual life-threatening illness. He made a deal with a demon pawn - they keep what ails him at bay in exchange for favors from the audience.

[purrrnicious]

What?

...Favours like what?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You're sharp, Force Commander.

What kind of favors could the audience want?

[purrrnicious]

...Uh.

[Thinking of all the porn fanmail...]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Her expression says everything really]

Doesn't require a mosaic. Usually. But you're on the right track.

[purrrnicious]

[Gawd, runs her hands down her face. ]

Okay, uh— okay.

You obviously know who cut the deal, so are you gonna tell me who it is?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Now, now. What kind of information broker would I be if I spilled everyone's secrets?

I can tell you that the deal was cut with the ShopKeeper - the demon who runs the points shop. If you need to know how he was summoned, I can try and dig up that information for you.

[purrrnicious]

...I guess that’ll have to do.

[Sighs. Kind of sucks to have busted unit mates. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'll be in touch with my contact then.

In the meantime, that's just more incentive for your unit to play to escape injury. Surely you don't worry about that after how cooperative your unit was in the last game.

[purrrnicious]

You mean, the one where they got injured and this whole problem happened in the first place? That game we were "cooperative" in?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes.

As I saw it, everyone evenly distributed the resources and then let RNG decided who lived and who died. A cold but effective way to leave blame on no one in particular.

And also probably due to the fact that all the deals were transparent between the two parties. It wasn't like other games where who targeted whom was kept a secret.

[purrrnicious]

[Leans back against the wall, crossing her arms. ]

Sounds like you approve?

[resonantblue]

[...]

That was not knocking.

[purrrnicious]

Got me in here, didn't it?