ENDGAME

[cascadingfailure]

Who: ALL FRIENDS
Where: Game Tower!
When: Day 133, Evening

[ And the game ends!

And you find yourself all in the tower, mangled or not. You'll find that you have a mixture of wounds from both rounds of the game, as well as all of your memories of both rounds. As for NafunAI...

Well, she seems to not be around anymore, but her voice (though a bit louder and more robotic) booms through the room, informing you of what's up: ]

THIS GAME'S WINNERS ARE:
BARiTONES, WILD CITY, avante en garde, Heart Soldier Senshi, and sensitIV!

THIS UNIT HAS ALSO TABULATED AUDIENCE VOTES. ULTIMATELY, LILIS WON FOR OUTSTANDING MORAL FIBER, AND A FLAWLESS GAME. TAISHO ALMOST SURPASSED THEM, BUT THE VOTES WERE NOT IN THEIR FAVOUR. THEY LOSE.

ALSO LILIS' EXAMPLE OF WORKERS BEING ABLE TO HAVE NICE LIVES HELPED FAN THE FLAMES OF THE WORKER'S REVOLT EVERYONE PARTLY DIED IN LATER. PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL! SUPER, SUPER, SUPER COOL!

THANK YOU FOR PLAYING! ⭐

[ Yaaay! ]

Comments

[wonderlandgirl]

B-but... you're hurt...

[She hasn't missed the tears in his shirt; it occurs to her to worry, now, that maybe she's hurting him by holding on too tight. She tries, tries to let go, but she probably still doesn't loosen her grip enough for it to make much difference.]

Yugi-kun... please look after yourself, too...

[forgottenmercy]

You do not, ah, need to apologize, and you are not imposing. I, ah, am unhurt, so I should do my part to take care of you.

[syncintohell]

Things that are strong to do not break to begin with.

[nihilmancy]

Mm, j-just hold off and I'll text you if I need it. I'll also see if I can get Shrike to do it, perhaps. You need to save your energy too.

[puzzlers]

I'm alright. It's not bad, and I can take care of it back at the dorm no problem. I want to see you and the other peps healed first. And everybody else too.

I think we're ready to head back. You good, Wednesday? To move, that is. [ and let go of him, though he's definitely a bit reluctant. ]

[heroicsacrifeyes]

[Rise slowly heats her hands up, trying to warm Wednesday up as much as she can.]

I've seen them. Don't worry, Cobalt-san and Yugi-kun and I are here, we can help all of you. We'll get you all healed, and then we can go home.

[wonderlandgirl]

I can try...!

[Anything.

[Anything sounds better than what he was just suggesting. It's a hope, a hope, but it even makes a certain kind of sense, doesn't it...? If she just tries, then--

[There's no difference, is there? No difference, surely, between her own body and someone else's, discovered in this state? And - and if she could revive someone else (and she could, she could) then why shouldn't it work equally well on herself? There's no difference, she tells herself, none at all.

[So she closes her eyes, takes a calming breath; she reaches for the power, and finds it...

[There's an electrical tingle in her arms, her hands, the tips of her fingers; her ankles and feet, her toes. There's a funny creeping feeling, a sensation of warmth, a feeling of reaching out with the nerves. Her hands and feet don't feel any more inclined to move, but she can feel them, and she turns anxiously to Persephone.]

Okay. I, um... but it only lasts for an hour unless it's fixed...

[softlyfalling]

All right, ah—hang in there.

[nihilmancy]

I won't push myself.

[She will, though.]

[420blazeit]

[ sekhmet deserves to be happy too. ]

I'm glad. [ she looks into her lap. ] Have you seen her yet? Is she ok?

And... yeah... It was just me and Hurricane though, so most of HSS was spared, which is, ah, good... [ but it sucked for her and him. ] I'm definitely going to rest when I get back. I feel like I'm on the verge of passing out. H- Haha.

[avestan]

We're gonna need to buy her a new one, but they can attach it.

The real problem is that she kinda doesn't want it.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

She doesn't?? Why not?

[we_meet_again]

Alright. Let me know if anything changes, though.

Let's all go home and rest up.

[avestan]

She really hates sensitIV.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

...Oh.

Er, maybe she could get a robot eye from fin?

[we_meet_again]

Ah... don't push yourself.

Do you think you'll be okay to walk?

[nihilmancy]

She ah- well, she's better off than me, but it seems they still went through a lot.

Mm, I'm glad most of them were okay, but, ah- I'm sorry to hear that about Hurricane. I probably won't be doing much more of the rounds, but he is in my thoughts. I hope you both are able to rest well.

[we_meet_again]

Alright. Thanks. Back it a bit.


[And he gets back to it, bustling around and fussing. He touches base with all the peps, organizes healing for everyone, and figures out where everyone's at, physically.

It's not long before Cobalt's back to talk to Thorn again.]

Hey. I don't think three of them can walk. Do you think you might be able to carry Wednesday back to the dorm while I get Pink?

[avestan]

Oh, right. That could be an option. Maybe she'd like that...

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you...

[She wants to apologize for the mess that's been made of her hands. She probably looks awful right now.]

Cobalt-san, the others... Pink-kun and Sunshine-san. Have you... seen them?

[wonderlandgirl]

[The strange thing is that it does.]

Thank you.

[Hiryuu's hands feel so very warm.]

Hiryuu-chan... can I - ask you something? A favor.

[420blazeit]

It kinda feels like almost all of us ate shit of some kind. And sometimes twice. Did you get dragged into both sessions?

Me too... [ a slow nod. ] And it's alright. I mean, like, you deserve some r&r too. Feel better, Sekhmet, and thanks for this. [ she rolls her wrist to get used to her new hand. ]

[ thumbs up! ]

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh... so you're all okay...

[She wants to say 'good', but... is it? Is it really such a good thing that he had to face - whatever he did, by himself?]

Weren't you lonely?

[nihilmancy]

Fortunately, not. We just went through a lot. And I'm pretty drunk. So I'm just going to eat what I can and sleep.

[She coughs again. d.va may notice that the elbow of her sleeve is stained with blood from coughing into it.]

[justicebewon]

Even if I wasn't, I'm not the one I'm worried about right now.