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]

Your clothes...

[You don't need to do that.]

It's okay.

[You don't have to tear them up.]

[softlyfalling]

They didn't do us much good, anyway, but...

[ she stops, anyway. ]

...ah, I don't know what to do, though. But that's my problem, not yours.

[wonderlandgirl]

You don't...

[Oh, she understands.

[She feels like crying; she's crying already, and fresh tears spill from her eyes to crawl ticklishly down her cheeks. She knows, she knows what it is to want to do something, to feel that you can't possibly be doing enough...]

Don't have to do anything.

[It's enough. It's more than enough.]

[softlyfalling]

You're... kind, Wednesday.

...I'm sure someone's called sensitIV, but if there's anything you do need, though, anytime—let me know, all right?

[wonderlandgirl]

Cobalt-san... he--

[sensitIV...

[She can't see. Not lying on her front, and no matter how awkward it might be she doesn't have the strength or the fortitude to turn herself over. But - but they won, didn't they? She thinks of Levi; she wants to see him. She wonders where he is. Did something happen...?]

He's getting someone. It's okay.

[softlyfalling]

[ shrike gives her shoulder the gentlest pat possible. ]

All right. Do you want someone to stay with you until they get here?

[wonderlandgirl]

Shrike-san...

[She closes her eyes, but it doesn't seem to stop the tears.]

Thank you...!

[softlyfalling]

It’s no problem at all, [ her voice falters a little— ] really.

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm glad.

[She tries to brush her fingers against Shrike's knee.]

Your unit's... okay, this time?

[softlyfalling]

We're okay. I think everyone had a rough time, but—we're all... going to be okay.

[ which is a bit of an overstatement, but it's a lot easier to say. ]

Thank you.

[wonderlandgirl]

Shrike-san, I - I think it was supposed to be bad for all of us. I'm sure you all did your best.

[softlyfalling]

We tried, anyway.

I suppose I can at least be glad that we don't live in that world all the time.