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

[softlyfalling]

...no. We shouldn't.

I guess—what Cardigan said, about believing things could be better and acting that way, I... I'm still thinking about it, anyway.

[dienamite]

What fuckin' good does acting like things can be better do when we're all dying?

[softlyfalling]

...hard to say, really.

Maybe it's more that—when we're all suffering, it's hard to do any better than survive at any cost, so... how do we stop that. I used to think I had the answer, but I don't know, anymore.

[dienamite]

...I don't get what's wrong with trying to survive.

[softlyfalling]

I—

...I care about the rest of you. I don't know that I had an opinion before, apart from wanting to cause the least possible harm, but—I want all of you to survive.

[dienamite]

[ He relaxes a tiny amount, shifting and crossing his arms. ]

I thought that was what we all wanted.

[softlyfalling]

I think so, just... it's a difference of how much harm to others any one of us is willing to accept, in the process.

[dienamite]

[ He starts to say something but seems to think better of it, snapping his mouth shut and scrubbing his hand through his hair instead ]

...Yeah. Guess so.

[softlyfalling]

...we'll protect each other.

[dienamite]

We did this time.

[softlyfalling]

...and every time we need to. All right?

[dienamite]

Alright.

...Thanks, Shrike.

[softlyfalling]

[ she gives him a gentle pat on the shoulder. ]