event: start

[idolpro]

Who: You.
Where: The bus.
When: Monday.

[ You wake up on a bus. What was that . . . ? How did that happen? Where the hell are you? A tour bus? What?

As if to catch your attention, a gong sounds. At the front of the bus, two silhouettes dance upon the windowpane, echoing each other's giggles: ]

Welcome, welcome! Welcome to the exclusively special Hell tour!

What!? That's totally impromptu!

Yeah, well, what are you going to do! The budget is great but Tokyo F is down for maintenance!

Down for maintenance!? It can do that!?

Duh! With all the beatings it gets, it's gotta have a spa day!

This looks like a little more than a spa day, the city broke, you know!

Yeah, yeah, whatever! Complain if you want, but you've been dying to get out of that city!

Even if you say that, my heart wasn't ready! I didn't pack my shampoo! I didn't take my favorite stuffed animal with me! My phone doesn't even work!

Don't worry, you'll be able to use the hotel's complimentary shampoo, and the room you get will have a decent enough pillow! As for your phone, it's working again! That was just, you know, maintenance!

Maintenance!?

Maintenance!

[ . . .

. . . ]

Well, if my phone is working, then I can totally take pictures of myself again! All's well that ends well! I can get through it if my phone is working! But what am I even supposed to do while Tokyo F is down for maintenance? I'm an idol, you know! An idol!

- Take photos of yourself. . . ? You damn whippersnapper, kids these days! But obviously you're still an idol out here too! There's not going to be any Lives or anything but you can do events, you know! Meet with your adoring fans, you know? You could have your own events, not that we're going to organize them for you! Handshake events! Meet and greets! Photoshoots! An idol should have initiative!

Eeeeeh, that sounds like work, though! I would rather play my mobile games~

Now listen here, you - what happened to that professional attitude you had before!?

[ The two girls chase each other off the window and disappear, ending what appears to be a bizarro comedy skit.

. . . That was odd, but sure enough, even if you don't have anything you didn't have on you before - at least your phone is working again. But really, where are you . . . ? Honestly, that didn't really answer any of your questions whatsoever?

At least the other residents on the bus seem to be others who were in Tokyo F with you - though maybe some of them look changed. Maybe you look - Hell, maybe you even feel changed. Well, shit.

The bus is chugging along to . . . wherever your new destination is. The hotel, apparently - if you can trust anything those girls were saying. One thing's for sure, though: this "maintenance" thing is bullshit. But, what did happen, just then. . . ? ]

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Comments

[crossmyheartandhope]

...uh. We got company?

[He looks - really good, honestly? Like. His face has actual color, for the first time since Lilith got done with him. Requiem might be able to smell/sense/hear his heartbeat, or whatever it is vampires do.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[. . .

Just a slow blink.

What the fuck happened here? Is this good? This is a good thing, right?]

Hurricane?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Hey, dude.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Is that all you have to say. Hey, dude.

[Waves him to come closer]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Heads over.]

We made it?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. Somehow we did.

[Holds out his hand]

Can I borrow your phone?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Hands it over?]

Should we get moving? Req texted that pic, so like. Maybe we better not hang out?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

As long as we don't go too far. I still need to listen for John's signal.

[crossmyheartandhope]

John?

What's up with John?

[stakesthesame]

[ not at this distance she can't

she does turn once she hears his and nem's voices, those wings poofing up like a pleased bird ]

Dude! You made it.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...whoa. You got wings.

[stakesthesame]

Yeah hell if I know how that happened.

You're all rosy again, what happened to YOU?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Long story.

But, uh. Maybe we oughtta find someplace else? Since you used the phone to like - [Makes a hand gesture that is vaguely like something flying? Maybe it means sent a text message??]

[stakesthesame]

Yeah, we can go wherever. I don't think we got anyone after us but best not to crash here too long y'know? Where're the others, anyway?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Dunno. Pretty sure most of us ended up on your end.

[stakesthesame]

... eugh. We'll come across them eventually, I'm sure.

C'mon.

[crossmyheartandhope]

Kay. Let's get outta here.

[Heading off with her.]

[purrrnicious]

[Tiiiiiiiilts to the side, letting her tail curl idly in the air behind her. Huh, something's different?

Oh well, she doesn't actually care.]



Where'd you guys come from?

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Considers her - then lowers his voice and leans in a little.]

Heaven. You guys, uh. You guys got stuck in hell jail, yeah?

[purrrnicious]

[She’s got visible corruption — faintly glowing cracks spread over her skin that make her look like she might crumble away, or was a shattered vase that someone tried gluing back together again. ]

We busted out of jail, yeah.

[Pauses, then:]

You were with the rest? Did you see Eichi?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Blond dude, yeah?

He was there. Absinthe, too.

[purrrnicious]

[lol who cares about Absinthe tho]

So he’s fine? He wasn’t hurt?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Yeah. He was doing just fine.

[purrrnicious]

[Lets out a small breath. ]

So I’m guessing you guys didn’t get dumped into some dumb cell?

[crossmyheartandhope]

Naw. We made it to for-real heaven.