imeeji_frontstage | event: start

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event: start

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. . . ? ]

LIAR HELL BUS | VENGEANCE HELL BUS | HELL, IN GENERAL | EVENT INFORMATION

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[Intensity is also checking for quick exits and is surprised that guards haven't swarmed out of somewhere by this point. Small favors]

I was going to ask for the password, but that will suffice.

I figured that was the password. You guys ready for a chase scene or're you going for your last stand here?

Chase scene obviously. You can't have a last stand within sight distance of the prison break.

That's just shoddy work.

Wasn't sure if you were just too cheap to pay for more sets. C'mon, let's start moving, then, before some paparazzi shows or something.

You wanna see where the others are?

[He moves to leave the building since it probably wasn't safe seeing as there is tech evidence of them going to meet there.

But also---]

Yes, but---

I can't go too far. John is off doing John things and doesn't want our merry band of misfit toys to get separated.

...Guess it'd probably be bad to leave him here. I can forward you the directions--got 'em from B anyways. But what d'you wanna do, then, what's your plan?

That would be appreciated.

Kohime and I are going to go look for the transferred idols. One in particular. Otherwise, we're trying to figure out if we can get forged paperwork to take the train to Azzy's domain.

If that works... well. Let's just say I'll need an AlcheME! to help me steal something. For science.

...

You get what you were aiming for from Heaven?

[Obviously indicates Hurricane, but also--- how did the holy water go?]

--Oh. Yeah, go for it. And looks like half of everybody's down with Azzy anyways, so maybe you can contact them to help out too.

[Pauses, then smirks]

Yup. ...Dunno if Absinthe did, since there was only so much there he could touch. Apparently he found a diary, but I didn't get a chance to look at it before Ells went ballistic... Man Eater should know if you really want the dirt.

Understood.

I downloaded a video recording of what I saw in the jail on Hurricane's phone. I can do the same for you if you think it's better to have multiple copies. Worst case scenario.

Sure, if you want. Pretty unlikely both our phones'd get busted.

[Offers it to him, if he wants to install warez (or a walkie-talkie or something)]

Pretty sure I heard Hurricane giving you the play-by-play. We were together for most the time, but if you got any questions, I can try and fill in some blanks.

[Don't mind him as he pulls out a cord - one end going into the phone and the other into his eye. It takes a few minutes to download. Hi-res and all that bullshit]

Was there any point where you two were separated?

We were always in the same room, though not like side-by-side or nothing. Since last time he got stuck in some demon trap... Less a big deal now, I guess.

[Does a dubious job at trying not to look excited about that fact. Doesn't particularly look away from his plug-and-play though]

Mm, I asked Elly about the oil in the control room. They didn't know, but basically said there was no reason for it to be in there 'cept to blow the place up. So I'm wondering if it was s'posed to be a trap.

A last ditch effort self-destruct mechanism?

[Downloading... downloading. Sorry the software is old]

So as far as you two know, there aren't any other angels around besides the one you've met?

[Luckily she never puts anything on her phone, there's plenty of space.]

No... Sounded to me last time like they all ditched town. But...if there's any more around, I guess they probably know somebody was in their command center. Assuming that the horn thing what summoned Elly would've contacted any who were still alive.

[Download complete.

He hands her phone back to her]

How much do you believe in this second Heaven? Hurricane seems quite convinced in it's authenticity.

The whole 'corrupt military throws a coup while the official leader goes into exile'-thing seems believable enough. And Shrike said it looked like there'd been a war on their side--'cept there were people, not like when we ended up upstairs last time. And the holy water and holy oil stuff seemed pretty legit. That--that'd be hard to fake.

[pauses]

...Unless you're asking if I think some heavenly host's gonna come galloping in on white horses to save us, and no, absolutely not. Pretty sure they're all dead or underground anyways.

The same technology - or at least a variation of it - was used in the jail we were kept in. The guards did not appreciate us trying to disable it in the same manner.

Which to me is very curious.

Why would the only place that technology is located be in the Rift and also in Liar jail? The land of angel cosplayers. Shouldn't we have seen it somewhere else?

Why would we see it anywhere? They didn't even have anyone with corruption when they tossed us in the city. 'Sides, who says that's not how the barrier around the city works anyways--we're just usually on the other side of it?

So you don't think it's strange that heaven and hell share technology?

No more than Exael pretending to be an angel all the time. 'Sides, don't think it's "sharing" when Heaven don't got but one guy left to protect the copyright. No need to reinvent the wheel, right?

Right.

[Inclines his head toward her phone]

Put a voice password on that file. Anything will do as long as it's in your voice.

[raises the phone]

..."Voice password."

[Just laughs at that.]

Well, then. You're free to watch that whenever.

Probably good for a few laughs.

It's basically your GoPro of you busting out of jail, right? Looking forward to that part.

[You shouldn't. You really shouldn't]

Hope you don't get motion sick.

[[ooc: Also, when you want to watch it. It is here in all of it's comedy of errors glory]]

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