BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER - Session 6

[idolpro]

Who: Exael and the rest of you lot
When: To be inserted into the timeline after completion
What: Betrayal at the House on the Game Tower

[ The GAME ALERT and map show on the screen of your phones— idols, you know what to do!

The Game Tower elevator doors are open to receive, and close once they have you in their confines and the broadcast monitors click on. You can keep an eye on the city further and further below you, as watch with your host's introduction to today's game.

At the very least it's not Mukuro's face on the screen this time. Instead it's Exael again, pigtails bouncing as she hops up from a grand low bow— it looks like they cut part of her broadcast spiel for you guys. With a showman's flair, she twirls and splays her arms as the camera zooms out to focus on a grand mansion, more Hollywood glamor than anything belonging in Tokyo.

"Summer has come to Tokyo, and so has the season's specialty: The Trial of Courage! Step right up, and charge right in because waiting won't help you at all! Here is a place even angels fear to tread! Azzy's very own, The House of Mirth and Betrayal! This place has a sordid past that casts a shadow as long as the valley of death, and soon our Idols will be adding their own pages to the tale!"

The elevator stops atop the central tower of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building and then lurches unpleasantly, wrenching itself out of where elevators ought to go. The sudden movement jolts you, and when the doors open you spill out into into a room.

Hopefully, with not too much time missing. ]

Comments

[dragonheartedgirl]

Hm? Because Raijuu is my best friend.

[ and she fully intends to boss him around it to helping her to trick a bunch of people into playing murder games, as a Ruler ought to do.

Whisky hugging her ought to be making alarm bells ring--she knows enough to know he's not a touchy feely person--but HONESTLY IF EVEN KNOWING HE WAS EATING PEOPLE WASN'T ENOUGH, THEN-- idk. atem's a weird fucko, there'd have to be a lot of mental disconnect for her to have not run away by now. anyway she's busy thinking about how to use people like human chess pieces instead of how dangerous this might be. ]

You can come, too, if you want Whisky.

[eatsthecanary]

I want you to stay. I don't want you to leave, even if I come along. It's not safe for you out there.

[ it's definitely off compared to what she would know of Whisky. all of this, really, is off, the possessiveness, the touchiness, it doesn't quite ring as very Whisky at all. thankfully though they're both fucking nuts.

he's using his arms to help pull himself up, at the same time he's trying to make her lean down some; get his head tucked up against the crook of her neck, ears soft against her jaw. ]

So -- stay.

[ and -- he parts his mouth, wide, and tries to bite her neck. ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Well

She doesn't really have much of a choice now, does she? Not when he just took a chunk out of her throat and a significant amount of blood is spraying out of her throat. She certainly doesn't have a say in the matter--not with her own blood suddenly choking her. ]

/2

[haktualdragon]

[--THIS IS WHAT HE COMES IN ON.]

[haktualdragon]

[RUNNING RIGHT OVER TO PULL THE FERAL BEAST OFF THE PRINCESS]

GET OFF OF HER.

[SO 9 MIGHT IS... REAL STRONG.]

[eatsthecanary]

[ good thing i have the perfect icon for these type of scenarios

HE'S PULLED OFF but not before he rips that sizeable chunk off her, her flesh in his mouth, as he hits the ground hard but he's chewing, mouth bloody and wide as he swallows ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ She presses a hand up to her neck, trying to staunch the flow of blood even as she tries to get up off the bed but

did you know, bleeding badly like that fucks up your everything? Breathing, balance, thinking... it's all fucked.

Hiryuu collapses to the floor (unless Raijuu prevents that), blood heavily flowing out from between her fingers, drenching her clothes as she tries to gasp for air. ]

[haktualdragon]

[HE WOULD LOVE TO MURDER THE DAMN CAT FIRST but in fact is trying to staunch the bloodflow himself, so probably at least keeping her up somewhat because NO NO NO DAMN IT.]

Don't you dare--don't you dare let someone else kill you.

[... as messed up as it is that he is basically saying he wanted to be the one killing her, it's also... kinda legit? but also.]

[eatsthecanary]

It's fine. If she dies here she'll still be a part of me.

[ he says after he swallows, thick, pushes himself up if he's not being stopped by Raijuu ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Oh. She upset Raijuu..... It would be extremely sad, for a number of reasons, if she could feel much anymore, or was even remotely sane. But she is neither of those things right now.

She tries for a smile, and her words are soft (sometimes inaudible, just the moving of her lips), and foaming blood seeps from the corners of her mouth as she tries to speak. ]

I knew you'd come if I waited.

[ She's sorry, somewhere deep down, but a proud princess never apologizes. But that's fine. She lifts her hand away from her wound, forgetting it's covered in blood, that she's still bleeding freely and that's not something she should do, so she can touch his cheek. ]

[haktualdragon]

[even if he were sane, the touch to the cheek and those words and this entire situation would probably evoke the same response. maybe. possibly. in some part of him, he'd like to think so?

ok. maybe he wouldn't be so steady if he weren't insane.]

Next time... for sure.

[it'll be him killing her.

... "next time", tho? he says it so confidently but also like... maybe there's a part of him screaming about how many times this is going to happen.

too bad he's just so damn crazy and just kisses her forehead.]

[eatsthecanary]

How touching. I think I'm understanding more and more, what "love" is.

[ Whisky doesn't seem broken up at all about the display in front of him despite his words; he's evidently satisfied, having gotten both Hiryuu's sole attention and having a piece of her to remember her by. ]

[haktualdragon]

[.................

right.

so.

there's still someone to fucking murder here

there is a thunder beast staring you down, Whisky.]

[eatsthecanary]

Upset, because I now I have more of her than you'll have left? Weren't you just going to hurt her anyway?

[haktualdragon]

[only gonna set her down on the ground once she's well and truly dead.

and then he gets to his feet and walks right up to Whisky, not even rushing it. just Utterly. Calm. except for the fact that it's not calm at all.]

[eatsthecanary]

[ his smile sharpens as Raijuu approaches, and his ears are alert like he's ready for a fight -- he'd been seeing it from a mile away. he licks his lips, knees bent like he's ready to spring. ]

[haktualdragon]

[BUT OF COURSE WHEN HE GOES FOR A LUNGING STRIKE WITH HIS SPEAR, HE ROLLS A GODDAMN 1]

[eatsthecanary]

[ DODGES, but he's trying to grab for the spear as it goes by him

beat a 2!!! ]

[haktualdragon]

[A 3.

NO SPEAR FOR YOU.]

[eatsthecanary]

[ well fine

just tries to grab for his throat then, speed roll is a 6 ]

[haktualdragon]

[3. GRABBED BY THE THROAT, FUCK.]

[eatsthecanary]

[ HE'S GOING TO TRY SQUEEZING with both hands, unfortunately that is still a 2 on might ]

[haktualdragon]

[6 means he gets to punch Whisky in the face to keep him from squeezing, right?]

[eatsthecanary]

[ yes

curses, trying to reel back some ]

[haktualdragon]

[FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A SLASH FROM HIS SPEAR. 9 FOR MIGHT.]