BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER - Session 9

[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

Re: im gonna let you finish and all but,

[bevoted]

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

alright. he moves his gun to aim towards Abi. ]

If that shovel comes down, your unitmate is dead. It will only take one shot to the head.

Let Lucifel go.

Re: im gonna let you finish and all but,

[sancrimony]

[ quiet, looking between wire and loki for now - though he turns his chin up, bares his neck. like he's making it easy. ]

Re: im gonna let you finish and all but,

[bluemoonlight]

[kinda wants to murder you now, too, but is bleeding and trying to protect Hiryuu right now.]

Re: im gonna let you finish and all but,

[fiberoptic]

[Wire spares a quick glance at Loki, then Abi - how badly was he hurt from his wound? - before returning his attention to his shovel's potential next victim.]

And how do I know you're not going t'shoot him anyway?

Re: im gonna let you finish and all but,

[bevoted]

[ ......... hahahaha. he gives a sort of. half-crazed smile. ]

Well, I'd have to kiss him first.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ FEEL FREE TO IGNORE THIS, but






guess who just realized someone was also trying to kill her with kiss. mmmwha'cha say ]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[since Hiryuu seems pretty checked out and Abi has a gun pointed at him, Anubis is going to try to quick make a grab for Hiryuu.

definitions of "quick" may vary, with a 2.]

[bluemoonlight]

[he’s not super fast right now, but with a roll of 4 he’s fast enough to stop him.]

No.

[fiberoptic]

[Well, now he can see that sensitIV is not only snapped, but also completely down with playing dirty. Even taking immobilized girls hostage. There was no clean way out of this Mexican stand-off.

So it was time to gamble.

Wire shifted his stance over Lucifel to step his boot on his arm - the one holding the knife - kneeling over him with the shovel still pointed at his neck.]

You're not putting down your weapon first. And I sure as hell aren't either. So how about this...

You take half the bullets out your gun, spin the chamber and point the thing at me. You win, I die. I win, you back the fuck off.

50-50 odds.

[sancrimony]

[ the knife isn't really held in his hand so much as is Literally Attached to him by the wrist, but you know

looking to loki with an amused expression, though he's addressing wire now: ]

My. Will you kill me then, if you win?

[eatsthecanary]

[ he'd JUST ENTERED THE CATACOMBS looking for people in his nice new silk shirt also carrying a knife,

but um



stops to watch at what he sees happening. cat ears perked. ]

[artificialinelegance]

[ same hat. ]

Oh. The cat again.

[eatsthecanary]

[ waves ]

I think we walked in on something.

[artificialinelegance]

Apparently? Man, I was just tryin' to find someone t'go on a nice date with.

[fiberoptic]

[Man, wtf dude.

Wire's voice was poisonous, but he was still staring down Loki]

We'll see how I feel.

[bevoted]

[ ... ........ he doesn't actually like these odds.

but with Lucifel pinned there's not much other choice.

ha. ]

What? That's not how Russian Roulette goes. Don't you know the rules? [ still. he flicks open the chamber and dips out half the 'bullets'. it's technically an unlimited bullet gun, but honestly who fucking cares right now yolo it has limited bullets now. flicking it closed again, he spins the barrel.

and then aims right at Cable's chest. ]

[ and lucky roll. it fires. ]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ NO!


She's running to put herself in front of the bullet to protect Wire. SPEED ROLL OF 6 ]

[bevoted]

[ speed roll of 4 so. fails. in not hitting Hiryuu what the FUCK KIND OF FUCKED UP MECHANICS

anyways there's nothing he can do. the bullet is already fired. it lodges itself right in Hiryuu's body.

and honestly he can only. stand there. he.

he fucked up. he fucked up. he fucked up. ]

[artificialinelegance]

[ wait what the fuck??? ]

Princess! Loki, what the fuck?!

[bevoted]

[ Loki what the fuck indeed. he's not responding. he's not even moving? in the language of your people he's experiencing a bluescreen of death. he might need a reset? ]

[fiberoptic]

[The first thought that crossed his mind when the shot rang out was, I gambled and I lost. But at least the kids are safe

The second was realizing how very, very wrong he was.

Hiryuu's body appears out of nowhere - she was barely lucid before! There was no way he could've seen it coming, but when she falls, everything else disappeared. There was no Lucifel, no Loki, no one but a daughter he'd failed to save - again.]

HIRYUU--!!

[Heedless of the creeping cold darkness in this pit of his soul, he bolts to catch her in his arms, leaving his back completely vulnerable to the still very alive and armed Lucifel.]

[idolpro]

[ this isn't right. ]

[sancrimony]

[ honestly it's genuinely upsetting that wire would go out of his way to start to kill him and leave? hey motherfucker. why is he jilted even in death

as he gets up he's reaching out to pull on the back of wire's clothing, not to stop him per se but just to, you know

run that pretty knife up against his spine - where did this strength come from? it's a might of 8, but at the same time, you know, he'll have to defend with sanity. the knife like pierces into his psyche or something IDK ]

Wait, wait, wait. You were supposed to be with me.

[bluemoonlight]

[GONNA LUNGE FOR LOKI

with a speed roll of 4]

[bevoted]

[ uh. ....... speed roll of 0, he's not even noticing that Abi is lunging at him. ]