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: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

Sure. Hey, what was your name again? I forget. [ DUCKS UNDER THAT AND FLIPS HIM AGAIN sorry you keep trying to tackle some asshole action hero ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ LOOK, HE DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS RIGHT NOW?! Sanguine makes a frustrated sound as he stands back up again. ]

It's Sanguine and you'll remember it when I'm squeezing the life out of you.

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

I don't think I will.

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ CAN YOU DODGE A FIST? ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ I mean probably but in this particular case he literally wasn't looking at you, because he glanced back at everyone else in the room

you got him! oh no! he staggers back!! ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[criminaljustice]

[AND THERE'S BOSS. SHOVING THE TWO OF THEM APART, FACING SANGUINE ESPECIALLY]

Knock it off, already!

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Well, with Boss in between the two of them, Sanguine freezes. ]

I'm not going to hurt you, but he needs to die.

[ He's. Trying to sound reasonable? He's not even remotely reasonable. ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ honestly takes this moment to genuinely catch his breath and. rub at his nose. which is bleeding now. look what you did, sanguine. ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[criminaljustice]

No one needs to die here!

[SO CALM THE FUCK DOWN?!]

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

You're... yeah, you're right. [ a beat ] [ fucking throws a knife at Sanguine's leg and just. Immediately grabs both of Boss's arms at the wrists hey baby how are we DOING HERE TONIGHT how do you like your FOREARMS IN A MIRROR ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[criminaljustice]

[............ NOT EXPECTED.

AND

suddenly a lot of incoherent ramblings make a lot of distressing sense.]

Re: DINING ROOM

[afailedmurder]

[holy! fuck!]

E, stop!

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ pulls his own hands out of the mirror but like, Boss's get to stay in there. ] It's fine, I'm not greedy! Obviously, A, if you want, you can finish this one.

Re: DINING ROOM

[criminaljustice]

[TIME FOR TRYING TO GET OUT ANYWAY?!

he's tried SO DAMN HARD not to panic through all of this.

but this is Boss.

panicking.]

Re: DINING ROOM

[afailedmurder]

I don't want to finish anything! Stop pushing people into mirrors!

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ SIGH ] I'll do it, then. [ PLANTS A HAND ON BOSS'S CHEST. PUSHES. IT IS NOW OK FOR EVERYONE TO TRY TO MURDER THE SHIT OUT OF HIM. ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ OKAY GOOD, BECAUSE SANGUINE'S PULLED THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS LEG AND HE'S GRABBING E RIGHT THE FUCK NOW AND SHAKING HIM. HARD. AND SCREAMING. ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ oh shit I thought you would be down longer than this I'm not ready be gentle ]

Wow, jealous—! Wait your— turn—

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ I'm insane and homicidal, what the fuck did you expect? He's wrapping his hands around E's neck and continuing to shake him recklessly. ]

You! Need! To! Die!

Re: DINING ROOM

[rollplayinghouse]

No you won't!

[Maki crosses the space to the mirror as fast as humanly possible, knife still in her hands instinctively rising to slash at E's arms and then stab him.]

Re: DINING ROOM

[columbidaring]

[ WHOA HI. Especially with Sanguine grabbing at him he does NOT have the presence of mind to dodge that so like, blood IS getting all over the place. A lot of blood splattering on mirrors here. ]

Stay out of— this—!

Re: DINING ROOM

[rollplayinghouse]

[She doesn't even respond verbally to that, just pulls back slightly to aim for a more lethal strike.]

Re: DINING ROOM

[afailedmurder]

[am I the only one going to try to grab for Boss?]













[not that I care about him because I don't!!]

Re: DINING ROOM

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Sorry, too busy trying to kill your brother-figure. ]

Re: DINING ROOM

[criminaljustice]

[BOSS CARES?!

BOSS CARES A LOT?!]