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

[artificialinelegance]

[ FUCKING

roll of 9, just fucking sprinting from abi's body to knee him right in the fucking jaw ]

[sancrimony]

[ 5 so he's too slow to not be punched in the jaw

but he stills, face pressed to her knee, and he gives her a pleasant smile ]

Santa-san? What's wrong?

[artificialinelegance]

Don't fuckin' touch her!

[ don't say she's mine don't say she's mine don't say she's mine don't ]

[sancrimony]

[ he's still like, right here, so he just snaps the finger off, twists it, doesn't let his hands stop moving ]

Why? She's dead. It's just a corpse. Do you care about her that much, now that she's gone?

[artificialinelegance]

She's -- she's my princess! I already died for her once, I ain't fuckin' -- fuckin' stop that!

[ KICK KICK KICK FUCK OFF WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS??? ]

[sancrimony]

[ ok you can kick him off of her but he's holding onto that finger tight, like it's a spider's thread, and he's keeping his hand up to try blocking those kicks and he laughs, bitterness in his tone ]

Aha! You love her? You love this corpse?

[artificialinelegance]

I love her! Stop sayin 'this corpse', she has a name! I love her as much as I love you, only she ain't gone an' fuckin' left me like the fuckin' rest of y'all! Even though she rejected me, she still...she still...

[ treated me like a dog that one time so ]

Lucy, why the fuck are you like this?

[sancrimony]

Liar! You don't love me - don't lie to me!

[ baring his teeth now as he stands, snarling ]

You don't love me - not really. You love her, though - I can see that. Your princess, you said? Hah!

[rollwillpowercheck]

[this whole fight has been incredibly frustrating and loud and pointless and everyone's been focusing on other people and--

marches up and grabs Lucifel by his hair.]

Would you stop it?!

[artificialinelegance]

[ clenches a fist, trembling. under normal circumstances she'd break down and cry, apologize, beg for forgiveness --

-- but she's tired. she's tired of that. she's tired of all of these idiots, acting like they love her just so they can forget about her when it matters most. ]

You left me. I hadn't seen you in so long, I just wanted to love you but you just ignored me and left. Maybe I'm lying and don't realize it. Maybe I do hate you now. Maybe I fuckin' do! But if I do it ain't her fault, it ain't my fault, it ain't anybody's fault but yours!

[ she relents though, now that anubis is here ]

...Sorry.

[sancrimony]

You don't -

[ hysterical, but he's pulled back by his hair and he takes a breath ]

- Anubis. Don't tell me, are you concerned? Worried?

[rollwillpowercheck]

[he tightens his grip.]

Would it be a problem if I was? Fortunately, right now I'm just very frustrated.

[artificialinelegance]

Hey. Work that out with me.

Both of you, actually. If it's me you're mad at, Lucy, why are you gonna go fuck around with her when I'm right here?

[sancrimony]

[ with a toothy smile now, a sneer as he lurches forward - not strong enough or fast enough to get out of anubis's grip, he's just animated in his movement ]

Goodness, it's just - I'd hate to see you happy.

[rollwillpowercheck]

[disappointed sigh]

There's nothing we're going to be able to do about you this round, is there?

[artificialinelegance]

[ sigh ]

Anubis, just shoot him. This is pointless. He ain't gonna stop, he's just gonna sit here an' keep tryin' to piss us off. Maybe he'll be in a better mood when he wakes up.

If you do it then you an' I can play afterwards, 'kay~?

[sancrimony]

[ or i could just stab anubis

here's a 9 ]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[4. honestly he probably should have seen this coming. by the time he does, he can't do much more than take a step back before the knife connects.

he makes a choked sound, staggering -- and starts to fall. he's still not letting to of Luci's hair, though.]

[artificialinelegance]

[ OKAY

OKAY.

GOING TO TRY AND TWIST LUCY'S WRIST AND LIKE

HOLD THIS ARM. AWAY FROM ANUBIS. speed 6, ]

[sancrimony]

[ well with a speed 2 he can't get do shit but he can try to steal the gun from anubis while he's going down, in part because he's going down with him. speed 5, ]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[well, that's a 1. did you know that it's hard to react quickly when you're collapsing to the ground because someone fucking stabbed you, because it is.]

No--!

[artificialinelegance]

[ SHIT SHIT SHIT

FUCKING JUST YANKING HIS ARM AND TRYING TO GET HIM OFF BALANCE TO TAKE THE GUN

it's a 5, ]

[sancrimony]

[ i rerolled to see how fast that he could get the gun but he got a 2 so there's that

on the other hand he's just straight up going to use his momentum to try to trip her up and make her fall down with him with a 4 ]

[artificialinelegance]

[ it's a 7, and she disengages and backs off to take aim and fire at him with a 6. ]

[sancrimony]

[ it's a fucking 3

so you know

guess i'm down now ]