imeeji_frontstage | BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER

BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER - Session 11

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. ]

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[ ALSO EVENTUALLY, LEAVING AND COMING BACK IMMEDIATELY, christ there are BE=DEs out there no good no good ]

[ ANYWAY, HERE'S A CAT CHASING AFTER A BIRD. ]

[ it is SO hard to get ahold of E in a room that he knows and you don't. doing a BUNCH of dodging and jumping over piles and leading you into broken floorboards and just in general fucking with you ]

[ It's definitely slowing Sanguine down a lot, but he's angry and determined and willing to keep going no matter what. He's like a terminator, only with more bleeding possibly. ]

[ then there's a moment when it seems like E is wide open? He's between you and a mirror (which is maybe ideal for you, mental health-wise), and standing still, and there's a straight shot from you to him. He's not even looking at you, mostly glancing from side to side a bit anxiously. Even the floor looks safe.

Clearly you should charge straight at him. ]

[ This seems like a bad plan and if he were even just a little bit less insane he'd realize that, but he's angry and hellbent on murder and yeah, he's running right for E. ]

[ at first it looks like you hit - a solid connection, even, maybe - and E's head jerks back and— ]

Game!

[ —dodges your hit almost entirely, having somehow dodged backwards out of the way (HEY, DID THE GHOSTS GIVE HIM ALL THIS BULLSHIT NINJA SKILL), and he brings his hands up and— ]

Set!

[ — grabs your arm, and you have long enough to realize you are pretty fucked before he shifts his weight and pivots and THROWS you. Behind him. Into the mirror. ]

Ma~a~atch~. I win.

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[ sucker. takes a moment honestly to just look very satisfied. I'm so good at mirroring SANGUINE SPECIFICALLY. ]

[Busts in like the fucking koolaid man]

Sanuine--! E!

No Sanguines here, try another haunted mansion maybe.

[MAKE THAT TWO BE=DES AND ONE IS COMING RIGHT AT YOU, YOU FUCKING PIDGEON]

[Yeah time to flank a bird and try to take him down.]

Oh, god damnit, I just wanted a nap and now I need to ground all of you!?

[ This is such a small room to do this in. HE IS STILL, TO HIS CREDIT, VERY GOOD AT DODGING, so it will probably TAKE A WHILE, but with two of you and one of him in an extremely cluttered dead end with holes in the floor it will not be impossible to corner him. ]

Edited 2018-08-10 01:12 (UTC)

[TOO BAD PHANTOM THIEF LEADER HAS SOME SPEED, TOO.

cat grabs hold of bird]

--where're you going? Where d'you think you're going? You're not fucking leaving you're the one not leaving here.

[ahaha yeah it's probably not hard to tell who put him in the fucking mirror.]

Edited 2018-08-10 01:15 (UTC)

[Turns out we're all speed stat demons here.

As soon as Boss catches E, Phoenix is reaching into his bloody bag to get out some of those leather cords from the bedroom, grabbing for E's arms to tie them behind his back.]

[ TURNS OUT!!!

E immediately tries to jerk away from Boss, only to. run right into Phoenix behind him. Hmm. Less than ideal. ]

Wh— what are you doing back there whatever it is quit it.

[just crowds in more, hand reaching out to grab E by the hair harshly you're not leaving]

Still less than you deserve.

[Actually swats boss's hand again from E's hair after he ties him up?]

Don't hurt his face!

Yeah, don't hurt his face!

[ he says while like, furiously trying to get out of having his arms tied up. wiggle wiggle wiggle ]

[actually. looks shocked? alarmed? a little. but then like a disgruntled feline, a little calmer. not that that's saying much.]

Wasn't his face.

[anyway, time to hunt for a sharp thing.]

[Sorry E's face is important.

He looks immediately apologetic too, as he finishes tying E's wrists and sits on the bed, pulling E into his lap.]

Sorry... Sorry his face just has to... It has to stay this way. Do anything else you want. I understand.

[You know like, E isn't right here. He's got his arms around E, leaning his chin on his shoulder.]

Just give me some time first?

[ Actually you know what I decided I don't like this? I don't like being hauled around and tied up I think it's pretty lame. SORT OF. Yanking extra hard on his wrists now. Surely this house only has weak bondage stuff that I can just sort of. Hulk open. Right?? Right. Let's give it a try. ]

What you should actually do, is, untie E, and run away because this room is full of scaaaaary mirrors and H could come in and get you at aaaaany minute. That's my advice as a friend.

[SHARP THING FOUND!

it's a knife, of course.

moseys back over to crouch in front of Phoenix and E, ignoring E completely as he watches Phoenix for a long moment.]

... I can take my time. Sanguine deserves a good show, after the last round.

[he looks so innocent when he says it but also like... yeah. knife ready to use.]

What happened...?

[Petting E's hair, hand trailing from that over his cheek, very gentle with his face as he touches it, looking at Boss worriedly to make sure he's okay(?) before looking at E.

He's going to tilt E's face to kiss him softly on the lips, almost chaste, incredibly gentle.]

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