Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2018-08-09 04:29 pm

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. ]
forgottenmercy: (the singing voice of judgment)

Re: FOOTSTEPS

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[staring curiously at the lake, before his attention is caught by the footprints. ghosts? his gaze lingers a bit too long, and his reflexes (oddly) dull. and then he glances back at Kuzuebiko.] ...ah, I'm sorry for being distracted.
syncintohell: (the light through the darkness)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Tilts his head up to look at him, tidying his hair— so his bangs and long locks block his peripheral vision. ]

A second apology. Sweet as words your words always are, they are not strictly necessary. There are better ways to show your sincerity than offering only your honeyed voice. It's a simple matter to play at the obedient, play-acting at doing what you are told so never will you be rejected.

[ Leaning in closer, his voice low, so his form takes up the whole of Persephone's field of vision. ]

Is that your purpose here, Persephone?
forgottenmercy: (and tear the ribbons from your hair)

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
How would you wish me to show my sincerity, then? [eyes definitely on Kuzuebiko, wide. though he's also looking carefully at how Kuzuebiko is standing and how he has his weight distributed.] ...my purpose? I don't, ah, know what you mean.
rollwillpowercheck: (The foreshadowing hydra.)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2018-08-10 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[here’s a sensitIV dashing in. he's breathing hard, hair disarrayed, and has a knife.]

Persephone-san!
syncintohell: (We alone will be "the world")

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ HI ANUBIS, Kuzuebiko is like, hitting on Persephone, apparently. He's got great timing ]

Do you wish to simply avoid ever showing your true self, for the sake of acceptance? Or will you behave of your own volition, casting off your doll's casing.

[ One hand rests of Persephone's cheek— the other hand still holds his shovel thoughtlessly, like a man with an umbrella in the rain not a man holding a heavy bludgeon. ]

One action is all I ask of you: for you to express the truth of what is in your heart. Unravel for me the veil of your pretty face, and show me what lies beneath the visage I have fallen for.
forgottenmercy: (will be exorcised)

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Persephone leans up and winds his arms around his neck, letting the white silk of the wedding dress fall right next to his feet. to kiss him - and the heel of his boot 'apparently' catches the silk as his foot moves to steady him as he leans up.

trying to use his weight to get Kuzuebiko off-balance and drag them both into the lake.]
syncintohell: (that the masses happily receive)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Shu wins the might roll by two points— he staggers but regains his balance, steadying himself with the shovel and digging it into the soft shores of the lake as an anchor.

Laughter overflows from his lips, bizarre and delighted:
]

Kakakaka! So there it is, just as I knew it would be! So you played your part, but could not handle it to the end— the second one acts not as you wish it, you are so ready to backstab! But no, this time I will do as I wish, taking no heed of others! Your last chance has been squandered, and you will be buried in darkness knowing this to be only your own fault!

[ Might roll versus, Shu is going to try to lift him up in his arms

His roll was an 8

roll might to resist, speed to dodge.
]
Edited 2018-08-10 03:17 (UTC)
forgottenmercy: (that can never be forgiven)

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[tries to get out of the way, but Kuzuebiko's grip is too strong, and he's just too slow. and when he's caught, stops struggling.]
rollwillpowercheck: Doujinshi by Goendama. (That's five emotional damage.)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2018-08-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[okay.

fuck it.

he's got a knife, Kuzuebiko's hands are occupied... he's going to try to stab him in the back. with a 2.]
syncintohell: (will soon die out)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ SPEED ROLLS A 3— he turns at just the right moment for the knife to miss him, laughing like a lunatic as he carries Persephone over to&madsh; holy shit, is that a grave dug in the shore? That explains the shovel, doesn't it—

and drops Persephone before turning on Anubis. ]

Kakaka! So here we have another— there is room for you both, if you wish! I could not bear to leave so pretty a doll there alone, when you are so eager to join him!

[ Hefts his shovel with a might roll of. 8. again. somehow ]

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2018-08-10 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Shut up! Don't you dare touch him!

[he's. really upset. first Persephone ran off, then there was the whole thing with Lucifel stabbing Loki, and now there's this guy. and maybe being too emotional rather than taking more time to judge the situation is why he completely fails to dodge the shovel with a speed roll of 0.

clonk.]
Edited 2018-08-10 03:39 (UTC)
syncintohell: (Open those illusion-covered eyes)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ bye Anubis thanks for playing.

Going to go pick him up and also go drop him down into the grave. ]
forgottenmercy: (the singing voice of judgment)

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[probably would have just let him bury him if it weren't for the fact that he can hear Anubis yelling and then the clonk, and desperately tries to claw his way out of the grave. with difficulty, given his 2 on the speed roll. and then Anubis is dropped down in with him.]
rollwillpowercheck: Doujinshi by Leche. (You’re damaged but in a good way.)

[personal profile] rollwillpowercheck 2018-08-10 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[sorry about that.]
syncintohell: (We alone will be "the world")

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ ROLLS A 4 ON SPEED which means I guess he starts shoveling sandy soil down on them before Persephone is able to get out ]

You could have, perhaps, kept up the charade a little longer. But it was inevitable that someday you would show your true colors. Between my path and yours— I will no longer bend for the sake of others. Farewell, my sweet Persephone.
forgottenmercy: (will be exorcised)

[personal profile] forgottenmercy 2018-08-10 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[not even going to try to get out again. or respond. just going to tug Anubis's unconscious body to him and just hold him close and closes his eyes to wait as the dirt fills in the grave.

it's not a comfort that he's not going to die alone.]
lovestained: ('till I can't break free)

[personal profile] lovestained 2018-08-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ clapping, honestly. so many good murders she gets to watch! ]
probablyhavingfun: (20)

[personal profile] probablyhavingfun 2018-08-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[golf clapping from over where they are, since Red is doing it. that sure was a murder!]