BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER - Session 11

[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

[filetofish]

[Oh no! He doesn't want her to escape, so rather than chasing her he just sprints to beat her to the door, slamming it and leaning back against it.]

Not a chance!

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ shiiiiit. will trying to boss him around work?

there's actually a. well. oKAY, there is an angry, indignant ghost's vehemence to draw upon, as well as her own anger and fear. So. HEY, she actually comes off very stern as she reaches forward and grabs hold of the front of his shirt. ]

You curr. How dare you attempt to cage a dragon. Get down on your knees and beg for forgiveness!

[ too bad she is in a wedding dress (covered in blood) and entirely unarmed; otherwise, she might actually leave a proper impression. ]

[filetofish]

[That is pretty impressive. Unfortunately H, the real H behind the ghost, even though he can't remember why, has a serious problem with authority figures. So it just pisses him off.]

Don't you tell me what to do!

[He's coming in swinging with that pan again now, this time a lot more aggressively.]

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ The blow catches her squarely in her side, underneath her rib cage, and knocks the air right out of her body. She doesn't fall completely over, however, her grip on his shirt remaining tight even as her knees falter and she sags at the waist. ]

[filetofish]

[That's good enough. He'll push her, to fall down to the floor with her and try to pin her shoulders -- though that means tossing the pan away, just in case she could take it from him.]

Go down.

[dragonheartedgirl]

No!

[ She doesn't know what he wants her on the ground for but

it can't be anything good? Definitely not anything good. SHE'S CRYING AGAIN, but she's still struggling hard to get away from/out from underneath him, but like. IT'S REAL HARD; even though his mass isn't as solidly muscular as Raijuu's is, he's still almost about as tall and probably not wimpy.

if that doesn't work, she's pretty much screwed; she fell sideways, so it's not like she can really kick or even hit at him, aside from trying to jab an elbow at his chest ]

[filetofish]

[He's definitely not wimpy, and that's a real shame! 'Cause he's pushing her down onto the floor, and she's sinking in.]

Don't cry. You're not going to die. You'll just... sit awhile. I'll keep you, forever, alone.

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Fuck you, she'll cry if she wants to!! By which I mean she's crying harder. And. Well. DEEP DOWN SOME PART OF HER, A HALF-CONSCIOUS PART OF HER, IS REALLY AND TRULY SAD. because when this is all over-- ]

You will have to live with this. You will have to live with all of this, forever.

[ But she is also ANGRY and STILL DEFIANT even as she's sinking into the mirror. She may have lost, but she won't let him have the last word. ]

Don't think that you will simply get away with this. You cannot hold a dragon forever. I will outlast you.

[ She may be crazy as a honey badger on PCP, but the ONE GOOD THING that this spirit may have granted her is more stubborn determination. SHE HAS PEOPLE WHO LOVE HER, AND THEY WILL COME FOR HER. AND THEN THEY WILL COME FOR YOU, JUST YOU WATCH!

and then i guess she's getting swallowed up by the mirror. go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars ]