Endgame

[idolpro]

Who: You lot
Where: Game Tower
When: Day 155, sunset

[ The house is silent; you awaken in your starter rooms, with injuries healed and the gripping hold of possession released as though it were all a dream.

It wasn't though, was it? The scars that remain, whether physical or emotional, are proof of that. If you need more proof, well - when the elevator opens for you once more, to take you back down to ground level, you'll find you can carry whatever is on your person back down with you as souvenirs, although their effects don't carry over.

Once you take the elevator down, you'll find most everyone else there too - most everyone, anyway. Some are missing, and . . . well, the doors to the outside aren't opening to let anyone out, although non-participants may enter to fret over their loved ones.

Soon enough, once the last elevators go down, the doors will unlock and you'll be free to hurry home, as the last rays of the sun disappear behind the skyline. Night is coming once more. ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Well you definitely must have had a time.




Shit.

Crouches down next to him.]

Duality.

[asonoficeandfire]

[sorry, the number you have called can not be reached. please try again]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Will sit down next to him quietly then]

[asonoficeandfire]

[I don't deserve anyone's sympathy right now why are you even here]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Because you look like shit. That is why he's here.

And look, we don't even have to talk about it if you don't want to]

[asonoficeandfire]

[his voice cracks a little, mostly on a whisper]

... don't bother. I don't deserve pity or comfort.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well it's a good thing nothing here is based on what people deserve or not.

...

By your reaction, I take it you hurt someone close to you.

[asonoficeandfire]

......................




I killed C.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You killed who now????]

Did I hear that correct...?

[asonoficeandfire]

[his voice is hoarse and he's choking a little on unshed tears but fine if you can't hear he'll raise it as much as he can]

I killed C!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[









Yeah that's going to take a second to process.]

[asonoficeandfire]

[he's not going to say anything else after that. of course that's a ridiculous claim. but it's true. and he doesn't deserve the pity people are showing him.

he scrubs at his eyes because he can feel them burning and he hasn't cried in years and years but he's damn well close to now]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .

What happened?

[asonoficeandfire]

I tried to help him... I...

[I accused him of obstructing justice by trying to stop me from helping him from getting killed and decided it was a good idea to kill him so no one else could do it]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Help him how?

[asonoficeandfire]

... he tried to use Mars to kill himself. I stepped inbetween, but C threw a knife at me and—

...


I decided he'd be safest if I killed him.

[WHAT KIND OF MESSED UP LOGIC IS THAT?]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Safe how?

The most painless death? Or did you just want to be the one to pull the trigger?

[asonoficeandfire]

... he'd be safe if he was dead because no one would be able to kill him.

[which is the dumbest shit ever]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I believe the correct term for that is logical fallacy.

[asonoficeandfire]

I know that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

...

So think about how you're going to make it up to him.

[asonoficeandfire]

[...nods into his knees]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Good.

Then I'll leave you alone until they open the doors.

Stick close to someone if you need it.

[asonoficeandfire]

[shakes his head]

I... would prefer to be alone.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

If that's what you need now.

[With inflection like he's not going to allow that forever.]