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. ]

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[gigadevilbreaker]

[Like hell Griffin knows how long kisses are supposed to last. But the demon in him is determined to keep up for at least as long as Shrike wants out of him, even when he starts feeling lightheaded - so when they do finally have to take a breath, he's practically gasping for air.

But the look in his eyes when he opens them is nothing short of unadulterated awe - just, head over heels. He breathes in deep, and parts his lips to try and put words to what he feels and... no sound comes out except a sigh of wonder.]

[softlyfalling]

[ it takes her a second to be able to speak; she's clearly at a loss for words, too. she trails a hand back through his hair. they're in a room full of incredibly freaked-out people, but everyone and everything else feels distant and out-of-focus. ]

Mm.

I, um, got a little carried away, but...

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Honestly, having a romantic moment in the middle of a disaster zone is also giving Griffin deja vu...

[Griffin, in a hurry to reassure her, blurts out,] It's okay! I don't mind. [ummm] I mean--

I... don't mind following your lead.

[softlyfalling]

[ she flusters spectacularly, and reflexively covers her mouth with her hand for a moment, looking both sheepish and very charmed. ]

Well—I want to be considerate, so.

...you're really nice to kiss.

[gigadevilbreaker]

W-well. Good. That's good...





[OH GOD HE'S SO UNCOOL RIGHT NOW WHAT SHOULD HE SAY. OH MAN OH GOD HIS STYLE METER IS AT D]

...Maybe we can, uh. Continue at home.

[softlyfalling]

That's, ah—

[ whoever thinks either of them is cool is deeply and hilariously mistaken, because she loses her entire train of thought for a couple seconds there. ]

Mm, that—sounds like a really good plan.

[ with a slight weariness bleeding back into her voice: ] ...it'll be so nice to get out of here.

1/2

[gigadevilbreaker]

[...Mmn.]

Yeah. We should get everyone and... just fuckin' buy dinner this time. Nitro suggested some oko-- okonoyaki? Something like that. [What's Japanese food]

And take the world's longest shower.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[A beat.]

SEPARATELY, I MEAN--I'm not, that's-- I wouldn't--!

[softlyfalling]

[ SHE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THAT UNTIL HE BROUGHT IT UP BUT— ]

I know, I know!

[ she gives a brief burst of laughter, muffled into her own hand, before catching her breath properly. ]

Soon we'll be clean and fed and safe and warm and together.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[That moment when you've outed yourself as more dirty-minded than your girlfrien Time to turn beet red!

He puts his hand over hers and laces through her fingers with his best attempt at a reassuring smile.]

An' everything else we'll figure out later.

[softlyfalling]

[ she gives his hand a gentle squeeze back. ]

Mm. We've got plenty of time.