Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2018-08-09 11:47 pm

BETRAYAL AT THE HOUSE ON THE GAME TOWER - END

Who: Traitors and Survivors, Exael
Where: The Game Tower, and leaving it
When: Day 25, morning-- it appears that game lasted the bulk of day 24 into the night.

[ Abruptly, the nightmare ends.

You, in the rooms you kept restarting in, awoke. Before you can even panic, before even despair, the elevator doors were open in front of you to take you downstairs again. It could be a trap, sure, but your head is quiet— those fucking ghosts are gone. You also appear to be wet like someone dumped, perhaps, a bucket of holy water on you while you were asleep. All your wounds are gone, and you have been left bereft of any physical damage from your ordeal.

Unless you choose to take some with you. Nothing prevents you from taking any of your spoils downstairs with you, if you wish it, though all revolvers will have no ammo.

On the screens as you descend back to the lobby, Exael is clapping on screen, broadcast showing her in the mansion's entrance hall. "And so close the gates to this forbidden garden, and so closes this chapter of our story! Just as—" her hologram flickers as she doesn't seem to notice, chattering still to the cameras, "so too will—" fzzt, fzzt. Static, flickering, and then back into focus, "So give them all a hand! Everyone, you've done well! You stand before us still, ready to present us all with more marvels after having survived such grisly wonders with—" "—in the balance!"

As she speaks, she doesn't notice a figure approaching behind her. He's in a slick suit with both hands in his pockets, and you've seen him before— his portrait is in the foyer. His shoes are utterly silent as he walks across the marble floor, till he's right at her back.

"Audience and actors alike, we've been blessed with—" Her hologram doesn't flicker this time, but she stops speaking. Her eyebrows furrow as she tries to figure out what's amiss, and only belatedly begins to slowly look over her shoulder.

"Exael," he says with a friendly hand on her solidifying hologram shoulder, the effect spreading beneath his touch, "We need to have a chat about your requisitions paperwork."

She tilts her head, eyes wide with a finger tapping against her cheek as she thinks, "I didn't do any!"

"Yes," he agrees, smiling with all his teeth. "I know."

The broadcast cuts. The doors open to let you leave. ]
syncintohell: (The wings of a king dressed in black)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-13 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I have taken only one memory, the answer isn't known to me either.

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-13 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Fucked up.

Hey, word of advice?
syncintohell: (to those distant imagined heights)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-13 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
I can hardly prevent you from giving it.

[ He's going to extract himself from beneath her, now. ]
artificialinelegance: (handcuffs and statutes)

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-13 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Dyin' don't make shit right. Fix what you break before you go an' off yourself. Somethin' somethin' sullied hands can still create etc.
syncintohell: (we won’t let you slaughter our foolish)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-13 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . if they can still find worth behind my creations, I would offer them all the world.
syncintohell: (the light through the darkness)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-13 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I am aware of my position, and know my only chance to make amends lies in front of me. It is not a matter of being cute. There is no need to unnecessarily flatter me.
artificialinelegance: (would you have made it)

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-13 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It's necessary 'cause I want to, dickbag.
syncintohell: (and know your desires)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-14 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Desire is not the same as necessity.
artificialinelegance: (handcuffs and statutes)

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-14 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I take what I want, KZ. An' what I want is for you t'know you're cute.
syncintohell: (they definitely can’t see)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-14 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
You continue to humor me, but fine. I will accept your compliments, so you don't feel forced to continue this charade.
artificialinelegance: (remember to use protection)

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-14 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Shut the fuck up with your persecution complex, man. How are you worse than she is?
syncintohell: (to those distant imagined heights)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-14 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
It is not a persecution complex! I am aware of what I look like and how far it is from my ideal!
artificialinelegance: (2)

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-14 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
Your ideal doesn't fuckin' matter when it comes to my opinion!
syncintohell: (adorned with the threads of time)

[personal profile] syncintohell 2018-08-14 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Your standards are incorrectly held, if you think I am cute.

[personal profile] artificialinelegance 2018-08-14 01:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone knows I got bad taste, KZ. This ain't news.