4th Wall start: Announcement!

[idolpro]

Who: WHO ARE YOU? also exael
Where: WHERE ARE YOU?
When: WHEN are-- it's Day 175

[ If you're in your dorms, watching the television, you might be lucky enough to see it flick on and have Exael's smiling face greet you. The polychromatic set behind her looks like she's filming in Liar Tokyo, so no game tower nightmares await you— yet.

"Hello~ Tokyo-F, Tokyo-D, and every other city under the heavens! We have got a show for you! In collaboration with our affiliates, we're bringing on some new guest stars, all arranged into brand new units! Everyone, even if they'll only be here a little while, cheer them on!

Because soon, we'll see how our new favorites and all our old favorites do when they go head to head! So now, ladies, gentlemen, and honored guests! It's time to enjoy the show!"

She gestures wide with both her arms, and behind her a curtain starts to raise, revealing a big screen split four ways but before you can see what her side is broadcasting, the broadcast to your television cuts out. Maybe you should be on the lookout for those guest stars?

Or maybe you missed the broadcast entirely, and have no idea why there's suddenly four new units wandering around the place. ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Still not letting his brother take like two steps away from him.

Ugh.

The producers certainly got his number good.]

. . .

[Yeah, he's got nothing]

[rollplayinghouse]

...He's...?

[She just trails off. Maki does not even know Intensity has a brother.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

This is my little brother, Mokuba.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Ah.

[She feels like she should say something else to that, but she can't come up with anything.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Well...








He certainly doesn't have the spoons at the moment to say more than that.]

[rollplayinghouse]

[Well.

She hesitantly steps close enough to touch his arm lightly.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Turns to glance at her]

See anyone you recognize?

It seems the guest stars are a rather targeted group.

[rollplayinghouse]

...No.

[She shifts to stand close to him.]

Well, I saw another version of A, and another one of Joker's friends. But no one from my world.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I see.

[Pulling out his phone to start looking out all of 10iv's profiles.

Who does he need to keep an eye on?]

[rollplayinghouse]

[Looks at them over his shoulder, and at some point—]

—Ah, that's her. Joker's friend. "Queen." Niijima Makoto...? But I thought she was on the other unit...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Which other unit?

It appears we have doctor, demon furries, Goth 2.0, and...

Beach party.

[rollplayinghouse]

Goth 2.0. A's double was that one too.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[What the fuck?

How many people are on this doctor unit!?]

Why do they need so many...?

[rollplayinghouse]

Ah? How many are there?

[She pulls out her own phone to look at profiles. And keeps scrolling for quite a while.]

...The 'macabre' one has even more... nineteen, twenty... twenty-four?!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That's fodder numbers.

Head to head... and Exael as an MC...

There's no way this isn't going to be one of the worse games.

[rollplayinghouse]

...How could they possibly even play a game like that? It's hard enough to organize four or five people.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He can think of a few games where teamwork didn't mean shit!

That's for sure.

All of those options are bad though. Really really bad...]

[rollplayinghouse]

[...]

I'll make sure ZRAEL doesn't target him.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Are you sure you want to be offering that when you don't know who the producers brought in to fuck with your own unit?

...

Or do you know?

[rollplayinghouse]

...I saw someone who looks like Aradia, and someone who looks like Red... I haven't talked to most of the unit yet, though, so they might have other people too.

I'm sure regardless, though. It's important to you that he shouldn't get hurt, right? And I can manage that much from my side, at least.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It would be appreciated.

Since they have been declared as temporary, these guest units will make for appealing targets.

[rollplayinghouse]

Mm. Though, if they're really three times the size of regular units, they might also be less appealing, for that reason. It depends.

Either way, I'll do everything I can.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Right. We could have back to back Battle Royales. Wouldn’t that be great?

...

[As an afterthought]

If you need to find me, I’ll probably be in the 10IV dorms.

[Or wherever Mokuba is]

[rollplayinghouse]

...Okay. I should be fine, myself, but—let me know if—

...

[just trails off vaguely, unsure]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Let me know if your detective shows up.