hearts endgame

[idolpro]

Who: ♥
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 208

[ You wake up, still in the whole-room bed. The screen has turned off, and the elevators are open at both the lobby and the game room, for people to come up and visit and freely leave.

pep!pep!, Taisho Roman Revolution, BAD END=DEAD END, WILD CITY, and avante en garde will find 800+ more points in their pocket, along with whatever injuries they might have sustained in the hearts to be gone like it was just a dream.

Everyone else who still has injuries by the end of their run will find their injuries technically completely healed, but with throbbing pain at their injury sites like the wounds are still open; those who need revival will find their heart hurts like it's been stabbed through. Still, they're only phantom pains: they'll clear up within the next day or so.

Heart game runners, if your character's heart displays their unit traits, you may count that towards your point total.

You may bring home any souvenirs from hearts within reason! AKA things that can be received through fanmail, provided they no longer have any more magical or special ability. ]

Comments

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ crouching down next to him when he comes to. most likely he was waiting there for him to wake up. ]

Need a longer nap? I'll let you borrow my lap.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Oh? Is Izumu offering?

He's going to move juuuuuuust enough to flop in his lap then.

This is probably less successful now that is a noodle again]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ it won't be quite as snug a fit, that's for sure. but Izumu does shift underneath him so that at least Intensity's head can rest comfortably on his lap. ]

Comfy?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Throws an arm over his eyes]

Would be comfier if the lights weren't so bright.

[And with his other hand, he'll reach up to poke Izumu in the side.]

So...

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ Izumu nudges Intensity's arm out of the way to cover his eyes with one hand. ]

There.

[ he squirms slightly at the poke in the side, but otherwise doesn't budge. ]

... D'you know what happened?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm guessing the producers held an open house for my soul.

[Based on your reaction - is what he doesn't say]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ starts stroking Intensity's hair with his free hand. ]

Got it in one.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Pardon for not asking if you're all right because you probably kicked the shit out of anything you found there.

[Card game noodles versus actual hitmen]

[carnivorouscarnival]

Gyahahaha! Well, the most formidable thing I came across in there was me.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

So you kicked your own ass then?

[carnivorouscarnival]

Nah, something else caught my attention.

Missed opportunity, now that I think about it. Coulda been the best fight I've ever had.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

A pity. Izumu finally meets his equal.

And no way for me to popcorn the event. That's truly the crime here.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ brushes some of Intensity's hair back. ]

Technically, you woulda had front row seats—you'd just be a little too close to get a good look.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Blinks up at the motion but doesn't protest it. In fact, he rests one of his hands on Izumu's]

Wonder what that translates to in the waking world.

Does that increase or decrease rivalry?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ pauses the motion only to twine their fingers together. ]

Don't ask me. I've had my fill of ambiguous symbolism for the day.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[His fingers twitch before he tightens the grip on Izumu, thumb stroking his palm.

And in contrast the physical softness:]

Are you saying my soul was full of literary symbols.

Ugh.

The worst.

[carnivorouscarnival]

I was in Doodle's, too, and I'd say his was the worse offender on that front.

Yours was mostly full of sisters.

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I don't have a----

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Wait. Why is that plural?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he doesn't answer that question with words. instead, he takes one of his hands back to fish around for his phone.

and after pulling up B's photo of him hugging Rizumu, he holds it up where Intensity will be able to see. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[I---





That certainly causes a feeling. What kind of feeling is beyond his sorely lacking emotional competence though]

Oh.






I met her in a dream once. I assumed it was---

[Yours]

[carnivorouscarnival]

I don't remember that, but it's not like it could've been anyone else's.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

It wasn't one of these game. In case you were wondering.

[carnivorouscarnival]

I figure a few more people woulda told me if it was that. ... BARiTONES has a dreamwalking ability, right?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes.

And I know one of them who uses it on the regular.