PSEUDO-UNITSWAP GAME

[opening_act]

Who: Calling all units
Where: To the game tower and back
When: Day 215, Afternoon

[ When you find yourself in the game tower elevator, Exael's hologram is stage-whispering, one hand aside her mouth as she leans in like she's sharing a secret. ]

Shhh, shhh, everyone let's not spoil the surprise! I can't wait to see them, all topsy-turvy and mixed up, and in all new cute stage outfits too! It's a challenge for all our idols, all of them given each other's scripts. Anyway, it's starting soon, so let's dim the lights and start the show!

[ And her hologram vanishes, as the elevator comes to a halt. And lets you off… in your own dorm? But something's different. Something is very different.

Your phone vibrates, and you can see your lives and aesthetic have been temporarily reassigned. ]

Comments

[puzzlekeeper]

[ We are pastel goth today, studded leather and all.

Giving him an appraising look. ]

I suspect the suits unit was chosen specifically for you.

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Excuse you!

Why do you look good in everything?

(Of course he found the one with studded leather. UGH!)]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Whatever.

Crosses one leg over the other and crooks a finger at King to come closer.]

It also comes paired with a gambling Live.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Didn't you know? That's his superpower.

Following the gesture, smirk intensifying. ]

And alcohol.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Oh is that what you're after? Need your own personal booze fairy in these trying times.

[puzzlekeeper]

Maybe I just like the look of you serving me alcohol after you've lost a gamble.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Is this now a butler cafe? Do you want to hear me call you Master?

Maybe in your dreams.

[puzzlekeeper]

Please. I don't need anything as simple an unfulfilling as that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Rolls his eyes and crooks a finger at him again.

Don't make him move you over here. He's saving that surprise for later.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ What does he want? For King to drop directly into his lap.

Well, mission accomplished. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Well, yes? That is something he wants. ... One of the things he wants.

He rests his hands on King's hips.]

There's been something I've been meaning to ask you for a long time.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ One eyebrow rises in anticipation of whatever trap card this is. ]

Oh? Don't leave me in suspense.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Drags his hands down King's thighs, pointedly across the leather]

How the fuck do you even get these on?

[Says someone who has stared at King's legs for a very very long time.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ S M I R K S ]

If I tell you, that will ruin some of the allure.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Really now?

Well.

I'm going to reverse engineer them off you regardless.

[puzzlekeeper]

If you break it, you fix it. This is my only opportunity for non-loathsome clothing.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And me without Repair at my disposal. What a tragedy.

[puzzlekeeper]

I'll graciously write an IOU if you don't think you can bear to pass up the opportunity.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I accept the challenge and the opportunity.

No harm to your precious clothing will occur for the duration of this event.

I can't promise anything for the rest of you, however.

[puzzlekeeper]

Challenge accepted. Do your worst.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You mean my best? Certainly.

[Though that does mean he's going to try and stand up and push King to his feet as well. No matter how much he was enjoying that.

The cost/benefit of moving locations will surely be worth it though.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ He hops up easily, poised to follow. ]

Are you going to keep me in suspense about the details?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What? You want me to strip you here in the lobby?

I'm moving us somewhere private.

[puzzlekeeper]

I see. So that's part of the game, rather than the prize.

Suspense it is, then.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

As if the game wasn't always more important the prize.

[And heading to the elevator.

Please hold while he has to remember to push the button for it to come instead of using bullshit FiN powers]