MARKETING SIM 20XX: ENDGAME

[idolpro]

Who: All Friend Idols!
Where: Game Tower
When: Day 240, afternoon

[ Aaand cut!

Everyone’s back in the Game Tower, in varying states of disrepair! And NafunAI’s back to being a blue streak darting around obnoxiously. She stops for a moment - not because everyone’s done, because she seems to be talking to...not any of the idols? ]

Ummmmm, because? Sorry, sorry, sorry! But this program isn’t very well optimized, so rebooting can cause some errors and -- this program knoooooows you know that, don’t be rude, don’t be rude!


Awww, this program haaaaaaaaaaates maintenance time…

[ she grumbles, and then goes back to darting around. ]

Aaaanyways! Anyways, anyways, anyway! Look at all of you! So wonderful, so wonderful! This program hopes we all had fun! ☆ The fans sure enjoyed the show, and this program is happy to have had a third mostly successful run! Maybe one day this program will even get promoted to Game Tower! ☆

So let’s see, let’s see, let’s see! Your game winners are…avante en garde, BARiTONES, Taisho Roman Revolution, and pep!pep! and the Audience Choice Winners were WILD CITY and LiliS, together as one! The whole audience could feel your passion through the television screen!

Enjoy your points and your safety from everything that went wrong! This unit will stay for awhile for questions, but other than that, other than that! See you all later! ☆

[ All of the winning units are healed fully, and while the memory of any tortures their models occurred still exist, they feel like they belong to someone else - it’s basically just the knowledge that that happened, with none of them actually having experienced it.

Non-injury physical effects also remain even for winners, for up to an IC week! Except scars which are FOREVER (until paid off). Winners can have mental effects last if they OOCly want them to, but only for up until the end of day 240 or morning of 241. For everyone else, all mental effects are at least 2 IC days, and can be up to 5. ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Four injured FiNs and four non-injured FiNs just means the buddy system.

Is carrying Angel home who is probably lightly wrapped up in his coat at this point.]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ --Oh.

He approaches, but doesn't get in his way. ]

. . . Tell me what you need and I'll bring it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Looks him up and down and raises an eyebrow, but genuinely looks somewhat relieved. Considering Heart's score.

As to answer his question, he actually considers that seriously for a moment:]

Alcohol.

[puzzlekeeper]

[ No one but HSS needs to know how fucked they are.

But injured Angel is actually the most distressing of all, so. ]

--Okay.

[ He reaches out, briefly, fingers pressing into Intensity's flesh elbow. ]

I'll be over soon.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[When he gets closer, it is much more obvious that the reason Intensity is carrying her like this is because she has stitches all over her skin. Like she was pulled apart and then put back together like a rag doll.

He leans into the touch briefly with a noncommittal noise. Pausing as if he might say something. But ultimately just nods]

We'll be fine.

Come when you can.

[inspiteful]

[ HMMM,,,, ]

Do you drink?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Every goddamn day now it seems.

[inspiteful]

Any preference?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Something cheap and in bulk for the team mom. Or something eldritch horror.

He doesn't drink anything in between.

[crossmyheartandhope]

...Jesus.

You guys need help getting home?

[He is somehow in one piece despite their score??]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Okay that's two of you. With THAT score.

But he has too many other things on his mind to linger on that for more than a few seconds.]

Only half of us were injured. We should be able to manage.

[And we're all introverted hermits, Hurricane]

[crossmyheartandhope]

[He's not going to come in, he saw how badly that went the one time,]

You sure? If you need an extra set of hands, you can just say, dude.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Well he is firmly not giving up Angel, so---.





But on the other hand...]

Not with this. But with something else.

[sunflowering]

[ Yeah. They don't look like they're doing too well. Her clothes are bloody but. She's since been healed and is doing fine. Outside of her eyes that-- well, they're glowing red. ]

Do you need help getting home?

[ He's a noodle and he's carrying a girl who is smol too but. It's Intensity. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[If it isn't Angel's favorite tank? But also --- distracted completely by her red glowing eyes.

...Neat!

Completely ignoring her question:]

Is that normal?

[sunflowering]

[ She blinks, a little confused. ]

Normal...?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ well, there are visible cracks in his skin, and he's back to floating jail.

but he is floating over immediately when he sees Angel in Intensity's arms. ]

What happened?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Shifts so that Izumu can get a better look. Stitched up and with antennae and a new set of wings. Or well, the wings are probably not visibly for how he's got her wrapped up]

An old favorite of the producers.

...I hate callbacks.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ clicks his tongue, his frown deepening when he looks at Angel. ]

It's starting to border on plain old originality.

[purrrnicious]

[ W H Y ]

––Why weren't you guys downvoting? What happened?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Almost reflexively checking his cat for injuries]

We were downvoting. Just apparently not enough.

[purrrnicious]

[Totally fine! Just a little distressed because half of her things got themselves trauma'd apparently.]

Well next time, don't hold back! Future's scores were terrible.

[unbr8kable]

[Falls in as he's walking, not attempting to slow him down. Her tone and expression is neutral]

...Lemme know if you need a hand. Or a pizza, I guess.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[After passing a couple people missing theirs]

Don't need the hand.

Was spared that punishment it seems.

[Y I K E S !]

[unbr8kable]

[Last time the hand cult only hurt NPCs, this is somewhat more intense,]

Yeah... Guess you've got a handle on that one anyways. Still... If you--want something later, whether it's physical or just like a break, feel free to ask.