Ideal World Endgame

[idolpro]

Who: Beautiful dreamers
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 271, morning

[When you wake, the folding chairs and divans from before have all been cleared away. You're lying asleep on the floor, healed of all injury.]

[You remember the events of the worlds you've visited as though visions seen in a dream -- though for those of you torn from your perfect existence, there is an ache inside you which will not fade for some days... the pain of something precious that has been lost.]

[Out beyond the windows of the tower, the sky is no longer a perfect blue; the vegetation is no longer as lush and inviting.]

[The view is of Tokyo-F, exactly as it's always been.]

[Near the far wall, there is an open book on a pedestal. The pages are empty. It is titled GUEST BOOK, and a pen waits nearby.]

GUEST BOOK | SOUVENIRS | WINNERS

Comments

[worldlyafflictions]

[Drapes on Scythe]

Well, it was shared anyway...

[goodtoolboy]

Ugh.... shit....

[puts his face in his hands]

[worldlyafflictions]

[nuzzles]

[goodtoolboy]

[this is very confusing but i'm not sure i can brain it]

...you're in a good mood...

[worldlyafflictions]

I wanted ta see Scythe-kun get embarrassed.

[IS THAT A GOOD MOOD?? maybe.]

[goodtoolboy]

[groans and keeps his face in his hands]

I gotta get outta here....

[worldlyafflictions]

[Laughing a bit and getting up, reaching to grab him under the arms to help pull him up]

[goodtoolboy]

[doesn't stand up as much as float up. grabs his hand and just starts flying on out of here]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Jogging long with him then, no trouble keeping up with level flight speeds]

[goodtoolboy]

[when they escape the tower he pauses and looks down at him]

...can I turn you int' a rabbit for a minute?

[worldlyafflictions]

Eeh, I guess that's fine--why a rabbit?

[goodtoolboy]

Cuz then I can carry you.

[time to turn Shima into a rabbit! and gathering him up along with his clothes, time to fly fast and high!]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Too late to suggest trying a bird himself whoops. Will just be a smol brown rabbit with pink ears, hunkering down THIS IS KIND OF SCARY ACTUALLY]

[goodtoolboy]

[sorry being unable to tell what my friends actually want is just the flavor of the day i guess.

it's a pretty direct fight at least, if a high one, and honestly rabbits probably can't see that far. he just heads to the roof of tallest skyscraper in the nearby area and lands, cognizant of the fact that he won't be transformed for long]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Pops back to normal pretty shortly, yeah. Clutching his chest]

--Gah! My heart's really goin'!

[goodtoolboy]

Eh... was it that bad? It's not like I'd drop you...

[worldlyafflictions]

Phew... Rabbits are very nervous animals so bein' that high up was like a roller-coaster times ten.

[Getting his underwear and shirt back on]

[goodtoolboy]

Eh... sorry. Guess I should've picked something else.

[worldlyafflictions]

We can do whatever bird you are on the way down!

[goodtoolboy]

Peregrine falcon.

[waiting until Pink is dressed then going to sit where he can dangle his feet off the edge of the building]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Hhhrm that makes him nervous... Scythe can fly though, it’s fine it’s fine. Staying on this side of the parapet, back leaned against it but next to Scythe.]

Bad?

[goodtoolboy]

You're the only one who didn't hate it.

[worldlyafflictions]

That’s a little dramatic. They were probably just worried. Talon-kun maybe liked it a little too much...

[goodtoolboy]

... I guess Talon liked it cuz he got caught up in it. But that's the point, he's the only one who wouldn't've been unhappy in that kinda world.

[worldlyafflictions]

Just ‘cause ya thought about what ya woulda liked doesn’t mean ya had real plans ta force anybody ta live that way without talkin’ ta them. Nobody’s personal fantasy is perfect for other people, right?