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

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ his eyes flutter open, but given all the old wounds reopened throughout the course of his own world and others, he just

grits his teeth and rolls over.

it's one of those mornings. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Also rests his head on Izumu's back after he's rolled over]

Going back to bed so soon, Sleeping Beauty?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ mumbled into the floor: ]

Maybe you should give me another kiss.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

When I get up I will.

How awful do you feel on a scale of 1 to 10?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ a grunt. ]

Let's ballpark it at an 8. I'll leave it to your imagination what direction the scale goes in.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Like that's hard to guess.

...

[And because he can't help himself]

What was in the other two rooms?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ mumbled: ]

It was all a dream, so it's not like I remember it that clearly. But one was—a haunted house, just like advertised. Red was hiding out there.

The other was... mostly filled with things you and Angel and Red made, I think.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Good thing he's not facing Izumu so he can't see the slightly jealous look that he did not in fact get to see that. (Why is he even mad about this?)

Stupid Mr. Fox.]

I see.

Your mermaid, cat, and Req were all willing to murder a person for you. For what it's worth.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ stupid Mr. Fox!

he huffs, lips quirking just slightly. ]

That is how ☆ZRAEL rolls. Generally speaking.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. But sometimes it's nice to experience it rather than just hear about it.

[Says someone who was not even in the room at the time]

[carnivorouscarnival]

Maybe you oughta come watch us in action more often.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . . I don't think your cat actually likes me.

[carnivorouscarnival]

You sure that's not just Sabre being Sabre...?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I speak cat.

Just the other cat.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Ironic, 'cause I'm pretty sure your cat hates me.

[ a soft snort into the floor. ]

Anyway, I don't think you're anywhere near the top of her shit list, or there wouldn't be any doubts about it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Thinks about that for a long moment]

You're absolutely right about that.

[carnivorouscarnival]

See? So it's nothing to worry about.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'll think about it.

But this position right here is already pretty comfortable. Why would I move?

[carnivorouscarnival]

Because I want my kiss?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Say please.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Nuh-uh. Today I get treated like royalty.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Oh? You're going to have to explain to me how that logic works out?

[carnivorouscarnival]

I said so. Does there need to be better logic than that?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Shifts so that he's laying next to Izumu instead of on top of]

I suppose I can be gracious.

Just this once.

[carnivorouscarnival]

Hah! Guess I'd better milk this for all it's worth.

[ he throws one arm over Intensity, craning his neck just enough to catch his lips in a kiss. ]