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

[theyregooddogs]

Unless you can convince Chrysanthemum to let you go somewhere else, yeah.

1/2

[bondsofsuffering]

...

2/2

[bondsofsuffering]

If you're going to kidnap me, you might as well do it properly.

[He doesn't wanna move.]

[theyregooddogs]

Alright. Couldn't damage my reputation any more.

[moving his bag out of the way and going to drop low enough to pick him up like a sack of flour, enjoy!!]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Wheeeeeee.

This is fine.]

[theyregooddogs]

Should I set a ransom? Or is that leaning in too deeply?

[bondsofsuffering]

That probably depends on the ransom. Then again, SensitIV's full of protective workaholics...

[theyregooddogs]

Nothing serious. Some inane request to distract them for a moment, like six hundred cups of water or thirty bouquets of hand-picked flowers. Or, you know, a picnic.

[bondsofsuffering]

Persephone's got an entire maze of wisteria trees, thirty bouquets is probably doable.

[theyregooddogs]

Think he'd enjoy it? Seems like something you want to be untouched.

[bondsofsuffering]

Don't underestimate Persephone's love of his unit.

[theyregooddogs]

Wasn't the idea. He's already got enough against me.

[bondsofsuffering]

Oh?

[theyregooddogs]

Nothing personal. Unless something I don't know about came up.

[bondsofsuffering]

Mm, not that I've heard of.

[theyregooddogs]

Alright. In any case, I'll give ransom a pass until next time.

[bondsofsuffering]

They're probably too tired to notice right now anyway.

[theyregooddogs]

Somehow, I doubt that.

[don't pull that shit with me]

[bondsofsuffering]

I saw Lucifel getting dragged off too! Everyone's preoccupied.

[theyregooddogs]

[does a slight jostle, enjoy that jab into your stomach]

One, they're not that preoccupied. Two, you're contradicting yourself.

[bondsofsuffering]

Ow.

[Yes he is but look whatever it's fine!!]

[theyregooddogs]

What was that? Oh, John's right again?

[bondsofsuffering]

You've already taken me hostage, does your cruelty know no bounds?

[theyregooddogs]

Not when someone annoys me, no. Careful, I could be a lot worse . . .

[mostly joking, very lightly said]

[bondsofsuffering]

Good thing I'm never annoying, then.

[Sure.]