Pretty Pretty Princess: Redux

[enterstageleft]

Who: Those Who Play Games
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 300

[ Today you step out of the elevators and into the game room to find yourselves in an airy Grand Ballroom. Maybe, if you've been here long enough--you might recognize this room?

At the front of the room is a buffet table featuring finger sandwiches, petit fours, and savory pastries as well as a variety of small desserts complemented by bottoms-up turned teacups and steaming hot kettles set up for self-serve. From nowhere to be seen comes the sound of instruments playing. Up above, tethered to the ceiling, are what appear to be long curtains. …

The small, square tables feature place cards that as of yet are mysteriously empty, but other than that--there is nothing on the table. Those who have walked in and might prefer to walk out again will find they are mysteriously barred from exiting…. ]


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Comments

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Makes a noncommittal sound at that]

Anyone I should but in my grudge book then? For making you do something you didn't want to do.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

No, it's just little stuff. Nothing on purpose. I'm just––staying away, and it's fine.

[She gestures to the whole hanging out on the outside of a building situation.]

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Normally staying away usually means the opposite of fine.

But considering your delicate situation at the moment, I'm not asking.

[And reaches into his coat to pull out a poker deck]

Care for a card game?

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

A card game? Which one?

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Go fish.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

. . .

This isn't a joke about that dumb game with the squares, is it?

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Laughs]

No.

This is the first game I taught FiN once I had enough points to purchase a pack of cards.

Unfortunately, no actual fish are involved.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

. . .

Okay, fine. If I win, you lock your newest member out of the dorm for the night.




[You know. Just for fun.]

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

. . .




That's Adora.

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

If you wanted me to send her your way, you could just say so.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

Is it? Huh.

I never said I was taking in strays.

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'd pay points to see you turn her away.

But--- I'm currently dual-wielding the mom and dad job right now on FiN that Shine has graduated.

[furi: And doing a very bad job at it]

If you're going to pick a win condition, pick something that humiliates me.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

Oh, she's got plenty of other options to try first, believe me.

So, what, afraid you'll lose?

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

No. I just personally dislike others paying for the consequences of my actions.

[And he makes a sweeping motion toward the Game Tower]

That's not how I try to operate.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

[ok but is he sure this isn't a consequences of one's own actions thing]

Good luck. Adora gets what she wants, does what she wants, and it doesn't matter who's left behind in the process.

But fine, whatever, I'm not in the mood for a game anyway.

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Shuffling the cards absently]

Why are you upset?

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

She's an idiot. As usual.

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Do you want to get into specifics?

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

She's got a wide skill set when it comes to idiocy, so I don't think I have to.

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

But there are two major buckets.

Paladin idiocy.

And charisma idiocy.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

[Flicks her tail, frowning a little.]

What's "charisma idiocy" supposed to mean?

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You turn around for five minutes and they've somehow acquired five new best friends that they would die for in a heartbeat.

Also, they are the favorite of their five new best friends.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

. . .

That sounds like "desperation", not "charisma".

Re: ENDGAME

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

My point still stands.

The idiocy of believing that you could hold infinite, equally important connections.

Re: ENDGAME

[purrrnicious]

Think you're confusing Adora with D.Va.