imeeji_frontstage | Go Fish: Trauma Edition

Who: Naughty little fishes
Where: Game Tower
When: Day 527

[So there you are, minding your own business on a completely normal day.]

[Then you blink —

[— and find yourself, and many other idols, in an unfamiliar room.]

[The room is large and round and made of glass, like a globe. ...No, like a fish bowl.]

[On the other side of the glass walls, you can see indistinct shapes moving around, but the glass distorts the light so much that anything farther than arm’s length is just vague smears of colors and shadow blending with your own reflection. But something is there. Possibly a lot of somethings. ]

[Two formless shapes approach the glass, and as they do, their images resolve into the shapes of a pair of twins, one grinning while the other pointedly looks away from his brother. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the one who actually looks cheerful about being here is the first to speak up:]

Guess what~? You’ve been chosen to play in our very first game. Isn’t that exciting?

[He throws his arms out theatrically.]

Especially after soooo many boring games. The audience is looking for excitement and thrills here! Why not take the chance to really cement yourself as the fan favorite while you have the chance? Heck, it might even fix your little... “problem.”

[There’s a beat of silence, and he moves to elbow his brother who shoots him a “hey what the hell?” look before reluctantly facing the gathered idols.]

...Make sure you protect yourselves. Otherwise...

[He just lets the thought trail off before looking away again. His brother leans on him, resting an elbow on his shoulder as though waiting for him to continue before finally giving up and shaking his head with a sigh.]

You heard him! Give this game all you’ve got - got it?

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[There's so many fun plants sticking out of him. Good thing he's too dead to notice!]

[will come around to heal him, too.]

[Is he removing the plant horror...]

[yes. yes, he is.]

[Thank you based Sakura for making this mildly less horrifying upon waking up than it could be, whenever that happens.]

[will Xiao ever admit this? probably not. but at least he will do that much.]

[probably sometime after Xiao has healed him and left, new Zrael will give him an Energy Recharge, then.]

[Waking up with a gasp - and then promptly coughing up flower petals.]

Do you need me to find you a...healer?

[magical healing is still odd to him.]

[Cough cough cough. The irony of this guy's words... he just wordlessly shakes his head, still too busy hacking up petals to give a verbal response.]

...understood.

Re: Plant Horror within probably

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[watching quietly as he is revived]

[He won't even notice because once he regains consciousness, he's hunching over to cough up petals. Looks painful!]

[Looks painful!]

[And, as usual, there is jack and also shit she can do about it. So she just continues standing there quietly and leaving him alone.]

[Fortunately his unit's probably gathering to hobble back to the dorms together, so misery will have company in this case.]

[Welp. There's not much she can do to help him get home, either.]

[...In the end, it turns out she is just too socially awkward to say anything.]

[izanagi is spared the torture of her company this day]

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[ 15 MINUTES LATE WITH STARBUCKS AND ABSOLUTELY USELESS HERE. WOW.

Waiting for Izzy to be revived... ]

[He doesn't notice at first because once he's conscious he's a little busy bolting up to painfully hack up petals.]

[ hOLY shit ]

Izzy--!

[It's gonna take him a while! Gotta get all this buildup out of his lungs.

Although even when he's done, he's going to take a moment to try regaining his breath and just, resting a lil after unclogging his lungs,,]

[ WHY CAN'T HE HEAL ANYTHING ]

What kind of malady have they come up with now . . .

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[ Hello Izzy, he's only been a sIV for one (1) game and it's already exhausting, how's it hanging. ]

—Next time you guys throw a fundraiser, I'm donating more.

[ He can afford more. How's 10k, ]

[He's still coughing up petals, so, you know. Could be better.]

-Yeah? Well, thanks.

[ Wincing a little immediately in sympathy. ]

I mean, pretty much the least I can do.

[He just waves a hand, flopping on the floor.]

Someone else got me already. Go tend to the others.

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