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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Who: 3 of 4 ygos (Intensity, Anubis, Nine-Nine) and Cobalt
Where: Abandoned outskirts of Tokyo-F
When: Day 47 late at night (after the SensitIV Live)

[Long overdue side quest from Exael goes here]

[Take 1 and action]

Comments

[cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Late at night (when shady shit usually happens), Intensity, Anubis and Nine-Nine can be found in one of the abandoned buildings about an hour's drive away from the hotel and away from any of the other city amenities. The golf cart is parked a few blocks down the road because bless Angel and fuck walking really.

Double-checking once again to make sure no one else is around, Intensity pulls out his phone and holds it out to Nine-Nine]

Here. Take this in case something goes wrong.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Golf cart definitely beats walking but that is three passengers, the spear from the haunted house, a plastic tarp, and lots and lots of bleach. How do they all fit. Probably awkwardly.

He takes the phone and pockets it before setting up the plastic tarp.]

I still am of the opinion we should stab someone else, but that's not the deal.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[Anubis did buy a duffle bag (though not for this intended purpose) so that probably helps a little.]

I'm of the opinion this whole thing is a bad idea, but that's not the deal either.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Glances at Nine-Nine. And then Anubis. Wow, it's like he's hearing things in stereo]

Your opinions are both noted and fucking ignored.

[Then taking a look at that duffle bag with the pink nurse teddy bears. WHY? Why is this SensitIV's aesthetic?

Sighs]

Cobalt from pep!pep! has graciously agreed to be our revival strategy. He'll be waiting for one of you two to text him.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He snickers at the duffle bag.]

CEO, if we had gone with your original plan, you'd definitely be in compact enough to fit into it. But I brought the spear so you can have your glorious death just as you want.

Just make sure you stand in the middle of this to make cleanup easier.

Cobalt? Alright. He'll be contacted after the agreed upon time. [AKA can't have CEO miss dangerbear!]

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[makes a face.]

Poor Cobalt. Just... try to keep it as clean of a stab as possible, okay? For his sake and for mine.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. Fine.

One last thing. If I come back in such a state that I can't close the deal then I expect both of you to take care of that. And deal with me appropriately.

[Taking off his coat and tossing it off to the side before stepping into the middle of the tarp]

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

My goal is one shot. It would be cleaner with a dagger.... [Getting the spear out of the back of the golf cart.]

Don't worry, CEO, we'll have you back in no time. And if we don't, well, we won't let your corpse go to waste.

[Looking over to Anubis.]

If you don't feel comfortable with this you can leave the room after you shut of his ability to feel.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[sighs]

I'll stay. I'd feel worse just waiting outside the whole time.

[walks over to Intensity and places a hand on his chest. numbness radiates outwards, covering his torso.]

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Won't let it go to waste. What the fuck does that---

[Wow. Okay.

Lucifel has done the whole numbness thing before to him a couple of times, but those were only on targeted areas (and when he was actually in pain) so this is new. And not exactly comfortable.

He shifts a little unsteadily on his feet, wondering if his legs are going to give out on him or not]

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[don't worry, he stops before he numbs Intensity's whole body.]

If you want, I can do more, but you should sit down first.

Re: [cw: death, stabbing, and stupidity. But mostly stupidity]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm not getting speared sitting down. That's ridiculous.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Incoming message. From all intents and purposes it looks like it coming from Intensity's phone.]

CEO:Meet me at [location of place inserted here] immediately.

[That sure is a about 5-10 miles away. Time for a hike!]

[we_meet_again]

[Hmmm....

Cobalt peacefully finishes eating his meal in the hotel dining room. He heads out at a casual pace, but once he's out of sight of the hotel, he uses Quick as a Wink on himself to give him 4x walking speed (still casual, though.)

He makes it to the location in about 30-45 minutes. There's a golf cart here... this must be the place?

He knocks on the door.]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[The stench of bleach probably is the first thing that hits him as Nine-Nine shoves the door aside. He glances at the clock on Intensity's phone to see how long it took.]

You made him wait less than I would have. Come on in.

[He waves him in. He'll see Intensity motionless inside this somewhat illuminated warehouse. The floor is absolutely spanking clean. You probably could eat off it if you didn't mind the tangy after taste of bleach. However, the place won't be devoid of blood as Intensity's clothes are speckled with it. Nine Nine has darkening splotches on his shirt and pants, but luckily he wears darker colors so it blends in better.]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[Anubis, on the other hand, is pretty much free of blood. he looks worn out, though, and is holding a cleaning rag pretty tightly.]

Ah... hi.

[we_meet_again]

[He follows Nine-Nine inside. The smell of bleach and the sight of Intensity's body on the floor just kind of washes over him, and he takes in the scene without really reacting to anything.]

Hello.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He laughs at his expression.]

Good. He did prep you.

Some ground rules. One. You never speak about this to anyone. Ever. I don't need this circulating around and rumors spreading. Let's avoid that bullshit.

Huh. Guess there is only one ground rule. He's all yours.

[Gives a fake salute.]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[gives Nine a somewhat exasperated look before turning his attention to Cobalt.]

Sorry about this. I've healed him fully, so all you have to do is revive him.

[we_meet_again]

News about this getting around is the absolute last thing I want, so no worries there.

[He kneels beside Intensity, rubbing his hands together like he's warming them up.]



Alright, here goes nothing.



[He puts his hands on Intensity's chest. For a moment, nothing happens.

Suddenly there's a clap of displaced air and a plume of green light bursts around them, radiating outward, illuminating everything -- the floor, the air, Intensity's body -- coils of delicate mist appear and vanish in a moment, leaving behind shimmering motes of green light, twinkling like shards of crystal.

It's over in a second. The sparkling green lights glitter briefly and wink back out of existence.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[In contrast to the delicate and tranquil light show that preceded it, Intensity wakes up just like every time he was revived in the House of Mirth.

He wakes up fucking screaming]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Yikes.]

[Doesn't even have a smart ass comment.]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[UHHH

oh shit, did he miss something? no, there's no way. but--]

Intensity-san?!

[we_meet_again]

[Cobalt puts his hand on Intensity's shoulder.

For Intensity, Cloud Nine feels like a rush of soothing water through his mind, washing back all negative emotions. His fear is still there but it's out of arm's reach, where it can no longer affect him. His thoughts become clear and calm.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Fuck, he just got Cloud Nine'd and it feels more like the Ninth Circle of Hell.

Whhhhhhhy?]

What!?