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THE LAST SUPPER COMMENCES

Who: Exael and Idols hungry for action!!
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 49/50, Midnight

[ In daylight, the city is far less festive than the ongoing halloween festivities that appear every night at sunset. So that's no fun! The alert for another game being held comes at midnight, doubtlessly disturbing some of you from your sleep. Looks like everything is in the spirit of the season, regardless of the fact it really shouldn't be autumn yet.

In the game tower lobby, the elevator doors shut and it lurches upwards, ponderously slow as the screens flick on. Exael's hologram looks to be balanced on a chandelier hanging in an extravagant restaurant, everything around her lowly illuminated polychromatic, so you can hardly tell those are white tablecloths. In the flickering half-light, all the tables have laid out: silverware, plates, goblets, artistically folded napkins. Still, dinner has yet to arrive.

She waves her hands with enthusiasm at the camera and promises all her viewers, "For tonight, we promise both dinner and a show! And I know our idols have brought their appetites, so I hope our audience is just as hungry for excitement!"

As the elevator continues its slow haul to its destination, you can't help but notice she's right. You are hungry.

When, finally, the doors open to let you out into your rooms, you are ravenously so. ]

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[. . . o h.]

[ONE OF YOU ONE OF YOU OKAY WHERE'S THE REST OF YOU.]

Boss?

[looks to Phoenix

but

...]

Hey.

Hey.

[There's only two of you out here right now and he's trying so hard not to look like he's freaking out because you guys need someone who isn't freaking out, right?]

99 and Silk?

[not freaking out

really distracted...?

something.]

... you should go.

[not really looking at Phoenix now. looking to other units, though, starting to look... not great.]

[Okay no idea what happened but it doesn't look good. Putting a hand on his arm gently.]

Hey. You look like hell.

[his face screws up like he's just. almost disgusted but with the knowledge of what's going on and h-haha]

Phoenix... I'm serious. Get out of here.

Saying something like that kind of makes me think you should be coming with me. You and Vive. We should head back to the dorm together.

[that feeling when you want to vomit but the actual solution is--]

God... damnit--just fucking listen to me for once, and get the fuck out of here!

[spoilers: you probably haven't seen him this fucked up since that time in the betrayal house]

[Yeah okay fuck. Fuckity fuck fucking fuck fucky fucksticks.]

I can't! The last time I left my unitmates alone in a situation as fucked as this things went to hell. Maybe this time I can do something! At the least not abandon you!

[Even though he's already pretty sure it's. Too late. To do anything.]

[it's way too fucking late.

he's barely able to keep focus on Phoenix even when he gets in his face.]

If you really want to help--minimize the damage.

[yeah, exactly that kind of grin twisted with pain on his face before he bats Phoenix aside with--a viciously claws hand.]

[Look he is only a squishy human and he wasn't braced for that. He definitely gets knocked aside and on his ass. Boss isn't going for murder so any wounds are not like, urgent. Unfortunately he's stubbornly climbing to his feet, yelling.

Hey guys we're making a commotion it's a party!]

Boss! SNAP OUT OF IT YOU STUBBORN JERK!

[Like he knows that's likely futile but he's still trying to tackle Boss anyway.]