Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2020-08-21 11:14 pm
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Betrayal 3: pep!pep!

[ You spill out of the elevator into the ATM & Gashapon Hall—the elevator is gone when you look back.

A quiet, largely-empty and slightly musty hallway but for a handful of ATMs lined up next to a row of Imeeji Idol Productions gashapon machines that dispense stickers, photocards, and low-budget figurines of random idols. There's a promise of some special seasonal SSR figures that are… hm. Bloodstained, murderous, with missing limbs and eyes. That sure is a theme. Only 50 points a play!

It's quiet here, and you're familiar with quiet. You remember the long trek across the desert, with little companionship and fewer supplies. You remember when your sole traveling companion from those difficult, difficult years got a snake bite that turned septic, and how the rot spread, and spread, until there was only one last good thing you could do for them… and then you were alone.

It's in the script someone's written for you, in your hand. Now, you have your own history, your own words and you can give those to the audience instead. But enough pain, enough destabilization, and you don't know if you'll want to keep sharing. They've set the stage for someone else, given you a prop, and you feel that. Reality isn't wanted here—no, you need to be larger than life, in this place, to not be devoured by the narrative, reduced to an extra. The script whispers for you to lock that troublesome self away, and try on this new role for size, and you'll be a star.

...but there's no point in casting a top-tier idol like you if you can't put your own spin on it, of course. At the bottom of the script, there's a note someone's written with a smiley-face: "just ad-lib, you're gonna be great :)"

Set on top of one of the ATMs is a stack of credit cards.

A readout on your phone tells you the rules and displays the basic goal (explore the rooms of the casino) as well as the item that you've been given (Credit Card). Only once you leave your starting room does your phone update to display your role's traitor goal (to kill someone who is injured or who you deem to be suffering). It looks like nothing is stopping you from committing the traitor goal even while you're sane, if you wish to.

There is an exit to the East. ]
worldlyafflictions: (ch080pg32p3)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Gacha gacha...]

[Should he take advantage of the fact that this is Liar Hell and try some of the food at this point? He probably needs to eat...]
send_noods: (turn your back)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Hi Gladio's here. A lot bloodier than you last saw him. He looks a little dazed actually]
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
--Gladio-san! What'd ya run into??
send_noods: (neck rub)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Starts and looks over at him and clears his throat, though his voice still sounds a bit choked when it first comes out]

... monster in the basement. Maybe avoid the nightclub.

[scrubs a hand through his hair. He looks tired]
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... [that room]

Yeah, not plannin' on it.


Ya look like ya had a tough fight...
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Gladio looks Pink in the eyes]

It ate me.
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Doesn't bother to look surprised...]

Well I guess... if you're feelin' extra motivated about our goal now, can I suggest like... tryin' ta use clean-edge weapons, at least?
send_noods: (chat n4)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Looks at Pink, sadly resigned, and inclines his head.

Gladio is a crazy but sad boy]

If I can find one.
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[................... has so many weapons. but also doesn't want him to kill people. but also more and more people are gonna already be crazy.......................................]





You can have my axe if ya stick ta people who're actually completely off their rocker.
send_noods: (chat n2)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[weirdly solemn and sincere]

Thanks. That'll help me take care of things.
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[;;;]

Just do your best ta be picky...
send_noods: (Cglare shut up)

Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] send_noods 2020-08-27 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[... bet you'll be more willing in a minute :)

Takes the axe]
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Re: SESSION 15 DISCUSSION

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2020-08-27 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[TIME TO SHIP OUT. Heading East]