endgame pt 1

[idolpro]

Who: Competitors no longer hungry for games
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 408, night (the game took the whole day)

[ Wow! That was wild. Wild ass shit.

Now you're all here. Most of you remember everything that happened. Some of you might remember most things, but not Session 18/19 because time and stuff. Don't worry. It'll show up in your dreams. :)

Anyway, you're probably wanting to go home now. That's too bad! The doors are locked, so you can just sit back and vibe.

All screens show: Please wait. Processing results.

Powers are off too—but then, you're also not currently injured or suffering from status effects.

All of you except for members of AlcheME!, who all 1) can somehow open the doors and leave, 2) have powers on, and 3) are not healed or revived whatsofuckingever. Status effects are OOC optionally kept, but no extra abilities (such as Flames) are kept.

Well.

It seems like they're probably definitely rock bottom so. ]

Comments

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[featherbeaned]

[ But then she perks right back up again ]

A date! If you haven't met Rye on Wild City you should, he's great! He's very cute and smart and talented and cool.

[at_heart]

[ Aww. Well, this is infinitely better as a topic of conversation and he hasn't met anyone on wild city yet so he doesn't know better. ]

I'd say I can't believe anybody managed to get a date in there, but...

[ He and Emet are going to get drinks later, and he sort of has fighting dates with a few people :|a ]

That's great, though. Where're you two going?

[featherbeaned]

Where there's a will there's a way, my friend.

Don't know where we'll go yet though! Anywhere that's not a swamp would be nice. More than nice.

[at_heart]

[ Chuckle. ]

Yeah, I think you can set your sights a little higher.

[ Watching her for a moment, fond. ]

Have you liked him for a while?

[ Did he miss the fun of shipping you two. ]

[featherbeaned]

Hmm, I guess I have. It's been one of those -

[ vaguely waggles her milkshake ]

Slow descents into doki doki.

[at_heart]

[ Laughing more outright, but warmly. ]

Then I'm happy for you two.

[featherbeaned]

Aww, thanks! I - ooooh ...

[ She just had a thought, and she peers at him more closely ]

You don't sound like you mind.

[at_heart]

[ Sits up a little straighter — he was kind of thinking she just wasn't going to address it. But then he blinks and this smile's slow. ]

Yeah, I guess I don't.

[ Headtilt. ]

You're — a friend. [ Less strange to just say that now than it was before, apparently. Level up in friendship through...??? ] It's just good to see you happy.

[featherbeaned]

[ Smiles back at him, slightly softer than her usual bright grins. ]

I forget, sometimes, that not everyone's as ... [ what's the best word here ]

[ ... ]

Open? About this sort of thing.

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[at_heart]

[ Lipquirk. ]

I guess I still don't... know what my deal is. Could be engaged or something. [ ...It's hard to picture, though. He's not sure he's really the type. ] But one of the first things anybody said to me when I got here was 'how do you feel about casual sex'.

[ Tiny snorting amusement. He likes Klaus, honestly. ]

—The real question, I guess, is how you feel about it. And how he feels about it. [ Little shrug. But date strikes him as maybe-different. ] If you wanna be exclusive, then like I said: I'm happy for you.

[ If you don't, well... that might be another thing, maybe. He's not sure. But he's not even letting the thought complete until she's said. He'll still be her friend either way. ]

[at_heart]

[ A beat. Then, playful: ]

Or jealous, if he's as cute as all that.

[featherbeaned]

It's something I gotta talk to Rye about, but ...

[ She shrugs, laughing ]

I doubt we're gonna be exclusive. We've both got other people we like and wanna have fun with, and as far as I'm concerned, all that matters is nobody gets hurt.

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[at_heart]

Hey. [ Lupine chuckles a little. ] I give you an opening like that and you leave me hanging?

[ Props his chin up on one elbow, grinning. ]

You're supposed to tell me what he looks like, who asked who out, all the deets.

[at_heart]

[ But he only holds the pose for a few seconds before easing back in his seat. She absolutely doesn't have to, and really he was just hoping for a laugh there. ]

—Makes sense to me, although... there's only so much you can do to keep other people from getting hurt. Just... gotta be honest and clear — and trust each other, I guess, to do the same.

[ Everyone has to do their own part, too, though. You can't... protect someone's heart for them, not completely. ] [ And apparently he's still not actually letting the thought complete. Look, she's just really happy, and right now he wants to share in that moment for her more than he wants to figure out whether they're gonna FWB up in this joint. ]

[featherbeaned]

Yeeeeeeah. Well, the important thing is to try! That's all anyone can do.

As for Rye ... [ If he (even jokingly) wants deets, he'll get some deets ] I asked him out, 'cause he's an idiot. [ Said with all fondness. ] He's very cute. Long and lanky with fluffy brown hair, talks with his hands and shoulders a lot, passionate about learning and building and making things, really really smart ...

You should say hi to him sometime! Ask him to talk dragons at you.

[at_heart]

[ Oh, he is completely fine with actually geeting deets, and Lupine's grin softens a little more. ]

One of those really, really smart idiots, I see.

[ No skepticism. ...Might know the type, even if he can't remember anybody specific at the moment. ]

Lanky, brown fluffy hair, might be making big hand gestures when I see him. I'll keep an eye out. [ Tips his head to the side, just. Yeah, it's just really nice to see her all but glowing. Especially when he's been somewhere between 'relieved they didn't come (literally) dead last' and 'fuck, people were counting on me' ever since he came to here. ] You said... Wild City? I don't think I've met anyone from there yet.

[ And he's been doing a really good job of focusing on her face this whole conversation — honestly, that she knows and didn't mind and even wanted him to touch her ears helps a lot, he's not just constantly trying not to think about pink elephants when they talk — but if you wanted to warn him this would be a good time. Or not, fun either way. ]

[featherbeaned]

Got it in one.

[ Lupine is doing so much better at not being a flailing doofus this time around, huh. Maybe it's the trauma? Ah well, whatever it is- ]

You'll have a fun time with their unit aesthetic.

[at_heart]

[ There's the tiniest crease between his brows. ]

I — will?

[ What sort of unit aesthetic has he given Tea the impression that he'd......... ] [ wait ] [ wait ]

[featherbeaned]

[ She just smiles at him, like the cat who got not just the cream but also the canaries, the fish, and the mice. ]

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[at_heart]

[ .....................Wild City. ] [ And there go his eyes right back up to the top of her head gdi Tea. St, stupid heat in his stupid face. ]

[at_heart]

[ AS IF THE HORSE GIRL AND THE SHEEP GIRL FROM FIN WEREN'T ENOUGH ] [ burying his head in his hands now, no, there was not enough trauma in the world to stop this ]

You're not kidding, are you.

[featherbeaned]

[ Laughs, lightly ruffling his hair ]

Nope. Good luck!

[at_heart]

All of them?

[ A little plaintive. That's, what, as many as eight more people here? There are already at least four three, and potions, and... ]

[featherbeaned]

Not all of them have ears, but they do all have some kinda animal trait.

[at_heart]

[ Good. ...Good? Wings and head-wings and whatever kind of tail Eichi has haven't really gotten to him the same way. ......yet, ugh. ]

And, uh. Rye?