YULETIDE 2 - BATTLE 5

[idolpro]

[ Once you enter the Escape Room, a series of messages pops up on your phones: ]

TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Wellll it looks like Naffy's out of commission? It'll take her awhile to reboot with how hard she just got hit by the autocensor!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Whatever you did, it really made her mad! Haha!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Anyway since I know what's going on now, I'm happy to help! It looks like the nature of the threat is a gang war between an evil thought sealed and another that you all and your fans helped to return to the world of the not-so-living? Wild!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: In case you didn't get the memo, this means you're going to explore the combination WcDonald's and Damned Queen's Cookies!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: There you'll find something you're looking for, probably…? But mostly you're looking for a way to contain the outbreaks!
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: And fortunately, we've received a message from a friendly entity known only as "The Borger King", who apparently has a stake in the downfall of Lonard's lost empire…
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: It says:
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: There is a war going on for your mind. Steal their secrets. Create the Ultimate Prankburger. The king awaits. Salvation will come.
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Wow! It looks like it's time for corporate espionage, or something?
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Anyway, you get to keep everything you find, unless it's a dolphin! That's mine.
TOTAL⚓DISASTER: Better get going! Charge!!!!!


[ And then everything goes white... ]

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[romanticlove]

[Ren is very dead and full of status effects Including but not limited to:

• Face Vandalized with Marker
  
• Clothes Changed to a Clown Outfit
  
• Soaked in water
  
• Covered in Pie Filling
  
• Slipped on a banana
  
• Beat by invisible Clowns
  
• Impalement
  
• Clown Nose rip
  
• Death
  
• Flowers sprouting from her skin.

Everything is not fine.]

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[sangreine]

...Oh, Ren.

[ Aliza can't do much but be sad in the general area, but she's going to use the handkerchief she carries with her to at least clean off Ren's face. It's not enough to kill her friends, they had to cover them in goo? She likes sweets but yeesh. ]

[ She can't even laugh at the objectively hilarious clown nose because sads win out. ]

We'll figure something out. Promise.

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[romanticlove]

[Once Kino takes care of her, she's wide awake and already stabbing herself with the two syringes she has. They only clear up the flowers and the wound she got from being impaled, but it will have to do for now.]

Is anyone else dead?

[She knows Serenity is, and possibly Venti who was in her pocket, but she doesn't know about their group. She's more concerned about others than herself and more concerned about injuries or dead people than anything else on top of that. Already she's trying to push herself to her feet.]

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[sangreine]

[ Gently putting her arms on Ren's shoulders. ] Kino is reviving everyone, but we don't have a sIV here who can heal anyone yet. Venti's still in his tiny form, but he's alive.

[ And then -- retracting her hands, realizing what she'd be thinking if it was certain other people in Serenity's position. ] You should go be with her, though. Even if she's not awake yet. [ Very careful not to use the word "dead" here even though it's true ]

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[romanticlove]

[She sighs shakily and glances over at Serenity's body. Her hands clench into fists. She needs to focus now and help her.]

Do you or any of the others have syringes? I could probably use one or two on her to heal the worst of her injuries. That's how I managed. I used both of mine as soon as I came to.

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[sangreine]

Sorry, we don't. Lupine had to use our last one to keep Kino alive. Since you were -- [ Well. They only had one living pep! and it had to be that way. ]

[ Feeling extra guilty right now for using one of the doses when she got impaled, but Lupine didn't really give her a choice. ]

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[romanticlove]

It's okay. I don't know how much healing Venti can do like that [aka being small] but if he can patch her up I'll just revive her.

[She hates it. It makes her feel sick just looking at her corpse, but she refuses to look away.]

I promised her if something happened I would bring her back.

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[sangreine]

I don't think he can do much. I'm sorry, Ren. [ She's never really wished she was a sIV (even though it would have made her life easier logistically) but she sure does right now. ]

If that's what you promised, then... [ Aliza worries that it'll be putting Serenity in pain for no good purpose, but promises between she and Ren are not her place to question. ]

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[romanticlove]

You're sure Kino didn't have a syringe either?

[She hates it. She doesn't want to have to revive her girlfriend only for her to be in pain until someone can heal her.]

Who else was in your group?

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[sangreine]

Kino, Lark, Lupine, and me. [ She's sure they only had the one dose left, but if Ren wants to ask, to feel she's doing something productive, Alia won't stop her. ]

[ She's starting to get extremely cold now that she's not touching anyone, but she refuses to shake.
Instead her eyes glow, just faintly, as she tries to overcome the effect. ]

Maybe Venti will be back to normal in a little while. He wasn't sure how long it would last.

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[quickpersuader]

[Sighing and applying revivals to their unitmate.]

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[romanticlove]

[When she comes to, she lays there for several minutes, somewhat in a daze after all the status effects. After a moment she reaches into her pocket for her two syringes and cures herself of the injury from being impaled. The rest can wait.]

Venti…? He was in my pocket. Is he okay?

[She looks a little ridiculous with her clown suit and nose. She tries to remove the latter and when she realizes she can’t, she tenses up.]

Was anyone else from SensitIV here?

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[quickpersuader]

Er- wait, is that Venti?

[This explains some things, though.]

As for sensitIV... no. At least, not in our group.

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[romanticlove]

Yes. He became like that when I revived him.

[It's not something she's used to either.]

It's probably my fault he died a second time... maybe if he hadn't been in my pocket, he would have been okay.

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[quickpersuader]

Don't say that. It's possible he would have died either way.

[Is.

Is that helping?]

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[romanticlove]

[Strangely, yes. It relieves her of some guilt.]

True. If the game really wanted him dead again there was no way I could stop it.

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[at_heart]

[ Gave the medicine to Kino because they were better shape, but he's gonna be worrying about you from a distance until you're on your feet again. ]

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[romanticlove]

[Once Kino has her up and functioning, she just kind of looks around, checking for anyone else who needs a revive.]

I take it you all had an easier time than we did?

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[at_heart]

[ Wincing a little apologetically. ]

Seems that way. None of ours are dead, though we could use a healer.

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[romanticlove]

Did Venti make it? I need to treat Serenity.

[She has no idea Venti's condition, but if she has to revive him she will.]

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[at_heart]

No, but Kino got him back up.

[ He was also gonna bring sprite!Venti around for heals, but you can go for it. ♥ Timeywimey! ]

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[romanticlove]

Good. I wish I could do more than just revive people. It feels like a useless ability sometimes.

[It does nothing to erase the trauma or the physical pain that comes with these games.]

I just... I want to protect her. Everyone, really, but... Serenity is important to me.

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[at_heart]

[ A startled pause, looking over her face. ]

...Ren, it's not useless. [ Soft. ] The rest of us would be lost without your unit.

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[romanticlove]

[She's mostly feeling dejected after watching Serenity die in front of her. Every time that happens... it hurts. Even if she knows and has always promised to bring her back, it doesn't erase the hurt.]

I would feel a little more useful if I weren't covered in my own blood in the first place.

[Sighing.]

I'm just glad it looks like it was just me and Serenity that died. If Kino had died too, we would have been in trouble.

[Picking at a loose thread from her ruined clown outfit.]

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[at_heart]

...We can't always control how we die in games like this.

[ Slowly. ]

So unless you're saying you saw a pit full of spikes and jumped in, I'm pretty sure that part's not on you either.