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... ]

Comments

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

[ ............ ]

Man.

[ Soft but with feeling. He's hesitant to actually touch anyone on Team Cookie, lest he hurt you more. Glancing around awkwardly in hopes of seeing a healer....... ]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[Unfortunately, who knows how much of this can really be healed. The concussion and tongue, maybe.

. . .Unless you can kill invisible clowns?]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

[ He's definitely hoping sIV numbness helps. ]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[Let’s hope.

For now, Lupine will feel as Lotus reaches to grasp his wrist. Just stay, for now. He knows you’re here.]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

[ —Well, shit, how can he not. Lupine shifts, settling down more properly, and lets WWX keep his wrist. After a beat: ]

We’re working on it. Okay?

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[A small nod and quiet hum in reply, understanding. This was his first real trauma type game/event, and even though he was put through shit back home, including death, that doesn't mean it all comes easy.]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

[ ... ] [ He's realizing that, as he thinks back. ]

First time, huh?

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[The faintest smile, bloodied at the edges. Yes, it was.]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

Do you need anything else? Any — [ grimacing ] parts?

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[Another small nod. Hesitant, he opens his mouth for Lupine, just for a second or so, and taps his lower lip. The sight within isn't pretty.]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

[ He'll look, unhappy but not squeamish. Settles back heavily. ]

Is it just your tongue or more? We can fix this — promise.

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[longredribbon]

[He shakes his head. (No, only his tongue.)

Except, he still flinches and winces regularly, due - again - to Violent Invisible Clowns. He manages a tight smile.]

Re: VICTORY PLATFORM

[at_heart]

Okay. Okay.

[ WHY DID BOTH HIS UNITMATES LOSE THEIR TONGUES, he'll be asking himself later. ]

We can fix that. As soon as we're out of here. Get you a new one and have a sIV attach it. No big.

[ It feels kind of big to him anyway. He hasn't — he's lost parts, but not in this way, where they were still gone after the game, or whatever this is, was over. ]