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The Last Supper - avante en garde
[ All things considered, the room looks fairly comfy. Dark mahogany walls are decorated with wine red velvet curtains, and chaise lounges and deep-cushioned chairs in matching upholstery arrange themselves in front of a large plasma TV screen that can receive input from any idol's smartphone, though it cannot be changed from the current screen.
A hallway attaches to the room, branching off into two hallways. In the inner hallway, there's a kitchenette—it holds no food in either the fridge or the cupboards, but perhaps as an insult the fridge door's inside shelf holds a gold-framed painting of split pomegranates with seeds artistically spilling onto the ground. At least it's not entirely useless as a room—there are any number of melee weapons in the cupboards and shelves, each weapon's handle furnished with decorative snakes in the unit's color.
Past the kitchen is a modest bathroom that nevertheless uses the majority of its space for its bath and shower, including various skin and hair care products (though no electric plugs, despite the presence of hair dryers), sparkly bath bombs, and a seemingly endless number of wine red towels and bathrobes. Across the bathroom is what seems to be a luxurious sleeping room, somehow large enough to hold as many beds as needed for the unit; the sheets are similarly wine red with what feels like a million thread count, and the mattresses and pillows might be made of the softest material in existence.
The outer hallway leads to the mud room, which leads toward the outside. ]
A hallway attaches to the room, branching off into two hallways. In the inner hallway, there's a kitchenette—it holds no food in either the fridge or the cupboards, but perhaps as an insult the fridge door's inside shelf holds a gold-framed painting of split pomegranates with seeds artistically spilling onto the ground. At least it's not entirely useless as a room—there are any number of melee weapons in the cupboards and shelves, each weapon's handle furnished with decorative snakes in the unit's color.
Past the kitchen is a modest bathroom that nevertheless uses the majority of its space for its bath and shower, including various skin and hair care products (though no electric plugs, despite the presence of hair dryers), sparkly bath bombs, and a seemingly endless number of wine red towels and bathrobes. Across the bathroom is what seems to be a luxurious sleeping room, somehow large enough to hold as many beds as needed for the unit; the sheets are similarly wine red with what feels like a million thread count, and the mattresses and pillows might be made of the softest material in existence.
The outer hallway leads to the mud room, which leads toward the outside. ]
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
[ a pause; a heavy sigh ]
Please. Tell me about last time.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
If they get the Heart, pretty sure that's it for all of us. So the fastest way to end it would be to target whoever the Heart is, I guess. Not that we got any way to know who it is...
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
Our numbers are small, and we may have only one chance to strike before other units are able to be entirely certain exactly where our roles fall.
If we truly wish to end this swiftly... we have little choice but to be brutal. But if such a tactic is unconscionable to you and Shirasagi, I will not force the matter. We both know there are worse things than death, here.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
So--yeah, let's fight. Just waiting to get got don't save us...so.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
[ she takes a deliberately steadying breath, and scans the roster on the screen again ]
...I will target Chivalry on future is now. She is easily their best fighter, and if I can eliminate her early it will give us a strategic advantage. It is a difficult match, but there is nothing to be gained by putting it off.
The wisest second target is Felicity, to try to guarantee a kill... though it may be that the units with only two in attendance have been given a secret advantage, to even the scales.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
...The other teams see this same info, right? What if somebody else targets them, too? You think they're gonna do something weird, like make us knock ourselves out 'stead of them?
Wonder if we should at least target one of the bigger teams, too, even if it ain't as much of a sure thing.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
I would still prefer to direct both our strikes to the same unit, which would make... well. I think pep!pep! is the only real option for you and I. I will not hunt my sons, nor you your truest friend.
[ a pause ]
...What are the terms of the "hunt"? Do we have our abilities?
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
[She presses her lips flat]
And abilities... Nah, not last time.
When you started fighting, you--transformed. So--could do monster stuff. ...Felt kinda monster-y, too.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
Monster stuff.
As in a blend of mortal and beast, or...?
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
So--yeah, 's like that.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
...I see.
Are you truly sure you wish to take this role? I will fight twice, if necessary. You should not have to take that form.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
And--at least I already done it before. If anything, I should fight twice, so you don't gotta.
Re: ROUND 1 - MINGLE & DISCUSSION
No, I won't let a youth go to war in my stead.
Perhaps even... [ maybe it's karma. ]
...Well. Whatever may come, if you wish to fight, I trust your word that you are ready. But I still am not about to let you do it alone.