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avante en garde

Escape the mansion and bring evidence of the one responsible for this incident, or die trying.

[ For as long as the game is running, idols will only be able to access the rules on their phones. They may not text/call, nor may they take pictures.

Unit abilities are off. Items are off. Each idol can hold up to 3 items at a time maximum. ]

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It seems your arrival was not entirely without injury, however: Amaranth will find themself situated in the very center of the summoning circle, atop of various sharp implements—the murder weapons, perhaps?

While the idol can safely extricate themself for the most part, there's no avoiding the sharp blade that scrapes their shoulderblade. The injury itself is negligible, both in deepness of wound and depth of pain, for it's strangely rather numbing . . . for now.

As time progresses, the idol will begin to exhibit the following symptoms:

Weakness/numbing of limbs
Fever/chills
Dizziness/mind fog
Difficulty moving or staying awake, sluggishness

[ She shifts almost immediately, on instinct; freezes on a second almost as swift instinct at the first press of a too-keen edge, and swears under her breath. ]

Mela’s tits.

Amaranth-san...!

[FUSSY FUSS, why are we starting like this?!]

It's fine—just a bit of added inconvenience.

[ a brief frown at the feeling of a cut drawn against her skin as she pushes herself into a sitting position, but it's (clearly!) inconsequential ]

I've had so much worse that this doesn't even bear mention.

That doesn't make it acceptable, however.

[But at least she seems NOT BEING KILLED BY SECRET POISON OR SMTH.]

[ yeah something like that sure would be terrible! ]

We'll simply have to bring the perpetrators to their due justice. For this and... [ her lips thin as she surveys the scene about them ]

...other, uglier crimes.

[ ....actually wait I can't believe I've been sitting here like "where could one possibly find a weapon"; I'm a brain genius.
May Amaranth turn and pick up one of these sharp implements? What kind of weapons and/or sharps are here? ]

[ All the weapons are a little dinged up and broken, all except for a chainsaw which. . . uh, definitely looks like it was used recently. ]

...What is that?

[ ....Oh. Oh alright. Maybe those later-investigated injuries weren't caused by a demon hound after all.

She will pick up the chainsaw though. Worst come to worst... perhaps that can be their way through the door.
As she hefts it, she turns back to Shirasagi. ]

Well.
At least I've landed atop our means to defend ourselves. I believe this mechanical toothed blade is called a "chain-saw."

L-Lady Amaranth, are you alright?

Please, there's no need to show such concern.

[ she's up now, dusting herself off a bit before reaching back to double-check the shallow cut across her right shoulder ]

This barely qualifies as a scratch.

[Breathes a sigh of relief.]

That is good. I do not know what I would do should you be grievously injured.

I'd have to forfeit our next arm-wrestling match, for one.

[ a pause, little smirk fading ]

...In truth, though...
This game bears too much resemblance to one of the cruelest we have known in this place. The rules aren't the same, but...

It may be well that both of us are here.

[Oh no.... he does not like the sound of that. The games have already been really hard on him, he doesn't know what he will do if they get much worse.]

So then we should all stick together? We will not be threats to each other?

In the worst of cases, unitmates have become threats to those around us, but never to one another.

The greatest danger is becoming separated. Should one of us fall to madness, none are better equipped to stop them than avante ourselves.

[ a frown, thinking ]

But truly I do not know what to expect from this game—only that, with this beginning, it is sure to be something ugly.

Hnnn... You are right. I. The carnage...

[It's so much. He is a little frozen about it. Like he's worried that the smell of it might trigger something in him. He certainly is not ENJOYING it.]

[ For her part, Amaranth's composure is still in place, but there's a... stiffness to her manner, as of having to really work for that control. No battlefield veteran's stomach turns from blood alone, but this...

This is a lot.
She checks her phone, brows furrowed. ]

I can't say I will resent bringing the one responsible for all this to justice, if that is truly our goal.

That and to escape seem to be our only goals.

....... If there is a fight, I fear I may not be able to contribute, Lady Amaranth.

Hey. You okay...?

[he's here and why is this]

Completely.

[ she checks one of her shoulders, giving it a bit of a roll, expression briefly thoughtful ]

Thank you, Elliot.

[ a pause, and then she looks worried ] Is this your first game?

Sorta. I was around for a bingo thing, but I didn't really play...

[ The worried expression deepens to a frown. ]

I am sorry, then. I do not know what this game holds, but I have little doubt it will be a cruel one.

Whatever comes to pass, though: only do not forget that we will protect you as much as we can—and that pain and death alike are torments that, in this place, do not last forever. We will all be reunited in the end.

[He can't help bristling a little -- she's being nice, and that's good, but...]

I appreciate the effort, but I don't need to be protected. Whatever happens, I can handle it.

[His pride can't stand feeling weak.]

[ a nod of acknowledgment, but seemingly unfazed ]

You are young yet. Old enough to fight, but not so old that Hades and I might freely abandon the duty of any elder.

[ she looks like... early twenties, if that, for all that she definitely talks like she's older. ]

—But more importantly, I ought to say: All of us protect each other. It is our way.

I can get behind the working together part, but don't treat me like a kid! I've already come of age awhile ago. 'Sides, I'm stronger and I've seen more shit than most of the "elders" I know, so it's just insulting.

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