Nine-Nine Heart - Run 2

[idolpro]

[It's time for a new an exciting place, right? A land of adventure and fun and excitement!

Wait? Then why does this look like Tokyo-F. Like a Tokyo-F that has seen better days.

A dark purple haze has settled over the city, thick and suffocating, oppressive and heavy. The sky above is filled with yawning teeth and blinking eyes stare back at you. Buildings lie in tatters and their remains litter the landscape.

A few proud buildings still stand tall! The most prominent one among them - THE GAME TOWER. Though it is sporting more of an evil villain castle vibe than you remember. And it certainly used to be taller and not leaking out that purple smoke filling the air. Nonetheless it stands as a beacon in the city, the focal point in the ruin around you.

A voice echos in your head. "Find the Dark Master."

GAME START!]

Comments

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

[Sure am glad I was walking out the door and not walking into guts. Thanks, Magic Tank for taking that bullet,]

...So you're the "dark master"?

[Should have goddamn known,]

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

In the flesh.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

Wait, who're you? I thought we were talking C.

[Is she just fucking with him? Or...?]

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He chuckles.]

Oh, he does like you for your wit. Though I think you are quite the fragile creature. But where are my manors.

[He snaps is fingers and a true doorway appears leading back outside.]

Explore to your hearts desire. I might have even been generous enough to remove the traps.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

So probably fewer dead producers? Again, not that I'm complaining.

More importantly... If he's Nine, then who're you?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

None of you should be complaining. The raw, untapped power I possess dwarfs that of your jailers. They simply have the upper hand at the moment.

His inner demon I suppose, but that implies that one can exist without the other. I am one of the larger fragments that make up his soul just as he is.

[Pointing at Nine.]

Though I am my own entity at the same time. Something that has existed before your history ever started and will continue to exist long after your history has ended.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

But you're stuck in here.

[considers, pursing her lips]

...Are you stuck in here? Do you get to do stuff or are you constantly stuck on ride-along duty? Or'm I thinking about this too literal?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I am stuck. We constantly fight over who has control of the board and without his memories, he doesn't remember why I am here. The leverage I once had has diminished.

Oh, and before you get the wrong idea, he came to me.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

--You still got all your memories?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

This infernal place will not allow me to express them, but yes. I remember. I loathe that these thoughts can't reach the surface without assistance from a thrice cursed phone application.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

Is it weird, remembering him when he can't remember you?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

It's infuriating. I will ensure an extra helping of agony for those in power who thought this would be amusing.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

Maybe they didn't know you were in there. Since you only come out sometimes...assuming you're the main one with the "everything must go" ideas, anyways.

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

So on a scale of 1-10, how bad?

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

The stuff in your head or the stuff we did to the stuff in your head? Howcome there's so many of you, btw?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I don't know. I thought it was just me and him, but from what I heard apparently not.

.... What did you do to the stuff in my head? Or maybe I don't want to know.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

Well, there was ghost-you, who tried to kill Azzy, which, fair; and then hot thief king, he rode a horse... Maybe some others, too? Should we be worried?

[then honestly curious]

...You can't tell?

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Is this your way of telling me you want to get a tan and a six pack? You know I'm trying on the second.

[Shaking his head.]

The game board was blank most of the time. I could see your cards and general stats but most of the areas were blotted out. Seems like C could see the whole board when he showed up. I'm fucking jealous.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

I'm just saying, it wouldn't not suit you.

Pretty sure those types of cheats're C's claim to fame. Maybe you should be training with him, instead...

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Nemesis. Don't tell me you really go for talk, dark and mysterious?

Oh, trust me, I've been considering it. Or at least throwing more weight behind his godhood idea. It has a lot of merit. But his laughter is nothing compared to your charm while kicking my ass at sparring.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

Don't tell me you're jealous.

And aww, that almost sounds sweet. But nothing's stopping you from doing both. Maybe you'd have a one-up on becoming part of a pantheon if you're good enough at dodging.

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

That would be a new low. Being jealous of myself.

Besides, you never told me about your girlfriend. Unless you normally let other people hover around you like that. To think of all the gossip I missed out on.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

[Actually blushes, a little]

If other people're gonna hover, there's not that much I can do about it... But it's true, with all the producer bullshit lately we haven't really had time to check in. We should get a coffee sometime we're not literally inside of your soul.

Re: FINALE

[rollwithdisadvantage]

You'll have to remind me of that rain check. He might be too shy to bring it up.

Re: FINALE

[unbr8kable]

--Shy? You?

[Laughs with genuine disbelief]