pep!pep!

[idolpro]

When the game starts, you find something grabbing onto your ankle and dragging you under the ballpit until you find yourself sitting on a disco floor platform with your team. It is only being held up by eleven balloons.

You make decisions on a cool arcade machine where you can SELECT A TEAM'S BALLOON. If a character is blind or has no hands or smth, you can assume things can be read to you and you can automatically pick through your speech. Thanks, Alexa.

If you look over the platform, you can see a lot of sparkling rainbow spikes below.

Comments

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

[snapping after listening to all of this]

I didn't ask for any units to be protected, and I don't want to die! If I die, I'm never going to forgive any of you for this!

Re: Discussion

[sleeplessknight]

D-Dawn...

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

I get that you all have really important people and you don't want to be murderers! But why am I the one who has to be in danger because of it?! I didn't ask to be here either! If you're all sure that we won't get hit, fine, let's do two! But I'm tired of hearing that I should get used to this and just roll over and die because that's what this place is like! I don't want to die!

Re: Discussion

[sleeplessknight]

[just... trying her best not to add to the flood of tears]



I-I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, you're right, we—

[inhales, shakily]

Let's pop 3 balloons, I.

We can pop one from future is now.

Re: Discussion

[malignstar]

[ Gives her a miserable look and bites his lip hard ]

Re: Discussion

[sleeplessknight]

[miserable hi5]

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

[she's going to be here, low key trembling in... fear and anger, actually]

Re: Discussion

[sleeplessknight]

[she'd hug you but now she just feels guilty about everything ssssooo probably not]

Re: Discussion

[we_meet_again]

[wanders over and carefully puts his hand on her shoulder]


...May I hug you?

Re: Discussion

[sleeplessknight]

[she turns to look up at him, opens her mouth to reply but immediately realizes she's just going to end up crying if she says anything so

just

hugs him tight in response]

Re: Discussion

[wonderlandgirl]

[Okay.

[That's it.

[It had to happen. It was always going to happen. And she cannot, cannot keep it together any more--

[She's crying again, and she hates it.

[Wednesday hates it and she hates it, but she simply can't make herself stop.]

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

[she is, in fact, also crying]

Re: Discussion

[wonderlandgirl]

[This--

[dimly sort of filters in to Wednesday's awareness and she tries to put her arms around her.]

Oh God, Dawn, I'm scared--

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

[hugs her too]

I'm scared too! This is so stupid! But I'm so glad you're scared!

Re: Discussion

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh, God. I'm sorry, Dawn. I'm so sorry...!

I don't want to die either! Why didn't I fight for you?

Re: Discussion

[malignstar]

We're trying Dawn. We're going to put up two this time.

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

You're trying now! What about before?!

Re: Discussion

[malignstar]

I was trying before. I couldn't get the okay then.

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

You have all my okays!

Re: Discussion

[malignstar]

... I'll do what I can right now.

Re: Discussion

[worldlyafflictions]

Uwah. Good thing we have some other pretty forgiving people on this team!

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

Do you have a problem with me not wanting to die?

Re: Discussion

[worldlyafflictions]

Not at all. I'll be thankful if this works out.

It's just a little cruel ta tell people they're doing something unforgivable by not sacrificing those they've seen die before, so maybe just ask with more care next time. It's not like they won't do their best.

Re: Discussion

[pkinpink]

Why isn't it unforgivable to risk someone else's life when they don't want to risk it? I'm being volunteered by proxy here and you're asking me to ask nicely?!

Re: Discussion

[heroicsacrifeyes]

[LATE REACTION but Rise would notice this. Her eyes go wide at the outburst, and she watches, everyone else is comforting her and Pachuun is dressing her down, and they've picked their third so... Just going to stand at the edge of the platform and watch the group.]