Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2019-08-17 08:09 am

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[ The water begins to bubble, rising up and up in the bowl like a fountain, until it spills out of the bowl in waves, soaking into the dirt and around them. Still, though it overflows, the bowl seems no less empty than before - and the water climbs up and up and up, until the fountain becomes the gentle waterfall of a small stream no bigger than the circumference of the bowl. Through the waterfall, you can see - 


Like a broken tail light, flickering and inconsistent in its brightness, a lump of faulty lighting takes center stage of the waterfall, by and large covered up by the tattered, human-like skinsuit you could recognize as Mehniel, though their outer layer is torn enough that you can see bits of feather and fur poking out, and on the floor around them are abandoned bits of feather and hair too, dim light now that they've been torn out. Behind them you can catch the vague shape of  something, though you'll largely see the lights illuminating it from underneath a bevelled stone indent in the ground. Currently, the lights are a dull, constant red. If you squint you can see a glimpse of the wall behind; on it are hieroglyphs, unreadable to you. ]

PLOT TOPLEVELS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER W/ CONTENT WARNINGS:
TALK WITH THE ANGEL - cw mild body horror in Yugi's thread
! IT'S THE FEDS
THURSDAY ACTIONS TURN-IN
THURSDAY: PRE-FIGHT - cw vein/artery mention in Requiem's thread
THURSDAY: FIGHT - cw dismemberment, decapitation via explosion, eye horror, body horror
THURSDAY: POST-FIGHT - cw body horror (yugi, nemesis) dismemberment, decapitation, general gruesomeness (king) implied suicide (hurricane)
stakesthesame: (A scarlet looks so tasty)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Already waiting somewhat anxiously nearby the entrance, and immediately heads over when they enter. ]

Hey-- what happened? Are you okay?
crossmyheartandhope: (Are we drowning?)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Pretty sure that's our line. Where were you guys?

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Uh... here? Kitty said something about meeting up somewhere but I'm PRETTY sure we didn't have plans...?
puzzlekeeper: (keywords can eat my WHOLE ass)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2019-08-19 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Where were you both expecting us to be?
crossmyheartandhope: (Or was it all a dream?)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
The place we said we'd meet up.
unbr8kable: (really now)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
We were all supposed to circle back at the one building with the funny sign. When you guys didn't even check in...
puzzlekeeper: (uhhhhhhhhh)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] puzzlekeeper 2019-08-19 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ ?¿?¿?¿

That just earns a supernaturally blank look ]

I don't remember agreeing to meet you anywhere...

Sorry if we worried you.
unbr8kable: (06)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[fffrowns, then]

Mm... You guys have any trouble getting over here?
stakesthesame: (New York Dolls)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I don't remember that either...

And yeah? Why wouldn't we?
crossmyheartandhope: (Whatever)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
...okay, but like. You couldn't have texted and been like, hey, what's up? You just decided to come play games? After that?
stakesthesame: (Album - Generic Flippers)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
After what?
unbr8kable: if there's hell below, we're all gonna go (he said don't worry)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[exchanges a look with Hurricane]

...What's the last thing you remember this morning?
stakesthesame: (Enema of the State)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
We had breakfast after we got outta that hotel. And then we split off somewhere, I think.
unbr8kable: (what even)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
And...? Like. All the part between breakfast and now...? Going anyplace special, having a talk...? Anything?
stakesthesame: (In Name and Blood)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Uh... no? I haven't seen you all day, pretty sure. Why, you wanna go again? I'll gladly take you out for another night on the town, baby.
crossmyheartandhope: (Are we drowning?)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
Dude. We saw you like half an hour ago.
stakesthesame: (Pink Flag)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
I super didn't.
unbr8kable: if there's hell below, we're all gonna go (he said don't worry)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
[with a strangely pinched expression]

Kinda did? You guys got ready, and then you got heated about some dirt, and then we called our buddy upstairs...?
stakesthesame: (Beyondless)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ looks... very worried ]

Uh-- slow down, I can't really understand you...? Are you okay?
crossmyheartandhope: (Just shine a light into the wreckage)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Glancing at Nem here, also kind of alarmed.]

She's doing just fine. It's you I'm worried about.
stakesthesame: (And Out Come the Wolves)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno what you're worried about... I'm fine.
unbr8kable: if there's hell below, we're all gonna go (he said don't worry)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Glances back, frowning]

Yeah. You-- All you guys seem to have some holes in there.
crossmyheartandhope: (Are we drowning?)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2019-08-19 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
Like... a whole lot of holes.

What's the last thing you remember doing?
stakesthesame: (In Name and Blood)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] stakesthesame 2019-08-19 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Crushing King at skeeball? 'Fore that... I dunno, I guess I just wandered around a while.
unbr8kable: (never mind that)

Re: [LATER WEDNESDAY, AT THE ARCADE]

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2019-08-19 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
You guess? You don't remember? You can't say for sure what happened an hour ago? What about yesterday?