Heart Soldier Senshi

[idolpro]

You're in a room...? Probably. There are shadows around the edge of the room which make it hard to judge the size. There's nothing here, but you somehow know your decisions will be heard.

Glowing in the air in the worst color are two numbers: your total and the overall total. They both begin at zero.

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ROUND TWO: DISCUSS

[idolpro]

[foolmetwice]

[WELP]

[after that roll, Mars has one hand pressed against his face, heel dug into one eye as he sucks in a deep breath and lets it out shakily. something feels like it was ripped from his heart, and he knows logically what it is, but]

[the worst part is not knowing who it is]

[inspiteful]

M-Mars?

[ Now it's his turn to reach for Mars' shoulder because holy shit that's one reaction. ]

[foolmetwice]

[DID U KNOW, THE FEELING OF HEARTBREAK EXTRA SUCKS WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE HEARTBROKEN OVER]

[jerks a little bit, but doesn't pull away, before he lifts his head and sucks in another breath]

-- I'm fine.

Are you sure you can go next?

[inspiteful]

Yeah. [ He says even though internally he is, at the bare minimum, sweating. ] I mean, it wouldn't be fair if I didn't take my share of the burden.

[foolmetwice]

[huffs a little, the noise wry, and the turns away for another moment to scrub at his eyes. THIS SUCKS!1]

Sorry.

[he mutters, quiet]

If it were literally anything else, I'd offer to take it all.

[inspiteful]

I still wouldn't have let you, anyway.

[foolmetwice]

[. . . ha]

I'd probably have argued that you should've. Since, you know. . . I don't react badly to that sort of thing.

[the physical punishments kind of thing, he means]

[inspiteful]

Yeah but then I'd have to watch them happen to you.

[foolmetwice]

[a small sigh, but it's with good humor]

Yeah, yeah. I know how you feel about that.

[inspiteful]

Can't say I'm a fan of it.

[foolmetwice]

[AT SOME POINT, YOU JUST. . . GET USED TO IT. . .]

[but he won't say that. he'll just think it]

Well.

I guess it does suck for everyone involved.

[he says casually and nonchalantly]

[inspiteful]

[ He's already kind of used to it and he hates it, thanks. ]

Maybe eventually they'll clue in and switch to tactics like this more often.

[foolmetwice]

[raises a brow]

[not gonna mention that he'd be all for throwing the game if it were ANYTHING OTHER THAN losing memories of loved ones]

. . . yeah, well.

We'll see, I guess.

[inspiteful]

[ It was half him just being kind of sour about the situation and...well, half a serious thought, sooner or later when bodily harm doesn't quite get the reaction they seem to be going for, eventually they'll start targeting the more intangible and irreplaceable things? Probably? ]

I just kind of figured it'd be the next logical step if there's ever a point where too many people got too used to the whole bodily harm bit.

[foolmetwice]

[it's what they're doing now, right? and it's working. it's absolutely working]

. . .

When stabbing someone no longer gets a satisfactory reaction--

[and he clicks his mouth shut, expression twisting into something distasteful]

[inspiteful]

-- Go for the other things most people cherish.

Which is the sort of thing that would work as a threat for our unit.

[foolmetwice]

[it worked on me, he thinks to himself, but he doesn't say it aloud]

[. . .]

I'm gonna shove that guy in front of a moving train.

[inspiteful]

Think you can drag him to the 'train station'?

[foolmetwice]

[a sharp grin]

If not physically, then I'll use Charm.

So abso-fucking-lutely.