Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 1)

[idolpro]

In the beginning, there is nothing but darkness and silence. A sleep that gives no rest but one out of necessity in order to keep functioning. Behind closed eyelids, the numbers of a clock tick down - one painstaking second at a time.

TIME UNTIL REBOOT:


And then you wake up.

As you shift to a standing position, you feel something sharp and pointed press against your side. Digging into the nearest pocket, you will find two small puzzle pieces. And from their odd shape, it looks like they would fit into a 3D spherical puzzle. Odd. You've never seen them before, but you do get a sense that these are a currency of some sort. Spend them wisely!

Game start.

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Enter Kaiba [ 1 / 2 ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Before your eyes even adjust to the dimness of this room, you are bombarded with feelings that are not your own. A vengeance that is not yours. But, oh, for those few precious seconds, how it sings in your veins as if it was.

You've (They've) been searching for years for this person - this wretch who took everything from you (them), your (their) purpose, your (their) loved one, your life's work, and left you there, a shell of your former self - only to find them dead, dead of natural causes, the end of their normal lifespan they had glorified so much while looking down on you. They've left your reach with everything they've ever wanted - celebrated and at peace, propped up on a pedestal and praised to high heavens while you're still drowning in the muck they threw you down in. You can't stand it. All you had left in life was to find them and make them pay. All you had was them, and they even took that from you. You can't stand it. You absolutely can't stand it.

But you don't have to let it end this way. You can bring them back.

Compared to your real talents, graverobbing was arduous but simple. Their death was recent enough to leave their body still mostly intact, so there's only a few things you'll have to replace to revive them. It's perfect: you'll make them into one of your own creations, the things they scorned so much, and you'll force them to know the real value of your work firsthand. Fingers, eyes so they'll finally have to look at you, and then when you place a heart in their chest and start their life again, they'll become a mockery of their own legacy. And then finally, after so long, so long dreaming about it, finally, finally, with you're own hands, you'll kill them. Over, and over, and over.

Enter Kaiba [ 2 / 2 ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Once the vision leaves you, you open your eyes to the interior of a grandiose space station overlooking Earth. It appears no expense was spared in this particular endeavor. The twinkle of hundreds of LED lights and dozens of screens display more data than can be ever consumed by a single person in real time.

Across from where you are standing and behind a set of evenly spaced-bars of light stands "Intensity" looking out over this view. For those who remember the Rift or Liar Hell, yes, those are indeed the very same prison bars. It doesn't seem he has noticed your presence, laser focused as he is on some giant contraption putting together a large pyramid-shaped puzzle in zero-gravity.

If you do step forward to take a closer look at the screens, you will notice that there are pictures of the other occupants in the Heart Game and what they are doing.

There is only one exit: [ Behind you ]

1/2

[nohalation]

[Whoa.]

Re: Enter Kaiba [ 2 / 2 ]

[nohalation]

...you really were lonely.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ I---

Angel?! Is that really the takeaway here? ]

[ The True Heart grips Angel's hand tighter, but doesn't comment. Except for the fact that he might look like he wants to shank this part of his heart. ]

[ Kaiba turns at the voice and rolls his eyes. ]

Ah yes. The cheerful one. Save your friendship speeches. They don't work on me like the rest of the weaklings here.

[nohalation]

Friendship speech?? Hmm, I am not sure why I would do that now, but okay.

[She looks a little confused at that but. Well. She is now gonna pick up Smol and hold onto him. Noooooooo shanking.]

Whatcha doing? Who are you looking for?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Smol is behaving! (For now.) But suddenly he looks much more like the older Intensity you know than the 10 year old putting puzzle pieces back together in FiN. ]

[ As for her question, Kaiba turns back to the machine painstakingly putting together the large golden pyramid puzzle. It whirs quietly in the background as it works. ]

The one who took everything from me.

You have one of those in your life, don't you, Angel?

[nohalation]

...

[Hey. That was mean though.]

Someone that took everything from me...?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Is your own kingdom safe if you're stuck here?

[nohalation]

Yes.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

How can you say that so confidently?

Knowing that you and Bark and Primrose and Peanut are here. Who is protecting your Kingdom right now?

[nohalation]

There is Clima and Juno! And then there are people like Sulfur and Fun Guy and Solitaire and Domino...and of course, the rest of the Kingdom is there too .

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

And are they all stronger than Dawn?

[nohalation]

...

Dawn would not be able to win.

[but the look in her eyes changes to something unreadable]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ There is a tug on her hand. ] Angel. We don't have to stay here. He's in there for a reason.

[nohalation]

Mmm...but still. It feels strange to just leave it like this.

[Stares at the cranky Intensity.]

...Dawn might be stronger. I’m not sure, but I know he is also strong.

But we still have hope. That’s why I am not afraid.

And I’ll hold hope for you, too.

[And finally allowing to be tugged away.]

1/2

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Kaiba laughs. Bitterly. Mocking as she leaves. ]

Hope is for the weak who can't get by on their own power.

So you should save that hope for your precious Intensity. That I don't get out of here and rewrite him back to the way things should be.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[[ And back to this room ]]