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Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 2)
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.
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.
Character Specific Introductions
B
It's rude how everyone wants to interrupts your sleep.
The first is Silver as he ruffles your hair on his way to the gym. Gotta get up early and train. The national championship isn't going to win itself, you know. And he's very cautious about not being too loud. You barely even wake up for it.
The second is Gold on his way to do prep work for his store. He never really stopped being a workaholic even when he did leave volleyball behind as just a "hobby". He brings you breakfast in bed and a kiss on the cheek and you try to pull him into bed like you do every morning, but off he goes.
The last is C - a tornado of noise and energy and color as confetti or streamers or something goes off as he talks excitedly at you. You don't quite remember what he says but it has something to do with a combini, your "adopted stray", and carbonated beverages. And it sounds safer than his last endeavor, so you send him off with words of confidence and a yawn.
And last (and most certainly least) is the buzzing of a phone that you haven't picked up in ages. Yet it incessantly buzzes in the furthest back corner of the dresser, prompting you to drag your protesting body yet again to fetch it. The lock screen is a picture of AlcheME! The background of the twins and tinies. And one unread message.
CEO: I need you to stop by today.
How long has it been since you heard from your boss? Months? Years?
Regardless, you shove your phone into yours jeans pockets and head toward the door and---
You wake up again.
[[ Powers:
B Who You Wanna B: B will return his canon powers to be able to shapeshift into anyone he wants - looks, sounds, smells, the works. Like his canon powers, pain brings him out of the transformation. Unlike his canon powers, you are free from snake-y influence.
Maiden of White: Can summon Blue Eyes to his side at any time. ]]
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C
Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored.
You kick your feet as you sit on the edge of a rooftop, chomping down an ice cream cone and watching the people below wander about their mundane everyday life. Maybe you should drop the dessert. At least that would be interesting!
Dramatically, you flop back onto the roof and watch the clouds float by overhead. 48 hours. Just 48 hours to kill and then Silver will be back and that prank on the neighbor will trigger and your special-order items will arrive in the mail. Ugh. Why couldn't it just come faster???
Distractedly, you pull out your phone and thumb through the messages:
Silver: (Let's be real it's a hot pic of him showing off his abs as he's out for the week doing some intense training with the team.)
Gold: I'm going grocery shopping later today. What do you want?
B: I don't want to know and I'm not going to ask.
Same old. Same old.
But oh! One unread message pops up on the screen.
CEO: Come out of retirement for 24 hours. I need your counsel on something.
How long has it been since you heard from the King of Hell himself? Months? Years?
Regardless, you shove your phone into yours jeans pockets and get to your feet and---
You wake up again.
[[ Powers:
The Influence of a Retired God: You can recruit one (1) NPC in the Heart to be your minion. Choose wisely.
A CAPE!!!: It does nothing special. ]]
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Glory
You're sitting on the ledge of a tall skyscraper with Intensity, peering down to the seemingly endless stories below.]
It's the moment you realize you're two steps ahead of your opponent and they haven't caught on yet. The moment you take your own life in your hands and flip death off, knowing you're doing something reckless but also knowing that you're going to walk away from it laughing with your head held high. The moment you turn the tables on someone and the look of surprise on their face. The moment all the puzzles pieces fit after all the blood, sweat and tears you put into what others claimed impossible. That's what it means to fucking feel alive.
Well, feeling like a person is something like that. It's doing something because you want to, and no other reason. Weighing risks and then putting your money on what you believe in, no matter how impossible it seems or what anyone else thinks. Having someone look at you, and knowing they're seeing something that's a reflection of your efforts. Feeling like you have a connection with someone that wouldn't happen between anyone else.
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Man☆Eater
You forgot your speech. Really, do none of you know how to perform your own Live?
Nothing wrong with second place in a competition like this, Intensity. Though if you think of it like every member of our unit outranking you, that actually puts you in seventh place, doesn't it? Gyahahaha!
Check your math! You're only 1/6th of fucking first place!
Well, 1/6 still ranks above 2, doesn't it?
Shut up! And CHALLENGE FUCKING ACCEPTED! I'll show all of you!
What are you gonna do, take someone on a date so bad they swear off romance forever?
I still owe you a coffee date, don't I?
—A nice coffee date, asshole!
Man☆Eater: crazy times we live in
CEO: You're under my contacts list as 'sensei'.
CEO: So you're either going to have to identify yourself or I'm just going to default to my normal bullshit.
Man☆Eater: wtf you're adorable
Man☆Eater: ok let's play a guessing game to jog your memory
Man☆Eater: hint 1: i'm very cute
Man☆Eater: hint 2: my unitmate was decapitated yesterday
CEO: Is that you?
Oh really? Have you hidden any bodies that I don't know about?
If I told you that, it wouldn't be much of a secret anymore.
What? That isn't a fifth date topic. How many dates do I need to unlock that achievement?
Hidden achievement. You'll just have to keep going out with me until you find out.
[Motions him to come closer]
What do you want?!
To remind you that I won't let you walk away from me. Or leave you behind.
Gyaha—hahaha! You won't, huh? Maybe I should "remind" you why you'd be better off if you did.
You can try. And fail.
[ . . . ]
Cute, sensei. Is that it?
Of course not. That's your warning shot.
Where the fuck are you going?!
—With you. I want to go home with you.
Bold choice of meeting spot for the number one person you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley.
I like to live dangerously. Or so I'm told. So. Shall we continue?
If you've got something to say, then say it.
What are your expectations? So I can properly not live up to them.
What does that have to do with anything?
Unintentional is not my style. I prefer to be much more deliberate about things.
... Well, I don't do expectations.
What are your expectations?
That you don't expect me to change.
I don't want you to change.
Fine. Fine. Fucking explain it to me!
It's love. Obviously.
That’s not... You can’t—- This is a fucking rating grab for fuck’s sake! A fucking game!
Hey Izu-chan~ If this is a game. Then by the rules, whoever wins has the stronger feelings, right?
Ah—!
Izumu Niounomiya. You've been charged with the crime of stealing my heart. How do you plead?
Guilty. And I'd do it again!
[[ Powers:
Krystal Avatar: You are under the protection of Intensity's true heart. You may call upon him from anywhere in the Heart. ]]
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