Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 2)

[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.

Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

[she's not sure what she expected]

What's a BIOS?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ It's probably easier if he just shows it to her. The screen lights up. ]

BIOS

Current Prime Directives:
1. Protect family
2. Acquire King of Hell title
3. Protect rival
4. Employee retirement plan
5. Protect unit
6. Protect priority people outside unit
7. Regain prior self
8. Pursuit of happiness
9. Win to live, Live to Win, for the sake of self and others.
10. Acquire a Blue Eyes Tattoo, live best life.

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - Add new prime directive - Offline
[2] - Delete existing prime directive - Offline
[3] - Re-order prime directives - Offline

Warning: Threshold change tolerance is 20%. Exceeding this tolerance may result in unstable system performance.

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[ The last two were added by C, by the way ]

[rollplayinghouse]

[She stares at the screen a while before responding. The last two are a little concerning, but not too concerning, and at least they're at the bottom of the list. She's more focused on "pursuit of happiness" being that low, and also, she's not family or a rival, so—]

...Am I just under "priority people outside unit?"

[her voice wavers slightly.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well you were under "employee retirement program". Future Queen of Hell, Prince of Vengeance, plus one house as extra benefits.

But you seemed unsatisfied with that role.

So I suppose you'll have to undergo a new classification as of the next reboot.

[rollplayinghouse]

...It's not that I don't want to be Queen of Hell. But that shouldn't be either an employee or a retirement.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Could have fooled me. You didn't seem interested in the offer.

[rollplayinghouse]

Because that's how you were offering it. I'd achieved what I was supposed to, so I'd sign on as your employee and get magically rewarded with what I wanted. I'm not interested in that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then what do you want, Glory?

[rollplayinghouse]

I've told you. I want to be someone who can... be at your right hand.

If you're going to rule over Hell, your work isn't going to stop. But I won't let that mean you have to be at the top alone handing out orders.

And when I talk about my house... It's something I want to build. I mean, not physically, but—I want to make a place that people can live and want to be. If it has to be a mansion in the Hell capitol with a bunch of security or whatever, that's fine. That's not the important part.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then I don't understand. That is what I was trying to give you.

[rollplayinghouse]

...You can't give it to me. It's not a wish, or a present, or a request. It's something I have to do.

All I want from you is to give me the opportunity to do it.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then I'll wait for your signal.

[rollplayinghouse]

It's not really a signal kind of thing. Just...

[huffs]

I don't know. Just don't go off on your own.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

You know I can't promise you that. There are things that I have to do.

[rollplayinghouse]

Is there a reason you have to do them alone?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes.

If I told you what it was, you'd call me an idiot. And I am already well aware of that fact.

[rollplayinghouse]

Surely you see why that's frustrating? What if King told you that he might leave you behind because he had "things to do"?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

That thing to do is saving Mokuba, so I'm fairly confident he understands.

You think I would get in his way of saving Yugi?

[rollplayinghouse]

If he went somewhere to save Yugi I'm pretty sure you'd prefer to help over being left behind without a word.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Well thank goodness you know me better than I do. What would I do without you?

Also.

Stop projecting.

[rollplayinghouse]

Fine. But then could you start projecting, just a little? Try to think what it would be like if you were in my place, and I was telling you I might vanish at any point to do something and there's no guarantee you'd have the opportunity to do anything about it, or even that I'd tell you something was happening?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm telling you right now.

I'm going to rescue Mokuba.

So I'm going to do a stupid thing. And if that doesn't going to work, I'm going to do another stupid thing. In fact, I will do an unlimited number of stupid things in order to get my brother back.

This is my choice.

If you felt you needed to do the same for whatever reason, I may not like it, but at least I would respect that it was your choice.

[rollplayinghouse]

And I'm not telling you not to do stupid things! I'm just asking you to not decide that I can't help and go off to do them without even talking to me or giving me a chance to try, like happens every single time!

[another frustrated huff, but she tries to calm down a bit, and her next words are quieter]

...Do you really think I'm disappointed in you? Or that I actually think you're an idiot?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yes. You immediately jumped to the conclusion that you were a 6. That I was forgetting you.

[rollplayinghouse]

I didn't jump to that conclusion. It was a question. And either way, there wasn't a category that I thought described our relationship at all.

That's not me being disappointed in you, though. That's... me being worried that you don't trust me or think of me as—someone particularly important.