Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 3)

[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

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ This is on the monitor: ]

[ The screens come to life with a soft hum. The right screen remains blank, but on the left a menu appears: ]

Welcome, Mr. Intensity.

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - BIOS
[2] - Networking
[3] - Call Support
[4] - Abort Current Process

[crossmyheartandhope]

[...taps in 1]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

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

How may I be of assistance?

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

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

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[This all seems like things that it is not his place to touch, though he frrrrowns at how far down the list pursuit of happiness is]

[After hesitating a beat, he presses ESC]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Welcome, Mr. Intensity.

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - BIOS
[2] - Networking
[3] - Call Support
[4] - Abort Current Process

[crossmyheartandhope]

[3]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ A holographic image appears before you (complete with hard hat). When it talks, a speech bubble appears above its head. ]

How can I help you?

[crossmyheartandhope]

...uh. Hi.

Do you, uh. Know what the current process is?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

The CPU Core is currently undergoing a reboot. This is a scheduled maintenance operation.

[crossmyheartandhope]

What's the reboot do?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

This reboot includes software upgrades, security patches, 15 bug fixes, and options for third-party input.

[crossmyheartandhope]

What're the options for third-party input?

Like... moving priorities around and stuff?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Both "BIOS" and "Networking" are currently editable.

[crossmyheartandhope]

BIOS I saw already.

...can I see Networking?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ The right screen lights up with a blank profile, waiting for a name to be chosen from the list on the left: ]

Networking

Profile List:

A fox in hound's clothing

Amaranth

Angel

Anubis

B

Blue Eyes

C

Cardigan

Cobalt

D.Va

Duality

Eclipse

Gadget

Glory

Hurricane

Joker

King

Kohime

Lucifel

Maiden

Man Eater

Mars

Medusa

Mokuba

Mori

Nemesis

Nine-Nine

Seto

Shark

Shine

Shogun

Silence

Slot

Song

Symphony

Talon

Yugi

Yvette

Zalera

How may I be of assistance?

[1] - View Profile
[2] - Edit Profile

Press [ESC] to return to the previous menu.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[...I mean]

[He can't not look at his.]

[View profile.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

       

Hurricane

"You got it together more than like 99% of anyone I ever met."

Guardian: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢
Trust: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢
Rivalry: ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢
Uneasiness: ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢

[crossmyheartandhope]

[....huh.]

[That first one. Does that mean...?]

[He just blinks down at it for a minute or two, before he checks Nem's as well.]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ You guys are both cute ]

       

Nemesis

Nem: "Even for stuff you hate or don't care about? It's not a waste of effort being turned up to 11 all the time?"
Int: "It's a waste of effort to just be a 10!"
Nem: "You are completely serious, aren't you."

Guardian: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢
Trust: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢
Rivalry: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢
Uneasiness: ♦ ♦ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Yeah, that checks out, she is definitely more trustworthy.]

[He shouldn't have been as high as he was,]

[Anyway, they're heading to hell now, so he'll close out and trail after Nem]