Heart Game: Intensity (Turn 5)

[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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[iamverybadass]

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[ TIME TO TRY DEFECT he is not even going to waste time on whatever King is about to do here.

unfortunately he rolls a 2. ]

I can already tell you it's a pass on whatever you're here for.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Unfortunately, a 2 is not enough to turn the King of Games. ]

No? Surely I can make it worth your while.

[iamverybadass]

I have my doubts about that, but very well. Let's hear your pitch.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Drops like 10 puzzle pieces on the table. They are gold, and do not match the silver puzzle pieces that you started with. ] Yours if you win.

[iamverybadass]

Do you have to look so evil during this proposition?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Just laughs and laughs and laughs and--- Yes. Yes in fact, he does. ] Are you declining my offer?

[iamverybadass]

Are you sure you don't want to reconsider?

[ He's going to try Defect one more time—this time with a roll of 5 ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ He doesn't even blink. Gonna have to roll higher for the ultimate rival, my friend. Also he MAD cuz no one will play a game with him? The fuck? Who are you people!? ] Final offer. [ And he slams a poker deck on the table. ] Take it or leave it.

[iamverybadass]

...Fine. I will indulge you in one game.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Starts shuffling the cards ] Blackjack then.

[iamverybadass]

A simple enough game. This shouldn't take long.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Even though this is a game of mostly luck and not skill, it is very apparent that you are going to lose. King easily has the upper hand. Unless you cheat. Do you cheat? (yes/no) ]

[iamverybadass]

[ Of course he's going to cheat. What self-respecting batkid would ever leave a game of chance to actual chance?

His options are a little limited outside of card counting though. Are there any spare decks in sight, any chance of palming cards? ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ This is why Intensity loves Talon. You are absolutely able to palm cards should you choose. ]

[iamverybadass]

[ Then he's definitely ready to start, keeping an eye out for any denominations that look useful ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ And just when it looks like Talon is going to win.

Just when it looks like victory is within his grasp.



King flips over a winning hand.

And the shadows darken until only the glow from his third eye is visible. ]

You couldn't uphold the rules of the game.

[ Did he catch you cheating, good sir?

Of course he did. (He caught Kaiba cheating as well back in the day.) ]

[iamverybadass]

[ He should have seen this coming

Maybe not the 3rd eye, but the rest of this ]

You look like an absolute maniac, and you're challenging people to a game in a building named for death. What did you expect?

cw: gore, getting eaten by monters

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Look.

The first chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh were a time. Okay. ]

[ So King responds with just a laugh ] You're right. I expected this very outcome. Penalty Game: The Experience of Death.

[ The shadows elongate, dripping from the walls and crawling across the floor until only the center of the room remains. Then it takes the chairs. The table. And King fades from view with a not so sane laugh.

You feel something bite into your shoulder. Your side. The back of your calf. Your stomach. Piece by painstaking piece you are ripped about by the very monsters in your deck - claws tearing and rending. (Perhaps even your own tentacles wrapping around your neck). Until you choke on blood or nothing - you can't even tell up from down anymore. As you are quite literally torn apart. ]

[ And after it's over, you snap to. Just a dream. Just a vision. But it felt so real. ]

[ Because you cheated, you may choose to keep this nightmare for up to 1 IC week after Heart Games.

Cheaters never prosper, you know. ]

1/2

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon has experienced a lot of death during his time in Imeeji, and a lot of visions of horror.

But somehow.

Experiencing this over a game of blackjack of all things.

It's a little too much.

He's been screaming himself hoarse through the vision of it, and even when it ends abruptly he's left shivering for a few long moments while his mind catches back up to reality. ]

[iamverybadass]

[ He grabs the edge of the table and flips it up at King, pivoting to plant his foot squarely on the bottom of the table to kick it into his face as hard as he can manage ]

You fuCKING MANIAC I WILL RIP YOUR EYE RIGHT OUT OF YOUR FOREHEAD!

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ THE FUCK!? You can't bring physical violence into a card game----! That's now how this works! That's not how any of this works. ]

[ That is to say. You have successfully decked King with the table. ]

[iamverybadass]

[ He rushes forward to follow the table, trying to press it over and down on top of him to keep him pinned. ]

What the fuck is wrong with you.

[ He is ONCE AGAIN trying defect, because even as enraged as he is he'd prefer not to do any lasting damage to part of Intensity's heart. Even one as fucked up as this.

Rolled 7! ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Congrats. You now have a King!minion. At least for the remainder of the Heart anyway. ] What's wrong with me? Nothing. I'm just doling out punishments as people deserve them.

[iamverybadass]

No more punishments. Not a single one.

Agree and I will allow you out from under the table.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[ Unnnnnnnnggggggggghhhhhhh ] Fine.