Heart Game: Hurricane - Run 4

[idolpro]

[At first, all is still; all is silent.]

[The only light is the light from your phone, where a checklist has taken over the screen. It reads:]

___ Make a change
___ Repair something
___ Protect something
___ Find the True Heart
___ Survive

[Then the light comes up, bright, and then brighter, and you are in…]

Comments

[offontherightfoot]

[The chairs are metal, half covered in exposed wiring and blinking lights. They've got a metric ton of hard edges, and a footrest like the kind at the dentist, and if there were restraints they'd look like something out of a sci-fi slasher flick.]

[You're sitting in one, and the rest of the room, all around you, is the sleek, futuristic white lines of what is undeniably a lab, all monitor screens and tech.]

[Intensity is here, keeping an eye on the holo-screen that reads INCOMING ATTACK: 4:00:00. The numbers are counting down.]

[There is one exit, to the NORTH.]

[420blazeit]

[ as soon as she comes to and notices the screen she's on edge. this is... it's too familiar, and she immediately feels her stomach knot. she's on her feet and looking around for tae-hyung so she can- oh, uhm, n- no, this isn't... ]

Intensity? Where am I? What's going on?

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Looks around, casually crosses his legs as he leans back in the chair]

So, who're these houseguests we're expecting?

[offontherightfoot]

You're in HQ.

Now sit back down.

[sunflowering]

[ Incoming attack. . . ]

Well this has an unpleasant similarity to a certain game in the past. . .

[offontherightfoot]

[Pulls a wire down from the tangle above him on the ceiling and circles closer.]

Harbingers. You'll want to prepare for them, as best you're able.

[420blazeit]

[ sits back down and tries not to vibrate straight out of her skin. ] Alright, but... [ the timer. ]

[sunflowering]

Was wondering the same thing.

[unbr8kable]

[She'll get up, if she can, attempting to catch her bearings, check if anything on the screens gives a better point of reference]

...What's going on?

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Cocks his head, but doesn't move]

Al'right. What should I know 'bout these guys?

[420blazeit]

Space Game?

[sunflowering]

Yeah. We were under some time crunches there too, and it didn't turn out to be all that fun for any of us I don't think.

[offontherightfoot]

The space game?

I admit, there are similarities. But unless you all poke into extremely unfortunate places, no one's skin will melt.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Looks like we're playing defenders today.

[He's remarkably relaxed]

[nohalation]

[IMMEDIATELY FREEZING IN PLACE IN THIS ROOM.]

[offontherightfoot]

[The monitors a contain a jumble of information. Most of it is unintelligible, but there are a few that you can make sense of. They read:]

[Anticipated danger level: Medium]
[Current status: Damaged - repairs in progress]
[Current stability: Stable]
[Current abilities: Insufficient]

[It looks as though there are a number of switches and knobs below them that you can toggle; each corresponds to one of the entries on the screen.]

[Another monitor on the wall reads: Incoming attack: 3:55:00. The numbers are counting down]

There's an incoming attack.

Now sit down again. We don't have any time to lose.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Hey. It'll be all right - you're not alone this time.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[THE FUCK!?

GET OUT OF MY COMMAND POST!]

Hey!

[sunflowering]

T-That still means there's a possibility. . .

Maybe you can just tell me what those places are and I'll avoid them.

[ . . . . . ]

And anyway, how do you know all of this Intensity-san?

[420blazeit]

No, it didn't, but we're not going to let this thing get the better of us. Whatever it is.

We have to at least try to take it out...

[offontherightfoot]

[Pulls one of the overhead wires down and steps in close.]

We have to take care of this first. Lean your head forward?

[sunflowering]

You don't look too stressed.

[ Just going to remark on that ]

[420blazeit]

[ freezes. ]

[ don't call her out like that. ]

...yeah. [ said quietly. ]

[offontherightfoot]

They come from the sky. Expect physical assaults but also mental intrusions.

[He pulls down a wire from the tangle overhead as he talks.]

Lean your head forward?

[420blazeit]

[ she shuts her eyes and does as she's asked. ]

Then I want to know what we're up against. Everything you can tell me.