TNDG 4 - ENDGAME

[the_macdonald]

[So you're at the Halloween dance, and maybe you're fighting robots or each other, or maybe you were just hanging out and eating pizza? Either way, there's a new door in the building... or maybe one you simply didn't notice before? It opens, and inside there is a well-lit TV stage, upon which there are several freestanding doors with names of all the surviving participants. A monitor in the corner displays the face of Ronald McDonald.]

All right, kids! Game's over! Thanks to all your tomfoolery, our sponsors pulled out, and we can't even afford prizes. Get on out of here, you little shits!

((Here's your endgame post! The doors will drop off each person where they were kidnapped (or will drop someone else where the person whose name is listed was kidnapped). Say goodbye, yell at the hosts, go back and bob for apples?))

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[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[all of this, for nothing

[chuckles

[then, more than chuckles. laughs, kind of manically. maniacally? either way, good times]

[you_like_ike]

Kaiba.

[Sword over his shoulder, he steps closer.]

...Are you... alright now?

[He's... unsure, with all that crazed laughing.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[to be fair, it really could go either way]

I hosted the personification of social media, much less any of the other things that happened between now and when we were kidnapped, and all I get to show for it is the memories. Who wouldn't be alright with that?

[you_like_ike]

...You don't seem like the woe-is-me type. I think you'll be okay. But I'm sorry you went through all of that, I should have been there for you to help you in the first place, like you've been helping me.

[Looks down a bit.]

...After this, it's unfortunate that we probably won't see each other again...

[wantsnudes]

[Bad times. Also, here is someone who is 100% not a Phantom Thief.]

A twisted end for a twisted game, isn't it?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Not even worthy being called twisted. This is just unsatisfying. Why wouldn't you secure the funds needed for your show ahead of time? No wonder they're in such danger of corporate takeover. My little brother could do better than this just doodling in the margins of his homework.

[looks over at him, cocking his head]

...Decided you weren't feeling the bodysuit after all?

[wantsnudes]

Bodysuit--? Ah, so you figured it out.

[Not that it takes a genius to, but Yusuke's used to his secret identity staying... you know, secret.]

I don't have to fight any longer, so my appearance is no longer changed.

[afailedmurder]

The psychosis should have worn off by now, so you don't have to ham it up so much.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Please, Encyclopedia Brown. I don't need someone else's psychosis for that, I have plenty of my own.

[...was that what he meant to say? well, he sure owned it as he said it, so maybe so]

So does this mean your case stays an unsolved mystery?

[afailedmurder]

I suppose so! Or rather, I simply don't care anymore.

[streetwolf]

[wtf man]

...I know going home is good and all but you're getting way too worked up about it.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[if you hadn't caught on by now, I'm low-key crazy]

[snorts, but tries to rein himself in]

Hmph, you're probably right about that. It's not like I haven't suffered worse annoyances in the past.

You got out of all of that uninjured?

[you_like_ike]

[Ike is frustrated and slightly barbecued and quite ready to leave, but he hesitates before going through his. He looks back, like he's searching for someone.]

[i_like_ike]

[Soren is hanging close, and peers up at him quizzically.]

[you_like_ike]

[Lowers his sword, and wraps an arm around Soren without preamble.]

I'm sorry, Soren. You went through a lot for me, didn't you?

[bestmothercat]

[ Maybe you will feel something big and furry come up against your side before pulling back/giving you space again and looking up at you. ]

Hm? Still had a few words for someone?

[you_like_ike]

I thought I should say a few goodbyes. And make sure you and Soren come back safely with me.

...How are you holding up, Ranulf?

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke isn't running around wearing a kitsune mask or a tail any more. He is, however, looking pretty miserable with this turn of events.]

I was a fool to even hope there would be prizes... I'm sorry, Ann...

[afailedmurder]

[Distantly:]

It's within their power to do it.

[wantsnudes]

Even if it's within their power, we can't force them to use it.

And what about you? If you go back through that door, then...

[streetwolf]

It's not like they let us all stick together to watch each other's backs... It's not like the prize would have changed that.

[wantsnudes]

But the prize was the only chance I had to bring back my friend... This is exceedingly cruel.

[streetwolf]

[Look whose got two thumbs and no idea what's happening.

Wayne's still got dirt on his back from lying in the field but he's going back to his room to get 'his' things. Their his now, the nice big coat and swimming trunks he's probably not going to use.

Then he's having a look at the sealed cakes and snacks in the kitchen. Scratching his head as he does.]

What kinds of these would kids like?

[i_like_ike]

They're all cloyingly sweet, so... all of them?

[streetwolf]

This would be a lot easier if they had something healthy... I wonder what would be the most expensive.