the final week

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[Eight weeks. Eight weeks of friendship and love, death and loss, hope and despair all muddled together in a cocktail that's too sweet on the tongue and leaves an acid-y pit in the stomach. With nine of them left (ten counting their dear but lone surviving host), things look darker than ever. Come Sunday morning the last of the Champions missing memories will be returned to them while they sleep. For some of them this will reveal answers, for others it might just be a fate worse than death. They could even be death.

But how does the song go? "It's always darkest before the dawn"?

There are no announcements from PAL this week. Not even morning and evening announcements.

Sunday Monday Tuesday



[ooc: Welcome to endgame, everyone! We're all very proud of you for making it all the way to the end. As you can see this is going to be a short IC week but we promise things will not be going down until this weekend (7/7-7/9). On Tuesday we'll be unveiling the OOC post for what to expect during the final investigation. There is no official AC this week, just a check-in and as mentioned above characters will be at their true canon points on Sunday morning.

Buckle up, kids, the ride's not over yet.]

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[goteachother]

[She bites her lip, swallows down laughter at how flustered he is already, and then just smiles down at him, mischief in those blue eyes.]

Would it be better if I said somethin else? Like....

[Leaning down again, lips on his ear, one finger coaxing the strap of that nightie off his shoulder.]

delicious?

[And then dropping a kiss onto said shoulder.]

[shikosuki]

[ Did you know some of the matsu boys are known to get boners just thinking about going to a mixer where girls will be?

Well Choromatsu is not THAT bad but uh. Well after that can you blame him for his hands shooting down between his legs to hide any possibility that he might be getting one? He doesn't even say anything he just squeaks loudly in shock, face getting redder. (AGAIN THOUGH, CAN YOU BLAME HIM??) ]

[goteachother]

[That little squeak is adorable and she smiles against his shoulder, lets her head loll to the side, curls spilling down over his collarbone.]

Oh no... is that worse? Hmmm.... [Shifting to skim her teeth lightly over the top of his shoulder as she makes a point of "thinking" loudly.]

What about scrumptious?

[shikosuki]

[ INTERNAL SCREAMING ]

N-N-NO! I-I-IT'S FINE! IT'S ALL F-FINE! I'M FINE...!

[ Then WHY IS YOUR VOICE CRACKING CHORO......... ]

[goteachother]

[She finally steps back, tugs his chair out from the table so she can squeeze herself between him and the table and take his face in her hands.]

Choro, darlin boy, you look at me. [Just as serious as she'd been playful a moment ago. She wants to kiss him but stops herself, bites her lip lightly. She needs a serious, honest answer from him before she can say or do anything else.]

I ain' gonna lie. I love teasin ya, seein how flustered ya get an all... but I don't want to make you uncomfortable. So if you honestly want me ta stop? I will walk away right now.

An if ya don't? I'm still walkin outta here but you're coming with me.

[shikosuki]

[ He blinks when she stops and takes his face in her hands, slightly bewildered. He's embarrassed and worried that his inability to be anything but a nervous wreck around women is making her feel annoyed with him or turned off or something.

But then she says that last part, his eyes widen. ]

And do what...?

[ He's not asking because he doesn't have an idea, he's asking because he can't believe in that idea being right. That he's not just reading too much into it like a starved pervert. ]

[goteachother]

[She laughs softly, leaning forward to kiss him, smiling against his lips, letting her teeth catch lightly at the lower one. If that's not enough of an answer she lets one hand skim down his arm to grasp his wrist, tugging abruptly, putting him on his feet if he'll let her.

And then she's just going to sashay out of the dining room, leading him along behind her.

[shikosuki]

[shikosuki]

[ !!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[shikosuki]

[ Okay not even the densest Matsuno wouldn't figure this out by now. That kiss practically makes him faint again, but thankfully that doesn't happen. He rises to his feet when she tugs him up, then follows behind like a lovesick puppy.

If he was willing to let Couldn't-Give-Less-Of-A-Shit-About-Him Totoko do anything she wanted to him, he is absolutely okay and comfortable letting Queenie. ]

[goteachother]

[Totoko didn't deserve him. If asked, after everything that had happened over the weekend Queenie would say she doesn't deserve him. But he's there and so heart breakingly sweet and willing to play along with her.

She waits until they're in the hallway before pausing, grasping his shoulder and turning him around. She ducks down for another kiss, flicking her wand at her side. The tiny buckles at her ankle unfasten and she steps back, breaking the kiss, stepping out of her heels.]

Ya gotta complete the outfit, honey. [And the heels spin themselves around, waiting for him to step into them. They're not even three inches so even with them she'll still be taller than him but... well if he's going to be in something cute and tempting like that then... she wants the whole picture.]

[shikosuki]

...Eh?

[ He stares at the shoes, in confusion for a moment.

...And you know, most guys would probably protest this, say they couldn't do it, or make some kind of big fuss about it. But other than his initial confusion Choromatsu doesn't do any of that: he just gets right in them. If this is what's finally getting his poor desperate bitch ass laid then he's DOING IT. ]

You know-- if I'd known you were into this stuff, I would have worn this stuff sooner.

...You might have to catch me, though.

[ He could barely handle the short ones from the drag race challenge ]

[goteachother]

I've gotcha, darlin.

[And she just kind of shoos him a little so she can at least see how the heels make his ass look.]

Did you miss me an Cece drooling over Heart at the King's Game? Come on honey this is perfect.

[shikosuki]

[ The babydoll does come with bloomers so his ass may not look as good as it could but hey, still cute at least. ]

I think I was too busy laughing to notice.

[ But yes he's going to take some shaky steps now... and pray no one else comes along even though this isn't that much different from sitting around in JUST the lingerie. ]

[goteachother]

[Choro is lucky he's small enough they probably don't showcase his ass spectacularly. Now on Heart? those things had been ready to split at the seams.]

You really don' think he's handsome? [Champion title be damned, everyone's had thoughts at least once. And Heart is damn well worth having thoughts over.

But she steps up beside him, takes his arm in hers and guides him a few steps along. He can lean on her to keep himself steady at least.]

[shikosuki]

[ GLADLY TAKING THAT ARM AND LEANING ON HER this is hard... but he'll probably?? get used to it???

That gets him to think for a moment ]

Mmm... I guess he is. He looks like the kind of guy they'd have on TV back home!

[ stop leaning on that fourth wall dipshit ]

[goteachother]

[Queenie is clearly distracted for a moment, she bites her lip and then shakes her head to dismiss the thought.]

He is awful glamorous... [And for no reason other than she can they stop for a moment, she steps in front of him and kisses him again, one hand cupping his face, the other gliding down his side to slip under the hem of that nightie, fingers light and playful against his side.]

But you, mmm... you I cannot get enough of. [Which means she really should get them back to Kip's her room so she can debauch him in private.]

[shikosuki]

[ The kiss gets his face all red again and those fingers on his skin make him gasp softly and sharply.

Can't... get enough of... him? ]

M-M-Me?

...A-Are you really sure? [ He has absolutely zero problem with any of this, negative even, but... him? Really? ] I-I mean I'm... I'm not e-experienced at all... a-and I'm not that attractive...

[ Choromatsu you dumbass if your brothers were here right now they would be beating the shit out of you for being stupid DON'T BLOW IT JUST DO IT JUST GO GET LAID ]

[goteachother]

[She slides her fingers under his chin, making him look up at her and she has to push down the immediate thrill when she realizes he still has to look up at her even in her heels.]

Honey... It don' matter if you ain as glamorous as some of the folks here, ain' no one s'posed ta be that pretty all the time.

You are charming and sweet and... more'n that you're earnest and sincere and the way you blush fer me as absolutely delightful.

And bein attracted ta one person, even havin feelins fer one person doesn't mean ya can't care about someone else. [Someone teach the woman the word polyamory.]

[shikosuki]

[ His face manages to flush even more somehow and he averts his eyes for a moment, looking sheepish. Hearing things like that said to him... well he almost can't believe it. But people have been telling him over and over that he's worth something, and he's finally believed it. Maybe he can believe that he is what Queenie says he is now too.

He looks back at up her finally. ]

...I really love you, you know. [ Exactly what kind of love he doesn't even know anymore honestly, it's complicated and weird. ] I never got to tell Takumi or Angel-chan but... I'm really glad. That I can tell you now.

[ Even in the heels he has to raise himself up a little to do this. He leans up and clumsily kisses her... on the cheek. Baby steps. She's kissed him so many times now it's time he repaid that a little bit. Afterwards he looks away shyly again. ]

So you can... do whatever you want to me. J-Just putting that out there...

[goteachother]

I love you too, darling. None of us have said it enough, to everyone we've lost.

I love you too.

[That kiss means so much, even amid all the kisses she's given and received that might just be the sweetest, even after kissing Jacob in the rain. She steps into him, wraps her arms around him and just holds him close for a moment.]

Sweetie, don't you do anything you don' want to, even if I want it. You should be comfortable with whatever's happening okay. We'll take things slow, yeah?

[shikosuki]

[ He's usually so stiff when hugged, not used to affection from people who aren't family, but this time there's no stiffness and he wraps his arms around her in kind. ]

Okay... but I trust you.

And I'm... I-I'm always comfortable with you.

[ Otherwise he might not be wearing these heels right now ]