week 1

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Week 1

[After the reveal of their handsome and well-dressed but stern-looking Overseer on Sunday, the Champions were left to their own devices in investigating the mall to their hearts' content. At around 10 pm every night the lights in all the shops will go down and the sturdy metal grates over the doors of the restaurants will go down. The stores will remain unlocked, though.

On Monday morning, a buzzing alarm chirps at them again from their PIPs at 7 am on the dot. There's also a pop-up message waiting for them: a notice announcing Xander will be holding office hours

Enjoy your week, Champions.]

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[kingshaming]

[like Church before her, Xander softly counted. He knew how long and how strong she could take, nothing more, nothing less.]

Remember this, Champions. Please don't press this further, for everyone's sakes.

[and on that he turns and walks away, reaching his office just as the first people arrive to investigate her scream.

The door is locked, and will not be answered. ]

[scourgingstars]

[Ardyn was (particularly now) someone whose thoughts were always occupied. Planning out his next steps down to the finest details, reflecting on the hate and fury that lived in his head, and now...struggling to sort through a thousand things he couldn't comprehend.]

[But for the first time in as long as he was able to remember, confronted with the scene before him, Ardyn's mind went blank. Coherent thought shut down, and in a split second instincts that he recognized as that of someone long-dead took over in its place. Whether it was the will of Ardyn Lucis Caelum or something more, that he didn't know and didn't care to think about right now.]

[Quick enough that someone might almost have mistaken im for leaving a trail of light in his wake, Ardyn rushed over and skidded to a halt next to Church, placing a hand light on his shoulder to stop him from either thrashing and hurting himself. Burns, he'd treated burns before--but he looked over to Nari, mind back to racing at full throttle over what to do and who to see to first as only a healer could.]

[He couldn't handle both of them at the same time; the others had to be close by. He brought his other hand to his mouth and whistled to alert the others, the sharp sound that could call a chocobo from across the Vesperpool. But he needed someone reliable, someone who could stay calm, someone he ć̴̻̙̥̩̇͝o̶͇͐̚͠ū̵͎̼̏̃̊̿ļ̶̩̍́̎̈́d̶̨͉̳̤̈͆ͅ ̴̠̀t̶̨̥̅͆̉̔͂̽r̷̦̻͔͐̀͘͜ư̶̯̌́s̵̨͕͔͖̤͙͒̆̏̈͆͋̇ͅṯ̸̠͚́̀̿--]

Noctis-!

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika bolts over. When she sees the scene, her hands clap over her mouth, but she counts a few seconds and marches to the prone Champions.]

We need a medic! Who's got anything we can disinfect this with?

[scourgingstars]

I know what I'm doing. Yurika, get a cold compress, now. Find someone to help see to Nari, too.

[ratherdoweddings]

Right!

[Yurika dashes off to the Starbucks. Soon, she's returned with a cold, wet tea towel, folded full of ice for good measure.]

Here you go! Oh, I hope this works...

[cyan_maid]

[There's screaming.

At first Jane thinks it's a dream. It's too muffled to really be happening. The boom, the strangled cries...easily attributed to the detritus of what comes to her at night.

But the scream is real. It jolts her out of bed, everything shaken, and she pulls the blanket Clarith made for her around her shoulders and bursts out of the Armos kiosk and

And

Nari and Church are on the floor and the smell of burning flesh and the crackle of electric is still in the air and she stares, just for a moment, not sure what could have happened and not sure if what she's seeing is real but she runs, runs forward, and the blanket falls to the floor.]

Oh my God...oh my God...!!

[Who knows first aid what do we have on hand she needs to help, this isn't about feeling alive anymore this is how the fuck does she help-]

Are they still alive?

[serrata]

[ well it's not Noctis but look who comes all but falling out of the Bounce House the instant the coast is clear ]

Are they both-- are they still-- they're still conscious, aren't they?!

[ she'd come very close to asking if they were all breathing ]

[scourgingstars]

Look after Nari. This is just a burn as far as I can tell, that's treatable. But I don't know what's happened to her.

[refusedtoleave]

[She also sticks her head out the door.

What????]

[neverheardofhim]

[Between the screams and the whistle, every nerve in Varric's body seems to be alight. His feet were moving before he'd even had a chance to process what was going on, let alone why he felt so scared. This wasn't the worry over strangers, but that raw, gnawing sensation of agony he'd felt while waiting for Hawke to leave the Fade.

He had no time to question it now, though. The only thing he knew was that he had to move. He wasn't as fast by any stretch of the imagination, but he sprinted as fast as his short, lumbering form could.]

Shit. Shit. [He looked up to spot Xander's retreating form. Rage replaced the fear, and for a second he strongly considered chasing after. He'd break down the door if he could, rules be damned.

But he didn't. Instead he knelt down between the two of them, looking between girl and man in desperation.]

What do you need me to do?

[scourgingstars]

I need anything resembling medical supplies in this miserable hellhole.

[nightcure]

[ He's never heard Ardyn call his name like that. Immediately, Noctis is on edge, and he runs to wherever Ardyn is. If Ardyn's calling for him... it must be a serious situation. So Noctis isn't that far away, but he's there very soon, and-- ]

Damnit--

[ He rushes over and kneels down, and he instinctively touches Ardyn's shoulder. ]

What do they need? We need to move fast.

[scourgingstars]

Cold water, bandages and painkillers if we have them anywhere-- [He didn't react or even comment on the hand at his shoulder, glancing from Church to Nari.] I've no godsdamned clue what's happened to her, much less how to treat it until I get a closer look.

[a10tionplz]

[Sounds like someone could use a doctor.]

[Too bad all you've got is this asshole, running up in another ridiculous suit.]

What happened, are they-?

[scourgingstars]

He's unconscious, I haven't had a chance to check on her yet.

[induality]

I... I knew...

[Fukawa bites her lip and curls up. This is slow and painful-- nothing like what she's seen Monokuma do. Yet her anxiety is so much higher right now; all of her nerves screaming out. Yet... she was frozen. She couldn't do anything to help them. She hadn't warned them. She could have stopped this somehow... told them what happens in these games.]

I'm-- I'm going to stop you! I swear-- this... this is going to end...

[She has to say that. She has to. It's the one thing she believes in so strongly that even her fear and bad habits are pushed aside.]

[tokencanadian]

[The moment Pyrrha can move, and she can finally happen across the scene of all the screaming and explosions, she can only grit her teeth and glare right as the man disappears into his office.]

That... That slime. He's not going to get away with this! Not like he thinks!

[She's just yelling at the door, she knows. And there's more pressing matters to attend to. So, like a good friend she's going to jump to Alpha and Nari's assistance.]

Not really here in the end

[desperateprayer]

[ Clarith will come because of the noise. And she'll stand there, when she sees it, quietly watching. In the end, she won't stay. She can't. There's too many emotions boiling up inside her, threatening to overtake her. She quietly turns, shaking, and walks away. She'll return to her kiosk, but she won't speak to anyone who comes to see her tonight.

She needs time to breathe and collect herself. ]

[imnotfat]

What the hell?! What were they thinking?!

[Okay, everything went to hell in just four days. That's it, everyone is doomed. Thanks a lot for not cooperating in not being a mess!

But still, this is not something to be left aside. Togami walks away rather quickly and brings what seems to be two makeshift stretchers. It's just a blanket tightly tied between two sturdu pole-like objects obtained from clothing racks. It'll be good enough.

Heed his words, everyone:]

Move them to their kiosks once first aid is done. There's a reason why stretchers are used, so don't think about carrying them in your arms.

[This will lessen the odds of someone dropping them onto the floor and cracking Church's neck or something. Well, it'll also be easier to carry that electrified Nari]

[power_of_dominance]

[Soma comes skidding in during the commotion, the smell of burned skin and the press of frantic noise ramping up his nerves instantly. What can he do? Where should he go? Would he just be crowding if he tried to help?

Church... he's a friend, and seeing him like that sends anger thumping through his head. The whispers tell him that someone needs to hurt for this, maybe even die.

He pulls down the mental walls as fast as he can.]

What the hell... did they attack each other?!

[imnotfat]

They attracted the Overseer's ire, that's what happened.

[How, exactly, is something Togami hasn't determined yet, but yeah, that's definitely what happened]

[power_of_dominance]

What... but they... he....

[Xander is the Overseer. He's cold, efficient, clearly dedicated to his job and not the least bit attached to any of them. But at the same time, Soma remembers sadness in his eyes, a strange sort of melancholy. His brain can't reconcile the two images of the man.

Finally, he marches over to Xander's door and bangs on it every few seconds for a good two or three minutes.]

[curdle]

[ arrives fifteen minutes late with starbucks

no but seriously she was in starbucks using the bathroom, which thus far is the only bathroom she knows about, and hey what the shit is happening ]

No -- are they--

[ this is a very useful comment that brings a lot to the table! ]

[daughterofthemark]

They're alive.

[All three of them. Dammit Yuuri why didn't you magically know touching Nari would shock you? So irresponsible.]

[curdle]

[ Under her breath and entirely reflexive: ]

Praise be to God.

[ mmmmmm but they don't... look good do they... ]

What happened?