I feel so unsure

[wounds]

Who: MANTICORE, visitors
What: Dealing with the aftermath of I Will Twist The Knife
When: December 9, evening
Where: MANTICORE penthouse
Warnings: References to I Will Twist The Knife

[It's been a few days, people have recovered. Some better off than others. And today MANTICORE is gathered to deal and talk about what happened.]

Comments

[droppedthread]

[Ryuko is just gonna. Plop down next to him to watch one of the games. Goodness gracious, what did these cars do to deserve this terrible fate? Besides looking cool when they go boom, that is. She's chewing gum of some kind?]

This is totally exactly what you did when you were home sick from school, huh?

[A pause.]

You winning?

[sharktrash]

[ Well, he's probably feeling a little aggressive. Being stabbed does that to a person. Also apparently makes them suggest torture as a viable method to gather information, but he won't mention that part to her. Yet. ]

Yup.

[ He sounds pretty content, at least, although the question does make him pause for a moment... and another vehicle crashes into a wall on the turn. This is probably not what's supposed to be happening in this game. ]

...actually I think I'm supposed to not crash into things.

[ He reaches over to nudge another spare controller closer to them with his foot. While he does that, the car on the screen runs over an AI grandma crossing the street. ]

Wanna join in?

[droppedthread]

[Probably a good idea, yeah. But she understands reacting poorly to being stabbed, to be fair. It's, y'know. Being stabbed. She's pretty sure it sucks.]

Sure.

[Ryuko picks up the controller.]

Any idea what the actual point of the game is, or are we making our own rules?

[sharktrash]

[ Absolutely. He doesn't recommend it. ]

Dunno. Haven't played this one before. Could see who can crash the most times in five minutes, or actually give it a proper go. Let's see...

[ He opens the menu to start a new game for two. It can be anything from a simple racing game to a X-th 18-rated GTA sequel because why not. Clearly minors are meant to play those things. ]

[droppedthread]

[Someday she'll regain the memory of having her heart torn out and she will sympathize.]

I think the guy who got stabbed gets to pick. But we should probably try to follow the rules first. Do a race or something.

[Might as well go for the best of both worlds and say it's like Death Race 2000 The Game or something, right?]

[sharktrash]

[ Oh my god. They have so much in common. He's already got his back, hence being convinced that he's supposed to be dead. Or, well, almost in common. Technically his heart was crushed by someone putting a hand through his chest (DEJA VU, LESEDI) rather than ripped out, but close enough. ]

Sure. [ He squints at the instructions. ] Collect money, kill cops, break speed limits, make as many opponents crash as possible... sounds reasonable.

[ What is this game. Great, that's what it is. ]

Apparently we're mafia or something.

[ ...he's not sure why that word seems to linger in his mind after he says it, but he's not paying attention to it now. Let's start this shit. ]

[droppedthread]

[They could start a club! Some kinda... Lonely Hearts Club.]

Shit, I'm down.

[The game starts and she sets to work doing Crime Things. Fear her, virtual city! Fear her!]

The cops here are pull their guns on you way faster than real ones.

[sharktrash]

[ More like... Missing Hearts Club tbh. ]

[ He sort of chuckles. ]

Depends where you've lived.

[ They could be pretty damn fast on the street in the worst neighborhoods here in Americana, if maybe not quite videogame fast. But hey, it was fiction for a reason. ]

[droppedthread]

[Well Ryuko's went back into her chest and she was kay but. True.]

Guess so. Didn't exactly see a whole lot of the cops until I started hanging around Pride.

[sharktrash]

[ THAT'S NICE. Squalo's magician colleague had to conjure him a new one untill they can kill find a suitable donor, so. Kind of up in the air about being kay here. ]

Ha! They love us, don't they. [ He tilts his head a bit. ] Your folks not concerned about bad influence and shit?