livestage ([personal profile] livestage) wrote2025-05-30 01:24 pm

SUN SIGN

You find yourselves in a surprisingly sterile room. It's entirely white, almost blindingly so. There are a few beanbag chairs to sit on, though perhaps not enough for your entire family. On one of the walls, there's a laminated poster of a wheel. At the center of the room is a table with a glass case on top. If you lift the case, you'll find a single red button. Behind a glass panel on the wall is a monitor that is currently off.

Curiously, it does not seem as though you can actually destroy anything in this room (save for a simple note by the button), regardless of how much you may try. The glass will never shatter. The poster cannot be torn into pieces. Furthermore, your blessings and powers are off and none of your personal belongings are actually on your person.

A simple note lays by the button on the table, a reminder of your directive: Will you push the button?
themightybosstone: (ULP)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ewwwwwwwwww. SUPER pass.
vitainmorte: art by @ surfacage (I will softly pull away)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] vitainmorte 2025-05-31 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I really don't know I was in the ship and then. I wasn't.
themightybosstone: (Ayyyyy!)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
I accept no apologies. Kisses, yeah. Apologies, never.
unlimitedtimeoff: (* 012)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] unlimitedtimeoff 2025-05-31 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Right~?

Did you forget the kinda performances this one puts on?
vitainmorte: (So self-indulgent)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] vitainmorte 2025-05-31 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ a bit flustered and. Confused? But. ]

Yes, of course...?
unlimitedtimeoff: (* 145)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] unlimitedtimeoff 2025-05-31 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Hi...

What happened with Eonia?
1797: mm πŸ‘“ morgana, awk (shujin#16728373)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1797 2025-05-31 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[politely waits for him to at least sort of collect himself from that potentially broken hand before he kinda

shoves the beanbag at him]


So. If you're ok enough for it. Wanna use your claws to open this up?
unlimitedtimeoff: (* 168)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] unlimitedtimeoff 2025-05-31 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
Either option.
themightybosstone: (KYAAAAAH)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
I REALLY tried to!
vitainmorte: (You're beautiful)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] vitainmorte 2025-05-31 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ her expression wibbles a bit.

But she squirms in his arms so she can kiss him, physically trying to reign in that desperation behind it. ]
heartlands: (pic#14961326)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] heartlands 2025-05-31 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have a preference?
1797: anth πŸ‘“ smile (shujin#17705126)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1797 2025-05-31 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
That one depends on the producer.
demonicdomestic: (academic agonies)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] demonicdomestic 2025-05-31 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
No. That's very true.

[He sighs.]

Ideally, either everyone would press that button or no one would. But knowing the mix of personalities throughout the Families, I doubt such a perfect alignment will happen twice.

If you feel strongly about preserving the safety of those here, or if there is anyone else who is likewise not comfortable with taking this on, I am willing to concede. No one should be pressured into shouldering more than they are prepared to handle.
heartlands: (pic#14961326)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] heartlands 2025-05-31 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
...Okay. And, um - when considering other reasons than just wanting to push it for the sake of it...?
themightybosstone: (Incoming)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ YOU'RE A GOOD BRO

Breathes in, breathes out.
]

Course. Nothing happened at all. I'm fine.

[But he DOES lash out with the arguably BETTER hand, claws swiping the bean bag!]
vitainmorte: art by @ nemomosso (I found love in the strangest place)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] vitainmorte 2025-05-31 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
...

I got-- disowned, so to speak. I can-- I mean, I'll do what I can to be an unobtrusive as possible, during all... this.
heartlands: (pic#14961328)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] heartlands 2025-05-31 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
I guess it's kind of an upgrade...
demonicdomestic: (just as we thought)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] demonicdomestic 2025-05-31 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
You're correct -- what constitutes "winning" and "losing" in these performances is often separate from avoiding harm. There have been times where we have fared poorly as individuals, but still been declared victorious as a Family.
themightybosstone: (Sulky)

1/2

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the button a long moment.]
1797: mm πŸ‘“ injury, food, surprise (shujin#16921043)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1797 2025-05-31 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ok, weird. The only time I've heard of anything like that happening, it was because someone jumped off the ship.
themightybosstone: (MYOOWWWWWWWWWWWW)

3/3

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGG WHY CAN'T WE JUST PUNCH IT OUT WITH THE OTHER FAMILY LIKE CIVILIZED FOLK
themightybosstone: (Slouch)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] themightybosstone 2025-05-31 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry Red's ears.

ANYWAY HE SITS DOWN, TAIL LASHING.]

Fine, we gotta figure somethin' else out for damage control though. Losing three times in a row in one Performance is too much fer me.
unlimitedtimeoff: (* 069)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] unlimitedtimeoff 2025-05-31 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations on remembering!
demonicdomestic: (no progress)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] demonicdomestic 2025-05-31 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
In one way.

In another, the last was far less of a philosophical examination of our respective views on morality and self-sacrifice. Between the two, I'd rather have the fleshy room again.
1797: まこ 🚫 think (casual#17726814)

Re: DISCUSSION

[personal profile] 1797 2025-05-31 01:29 am (UTC)(link)



I think I'd rather not.

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