Board Thread:Hosting Game/@comment-26234016-20180110161938/@comment-26234016-20180323153523

Potatokuma grins. It's a terrible, terrible, terrible grin. It mouths the word Nicolas. Once. Twice. Stops.

"I gave you every chance. I said that the Mastermind wasn't all that mattered. I told you– what did I tell you? I told you that there was something more. More than one way this could end, I told you. You think too unilaterally. And so, I have to punish that."

One by one, the ghosts in the room wink out. Ian's the first to go. Nauron the last.

"You could have saved them. If you took the problem to its root, instead of just chopping off a leaf. Sure, Nicolas will be difficult to replace, but he was never the problem."

''The room fades away. It's a void, the only things left are the podiums and the living.''

"You're dreaming, aren't you?"

''And then everything fades away. You're in the dark. ''

''You wake up. ''

''You're in some tight pod. You bang on the top, fiercely, and it hisses open. Light filters in. A few tubes are connected– to your arm, your leg, your forehead, your... genitalia... you rip them all off. You clamber out of the pod. The other survivors are there as well. ''

''Luke, Ashton, Salem, Avery. They huddle together, comforting in each other's presence. They're each changed, in some way. Luke has a nasty scar curving around his throat, he's got more developed muscles than before. Ashton's gloves are torn, his fingers rubbed into bloody nubs. Salem has, in his side, a hole that seems to be fitted to hold a sword. Avery is gangly, something about her physiology just seems... off. No one remembers how they got these modifications.''

''There are eleven unopened pods. Avery goes to one at random, to open it. William's dead eyes stare back at her. The others fan out, trying to see whether or not anyone else is dead. Lilith and Morgana are both dead, as are SplendiTea, Char, and Chimei-Tekina. The others are all in comas. ''

''You barely have time to process this before soldiers with guns storm the place. They're shouting something about the 'New Remnants', and you file out the door, terrified. ''

''Only two of the students ever come out of the pods. Ian wakes up and is taken away the day after you woke up. A month later, Nauron and Nicolas manage. The rest flatline. ''

''The world is in shambles, as Ashton found. Only a small amount of people are left, but they've been rebuilding. Ian and Nicolas are taken away for post-despair crimes against humanity and shot behind a chemical shed. The other seven of you are banished to what was once the island of Elba. Salem attempts to get back to the mainland three years later and is shot to death. ''

SURVIVORS:

LUKE COLTON THE ULTIMATE ASTRONAUT

NAURON VIREI THE ULTIMATE DOMINATRIX

ASHTON FREY THE ULTIMATE POLICE DETECTIVE

AVERY ISCHIA THE ULTIMATE SAVANT

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