May the odds...

[justabignobody]

Characters: Minglelog for anyone not involved in the event
Setting: During the first part of the event, in the media room or near any terminal
Format: Whatever!
Summary: As Ruana's chosen dogs set out to hunt and/or run, the rest of the tower watches.
Warnings: very possibly mentions of violence and character death? Will update as needed!

[Sometimes in the morning, strange events start to be broadcasted to the screens of the media room and the terminal, showing familiar faces, though some maybe in not quite so familiar get-ups. Looks like Ruana's game is just about to start!]

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[sarcasmancer]

[Jade counts himself fortunate that he hadn't been chosen for this particular game. Checking a terminal had alerted him of what was going on, and while he hadn't gone checking for the people he'd known, he had met the news with a frown.

He had no reason to believe that this was a joke or a fake-out. It would be far crueler for it to be real, and this is a Ruana month, ergo it must be real.

When he arrives at the media room with a hot drink from the cafeteria, steaming in a thermal mug, he spots Yukiko looking quite distressed as she hugs a pillow to her chest. It's not hard to figure out why; Jade had spotted Ryoji among the crowd. He approaches her, expression appropriately grave, and offers the untouched drink to her.]

Pardon me, Yukiko. You look like you could use this more than I could.

[After all, Jade knows several of the victims, but he isn't nearly so attached to them by comparison, and the tiredness and blip out of reality he'd had to deal with to make that detour aside, he didn't want that drink so badly that he can't sacrifice it to express some consideration for the young woman.]

[slightlyoblivious]

[It takes a minute for Yukiko to even realize Jade is speaking to her. She's almost hyper-focused on what's going on, because it's just the opposite for her; she knows a number of people in the crowd. Ryoji might be the most important to her, but she's afraid for others - Minato, Lancer, and the younger ones, especially.

It doesn't help that she's spotted Sephiroth among that crowd. That's never a good thing, because she knows he won't hesitate to draw a blade.

She does sit up a minute later, pushing the pillow aside and gratefully taking that mug.]

- ah. Jade-san, thank you. I didn't mean to space out there, but I just can't seem to pull myself away from the screen. Ruana's games are always rough ones...

[sarcasmancer]

[That doesn't bother Jade. He holds out the mug for as long as necessary, though after she doesn't acknowledge him at first, he turns his attention to the screens. When she takes the mug, he withdraws his hand and folds them both behind his back.]

You're welcome. And no need to worry. Your absorption makes perfect sense.

[He glances over at her, finally.]

Do you know many of the unlucky contestants? I know you do at least some of them.

[slightlyoblivious]

I know too many for my liking.

[She sighs, taking another long sip.]

There's Ryoji, of course. And I know Minato-kun - he's the boy around my age, with the blue hair, and then Lancer-san and Ken-kun, with the spears. I met Zelda-hime briefly on my first stay here, and she's always been something of a leader around here, to my knowledge.

I was just talking to Veronica-san and Urotsuki-chan the other day, too...

[Yukiko shakes her head.]

...and then there's Sephiroth, the man with the long silver hair. I know that whatever else happens, he's going to be out for blood. That's just how he is.

[She knows this from painful experience.]