oh boy another cw for swearing!!
it was a pretty cold day in early january, a couple of weeks after the fight with two and the contestants. it wasn't cold enough for snow, though. puffball sat with an extremely sleepy bell while using her brain connected to her phone to send messages to ruby. puffball blushed at some of the messages ruby sent, even if they weren't necessarily romantic.
the other contestants, however, were getting frustrated on the state of the new season, with fanny being the one to speak up about the vast emptiness in the schedule.
only then did two begrudgingly begin, by leading the contestants into the hotel elevator. it looked rather nice inside the hotel despite the fact that it had been underground for so long, it had electricity and even running water. as the contestants went up the elevator, the very questionable window on the side went through the rooms that the recommended characters were staying in, and they seemed to be having a lot more fun than everyone else.
"i think vhsy is the coolest one. vhsy and tape" puffball whispered to bell, who was right below her.
"yeah... they probably won't make it in, though. i'm betting on either winner or price tag joining, because no one can be stupid enough to vote for a non-existent piece of matter, right?" bell, replied, confident in her statement.
puffball sighed, "you obviously don't know the mentality of bfdi voters..."
after that very cramped minute, the contestants were all led to the roof. it was very cold and windy, with leaves blowing everywhere. two began going through all of the recommended characters while leading the losers down a very dark hole and spitting out the most cheesy one-liners one could possibly muster.
then there were three of them left.
"you have to be fucking kidding me." bell whispered to puffball, upon seeing the two contestants that stood there, awkwardly.
"tried to tell you, bestie..." puffball whispered disappointedly.
after price tag was discarded into the deep void, and nonexisty was... forgotten about, winner joined the game, to their dismay.
"...and winner joins the game!" two enthusiastically interjected into the echo-y realm that was the roof.
"woo... thanks..." winner unenthusiastically replied.
two pondered for a short moment. "wait a minute... 40... 41... we can't start the competition yet, we need another contestant. nonexisty is worth zero, but price tag must certainly be equal to one!" two then sharply yanked price tag out of the void by the foot, with price tag yelping before having to deal with the pain silently for a bit.
two looked at the silent , unenthused crowd. "y'know, I think you all should be a bit more respectful. i MADE this show-"
fanny interrupted suddenly. "you didn't make SHIT, and i'm tired of pretending you did! for the past 10 months, the only input you've put in to getting this going, is fighting those who dislike it on twitter, and beating the shit out of innocent contestants who just wanted their cohost of more than THREE YEARS back. be a bit more decent towards US next time."
two slowly stepped towards fanny, her only trembling slightly while not looking back. most of the contestants slowly stepped away from them, ready to jump at a moments notice, however, bell and puffball decided to do something different.
"i think we should go somewhere... nicer. they'll be at that for a while." bell whispered to puffball, puffball silently nodded, and went with bell, and when they were out of sight from two, bell grabbed puffball with her mouth and headed towards yoyle city, which had supposedly been dormant for years. the locker of losers and the hand-powered recovery center had laid in the same place for almost a decade. the cars with no people, though, had all but stopped.
