WEEK ZERO MINGLE - Party Games Edition

[hellscapes]

Rise and shine, little deadlings. It's a beautiful day here in Hell and you're not gonna get anywhere by sleeping in all morning. After a rocky weekend, you may be finding yourself still trying to make sense of everything. Like…you're dead. Isn't that still so crazy? Wow!

But don't wallow about it. It's time to embrace your new afterlife and take a look at the world around you. You can look outside the windows of your dormitory and see that the reddish sun has risen a little higher in the sky. There's no cheerful sound of birds chirping or anything of the sort. You only have each other right now.

Venturing downstairs, you'll find that the front door has finally unlocked and you're able to step outside. The air is hot, a blast of warm air directly smacking you in the face as your feet step onto the dry, barren wasteland stretching ahead of you. Little cracks and fissures appear under your feet as you walk, glowing crimson as the heat follows after you. But it's worth exploring, don't you think?

For any of you who immediately make a break for the dock, you'll be happy to hear that there isn't a ferry at the moment. You can see the faint outlines of islands in the distance, but you have no chance of heading out to any of them just yet. Boo. Oh well. There's plenty of places to look around on this island. You didn't exactly get a grand tour yesterday, so take the opportunity to look around and get to know the lay of the land.

Maybe you're the chatty type who wants to get to know everyone else around you. Or maybe you're the type who just wants to mind their own damn business and expects everyone else to, too. No matter what though, as you go through your daily activities over the course of the week you will find that on occasion you will be compelled to tell a lie or spread a rumor about another new resident. You might tell a stranger your new roommate has cute underwear with little bunnies on it. Perhaps you'll tell someone else that the person across the street was programmed with the most tragic backstory on account of being a cyborg. There's no limit to how real or outlandish these stories are.

It almost seems as though it's simply meant to be an annoyance.

And speaking of annoyances? Don't forget to check out what's new on Bicker. You can always contact each other via public Beeks or by sliding into their DMs.

Likewise, you'll find that your personal demons' accounts are live and active and despite what some of them may say, their DMs are also open.

Good luck!

Good morning everybody, and welcome to your week zero mingle! A few notes for clarity.

-This week's effect is a rumor mill! Characters will feel compelled to lie or gossip about other characters at various times, or whenever the rule of funny applies.

-Audiences for the personal demons are now open! Please submit all requests under the correct weekly header.

-Please submit all PC submissions under the correct weekly header.

-The Bicker poll is public! All replies will be public, and players may also post their own Beeks in their toplevels that will be considered public. You are free to reply directly to the appropriate toplevels, or you may create Beeks in your own toplevels with other prompts. Be free.

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Comments

[failbo]

I know, right? I was starting to think I'd have to try again making drinks myself from scratch one of these days!

[Even if the result turned out to be little more than water, it still would have been better than the terrible beer. Alas, it's such a shame the good booze only lasts this night]

[toyska]

I don't think we even have everything we'd need for that. [Maybe they'll get their own distillery... wouldn't that be something...]

[failbo]

Hahaha, hey, you never know. I managed to do something like that with very few supplies in the middle of a deserted island.

[...no, Childe is right. It's not for nothing that it turned out to be as strong as Filbo is -- so yeah, you can be sure the result is incredibly mellow.

Then again...here they sure have more stuff than what he had back on Snaktooth, maybe it would turn out better somehow]

[toyska]

Oh? [Childe tilts his head, looking interested.] What did you use?

[failbo]

The thing is, you don't need to distill anything to begin! I mean, even strong ones can be done without it! I knew this guy who was, ah, experienced with doing things against the law? So he once bragged about how he could make something with kick by...boiling it with precision and gathering the vapors with condensation, and other steps. A few glass jars, some good fire, a...a hose or two...

[Very much an improvised distillery. Still...]

But in the end what matters the most is what you're trying to ferment, right? I had... [Filbo trails off for a moment, blinking and shaking his head. He thought he could talk about it, but turns out it's difficult, after what he associates the Bugsnax to now] ...well, some things grew on that island, a kind of food in there. Can't get it in here so that's irrelevant! But, ah, point is? Point is that here there's a bunch of stuff that maybe with some work can be viable! Sugar, water, something extra, and something to ferment it all are a good start!

[...or something. dont look at me pixi you have no idea how much googling i had to do just now haha i was so tempted to handwave but instead i wrote this detailed tag because im silly i guess.

But yeah, in general, something like yeast or similar seems to be the main obstacle here!]