WEEK FIVE - MINGLE

[hellscapes]

Rise and shine, little deadlings. Were you able to rest easy knowing you let one mystery go unsolved? Hmm...never fear. Satan's grace has shined upon you and you have more opportunities to show just why you deserve an invite to the house party.

For those of you who slept in the dorm last night, when you make your way downstairs to head off for the day you'll be greeted with a new message on the white board in the common room.

Two Weeks and Four Days Until Satan's House Party!!

The countdown continues...

But out the door you go for another busy week. At the dock, there's a ferry happily floating on the lava and waiting for you to climb aboard. While there are still several islands in your line of vision you can't quite see, it seems as though the ferry can now shuttle you between all of the previous islands and a new location called Animal Kingdom. A wild time awaits you. Though should you find yourselves returning to more familiar bars, you may find a new menu item awaits them!

With the new week comes new change, of course. You've probably grown accustom to this by now (or maybe you haven't even noticed the correlation of the weekly changes.) But at least you no longer have to struggle with your insecurities and flounder uselessly to prove you're #1. After all who cares, right? You obviously know you're #1. Nobody can argue with you on that one. Look at you. You're here! You're strong! You're powerful! Nothing can stand in your way this week, and you find yourself filled to the brim with all the confidence in the world. Some may even call it being over-assertive, seeing how you'll find yourself acting on inhibitions you may not before and being more assured in everything that you do. In the animal world? Some may even call you the alpha.

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

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.

Enjoy yourselves!

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

-This week's effect is heightened confidence, or what we lovingly call "alpha week." While it does not have to be a consistent thing, this week your character will swing back from all of their insecurities by being filled with overconfidence (and sometimes arrogance.) Now's the time to see how bold you can be and push the envelope a little. Your hubris doesn't matter here.

-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

[firstandgreatest]

[ look its fine sometimes you can wrangle a himbo into something decent ]

Obviously that's part of the contest!

[ he will just start downing shitty beer without waiting for the sign to go. he could at least drink the so-so beer, but NO. ]

[ontrend]

Yeah?

[that's a very inquisitive yeah. tell him more about this idiot you're so fond of.]

[voidshift]

I think you can count on at least that much, and it might improve from there.

[twinsightful]

[ meanwhile, there's the blue-masked twin. ]

I don't know if I'd really call this ironic.

[ontrend]

Yeah, I got dragged along to a lot of Dad's political parties and stuff before I figured out how to get out of it, so I learned.

It's pretty easy to pick up, though.

[selfdestructs]

What an honor this is~

[ steps away from the wall and puts her hand in his ]

Well considering you're like my dad or something, I don't think Kon will mind.

[engineers]

[ the warm affection love feeling just gets worse, unfortunately, at that quiet response, and lu bixing just smiles at him, a little dopey as he keeps a hand on lin jingheng's waist - pulling him in closer, chest to chest, maybe a little sudden. a little roguish, voice dropping playfully, he says; ]

I can think of something, I think.

[ it's a week full of confidence, which means lu bixing's not even a little shy about tipping lin jingheng's chin up with his other hand and using it to steal a kiss, like the cheeky little brat that he actually is. right there on the dance floor! ]

[twinsolent]

[ the inquisitiveness actually makes him realize he was talking about that with any kind of fondness and so he twirls kuranosuke ]

Yep. [ popping the p ] But he was fun to mess with, so we stuck around.

[voidshift]

You both have an eye for it.

[their STYLING.]

Might as well show it off, then-- want to join me?

[ragesqueaks]

[ hehe. he leans with the scritches and then kind of tugs her a little to get her to start walking to the table for their snacks. ]

There's these little cheesecake things that're really good. And these meat and cheese things. And these other cheese puff pasty things! [ it is possible he just really has sampled a bunch of cheesy snacks. ]

[tearduct]

[AH. He looks away, then back. Then kind of smirks a bit.]

You look good?

[gloomist]

... Maybe I'll just have Shadow push someone down the stairs...

[tearduct]

[DON'T TEASING SMILE HIM NOW. THE LACK OF ONE EARLIER MADE HIM SUS.]

Kaoru did.

[voidshift]

I wouldn't say that, but I would like it if you came along.

[it might be a lil bit]

[tearduct]

[He laughs some.]

That's what matters then. Right?

[teambalance]

[ he sighs very dramatically like he is sooooooo put out by this. but then starts heading over... FINE!!!!!!! ]

[firstandgreatest]

[ he stops, as if he suddenly has realized he's wearing more clothes, and then scratches at the sleeves. ]

Yeah, and it's way too hot, man! I gotta get out of it soon or I'm gonna sweat to death!

[ no!!!!!! ]

I'll drink anything! Even the weird ones! What're you gonna do?

[onlythans]

As you wish.

[Which is why he doesn't, strictly speaking, talk her through how to get arranged properly or where to put her arms in relation to his, because that would draw attention to the premise that she doesn't know what she's doing. He just watches her body language instead, tracks the moments when it's apparent she's figuring out how she needs to position and referencing what other people are doing, and casually intercedes to get her into place like that's just a natural part of him leading.]

Here we go.

[He's probably leading her in a waltz, so as long as she's staying aligned with him and not tempted to pull away or fight the flow of the steps, following after him isn't really all that difficult.]

[ragesqueaks]

[ heee. he will just pull the dessert closer to what is probably a small mountain of treats now. ]

It's definitely the thought that counts! There's a difference between stuff I can get myself and offerings from other people. [ spoilers: offerings are better. ]

[teambalance]

As long as no one just assumes I'm always gonna wear a dress whenever!

[ why........ would they assume that............ ]

[twinsolent]

Oh, you remembered. [ leaning closer towards him with that same smile ] Mm... Well, I do have good taste, don't I?

[ this is gaslighting. ]

[voidshift]

[glances at vex talking about pushing people down the stairs, that last one may not last, but he says nothing about it.]

It's not the kind of music I'm used to, but-- I think I like it. Seems like nearly everyone's enjoying themselves, too.

[firstandgreatest]

Yeah!

[ he does not take the hand because that is not how he dances, which is more Extremely Drunk Boy in the club. But you know what? it's enthusiastic. ]

[ontrend]

Yeah, of course! Don't worry - it's easy to pick up.

[he's just assuming that he has to teach everyone who tells him to lead tbh. he'll lead her over to the dance floor!]

Thanks! Yoru picked out the mask, and I found something that works with it. Your whole outfit looks awesome!

[firstandgreatest]

[ with his mouth full ]

Yafrf 'hink 'is as 'eans innit?

[ i mean he's not dying so probably not. ]