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

[twinsolent]

[ kaoru can be so cruel it's true. he'd be merciless. meanwhile hikaru lets akira making faces go because he is so nice? "he gaslit him for a while" so nice. ]

Well, yeah. We're used to working with good looking guys. [ casually ]

[tearduct]

[(text which faded in on the screen) Akira will remember this.]

Yeah, I saw them. [WAIT.] So you're admitting I'm a good looking guy...?

[This isn't the dunk he thinks it is.]

[twinsolent]

Yeah? [ absolutely unbothered im so sorry Akira you tried ] That's what I just said. You've got a good body type.

[tearduct]

[He looks momentarily disgruntled in a not-serious way. NO, his dunk. It got reversed onto him, and now Hikaru is saying he has a hot body. "that isn't what he said" a hot body, told to him by a guy]

Okay, even though you're right, that's enough. I can't take hearing you say I'm sexy.

[twinsolent]

Trust me, that's not what I said. Your personality doesn't work for sexy.

[ no one wants to hear that from someone who has a bad personality themselves but hikaru kind of hums after that and leans forward again ]

But you seem to like it when Kaoru compliments you...?

[tearduct]

[He makes a dubious expression at the lean-in and call out. He looks away with his eyes.]

You said I wasn't your type, so I can't trust your compliments. Maybe you're just trying to gas me up for laughs...

[Looks back at Hikaru pointedly to see what Hikaru will say.]

[twinsolent]

[ immediately; ]

So that means you think you're Kaoru's type?

[tearduct]

[If he could have ???? over his head, he would.]

He has a type...?

[twinsolent]

[ you can practically see his remaining respect for akira plummet and vanish ]




Wow.

[tearduct]

[The respect was so small it was almost gone anyway. He looks like he isn't sure why he garnered this mean response. He's innocent.]

I mean, I never thought about it...

[twinsolent]

Sure.

[ condescendingly pats his shoulder ]

Anyway, of course he's got a type. Everyone does.

[tearduct]

[Rude? He peers at Hikaru.]

You, too?

[Hmm? Hmm?]

[twinsolent]

... Yeah...?

[ why is he being weird about this. ]

[tearduct]

[Realizing this does seem very weird out of context. Maybe he's trying to figure out if he's Hikaru's type? Who knows.]

So what is it?

[Look. Kaoru said he should ask, and he's feeling bold this week.]

[twinsolent]

[ kaoru specifically told him to ask about his taste in men this unspecifity is a trap because hikaru smiles, fake ]

The kind who like someone else, I guess.

[tearduct]

[Wait...

HE STARTS FUCKING MATH LADY MEMEING SO BAD.]

[twinsolent]

I can see you overthinking from here. [ flicks his forehead ] Stop wondering about this shit.

[tearduct]

[He playfully flinches and squints his eyes under the flick.]

I was just curious...

[twinsolent]

There's nothing to be curious about.

[tearduct]

Well, we're at a party. Maybe there are plenty of your types wandering around.

[Rubs--well, the mask over his head.]

[twinsolent]

It's you guys, so... No, there aren't? [ akira? please? ] Even if there were, I'm...

[ hm. shrugs and doesn't finish that sentence ]

[tearduct]

[...??

He waits for Hikaru to finish, but there is nothing.]

...taken?

[twinsolent]

[ he laughs reflexively, a little humorless and then covers his mouth but he does look overall amused ]

No. That's... [ his smile is wry ] Let's go with "not interested right now". Why are you so curious about this?

[tearduct]

[DON'T LAUGH. He was being sincere!!!]

Oh. [His face twists, but not in anger or irritation.] I dunno. I just...

[It looks like he can't figure out how to say what he wants.]

Felt like I understood, I guess.

[twinsolent]

[ the sincerity is why he laughed, okay!! ]

... What did you feel you understood, exactly?

[ he just sounds curious ]