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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[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 ]

[tearduct]

[He looks at Hikaru, but sort of hesitates a moment.]

...When you talked about her.

1/2

[twinsolent]

[ ah. ]

[twinsolent]

[ his smile is part embarrassed and part wry, shoving his hands in his pockets ]

I liked her. [ he'll confirm as much. ] But she rejected me. And I helped her confess to someone else. And then I died. So... it's not like that.

[ he shrugs ]

Kind of pathetic it's still obvious, though.

[tearduct]

[Oh.......

He looks like he has made a social uh-oh, wincing very slightly. What the fck kinda drama is this.]

No... it's not. It just means you're not alone.

[twinsolent]

[ he tried to steer you away akira!!! he tried!!!! ]



It's kind of a really specific scenario to not be alone in. [ akira your life is sad enough do not say this happened to you too ]

[tearduct]

It's--a little different, but... I get it.

[His is admittedly worse, but ignore that. Looks at (redacted) and sweats.]

[twinsolent]

[ looks at redacted also and dies inside ]

... There's nothing too deep to get, really. [ please focus on your problems. ] Don't worry about it.

[tearduct]

[He seems disgruntled not because the situations are uneven but because his concern his being dismissed.

He can care about who he wants to care about, you fuck!]

I am worrying about it.

[He's confident in his worry.]

[twinsolent]

[ DOES HE HAVE TO CARE IN PUBLIC THIS IS EMBARRASSING ]

What are you... Look, there's nothing to worry about?

[tearduct]

[Yeah, suffer. You think empaths have a choice when they care?]

I don't believe that, but okay.

[twinsolent]

[ this is not making him feel less pathetic actually so he just sticks his tongue out ]

Believe what you want. It's a party, Devil-boy. Go have fun instead of worrying about stuff that's been over longer than you've been dead~