WEEK SEVEN - MINGLE

[hellscapes]

Rise and shine, little deadlings. Change is coming. Satan's grace has shined upon you...and you made it. Congratulations to those of you who wake up in Gehenna this morning.

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.

Four Days Until Satan's House Party!! Congrats on Your Invite!!

The countdown continues...

It's funny. You've all played along for so long. It's been so many weeks of hard work, of training, of experiencing new things and trying to figure out the best game strategy for the drink-off, but at the same time you've lost so much. It may even feel as though all of this was for naught. Some of you may have even lost hope along the way. But hey. Haven't you heard? The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Walking out of the dorm, it's immediately obvious something is different. It's in the atmosphere, and unlike before, you can hear ambient sounds in the distance and all around you. It's the sound of other people. Other establishments. Other islands and other residents, all things you haven't experienced before in your isolated dimension. Bicker is popping off from a million accounts, no longer just you newbies. Anywhere you go there are strangers, human and demon alike, just living their afterlives. At the dock, the ferry is happily floating on the lava, waiting for you to climb aboard. While there are still several unknowable islands on the horizon, the ferry can now shuttle you between all of the previous islands and the largest island in all of Hell. This island can be seen from just about every other point of this realm, but it's even larger than life when you finally arrive. Should you find yourselves returning to more familiar bars, you may find that along with new faces - real bartenders, thank God - new menu items await you as well.

But maybe you'll be too busy for that. After all, for some of you it isn't just your surroundings that are different when you wake up. You may feel better than ever, like a part of you has been revitalized, or... like a part of you has been switched back on. Abilities you once had in your living life have been returned to your possession, but do keep in mind the rules and regulations of Hell. Don't abuse them, now! Be a good neighbor.

Everywhere you look there's the buzz and excitement of the upcoming party, and everywhere you travel feels more open than before. You're less limited, less isolated, and perhaps you'll even run into a familiar face in the crowds, if you're lucky.

But there are a few consequences that come with being abruptly ejected from a quarantine zone and into the real realm of Hell. Some things need to be recalibrated, and throughout the course of the week you may find yourself experiencing different effects you underwent during your previous weeks here. Maybe one day you find yourself experiencing a loss of your senses. Maybe the next you're falling back into those memory-sharing holes. And maybe another you're t-posing each other to assert your dominance without realizing how stupid you look.

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

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 the week of pregaming!

Good morning everybody, and welcome to your week seven mingle, aka the final mingle for endgame week! A few notes for clarity.

-This week's effect is everything. That is to say, you are free to either not be affected by anything at all, or you may play with the different effects that have come up during the course of the game to play out with people you may have missed opportunities with! As a reminder, the effects are:

-Rumor Mill (aka the compulsion to tell a lie or spread a rumor about someone)
-Emotional Overload (aka experiencing intense emotions and the inability to calm down until they're shared)
-Loss (aka loss of senses, memories, abilities, etc.)
-Memshare (self-explanatory)
-Heightened insecurities
-Overconfidence
-Touch

-As noted in the blurb above, those of you who have powers in your canons now have access to these again (outside of anything game-breaking.) Any items from home may be unnerfed as well. Please use your powers responsibly! Abuse of powers or harming random residents will be flagged to the HPD and your powers will be shut down for 24 hours.

-If you "die" you come back within three hours. All injuries, including old ones, now heal at an accelerated rate, but the specific time and amount is up to you oocly.

-Also as noted in the blurb above... Hell has a few more residents than usual! That is to say, along with now being populated with its own residents, characters who have died and were in the graveyard are now available to you once more. There is no longer a barrier between you guys. Be free.

-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.

-Finally, we will not have a trial this Saturday but we will be having our endgame event, aka SATAN'S PARTY. Please let us know if you will not be available, but otherwise we'll see you then!

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Comments

[refate]

I. what the fuck are you doing here (living specific)

[


uh?

kon looks up from where he was previously occupied looking through a shop's outside stock, apparently getting some ingredients for cooking and other busy work, blinking when he realizes that he's. looking at someone that's presumably alive. ("alive" by hell's standards.) he does the john travolta looking around, briefly, before back at said living person. slowly... raises his hand? he has both of those again, by the way. ] ... okay, did something happen when we weren't watching the show? Did you guys just completely nuke yourselves at the finish line? Hey..?

II. obligatory babybot

[ at some point, yoru has been reunited with kon. he's full on clinging to him with all of his limbs, and kon doesn't really need to support him with a hand with how tightly he's attached onto him.

you're welcome to overhear: ] I'm mad at you! Yeah, I know. Stop going where I can't follow!! You're acting like I had a choice this time, Yoru...

[ yoru lifts his head up and looks at whoever's nearby, demanding: ] Tell him how dumb he is!

III. wildcard

[ give me anything or PC me binches ]

i

[selfdestructs]

[ the way i didnt even finish reading this.... ]





[ just this ]

[refate]

Fu - Hana! [ and kon completely eats shit from the sheer momentum of gamer girl tackling him. ]

[selfdestructs]

[ sorry about your groceries (not) ]


YOU!!

[refate]

Me. [ wheeze laughs ]

[selfdestructs]

[ everyone look away, its bout to get het up in here.

dva is on top now.


smooches him. ]

[refate]

[ in front of multiple gods and everyone in hell!

that's fine he doesn't push her off. ]

[selfdestructs]

[ and yoru, but he's used to it.

after a moment, with a big dumb smile on her face ]

Hey.

[awol]

[ a very tall blonde man with a familiar blue core strapped to his chest just kind of cocks his head to the side for a second. ]

I agree, it wasn't exactly his fault.

[ jingheng coming up behind him just makes a "tch" noise. ]

[refate]

... Zhanlu?

[ at least he's like. able to put the math together when he sees the core and also jingheng. ]

[awol]

Kon Shinonome.

[ when he bows, a little streak of blue data follows the motion up and down. ]

I have been all of my data from while I was asleep. Am I correct?

[refate]

You're correct. So everybody's unnerfed, huh. Guess that makes sense...

[ looks between zhanlu and jingheng like !!! your robot! ]

I get to be friends with Zhanlu now!

[awol]

Yeah. He's awake.

[ and while yoru goes to accost zhanlu, jingheng is just here in front of god and everyone going to just—





hug kon i'm sorry. like a full body (careful of anything that might seem tender or hurt) hug. ]

Hello, Yoru. You have a much larger vocabulary now. That is... [ a little tilt of the head like he's searching for something... ] Delightful.

[refate]

[ everyone needs to stop accosting kon in front of multiple gods and everyone he's going to lose his mind at some point. (no)

he just goes still in surprise before returning the embrace, both arms around him and squeezing. he's fine nothing's hurt.



yoru peers up at zhanlu. snow steals the tt text from char. ] I was reverted to something like my earliest programming, which was very basic and in earlier developmental stages roughly equivalent to a preschooler. We think Hell made my vocabulary more rudimentary, too!

[engineers]

[ you know who's still hurt? bixing. you know who does not care

its bixing


because he sees kon and just like, yelps, and then just picks him up WAY off the ground in a hug ]

Kon!!

[refate]

TeaahhhHHOH MY GOD. Jesus!

[ WHY ]

Isn't every bone in your body broken!? Put me down you lunatic!

[engineers]

[ holds him up in the air like simba ]

It was just my ribs, and - I'm fine, now, don't worry about it! You're here! You're okay!

[refate]

[ dangles much like simba. kon is a smidge taller and heavier than him. he hates this. ]

You're here - we were here first. None of you are double dead, right? Put me down.

[engineers]

Oh, no, I hope Thancred wasn't right.

[ yikes. he looks around briefly. he is still holding kon up in the air like simba. ]

I don't think I'm double dead. If someone poisoned me in my sleep, that'd be almost impressive. This is where you've been the whole time... I have so many questions -

[ wait ]

Oh. [ he puts him down and brushes his shoulders off. ] Sorry. [ and then just puts his hands on his shoulders and beams at him. mY BABY ]

[refate]

The voicemail I left the Commander was because I saw the traps that were left in Frosty Peaks. Apparently double dead Hell has early access to islands, so last Monday we got the city.

[ tolerates being dangled until he's put down. lets bixing dust him off.

and then just hugs him with an exasperated but fond noise. ]

[engineers]

[ uweeeeehhhh

he's so happy at the hug that he just hugs him back, squeezing gently. ]

Thank you. [ weh. ] I'm so, so glad to see you, Kon.

ii

[eleusinia]

[ floating overhead: ]

Did someone get a software upgrade?

[refate]

Kind of a restoration more than an upgrade. He's back to normal now.

I can re-access all of my data stores and vocabulary now! But "Yoru is Yoru." Pretty Percy is flying, though!

[eleusinia]

[ waves her hand nonchalantly ] It's a goddess thing.

[ but now, to kon: ] So what the heck were you all up to over there?

ii

[selfdestructs]

[ hi. it's me again.

i just need it to be known that dva lets this happen, watches it with a smile on her face, actually. ]

Yoru is right!! Kon is the biggest dummy!!

[ get his ass yoru. ]