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superhell2023-03-26 05:19 pm
WEEK SEVEN - MINGLE
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.
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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Oh - Date, what is this! Hello there!
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!! Hello!! Lu Bixing!! Date, Date-- Date it's Lu Bixing!!
[ ("I need you to stop, your crush on the married man is embarrassing" "I do not have a crush on him -- he is a scientist of some talent, I want to ask him about the Eighth Galaxy and the technology there!" "He is literally right there Aiba, just ask him.")
give them a moment. ]
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lu bixing looks very, very amused and delighted as this is going on, and lets it go for a minute, reaching for his watch to start to tiptap at his usual little screen. ]
Aiba, you said? It's nice to meet you for real - you can ask me all the questions you want, if you let me ask some questions about you, how does that sound?
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That sounds wonderful. I had wanted to ask if artificial intelligence such as myself exists in your time, but having seen Zhanlu I suspect the answer must be yes. Are we common place where you're from? Are there many of us?
[ date is now looking up at the sky. exhausting. ]
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[ he holds both of his hands out if she wants to come over so she doesn't get shoved back into his eye socket. this is the baby? he loves aiba? ]
Though I've never seen one quite like you! You are fascinating yourself, Aiba. [ more tasingly, to date: ] I can't believe you were hiding this the entire time.
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I am quite rare where I am from, and if you are speak technically I fall under the class of "top secret government knowledge". Date is used to keeping me secret.
Some people saw her in my memories, so I didn't have much choice. Technically, you were one of them y'know. Who did you think was running around that Somnium in my place?
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Hah, I could tell! You are definitely one of a kind! [ aiba and zhanlu do have to be besties now. he's sparkling a little too, though, admiring, and for the memory... ]
Oh! The girl with - I see.
[ bixing, thankfully, is smart unlike sisi who is dumb and he makes that connection right away. i get it now. ] Well, I'm happy I've gotten to meet your acquaintance like this, Aiba. I have so many questions about you. Date might pass out if he had to hear them all.
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It is much easier for me to move around in that form inside of a Somnium. I am quite fond of it.
You look like a shrimp.
I do not!
[ this might go back and forth for a bit, but they will, eventually, stop. ]
I am happy to answer any and all questions. Please, ignore Date and ask them.
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[ she's adorable thanks. this is teasing anyway and bixing grins at them both, clapping his hands together. ]
Tell you what! I'll ply Date with coffee and we can chat. How does that sound? I need to sit down.
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[ that's the truth. ]
I think that sounds good. He is easily bribed.