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

[cavaliered]

I have not sat here and heard every single one of you assed hats tell me that I should want to be alive again for like, six weeks, for this to be a constant conversation topic.

[anothen]

[ ]

I'm technically not alive to begin with and my matters are a bit... Less pressing, when it comes to time, but you should live.

[cavaliered]

I meant it more in general, I know your shit's complicated. I do want to.

[anothen]

I'm glad to hear that, Gideon mate.

[ Gives her a hefty pat on the shoulder. ]

[cavaliered]

[her lips twitch a little. she doesn't say anything, but she appreciates this.]

[engineers]

[ wanders over and nudges shoulder against other side gently. bump ]

[cavaliered]

[hands him her drink without hesitation.]

[engineers]

[ takes it

types something on his personal device

does a mock cheers and downs it ]

I don't think I've actually had this one yet. [ leans a little on though. nonverbal you ok ]

[cavaliered]

[she will not tell him what it does.

she leans against him also, and relaxes a little.]

Have fun. [it's not an answer, but she seems less prickly.]

[engineers]

It's nice to see everyone having fun, isn't it?

[ watching


whatever is happening and sips his drink.

like a casual aside - ] Data set unavailable.

[cavaliered]

[this is all so stupid but like, honestly, she's having a good time watching people dick around like this. it's a better community than anything she's ever known, which is really funny.

the little aside makes her snort.]

For who? [she asks, innocently.]

[engineers]

[ the bar is so low ]

You! Why would I... [ he looks down at the drink and frowns....... ]

... Oh. Good. Yeah. Data set definitely not found! I have scientific integrity.

[cavaliered]

[snortlaughs.

points at zagreus.] Do that one.

[engineers]

8. Aesthetically pleasing and muscular, but it's a little too muscular, you know? Makes it a little flatter.

[ sips ]

[cavaliered]

Ew, first. [you ASKED.] So from that I can guess that Childe's is a worse rating.

[this is logic]

[toyska]

[WHAT are you two doing]

[engineers]

Hm, yeah. Like a five or a six, aesthetically. I think it's lacking something.

[toyska]

She's right, though. If you're all going to vie for the chance to stay behind over each other, this just turns into a self-sacrificial dead end.

[Even if Zag has a fair point about his own life/death status, there's no sense in going in circles, in his opinion.]

[cavaliered]

[thank you childe for being more eloquent than her. pats him arm.]

[toyska]

[When you right, you right]

[preordain]

There are people who already are planning on staying, so there's not much need for everyone to shove each other out of the way for this so others don't have to.

[toyska]

[He nods.]

Right, exactly.

[astika]

Agreed.

[engineers]

Yes, and we are not doing that.

[ so proud of gideon atm ]

[anothen]

[ SELF-SACRIFICE? IS THIS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? ]

Then I hope that your words reach their ears. I'd prefer that we don't rely on this kind of plan, to be clear.