superhell | WEEK SEVEN

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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.

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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That's the question. I like the line of thinking of using truth or dare, to be quite honest - I think what Filbo said was smart. King's Cup itself gives us the widest breadth of options of all the ones we played before.

We could use the rule of the 'king' to add new rules to the game as we normally do, and bit by bit, we can build on the rules to our benefit during until we've successfully created something of a trap. It gives us a total of four kings, with an approximately 7.9% chance of drawing one, to build in a little bit of competitive edge. Let Satan build his own rules in the deck if he picks one - he can ultimately decide what he sees as harsh, based on his own perception. If we work with the idea of it being beneficial to him, lets trust him enough to work with us in a fair game.

To make it Satan's cup, why don't we add the jokers in? That's two extra cards. We could pin life or death on luck, so to speak; I'm open to suggestions for what to do with them.

[she nods.]

I don't think it's a bad idea, but I don't think our goal should be to trap him. He can see everything we plan, so we're unlikely to have success, and we risk alienating someone who is potentially an ally. If anything, we may want him to agree to play this for the stakes we propose in advance of the party.

[ he nods! ]

That's what I mean - I guess I should've said [ airquotes ] "trap". One agreed upon in advance. What's politics without a little smoke and mirrors, anyway?

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...Yes. That makes sense to me; the viewers will understand letting us go because of the results of a challenging game better than they'll understand pure leniency.

The game can't appear too easy, however. It will have to be something we could genuinely fail at, or at least appear that way.

If anything, we can have it so that some people fail it, to make it more realistic. As long as it's set up that we just need one winner on our side for us to get what we want.

[it won't be you!!!!!!

no she recognizes that this is a good plan.]

It's likely more exciting if it comes down to one challenger versus Satan, in the end.

Right. We can try to narrow it down to who might be the most dramatic, or at least have several options to fall back on.

Agreed.

[ he looks thoughtful, tapping his fingers absently against the inside of his arms. ]

The angle of chance only works in small portions, too. We could play a bit with tolerance levels on top of chance, and have people eliminated from the game based on that on top of their results or unwillingness to play along. Additionally, we might want to build in a 'no softballs' rule - whatever dares, never have Is, or whatever other cards will need to be stringently high risk, and no performance means you're out.

A roughly 3.7% chance to get the joker card, and a 7.41% chance for one of the kings that could change the rules. If we can find a way to rig it so we're down to one king and one joker towards the end, it could be more exciting - a down to the wire game of chance for tension for television.

I'm pretty sure I could manage to switch out a card without it getting caught on camera or anything if needed, so feel free to keep that in mind.

Plenty of us are good at causing chaos, too, if you need distractions.

[As evidenced by this entire fucking meeting]

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Since it is a drinking game, it also raises the stakes for the competition with Satan. If we agree to compete in it, we are risking drawing a card that harms our chances in the contest later.

I suspect making a sacrifice like that for the chance of higher rewards will play well.

Precisely.

Not to mention, it's great marketing on the political side. A once in a lifetime game for a once in a lifetime party; the headlines write themselves. Plus, it sets the groundwork for him to offer it again if he does choose to do another round beyond us, and he can tweak the rules with the built in flexibility.

A win-win.

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failbo - 2023-03-30 02:43 (UTC) - Expand

I kinda like this. It gives us a chance to mix other things up in it, like the party we had. It isn't just one or the other. That way, it's still interesting for the watchers...?

[ he nods!! ]

Exactly. We can build all of these plans [ including dating the hamster (no) ] into a game like this, too, with enough finagling.

[ and then with an encouraging smile: ] It was your idea first, you know. I just built off it a little.

[Grins wryly.]

Credit goes to that blockhead Lavi. He was on the right track going the wrong speed.

Leave it to the track star to kick it up a notch!

[ cute ] I think we're onto something.

Agreed. If everyone just did something like beat each other up nonstop for hours, it'd be dull to watch. Even Childe and Scaramouche don't try to kill the other for that long in one sitting.

Maybe we can dare him to let you guys play, too. Eh, Chandra?

Especially if one of used a card to alter the rules so a dare had to be completed.

That would backfire on you, so sure, it'd make for good entertainment.

Don't jinx us!

[he just laughs]

I like this, too. It also lets us incorporate some of the other ideas. We can generate some drama and tension, plan some big arguments and fights around the game that will keep the interest of the viewers. We can also sow some confusion as to what we want to achieve.

We could even ask for the ultimate victory to be made a ruler of hell, but fail to achieve that and make it appear that returning home or deciding the fates of others was a consolation prize.

[He nods.]

It gives us the most wiggle room, it's something he'd probably be willing to accept, and it gives us an opportunity to keep from being suspicious because we're entertaining.

If it's something everyone is okay with and we don't have any better options, let's do it.

Personally, I want revenge on the personal demons for torturing us these past few weeks. Perhaps if we impress Satan, he will grant us a say over their fates as well.

[A small snort.]

...Me too. I still owe two of them for slinging me out of the bumper cars weeks ago.

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