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superhell2023-03-30 09:33 am
WEEK SEVEN 2: THURSDAY PREGAME EDITION
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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SO CUTE THEY MATCH
bixing looks so charmed as he's mixing up a drink for himself, and leaaans on the bar. ]
If you, right now, drank the Animalese drink and the Stop drink, do you think you'd turn into Godzilla? [ help he's so cute ]
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[ oh no bixing has a lil kigu tail, it's very cute. also i'm godmodding, bixing picked this shirt out for him with zhanlu. anyways. ]
What's that one?
[ nodding at his hands ]
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king kong but ok
anyway, he lifts his drink for lin jingheng to inspect. yes he did pick out his shirt. it is just a little tiny bit tight. just a little. ]
This! This is... the Bloodhound, I think. I haven't had this one yet!
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chuckles. ]
I'll take one too, handsome bartender.
[ he knows what this one does :) ]
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[ bixing looks pleased and goes to get him one, immediately, passing it over and making sure their fingers brush in the process, then holding his own out. ]
Cheers?
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[ the fingers may brush, the love is real in this chilis tonight. he will clink glasses tho and will just lean against the bar and take a sip. this one tastes good but the results are.
well.
he braces himself, looking at bixing and clearing his throat a bit. ]
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barks immediately like five times
and then yelps and covers his mouth
hello ]
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laughs. audibly. loudly. help. ]
Haha! [ and then just. opening an eye mid-laugh kind of—no, definitely barks a few times. ]
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BARKS MORE ]
Stop--! [ and then like bursts into giggles and shoves his face into the crook of his own elbow to keep from barking more ] This one's - woof - this one's the worst!
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I think it suits you.
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barks again
pathetically: ] Woof.
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[ you'll just keep barking :) ]
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he muffles another bark and just shakes his head rapidly, starting to reach for another drink to try and mute the effect some this is torture ]
You're so mean!
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[ wiggling his eyebrows like... a couple times. ]
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anyway he muffles another bark and just
pouts. like the biggest baby lu bixing pout ever. ]
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It's not my fault I think you're good looking! You're just there! With your cheekbones! And your face!
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he ends up not being able to hold it in anymore, he just.
lets out a few very rude barks and a howl for good measure :v awooooooo. ]
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I also love dogs.
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wistfully ]
Me too.... I don't want to be one, though...
[ you already are one ]
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delighted: ] You do think I'm cute!
[ shut the fuck up ]
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