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superhell2023-01-25 10:00 am
hellscapes) wrote in superhell2023-01-25 10:00 am
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WEEK ZERO - MINGLE
Rise and shine, little deadlings. It's a beautiful day here in Hell and you're not gonna get anywhere by sleeping in all morning. After a rocky weekend, you may be finding yourself still trying to make sense of everything. Like…you're dead. Isn't that still so crazy? Wow!
But don't wallow about it. It's time to embrace your new afterlife and take a look at the world around you. You can look outside the windows of your dormitory and see that the reddish sun has risen a little higher in the sky. There's no cheerful sound of birds chirping or anything of the sort. You only have each other right now.
Venturing downstairs, you'll find that the front door has finally unlocked and you're able to step outside. The air is hot, a blast of warm air directly smacking you in the face as your feet step onto the dry, barren wasteland stretching ahead of you. Little cracks and fissures appear under your feet as you walk, glowing crimson as the heat follows after you. But it's worth exploring, don't you think?
For any of you who immediately make a break for the dock, you'll be happy to hear that there isn't a ferry at the moment. You can see the faint outlines of islands in the distance, but you have no chance of heading out to any of them just yet. Boo. Oh well. There's plenty of places to look around on this island. You didn't exactly get a grand tour yesterday, so take the opportunity to look around and get to know the lay of the land.
Maybe you're the chatty type who wants to get to know everyone else around you. Or maybe you're the type who just wants to mind their own damn business and expects everyone else to, too. No matter what though, as you go through your daily activities over the course of the week you will find that on occasion you will be compelled to tell a lie or spread a rumor about another new resident. You might tell a stranger your new roommate has cute underwear with little bunnies on it. Perhaps you'll tell someone else that the person across the street was programmed with the most tragic backstory on account of being a cyborg. There's no limit to how real or outlandish these stories are.
It almost seems as though it's simply meant to be an annoyance.
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.
Good luck!
Good morning everybody, and welcome to your week zero mingle! A few notes for clarity.
-This week's effect is a rumor mill! Characters will feel compelled to lie or gossip about other characters at various times, or whenever the rule of funny applies.
-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.
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Still, Filbo tries not to let that get to him. It's...far harder than it usually is, though. Perhaps he's still shaken by the fact he died, maybe it's everything that happened before his demise, or maybe...maybe it just is that he's the only one of his species here. Coming from a place where grumpuses are the dominant species and there has never been another intelligent beings -- as far as he knows, at least -- it's kind of hard for him to accept this. Perhaps if his situation had been more positive before his death, he'd feel far less closed off and isolated right now, but alas, he doesn't come from the ending where he's happy enough to reach out to others without fear.
So of course, he's at the bar, browsing the really terrible contents within, and checking out the grimy bar. He can be found serving himself some of the terrible beer and just...downing it down in one gulp.]
.........
[He leaves the empty cup aside]
Nope, sure didn't help. Bad quality. Agh, alright, Filbo, come on. First rule when dealing with wildlife, the unknown, and children: they're all more scared of you than you are of them! Yeah, that--that's right.
[...a pause while Filbo kind of scratches some of the grime off the counter.]
Who am I kidding, most are more weirded out than scared. [He's no fool, he can tell he's the strangest thing many have seen in a while. Serving himself another cup of terrible beer] Dunno how to even fix that...
[Only then he realizes he's not alone. Seeing someone else in the bar now, Filbo stares, blinks, looks down at the cup and just mutters...]
...uh, note to self, whoever said hearing things aloud made it easier to deal with was wrong.
[Because he sure would feel less awkward not having been heard muttering all this, he thinks, downing the second beer. Augh, why is it so bad...
Later, though, he's at the counter, having cleaned it a little. It's hard to get it clean enough, but hey, he tried. When he sees someone, he waves at them]
Hey, come here! I kinda got a question. Hey, do you know, uh, what demons like?
[Not a question he thought he'd ask in his life. He has a notebook nearby, which, well, he has been using to write down things instead of talking aloud. Look, he needs an outlet for his thoughts, this is seriously stressful, hah]
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They like to dine on the misery and suffering of mortals.
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[In that case perhaps they'll get a lot of it around here, welp]
Uh, why do they do that, anyway? For fun, or is it like...something they absolutely have to do to live?
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[Minor enough they're just annoying, but, well, is living in constant annoyance much better than being outright miserable all the time?]
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[Can't disagree there, pal]
Causing misery on all of us by giving really watered down beer when we have to gain a resistance to alcohol. We got the odds stacked against us!
[And not everyone is a large blue creature who, by virtue of his size, already has some advantage due to needing more alcohol to begin feeling buzzed. Best of luck, everyone else!]
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But at least they're going for a "creative" approach, instead of just torturing us outright. Or destroying us.
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...a little too good to be true.
[There must be a catch to the whole 'outdrink Satan' thing, really. As in what happens afterwards can't be as simple as just returning home...]
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Depends on the demon!
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[Personalities are a thing that exist, after all!]
So, nothing that they all like? Maybe there's some point in common, I had thought...
[It'd be really convenient]
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[He shrugs]
Things are a little bit awkward, what with...you know, the situation we're in right now? And I'm pretty sure about half of them aren't exactly thrilled about having to deal with it either, so... [Based on their personalities, at least] May as well try to go with something so I'm not outright destroyed where I stand?
[Have you seen their size, Mephisto? Have you seen how kind of surly a couple of them are? This is a valid concern, in his opinion...and, well, it also is partly fueled by his very much ingrained fear he feels at this canon point about being hated, so that doesn't help either, hah]