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Who: everyone
Where: GAME TOWER
When: Day 8, morning

[ as the GAME ALERT goes off on idols' phones and pulls up the map app, the monitors in the lobby of the game tower similarly flare to life, showing the face of a white-haired man with eerily green eyes and matching painted nails, leaning very close to the camera and waving with both hands. the elevators are open and waiting, with the floor indicator lights over the doors showing unit names instead of numbers. trying to enter another unit's elevator just won't work, for whatever reason. there are more monitors inside the elevators, in case any of you were worried about missing this guy's intro spiel on the ride up. ]

Good morning, everyone! Thank you for tuning in~! As you may have seen on our website, today we'll be collaborating with some very special, very exciting guests-

[ he steps back, and the camera pans out until the top half of his figure is relegated to one of the bottom corners of the display, to make room for a large screen; he gestures at it with a fling of both arms, and logos with each of the units' names fill the screen. ]

-My very own juniors from Imeeji Idol Productions!

[ as he keeps talking, the logos fade out and change to a slideshow of pictures of the characters in Imeeji, some group shots, some solo, all candid shots from their past few days here, expertly taken (and in some cases possibly edited a little). ]

As some of you probably already know, it's only been a short time since I graduated from being an idol, so this will be my first time on this end of the "host and idol" interaction! Since it's an important occasion, I arranged for a special theme for today's program- mahjong! Ja-jannnn!

[ he gesticulates at the screen again, and the last shot of someone's face is replaced by this image. ]

But the goal of this game isn't building sets like your standard riichi. These tiles are just simple tools for our idols to use to show us their resolve! Their compassion! Their devotion! And most of all, their luck!

[ the camera angle switches to one where his torso is centered in the frame when he claps his hands, and he smiles brightly from the monitor. ]

But they're not the only ones who'll be working hard! Remember, everyone - idols thrive on love! That's why, please support them with everything you have! The only way the unit you hold in your heart the most can beat the others is if you cheer them on with all your love!

And with that, leeeeeet's go~☆!

[ the screens flick off and the elevator doors open, not to the large stage, but to individual rooms. as soon as you step into your unit's room, the instructions will appear on your phones. ]

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No, I...

... A lot of people picked their unit. And I know I said during that whole thing that Silver would probably get why if we picked their team, but if we actually had, we would have just been another name against them.

[ It's me, I'm actually the shitty brother. ]

Edited 2018-06-30 06:58 (UTC)

The names and the numbers go together in a set, don't they? We didn't play over a four; if the worst thing that happened to them was they get to miss out on the desperate teen boy BO here for a day or two, who cares, that's a favor! Either way, family should want to cover for each other. Otherwise what's the point?

[ He snorts a little bit after a moment, covering up a laugh, or as close to one as Gold's ever gotten. ]

... Yeah, don't think I could have been okay with putting something like a seven down on their team. I just still feel like shit for acting like anything would be okay.

We wouldn't have put a seven on his team. You know that, right? So anything--anything we would've actually done--would've been okay. You were fine.

Shitty feelings are still hard to shake off.

[ But exhaling slowly, trying to stabilize himself again. ]

I'll talk with him later about it. I just want him to know.

Yeah... Yeah, makes sense, talking's...probably good, I guess. Sounds like a well-adjusted thing to do.

Think we should try it out more often too?

Is there something else you want to talk about?

Yeah, I wanna know how you're doing. The second round didn't exactly go smoothly all around.

I don't want people targeting my team. I don't want people thinking they can get away with targeting my team. I don't want us letting people get away with it.

Only one team picked us with a value over seven. Looking at the results, it looks like the four same teams were the only ones to play that way.

They plucked out Ace's eyes and then said 'yeah, sweet, let's try that one again'. If you're trying to get me to see some sort of hypothetical bright side, don't.

I'm saying we don't need potentially don't need to spread our efforts across every team and should only focus on a few for now.

Well, yeah. We deal with threats, we're fair, not evil.

And we talk with the people we think will be allies to establish that and be clear about our own way to play.

... Once we establish that among our own unit.

And what do you think that way is?

[ The rude competitive me says to target non-allies aggressively but also that feels bad. ]

No idea.

[actually it feels pretty good, you should try it???]

The way I see it... We protect ourselves, 'cause nobody else will. And you guys can come up with some kind of "fair" way to do it, whatever, I don't care. But if someone attacks me and my people that shouldn't be allowed to let slide.

Cardigan already gave everyone an earful. Not too many people were pleased with it either.

Edited 2018-07-01 00:41 (UTC)

Words don't mean anything if you don't back them up with actions.

Didn't she pick a couple actual fights?

Not enough.

[ *THEY sorry Cardigan. ]

Making enemies isn't going to help us.

Most of those enemies made themselves.

A few did that. The rest didn't agree with the timing.