NEW MEAT & TANABATA

[idolpro]

Who: Everyone~
When: Day 12, forward dated slightly
What: Tanabata ☆

[ Good morning, idols! It's. . . it's morning, right?

Even though your clocks are correct and it is the AM, the sun isn't out in the sky yet. More than that, the stars are shining ever so brilliantly today - you can see the entire Milky Way system here, in fact so clearly that it feels like you could reach out and touch them.

You'll find a message on your phones:

Producers: TANABATA POTLUCK today at Shinjuku Gyoen! Bring a dish, any dish! Share with your friends! Share with your foes! Get along with anyone and everyone! Today marks a special anniversary, the one fated meeting of the star-crossed! Anything can happen here ♥
Producers: And who knows? There may be a few opportunities for you to get some points ☆
Producers: Make sure to put on a good show for us, idols! Oh, and for the seniors here: make sure to teach the new scouts well, okay~?

New . . . New scouts? Well, come to think of it, there are a few new faces around your dorm - they'll be popping out of their rooms when they're ready (when did those rooms get there) the same way that you did: in pajamas and with 3 sets of starter clothes to their name, along with their cell phone and approximately 0 points and 0 memories. The elevators won't let them leave the floor until they decide their position in the unit, and they're probably just as confused as you were when you came - so maybe you should try helping them out?

Leave the dorms and you'll find a lit-up pathway to Shinjuku Gyoen from . . . anywhere you are, honestly; the pavement seems to reflect the sky above to make a river of stars that run down to the park. There, you'll find a wooden platform lined with white cloth just outside the park, as well as a few fold-up chairs and cloth-lined group tables - you know, the long ones. There's nothing on them, though. It looks like you'll have to bring your own food. It is supposed to be a potluck, after all!! As for entertainment - well, surely you guys can figure it out, right?

Lining this side's edge of the park are tall stalks of bamboo, with a wooden plaque hanging from one of the stalks. It has this written on it:

Long, long ago, the Sky King's daughter began to weave him a beautiful cloth. He loved it so much that the Weaving Princess would work diligently every day in order to please him - but her weaving left her in solitude, alone and loveless. Seeing this, the Sky King arranged for her to marry the celestial Cowherd. The Weaving Princess and the Cowherd fell in love, happily spending their days together ☆

However, in their love was tragedy. The two were so enamored with one another that they forgot their duties - the Cowherd his heavenly cows, and the Princess her weave. Displeased by this, the Sky King separated the two across the heavenly river - but at the behest of his daughter, he promised that the two could meet each other once every year should she finish her work.

And so, we celebrate Tanabata, for the two's reunion. When we celebrate the day when the two lovers can meet once more, we also ask to be granted a single wish! Write your wish on a paper tag and tie it to the bamboo tree; it very well may be granted to you.

There aren't any paper tags though . . . or ink, or brushes to write with. Oh, but come to think of it, there's probably a unit that could help with that, isn't there?

Hanging just above average height is the first paper tag: STOP BREAKING MY FUCKING TOWER ]

[ Just as an OOC note, this is not a game! This is just a little probably-picnic probably-potluck mingle with opportunity to perform a Live fitting to this occasion! Aside from the toplevel where you should respond to with wishes, you can make your own toplevels and do whatever you like! ]

Comments

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Was sitting at the communal "table" (he hates these stupid no-back chairs), looking up something on his phone. He does a double-take when their newest unit member speaks up]

Where the fuck did you come from?

[a_fine_human]

Uh.

[points... to the room that was probably not there earlier but sure is there now!]

I woke up in there.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Excuse this guy for a minute as he shoves past you to confirm that yes, there is a newly occupied room. And no, it wasn't there before.

Going to head straight into your room unless otherwise stopped]

[a_fine_human]

[i mean, ok, watches. he has his cellphone on him and that's really all that's useful in there]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[After checking all the walls (and standing on the bed to get to the ceiling), Intensity confirms that there is no way in or out of the room except the door that the new recruit came out of.

Stomps back to the main room]

Let me take a wild guess. Amnesia?

[a_fine_human]

[doesn't try to stop him, just watches it with vague puzzlement]

Wow, got it on one. The same thing happened to you?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Yeah. Twelve days ago.

The producers must have decided they needed fresh blood.

[a_fine_human]

Twelve days doesn't exactly sound old...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Yeah well... First and MOST IMPORTANT question]

Do you know how to use a phone?

[a_fine_human]

Of course. I don't think amnesia typically affects something that basic.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Good. That will make this quicker.

[Using his own phone to demonstrate]

Welcome to Idol Hell, where the show's producers have captured and brainwashed approximately 50 people to do their bidding. We've been split into groups called units - this one being Future is Now. The cameras are always running and if you perform like a good puppet in the form of---

[Switching to the screen that describes the future is now unit]

games, lives, and videos, you will be awarded a currency called points...

[And switches to the point shop]

---where you can buy abilities, memories that are possibly fake, or a variety of basic human goods that we all took for granted like clothes and food that isn't flavorless slop.

[A pause]

Still with me?

[a_fine_human]

Yes. Or rather, I read it already.

So it's legitimate? Have you bought any of the abilities? Memories?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Fuck, did you actually read all of that beforehand?! THEN WHY AM I EXPLAINING???]

Abilities, yes. Memories, no.

Also, if you ever want to change out of your pajamas, you'll need to pick a color. That determines the color of your clothing.

[a_fine_human]

[looks down at himself]

Oh, is that what that was about.

I'll worry about it later. [he's not exactly eager to dress like he's in some bad scifi movie]

What abilities did you get?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[HOW DARE YOU. This aesthetic is top tier]

We have a team android, so repair. Obviously.

[a_fine_human]

Does he break down a lot?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Not yet, but one can never be too careful.

[a_fine_human]

Oh. Were you worried about him?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Shut up and name yourself.

[a_fine_human]

You can call me Three.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Intensity. Welcome to Future is Now.

[a_fine_human]

T..thanks.

You're really going by Intensity?

It does kind of fit...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

I'm really going by Intensity.

I assume you've also read your profile.

[a_fine_human]

Yeah, it's uh. A little concerning..? I guess?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

What in particular?