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[idolpro]

Who: You! (unless you're WILD CITY!)
Where: Here!
When: Day 243, Evening

[ Wherever you are, your phone starts pinging you incessantly:

• CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!
  
  CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE!

That . . . doesn't look safe! But you can't use your phone otherwise. Hm!

Eventually—whenever you click on it—you'll find yourself redirected to the Producer's channel on Dissonance, with the following new messages: ]

• Producers: CONGRATULATIONS, IDOLS!
  Producers: With all your hard hard hard work, we've received
  Producers: ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*~~~A budget increase~~~*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ !!!!
  Producers: Isn't that fantastic? We're bigger and better than before, and it's ☆♬○♩●♪✧♩all thanks to you♩✧♪●♩○♬☆!!!
  Producers: We're showing our gratitude!
  Producers: More Lives!
  Producers: More abilities!
  Producers: More ｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆ways to make money｡･:*:･ﾟ★,｡･:*:･ﾟ☆!
  Producers: Just in time, too. Your season is about to renew ♪
  Producers: ⭑･ﾟﾟ･*:༅｡.｡༅:*ﾟ:*:✼✿Thanks for all your hard work✿✼:*ﾟ:༅｡.｡༅:*･ﾟﾟ･⭑

[ Huh! That's INTERESTING. By the way, some of you might notice that your abilities are gone. That's ALSO interesting.

If you go into the points shop app on your phone though, you're met with the request to select which abilities you want to have, out of the number that you purchased before. No mass refunds here, it looks like! If you purchased all 6 abilities, you'll see that you don't need to switch them out, and your abilities themselves have just updated.

The last of everything INTERESTING happening is that, if you're currently outside of your dorm while reading all this on your phone, you'll see a herd of black cats scampering down the street with something white bouncing around on them. Headed right to you.

They stop right in front of you, drop the something white at your feet, and then scatter in every direction. It's a giftwrapped box! Open it to receive a gift!

If you're inside your dorm, you'll instead receive the box in the mail. Congratulations! ]

[ Players, please comment here with the number of previously owned abilities and which abilities you're switching out for! However, if you have all 6 abilities already, you do not need to comment here. Hiatused idols will receive the same experience when they return to the game. ]

Comments

[rollplayinghouse]

...No problem. I appreciate you thinking of me.

Are you interested in helping out with a butler cafe...? It would be fun to do something like that with girls, I think.

[tradesecret]

A counter to the boys doing a maid cafe? I like the idea.

[rollplayinghouse]

Yeah, exactly. Alcohol would be good to have, and ZRAEL can probably get some suits, but having Baritones would be good too...

[tradesecret]

It looks like alcheme was assigned a "roleplay" Live. Having three units would guarantee that bonus.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I wasn't really thinking about how to make it a live, but I guess that's true...

[tradesecret]

Don't worry, I am constantly thinking of how to make things a Live.

I have a lot of people to support, after all.

[rollplayinghouse]

...Do you?

[tradesecret]

I don't want my unit, Kohime or Marnie to be in need of points in an emergency, so I try to keep at least 1000 points set aside for each of them. Ideally two, but we just got an upgrade for WiFi, and I got myself a meeting room...

[rollplayinghouse]

...Neither ZRAEL or avante would let them down in an emergency, you know.

[tradesecret]

I'm not worried about them being let down, I just think everyone should be free to spend the points they've earned on themselves and their needs. Enjoy themselves, basically. Games are an iffy source of income. Not everyone likes doing Lives, and saving for an emergency isn't nearly as fun as stocking up on weapons.

But I like working, and I don't mind setting points aside for them, because that's what I've done from the start. Their affiliation doesn't change that.

[rollplayinghouse]

Between me, Man Eater, and Requiem, I think we have fifty thousand points we have nothing in particular to spend on. I think Marnier will be fine.

[tradesecret]

There's always more tanks, but I see your point.

[rollplayinghouse]

There are only so many tanks you can really use.

[tradesecret]

It couldn't hurt to have a back up.

[ she's clearly joking ]

[rollplayinghouse]

Sure. But ten backups might be a little excessive.

[tradesecret]

That's when you get a sports car.

[rollplayinghouse]

That's another five thousand points. That still leaves forty thousand. And I wasn't even counting most of the unit... I don't know how much the others have.

[tradesecret]

Private sex dungeons for everyone.

[ said with confidence ]

[rollplayinghouse]

That's another sixteen thousand. Though I'm not sure everyone would want one.

[she attempts to keep a straight face at this, but her cheeks pink slightly]

[tradesecret]

Then perhaps some other kind of room that warrants soundproofing.

My personal living space is extremely peaceful.

[rollplayinghouse]

...I already like my room a lot, and I was planning on upgrading it a bit more anyway.

[tradesecret]

What were you thinking of adding?

[rollplayinghouse]

A swimming area and a shower. Maybe something like a hot tub, too...

[tradesecret]

Those are nice. We have a communal hot spring in our dorm, and I have one for my room.