4th Wall: ✧ Release Post ✧

[errours]

Who: Idols and ✧GUEST STARS✧
Where: Wherever you are in Tokyo-F!
When: Day 355

[ If you're in your dorms, watching the television, or looking at your phone screen, you might be lucky enough to see it flick on and see a familiar face appear! ]

Good afternoon, Imeeji—and Imeeji viewers! ✧

[ It’s Liar Hell’s very own Hadassah, with her luxurious waves of auburn-red hair falling down behind her, and dressed in vintage ChaHell. Surely only good things will be ahead. ]

As the trees in Tokyo-F’s beautiful Ueno Park begin to blossom, so too do the possibilities for our idols.

[ Hadassah leans forward, conspiratorial, resting her chin in one tastefully manicured hand. ]

In fact, for the coming weeks, we have a special opportunity in store for our beloved aspirants.

[ She sits back up, one finger still pressed coyly to her chin. ]

—And a chance for those of you lending each and every idol here your faith: It’s time for the return of Imeeji Idol Production’s ✧exclusive✧ guest star event.

[ There is a brief space where it seems like there's a cool promotional video going around because you can hear cool-ass music and narration but instead on your screen you just get an advertisement for Imeeji-themed t-shirts. Available in a department store near you!

There's also a number of video/audio messages from a number of familiar faces. ]

Our event this season is bigger than ever before—and so are the stakes. As new faces and old, treasured friends and beloved rivals test the strength of their desire, I leave all of you with one final question:

Is there anything more precious... than a second chance? ✧

[ With that, there’s a flourish of smoke, and the broadcast ends. Maybe you should be on the lookout for those guest stars?
...Or maybe you missed the broadcast entirely, and have no idea why there are suddenly four new units wandering around the place. ]

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HOST/HELL GRAD MESSAGES

[idolpro]

[ Hell graduates and Hosts may comment to this whenever they're ready to do so—watch this space! ]

LOCHAANA NAARABOT, IMEEJI HOST / VENGEANCE OPS

[marsascending]

Oh, this is so nostalgic for me—I was on the program the last time this event went on, when I was a fresh-faced new idol.

Looking forward to everyone doing their best this time, and I hope they enjoy the exciting calendar of special events we have planned! I’ll be interested to see how all the new faces fare, although of course I’ll be rooting for all my favorites.

[in_justice]

[ well without any real fanfare, at least one newly-minted idol is going to walk briskly out from her dorm and out of the hotel into the city to get the lay of the land. probably if you're out walking like, anywhere, you might encounter this tall woman with a slightly metallic sheen to her skin. ]

[widenessofthesea]

[ some days you're just going about your business doing a bit of reading in the hotel cafeteria when your phone will not stop going off and when you look at it— ]

...good heavens, what now?

[thegreatexperiment]

[She comes in like a wrecking ball. A five foot seven bundle of fury with blue hair, wearing a dress that's white and comically too big, since she hasn't bothered to lace it up properly. The entrance would probably be more dramatic, if she didn't trip over one of the long, dragging sleeves.

But fuck the sleeves and fuck dramatic entrances.

Sam looks pissed. And worse than that, pissed without a direction to aim. She's been tearing through every room of this compound, looking for the flashing neon sign that says "Exit." There's no way this is Hell. It's just some fucker's idea of fun. It's not exactly the first time she's been subjected to shit like this from a powerful being.]

[salientfacts]

[ here is one (1) kind of tall, affable-looking guest star who may or not be familiar to at least a few people and is definitely hanging out in the lobby craning his head above the crowd like he's hoping to spot someone? ]

[beautifulend]

[ ]

Ah, just what we needed. Another tyrant.

[ 0 fondness detected. but also less venom? ]

[proceedwithcautus]

[ this girl is

so, so small. like 4'7" small, not including the bunny ears. she is also trying to get through the probable-crowd. ]

Ah, excuse me—can anyone direct me to the mess hall?

[tormado]

[Okay, there's. Kind of a lot of people here. Wow. He's just gonna. Stay close to her.]

Uhh, I dunno, but. How about we look for it together so we don't get separated.

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh the guest units are back,]

[Please hold while he fumbles his phone out and starts paging through profiles,]

[polarislight]

[SQUINT.]

Hurricane.

Are there. Four new units?

[worldcup]

[ Several people might recognize this face, although she's certainly wearing something pretty different for once than what people might have seen her before.

She's definitely going to try and make a beeline for any familiar faces if she sees them, but otherwise is just around.

Although what some may notice that she has some doll-like joints, but it's fine. Don't worry about it. ]

[bondsofsuffering]

[o fuck

Looking at his phone, but he's Distressed.]

[worldcup]

[ SOMEONE IS DISTRACTED so hope he doesn't sidestep her when she attempts to go for a tackle hug-- ]

[debatemebro]

[ looks at his phone as it goes buzz buzz buzz buzz.

frowns. ]

[salientfacts]

[ makin his way downtown and hey

what ]

...is that you, Shahi?

[miirai]

[ And here is a small girl in miko wear that seems to be pretty overwhelmed by all the people... although to her, it's actually rather exciting, too. ]

This is what the big city is like...?

[irregular]

Huh? Yeah, basically... you need about thirteen million more people, but it's pretty close.

[odune]

[If one has ever seen any of the Hargreeves' memories with dear, old dad, well, here he is! In the lobby. Just pouring over papers. He might even look up from them if questioned. Might.]

[time5kip]

[ WELL HE, FOR ONE, HAS DEFINITELY SEEN HIM IN HIS MEMORIES.

He's missed the broadcast entirely but he's just coming back to the hotel and the moment he spots him and recognition hits he just freezes.

That can't be right. It's not possible.

He stays there, staring and saying nithing for far too long. But eventually, he does walk up to him to address him ]

... Dad?

[diesifkilled]

[here's someone who looks intriguingly similar to a certain doodleperson on ☆ZRAEL, aside from the paletteswap and medieval style clothes

he's just kind of wandering around the lobby, investigating everything with a very serious look]

[constellationprize]

[ there's a girl who looks like one of the rude girls on your unit just like

staring ]

U-Um . . .

[tormado]

[This guy dressed in seafoam green is just kinda. Taking all of this in.]

So this is Hell. Are all of you guys dead too or. What's goin' on.

Also are we gonna have to fight to death?

The. Second death?

[daios]

[Hello Imeeji. It is a lovely day and this is a terrible man. Some of you might recognize him if you know Persephone or Amaranth. Or are Persephone or Amaranth. For everyone else he's just some 6'5" guy in blue and purple YOU-kai clothing.]

This is quite undignified.

[Still, he has to perform if it means returning to life.]

[forgottenmercy]

[speaking of Persephone, he hasn't noticed yet. if Hiroto happens to be walking under a tree, there's a familiar, beautiful voice, singing a familiar song. the singer is...sitting in the tree.]

[byallmeans]

[A boy that looks about eleven years old is out and about in traditional Japanese wear in YOU-kai blue and Orion yellow. He's painfully thin, hair a little shaggy around the edges, and though he seems intent on heading somewhere, he slows to a stop, peering up at the buildings]

...it's just a city?

[ibedeadpeople]

[Did she follow him? Maaaybe?]

You think that's the real sky...?

[oldboned]

[ A few people may recognize this asshole's face!

But even if you don't, he's been released to the masses, and he's exploring. He may or may not be wearing an umbrella hat to shade himself. He definitely is. ]

Huh, guess they got a few new things.

[softmarketing]

-- Oh, Obsidian. You're here too.

[ She's wearing this outfit. ]

[branchedout]

[ This pink-haired guy in Japanese(-adjacent) clothes immediately leaves the hotel to get a lay of the land, but freezes just as he passes the threshold, eyes lingering on the skyscrapers, as if he's never seen anything like them before ]

1/?

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ And this redhead, in the princely attire...

Is actually hungover and trying to nurse a headache after last night. And it seems all kinds of new people have suddenly appeared. So before he can try and deal with all of that, he's going to... get something to drink and eat at the cafe, first.

What he doesn't expect is for someone in front of him to abruptly stop, though. He bumps into them from behind. ]

[creativethots]

[Now dressed in pink and black, this new face is eager to get the hell out.]

Haaaah... finally. This is something.

[But the joy to be Out only lasts a short time before--]

...now what? [...] Seriously, who came up with these ~Lives~ and these outfits? This is ridiculous...

[rollplayinghouse]

[...............what


Glory just stares]

[riffwrath]

[Once Crane picked a color, the first thing she did was get dressed and leave. It isn't that she dislikes the YOU-kai dorms. Rather... she seems to be almost frantically searching. You may also notice that she has traits of a kitsune-- fox ears and three tails, to be exact. They're not easy to hide, and she's not trying really hard right now. She has other priorities.

In fact, if you're around her, she might be pressed enough to ask.]

Hey. Do you know this kid?

[She pulls up a profile to make things easier.]

1/?

[inspiteful]

[ One boy is out and about doing his own thing, as usual, and then in the distance he sees -- ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Joining the other YOU-kais who have been freed from their dorm is some sickly looking dude dressed in red. He is wearing the face mask and twirling the prop shears lazily as he looks around.

If you were at the battlefield in Shrike's heart you might recognize him, even with the mask on...]

Eyyyyy, check this place out!

[junkheap]

[A very tall, very scarred-up necROMANTIC in some sort of sleeveless blood red brocade coat and pants with an asymmetrical buttcape is wandering around, peering at everyone with open suspicion.]

How many are targets? All of them...?

[irregular]

[Late, in scrubs.

[Sometimes you just gotta take your chances where you find them. It'll do for now and maybe he'll be able to figure out some way to finagle a more permanent solution to the slightly-damned thing later.]

So if we ain't got Intensity and we ain't got Hiryuu and that LiliS guy's checked out, who the fuck is running the show down here now? God damn how much did I miss, anyway...?

[lovedinrain]

[In this outfit and carrying a flowery parasol. She looks uncannily like Kaguya, especially from a distance.]

What a lively place!

[romanticlove]

[She doesn't sound like either of them, but she looks so much like Ai and her mother that it makes her heart rise into her throat.]

Uhm... hello. Welcome to Toky-F.

[Meet your granddaughter, who is dressed in a school girl outfit complete with sailor collar and the whole nine yards.]

[hasavision]

[Hi Imeeji there's another young YOU-kai dressed in the YOU-kai blue and a crimson red.

He looks. Confused.]

...It looks sort of like Tokyo, but...

[D...ifferent. By like fifteen years or something.]

[nothingtomourn]

[He doesn't even make it out of the hotel lobby because, unsurprisingly, there's a shitton more people here.

He'll just. Wait stiffly by the wall until it clears out a little and he can move without worrying about crashing into anyone.]

[mathphysicsandzzz]

[guess who decided to check all the guest unit profiles Just In Case

guess who noticed the one that is very obviously nageki

guess who ran here and searched through the crowd and is now just like. staring.]