Mingle time!

[heavyliesthecrown]

Who: Idols
Where: Everywhere
When: Day 443; Whenever

[ So I heard we got some newbies. Let's release them into the wild! ]

Comments

[happydreamed]

[Making my way downtown, walking at a leisurely pace, faces pass and I guess this is home now.]

Hello, hello! Are you a fellow kidnappee, or perhaps an member of the audience?

[bondsofsuffering]

[Pausing - oh, good, HSS is getting more members.

And then a short laugh.]

Trust me, you do not want to meet our audience.

[outofoffice]

Ehhhh--? Could it be? A new hero??

[shatteredhourglass]

Huh? Uh... the former...?

[carrionmywaywardsun]

The first one. The audience is busy watching somewhere else.

[at_heart]

Oh, you'll recognize our audience, at least if the next time they show up is anything like the last time. Creepy faceless gray people-shaped things.

[ Hello, Doctor? His last Old Man was 35, somehow they get younger all the time. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino is taking the opportunity to go through the jewelry shops at various department stores, eyeing any piece that involves real precious metals or gemstones.

Probably this is for no reason in particular.]

LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[warpweft]

Greetings, peons and peonettes!

[Somebody has a microphone. They're still in their pajamas. They're loudly addressing everybody. Why. Why are they doing thi--]

I am the newest member of ☆ZRAEL!

[Ah. That explains it.]

And I'm here to speak to all of you about a very important purpose. Identity. Self. Purpose. Life. For without one, you have none of the other! You're simply a ghost, wandering through your miserable existence, waiting for the Earth to reclaim you. Now - for most of you, an identity won't help you in that respect, you'll still be a batch of shmucks shuffling aimlessly towards oblivion one way or the other. But for some of us - mostly just those of of us on ☆ZRAEL, I mean - there's an opportunity to be more. To be something. To be great. I am one of those blessed few. A witch of great renown, according to my profile! [She brandishes her smartphone a bit.] And I have no reason to believe it's lying yet. But what is a great witch without a name to inspired awe and fear from all who know it? That's where all of you come in! Yes, you're not dreaming, this is your opportunity to do something meaningful with your lives for once!

You see, as I've just arrived here in beautiful, scenic Tokyo-F, I require two things - points, with which to purchase back my memories and the many, many, many luxuries which I deserve to live with, and a name! And you can contribute both! Would you like to make your indelible mark on history? Simply come up with a name appropriately befitting a witch of my stature and place a bid of your points on it! The highest bidder will win the naming rights, and I will hereby be referred to as whatever you suggest!

Note that if you come up with something silly like "Dickbutt", I reserve the right to take your points and then completely disregard it. The sign-up sheet is right here!

[She has a clipboard with a sign-up sheet announced.]

Come now, don't be shy. Who wants to be the first person to be a part of history!

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[avestan]

I vote for Dickbutt!

[happydreamed]

[Clap clap clap.]

A stirring performance. But I must ask, were you not assigned a name on your phone?

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[onlydeadends]

[There's a slight young man in Wild City wear out on the streets today, with an owl mask that covers his entire face]

That's one way to get a name.

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[outofoffice]

[ Helpfully providing suspenseful background music, yw ]

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[romanticlove]

[Ah yes... Zrael does monologues...]

What kind of name would you like? Is there a theme Zrael does that you might be interested in?

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

How very exciting! I would love the opportunity to help write a part of your story!

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[carrionmywaywardsun]

I got your fucking name right here. Baying Howl of Scorched Wind.

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[crossmyheartandhope]

Names, huh?

What kinda feel you going for?

Re: LIVE - WHAT'S IN A NAME (monologue)

[at_heart]

[ Definitely not surprised it's the ZRAEL newbie who's greeting people as peons, yep. But Lupine knows monologues are a ZRAEL live, so. ]

Yeah? I was under the impression that ZRAEL's newbies all had more names than they knew what to do with.

[ Zari (Alizarin) has like four or something. ]

[onlydeadends]

[There's a slight young man in Wild City wear out on the streets today, with an owl mask that covers his entire face]

[He may or may not be examining one of the empty buildings about now]

Are they all just set dressing?

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Most of it, yeah. Some shit's real.

[at_heart]

...If you mean, are they all just empty, then yeah. 'Cept the WcDonalds, but... trust me, you don't want to think about that too much.

[ Hey there, WC newbie! ]

[sangreine]

[ Curled up with her back resting against the wall of one of the buildings near the hotel (which one? she wasn't paying attention, so she's blearily trying to ascertain that herself) is one (1) petite vampire lady, presented in greyscale because she hasn't been sleeping at her dorm. Oops? ]

[ Yeah, it was a dumb move. She's regretting it now -- she thinks? It's hard to tell, without emotions it's like she's trying to think through syrup. She might (definitely will) still argue about it though, out of sheer habit, but at least it probably won't be more than halfhearted. Also, she's pretty cold and tired, and just staying here sounds like something she can't be bothered to talk herself out of at present. ]

1/3

[outofoffice]

[ ! ]

[at_heart]

[ Day three of Yuletide Status Ailments has Lupine in a less-than-optimal mood, but he was stubbornly going to go get groceries anyway. The Damned Queen's bullshit can make him cold in a way that all the LiliS layers in the world don't help, but it can't make him stop going about his normal daily routine, okay, and—

—and that sure is Zari, crumpled and gray, in the corner of his vision. Lupine stills, then turns on his heel to make a beeline for her. ]

What...

[ Sh, shit. This again?! ] [ Kneeling down in front of her, and he stupidly catches himself hesitating to touch her specifically because it'll make him feel better before he takes one of her hands. ]

What happened?

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Wow, you look like shit.

[ouji4board]

Okay!! Let's do this thing!

[ he's commandeered a corner of the lobby for himself, and is about to do something very stupid (no one is surprised)...

starting off easy with one: he notices UmbAc merch at a pawn shop, and has a nice, easy chat with the clerk about the team. she doesn't recognize him as one of them.

so he's going to get another one: the bank heist that debuted them as the Umbrella Academy. ]

Whoo. Right. Okay!

[ that's two decent ones! So he's gonna get four: snippets of Vanya (reading her book, seeing and avoiding her), Allison (seeing her doing well), and Diego (getting bailed out of holding) around the city. ]

Awwww, sibs. Another one is pushing my luck, probably buuut... Let's do the thing!

[ does the thing. it's immediately post-apocalypse, and seeing his siblings' dead bodies, meeting a baby Five. This one leaves him wide-eyed and ashen, shaking as he clutches his phone. ]

Fuck. Fuck, fuuuck... Fuck, fuck, fuck, should've stopped while I was ahead. Fuck.

[firstworldproblem]

Overachievers. All of you. Three is supposed to be the limit.

[He holds out his arms, inviting a hug.]