imeeji_frontstage | STRINGS GAME SCRAMBLE

Who: All the kittens tangled in strings
Where: Imeeji
When: Day 512, late afternoon

[As everyone is finally starting to get their bearings with the strings and what they mean, and maybe learning a little about what they do, the kiosk and their phones will sound with a new alert.]

Thank you to all of our fans for participating in Imeeji's
🎉 4th Season Shipping Contest 🎉
All nominated ships and ship dynamics are now being processed. With the help of your idols we will be determining the winning ships.

[The game rules app on each person's phone reads:]

- Idols have been assigned relationship dynamics determined by their fans.
- Idols are encouraged to explore and display the dynamics of these relationships.
- Idols may also attempt to subvert the relationship to drive engagement.
- Winners will be determined by viewing numbers and fan engagement.
- Winners will have the option to switch relationships back to their original settings.
- The rest will be left on the setting they are on at the conclusion of the game, please develop your relationship as you like organically from there.

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[With a twang, those who are participating in the game will find that their strings have been scrambled. It may not be all of them, but most of the familiar ones suddenly have new colors, and there may even be entirely new strings to complete strangers--not every ship makes sense! Time to work out these new relationships and show people what that's all about to have a shot at fixing it.]

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...I guess not.

[ She starts nearly panicking trying to get away. ]

[That just makes the thread tighter because of course it does.]

Are you okay?

-- of course!! Why wouldn't I be fine! [ Her instincts are screamingggg ]

I just have somewhere to be, that's all! [ yanking on the string yank yank yankyankyank ]

Um, you really don't seem fine.

[Tries to put a hand on her shoulder. This will not go poorly at all.]

[ She squeaks then jumps and squirms away! ]

D-don't.

Edited 2022-11-13 21:38 (UTC)

[Flinches back.]

-Sorry.

[ ...that look on his face is sort of heartbreaking, and she takes a few breaths and tries to focus above how badly she wants to flee. Trying to remember that Robin is a sweet kid who she liked until a few minutes ago. ]

No, I'm sorry. I'm not used to feeling like this, so I'm freaking out a bit.

I wish we weren't stuck together, I don't want you to be trapped feeling like that...

[Especially when those bad feelings are because of him.]

[ She swallows hard and tries to smile. Tentative though it is. ]

Thanks. I think I can manage a little better, just... no sudden moves, okay?

-- Hey, you're talking! [ that's different ]

[Nods, he can totally do that.]

X cast a spell on me so I could talk for the day. I didn't know AlcheME could do that.

That was nice of her. I didn't know she could be that nice. [ Frankly assuming this was post-string mixing because hoo boy that has not been her experience of X ]

They can do a lot of things, yeah. Maybe they could make me a bravery potion or like... a sedative.

She'll get mad at you if you call her nice, but she's not as bad as she wants people to think.

-If we found one of the AlcheMEs we'd probably get stuck to them, to.

She pretty much hates me. No wait, not pretty much. She does.

[ At least this conversation is loosening the string enough for her to take one step back... then it prevents her from continuing. ]

...I think she hates a lot of people, so don't take it personally?

[Sometimes you're just on the Bad Units.]

Yeah, well. I wouldn't mind if I actually did the thing she hated me for. It's just hate by association.

...I guess it's easier to hate whole units instead of people. It makes it easier to pick who to target in games.

Yeah, well. I felt bad about what my unit did, apologized, and tried to make it better -- honest. [ A little worried that Robin will think she did something bad to X and turn on her right now ]