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.

SEE SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

[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.]

OOC INSTRUCTIONS | SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES | TURN-IN

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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 ]

I believe you. You're a good person.

...You think so?

[ Relaxing a bit. Okay okay stay on his good side. ]

You've been very nice to me.

[And he doesn't want anything bad to happen to her, even if he understands where X is coming from, too.]

Well -- I try to be. You're not hard to be nice to.

[ 'kill him with flattery' is a valid form of self protection ]

Even if you say that, I'm not really used to it...

[ does he want more flattery? does he want her to agree with him? WHAT DO YOU WANT SCARY MAN ]

Uh, I know that can be hard.

[a nap, mostly]

-People are nicer to you here, though. Right?

Yeah, for the most part. Not everyone.

...I guess nobody gets along with everyone.

[Even normal people.]

I don't blame anyone for not wanting to be friends with someone who feeds on people.

[ ...Which makes it dumb that she's scared of Robin but here they are. ]

I get it, but it's not like it's something you can help...

[He understands, but it doesn't feel good to agree to.]

I don't mind, it's fine.

[ She super minds, but she's trying to keep him happy so her anxiety doesn't spike. ]

If you say it's fine then I guess I won't say anything.

...Is the string any looser?

[She looks like she might freak out again at any moment.]

Not really.

-- You're not actually going to hurt me, right? It's just the game messing with me?

No! [Horrified.] You're my friend. I would never do that.

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