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Who: the summoned
Where: Game Tower
When: Day 470

[ Whether you survived the mansion or not, you're teleported out of the area and back to the Game Tower. The door is unlocked for those who can leave, to leave. ]

RESULTS | WINNERS & HEALING | MAIN GAME POST

wotanon

Who: BAD END=DEAD END & you
Where: somewhere in the city, not too far from the hotel
When: Day 467, morning

[ It's a bright new day in Tokyo-F, the perfect time for (checks notes) some casual vandalism?

That seems to be what BE=DE is up to, anyway. The Live camera pans over a couple buildings with windows shattered up to the third floor, before coming to rest on Mercy, holding what seems to be a paper fan and posing with the confidence of someone who was born to be in the spotlight. ]

Hmmu! Welcome, everyone, from television screens in the city to your phone screen in your pocket to the computer monitor at home! This marks the wonderful performance of BAD END=DEAD END, in which we shall do none other than—!

[ Mercy's speech is interrupted by a pair of rocks sailing out of a broken second-story window, landing in a bucket placed below, followed by Valor poking his head out to yell indistinctly in the background. ("What the fuck are you doing, fresh meat?") ]

—destruction! But not any meaningless, mindless destruction—let us compete, you and I, to reach the heavens with our shots! This is a challenge to all who dare brave it.

[ Snapping the fan shut, using it to point to the windows (Valor, still yelling indistinctly in the background: "And where the FUCK did you get that fan??") ]

The rules are simple: break the windows! The higher the window, the greater the points!

[ Dramatic point to the camera with her fan! ]

Now then, who shall take on this Mercy's challenge!?

[ Sakura, having been roped into this nonsense as scorekeeper, stands off to the side by a tally spray-painted on a nearby patch of road, ready to keep any competitors honest. ]

[OOC: The rules are made up and the points don't matter, but if you'd like to estimate:
- Each window is worth points equal to its floor (i.e. 1st floor is worth 1 point, 3rd floor is worth 3 points).
- +5 points if the rock breaks a window. Hitting a window and bouncing off doesn't count. (Stealing someone else's bonus by breaking a window they damaged but didn't break is totally legal.)]

idolpro

Who: BAD END=DEAD END, BE=DE graduates (both heaven and hell!), invited CR, everyone
Where: Heaven Visitation Center
When: Day 460, evening

[ Everyone in Tokyo-F* receives a text invitation to an old, worn down warehouse floor in the Heaven Visitation Center mall. "CONGRATULATIONS" banners wrap around the front of the floor, along with "PARTY HERE" and "NO KNIVES ALLOWED (VALOR EXCEPTED)" banners.

(*Some may not have received the text due to bugs in the messaging system, for those who need plausible deniability for not being able to attend.)

Inside, it seems to look quite familiar to members of BAD END=DEAD END—isn't this the vengeance roomm?—which starts with a front desk and a ledger for visitors to sign in. Also within the ledger is a well organized and orderly list of every single grudge that the person reading the book has experienced, heard about, or carries themself (full details available in the vengeance roomm link). At the bottom of each grudge's entry is a line for each side so that the guest can choose become a participant in whichever side of the grudge they want, signing the line with that which best represents them.

The walls of the reception room are completely glass, SHAFT Madoka Magica-levels of transparent where warehouse walls should be, but rather than seeing Tokyo-F beyond the panes, one may see the distant forests, pools of water with crumbling and abandoned bridges; despite the clear daytime it was outside the warehouse, it is eternally night through this glass. The stars light the sky—at least, what can be seen of it, for clouds of smoke fog the air, and in the distance, one can see the sight of wildfire.

Beyond the reception room—with entry only accessible when one signs into the ledger—is an indoors stadium, with an arena and benches for people to watch as wisps of smoke transform into their grudges to start duking it out in the ring. It is, perhaps, a little unsettling as a party location, but at least there are some key differences from this and the real vengeance roomm: for one, nobody has to fight if they don't want to; signing into the ledger was truly just accepting the party invite and not signing up for bloody fight club, it seems (though it might be cathartic to get into it). For the other, the wisp-smoke losers will find the floor opening up beneath them as though the space were a blooming flower, opening up to falling stars and blue flames. ...Well, that's maybe scarier than the actual vengeance roomm, but no idol will fall through even if they lose their respective fights, at least.

When Kiri is ready to leave, a door with vines and certain flowers wrapped around the frame is available to her, at the farthest end of the warehouse.

Like all graduations, there is catering available—almond tofu and other favorites of BAD END=DEAD END. The taste seems to be familiar, like it's a specific chef's handiwork...

Upon passing reception into the stadium, idols will find the wisps of smoke clinging to their skin, shaping into scars they have or had in the past (regardless of if they'd been bought off or not). Though easily brushed away, they do persist on returning until the idol leaves the stadium. ]

idolpro

Who: You!
Where: Here!
When: Day 456

[ The game tower is dark.

But there's a flame in the center of the room. It pulses along with your heartbeat, steadily growing brighter and brighter and brighter. As it becomes blinding, there's the clamour of the townspeople, the sound of clashing steel, the roar of the foundry - ]

RULES | ROOMS | WINNERS | EFFECTS | ENDGAME

wotanon

Who: LiliS & Guests
Where: LiliS Dorm
When: Day 449, Evening (Backdated)

[It's evening time for flowers to turn in for the day.]

wotanon

Who: Bad Ends (and non-Bad Ends)
Where: Dorm (and elsewhere)
When: Day 447, post-game (and beyond)

[So.

Last Supper.

That sure was a thing that happened.]

POST-GAME | INTERLUDE | DAYS LATER

idolpro

Who: Hunters & Hunted
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 447, early morning

[ Finally, the courtyard opens to the Game Tower's exit. Those who can manage to walk will be able to get home.

However, pep!pep!, future is now, WILD CITY, and ☆ZRAEL will find injuries returning to them, to a life-threatening degree. Not only that, but they'll feel some effects. . .

But it's finally over, at least for now. ]

GAME | WINNERS, HEALING, & PUNISHMENTS

errours

Who: Hunters & Hunted
Where: The Game Tower
When: TBD

[ Wherever they are in Tokyo-F, certain idols feel it: a strange and sudden pang of hunger.

—And the next thing they are aware of is the distinctive chime of the Game Tower's elevators as their doors open to release them to a series of long hallways: one for each unit, and a soft but distinctive nudge in that direction. It's almost more like an instinct, except for the part where (if they hesitate too long) they begin to feel themselves physically pulled along, as though by a phantom hand tugging on theirs.

It seems the long hallways themselves are screens, televising… white scales? …the coils of a white snake, and either the camera is zoomed in very close or the snake is very, very large. Hadassah's voice echoes over the loudspeaker, warm and (of course!) welcoming. ]

Here in Tokyo-F, we have been blessed— to see truly powerful displays of passion:
Devotion, rage, sacrifice! Through sorrow, joy, and death, our stars have shone with that light which guides all of us through even the darkest of times. These are the stories of IMEEJI~ ✧

Now, together, let us return with them to the very oldest story of all.
Perhaps our long-time viewers will remember this one, but no tale is the same in every telling.

This is the story of hunger.

[ With that, those who aren't already in their unit rooms are given one last invisible push, and the doors shut behind them. ]

IC RULES | OOC RULES | ROOMS | SIGN IN HERE

idolpro

Who: Hm
Where: Well
When: Day 430, night

[ Suddenly, there's a broadcast on every phone and TV. It's a familiar face—Intensity! Isn't it late over there? ]

Attention, duelists and idols of the production!

I see it's been a busy holiday season for you all. Hopefully you're only just a little grey around the edges. I bet you all wish that your biggest problem was bickering over whose over-the-top drunken mistletoe kiss was worthy of audience choice. Heh.

But let's cut straight to the main event.

You might have noticed that our would-be up-and-coming god-wannabe and furby-obsessed Thing #1 has been exhibiting peculiar behavior lately.

[ Cue one slightly awkward pause ]

Well. More than usual peculiar behavior. I'm here to inform you that he was the Mastermind behind a group of idols trying to interfere with the production.

As a result, the idols formerly known as Angel QW5nZWw=, Shogun, and V4MP☆0V3RL0RD –

[ He noticeably does not pronounce the ☆ correct ]

— were all transferred from the production in violation of standard operating procedures. Rest assured that these assets are being hunted down as we speak and will be returned to the production with haste.

In addition, the Vengeance demons formerly known as Leviathan of SensitIV! and Hiryuu of Heart Soldier Senshi took that same opportunity to run off into the sunset, betraying their promise to the Prince of Vengeance for whatever it is justice lovers do in their retirement.

Why am I telling you this so freely? Well, consider all of these little oversights rectified as of this moment. You don't talk about a bug until you've patched a fix after all.

So that's what I'm here to tell you about. The fix.

Effective immediately, Thing #1 is being placed under house arrest. Don't try to remove that ankle bracelet, C. It won't end well for you. And no more mascot revivals or other WcDonalds power for you, AlcheME! That was creepy as fuck yet incredibly on brand at the same time.

As for our missing demons, well, you should really know better than to betray the domain of Vengeance. Wahahahahaha! What were you expecting? I hope you're watching Leviathan and Hiryuu. If you aren't around to give us answers, well we'll just have to see if your units were in collusion with you.

[ The video smashcuts to sensitIV and Heart Soldier Senshi, who may be in various states of waking up right now. Notably, some of them look injured, or maybe like . . . shocked. Like they were electrocuted shocked. ]

Now now, we all believe in innocence until proven guilty. So if they truly had nothing to do with this, then they only have to suffer some minor discomfort this New Years. But if they were involved, well—

Vengeance is a dish best served cold.

And may this be a reminder to you all of exactly who you are dealing with. Don't fuck with this game unless you're ready to ante all in.

Intensity out.

[ The feed shuts off. sensitIV, Heart Soldier Senshi, and C all can be found in various places: C is just outside the hotel, while Heart Soldier Senshi and sensitIV are in Shinjuku Gyoen park. Members of HSS are on the ground, while everyone in sensitIV is in a busted ambulance.

C will find himself completely. . . normal! Maybe it feels like there's a little weight on him. Though, that's probably just the anklet? He doesn't feel any of that power anymore. . . sad.

Some members of Heart Soldier Senshi and sensitIV will find new pieces of jewelry on them. Strange? Stranger still is what happens when someone attempts to remove them. . . ]

wotanon

Who: Lupine, Alizarin, W, other interested AlcheMEs, available sIVs and avantes and Bad Enders, other concerned friends, and YOU!
Where: The park closest to the hotel. Any open space will do, tbh.
When: Day 427, shortly after / during fanmail

[ Hey, Imeeji! The nasty after effects of the fan invasion can go fuck themselves ten ways from Sunday, but Lupine knows what his job is here, and he's determined to do his damnedest, so this grin is wide and bright and almost touches his eyes. ]

Well! That sure was exciting, wasn't it? And we're gonna miss you all! Some of you more than others. [ Wink! Fun and flirty and not at all furious! ] But we couldn't let the party end like that, so here we are.

[ And we're gonna help ungray some of our friends. ]

[W is also here and waves at the camera, already moving out of the main shot though] I'm just here to babysit! I mean, to roleplay babysitting!

[ With the intro out of the way, Lupine cracks his knuckles, turning to face Alizarin, whose eyes glow a vibrant red as she unsheathes her sword. ]

Well? Let's get this on.

((ooc: Another chill mega live! Headers will be dropped for hosts and counterlives, everyone else please bring your own TLs! This will be attempting to hit notes of: duel/competition (for avantes), medical care and self-care (for sIVs), counter culture and break the chains (for BE). It might also hit roleplay for AlcheME and some notes for LiliS or ☆ZRAEL, but only W is so tsun as to even pretend this is a live for his unit.

ETA: Current Host count: LiliS, sensitIV, ☆ZRAEL, AlcheME, Avante, Bad End=Dead End, peppep!, Heart Soldier Senshi, Wild City. 1650 for hosts, 1350 for other characters from hosting units, 1200 for everybody else.))

wotanon

Who: BAD END=~~GREY END~~ DEAD END & visitors
Where: dorm
When: Day 427

[Shortly after fanmail, all of BEDE's phones buzz with several notification.]

Cool Motive, Still Murder: Amnesia Edition: are all you fucks turning grey too?
Cool Motive, Still Murder: Amnesia Edition: guess we didn't set enough shit on fire
Cool Motive, Still Murder: Amnesia Edition: get your ass home if you want to help me fix that

idolpro

Who: You!
Where: Hotel Lobby
When: Day 427

[ What?? The fans just left, and now they're back again—or at least, that's what it sure looks like with the shadowy figures in the hotel lobby accompanying the boxes of fanmail, right?

But idols will only catch sight of the fans briefly, before the Damned are herded out of the hotel, though not without leaving behind various gifts and goodies: "THANK YOU" cards with well-wishes and bouquets of flowers and boxes of little cakes and cookies, though some of them are . . . not so innocuous in intent.

In specific, sensitIV, BAD END=DEAD END, and avante en garde might find poison or razorblades in their gifts. . . which sucks because these units might also be experiencing some difficulties as well. . . . or, maybe they've acquired some souvenirs for the occasion.

On the other hand, WILD CITY, ☆ZRAEL, Heart Soldier Senshi, AlcheME!, and BARiTONES will feel particularly energized, and their fanmail is #blessed, which is to say that there might even be one or two useful things in the fanmail*.

(*must be carryable and non-magical, but may be a weapon—please note in the points shop if you're getting a firearm!)

Finally, everyone gets a notice on their phone: by the end of the day, Hell Graduates and Transfers will have to say farewell—so, spend the next few hours wisely. ]

[ Please make sure to make a SFW toplevel and then respond to your toplevel with your NSFW reaction prompts! Here's an example of what that looks like! ]

idolpro

Who: Ordine, BAD END=DEAD END, invited CR
Where: Local abandoned(?) warehouse club(?)
When: Day 425-426, midnight

[ BAD END=DEAD END and invited CR receive text invitations throughout the day to a place that is apparently only open at midnight exactly: it's a grungy warehouse, looking as shady as the invitation itself—like this place might be used as someone's secondary location. There are also what seem to be invisible bouncers at the outside of the warehouse club, because the shadowy Damned are hanging around the entrance but not entering—those who do try are bounced off somehow, by some invisible hand.

Despite the outside being the way it is though, the warehouse's insides have been renovated to look like a club . . . sort of. There's still broken cement and exposed iron beams, but there are also colored lights, a dance floor, and what definitely looks to be a diner.

Unexpectedly, orchestral music plays in the background, though very much BAD END=DEAD END-esque. Very much fight music. Is this a fight club?

The diner looks beaten up, just like the rest of this place, but the food looks pretty good anyway—idols can serve themselves from a buffet of fast food, primarily deep fried seafood or fish burgers, or alternatively vegetarian versions of such dishes. None of the options are exactly healthy since it's all greasy food, but it's good greasy food.

The soda machine is dented, and the menu is on the fritz. Sometimes the menu it gives is sodas, and sometimes it's alcohol, and sometimes it's both. Sometimes it gives the wrong drink. It's drink roulette.

There's one microphone for speech giving, and a blue carpet runs to the end of the warehouse, where a door awaits Crow whenever he's ready to leave. ]

wotanon

Who: Idols!
Where: Anywhere!
When: 425

Everyone's surely got plenty of requests to fulfill (or shirk) by now, right?

idolpro

Who: Unfamiliar faces?
Where: Tokyo-F
When: Day 424, morning

[ The cryptic countdown pauses: 999999.

Then, the video feed turns on. Who's this—why, it's Man☆Eater! ]

A big ol' congrats to our final winner, who requested: "PLEASE MAKE C KING OF HEAVEN"! Now, we could make that happen for you, but where'd be the fun in that? And hey, we've got a special occasion to celebrate: the start of our fourth season! If the third time's a charm, the fourth's gotta be even better, right? Gyahaha!

They say you should meet your heroes... eh, or wait, was it the opposite? Oh well, too late! 'Cause guess what, you lucky rascal? Instead of sitting back and watching all the action through a screen, you're getting the once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet the man himself! No accounting for taste if you ask your host here, but hey, go bask in his divine presence or whatever! Gyahahahaha!

[ the video shuts off before further explanation can be given, though fortunately you're receiving a text message: ]

IMEEJI'S FIRST HANDSHAKE EVENT BEGINS
FULFILL FAN REQUESTS TO BECOME MORE POPULAR ♥

[ And the ground begins to shift . . . there's a rumbling sound—an earthquake?

—no. Those are the sounds of footsteps . . . thousands of them, all at once.

Wherever idols are, they'll be able to see the streets and buildings are being invaded. Not by imps, not by demons, but rather, monochromatic people—sometimes just silhouettes, shadowy facsimiles of people rather than people themselves. Though they look lifeless, the energy they bring with them is overwhelming. Suddenly, the empty once-plastic city feels like it has the population to justify its size, and every building, communally upgraded or not, now accommodates the visitors, with non-upgraded buildings revamped inside to be bare-bones sleeping quarters for the . . . just how many people are here, anyway?

Perhaps more intimidating than the abrupt number of the Damned in Tokyo-F is the fact that they're all wearing. . . idol merchandise. Jackets with idol faces on them. Headbands. Lightsticks.

And. . . wherever you are, they're there. To get your signature. To shake your hand. Maybe to ask you to do something.

Idols will have to deal with this for . . . some time. The cryptic countdown has started again, but this time it's ticking reliably, though slowly, down.

Incidentally: far from the hotel, tall white walls have been erected around Honmachi Sakura Park. They're not magical walls, though—it seems determined idols can use any number of methods to climb over the walls to get to Heaven. It looks like it's largely there to keep fans away. . . ]

SIGN-UPS | REQUESTS | TURN-IN @ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12

idolpro

Who: Everyone
Where: The Game Tower
When: Slightly forward-dated to 422

[When you enter the Game Tower today, the room is empty of anything except for a single, large book. It stands propped against the far wall, and the text within is in stunning calligraphy, illustrated in the style of an old-fashioned fairy tale.]

[It reads:]

Once upon a time there was a tale, and it was a tragedy.

Countless hapless souls were carried down to the depths of hell, where they were locked away to suffer for all eternity.

But here is the truth: all stories, before they are complete, can have any ending that the author chooses. Before the final chapter is penned, no tragedy is guaranteed to be a tragedy at all.

And so we lay our scene: not on the bright streets of Tokyo-F, where the heroes and heroines of our tale spend the pages of their lives, but in a between-space, the held breath after a period and before the start of the following sentence.

Here, there is a blank space waiting for words to be written, a pause for those who need it to catch their breath.

Here, there is time to pen an interlude before the next chapter begins -- to write about a moment of healing, amidst all the chaos.

Consider it, if you will, character development.

[No sooner has everyone gathered for the game than the book, and even the Game Tower itself, flickers and begins to disappear]

[Instead, you find yourself surrounded by liminal space. There is an ever-present twilight glow, and in the distance and all around, the air is filled with countless softly glowing stars]

Rules | Turn-in | Endgame | Winners

idolpro

Who: Idols
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 419

[The next time you walk through a doorway, you inexplicably find yourself in what looks like a large living room. It's crowded with clusters of couches and comfy-looking chairs, each arranged around a coffee table topped with bowls of finger foods. You can see snacks such as crackers, grapes, cookies, and so on... things that are easy to idly pick at while enjoying each other's company. The rugs on the floor are plush and soft, and there are cushions scattered around that look perfect for sitting on. There's some quiet lofi house music playing from somewhere.]

[Amidst all of this are a couple of guys who might look familiar to some. One is a tall man with antlers and a scar across his nose and cheek. He's dressed casually in a blue plaid shirt and black jeans. The other is a short guy with a long, dark, side-swept undercut and too many scars to count. He's wearing a loose t-shirt in gray and teal, and he's leaning against a nearby wall and munching a cookie.]

Guess who's got two antlers and got their host application approved! This guy! And you know what they say: be the kind of host you want to see in the world. So I'm back to run the kind of games I want to play. ...And that means hanging out and eating snacks, basically.

So grab some drinks, make yourself comfortable, and let's play a card game!

[ Sessions | Turn-in | Mingle | Winners | Endgame ]

lamboffraud

Who: IDOLS
Where: GAME TOWER
When: 415 Dusk

[THERE'S A SPOOOOKY RINGING BELL THAT BECKONS YOU TO THE GAME TOWER. When you get there, it's decked out in halloween decor, including lots of seasonal costumes (AND some fancy dresses and suits for some reason??), a graveyard, a haunted house, spooky forest, a pool, and like, whatever else you might want or need.

A hologram of the sheep host is lounging about, dressed as a vampire, sipping wine.]

BAA! I mean, boo! Hello little lambs, it's the season for spookiness! But also. . .a season for memories!

We're playing Monster Bingo again~ But know this, my spooky sheep, prom is also right around the corner! Which Monster of Mayhem will be crowned Prom King and Queen? That's up for you to decide!

You have some time before prom, however, so for now, have some fun and figure out which monster skin suits you best~ Have fun!

[IC Rules | OOC Rules and Monster Card Refs | Turn In | Vote for Monster King/Queen ]

idolpro

Who: You?
Where: Anywhere
When: Day 414

[ Sometime during the day, sensitIV and Heart Soldier Senshi will receive a text notification—"Congrats on becoming a shareholder!"—as well as +250 points in their account.

Additionally, idols will find the city has started their Halloween decorations, including the hotel: jack-o-lanterns filled with candies decorate every dorm landing, and orange-and-black streamers decorate the hotel, both inside and out. Pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns of various sizes have sprung up in various parts of the city.

Eating any given piece of candy, or holding the piece of candy for long enough (for player convenience), may or may not (at player convenience!) randomly imbue the idol with any of the following traits for anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour:

Feeling mischievous/adventurous
Feeling colder/wanting cuddles
Feeling happier/more open, honest
Feeling snacky/romantic

The decorations and candies (+effects) are here to stay throughout the rest of the OOC month. ]

wotanon

Who: Idols
Where: E v e r y w h e r e
When: Day 413; ANy tImE

[ Time to get your mingle on. ]

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