idolpro | YOU-kai start!

Who: YOU-kai
Where: The YOU-kai dorms
When: Day 355, morning

[ You all wake up in bed with your smartphone at your bedside, all of you in your sleepwear, with a message on your phone.

Good morning, newly departed guest stars! You've got new co-stars to meet, a new dorm to explore, and the television in the main room with the "names" of everyone in your unit with flashing empty boxes next to them, waiting for you to each assign yourself a personal color as well as a mythological creature (if that is available to you—some of you will have that option grayed out). Or assign them to each other, really, no one's stopping you.

Once you've chosen your color and creature (or, once it's chosen for you), your closets will unlock with 3 sets of traditional Japanese clothing fitted exactly to your size. Additionally, upon choosing your creature, you might find yourself suddenly with some new appendages (check Player Notes).

Also, the front door is currently locked. It looks like you actually have no choice but to get to know each other for an hour or two before those open up. ]

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[A painfully thin boy of about twelve years old in a button-up pajama set glances him over]

Oh, good. Since you've been awake so long, I trust that means you've already made your selections.

Selection, selection... Oh, yeah, I'm already whatever a kuchisake-onna is.

[waggles his phone, which does indeed show his youkai pre-selected]

...I see.

And that one suits you?

[Very aware of what a kuchisake-onna is, thanks,]

Sure. What's not to like?

It depends who you ask, I'm sure.

Have you given any thought to a point strategy yet?

Do things? Win games? I'm not picky...

We're going to need more than that.

Oh? Well, I'm all ears.

Lives have the potential to offer more points than videos, and we can potentially receive bonuses for working with other teams to conduct them, but it's better not to do that with the other temporary teams, or they'll receive the boosts as well.

[Nodding along. Thanks for doing the planning so he doesn't have to.]

It'd be a good way to feel out the competition, too...

Yes.

...the special game they mentioned won't be pleasant. Keep an eye out for potential allies.

Ooh. Allies. Not really my strong point. Maybe if you act cute we'll get some pity points?

We have better options for that.

[Tips his chin toward Wataru and the little girl]

I dunno, you kind of have that starving waif thing going on. That's pretty good for pity points too.

It doesn't work as well as you'd think.

No? That's too bad... Speaking from experience, are you?

Yes.

Trust me, no one cares. Even the friendly ones won't earn us pity points, when push comes to shove, if that game they mentioned is what I think it's going to be.