YOU-kai start!

[idolpro]

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. ]

Comments

[emptymind]

There is no particular limit on the number of lives you can call, so we may simply continue to do so until it is necessary to stop and rest, or we are interrupted by a game. Even eating may be folded into a live to acquire points. If you are looking for more points for less work, however, I regrettably have not searched for a trick to it to give you.

[branchedout]

That's plenty to start with; can't have y'doing all the work for me. I can pull my weight, too.

[emptymind]

Very well. I look forward to participating in one another's lives.

[branchedout]

Got any ideas?

[ skimming profiles now. ]

...

...

[ He's not calling her a beast. ]

Oneehan.

[emptymind]

[ !! her ears prick up,

her voice is still even though. ]

Kozuru-kun reminded me of the monthly themes, which give us a 200 point boost when utilized. The themes for this month are 'dress up' and 'reciprocation,' and so I thought of calling an offering live for offerings of clothes to be made.

[branchedout]

[ cute! He smiles at her reaction, relieved that she doesn't mind ]

That's a mighty fine idea. Here's hopin' it goes well.

[emptymind]

Yes. And, how shall I call you in return?

[branchedout]

I...

[ his brows knit, he's racking his brain for some memory that won't return to him. ]

I dunno.

[emptymind]

[ checks his profile and makes a hmm sound ]

Sakura-kun? Hikaru-kun? Or, would you prefer a different sort of address?

[branchedout]

Something different might be better.

[emptymind]

Something western? Or, is it better if it simply doesn't resemble this?

[ lifting the phone with profile still showing ]

[branchedout]

Western things are a little...

[ hard to pronounce ]

[emptymind]

[ so not western, ]

Then... Katsura-kun? Kei-kun?

[branchedout]

[ He looks grateful that she Gets It and is spared from mangling things in English. ]

Kei is simple, and sounds like the English letter, so it's easier for everyone to pronounce, and, when written with roman letters, it's also the first letter of...

[ he's still looking at her profile ]

That'll work.

[emptymind]

Kei-kun, then. I will be in your care.

[branchedout]

Likewise, Oneehan. I reckon y'wouldn't let me claim your name outright, so I thought... if we could share it a little...

[emptymind]

My name?

[ after a beat ]

Ah, do you mean kedamono? Although it was given to me, I would not presume it to be mine alone, regardless.