POST-ROUND 2 MINGLE

[idolpro]

[ Once the decisions have been made, everyone is ushered—though those gentle tugs—out their respective mud rooms into the courtyard. An impossibly tall and incredibly dense garden hedge divides one half of the courtyard away—moreover, it increasingly gets taller when climbed, preventing its residents from escaping their slice of the courtyard. From beyond, idols can hear the distant sounds of something rumbling—perhaps it's the ground shaking. . .

The roster is visible on a large screen, though as time progresses, certain names are blacked out. . . ]

[ Mouths and Hands will be able to transform into monsters at-will, though Hands are much more diminutive and Mouths have supernatural abilities at their disposal. Moreover, unit abilities are on. ]

Comments

[at_heart]

[ All the grayed-out names. Golden eyes lid, taking her in, and then he gives a little head-toss. Whuffles.

Yeah, it's him. Hey, Saffron. Pep's not doing great, huh? He had sympathy earlier, which just feels strange to remember at the moment.

Games are just like this, after all. ]

[identitypolitics]

Yeah. It's just like that, I guess.

Honestly, it's a shame.

[at_heart]

[ Curious headtilt. What's a shame? ]

[identitypolitics]

I don't think I'm very good at being a monster. If I was, I could... I don't know.

[at_heart]

[ Hrm. That does seem like a problem for games like these.

Lupine bumps at one of those shadowy hands. Cheer... up...? ]

[identitypolitics]

[ that seems like an invitation to headpat, which she does, idly. ]

I can't help anyone like this.

[at_heart]

[ Headpats are good! Not quite as nice as pets, but good.

Another curious noise. ]

[identitypolitics]

Even when I try and fill myself up, it doesn't work. Maybe I'm just used to loneliness.

...forget I said that, okay?

[at_heart]

[ Apparently there's just something about being a big nonverbal animal that makes people Open Up? That's interesting. And yeah, sorry Saffron, but Lupine will remember that, even after he's done being mired deep in Indifference x2, and then he'll have a proper emotional response to it.

Head bumps against her shoulder lightly. ]

[identitypolitics]

[ listen it's just more soothing to talk to animals or droids ok

she starts giving him proper pets, scritches behind the ears. that's nice. that's soothing, if she manages to completely forget the context, and thankfully she's good at that. ]

[at_heart]

[ Oh — that's physically pleasant, too. Wolf, so there's no impulse to lick her face or anything, which is good for probably at least three different reasons, but he does lean into that. Half a wag. ]

[identitypolitics]

[ nice.

well. she might just kind of hang out like this until she gets skittish about someone else coming to pet the dog or they all get yoinked back to their rooms. decent activity. ]

[at_heart]

[ Totally good by him, too, and this will obviously not be weird for either of them later. ]