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

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Valor doesn't smell tasty at all, it's true. he's mostly preoccupied with winding down his stream of invective, huffily straightening out his torn (and, in places, perhaps acid burnt) clothing.

but then, he senses that he's being watched, and tenses all over, slowwwly scanning the gathering. at first, his eyes pass over the wolf completely, before darting back. something about the tilt of its head reminds Valor of Fake Lunar Take 1.]

...Lupine?

[at_heart]

[ Something like a yip, meant to be a confirmation. He approaches at a loping walk, unhurried.

If Valor wants a fight, he can certainly get one, but Lupine is currently pretty unconcerned with the idea. Pointless expenditure of energy. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Valor cocks his head, birdlike, watching Lupine's approach warily. though Lupine hasn't recently offended him, so he doesn't go straight to assuming that Lupine's here for a fight.]

Somebody sure does think wolves look good on you, don't they.

[at_heart]

[ Another yip. ] [ Settles down next to Valor. People keep wanting to pet him. Do you wanna pet him, Valor? ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[no, because Lupine has big fucking teeth, and he likes his hands right where they are, thank you very much. but, he will sit down next to Lupine. (not too close, though.)]

Somebody's calm. Had a good meal already or what?

[at_heart]

[ Fair! He also has a lot of teeth, multiple layers of them like a shark. ] [ Lupine's tail flicks and he makes an agreeable sort of yawn.

Felicity was very filling. :|a ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[yeah, Valor's still feeling alright from Round 1 himself. though he still seems restless.]

What're you doing running around like that anyway?

[at_heart]

[ Lupine considers this question for a long moment.

And then: shrug.

He doesn't know how to change back. Figuring it out seems like effort. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Guess it makes things convenient...

[at_heart]

[ It's a very comfortable shape. Suits how — little he's feeling in the moment. And, of course, these teeth would be way better at biting into and eating someone.

Leaves something to be desired in the communication department, though.

Lupine paws at the ground, but he's not even sure where to start making shapes. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[that sounds like a Lupine problem.

Valor's head whips around at the first sound of pawing, watching warily.]

[at_heart]

[ What he winds up doing is kind of scrawling a little rectangle?

It's supposed to be a phone. Valor is preemptively forgiven for not being able to tell. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[sourly, with a lot more genuine irritability than you'd expect from Valor, if Lupine ever thought back on this moment after the game]

The fuck is that supposed to be? Quit wasting my time.

1/

[at_heart]

[ Oh, he'll be overanalyzing a lot of things from this game. ] [ Lupine does pause to glance at him, studying his expression.

And for the first time, he actually just — wants to be able to talk, wants to be shaped like himself again...

...and it happens. ]

[at_heart]

I was trying to say that it sucked for communication.

[ Smooth. ] [ The transformation should've completely wrecked his outfit, but somehow it's just fashionably distressed. Imeeji does like that on its idols. ]

[carrionmywaywardsun]

That one was pretty fucking obvious.

[at_heart]

Yeah.

[ Beat. ...He'd be worried about a lot of people right now, if he weren't — you know, berserked. As it is, there's just this mild curiosity. ]

You think Bad End's doing okay?