Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2022-02-26 04:28 pm

POST-ROUND 2 MINGLE

[ 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. ]
worldlyafflictions: (ch097pg12p8b)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2022-02-27 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Black fire flickers around him as he circles Aether.]

Ahaha, maybe, right? But it looks like one last Heart was missed. Feels like it'd be a shame ta go through another buncha cage matches without checkin' if just one more meal would do first!

[Sometimes berserk means arguing that death is the most logical answer]
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[personal profile] skyshard 2022-02-27 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
. . . [ damn all these berserk powers and his own extra uselessness. He at least has his unit abilities, but still... Black fire is extra NG?! ] I'm grateful you all decided not to attack me for two rounds, even if it's just because my name sort of blends in with Ali and Alphinaud, but I don't know if that's fair to all the other berserk teams to go along with this. You like being fair, Pink, right? [ sweats. something something excuses. eek. ]
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[personal profile] childeishly 2022-02-27 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ childe has been keeping an eye on aether the entire time. that's his aibou, and he doesn't like how some of the other idols are getting too close. he growls, teleporting in beside him as purple lightning bolts snap down all around pink, trying to coax him backward. childe is huge, at the moment, a monstrous claw coming down on aether's shoulder as he's forcibly yanked back into his armored chest... though his body has started splitting apart to reveal all sorts of mouths kind of like this ]

Back off. [ a growl as he leers at pink. ]
Edited (added link) 2022-02-27 18:06 (UTC)
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[personal profile] skyshard 2022-02-27 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ch— Caeli? Thanks. [ but these mouth pieces sure are hungry looking, too... why is this game like this?

He feels really bad, too, the other is trying to help him, but it's probably making his own situation worse since hunger things. He's not sure if Pink is suffering the same way, too, which makes him feel bad even moreso.

If he had ears they would be drooping as he says more quietly.
] ...Sorry about it.
worldlyafflictions: (color013b)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2022-02-27 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[This guy...]

Ahahaha... so it's about fairness, huh!

[Wouldn't it be fair to take something of Childe's in that case? But Pink doesn't believe in fairness really. He stops his circling, black licks of flame wreathing around him in dark swirls, but not coming any closer or even raising a hand.]

Too bad, I coulda done it clean, but everybody loves ta make a mess...
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[personal profile] childeishly 2022-02-27 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
... [ childe is real bristles at the moment, and not just because of aether's situation. zhongli's gone berserk, which means he died, and he's absolutely livid about that. he has no plans to just attack pink though, since he's stopped his circling, but he got a little too close for comfort, which is why childe is on high alert. his claw dips past aether's shoulder to his chest for another tug backward. mine intensifies. ]

...there are plenty of other people to 'do clean'. Hands feed the mouths and the heart too. [ even if aether wasn't the heart childe would still be looming behind him like a helicopter parent. ]
skyshard: (pic#15033241)

[personal profile] skyshard 2022-02-27 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he doesn't really know, anymore, but... poor pink... Aether's actually never seen the other under crazy influence before.

(you guys can free for all without me, I gotta start making food o7).
]

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[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2022-02-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[The heck of it is that every day Pink tips closer to an Ideal World madness where people would just Let Him Fix It (with death).]

I'd be pretty surprised if there's anything else left worth eating! But I guess we're givin' the hosts the chance ta make that happen.
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[personal profile] childeishly 2022-02-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ childe 🤝 pink solving things with killing. ]

I would be really surprised if we went into the final round with only a single team in possession of their heart. It'd be a blood path pile up on a single person... but I can't claim to know why the Producers make any of the decisions they do.

[ ... ]

...we didn't target you for any specific reason, by the way. [ since he imagines the fairness in wanting to kill aether is because he killed lava. ]
worldlyafflictions: (ch049pg23p6)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2022-02-27 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Does that sound fun? Is that more fair?

You could finish this if ya won't have it the easy way...

[He's right there, Childe. You could do it.]
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[personal profile] childeishly 2022-02-27 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ pink!!! ]

I could... [ his gaze dips to aether. ] But my aibou is almost as special as Zhongli Xiansheng. Eating them is not something I'd like to do in front of a crowd. I think that ruins how special it could be... should be...
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[personal profile] skyshard 2022-02-27 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ very happy to be almost as special as sensei, that means a lot!

not so sure about being happy to be looked at as an intimate dining option.
]
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[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2022-02-28 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Even when ya know that leavin' him now means other people are gonna be fightin' for the chance ta take a bite?

[HE JUST HAS TO TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME]
childeishly: please don't take. (pic#14721906)

[personal profile] childeishly 2022-02-28 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ pink. pink!
P I N K !!! ]

[ is he drooling...
he might be drooling. ]

[ he snaps his mouth shut and tightens his jaw. ] I'm going to be among those fighting to get to him and no one is going to stop me. I'll even get a few extra meals along the way... though I'll be sure not to spoil my appetite for the entree.
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[personal profile] skyshard 2022-02-28 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ w e l p . this is super awkward but he'll pretend he can't hear this conversation or something!! ]