( open; ) summer episode part 2?

[uncourteous]

WHO: Any Outsider is more than welcome!
WHAT: Dating shows... I was bullied.
WHERE: Between Okinawa & Neo Tokyo.
WHEN: Throughout the remainder of July (listen, it's a production)!
WARNINGS: Partial nudity, alcohol, potential suggestive topics, and will update 'em as I see 'em!

Throughout the city of Neo Tokyo and even Okinawa, there will be advertisements posted by the hundreds (and spam mail to your oculars by an equal number), desiring candidates for a show. While the aftermath of vegas and other bleak instances might have led way for people practicing some semblance of moderation— opposite to that, the people also need their entertainment, don't they?

Fortunately, there will be an influx of dating shows looking for people to appear. They are offering a fairly decent amount of money and are even offering luxury experiences for free for participants. In this economy and food shortage??? Okay, the food may be lacking, but they do make up for it in various activities they have planned, where people can kick back, relax, and romance?

While there will be any number of shows looking for interested parties, these are the main shows/premises:

  SPEED DATING  

As the label suggests. People will be expected to sit down and switch through several partners. In their hands will be a card labeling who they encounter and a place to leave a check mark. They will also be given a list of questions that can be answered.

  PARTNER SWAP  

People can be on a show and swap partners. This doesn't necessarily need to be romantic, either. Have a friend you want to show up with, cool. The only rules are that the pairs who enter together cannot stay together during the duration of the show.

  SINGLES INFERNO  

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be trapped on a deserted island with other hot singles? Well, now you no longer have to wonder. They will need to cook and fend for themselves here with minimal activities or distraction— but, isn't that the point? All you need to focus on is each other! (* They will be ferried to an outer island by Okinawa). While on the island, which they label as inferno, it's also a rule that one cannot speak about their age, occupation, or any such personal details. All of this will be reserved for "paradise." To go to paradise, two individuals will need to pick one another, and if they do — they are able to go on to completed various luxury experiences together.

For those who would rather find paradise in inferno together, you can presume there are tents that act as shared dormitory quarters where contestants will stay together.

  DATE ME  

People are free to use this for just general dates. Maybe, you just want to finesse the system and enjoy a fun all-expense-paid for date in which you get to eat like relative kings and enjoy various experiences. Feel free to use anything in the setting to your desire.

  SKINSHIP STARTER  

... a show where you get paid the more skinship you do. Don't do anything you wouldn't do in a Wendy's though. (That's not how the saying actually goes).

  COMMENTARY PANEL  

Every good dating show needs those who simply sit and commentate, right?

* It can be assumed any of this is just open to general CR you want to spend time with, too. This is just supposed to be a silly log for chances for characters to get to know one another! Characters are more than welcome to assume they stumble upon this by accident, think it's just a basic job and can't leave, film or unfilmed (minus the commentary prompt), and whatever else! Feel free to tag freely, threadjack, etc!

Comments

[bemist]

[ Why is Gebura on Singles Inferno? It's Malkuth's fault. It's definitely Malkuth's fault. And she is not really doing anything to come across as attractive or desirable or flirtatious, she's more or less here to follow Malkuth's suggestion of getting to know other people, to work with them seamlessly as teammates--

No. She doesn't really believe that, she's just here to keep an eye on her colleague, but you can catch her doing incredibly romantic and sexy things such as!!!

A.) Kabedoning you against a rocky outcropping. Why? Probably because you didn't call out to her soon enough and she'd whirled around, sensing someone, and this is just proper defensive maneuvers, to become the aggressor first????

B.) Pulling you to safety against her because you tripped? Stray falling coconuts?? A mystery!!

C.) Standing ominously in front of the ocean, hair down for once and tousled majestically by the sea breeze, and she looks distinctly grumpy.

That's maybe not too strange, but maybe starting to walk directly into the ocean is? When not in a swimsuit? Eh.

So? How will you be wooed? She's fine fighting you too, that's probably more preferable. ]

a

[emancipating]

[ honestly, he doesn't really know why he's here either but, as it stands, gebura has kabedoned zagreus against the rocky outcropping. to his credit, he doesn't look too surprised? just a little confused as he blinks up at her. beneath his feet, the sand steadily begins melting into glass, but don't worry about it. ]

... Um, hi. [ he lifts the coconut with a straw stuck in it up like one would a peace offering. ] Would you like some coconut?

[bemist]

[ We love a nice glassy ground, surely. Gebura barely glances down at it, just briefly, long enough to notice What The Ground Do (or What The Feet Do, perhaps), and then the two-hued gaze of grey and gold snap back up to his face and the coconut.

She does not look very peaceful, but at least some of the homicidal intent (that was definitely not there surely you are imagining it she would never dream of killing anyone of course not) draws back in her gaze. So it's something. ]

I'm good.

[ Said flatly. ]

But I wouldn't recommend sneaking up on me next time.

[ HE VERY LIKELY WASN'T. ]

[emancipating]

[ the homicidal intent was noted, but to be fair, zagreus is fortunately (or unfortunately) used to it by now. it comes with the territory when his father would rather send his infernal forces after him to get him to come home rather than, say, having a nice heart to heart. anyway.

mismatched eyes of green and red watch as her own snap back to his face, taking a sip of the coconut juice. sweet and refreshing. ]

I wasn't, but I'll keep that in mind. [ since they're both here, though— ] Were you thinking about going to paradise?

[bemist]

[ What does that--oh. Right. Premise of the show. The show she doesn't want to be on. ]

I don't really think I'm going to be high on the list of considerations for that sort of thing anytime soon. [ Case in point, though she does lower her hand and step back slightly so he can enjoy his coconut juice without getting pressed against a rock. ]

c

[uncourteous]

[ maybe there's a distinct misunderstanding here. despite the clear fact that she was a valiant female knight who was fully capable of handling her own, he didn't expect to see her off in the distance with her hair being tousled around looking like what he assesses to be the attitude of "the world being over." the great thing about a deserted island is that she has nowhere to run (jk), but it's true that she can hardly avoid him when they're in such tight physical proximity to one another.

perhaps, assuming she has her heart set of drowning in the ocean in an attempt to swim back. why he has these assumptions and misgiving is one thing, but he quickly follows after her. though, he is also not in swim attire. but, he strips his shirt off as shore, before following after her.

he reaches to (try and) grab her wrist. ] Where do you think you're going, Lady Gebura? I assure you, there's nothing there no matter how deep you go. [ per usual, there's still that devil-may-care tone to his voice, and yet he does sound a little serious.

as if actually a bit worried for her. ]

[bemist]

[ Callisto strips his shirt off and surely half of the viewers are suddenly grateful to Gebura for inspiring this act of fanservice, even though she's unaware of this and turns to fend off his hand with her own scarred one.

Well, it's probably more like they're grabbing each other by the wrist now, but she's tense, as though she is absolutely prepared to attempt to snap it if need be. She doesn't, because she's aware she probably shouldn't, but also because that odd note in his tone gives her some pause.

Not enough to prevent her eyes from narrowing, though. ]

I wouldn't say there's "nothing."

[uncourteous]

[ stop, not the fanservice.

still, it's true that removing his shirt did little when the water logs down his pants. it probably doesn't help yet that his pants are white. but, that was neither here not there, he doesn't seem to pay much attention to it as he fights against the slight current that hugs and pulls away from the shore.

when he feels her grip against his own, he looks down before fixing his eyes back on her. ]

Then what would you call this? [ he says as he splashes water idly in her direction with his free hand. ] Are you the type who believes this is something? [ is he talking in metaphors, or what here... ]

[bemist]

[ Getting water flecked across her shirt isn't really a good time for her, to say nothing of the water that hits her bangs, and Gebura awards him with a flat look. As ever. Like they're not both just standing in the water in their clothes. ]

You're overreacting. [ And she gives her head an irritable shake, that thick red mane flaring out. Her grip loosens on his wrist. ]

I was just looking for seaweed.

[ ... Seaweed. ]

c...

[penaltypoints]

[ Yesod has also never wondered what it would be like to be trapped on a deserted island with other hot singles (or anyone, for that matter), but here he is for reasons of some sort that make sense at some point, catching sight of Gebura by the ocean. Gebura approaching the ocean, fully clothed, the water rising past her ankles, soon to lap against her calves...

Yesod follows — cautiously enough, but he might sink at this rate. ]

Gebura—

[ And suddenly he's gone, disappearing beneath the water's surface. ]

[bemist]

[ There's a familiar voice and she can at least respond amiably enough to her colleagues (even though Yesod being there makes even less sense than Gebura being there). And she turns, just in time to see Yesod go under the water.

It truly never is a dull day, she thinks to herself, instantly plunging both hands into the ocean to try and grasp at whatever of him is within reach. If she has to go under, she will, but why the hell did he follow her if he was just going to sink?? ]

[penaltypoints]

[ His colleagues are here and he has admittedly been concerned about Netzach since Netzach's memories as Giovanni have begun to return and affect him... Gebura walking into the ocean is concerning as well, but for the moment, Yesod must regret his decisions today upon discovering that the ground unexpectedly turns into a steep slope in this particular spot. While Malkuth informed both him and Netzach that they would be "fine to take a dip" as part of her assessment after she had completed their maintenance, despite noticing some rusting, it's likely that submerging themselves entirely isn't ideal...

Thank you for the rescue, Gebura. Let him try to salvage his dignity while dripping water. ]

b :D :D :D

[curingidiocy]

[ If Ratio was any other person, maybe he would have swooned at being pulled so close to another. But alas, it is Veritas Ratio, and he is far too out of touch with what the general populace considers romantic to think of this being any more than an individual concerned when his foot catches on a piece of deadwood hidden under sand.

It's not a mistake he'd usually make. It was just a momentary lapse in attention as he contemplated his current, humiliating circumstances. But his cheeks flush in embarrassment anyway, knowing that all of this was being filmed and a certain someone would be watching. ]

...unhand me.

help

[bemist]

[ Gebura stares at him, and thankfully he doesn't swoon, because she would not know what to do with That except probably drop him. Which maybe she should have done anyway, given his...

... She's not going to consider it an order, because she doesn't answer to anyone here, but she is going to push him slightly more upright as she steps back, one hand resting on her hip. Well.

(Hopefully Aventurine's the fun kind of jealous, for his sake, said Kia and not Gebura who does not know who either of them are.) ]

If you want to fall next time, be my guest.

i'm dying already

[curingidiocy]

[ Look. This was Aventurine's idea. Somehow Ratio had gotten himself accidentally kidnapped by the show's producers (and really who could blame them? Ratio is eyecandy.), and when he informed his partner through the ocular implant, the damn gambler had had the audacity to laugh and tell him to go with the show, because he'd be watching.

There aren't enough words to adequately express how much he wants to throttle Aventurine right now. If the gambler gets jealous as a result of whatever Ratio ends up getting into, he only has himself to blame. ]

It will not happen again.

[ In a very classic tsundere move, he crosses his arms and turns his head away with a hmph. But other than that... this is going to be a very awkward scenario for him, Gebura and everyone watching... no doubt the producers will be urging them to say something after a few long minutes of silence. ]

a 1/3

[siffriend]

[ Well, at least she knows Siffrin is quiet... They'd seen her and, naturally, began their silent shuffle up to take up the requisite space beside her as they'd done both other times--

only to be suddenly trapped and honestly (you don't like it you don't like it you don't) it takes everything not to stab Gebura in the side with the pocket knife they'd obtained as a not so suitable replacement for a dagger. ]

2/3

[siffriend]

[ (You stay your hand. You stay your hand. Your hand grips tight around the hilt of the knife drawn tensed against your leg and you stay your hand.

It isn't meant for her. It's more meant for you than it might ever be her.)

Stay the hand. Stay the hand. Stay it.

(You're fine. It's fine.)

A small smile makes its way to his face. ]

3/3 okay

[siffriend]

Hi, Gebura.

[ Yeah.

(Yeah, you're fine.) ]

[bemist]

[ There's a few seconds, in which Gebura has reacted before she's recognized--because when it isn't something familiar, like Malkuth's bouncy footsteps or Hod's carefully polite ones against Chesed's softly deliberate steps and Tiphereth's decisive footfalls, when it's literally anyone else other than her colleagues and they're not trying to announce their presence...

She sees the new presence as a threat, braced to act accordingly, to kill before they can strike; there's conviction in her gaze, then, ready to strike.

But perhaps said presence isn't all that different, because she spots the knife as soon as their fingers wrap around the hilt, and she can all but feel the tension radiating from them. The smile feels like its own form of attack.

Gebura steps back almost immediately. ]

Don't. Stabbing an attacker would have been the right choice.

c

[transmit]

[ There's the consideration to grab her wrist or even her hand, and perhaps there's the instinctive desire to that might get caught on camera. Whether that's intentional or not, who knows? What does matter is that there's a pivot to catching whatever piece of clothing he can before she's enveloped by any waves; I'll leave it to you to decide if that sufficiently stops her or if he ends up with a fistful of fabric instead.

Either way! He has words. Words being: ]

Whoooooa! I don't think the show's genres include people walking into the ocean never to return, Miss Gebura! Where're you going?

[bemist]

[ Well, the audience must be enthralled by this instinctive desire that ultimately gets thwarted and maybe the fact that he is left holding a bit of her shirt is also very exciting for them as it does technically stop Gebura, but only because she feels the fabric tearing.

And then she turns, though doesn't necessarily turn back. ]

Further out. [ Calmly. Though not to walk into the ocean never to return?? Probably?? ]

[transmit]

[ He doesn't actually think she has a death wish, but her grumpy expression does suggest that she might be trying to do something unpleasant… Maybe it's something he can help with.

Not wanting to rip her shirt, he tugs on it a little more gently. ]

Surely you can elaborate on why?

[ someone's out here insinuating something terrible and all you're gonna tell them is that 'further out'??? ]

ofc i'm tagging with her too. b

[ignoreher]

[ look there is ONE REALLY CLUMSY PERSON in this library and it's her.


so yes, thank you. this is appreciated. the tripping is always going to be her downfall (haha), and... there isn't even anything there, when malkuth looks down. ]

Where would I be without you, Gebura?

[bemist]

On the ground, apparently. But you're used to that.

[ As she carefully sets her back on her feet again. ]

At this point you're better off getting one of these saps to carry you.

[ignoreher]

You don't need to point that you, you know... and I would, but skin on skin feels weird.

[ so no thank you. "feels weird" isn't it but she's not gonna say "feels too distracting" to gebura of all people. actually to no one ever. ]

How's your luck been in avoiding people?