( 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

[penaltypoints]

[ Yesod does as instructed once he reaches the area that Gebura has indicated, seating himself upon a nearby boulder. He may not look especially relaxed like this, not to mention with his arms folded across his chest again as they so often are, but he watches Gebura, attentive. ]

[bemist]

...

[ She just stares at him, having settled cross-legged on the sand. Her hands rest loosely on top of her thighs. ]

Relax your arms. You're already too tense for this.

[penaltypoints]

...Am I? [ Granted, crossing his arms is a habit that isn't conducive to appearing at ease. ] I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[ Someday his future self will be so flexible, despite looking just as tense most of the time. For now, he corrects his position rather stiffly to match Gebura's, still perched atop the boulder. ]

[bemist]

[ Well, it's a start. He's still stiff, but at least he doesn't look like he's trying to defend himself from some kind of unknown threat. ]

Close your eyes. [ She's aware this part might be weird for him, given. Well. Machine. But it's fine. ] And take a deep breath. Hold it for seven seconds.

[penaltypoints]

[ Closing his eyes, Yesod counts each second until seven have passed. He can remember breathing, if nothing else. He remembers doing it more recently as well, in a dream, until it ended. His avatar reflects it, as if he really did take a deep breath upon being prompted. ]

[bemist]

Release your breath, slowly.

... And as you do, forget all the information you have crammed in your head. Just let it go. Don't think about anything except the air around you.

[penaltypoints]

[ Emptying his mind of every piece of stored information, every thought held within it... That's easier said than done. Brows drawing together slightly at first, Yesod tries it nonetheless, concentrating on Gebura's voice until it fills the air around him.

He does understand the appeal of meditation, he thinks. ]

[bemist]

[ As she'd expected, she'd asked a lot of him. And that's fine, because at the very least, he's trying.

And she can tell the moment he succeeds, when that furrow smooths out. Good. ]

And that's all you do. Don't internalize, just exist.