( 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]

[ Their eyes meet, and for a moment longer, Yesod's hand stays where it is, palm cupping Malkuth's cheek. She looks troubled once more, he thinks. Most likely, she doesn't want to hurt him, and she isn't sure how to adjust in the face of the confession presented to her.

She must know him well enough, after all this time, to know that it isn't something done to take advantage of her heart while it aches, vulnerable. ]

I do not want to lie to you. You're free to disregard what I've said, however. I chose to say it... because I value your friendship and your trust. That won't change.

[ With that, Yesod lowers his hand. ]

[ignoreher]

[ ... then she can absolutely take is as nothing more than that -- because he values their friendship, and the trust she has with him. malkuth exhales softly and turns her face back to the ocean, keeping the surmounting questions she has behind her small smile (not entirely real, but not entirely a lie either) and letting the waves wash the conversation away before she stands.

and holds out her hands, to help him up. no matter what, they are friends, and she will stand by that; no matter what, he is important to her, and that won't change. ]

It's getting late, and the ocean air can't be good for either us. Thanks for sitting with me, Yesod.

[penaltypoints]

[ Yesod's gaze doesn't leave Malkuth, pensive. He notes the curve of her mouth, a different sort of smile. The uncertainty in her expression, there moments prior, isn't washed away with it like the sand swept from the beach by the receding waves.

I can't think you're serious right now. In other words, this time, Malkuth feels the need to protect him from the possibility that she would rely on him for the wrong reasons. She has enough on her mind, in any case. The last thing he wanted was to worsen it, a heavier weight, undoing the initial outcome of their conversation.

But he meant every part of what he said — without a doubt, Malkuth knows that.

Malkuth rises to her feet, hands outstretched, and Yesod accepts the gesture, palms placed atop hers, thumbs against her wrists. For an instant, standing, they are too close. ]

...You hardly need to thank me, Malkuth. I'd like to do so again.

[ignoreher]

... I know. But you should still thank people when you mean it.

[ they are, for a moment, standing too close, but unlike other moments she'd had with similar circumstances she doesn't feel the urge to jerk away. there's a difference in inviting someone close and them taking it versus them simply pushing forward; there's a difference in words by themselves versus paired with regret.

but malkuth does step back, hands sliding away and to her sides with a small, bright smile. the quick pulse he might have felt beneath his thumbs lasting only so long as the touch, left now to calm away from it. ]

Okay! I'm going... that way. I'll see you around, so... yeah. [ what do you do with like, a nice confession. gosh. ] Goodnight?