✦ WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

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✦ WEEK 0: FRIENDSHIP IS 20/20

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Good morning, sweet fruits! The sun is shining, the birds are singing... it's a wonderful day to get up and start the season properly. When you wake up, you're very quickly herded off the boat by a string of harried bunnies who are shouting about schedules and timing. You'll find the Fruit Hosts (Lemon, Lime, and L'orange) have come down to the beach to greet you, and lead you to your brand new home! Why don't you check it out? While you know that there's a lot in store this week (such as an event on Wednesday and a mysterious all-day broadcasting scheduled for Saturday), until then? You're free to live your life. Explore your new locations, get to know your team (including your team leaders!) and get used to the feeling of being watched at all times. The only place you're safe from cameras are in your team bedrooms and in the bathrooms. Remember that. Or perhaps you do want to be in front of the cameras? Well, have no fear. The Confessional has arrived. Located in the mansion, this little slice of reality tv is there for all contestants to really get juicy. Check out the page for how it all works. Hmm... but after the initial excitement of moving into your lounge and new home fades, you'll find that you feel sort of itchy and scratchy. There's someone on your mind, right? Someone special. And it's not necessarily romantic (though it could be if you're brave enough), but you are drawn to this person intrinsically - you want to hang out with them basically forever. Almost as if a red string connects your fates.

A NEW CHALLENGE APPROACHES

Whoa, remember that thing we said about twists? Well, here's one for you. It's red string week! This effect means that your character and another are intrinsically linked. You want to be next to them at all times. You want to talk to them. Hold their hand. Cuddle and hug and spend soooo much time with them. Well, in a purely platonic way of course. This doesn't mean that you have to be around each other 24/7, but the more time you spend away from each other — the stronger urge to see them again. How sweet? And how very awkward if you happen to be matched up to someone who's not on your team. Whoopsies.

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Get ready! Get set! GO! #SEASON_69 of #THEVINE has officially started!!

Remember: Three teams enter. Only ONE will leave with the grand prize, their heart's greatest desire. For some of you, this might be the first and last time you see your team in first place.

☰ OOC NOTES

✦ Welcome to Week 0! ✦ Several new things are unlocked! Check out the Audiences page, Confessional (on the Submissions page), your team lounge, and the CYOAs page! ✦ Because we will not be having a trial every week, The Confessional will serve as our Activity Check for this game. Please be sure to check it our and read the rules carefully. ✦ CYOA sign-ups and submissions are now open! Important: If you'd like to sign up to be in or run a CYOA, please do as early as possible so we may plan for the future. Keep in mind we're only doing a grand total of three mod run CYOAs. All the rest will be player run, if they're submitted. ✦ !! This week, please submit an IC two truths and a lie for your character to us! For later reasons! ✦ As always, come talk to us if you've got anything on your mind!

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Comments

MINGLY

[cocolemon]

[ come hang out and mingle! eat, drink, live, laugh, love! ]

[cleaved]

[ as a host, rawiyah can be seen at any point and any place of the lemon lounge, ushering people in as guests or mingling around the party itself. she will, without fail, always have some sort of alcoholic beverage in her hand. she's dressed in her usual canon fit as she has been so far, though she's tied a lemon party decoration around her ponytail just for fun instead of leaving it hanging up with all the other decorations.

if you don't have a drink? she will appear, putting one themed after your team in your hand with a: ] Here, try this!

[ anyone that's expressed to her that they don't drink alcohol, or if you seem younger, will get a non-alcoholic version.

she's also sitting at one of the tables for card games, shuffling the cards with a grin to anyone that approaches. want to play poker? she's got you. don't know how to play poker? she's also got you! come learn how to play poker. ]

[katzepaw]

[he will be nursing a drink, face pressed sadly against the door that leads to the [redacted] room.]

[lactosetolerant]

[He is here to play poker! With his fucking eyecing (eyes) closed! His staff will look for him, thanks.]

Is it hard to learn?

[quantizer]

Oh, I was just talking to Aaron about this. I'm really no good at poker.

[ she knows how to play she's just BAD at it... ]

[lactoseintolerable]

Ooh, you sure? I'll warn you, it won't be easy!

[unsurprisingly this bitch LOVES card games. deal him in.]

[perfaketion]

[His contract allows for drinking so alright bros let's slam one down. Because he's not stressed at all.]

[abracatdabra]

[ i simply want to know if the cat receives alcohol ]

[staghunt]

It's a hit.

[ hello hostess with the mostess. with a drink in each hand, he's just swanning on by the card game table to top off her drink and then to have a seat, tapping the table with a pair of fingers. ]

Deal me in.

[ valiant, this is to teach people - he wants to play. ]

[mealpreps]

[well. she had a drink, except her glass is now empty and she doesn't seem even slightly close to tipsy. so. extra drink? extra drink?? she would like an extra drink.]

I'm impressed... Your team put this all together surprisingly fast.

[bawanggong]

[ he doesn’t need to learn how to play, but he does want to straight up play a round or two ]

They really stuck to the theme in these lounges, didn’t they?

[etherealism]

[ everyone should post yours pets i think ]

[katzepaw]

[meow.]

[littlejohnny]

[ his son ]

[becomingpotatoes]

[Rui shows one of the wooden mascots of his dorm]

[mealpreps]

[i should have made a solo icon for sweet tiramisu]

[abracatdabra]

[ is the moogle the pet or is cait sith the pet. i scream for i do not know ]

[pipis]

[ it's somewhere but nobody will find it ]

[syncer]

[ He's also hanging out, and probably whenever Rawiyah takes off to play poker and demonstrate he's here helping out with distributing drinks. Otherwise if you look like you're unsure or just wallflowering or even in the general vicinity, he's happy to chat. ]

Need anything? Don't be afraid to ask. Our casa is your casa for the night.

[smashcut]

[ tenna is also in full-on host mode for much of the night, exuding the same energy as this bgm, though he's getting sloppier with his duties the longer the night goes on and the more drinks he has.

he'll be generally keeping an eye (figurative) on things and going around to everyone to make sure they're having FUN!! any less enthusiastic attendees will be pushed toward either the drink table (if they're legal) or the more sugary refreshments for some chemical influence. ]

How are we feeling, folks? We having a good time? Smile, and remember— you're on TV!!!

[staghunt]

[ val can be found milling around and about making sure that you either have a new drink or are topped off as the party goes on. either that, or he's playing rounds of poker (of the non-strip variety) with an easy-going smile and a drink close at hand. ]

Let's play a couple of rounds.

[ he will not be teaching you unlike rawiyah, so you better get your lessons in with her. i will not make u play poker in any way tho we can just talk/theatre of the mind/improv byeeee. ]

[bangforyourboo]

[ Anyone who walks in gets a wave from Belle, who is seated right on a couch; right beside her is Eous, who likewise greets anyone with its own "Nah-nuh-ah!" ]

Hey there! How's the day treating you so far?

[viticella]

[ It's Mizi's first time drinking alcohol, and that means that once the party is in full swing, there's a very very good chance she approaches you, a bit unsteady on her feet, but very earnest. ]

Wow, you look so nice tonight.

[ Later in the night, she is absolutely crashed on one of the couches. Honk mimimimi. ]

[streamy]

[ whoa... here are three fruits coming your way, fashionably late.

please hold for sub-toplevels for your npcs! ]

[bawanggong]

[ here is a top level.

he has a drink. he’s milling around. he’s up for anything. my brain is lacking capacity for anything too creative but here he is. he’s absolutely sniffing around the poker table because he does enjoy a card game or five. ]