✦ 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

[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.]

[cleaved]

[ sidles up next to him, squinting slightly in bemusement before she realizes why he's like this. ]

Aw, Caleb buddy. Do you want me to see if I can bring you out some things..?

[katzepaw]

I have borrowed some already, but it's not the same as being able to look myself.

[headmt]

[do NOT get sucked into this errand, it will never end. ]

[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?

[cleaved]

Not at all! [ she's getting so used to the staff at this point. ] You'll just have to make sure your staff is angled just for your cards, and nobody else's, I think.

[lactosetolerant]

Ah, because of possible cheating! Of course. I wouldn't do such a thing.

[He does so with the staff.]

Alright. I assume it's a one against all?

[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... ]

[cleaved]

I don't have that great of a poker face, honestly, but it's still fun - you just can't put anything you value on the line if you play for keeps.

[ sheepish laugh ]

[quantizer]

Hehe. I guess that's a solution! Just only bet what you're willing to lose.

[lactoseintolerable]

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

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

[cleaved]

[ hmmm somehow this doesn't surprise her. ]

Nothing worth it is easy! [ although she's very glad she's not actually gambling right now. ] Let's go, Shady.

[lactoseintolerable]

-Shady?

[excuse him?]

[perfaketion]

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

[cleaved]

[ help. she pats him on the back. ]

Let me know if you need the washroom at any point, Nice. I'll let you into me and Val's room.

[perfaketion]

[I just wanted to use that icon but he pauses. Oh god no public bathrooms...]

Right.

[abracatdabra]

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

[cleaved]

[ yeah. but she does kind of pause before she offers it to him, like she's not sure if it's acceptable to offer a 30-something year old talking cat alcohol or not. ]

Uh.

[headmt]

This guy gets as much as he wants.

[ THE CAT GETS 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. ]

[cleaved]

[ there's a tailwag energy as he comes over and refills her drink, like a giant great pyrenees getting a treat. ]

It is! I figured it would be, considering all the minds that went into it.

[ after a quick swig of her drink, she sets it down and begins to cut and shuffle the deck. ]

Feel like you'd rob me blind if we were playing for real.

[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.

[cleaved]

[ hello pretty lady she hasn't gotten to talk to yet, but has seen floating around. ]

Would've been more impressive if we'd done it last night, but the extra day of prep helped make sure we had our arts and crafts done. [ she'll offer her an orange-themed drink, though. ] Enjoying yourself?

[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?