thevine | ✦ WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

✦ WEEK 0: FRIENDSHIP IS 20/20

REMAINING

Mingle x

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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🥇 TEAM LIME

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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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[ she is here but looks unsure if she's actually playing or not. ]

[ enjoy your 3 ... ? ]

I think you get to pick the things to rank.

When it comes to time travel conspiracies, I obviously think that the book Futility is the most interesting case. [ obviously...? ] But John Titor is in a really close second place.

[ she will just be rambling about this for a while now i guess. ]

[ he will so politely listen to this entire ramble, but looks very lost. ]

Right. Yes. Absolutely agree. Spot on the money.

[ well she's very aware that he's not from her world so none of that meant anything to him. so she appreciates it. ]

Hehe. Anyway. [ hands him a 10 in return! ]

I am being social.

[hands her a queen.]

Aw, that's great! I'm proud of you.

[ pretends not to know how a queen works. ]

You have to answer a question. I'm thinking, I'm going to pick out a very serious one for you.

Oh dear. Okay, um, please be gentle.

[hmmm....]

What is the most interesting shipwreck you know about?

I know I already mentioned it, but it really is hard to beat the Titanic. It was one of the worst maritime accidents in history. Over 1,500 people died. Most shipwrecks these days are much, much smaller and have death tolls closer to 100!

And in most cases, there's plenty of time for other ships to come and rescue the survivors. That's why there were so few lifeboats. It wasn't a design flaw. It was just common sense at the time that they would be able to make multiple trips with what they had.

But the ship sank in under three hours.

[ sorry. ]

[it's okay he asked this because he was hoping to hear her infodump about her special interest, worst accidents in maritime history. this is so funny.]

Why did it sink so quickly?

Oh! So! [ yay ] The Titanic was built with 16 watertight compartments. It was designed so that even if some of them flooded, it would be able to stay afloat. Up to four of them could have been flooded with almost no problem.

But when the ship hit an iceberg, it didn't leave one big gaping hole, limiting the damage to one or two compartments. It was more like a long, thin tear. It filled up six of those compartments, weighing the ship down until it tore in two.

[it's like my own personal wikipedia deep dive.]

You really have read a lot about this ship.

I just think it's interesting!

[ well anyway. she hands him a 9. i'm not tabbing up to see what a 9 is for. ]

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[Look, a 2!]

Don't hold back with whoever you challenge. I'm rooting for you and you alone.

[Metaphorically kick their ass!]

I'll do my best.

[ starts scanning the crowd to decide on her target... ]

[ coming over with a smile. innocent. ]

Hey, Akane. Can I borrow you for something?

[ fear ]

Yes, what is it?

[ she will actually warn akane, unlike tenna. ]

I gotta carry two people at once. You wouldn't mind, would you? Promise I won't drop you.

Are you sure? I'm pretty heavy! [ no she's not ]

I promise you, you're light as a feather, Akane.

Well, um, then I guess...

[ baby. baby girl, baby. ]

Alright, up you get! [ she'll come around and wait, but then carefully scoop her up onto her left forearm so she can be seated comfortably. ] Hold on, we gotta go get the second one.

[ wow it's just like those sexy vine compilations ]