✦ 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

Elise

[rodesko]

[ here in her dress from the intro log with a fruity lil drink in hand. ]

Try me.

[lactosetolerant]

Elise. Always lovely to see you.

[He's all sparkles here...his red string of fate.....]

[Hands her a 3!]

[rodesko]

[ just sitting next to him while she isn't doing some other person's task. ]

Oh? What shall I rank?

[lactosetolerant]

[A little nudge of the shoulder, playful.]

Hm. Flowers!

[rodesko]

Well, roses, of course.

Other than that, I suppose... lilies, dandelions, daisies... I don't know, thistle? I don't think about flowers all that much...

[lactosetolerant]

Those are really good choices! Ah, and you like lilies? Any particular kind?

[rodesko]

White ones, maybe...

Are flowers an interest of yours?

[lactosetolerant]

[...A little bittersweet sort of expression.]

You could say that. I do lile orchids a lot. And one of my oldest friends is White Lilly Cookie. She and I have been through a lot together.

[rodesko]

Oh, I see...

I see them at church a lot, so for me, they're just... something nice to look at while the priest is droning on about this and that. Makes Sundays a little more bearable.

[katzepaw]

I am being social.

[hands her an 8.]

You must hand out cards to people but call everyone by the wrong name.

[rodesko]

Easy. I barely know their names to begin with. [ don't sound so proud of this. ]

And while you're being social, Mr. Windowblast... [ she pulls out a 3 for him. ]

I suppose I'll make it easy for you, too. Top five things you'd rather be doing than this?

[katzepaw]

Sleeping, Petting my cat, Getting my spellbook back, Reading, Being allowed in the locked rooms.

[rodesko]

Not a lot of surprises there. Although I didn't know there were rooms we can't go into...

[katzepaw]

Sort of how we have rooms in Lime, the L'Orange and Lemon teams have their own rooms, too. And Lemon has a good one.

[becomingpotatoes]

[Here, a Queen card!]

A question...ah, in fact, I might have one. Tell me your dream -- perhaps not the one you're in this contest for, if you don't want to.

[rodesko]

A dream, you say...

[ thinks about this. gets a little sparkle in her eyes. ]

By the end of this competition, I'd like to see every person here dress up in a maid uniform. No exceptions.

[becomingpotatoes]

I believe that's not too unlikely to happen. Perhaps you should pursue your dream. It's attainable.

[Rui definitely wants to encourage you to do this, heck yeah]

[quantizer]

Elise...! How are you at tongue twisters?

[ okay ]

[rodesko]

Is this a challenge?

[quantizer]

That's right.

[rodesko]

All right, name your game. Fisher Fritz? Something else?

[quantizer]

I know that one! Okay, let's go.

[ i rolled high but i actually think it's funnier to fail after challenging someone. so she gets like four words in and visibly bites her own tongue. ]

Owwie...

[rodesko]

Hah! Here's how it's done.

[ i rolled badly so she'll almost get through a single verse and fumble on the last word. ]

[quantizer]

[ well compared to someone who bit their tongue like immediately ]

Wow! You're really good at these!

[rodesko]

... I kind of thought I would do better than that, though...

[ they both failed to complete it even once... ]