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Prompt 1: Amnesia

[ You woke up, all your memories having vacated you. Well, that sucks. But hey, no time like the present to go out and figure out things. Maybe someone in your smartphone contacts knows you or what's going on. You open up your smartphone's lock screen and-- hey, that looks relevant. Profile pages! It has your unit name, member names, but no pictures. . .

Well, the rest varies. This one says Likes: Industrial Strength cleaning products, Breakbeat hardcore, Volleyball shorts and Dislikes: Roombas, Electro-industrial, Maid Outfits. The next has a thrilling tale that concludes with the idol mud-wrestling God, though it doesn't mention if they won or not. The third says that the member became an idol because they want to use the television and media attention to get the notice of their long lost sister, and reunite their family. The fourth just has someone's three sizes. The fifth has a detailed astrological profile.

Since no one remembers their names and there's no pictures to match it to, this is actually less helpful than you hoped. And furthermore, the doors aren't opening until you and the rest of the amnesiacs on this unit tell it who is who. Looks like you and the rest of these people have to discuss which of you is more likely to have mud-wrestled god, and who joined because they really want to find their long-lost sister. Or you can just use the tape-measure that was left sitting on the main table of the center room, that might be a quick way to settle at least one of these things. ]

Prompt 2: Memory Regain

[ You saved up your points, performing in Games or Lives or Vids, something or other until you had enough points to put the order in.

You didn't really know how to expect a memory to look like, but as it turns out there's just an alert on your app. Once you click it, a playback starts-- on the screen, and in your mind. You remember something now.

However, in buying the cheap version, that just broadcasted to several other people's phones in the area as well as all screens in the area. Cool. That was definitely what you were trying to do. ]

Prompt 3: Game Time

[ Welcome to the Game Tower. Today's game is a sort of mad fake phantom thief free-for-all. You arrived, were given top hats and cloaks, and the inside floor of the tower had been remodeled to resemble an art museum, with a giant roulette wheel right by the elevator you exited. Below that was a little slot, where today's hologram host explained the wheel would spit out a slip with a goal just for you.

So you have a little slip of paper with a goal on it, and no way of knowing what anyone else's goals are, though you did see the big roulette wheel being spun at the beginning letting you know the some of the possibilities:

♚Steal a heart
♚Steal a life
♚Steal an object
♚Steal a kiss
♚Steal someone's clothes
♚Steal someone's shoes
♚Steal a secret
♚Steal the giant statue from the center of the museum
♚Steal the portrait that depicts your true love

...well, waiting around isn't going to get you any points. Get to it, temporary phantom thief! ]

Prompts 4: Fanmail

[ Today, trying to take the elevators up from the lobby to access the apartments you and the other units live in just isn't working. Upon the doors being pried open, you found out why quickly: the elevator shaft was jammed up with fan mail, so it couldn't properly descend. Letters cascades out from between the open doors: letters from people who watch you play games, do lives, make vids, and probably all sorts of other things on those omnipresent cameras.

Are you really going to read these? Though right at your feet, a few have spilled from their envelopes. Now you can't help but read those. Here's one in purple glitter pen that says, jesus just come into my home and strangle me with your hair and one that is written with newspaper cut out letters (alarmingly reminiscent of a calling card written by a serial killer) that reads incongruently hello my soft best child ur good and valid and I love you forever plz be ok don't listen 2 the haterz u have done nothing wrong. Oh, and here's one asking if you can wear tighter pants for your next live, they want a better shot of your ass for their shrine. This one just says MARRIED?

Well, it's just as well you have no idea who those were for. Most this fanmail isn't for you. Except for the few that you just read, they're all labeled in envelopes for different people from all the units. Time to read other people's fanmail. Or try and find them and deliver the fanmail. Or just start a big fire in the middle of the lobby, you could do that too. ]

Prompts 5: Wildcard

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Comments

Velvet Crowe | Tales of Berseria

[searingedgelord]

3

[Currently wearing a top hat and a cloak dead eyeing the giant statue. Or possibly just dead eyeing the entire situation, tbh]

This is stupid.

4

[So someone read approximately 1.5 letters before deciding they were all worthless.

So she’s...yeah, she’s just setting them all on fire.

Cool, cool. This seems safe, right.]

4 but kinda placeholder

[awakenerd]

[UH. ARE YOU JUST LIGHTING THEM ON FIRE INDOORS YOUNG LADY?]

Are... You okay?

4

[floweroftheslums]

[As someone who has spent a great deal of time in writing letters, the thought that someone else would be so careless is horrifying.

She looks over at the other woman with a bit of a half-horrified expression.]

Even if you don't want them, someone spent a lot of time in writing that.

[With her own, she just sort of reads them over before setting them aside.]

Re: Velvet Crowe | Tales of Berseria

[neverbeentogeorgia]

Nice job.

[ This guy's just going to use this convenient fire to bum a light for his cigarette. ]

3

[koheleth]

[ twirls in his cape ]

But isn't it kind of exciting? You look cool, too!

4

[mycaringheart]

[He's (regrettably) seen enough of what's in there that he's not exactly going to stop you from doing that, but let's maybe not burn down the building, that would be bad...]

Should I get some water for that? Or at least a container...

4

[nohalation]

[watching the fire ooooooooooooooooooooooo

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Pretty . . . !

Shinji Matou | Fate/Stay night

[arealbookworm]

1

Wouldn't someone who mud-wrestled God have better things to do with their time than dress up in a stupid costume and sing?

[He says loftily, scrolling through the profiles on his phone. This does not look like a dude who has ever mud-wrestled God. This looks more like a fussy older high schooler who maybe does some much less grapply kind of sport.

He keeps scrolling, because despite his bitching, he's determined to solve this mystery. After a moment he mutters:]

I'm sure I wouldn't complain about a maid outfit on the right person . . .


4

[You're damn right it's time to read other people's fanmail. Aloud. Here's this asshole propped up against a wall doing a dramatic live reading:]

Me: I love my husbando more than anything in the world! Me at me: But what if I kept him in a cage for the next twenty years?

[Peek over his shoulder and there's a weird, poorly done drawing of a frog in a cloak, but whatever. He bursts into laughter.]

—Hahaha! These people are crazy! Don't they have lives of their own?

[He shoots a look around for either agreement or, also fun, someone's look of dawning horror that that letter was addressed to them. It's sure not one of Shinji's.]

4

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ Kira plucks that fan letter right out of Shinji's hands and re-reads it for himself. It's only after he removes the cigarette with his free hand that he drawls out with a smirk, ]

I don't know, I wouldn't mind being kept in someone's cage, 's long as they're hot.

[ It's not like it's any different than being stuck here. ]

1

[carnivorouscarnival]

Hey, hey, that's a little judgmental, isn't it? Even conquerors of gods have got hobbies and dreams; being limited by your shortcomings is one thing, but it'd be kinda sad to be limited by your achievements.

[ Then, with a thoughtful tilt of the head and a cheeky grin: ]

Anyway, the mud-wrestling one sounds coolest, so I call dibs.

[ Is that how this works?

To be honest, with such a small and bony frame, this one doesn't look like much of a wrestler of gods, either. ]

1

[searingedgelord]

[she’s stopped looking through the profiles because they all seem pretty sketchy tbh. But she shrugs at the question.]

I guess if you can mud wrestle a god, you can really do whatever you want. Even something stupid.

4

[rollplayinghouse]

[deadpan]

Lives which are worse than being strangled to death with someone's hair, apparently.

4

[grandschemed]

You really don't got a great public speakin' voice, I gotta say.

[ this tall eyepatched dude is giving him a bit of a look over; he doesn't seem terribly impressed with Shinji's attitude. ]

Azar | OC

[aboar]

[3: any unit]

[ Hello stranger. Were you hoping to encounter a beautiful young woman today? Were you perhaps hoping that she would stride wordlessly towards you, no hesitation in her steps what-so-ever, to grab the back of your neck and pull you closer into a kiss? Yes?

Well that's what you just got.

Except it's not romantic what-so-ever. Actually what is this? It's barely even a kiss!? She just slammed her mouth into yours.

This is definitely an assault. ]

[5a: Avante en Garde]

[ Hello stranger. You have found your way to the park. Were you perhaps--

Alright no, no one hopes for this. Unless you're just really into getting nearly skewered by a spear that was apparently thrown from some high vantage point.

If you look around for the source you'll see a young woman standing on top of some conveniently placed formation of rocks.

In one hand she holds an activated cellphone-- a live has just been called-- and in her other she is already forming another spear. The way she looks down at you with calculating intensity makes it clear. You are being challenged. ]

[5b: WILD CITY]

[ If getting assaulted in some form or fashion isn't really your thing there's a table set up somewhere in the lobby with a crudely drawn sign simply reading "FREE PETS".

It sure is a WILD CITY live. Of some sort.

Though for her part the woman sat at the table appears to be largely unenthusiastic. She seems far more focused on braiding and unbraiding small sections of her (remarkably long) hair. Only pausing in this task every so often the moment anyone passes by the table, her fingers stopping dead as she just. Stares them down. ]

3

[ifmylove]

[he was definitely not hoping for any of that, and will tense, a bit, and gently push at her shoulder, trying to signal to her to get off.]

5a (Barakiel | OC)

[jarredforlife]

[ducking behind the nearest cover, which is a bench]

Hello to you too.

3

[koheleth]

[ ??????????

puts his hands on her shoulders briefly and gently to initially kiss back but then quickly ends up grabbing her face between his palms instead, letting out muffled "ow, ow, ow"s against her mouth and trying to pull away ]

3

[unaffective]

[ The girl on the other end just stands. Stock still. There's no significant displeasure or shock to her expression, but you'd be hard pressed to say she's gone out of her way to reciprocate the gesture either - she just stands there, accepting, prone. Like kissing a wall.

She's sure there's a reasonable explanation for this. People don't just kiss for no reason, so she will just let herself be kissed and hear her out once she's done. ]

Pearl | Steven Universe

[aterrifyingrenegade]

1
[If you're on Bad End=Dead End you might awake to the most outraged shriek this morning, as your newest member discovers just what sort of environment they are expected to live in.]

Un-acc-eptable! Oh, what a shambles this is, an absolute disgrace, I'd better get to work right away. Everything needs to go.

[And she does, making a start on cleaning the dorm. Unfortunately, when everything in the dorm looks like trash, that means she's probably going to throw away all the furniture.]

1b
[ALTERNATIVELY you may find this newbie downstairs searching for cleaning supplies, stepping in front of you when she spots another person.]

Excuse me, you there, human. Where can I find a broom?

2
[Some of you may be wondering how a straight-laced obedient nerd like this wound up on BE=DE. Hopefully this memory of her breaking the law to be a gay disaster will shed some light on that. After watching that memory, she is blushing bright blue.]

I... I... Oh my! That was so, rambunctious. Do you think she likes me?

5
[It's time to break out the broom again! Sweeping up all the letters to go in the trash.]

This is all highly inappropriate.

1

[afailedmurder]

[hi BE=DE it's your friendly neighborhood Boss-stalker]

Thank you. I've been trying to tell them that this whole time.

Lyon | Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

[mycaringheart]

1

[Well, this purple-haired boy just looks lost as he scrolls through the profiles. Every word he reads just seems to confuse him more.]

What is a "roomba"...?

[At least you can probably cross off mud-wrestling God, and probably the three sizes really, with this one? He frankly looks like a bean pole who couldn't really lift anything heavier than a physics textbook if he tried, and even then he'd probably struggle with the weight.]

3

[He doesn't look very comfortable in this outfit, constantly adjusting the hat and almost trying his hardest to disappear within the folds of the cloak. But he does seem to be at least... attempting his task. Kind of. He might be approaching you.]

I'm not sure if it counts as stealing, but... Would you trade your shoes for something of mine, perhaps?

3. will be slow, traveling.

[ifmylove]

[gentle, friendly smile.] It very likely doesn't count as stealing, but I think I have a solution. [going to take off his shoes.]

Shinsou Hitoshi | My Hero Academia

[justonequestion]

A. Concerning merchandise
[A new guy is hanging out in the hotel lobby, scrolling through the points shop to familiarize himself with what's available, until he gets to the "Body Modifications" category and has to pause. Keeps scrolling after a second to see if anything else is that weird. Then scrolls back up to stare at that category again.]

They're just offering human body parts as a modification right next to the hair dye, huh... Is that more or less weird than buying back your own memories?

B. Trying out new powers
[Premise: This is the new guy on your unit and SOMEHOW OR OTHER the team has saved up enough extra left over points to throw a power at their newbie. Try to convince him he should get this power or that power.

Or maybe he's already got something and now it's time to figure out how to use it. Pick a unit and I'll pick a power.]

So how does this work?

Wildcard
(Feel free to throw other scenarios at me!)

B

[ferociousfuckingnerd]

[SO YOU WANNA BE A HERO DO YA. Obviously the ability they are learning is Henshin prepare your glitteriest twirls.]

Okay, so, you have to focus on your armour, and then the transformation itself starts from your belt. It looks slightly different for each of us, and some transformations can get real flashy, but once the sparkles fade you’ll have proper protective armour with a protective helmet.

Robin Melodie | OC

[errantsong]

1(ish) ↴
[So this scrawny newbie is coming out of his room in [your team]'s dorm, grumpily looking at the profiles on his phone. The unclaimed one he's staring at has a bio that reads "Lived in a pineapple under the sea. Likes older men. Had a one night stand with a jellyfish."]

There's no way that's me.


2 ↴
[The memory projecting is this guy standing on the seashore with three other people -- one tall and well-built, one petite, and one with an average build and stylish glasses. The sky is a brilliant blue and the ocean is calm and just as beautiful. It's an ideal scene, except that beside them is some kind of terribly battered submarine, and they're all sooty and slightly blood-spattered. They're also all staring up at one of the few puffy clouds going by with confused awe.

"What the hell is that?"

Our protagonist displays his winning personality by picking up a pebble and throwing it at the sky. It falls and lands on the submarine with a clang. A chunk of metal falls off. Suddenly, the remains of the sub just kind of fall over. The whole party turns to watch, as sparks shower and worryingly black smoke spews out.]

"...Well, fuck."]

Huh. That sucks.


Wildcard ↴
[Any other prompt is welcome! Contact/OC Summary is in the journal!]

1 but 2 is so good

[awakenerd]

I'm not seeing any other new people... If it helps the profiles are usually kind of questionable?

[Pulling up this guy's...]

Ah.

Kida Masaomi | Durarara!!

[scarvedforlife]

1.

[ After the quickest skimming of profiles, it's like this kid is a natural when it comes to handphones or something, this amnesiac's arm is shooting up eagerly into the air. ]

Oh, oh, oh, I call the idol mud-wrestling God profile. There's just something about that story that speaks to my very soul, that causes my arm to tremble with fear and excitement, that boils my blood with its very telling! It's too good!


4.

[ Someone is collecting up fanmail and sorting through it diligently. Though his sorting methods appear to be rather... ]

Mmm, the writer of this one is probably a woman... Ah, maybe a mature woman, who hides her secret love for a dashing younger man a secret from her coworkers, fearful of what they may think of her. But try as she might, she can't stop her love~! So she slips away every evening, curled up lonely in bed, watching videos of her dear and beloved and writing out her heartfelt letters to him in the hopes that one day he'll read her letter, look up to the sky and-

[ He quickly glances up at the nearest camera, holding up the letter. ]

Thank you for your support, beautiful maiden!

Re: Kida Masaomi | Durarara!!

[nohalation]

[!!!!!!!!]

What is idol mud-wrestling?

Elaine Felkin | OC

[unaffective]

[ 1 ]

[ She spends a good long while sifting through the available profiles, back and forth, as if hoping something will maybe jump out at her, some memory will maybe get jogged if she reads about this mud wrestling thing another 10 times, but then she finally caves.

More accurately, she comes to a conclusion. She might not be able to know any of this for sure, but a few of these do have things she can find out! So she's reaching for the tape, putting her phone down, and rising from her seat. ]

Please stand...

[ 3 ]

[ It's not any kind of outfit she's ever worn before, but if it's what was given to her then there's no reason not to give it a try - she adjusts the brim of her hat and tugs the hem of her cloak away from her wrists as she scans over the slip of paper in her hand.

Well. If that's what she's supposed to do, then that's what she's supposed to do. So her next order of business is approaching - you! Yes, you! You there, in the top hat and cape! Her voice is soft and clear and - ]

Ah, pardon me. Would you happen to be using your life, presently? I'd like to take it.

[ And she uses it to say things like that. In more or less the same tone that you'd ask for a cup of sugar from a neighbor. Sure enough, it's definitely the kind of question you'd be more likely to anticipate from someone that looks the way she does - petite, with a head of long, fluffy hair - you'd almost imagine she actually did say that, but.

No, she definitely just asked for permission to murder you. So. There you go. ]

[ 4 ]

[ I mean. Obviously she's going to read them. What kind of person would she be if she didn't? You're supposed to read letters. You're supposed to respond to letters. So if you're in her unit, you can catch her sitting around for much of the day writing replies to every single piece of fanmail she's gotten herself -

"I'm sorry. If I were to strangle you with my hair, then you would die."
"The birthmark beneath my eye is made of skin. Even if you were to lick it, it would not taste of anything other than skin."
"My apologies. If I'm to continue performing, then I must retain both of my feet."

Alternately, anyone can catch her earlier on, sorting through the mail - she makes an effort to deliver much of it, flagging you down as she goes. ]

This set has a bit of an odd look to it - is it yours?

[ The bundle she extends is covered in some red, sticky... something. Even if it is, do you actually want this? ]

3

[nohalation]

[Do I have to describe her to y-

Anyway she's wearing vocaloid clothes okay. Her tiny wings a-flutter.]

Hmm . . . yes, I'm using it! Are you going to return it later?

Lucien Amritas | OC

[malignstar]

[ Currently scrolling through profiles, as he wanders around his unit, catching wall corners with his hand merely for the sake of hanging off them while he reads. Most of the time, his attention seems to be fairly focused, and his brows even rise when he gets to the profile that's nothing but numbers. Not bad, not bad.

Once he finishes his review, he looks up, revealing the clean scar covering the top and bottom of his right eye, and still half-hanging from the wall corner. ]

Okay, fess up. Who's the jerk who doesn't like Roombas? Those things are adorable.

[ Also has the cutest set of songbird-sized black feathered wings. ]

Re: Lucien Amritas | OC

[dragonheartedgirl]

What's a roomba?