imeeji_backstage | announcements + placement!

GOOD EVENING

Activity Check is due at 10PM PST March 6th! If you have been experiencing severe weather problems, please note that in AC and we will only require whatever activity you are able to provide.

Fanmail is due same day, same time!

The Test Drive is up; apps open on March 7th!

The Setting Poll is closed! As of Day 336, Tokyo-F now has a street market and a Hell graduates visitation center:
Ameya-Yokocho
Not more than a couple minutes from Ueno station is the street market, Ameya-Yokocho. Just like Ueno Park, which is likewise just around the corner, there are shadowy, ghost-like figures here; unlike the ghosts in Ueno Park, these actually staff a few stalls. Not the food stalls, which primarily have (free) confections and festival food, and not the bootleg idol merch stalls, which are full of cheaply made merchandise and what looks like future is now Gadgeteered items, though none of them are functional and all of them are liable to break. At least all the idol merch and "Gadgeteered" bootlegs are cheap—nothing costs more than 50 points here—but sometimes items purchased here might be liable to induce an AlcheME!-potion-like effect on the owner upon purchase, or poof into a bitten-into leaf, scamming you out of your money.

By necessity, ghost staff attends to the henna tattoo tent, where you can get illustrious temporary inks that will last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, depending on how you take care of it. The service is free!

The other "staffed" shops are likewise staffed by necessity: they are, by and large, tailor-made clothing shops that take your measurements before sending you the clothes in the mail. They aren't ordinary clothing shops, though—clothes that are not of imeeji fashion are available to purchase here. However, they're exorbitantly expensive; every outfit, made of only the best quality materials, costs 10 thousand points each, and they cannot have a copy purchased for a lesser price once one is purchased. This is the black market of idols.

There are also less expensive outfits of similar nature, available at 500 points each—but after a few hours of wear, the clothing dissolves completely, unable to be repaired even by future is now's ability. It's mostly there if you want to dress up for a costume party or something; these outfits are also not tailor-made, and feel cheap in comparison. You get what you pay for, it seems.

Due to its unique (shady) nature, after its grand opening on Day 336, Ameyoko will only available on days that are multiples of 5 (so days that end in either 5 or 0), as well as on festival holidays.

Graduates Visitation Center: Tokyo Tower
The famous landmark, Tokyo Tower, has been repurposed for a greater use: as of Day 336, it's available for idols to keep in contact with their favorite Hell graduates, who will also see their phones update with a new app just for this purpose. The Footstone, built directly under the tower, has a number of video conference rooms available, where current city residents can call up a Hell graduate from the registry (which lists them by idol name). From there, should a graduate choose to receive the call, they can converse on the big TV screens available in every conference room—or, if the graduate isn't busy, they can even make a personal visit. Graduates only need to press a button on the app to open a doorway wherever they are that will lead them to the Receiving Hall at the front of The Footstone. From there, current and past idols can spend their time at the Tokyo Tower's souvenir shop, crepe shop, burger joint, museum, souvenir shop (where they can take pictures in the purikura booths), or the Tower proper; moreover, Tokyo-F's Footstone, unlike the one in real life, has its center carved out to create a large courtyard park, for those who like to spend their time outside in the greenery.

While graduates are visiting, they receive a plastic wristband tailor-made for the graduate to wear; while it's worn, the graduate may not be fatally injured or killed; all attempts made will simply bounce off. It also physically prevents them from leaving the boundaries of Tokyo Tower, though all Hell graduates are also aware they are not allowed to leave bounds regardless. Well, they could take off their wristband and try anyway, but there are cameras everywhere. The Producers will find out.

Graduates may bring small gifts with them, following Fanmail guidelines; current idols may give gifts of any size to graduates (provided the graduate can, you know, hold it on the way out), but graduate players, please be advised: all graduates must go through security check once they return, and it's highly possible if something is considered contraband (ex: listening devices, plot items) it will be confiscated. Mods will not be hard-enforcing this, but players should notify the mods if they intend to have graduates receive plot relevant(/relevant-to-be) gifts.

While Lives may be hosted at Tokyo Tower and are eligible for activity check's points proof, graduates do not count toward hosting bonuses, and may not host Lives themselves. They also won't be paid for any Lives they participate in—their participation is entirely philanthropy.
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