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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

[notsospeedy]

[This guy is pretty light on his feet, though he couldn't tell you why. When they get to the lounge though, he is visibly dazzled.]

Whooooa, talk about swanky!

[insideinfo]

[Yasuho also seems impressed by it]

Yeah... This is way fancier than I expected.

[notsospeedy]

Soo, what's your poison?

[Gonna slide himself into a bar seat]

[insideinfo]

[sits down next to him]

...I don't really drink much. Chuhai?

[notsospeedy]

That's new to me - is it Japanese?

[Signals to the bartender(?)]

We'll take two of'em!

[insideinfo]

Yeah. It's short for "shochu highball," I think?

I'm from Japan, if that wasn't obvious. What about you? Do you remember?

[notsospeedy]

The name kinda gave it away.

Me, who knows. I got the pretty looks of your typical white boy - but maybe I'm Irish or something?

[Redhead and all. But no Irish accent]

[insideinfo]

You seem pretty American.

[that doesn't sound like a compliment]

[notsospeedy]

Some chest-pumping patriot vibe?

[insideinfo]

Not exactly. Just... cocky and pushy.

[notsospeedy]

[Hmm. Well their highballs arrive, and there's a flicker of Something(?) on his face as he throws back, like... nearly the entire glass without flinching.]

Yeah, that sounds like me.

[insideinfo]

[it's shochu and seltzer, so it's not very alcoholic. Yasuho just sips hers]

Does it? What do you know about who you are?

[notsospeedy]

I mean, I know I'm a walking disaster chasing thrills. Guy like me, no big surprise that rock bottom had a newer, even deeper bottom - always figured I'd end up in Hell.

[Man he needs a harder drink. Just gonna straight up order whiskey...]

[insideinfo]

Is that why you looked like that when I talked about not having anything important?

[notsospeedy]

[A little distantly,]

I just think it's a shame, y'know.

Not having something important to live for...

[insideinfo]

...Well, you can live a long time like that. Depending on how dedicated you are to dying, I guess.

[her tone turns dark for a moment. then she tries to lighten it again]

But the important thing can still be out there. If you close your eyes, you won't see it even if it shows up.

[notsospeedy]

[Dedicated to dying hmm wow yeah it's time to get whiskey in him right the hell now]

Pretty girl like you oughta have everything t'live for...

[insideinfo]

[she raises her eyebrows slightly]

You just called yourself a pretty boy, so you could say the same thing about you.

[notsospeedy]

See? You're clever. Smarter than me by miles.

[insideinfo]

[sighs, and takes a longer sip from her drink]

...You wanted my story, right?

Well, I said I was in the hospital. It was because I tried to kill myself. I was 13 at the time.

[notsospeedy]

[Goes quiet, somber.]

...That's really young.

[insideinfo]

Yeah.

Well, the situation was a little more complicated than I knew at the time. There was... this creature, that was messing with my head.

But—the only thing I really cared about then was seeing my dad on Sundays. Having him tell me I looked cute. So... when he said he had a new girlfriend... that he'd rather spend that time with her, have a real family with her... It was pretty dumb.

[notsospeedy]

That's not dumb.

You're his daughter. He oughta be putting you first, not whoever he hooks up with. 'Real family'-- that irresponsible piece of shit.

[Muttering that last bit before taking another large swig of whiskey]

[insideinfo]

[watches him drink for a moment before continuing]

He wasn't... I don't think that was really him. I mean, I didn't see him much after that anyway. But I don't think he'd have said things exactly like that.

And I still had my mom. For what that was worth.

[notsospeedy]

[There's a heavy pause as he considers what to say...]

I lied, before. I did take a memory.

But I was at least 16, 17 when I tried to end it all in a blaze of glory.