seasonsrpg | Summer Dance Mix (open player plot)

WHO: People around Ellipsa and also Rinku
WHAT: The curse that creates a simulation game of your world is back, but it’s… significantly more harmless (except maybe for your wallet).
WHEN: July 6
WHERE: Weird mind space
WARNINGS: Some discussion of trauma/teamnesia games and what goes on in those, as well as the recent Cursed RPG, Jar of Human Poké Ball, and Lobotomy Corporation player plots.

[You were going about your day. Maybe you were hoping for something nice to happen after everything that’s been going on in town these days. It’s been a rough summer so far, after all, for some more than others.

Something grabs you, though. In the real world, you’ve fallen asleep where you stand, but from your perspective, you suddenly see a stage lit up purple and a cheering crowd.]

RAISE YOUR HANDS UP!!!
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Let’s Go!
NEXT MEMBER IS…

[Light flashes, and you’re standing backstage. There are others standing around too, some you might recognize. On the stage, you’ll see a DJ booth with your faces on it. One of you might have an instrument, another a fancy glowstick or two, and you’ve all got microphone headsets on.

The announcer is calling you on stage.

Welcome to D4FES.]

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[Have fun – it’s an open, lighthearted variation on the cursed-item player plot! Info is here, but basically your character is now expected to perform a DJ live, either alone or in a group (players can work that out). There are turntables on the stage that you suddenly know how to use, and characters who wish to fulfill extra roles in units while one of their threadmates DJs will also have whatever equipment they need and the knowledge to use it. Want to VJ? You’ve got a laptop ready, and mysteriously, all the art or video footage you can imagine is there to project onto the screen behind you or into your LED penlights. Want to play live music? Have an instrument!

The post will be divided into three toplevels in chronological: Free Play (where you play your first round and get used to Suddenly You’re On Stage), Gacha (backstage mingle with everyone else, where a gacha mechanic will put you in new clothes that make you feel stronger and that your threadmates can envy and/or laugh at), and Raid (go perform again with all your new skill and score high enough to break out of the simulation).

As is standard, no powers. We don’t want any accidents on stage.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You're welcome. Like, they came in handy for the show but it's Porty and Candid. So I'm...not thrilled they're here with me. Artsy at least is being nice.

So how do we get out of here? We figure that part out yet?

Yeah, fair.

[It's probably easier to have clones if you like yourself.]

I think there's like, a competition we have to win? Maybe?

So we gotta win. Okay. Probably putting on a big and good performance. The crowd was changing color when I was on stage. So maybe if we get them all to like us, we can get out?

Oh, yeah, mine changed their colors too! When I put up blue visuals on the screen they changed theirs to blue, so I think it's like. Supportive?

Sounds right to me. So we gotta put on really good shows. Maybe we can talk game plan. I got a whole boy band thing going on. And you got this cool angel thing going on.

What song are you thinking of singing?

Oh, yeah, I guess I should probably theme it to the costume I got, huh... I don't really know any songs about angels though? I know a lot more songs about devils.

I mean, songs about devils could work. It's that ironing thing, ya know?

[He means irony.]

Oh! In that case, there's this song I like called Horns? I could do something cool with the visuals for that.

That sounds like a great idea. I like the title. Hmm. I'm kinda stuck between two really.

There's this one I like called The magic 8 oooor maybe more of a classic like As Long as you love me?

Or I could do like a solo and let the other dance?

Whadda think?

It's probably easier to dance or sing without having to do the other at the same time, so I'd go with that, maybe? But that's just me, if you think you can pull it off then absolutely do the big group numbers.

It's like karaoke. Just without the screen. And Porty does like the DJ stuff. Me and the other two just sing and dance. I mean, we gotta go big to go home, right? That's how that goes?

Yeah! Or at least, that's how mine worked, you had to achieve complete success to be released from the cursed simulation. That book Rinku had looked like it had the same curse on it, so it should work the same?

[Just with way less suffering involved.]

I mean so far it's better than the cursed game I was in. I still remember who I am. I didn't have any memories last time. So I'm already like one in the plus column.

Mine had people giving orders to employees based on my memories who would go work with Abnormalities and then sometimes die horribly while the person playing the game could only watch, so like. This is way better also.