DAY :33

[wille]

[ Fatigue is the clearest sense that bleeds through when she opens the link, but it's not dwelled upon, just an old bedfellow grown familiar. In contrast, Misato tries her darndest to seem nothing but determined, confident, enthused. It's not a lie if she also believes it. ]

( Hey everyone. We've found a few things we can use to our advantage.

First, if you want to pander to the judges' preferences, you should go colorful, electric, violent, sexy and loud. It's no time to be shy. Miss Mystery hates forest green and wears shoes dipped in liquid metal. Saldo Saldo likes soft vore, shiny and over-the-top body modifs and, uhm, transformations, like ugly duckling turning into a swan stuff. Now Talius Rex loves exotic pets, the more human-like the better, exploit that, he also likes cute things and dressing them and himself up. You may have seen his pets around . . .

Sam has also found that the chips the competitors wear are tracking their vitals, location and they act as credit cards. We may be able to use this. I know we've got a few tech-savvy people out there.

Lastly, I've got some experience choreographing giant weapons, so talk to me if you want help with that.

We can win this! I know it! Let's do our best!! )
 

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[wille]

( Hey, pretty doesn't mean they can't step up to the challenge. )

[ Trust Misato to say that, so eager to give more weight to boys, especially pretty ones, than girls. ]

( But I'm sure I spotted still-moving tentacles somewhere. I'll fetch some for you to train with. )

[sistershoggoth]

( Meh. )

[ A noise of just total disinterest in this thing Misato is doing. She doesn't feel the need to be fucking fair to the guys. ]

( I got a good rapport with tentacles, as long as I'm not babysitting their fuckin' kids. )

[wille]

[ Annie, show her the light. ]

( Uhh. No, you're just going to eat the tentacles, or show the boys how to do it. Swallowing optional. How's that? )

[sistershoggoth]

( Yeah, yeah, yeah. Guess we'll see how they taste. )

[ Ugh, she almost jokes that she could wash them down with a beer, but no. No she can't. She's sober now. No more drowsing her way through. It's a pang of pain and regret. She lights a cigarette on her end and ignores it. ]

[wille]

[ Cigarettes have never been her vice. Beer is. But somehow the link bleeds the wanting along with the sensation. ]

( Thanks for doing this. I think we really have a chance.

And I never got your name, by the way. I'm Misato. )

[sistershoggoth]

( Annie. I think it depends on if the judges like squishy little bipeds, at all. )

[wille]

( Talius Rex does. As pets, but that's something, right? )

[sistershoggoth]

( Hm. Might be able to work with it. Pretty sure I'm the one most down to do the crazy, might be safest for the boys to do the pet play. Like I'm the crazy lady directing the cat acrobatics show. You ever seen one of those? Rats and cats and shit walking tiny tight ropes but everybody's actually there to listen to human bitch's sad jokes and look at her ass. )

[wille]

( Are you talking about a circus? )

[ Some people are a bit kooky, others hard to follow, and then there's Annie. ]

( Do you want to do the crazy? Nobody needs to get hurt for this, you know. )

[sistershoggoth]

( Cirque du Sewer, more like. And yeah, I can do the crazy, it's no big fuckin' deal to me. )

[ I mean honestly, despite all of her bitching and moaning to Pidge, Annie doesn't care at all. She's been through worse shit than this. ]

[wille]

( Alright. The tentacles then. What else do you need? )

[sistershoggoth]

( Everything. Body paint, costume, props, lighting. I'm down to mod up for the show, but gotta find somebody with the gear to do the piercing. )

[wille]

( Whew, an entire laundry list. I'll see what I can do.

And you don't need to actually do the piercing, really. Just pretend. )

[ Annie, you're terrifying, and that's coming from her. ]

[sistershoggoth]

( How do you fake body mods? We're not talking fuckin' clip on earrings here. )

[wille]

[ She wants to say, no blood needs to be shed just to win a game. But what would be the point of playing if you don't mean to win? ]

( If you're sure. )

[sistershoggoth]

( It's fine. What's the worst thing that could happen. Fuckin' infection?
I assume we've got a fuckin' medbay on the station. )

[wille]

( Just don't lose anything you can't afford to lose, okay? I've got a feeling we have a long road ahead of us yet. )

[sistershoggoth]

( I'll be fine, don't even worry about it. )

[ Cuz Annie's not gonna worry. ]