acting like a good person on camera

[thicc]

[ onscreen: an insufferable prick doing his best to be as amiable as he can be, wearing a suffocating red suit painful enough to spell "karmic retribution". totally forced upon, totally manipulated. death, in short. valentine's day his fucking ass. ]

Gooooooood afternoon! Welcome again to the weekly edition of Yumenosaki Time, with me, today's special host, Izumi Sena! [ pause for... pre-recorded APPLAUSE haha that rhymed ] — and oh, [ WINK ] do we have an exquisite treat for all of you! For us, by us: "Find Your Mate!"

[ a small pause to raise the paper; he doesn't actually know the rules and pairs verbatim, and it sure isn't his problem if the cameraman is frowning and rushing hand gestures. ]

... So you see, it's just me and a couple of our other idols here, right? Everyone in this room won't be participating, but behind that curtain over there [ camera zooms into a red curtain right across from them ] is the remaining sixteen, and they're gonna find each other while completely blind!

Now, they aren't blindfolded yet — they will be, and you guys better be playing close attention — but as soon as the signal rings, it's lights out and evacuate!

[ onscreen text: "AND THE PARTNERS ARE...?" ]

As for partners, I've got the list... [ SHUFFLING ] here. Make sure to listen carefully, because as soon as I finish, you all have ten seconds to look and touch your partner all you want before the alarm goes off. Got it? Another second to register that? Alright, I'll start.

this is where we fucking die

KURO	TSUKASA
HIBIKI	MAKOTO
RITSU	TOMOYA
EICHI	LEO
ARASHI	KEITO
KAORU	CHIAKI
SUBARU	KOGA
SHINOBU	TORI

... And that's that! I hope the rest of you are ready, because we — [ LA CUCARACHA HORN INTERRUPTS, KILLS IZUMI SENA; HE IS DEAD ]

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DON'T BUG HIM

[thicc]

[ the little show host over here? let him rest, please; he's produced enough saccharine shit to alert the FDA. ]

its party time || open

[vineco]

[ As soon as he heard the horn, Subaru hummed. He made sure to put on some sort of perfume, in case his partner tried to sniff his way towards him. He also hoped he wouldn't bump into his captain- that's the last person he'd want to deal with.

An idea popped in his head, and he made way behind the curtains. He'll find Hokke! It'll just be a moment, he won't be mad, he thought. And with the biggest smile on his face, he ran. ]

THE FROG LEAPS || open

[cardjutsu]

[ Shinobu was practically breaking down waiting for the short event to begin. Ten seconds? Just ten seconds right? He volunteered for this with the encouragement of his unit members, but now that Izumi was reading off the partner list, he was shaking with anticipation. If he was going to be here, he would try his best!

His target was small. One of the only students at the academy that was smaller than him, even. If he just felt around for the shortest person then he should find him, right? Okay. Here goes. He had no idea what the host meant about "touching," though. His orders... were to capture his prey.

He jumped as high as he could and landed on someone, but judging on his position (with his arms around their waist), they were far too tall to be Tori. ]

who wants to die :: open

[yuukun]

[ Okay, so maybe the horn does manage put Makoto a little on edge about this entire ordeal—more out of just confusion than anything—though it at least manages to pull him from his thoughts and away from whatever or whomever it was he's just backed up into by mistake!

Hibiki... Tall, pompous, and the only guy with really long hair or something, right? Then that's what he'd look—Er, feel for as he stiffly extends both arms out in front of him and begins to blindly step forward, praying that he's thought of the right person. Some Fine rival he is, huh? And what a fine pun too, albeit not all that appropriate for the occasion..

Makoto seems to be doing well thus far—no major confusion, awkwardness, and some healthy wiggling of his fingers; That is.. until he actually loses his footing and stumbles forward, the base of his palm violently slaming into someone's jaw in the process.. Maybe the rigid zombie walk hadn't been the best approach to take after all—unintentional or otherwise. ]

Ah—! [ And cue some very ALARMED WHISPERING ] A-Are you okay? Please don't be dead!

Oh my god please stop him | OPEN

[kurokiryu]

[He didn't mean it. Not at all. When he let out his arm he didn't want it to let it out so.....carelessly. At first he didn't think much of it "Oh well, I'll hurt them a little, but only just a little."

Then he remembered that he was Kuro Kiryu. Probably the strongest man in the academy, captain of the karate club. But it was too late for him to hold back.]

[WHAM!]

[BANG!]

[Well done Kuro, you just threw someone on the floor and completely blew your cover at the same time.]

What the frick tori

[himemiyatori]

[Being touched by others wasn't exactly something Tori liked, but he ended up participating anyway. He had to take any chance he could to steal people's hearts and then use them to get anything he wanted ⭐

He let his arms out and walked almost zombie like, still wanting to avoid as much contact as possible. Lucky Shinobu, having the chance to be touched by his truly.

If only his partner was Eichi, then he would probably find him and cling onto his arm like a koala....

For some strange reason, imagining the scene had caused him to reenact it physically. As soon as he realised that he had, practically, wrapped himself around an arm, he jumped back.

Damn. What happened to the "minimal contact" rule!?

Then as cutely as possible, he posed and said, without checking if it was actually his partner.]

"Haha, I gotcha finally⭐"

when you get the wrong sexy glasses man

[goodfam]

[ Of course, while Wataru had not minded being entered - in fact, he volunteered - he had not expected... well, needing earplugs. Ah, but he was a master at figuring out who was who via just their footsteps alone, so it was no surprise they'd decided to make sure he couldn't use that skill to his advantage. Pity. He had wanted to win for Eichi - gaining the Emperor's attention and making him smile brought a special satisfaction for Wataru.

Oh well. He'd simply win this way, as well. Nothing would stop him from gaining a win for fine, and thus gaining a win for Eichi himself. How new a feeling it was, to he, to desire to please someone this much. He'd have usually grown bored and left by now, but Eichi was skilled at keeping his attention - a pity he wasn't assigned to find his leader, actually, now that he thought about it.

At the start, he had to be tapped by the people nearby him to know when it's time as instructed by the teachers, but he simply adjusts well naturally, being able to know when it's time on his own (he had been watching Izumi's rehearsals, growing especially fond of hitting the button that played the horn over and over - much to Izumi's annoyance). So he easily moves about, swiftly dodging people who'd stumble into him and weaving his way through, as if he had no blindfold or earplugs.

Once again, Wataru proves himself to be something else.

But, he does have one problem. He isn't necessarily close to his assigned partner, Makoto Yuuki. If he were to pick anyone in Trickstar, it'd be his beloved Hokuto Hidaka! So, his one weakness was not knowing a thing to identify Makoto with. Well, he did wear glasses. But, as fate would have it, Keito also wore glasses and was also participating - shocking as it was, but that only fueled Wataru's interest in the poor man more.

He resolves, then, that he'll simply grab at faces and, once he feels glasses, he'll know who it is whether the person smacks him or jumps about in shock. Good thing Makoto was a polar opposite to Keito! Grinning, although no one can see it, he stretches out his hands and goes in for the kill, and this, of course, resolves in a lot of smacking and light punching. ]

Makoto Yuuki of the ever-shining Trickstar! Please come to me, where I await full of love and adoration... ☆ [ He was never the whispering type. ]