a welcome;

[mallowmods]

Who: Everyone and everyone!
What: Welcoming in the new members to Mallow Hallow
Where: Everywhere!
When: March 2nd.

[ Once everyone’s settled in their particular districts, no doubt thousands of questions running between each individual mind, there’s an announcement. Not over the devices, but rather in speakers all over each and every district. A familiar voice should ring out—you did, after all, hear the voice of your Queen earlier today. ]

Ahem! Can you hear me? Ah, right then.

Hello loveies! You might recall this particular visage which speaks before you—that is, I am your Queen. Call me Queenie, if you must! I’ve met you all on this particular day, and I find it important to bestow some of my boundless knowledge onto you, sweethearts.

Now! Done with formalities, let’s see where we stand… ah, yes! Might I be the first to welcome you all to Mallow Hallow, our wonderful little country. Not too big, not quite too small either! It’s just lovely, isn’t it? Oh, how all my new babies will love it here! Or—perhaps not. [ She clicks her tongue. ] Either way, it doesn't really matter. You're stuck here for the time, so do try to make the most of it, dears.

Of course, there are our sectors within Mallow Hallow. Six… [ There’s silence for a short moment. ] Yes, there are six, aren’t there..? Well, six different communities you might stem off from! Surely you remember the name from our meeting earlier? If not, I’m sure one of the regular inhabitants of each particular district will assist you in naming your new home!

Live where you’d like, eat what you’d like, do what you’d like! Our homes are now your homes, so please, consider us all a big happy family to you! Remember you can reach me or any of the other rulers of any of the districts, over at our voicemails! [ Somehow, that seems sarcastic… ]

Also, don’t cause any trouble, or I’ll personally end you. [ There it is. ]

I suppose that's all. Well then, bye now, dears! And let the word spread—Mallow Hallow is up and rising once again!

[ ooc: Quick links: Lochwell | Mallowhallow | Orlea | Astralfield | Crystalden | Highcrest | Whitewood | Network ]

Comments

[tantou]

Tch. Arrogant as ever, I see.

[LIKE YOU'RE ONE TO TALK, KUZURYUU.

Wait hold on.]

... What the hell is it's motive? Since when do you know that?

[calculating]

[Aha. See, now that he knows he knows something Kuzuryuu doesn't, he doesn't exactly want to tell him. He'd rather gloat about knowing something he doesn't.]

And therein lies the problem with your story. If it were true, you would have certainly known by now what that bear's most interested in.

[he's not going to answer why he knows that because it's very obvious and not difficult to figure out at all, what with how often it goes on about despair.]

[tantou]

[Wow he's going to punch you right in that smug face of yours if you don't watch out.]

I told you, it only just showed up! None of us have any idea what the fuck it's problem is, just that whatever it is, the stupid rabbit doesn't agree.

Last I remember before this place was him making some bullshit announcement about a body being discovered.

[calculating]

[it's okay, that's nothing new for him.

But hmm. Body discovery announcements. That sounds like him, but at the same time, there's no way it could be true. Nope. But okay, fine, he'll answer, but he looks incredibly bored and more than a bit patronizing as he does. Because wow Kuzuryuu this isn't interesting anymore at all.]

...Despair. Despair is what that bear's after.

[tantou]

[Wow, that's a stupid motive!!]

Guess that explains why the rabbit was so against him, if she was really serious about that "cultivating hope" bullshit.

But whatever, it's not like I care. even if he is an asshole, that bear's conditions for leaving are easier than the rabbits. I just needed to wait for the right time to make my move.

[calculating]

[Hey, he never said it was a good one!!! and cultivating hope sounds just as dumb. But he kind of likes your mindset there, Kuzuryuu. MAYBE IF YOU HAD BEEN STUCK IN THE SCHOOL WITH HIM, THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTING. No one seriously seemed to put their heart into killing others and it was just boring, okay.]

While I still doubt your story, at least you understand the nature of the game you've found yourself in. That's far more than I can say for others.

[tantou]

... What? Since when do you agree with me? What happened to all of your "I won't let a single one of you die" bullshit?

[Something ain't right here.]

[calculating]

[Man, if Kuzuryuu is skeptical, Togami's even moreso. Because wow, he would never say something like that. Why does he think he would?]

Why would I say something like that? [because there are so many things wrong there okay. Even if that was something he wanted, there's no way to enforce that in a setting like that school, or whatever island shit he was on about. Sure, he's "withdrawn" from the game because it got boring, but if the others died, that still didn't concern him too much. Because he was the one that was going to win and all that jazz, not them. They were just there and had better not get in his way.]

At its very core, it's only a game, and I intend to best its mastermind.

[tantou]

How the hell should I know?

[Man what if this somehow was some other Byakuya Togami. That'd be crazy.]

Tch, shit like this isn't a game though. It's a matter of survival. People with your kind of mindset get eaten alive where I come from.

[calculating]

[As crazy as Junko Enoshima...

And wow he doesn't appreciate that attitude there. He wouldn't get eaten alive, he's Byakuya Togami.]

A game, a matter of survival, whatever you call it, it doesn't matter, the rules are the same no matter what. It's a kill-or-be-killed game designed to pit us against and deceive others so that only one can come out on top. That was how it was intended to be, and it's no surprise that I planned to be the one on top. However, it seems most people have a problem with that sort of thing.

[tantou]

[Kuzuryuu can't decide whether he finds this Togami better or worse than the one he was acquainted with.]

Of course they have a problem with it. Most people aren't meant for this kind of world. But that's not my problem, so tough shit for them.

[calculating]

[of course this one's better. What's to like about a nicer togami? nothing, that's what.]

It's an embarrassment, really. The kind of things they think can deceive others wind up doing little more than fingering them as the true culprit.

[tantou]

[Yeah but the other one was around less time to be annoying.]

I wouldn't think a fancy business magnate like you'd be any better at it than them.

[Sure there were businesses that would resort to things like murder, but usually they'd turn to people like Kuzuryuu's family to actually do the killing.]

[calculating]

[tbh this one barricades himself in the library enough to not be a bother most of the time, too. Except there's no library right out here, so he's free to be as big of a douche and in people's way as he wants.]

I'm different from the rest of them. Even someone from your background should know that much about the Togami family.

[tantou]

[Clearly someone should just lock him up in the school here, then.]

Tch, being someone who orders for people to be killed and someone who actually does it are two different things.

[calculating]

[There's nothing interesting in that if there's no murder cases to solve, though!]

And I take it you know that from experience, don't you? [yes, that? That would be one very sarcastic sounding question. Because you don't look the type to have killed at all, Kuzuryuu]

[tantou]

[WOW TOGAMI, WOW! Antagonizing a yakuza heir is probably not a smart thing to do, even if he has an adorable babyface.]

Of course I have! I wouldn't be fit to inherit the family if I didn't have any blood on my hands. Don't fucking underestimate me because of how I look, shithead!

[calculating]

[HEY IT COULD BE INTERESTING since tbh this place is bound to hit the wall in terms of how interesting it is by Togami's standards soon enough.]

Killing people's pet poodles or the insects in your bathroom don't count as having blood on your hands.

[tantou]

[I suppose having a knife in your face could be considered interesting... In some ways...

Anyway yeah Kuzuryuu is Not Having This. Out comes his knife.]

You think you're real clever, huh asshole!? You don't think I've killed people, do you want a fucking demonstration??

[calculating]

[And Togami is... not too concerned! He probably should be, but he's not. Because well, he's a Togami. As far as he's concerned, he can't be killed. And with all the posturing and yelling Kuzuryuu is doing, it's apparent to him that it's more of an attempt to scare him off than anything.]

I'd say try it, but I doubt you'd go through with it. [togami needs to learn that little rule that goes talk shit, get hit. Clearly.]

[tantou]

[Truth be told, Kuzuryuu hasn't ever killed anyone. If he were to really think about it, he'd realize he probably doesn't have it in him to do it either.

Stabbing people is another matter entirely, and definitely not something he hasn't done before. Unfortunately for Togami.]

Think again, shithead!

[And gangster baby bear is just going to go ahead and stab Togami in the leg. Have fun with that!]

[donutrings]

[Good news: Togami is here.
Bad news: He's being a douche to someone again. Except that someone just stabbed him. Well, only one thing to do.

Both boys are getting a pillow lobbed at their heads.]

Hey! Knock it off, both of you!

[calculating]

[let's be real here, him being a douche is nothing new.

and he's actually surprised Kuzuryuu managed to stab him, since well. No one ever does that. No one attacks a Togami, no one injures a Togami, Togamis are invincible and all that bullshit. But just because he's surprised doesn't mean he's not going to be a douche about it. Because spoilers, he is.]

I knew you didn't have it in you. As if something as shallow--

[He would have added more, but well. A pillow just got thrown at his head. Rude, tbh. While it is vaguely worth noting that Asahina is here, he doesn't want to be disrupted right now! He's not going to say anything to her, though, settling on just giving her a look that she's probably more than used to by now.]

[tantou]

Shut the fuck up or I'll-mmph

[Kuzuryuu is likewise silenced by the pillow, however for his part he has no idea who this girl thinks she is so it just kind of pisses him off more.

It at least distracted his attention so he doesn't try to stab Togami again.]

Aah, what the hell do you think you're doing, dumbass!?

[donutrings]

[Yes she has seen that look from Togami many times before. But she also knows that deep down he's pretty okay with his classmates (Fukawa aside). She'll address Kuzuryuu's question first.]

Breaking up a fight before it turns ugly. Togami, now isn't the time to be picking fights! [Do you want her to slap you again, she will do it.]