a welcome;

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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

[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.]

[calculating]

[Wow he's not picking fights!

...Yeah actually he kind of is. But Kuzuryuu started it, okay! He started it by... talking to him. Yes. Either way, he affixes Asahina with a very unamused sort of look, because wow, he doesn't need you stepping in to mediate for him. It's clear that Kuzuryuu isn't actually able to kill him, since he hasn't yet, and that's what matters. Even if he did stab him (and it did hurt, don't get him wrong, which is why he's sort of clutching that part of his leg while he stares down Asahina), that's nowhere near a deadly stab wound.]

I don't need you interfering in my affairs. Now leave.

[tantou]

Yeah, stay out of this, bitch! Who the hell do you think you are!?

[And now they're back to agreeing with each other. Even if secretly deep down he's glad for the distraction but shhhh. He brandishes his (now bloody) knife at Asahina to prove that he means business.]

[donutrings]

[Kuzuryuu, you first.]

Aoi Asahina, Super High-School Level Swimmer and a graduate of Hope's Peak Academy. [...It seemed like as good a time as any to introduce herself. She isn't scared of the boy, really. She just finished one of the worst trials of her life, a knife isn't much of a threat by comparison. He isn't even Genocider Syo-level at the moment.]

As for you, Togami! We should be celebrating! We're finally out of that school and not in the world Monobear showed us, so don't go getting in fights the first chance you get.

[calculating]

[Yeah okay, he's a bit lost here, and he does not like that at all. Because he's the one that's supposed to know things, not Asahina. Her knowing things like this disrupts that order and he is not okay with that.]

...Explain yourself. Now. [because uh he's supposed to take down the Mastermind, okay, not you.]

[tantou]

[Kuzuryuu isn't entirely sure what is going on right now, but he can at least gather that Asahina must be one of the students that was trapped in the school with this Togami. The fact that she seems to know things that Togami doesn't seems to support his theory that people are coming here from different points in time. He's glad to see at least someone take Togami down a peg in any case.

But, the fact that she said "we're" out means that she couldn't be talking about Monobear's "graduation" rule, right? Since only one person could escape that way, after all. So they must've figured another way out.]

Yeah, what's this about getting out of that bear's stupid game?

[donutrings]

[Wait. Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait. Record scratch.

She knows something Togami doesn't? That shouldn't even be possible, he was there. He was more useful than her!]

You don't remember? We redid the trial, figured everything out, caught the mastermind, and graduated.

[!! Looking at Kuzuryuu now.] Don't tell me Monobear did something to you, too?

[calculating]

[yeah okay this? This is something he should know. And he does not like not knowing this. He'll have to get the details later. He knows about the deal with the retrial, sure, but as far as he was concerned, that hasn't happened yet.

But he can at least tell her about Kuzuryuu, he knows about this. Kind of. Not that he's going to share everything, of course, since wow that would be helpful.]

This dumbass claims that the two of us were classmates. It's a waste of time to sit here and explain how far off the mark he actually is, so I'd advise against actually trying it.

[tantou]

[Ah back to them arguing again, the cycle continues....

But wow shut up Togami you don't know anything!??]

Shut the hell up! Everything I told you is true, alright!? How else would I know about that stupid bear and his rules?

[donutrings]

[Uh oh, logic isn't Aoi's strong point.] He wasn't in any of the photos of our class... [But then, neither was anyone to whom each photo had been given. It could have been another trick.]

But that could have been Monobear tricking us again! Two years of our memories were erased, so maybe what he's talking about happened before! [Yup that's gotta be it, no doubts!]