[Mingle]

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[So you're in the studio and the camera crew has instructed your characters to break into your teams to discuss 1) the client's personal fashion comfort zone and preferences, and 2) how to give them the Stylecation makeover they obviously need, while 3) working in the episode theme of "animal".]

[Or that's what you're supposed to be talking about, to obey the host.]

[Please don't mind the cameras focused on you at all times, even following you to the snack table to grab coffee and danishes and donuts. But feel free to crash one of the other team mingles!]

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[Team 1]

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[emends]

[ Lucina, having been chosen as Team One's client, decides to demonstrate her grace and elegance by stuffing cherry danishes into her mouth without pause.

(It's not her fault. She hasn't had pastries since she was a child.)

Come and speak to her, she'll make a great—if crumbly—first impression. ]

[waytobreakithero]

[ She's in a less-than-chipper mood, despite waking up in a gloriously soft bed and having access to running water and soap. There are people following her around and she's swimming in technology far, far out of her depth. She can't find anything that resembles tea or a tea kettle, nor is there any small ale to be found.

At least the pastries are tasty.

And she's amid decent company, so far as she knows. Lucina stuffing her face sort of reminds her of Merrill, or Bethany on one of the rare birthdays Mother had a chance to bake for. It's cute. ]

Our theme is "animals", hm? You'd look stunning in antlers. Or maybe a giant boar's head as a hat.

[antiapocalypse]

[ hey, so, this is... all very weird! isn't it? she thinks it's weird. but mostly she's just amused so far, and she wanders over to Lucina, grinning ]

Lucky you.

[antiapocalypse]

[ the camera honestly makes her a little jumpier than she would've thought. wry, over her shoulder to one ] You know, I totally wanted to be an actress when I was a little girl. Either that or a princess. At least one of them's working out, I guess.

[Team 1]

[promisebreaker]

[ peter is deeply uncomfortable with this whole thing. he has no idea what a makeover consists of, or why the girl they're supposed to make over needs a makeover. she looks fine to him. he's just going to hover in the background, watching and trying to figure a way out of this until someone forces him to cope. ]

[Team 2]

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[buymorelifer]

[ The camera crew is making him kind of nervous. But that doesn't stop him from trying to creep off with the entire pot of coffee and a dozen or so danishes. ]

... if I'm a judge, should I be here? [ Don't make him go sit alone in the corner. ;o; ]

[actlikealady]

[she has apparently been volunteered for a "makeover". there's just one problem. Sif folds her arms over her chest and looks around at the others, her expression a bit shuttered]

...What is a "makeover"?

[she has the feeling she's not going to like the answer]

[cleanedslate]

[ oh, sure. he knows how this... kind of thing goes. which isn't to say Tony isn't still, you know, a little bit disoriented.

he smiles for the camera and has a few handfuls of food off the snack table. ]

If we seem hungry, it's just because this is the first real fake food we've had in a week.

[ their eyes glaze over when he says stuff like that. it's kind of fascinating to watch. ]

[inflorescere]

[If she's particularly bothered by this sudden change, Robin shows it very little, although every once in a while a hand of hers will sprout on the surface of whatever camera is focused on her and either attempt to cover it up -- or shift the focus to someone else. Is it you? Oops sorry.]

[Hmm. There is one true tragedy at hand here though.] The coffee pot is missing. [Why, Chuck :(]

[subdueme]

[Zero doesn't even pick out his own clothes so how anyone expects him to help dress someone else is about the most laughable thing he's heard.

Except jewelry. He can do jewelry.]

Have we even decided on a specific animal yet?

[Maybe he can at least keep the people who might be able to do something focused.]

[ijustlovethat]

[Effie is excited!! looking at magazines and being a bit disappointed at the rather bland fashions (in her not so humble opinion). but she is still very, very excited!!!]

[cocooned]

[Yuuki's glancing through magazines, brows knit. A fashion show...? Honestly, she can't understand the point of the tasks they're being required to complete.

When are they going to be sent home...?

With a sigh, she thumbs through another page. Whoever thought a fashion show based off of an animal design has poor taste.]

Animal print is out of the question.

[Team 3]

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[onehotpepper]

[oh god. this is not funny. at all.]

I am not getting into an animal suit. Or anything with excessive animal prints. ...I didn't sign anything, did I? Not consciously, so technically I can't be forced to do this... right?

[great, no answer. thanks a lot, camera operators.]

[justpicksomething]

Best role!

[ The RNG is with you, Young Skywalker. And we got lucky, too! ]

I know, right? And I get to judge all the hot laaaadiiiiies.

[ yeah, he's talking to himself. or rather, the voices in his head. but that doesn't mean he won't talk to you, too! ]

Re: [Team 3]

[criminalmastermind]

...I can sew. [Simon says that very reluctantly. It was much easier to get in the spirit of cooperation when there was the immediate danger and concern of the wilderness. He's pretty tempted to try to set this contest out. But that might not ACTUALLY be safe. He's still not sold on what's going on. At least this way he can be on hand in case someone... well, the likelihood of injury is low, but if it happens he has no intention of letting some 'staff' doctor treat anyone unsupervised.]

[neverforgets]

[ After a break in the conversation about clothes and food and coffee and watching these completely random, nosy strangers mill about with devices and things that look like caterpillars on long poles, Lavi has a question. ]

Anybody wonder what'd happen if we just don't play along?

[ Bad question for a Bookman to suggest, but he can't be the only one thinking it. ]

[Team What The Hell Is Happening Here]

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((e.g. your mingling option for going outside your team huddles))

[neverforgets]

[ Team? What team? Lavi is 90% recovered and so going through the cabinets and examining the studio equipment is much more interesting. ]

[sank]

[ Nope, nope, nope. Saki is thoroughly ignoring the reindeer games. Instead, she's invaded someone's office, put her feet up on the desk and started flipping through one of the fashion magazines strewn about. Acknowledging others will only happen if she feels like it. ]

[justpicksomething]

[ he liked the team huddle. it was nice and cozy in there! with a girl to comfort! but okay, this is fine, too.

feel free to overhear him muttering ]

Could've been here last week, but nooooo.

[onehotpepper]

[these snacks are not ideal, but being the first thing she's had all week that she hasn't seen someone kill or gut, she'll take it. she can taste all the sugar and processed grains, the things that make hard core dieters weep -- and it's pretty much glorious. that and coffee~! delicious, bitter coffee.]

[excuse her. she's just going to stand here for a second. this is a pretty normal place, after all]

[sizing]

[She'd hoped, with the change in setting, with all the looking around she's doing in the studio and whatever other areas were accessible... Cassie hoped she could have still found him. But Scott Lang wasn't anywhere she looked, small or not. He wasn't there.]

[So despite herself, and knowing the cameras (and any one else from the teams) are there to catch it and see it, embarrassing or not--for just a moment she can't help but crumble a little. To just be sad, bite back curses, and miss him.]

Dad... [Damn it.]