[Mingle]

[randomly_modding]

[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!]

Comments

[cleanedslate]

Damn. But I want them now!

[justpicksomething]

I'm a judge! They can't remove me.

[ :D Emoticons are no substitute for quality narration. ]

It's cool, we like the narration. [ he is talking to himself again ]

[cleanedslate]

Oh, I'll manage. Reality TV was designed for me. Maybe based on my life. I should sue for copyright infringement.

[cleanedslate]

Is being humiliated on national TV not motive enough for you? [ amused ]

[onehotpepper]

They give the people what they want. [shrugs. take that as you will. it's not the rosiest picture of his future ever, but it's true.] It's not all that bad, though. We do have good shows.

[onehotpepper]

[laughing] Do you want to give a toast at the wedding party? Congratulations, of course. [condolences had been given during his three month disappearance, actually, so]

[onehotpepper]

[he just talked to himself. okay. the costume she can handle. the talking to himself is a little much.]

Thanks. [uncertainly, on the defensive]

[onehotpepper]

[arching her eyebrows at you, mostly managing not to look amused. mostly.] I can't change the rules.

[promisebreaker]

[Aww see, that smile makes him smile back. ]

It's a good look for you. The whole--whole optimism thing. I mean, I like it.

[howbigcanitbe]

It'd be a hellva lot better with the beer. [ grumbled.

and a look of 'did you seriously just...'

sure he's accustomed to getting looks, jeers and the like but people don't usually just come out and ask. ]

Hell. Literally. Although, I gotta give it to you, Black Friday shopping, probably pretty close.

[sank]

[ She shrugs. The knife in her back that had resulted from the encounter had been a bit scarier. Letting him keep the picture, she leans back in the chair; Saki's long mastered the art of looking like she owns the place no matter where she is. ]

Depends on what scares you. She was just kinda... there.

That last tag horrifies me... how many times can I use the word "back" in one sentence? :(

[sank]

Whatever. This room's still taken.

[ Her office now. Get your own. ]

[antiapocalypse]

Are you saying I'm normally a wet blanket?

tony just lives to be exceptional

[cleanedslate]

Sure, but that's true of everything.

[ he lifts his eyebrows, then says ] Well, I guess you do know your hells, then. Definitely no exaggeration there. [ eyes flick up to the horn stumps ]

[cleanedslate]

I vote Heffalump.

[cleanedslate]

So, this is pretty much your dream task, am I right?

[cleanedslate]

Well, obviously. That's too literal for high fashion.

[justpicksomething]

[ he knows that look! ]

I'm not crazy.

I mean, I am, technically. But it's not a dangerous crazy. To people like you, I'm harmless!

/holds

[cleanedslate]

Is it? I don't see your name on anything, unless you're [ little flick of his eyes to the nameplate ] Nathan Holt.

[cleanedslate]

Not even for me? [ these are his puppy dog eyes ] Come on. Rules are for other people.

[ not even a little, Tony ]

[cleanedslate]

The audience at home is loving this.

[ emotional sensitivity hovers right around 2 out of 10, but his voice is lowered, amiable and yet tense. just a reminder that you're being broadcast, if you'd rather not be emotionally vulnerable for other people's entertainment. ]

[ijustlovethat]

Why, this is as close to my actual job as I've been all week! [with the added bonus that no one is going to die here! or, at least, no one will be killed. hopefully]

[onehotpepper]

[not entirely convinced] I'm going to have to see some teferences before I believe you.

[nothing personal, just, you know, a safety precaution]

[onehotpepper]

[nope, sorry] I didn't make them, I can't break them. Besides, do you really want to have a drink right now, after a week of eating only what you could forage?

[bit of the pot calling the kettle out, really, because coffee, but at least caffeine purports to make you more alert]

[promisebreaker]

What? [wide eyes and back pedalling. ] No. I mean--n-no. I just...you know...the smile. You've got a good--good smile. It was a compliment? [The last is said a bit higher pitched, wondering if he's out of trouble yet.]