[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 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.]

[neverforgets]

[ There are very brightly colored magazines laying around, with fashion and relationship and sex advice, and Lavi is lounging in a chair, boots on a table, thumbing through one. As fun as the sex tips are, the whole thing is... not helping his view of humanity.

He looks up when he hears Pepper fretting. ]

"Wear a bold print to a big event and feel like you've made a full-on transformation. You can balance out a dramatic skirt with a simple corset top that shows some skin." [ He's quoting drek he memorized because he's helpful. ]

[onehotpepper]

[arching both eyebrows] My stylists are taking their cues from the magazines.

[memories of college roommates deciding to try magazine advice out weriously for a week -- with hilarious results -- come flooding back]

[this is going to be an awesome week]

[neverforgets]

[ Grins. ]

Well, my favorite color's orange. Would you rather I go with that? [ Look at him, Pepper. All he ever wears is this uniform, and sometimes a different shirt. He likes redheads wearing orange. Magazine advice is probably a good thing. ]

Don't think I ever got your name. You were on the island, right? I'm Lavi. [ You know, the guy who got sick. ]

[onehotpepper]

[nodding. she remembers] you seem like you're a lot better now. I hope it stays that way.

I'm Pepper. I like orange, but-- [pointing to her hair, wrinkling her nose] --it could be too much of a good thing. [magazines don't seem so bad anymore]

[justpicksomething]

[ Oh, boy! Team-building time! Now, now. She's obviously upset. We should be... reassuring. Debonair.

Because then she might let us get to first base! Right? Right?

[ sigh ] Yes. ]

Don't worry! I'll be gentle.

[ Good job! So far, so good. ]

[ hi Pepper hi, Deadpool is talking to you! he has his full costume on, but that's not unnerving or anything right? at least you can't hear the voices in his head. ]

[onehotpepper]

[not unnerving at all, really. good first step for teammates]

Your input worries me the least.

[justpicksomething]

Good!

[ he squints at her for a moment, and inside his head: ...That is good, right?. I wouldn't bet on it. Awwwww.

Well, don't take my word for it. I'm just a voice in our head. Ask her ourselves. Yeah! Ask her! ]

...Because I'm so charming and unintimidating, right? But also mysterious, because you can't help but wonder about a guy who wears a mask.

[onehotpepper]

[are you an old friend of Tony's. because you kind of just reminded her a little of him. sort of.]

..because you won't be responsible for how I look by the end of this week. [assuming she doesn't just up and leave. this is a city, right? surely there's an airport nearby and she can just charge a flight home...]

[criminalmastermind]

I think the technicalities went out the window a while ago. We're clearly dealing with very powerful forces.


...Very powerful, very bored forces. [Because seriously. The island, even the office at least seems kind of sinister. This is just ridiculous.]

[onehotpepper]

[why do you have to make sense, Simon. she liked it better when she could believe this was somethibg more or less normal. not that last week's island adventure had been normal, but still.]

This just-- It seemed familiar, so i hoped. Foolishly.

Are you comfortable with powerful sources, or just these powerful forces? [you don't seem too bothered. then again, better accommodations... she's not as upset (yet) this time either]

[criminalmastermind]

I'm not comfortable with any of this. Just... resigned. This is my... I think it's my ninth time being kidnapped this year? The exact number depends on your precise definition.

[There's a half-hearted attempt at joviality in his voice, but he's clearly being mostly serious.]

[onehotpepper]

[ninth? color her impressed] I've only managed one in my entire life. Well, one and a half, I suppose. [deleted scene reference!]

[sympathetic, smiling wryly] At least we're in civilization now.

[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! ]

[criminalmastermind]

Uh... excuse me? Someone seems to have a let a maniac in here.

[That's okay Deadpool! Simon's not talking to you either, so much as anyone who might hopefully have kind of authority at all.] ...Hello?

[justpicksomething]

[ Maniac? Where?! He means us. Obviously. ]

That's not very nice.

[ look at his sulky face ]

I'm not a maniac. I'm just dangerously insane!

[criminalmastermind]

[Simon stares at Deadpool again before deciding against addressing him directly the second time.] Uh, yes. There's a maniac here, and someone should probably remove him.

And bring him a dictionary.

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.]

[sublimating]

That'll go great with my talent, of... having -- eyes. [he quirks his lips, smiling at the younger man wryly, and spreads his hands. that's pretty much all he has to offer. best team!]

[criminalmastermind]

It's alright. It's not likely our scores matter much anyway.

[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. ]

[cleanedslate]

It's definitely on the top of my list. [ yet he doesn't seem concerned. ]

[neverforgets]

[ Oh hi, Tony. Good to see you.

Sips at his... fifth cup of coffee so far. ]

Last time, least if we didn't do it, we'd be hungry and dehydrated. [ Someone doesn't know about the volcano. ] But this.... [ Shruuuug. ] Seems pretty pointless.

[cleanedslate]

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