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"Can Cry" Mod Account ([personal profile] cancrymods) wrote in [community profile] cancry2020-10-09 10:25 pm

meet and greet

If you've been paying any attention to the screens around Invidia (and it's honestly harder NOT to pay attention to them than it is to actually do so) then you'll be familiar with Esme, the woman whose face graces every single screen. Some initial poking around has revealed that Esme is a sort of idol to the people of Invidia, whose enviously glamourous life has taken the city by storm but that's more or less all you've learned so far.

But it looks like you might have the opportunity to learn more sometime soon.

Just as the dark sky of Invidia gives way to what passes for daytime, all of the screens in Invidia light up with the same video – it's Esme, perched on what looks to be a fancy throne in the middle of a white void, nothing to distract from the glaringly insincere sincere smile on her face as she addresses the camera.

"Good morning, lovelies! ❤ I've been soooooo busy with work and filming lately, I haven't had even a single second to see any of you in person! And what's the point of all that hard work if I don't even get to see your smiling faces at the end of it? So today we're having a very special event! For this afternoon only, I'll be on the Starlight Stage on the roof of our mall, all ready to shake hands and sign things and see all of you lovelies face to face again! Make sure you hurry on down to see me, okay? Bye-bye-bye! ❤"

With a wave and a sickly sweet smile to the camera, Esme signs off.

Looks like you've been given an opportunity to do a little investigating...
alcahest: (and the wind, i know it's cold.)

[personal profile] alcahest 2020-10-10 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
But—

[ but you haven't even tried to understand her. but does that mean we have to be enemies? but what happens to Esme, then? ]

... Is it... really impossible?
seasharp: (trockne blumen)

[personal profile] seasharp 2020-10-10 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...Probably, yeah.

[She doesn't see a way for Esme to turn this around.]

Why do you want her around so much?
alcahest: (is there no one i can pay to let me go?)

[personal profile] alcahest 2020-10-11 05:16 am (UTC)(link)
It's not about wanting her around, really... I just don't want her to be alone.

[ it doesn't matter who she is, or what she's done. ]
seasharp: (der doppelgänger)

[personal profile] seasharp 2020-10-11 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
...I'm not going to accept her being part of the group.
alcahest: (i need to stop singing in code,)

[personal profile] alcahest 2020-10-11 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
That's okay.

... But I'd stay with her. Even if nobody else wanted to be around her... if she's willing to come with us, I'll be with her. Even if it's just me.
seasharp: (fantaisie in f minor)

[personal profile] seasharp 2020-10-11 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
...Do whatever you want.

[Mona's not her problem.]