Coming soon to Invidia TV...

[cancrymods]

Thanks to the Idol-ON girls doing their darnedest to overtake Esme in popularity and the Dad Squad doing their best to just flat out cancel her, things have been going well for the Executors. There's been no overnight explosion of popularity but thanks to Autumn and Clocks' guidance on this whole celebrity social media thing, things are ticking along quite nicely.

Which is why it's so out of the blue when, one day, the Idol-ON Caw just kind of... explodes. Notifications pour in from people saying they "heard the news" and they're so excited and they can't wait to see how it all goes and blah blah blah. Which is a little confusing because none of you have announced anything. But there's some talk of a announcement on TV... so what could it be?

Things unfortunately become clear once you tune into any of the screens in Invidia. Sure enough, it's not long before a flashy advertisement pops up declaring the start of a little show called Invidia Idol-Off! which will be a light hearted competition between everyone's beloved Esme (introduced with a string of lovingly filmed shots of Esme basically just sitting around and looking pretty) and the cute newcomers Idol-ON (who are introduced with a few supercut shots from a few of their videos, introducing each off the girls in turn). The winner will get to take her place at the top of Invidia and the losers... Well, they'll get to stay on the bottom. That's how a competition works after all.

The advertisement continues hyping this up for a bit before ending on a decisive "More information coming soon!" and the usual stream of Esme content continuing like normal.

This is all well and good but... well, I don't need to tell you that no one signed up to or agreed to this. So just what could be going on?

Comments

[twibeast]

I see.

I avoided them at the time because I am not much of a fighter and my weapon is rather unorthodox.

[ And also he's... sloth. Not that he knows that explicitly but point is there's an issue here with avoiding things. ]

But I'm starting to feel like that may have been a mistake and I should have partook.

[crypddyd]

I see. While I personally find the martial arts enjoyable, I expect not everyone will. We would be quite useless if all of us were just weapon swinging brutes.

A few weapon swinging brutes should be more than enough.

[ Lion stop trying to tell jokes ]

Of course if you wish to learn I don't mind teaching- or depending on your weapon helping to find someone sutible. But please don't feel like you must be a front line fighter.

[twibeast]

I would appreciate it, even if it's just a little bit of guidance.

[ There's a long pause and it seems like he might be done but suddenly, as if he was debating sending it at all: ]

I don't want to fail to protect the girls this time.

[crypddyd]

[ fail to protect... even with his limited memories, it's enough to make Lion ache with empathy ]

I understand. If there is anything I can do to assist, please, rely on me.

[twibeast]

Thank you. I am in your debt.

regarding my weapon: it seems capable of long range attacks, along with the songs it plays. Yet it is not a bow, which is why I find at myself at a loss with it at times.

[crypddyd]

It plays music? Is it an instrument of some sort?

[twibeast]

Yes, a harp in fact.

Sometimes the music has an effect on others depending on what I play but I've only noticed it making them slow and sleepy.

[crypddyd]

Ah! So it is a spell casting implement. Sadly, I doubt I can be much help in that regard, but at least I can assist in combat until you gain a handle on the weapon itself.