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✨ everyone, assemble! it's time to become an idol!

✨ IDOL CHALLENGES - FEBRUARY ✨

[ ✨ Idol Challenge #1: Don't Count Your Chickens Before The Catch! ]

Bawk~! Baaawk, bawkbawk, bawk baaawk!

[ Welcome to PriPara. There is a man in red glasses and a rooster kigurumi dancing around the town square, flapping his wings and clucking seductively at any hens who happen to be around.

Wait, why are there. So many hens? In fact, there are chickens everywhere! And they don't seem to be going for this mating display. ]

Bawk bawk baaaw--

[ !! Those red glasses flash as the man notices the newcomer watching him. Standing up straight, he adjusts his glasses on his face and addresses the new idol. ]

I am not playing around in the slightest. This is part of your very first Idol Challenge.

Congratulations!

[ A woman in similar glasses (and a hen costume) pulls a ribbon suspended from....somewhere....and confetti and glitter rain down from a giant party popper. The words WELCOME TO PRIEAMWIDTH PRIPARA also spool down in a long vertical sign.

An identical woman, down to the costume, comes up, holding a chicken. ] Originally, Red Meganii had planned on creating the puniverse's largest omurice as a welcome present, but he left the chicken coop unlatched and they all escap~ed~♪ Everyo~one, please help us catch the chickens before PriPara becomes ChiPara~♪

It's a horrifying first challenge, idols of many primensions, but I believe each and every one of you are up to the task. Please, for the safety of the puniverse - bawk to it!

[ And with that, the man hops over a bush and begins clucking again. But he is not playing around. Not in the slightest. No.

....Unfortunately, it seems like these glasses-wearing chicken people are onto something. There are chickens everywhere but a large empty coop near the forest. Can you get any back inside?

Or will you find yourself henpecked on your very first day? ]

[ ✨ Idol Challenge #2: Evade a Kidmaapping! ]

[ Stray chickens are not the only trouble lurking in the Prieamwidth PriPara today. Anyone helping with the challenge above or otherwise exploring PriPara may find themselves approached suddenly from behind - and lifted high over someone's head!

Someone in a goat suit! Who then takes off at a run towards the TV station, carrying the new idol like a package over his horned head! Wearing a completely deadpan expression!

Is this your fate, or will you flock to your troubled new companion's aid? ]

[[ ooc: The kidmaa-pper is available to take part in threads upon priquest. ]]

[ ✨ Idol Challenge #3: Dust Off Your Fashion Sense! ]

[ Ultimately all the new idols are brought into a room in the TV station, via goat express or other means. There, they are greeted by an androgynous and handsome individual who could probably put someone's eye out with their lashes.

This person is apparently "Hibiki-sama", administrator of the Prieamwidth PriPara. And she does not look impressed. ]

The first crop is this pitiful harvest, hm? [ Hibiki eyes each idol in turn, then sighs. ] Far from being sprouts, you all remain a speck within a fruit still on the vine.

[ The man in the goat suit produces a silver platter, upon which rests a fancy cup of tea. Hibiki takes a sip (and her sweet time), sets it down, and continues. ]

It's a futile gesture, but in the interests of my duties as administrator, I'll grant you the issuing of my first trial. Whosoever achieves it in a manner pleasing to me shall receive the honor of becoming my Prieamwidth debut opening act.

[ The goat man pulls back a heavy velvet curtain along one wall to reveal a heavy set of doors. Hibiki, holding her tea again, gestures to the doors. ] This is the Prieamwidth PriPara Coord Graveyard. Pieces of PriPara coords doomed to never find their match assemble here.

[ Tea sip. ] I'll have you sort the contents. Those who decline the challenge lack the fortitude necessary to stand on stage.

[ The hint of a smirk appears on her face as her eyebrows arch. ] Do weed yourselves for me, lest you put on a disgraceful show.

[ The goat butler unlocks the door. Hibiki stands back. Far back. The goat butler produces riot shields from nowhere and places them in a square around her. Hibiki sips her tea.

The goat butler opens the doors - and an eerie miasma seeps out....

No, wait. It's (mostly) dust. Dust and some seriously ominous vibes.

Within are the UGLIEST CLOTHES ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. And they are strewn everywhere in HEAPS AND MOUNDS OF MESS. There are plenty of clothing racks and closets and shelf space, but none of it is being used. Everything is just heaped. In despair.

This may not be a "challenge" so much as just doing chores Hibiki can't be assed to do. But do you accept it anyway?

After all, there's a show at stake! ]

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[ Idol Challenge #1 ]

[ Shikyoin Hibiki is not taking part in the chicken hunt.

In fact, the sight of her beloved PriPara overrun with these foul fowl is enough to have her sitting in her rooms within the TV building, curtains drawn over the balcony windows and door. Thus safely sequestered from all absurdities, she sips her tea and broods.

These so-called interprimensional idols......Do they truly possess the necessary radiance...?

A thud against the outside door interrupts her reverie. Hibiki starts, looks over. She thinks about ignoring it, but a genius must be omniscient. A genius must know.

Standing, she makes her way over and pulls aside the curtain. What's out here...?

Well? What is? ]

[ Idol Challenge #3 ]

[ Hibiki is also not participating in the Idol Challenge herself! It's almost like assigning one's main RP character to semi-mod-NPC status is, in retrospect, a highly impractical decision.

Instead, she's sitting on a couch behind a pyramid wall of riot shields. The doors to the Coord Graveyard have been shut behind those idols that accepted her Challenge, and she awaits news of them. She is also spying on them using a purple butterfly robot that fluttered into the door behind everybody before it shut. ]

Dear, dear.

Truly an abysmal crop of ad-libbers.

[ The door is not locked, however. So anyone could open it and let.....the discord.....roam free once more... ]

[[ ooc: For this prompt, feel free to either approach Hibiki directly or drop links to things you'd like her to spy upon in the Coord Graveyard! I'll periodically respond to your link with her reactions. ]]

1: What is this CHICK-ANERY

[Star has seen a lot of weird stuff, but it's literally been a week since she just saved the source of all magic and her entire dimension and she is not about this.]

Wait, what? What do you take me for, some kinda chicken chaser?

[Buuuuut she's not gonna leave just yet, instead scanning the feathery crowd in case one of them happens to look familiar. Maybe with green feathers, derpy eyes, and screaming?]

2: Are you asking for a challenge?

[Star stands near the back of the room, giving Hibiki the sink-eye throughout the entire speech. She gets dragged here and made to do all these menial tasks all while getting insulted! Who does this guy(???) think he is, anyway?]

You think I don't have what it takes to sort some dirty laundry, huh? Well, watch THIS!

[did

did she just swan dive into the piles of clothes]

It's fine, isn't it?

[ Another newcomer walks up to Star, fingers flicking through her own bangs in an extremely suave gesture. She adjusts the guitar she's carrying on her back. ]

The chickens will be in trouble if they wander somewhere dangerous. Running free is appealing, but.....it's for their own good.

[ Her smile is 100% always this blindingly sharp. She's not leaning heavily on one side of herself just because she's surrounded by adorable cute pink stuff and she's on the verge of having a glee-filled breakdown.

That is definitely not what is happening. She is a helpful and level-headed passing rock musician. That is all! ]

I thought they said this place was for being famous pop stars or something! THIS- [she waves her hand at all these chickens] -Is like, the opposite of glamorous!

[ .....She's got Sara there. ]

Well...

[ Stifling a nervous chuckle. To fill the silence as she tries to think of a way to spin this, Sara reaches down and picks up a chicken that happened to be wandering past. Fortunately, it's docile, and mostly just looks confused. And oh no.

This chicken is FLUFFY. She wants to. She wants to pet it. But she. Must resist! ]

That's why they'd like to see it cleaned up, maybe.

[ Do you trust a person holding a chicken, Star? ]

[So... fluffy.... so.... CUTE....... for a brief moment, Star's eyes start to twinkle, before she remembers she's trying to be grumpy.]

I guess, but they should've cleaned up before inviting us all here!

[She quickly reaches down and picks up a chicken and pets it.]

Everyone's got their reasons.

[ There, there, chicken. Stay nice and calm as she walks you back to the pen.....

OH SHOOT SHE'S PETTING

AND NOW SHE

CAN'T STOP

This very cool person's hand is going like a mile a minute on this chicken's back. Apparently petting the chickens comes recommended? ]

[NOOO WHY ARE THEY SO SOFT....]

...These guys are really fluffy....

A-ah...they are....

[ no no no even among a kindred spirit, she can't

she can't destroy meltic star's balance before she's even had a chance to broadcast about anna's cuteness to pripara

keep it together, midorikawa sara

Sara quickly turns around so Star won't see her if she loses control of her face and freaks out from all the fluffiness. ] B-but I'm sure the sight of you as an idol will be even cuter.

[ VERY COOL

VERY SUAVE

NICE SAVE! ]

Hmph.

[ Hibiki turns away. Did Star just fall for a ruse, or can Hibiki not bear to witness this?

WHO KNOWS. ]

Ando. Shut the door.

[ "As you wish, Hibiki-sama."

This door is shutting slowly, however. So if Star wishes to show off her sorting skillz, or otherwise wishes to highlight an AMAZING FIND, or whatever her little pop heart desires,

she will have

an opportunipri. ]

Wha- hey! Don't lock me in here with all this junk!

[Thinking quickly. Star grabs the nearest shoe and chucks it, aiming to get it wedged in the door frame before it shuts completely.]

[ The shoe gambit is a success! Ando, despite standing RIGHT HERE, is left standing here unsure what to do now that countermeasures are afoot.

Hibiki pauses. What to make of this? ]

You've been offered an limited-edition chance. Who could be dissatisfied?

[ Picking Up Chicks ]

Uwahah~

[ Behind this shrub, there's some sort of weird pink cotton candy cloud of sparkles. Floating in the air. The chickens don't seem to be paying any attention to it, but it's coming from someone who thinks she's been unobserved.

And she is holding a pair of baby chickens. Very fuzzy baby chickens. And chuckling to herself with a goofy grin on her face. ]

Of all the cutey-wooty fuzzy-wuzzy things in PriPara, these take the cake....ahah!

[ They're so small! And so SOFT!

Can she hold them forever?! ]

[ Getting One's Goat ]

!!

[ There is a man in a goat suit running full tilt towards Sara! And he is carrying someone! Sara has a split second in which to decide how to handle this.

So she bursts into song. ]

Abucting otherrrs~ Is a NO-GO~~~~~⚡

[ Unslinging her guitar case from her back, Sara swings it like, well, an axe. And hits the "goat" square in the torso. He folds, surprised into dropping his victim -

Whom Sara catches in a perfect princess carry, then settles down on the ground. ]

That must have been scary. You all right?

[ She winks. Did it just get. Really cool...out here? ]

[ Rocked On Target ]

Well, this isn't anything one person can manage on their own.

[ Sara has decided to enter the Coord Graveyard. She picks up a jacket and shakes it off with two crisp, clean movements, then hangs it on a hanger.

This accomplished, she grins at the nearest person. ]

Let's finish it up quickly and get that concert slot. Okay?

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[Joey had just about resigned herself to being crowdsurfed to death by a weird monster - even if this one seemed a lot more like a guy in a suit then the last thing that tried those shenanigans - when she suddenly finds herself caught in the arms of a strange guitar-swinging girl.]

[She doesn't mind, exactly, but confusion is currently beating out her urge to blush and stammer at someone not much bigger than her managing to beat up a monster (?) and catch her in one smooth move.]

Um. What just happened??

You didn't look like you wanted to go where you were headed.

[ Sara steps between where the goat person is clutching his stomach on the ground and Joey, just in case. ]

If you're unhurt, that's all that matters.

I guess so. I was more surprised than anything. This seemed like the sparkly, kid-friendly kind of theme park, not the kind where you have to carry pepper spray.

[ "I beg...your extreme pardon."

This from the goat man, who is now on one knee. The better to bow to Joey.

"There is an emaa-gency. Pollution your impression of Hibiki-sama's beloved PriPara was never my intention, maa."

Sara has gone from wary to feeling like she needs to go lie down. ]

In that case, your approach might not be best....

[ A glance behind herself, to Joey. An attempt at that same reassuring smile. ]

Don't worry. I won't let him maa-bscond with you.

[ ....shoot, she got caught up in the moment ]

...are you trying to get my goat with that kind of pun?

...Sorry.

[ She looks it, too.

The goat man waits on tenterhooks. Is all forgiven? Or has he

failed in his maa-ssion?? ]

I have exactly as much to be sorry for.

...and yeah, it's alright, goat guy. What was the point of that, anyway? It wasn't just so I'd get rescued by some cooler girl, was it?

[Idol Challenge #1]

[Look, this cannot be worse than dealing with a bunch of Spiritomb that got mistaken for rocks and needed a little bit of calming down. They're just chickens.]

This shouldn't be too bad, if we don't scare them.

...please stop scaring them.

[That said, she'll just pick up a chicken. The problem is that one more has decided that one of her twintails looks tasty and has decided to just hang off the end of it because it is going where the food is.]

Ow - I mean, this is fine.

[She tries to laugh this off, but it is clearly a problem she is just going to have to deal with.]

--

[Idol Challenge #3]

[Hibiki, you remind Aya just a little bit of someone. No, two someones, if they got mixed together somehow. This is fine and definitely not weird in the slightest. Yep. Totally fine.]

This isn't going to be a problem.

[Aya just smiles. She can handle putting things away, because clothes are not going to pull her hair.]

If we all pitch in, we'll have it done in no time.

[She's looking around at everyone else, that smile not leaving once.]

Hey, there, chicken-kun.

[ Sara leans down to smile at the chicken that's hanging off of Aya, reaching for it slowly. ] Hurting the nice lady isn't good, so how about you come over---

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[ Sensing a threat to its food source, the chicken lets go of Aya's pigtail - and chomps onto Sara's hand instead! ]

Ah!

[OH NO.]

Bad chicken, let go of her hand!

[...please let this work.]

[ Nope! The chicken fluffs up aggressively and flaps in Aya's general direction. Sara does her best to keep her cool, laughing this off as well as she can, but...ow....owowowowow.... ]

Now...now....idols are for everybody, so no eating me...all up...ahaha....

[ SERIOUSLY, CHICKEN, STOP

Sara uses her free hand to try and gently but firmly pry the chicken off her as other chickens, drawn by the commotion, start circling the pair. ]

[Aya looks around, attempts to not panic, and succeeds in doing so. She puts the chicken she's holding down, eventually deciding to wave the end of her pigtail at it.]

That's enough of that, Miss Chicken. Come on back...

[This is better than having it eat Sara's hand, okay.]

Are you really okay with that?!

[ The moment someone else is in trouble, Sara forgets her own pain. ]

You'd use your cute pigtails as bait to save me....?

[ She must endure this! She must save

the pigtails... ]

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It's fine! It's better that it tries to eat my hair than tries to eat your hand. I promise, it's all right.

Surely, there must be a better way....

[ THIS IS THE GREATEST CRISIS OF MIDORIKAWA SARA'S LIFE

Her eyes scan the surroundings. Something....anything....

There are cute pigtails in danger! ]

If we could just find something - [ The chicken lunges for Aya's pigtail. Sara does her best to restrain it, but now it has decided nothing but pigtails will do. Snap, snap goes that beak. ] - it would prefer to eat....

[ She wrestles with the chicken. Unseen by both her and the bird, a squashed donut falls out of one pocket of her guitar case, wrapped in a napkin.

SURPRISE SNACK ~ MEL-MEL, says the napkin. In nearly illegible English. ]

Edited (genius to the rescue from across puniverses) 2019-03-09 22:49 (UTC)

[The chicken can eat her pigtail if it wants, it's not fun by any means, but it's better than chomping on Sara's hand. But wait, what's that that just fell?]

Hm? Something just fell out of your guitar case.

[She carefully bends down and picks it up.]

Surprise snack? From...Mel-Mel? I'm not sure who that is, but if you're okay with me giving it to the bird, that might be our way out of this.

Mel....?

[ When did she.....Wait, it came through the gate just because it was in her guitar case.....?

But now isn't the time for Sara to comment on that! Especially since the bird is making a break for freedom!! ]

It's fine! Hurr--ah!

[ BIRD SQUIRMING

Sara is doing her utmost to wrestle a chicken. Coolly. This is her life now. ]

Edited 2019-03-13 23:32 (UTC)

[There is only one thing to do. Aya unwraps the donut, putting it in the chicken’s line of sight. SORRY Mel-Mel, she will personally write you an apology note!]

Hey birdie, why don’t you try this? It tastes better than my hair or her hands do, I promise.

[Aya is just hoping that this is the end of it. Snacks can be replaced, but people can’t.]

[ When the chicken sees the donut, it flies right for it. Letting it go, Sara steps back and lets Aya do her thing.

In fact, she grabs her guitar and begins providing musical accompaniment. ]

All's well that ends well~ And if your pigtails' ends are well, then all's well~~~

[ If she can still play guitar, her hand must be OK too. Happy ending? ]

[Happy ending!]

Thank you for your help. I'm sorry your hand got chomped on, though! Are you sure it's all right?

Yeah. No harm done.

[ Sara surveys Aya's pigtails, and breathes a sigh of relief. ]

Here, too.....

[ What a charming smile you're receiving, Aya. It's kind of sparkly. ]

Edited 2019-03-20 14:43 (UTC)

[Star suddenly bursts out of the clothes like she's breaking the surface of the ocean, taking a deep breath.]

It smells like mothballs down here!

[...yeah, that’s going to surprise Aya enough that she jumps about a foot into the air.]

W-what were you doing under there?

I'm trying to match this stuff so it's not as big a mess! But this is, like, super impossible!

Not that part. The part where you were underneath them...

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[A new arrival in a frilly green dress stands viewing this scene with a look of stunned confusion almost identical to that of the cartoon pigeon currently perched on her hair accessory - and he always looks like that.]

So...we're chasing chickens?

[She thinks about it, and comes to a realization.]

Isn't it better for these guys to be free-range anyway? I mean, is anything going to try to eat them? I guess I can help round them up if they're going to be in trouble otherwise...

3

[Oh. That looks familiar. That level of clutter is almost comforting in how much it reminds Joey of home. At least it's clothes instead of globes, guns, and dead things? Still, cleaning up is not her forte, and she recognizes a task that's never going to be finished when she sees one.]

Uh. Is this like. A karate kid thing where a chore teaches valuable performance skills, or are you just asking us to do your laundry?

[ ....Grk. Why is there always a mouthy one. It's irritating.

But not enough to disrupt Shikyoin Hibiki! Who raises her chin in tandem with a hand. ]

If the former is achieved, does the latter matter?

[ YOU'RE TOTALLY DOING HER CHORES. ]

I guess that's valid, but why not just say "hey, newbies! Do my chores?" Isn't that kinda thing normal for showbusiness?

I simply wish to prepare everything in a manner most exciting for the audience.

[ Competitions. Are exciting.

She will not budge on this point; it is a crucial pillar of the palace that is Shikyoin Hibiki. (The other pillars are narcissism, being shamelessly open about one's bad traits but tsun about the good ones, and an unending supply of brilliant metaphors.)

To demonstrate her implacable surety: TEA IS SIPPED! Oh, what noble refinement. None could dream of continuing to cross her. ]

Audience...?

[Joey looks around. She predates the reality show boom, so the idea is a little disconcerting, but.]

So we're supposed to be performing already?

An opener selected by arbitrary judgment thrills no hearts.

[ She's not filming...for the public. Yet. ]

If you want a chance to stand atop the most brilliant stage, you'll seize the opportunity presented.

[ And should that fail to excite you....Well. That will teach her something about you, as well.

Why are all kids' show antiheroes like this. ]

You really put a lot of thought into how to get people to do your chores for you.

[It needs to be said.]

But I'm here to get on stage, so I'll go for it.

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