Fifth Curse

[bondsofsuffering]

[Video]

So, has anyone else noticed that the network's been performing slowly lately? Unless it's something wrong with my COMP...

It's a little irritating, to be honest. I've run a few scans, but my antivirus isn't catching anything. Anybody happen to know someone good for checking out these things? There shouldn't be any files on here that would cause it to go so slowly all of the sudden.

[With a light shrug, he ends the feed there...]

[Video; FAIL!Filtered to men]

[...Only to start up another "filtered" one.]



So now that Tanabata's over with...

Men of Hinoto-Ri! I invite you to gather around and begin nominations for "cutest in a yukata." Nominations can be whoever you want, but... well, this is filtered to the men only, so it might be a little awkward if you aren't careful! Of course, anonymous nominations are possible as well if you want to take that route!

Voting starts in 24 hours, so get your nominations in before that!

((OOC: Yes, anyone can see the filtered portion. And anonymous posts are welcome, so you can simply indicate such in the subject line! Of course, assuming the virus hasn't killed your character's ability to filter/anon or anything...))

Comments

obviously

[halberdaxe]

Yurippe is obviously the most beautiful in a yukata!

[bondsofsuffering]

Hooo... Do you have any evidence?

audio;

[leadthebeats]

You forgot your filter, you know.

[ And guess who's laughing now? ]

audio;

[bondsofsuffering]

[Aaaand that about proves it. Don't mind him systematically removing important documents from his COMP right now, even though from the light tone he keeps up you'd never suspect it.]

Eh-- That's funny. I was certain I put up a filter!

[greyerrant]

Why vote on such things?

[bondsofsuffering]

Well, it's a good way to show where our interests lie, right? Plus it's a good way to see girls in yukata you may have missed-!

[So it's very, very important clearly.]

[deathboss]

Hoooooo! That's just not a fair question to ask...

...of course it's Miyabi! Not only is she the most beautiful babe, but she was with me all night yesterday! I assure you, there is no lady fairer than her!

[hanakozy]

[Speak of the devil?]

That's very sweet, but I'm quite sure there's many girls here much prettier than me; you have a bias.

[bondsofsuffering]

Heeeh, is that so? I'm afraid we'll need to see some proof though!

[otakuro]

Hizumi...!

You can't go around saying things like that! It's not appropriate.

[A short pause.]

I mean, 'cutest in a yukata'? What about 'sexiest in a yukata' or 'most attractive in a yukata'? You're not giving everyone a fair chance here.

[bondsofsuffering]

Hmm, that's true!

Maybe we should divide it into categories...?

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[hasleveledup]

Dude, that's like asking which flavor of ice cream is the best! They're all amazing!

Nominations, huh? Wow, where to begin...

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[greatseal]

Yes, where will you begin?

[hello, Junpei...]

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[bondsofsuffering]

Haaah... Maybe it would help if we split them into categories?

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[lighter_flick]

[Tatusya, do you have anything to add to this?]

...Who cares?

[...Yeah, okay man.]

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[deathboss]

Heh heh, come on Tachan! Now I'm curious about your opinion when it comes to the ladies.

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[bondsofsuffering]

What, you seriously didn't see anyone attractive at all?

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[hetried]

I'm with Junpei and Atsuro. There's too many ways to slice this, too much to decide! And everyone's so great on their own it just makes it harder....

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[bondsofsuffering]

That's a pretty safe, standard answer to give.

Categories might be a good idea, though! Let's see, we already have cute, so...

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[ladieswhodresslikemen]

Oh, the robe things...

Uh... can I get back to you on that?

[The voice sounds kind of like a guy's but at the same time not? And the feed's visual portion appears to be kind of corrupted.]

video

[bondsofsuffering]

[...Hhhhuh. Interesting.]

Only if it's within 24 hours! Any later than that and nominations will be closed!

[tyrantball]

If it had been anything other than 'cutest', Desco wouldn't have cared. But it is, and so she does, and now there is a little girl with horns on the camera feed.

"Desco is always the cutest, no matter what!"

Slight pause.

"But she's never worn a yukata, though. So buy her one and she will prove it!"

[bondsofsuffering]

[It's always interesting to see this girl (creature?) show up on the network, but his answer remains...]

No.

[Video]

[silvercoins]

Speaking as someone with a female roommate with pride in her appearance, I'd like to say that Zoe Gallais is the cutest in a yukata.

[Video]

[papillonmagique]

[Speak of the devil and she shall appear- I mean.]

Oh, thank you very much, Judas~.

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[shibuyasmusic]

[When Joshua's response comes through, something is going terribly wrong with the his COMP's translator. Some of the words that come through are intelligible, while the rest sounds like some extremely foreign, completely alien language.

Stranger still, the speaker's lip movements match the foreign language, but seem out of sync with the words that come through clearly...]

I haven't noticed £ weird about ŽŸ‚ɁA my ðÚ¹Ä¨«Ü??

[His brow is furrowed and... he honestly doesn't seem to notice that there's a problem.]

Perhaps ‰¼–¼ æ–‡å— virus on your 化け??

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[bondsofsuffering]

Hmmm! It could be. But I also haven't had trouble communicating with people up until now. For some reason, you're the only one coming up garbled.

[As if Joshua obviously knows his video is screwing up.]

[selematpagi]

Hey!

[ Says Yukko, about a minute after hearing Hizumi's failed filter. She puffs her cheeks. ]

I'm a girl! Why didja' send this to me?

[ Huff, she's very offended! ]

[bondsofsuffering]

Eh? You could see it too? That's weird, the filter is definitely on...

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[trainwrecking]

This isn't the type of thing for a contest!

[Otonashi: guardian of the self-image of girls in yukatas everywhere.]

Everyone looks nice in a yukata anyway.

video;

[bondsofsuffering]

[Jiiii.]

That's an awfully safe response to give.