( r6 ) talking-head: minami.

[showhost]

Minami is invited to take a seat right in front of the cameras, while the overseer smiles at them brightly and waves.

And asks them questions, of course.

They don't have to answer truthfully, but they should be aware that every single last thing they're saying might very well end up in the final cut.

Have fun!

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week one

[showhost]

after match ceremony + meeting

[inparfait]

[ who knew that asking for what you want grants it? minami did! no he did not. like yeah, he really doesn't care if the cameras film him it's not like he's shy but.

hmmm.

he has no idea how to describe the little nagging feeling on his skin. so he's not thinking about it!

like before, minami starts by getting all up in tsukasa's face though he doesn't take his hands this time. he's looking deep into his eyes, his own bright red. ]

Tsukasa-chan, have you been getting enough sleep? [ he Knows the answer to this already, but maybe it says something that he asks first. ]

[aspirings]

[Yeah, Tsukasa is happy to do what he can to make things more comfortable for the contestants! A request for a private meeting is fine. He can do that! Minami is a demon but it's probably not to kill him like he thinks maybe some of the other contestants want to do.

... ... ... Okay, no, Tenma, don't think about that right now!!

He's not seated when Minami enters the room, and only jumps a little when he turns to see Minami there, bright red eyes fixed on his own.

Ah...

Is this what Minami wanted a meeting to talk about...?]

... Well-- [He's been tired, for sure, because there's so much to process all the time with this job, but...!!]

--I've had a lot on my mind, I guess... ah, but no need to worry! I won't let it interfere with my ability to perform my role on this show.

[inparfait]

[ thinks about this for .02 seconds.

reaches out to poke his cheek. his voice is lower again, though it's clear that this malice isn't direct at tsukasa. ]

Do you want me to kill him? I wanted to, but then I thought that'd be too messy right there for you.

1/2

[aspirings]

[Hhhhhhh--?!

He barely even processes the poke, not between that shift in Minami's tone, and, of course, what he says.]

2/2

[aspirings]

[His voice totally cracks.]

N-no! No killing!

[How is this... the life he's living........]

Please!

[inparfait]

But he was trying to intimidate you.

[ despite his everything, it's pretty clear he does not like that. he can't even fully enjoy hearing tsukasa's voice sounding like that again... ;; ]

[aspirings]

[H...hhhh.... he can feel his heart thumping a mile a minute in his chest, but--at least Minami listens. At least he's asking sincerely, it seems.

Thank goodness...... this is all so far beyond what he's used to handling, but he's not drowning yet, so long as Minami is willing to listen.]

Well... [Akechi, huh... it was pretty anxiety inducing at the time, but more because Tsukasa was worried about making sure the show would go on.]

... He had good reason to be frustrated with the way the ceremony was going. And there isn't anyone else to talk to about it but me. The timing could have been better, but it is my responsibility to see to the problems he's dealing with.

[inparfait]

...fine, then if he hurts you I'll rip his eyes out.

[ that's not murder!

and as hilarious as this is, this is him trying. ]

1/2

[aspirings]

[what an absolutely horrifying thought!!!!

Thanks!!!]

2/2

[aspirings]

[Still, this is...

... is this Minami being... concerned? Tsukasa drags a careful breath in and runs his fingers through his hair.

Calm down, Tsukasa, calm down. Demon he may be, but Minami did just make a huge confession in front of the whole group. He doubts they were too happy with that.]

I'll be fine. I'm pretty sure he can't hurt me while we're on this show. [Judging from Wednesday throwing her axe at him previously.......]

But--I heard the, er. Chatter. [Nice way to put it...??] Are you okay?

[inparfait]

[ ah yes in the time Before minami was committed in some fashion. he makes a mental note to kill akechi in his sleep sometime when the show is over instead. the guy's supposedly dead anyway, right? no one would even notice!

anyway, he doesn't say that because he's distracted by the question (yay). it makes him laugh actually, because it doesn't clock as serious concern for him. ]

I'm pretty sure most of 'em hate me now, but that's what I was expecting, hehe. And it's better this way, cuz now they know who I really am. Don't tell me you forgot that I said I'd play!

[aspirings]

[HELP,,, MINAMI,,,,

Blessedly oblivious to his thoughts, Tsukasa just focuses on that, head tilted to one side with a faint furrow to his brow.]

I haven't forgotten, of course, but... [???] ... I suppose it is important that they know the real you if you're going to find your Perfect Match.

[So he does get it but... why so abrasively, Minami...]

That's the idea, right?

[inparfait]

Mmhmm, my "perfect match". If it's not Will it's probably Ritsuka, cuz she's one of the only ones who didn't wanna put my head through a wall hehe.

If it is Will that'd be funny but....I'm bored of him now.

[ somewhere in the house will feels his shoulders loosen. ]

[aspirings]

[It's interview time, which means the cameras are back on! Tsukasa does look better than he did the night before; some proper rest did wonders for him.

He is, of course, seated in the interviewer's chair, but he brightens immediately as soon as Minami is shown his way in.]

Ah, Minami! Very good!

I owe you a show. Would now be an acceptable time? [Pre-interview, I guess, help.]

[inparfait]

Hehe, did you miss me? [ tsukasa doesn't need to answer that.

minami hops into the chair, still riding the high off of no longer needing to act like a soggy napkin. and maybe last night. ]

Oooh, I get to see it now? I'm ready, I'm ready! ★

[ interview what interview. ]

[aspirings]

[THE INTERVIEW CAN WAIT!! TSUKASA MADE A PROMISE... TO PERFORM!!

He is even dressed for the part. He can't really act out every single role--there's only one of him, which means it has to be more of a dramatic story telling and re-enactment, but he has to look nice either way. It's a show!]

Very well then. In that case, let the show begin!

[So. Tsukasa is, actually, a very good script writer (well. Only if there's a happy ending, anyway). But in this case, it's a story he's clearly taken great pains to craft. He started with the base of a sleeping beauty story--but it changes very quickly to instead be about a sleeping prince and the demon who protects his dreams. It's ironic because Tsukasa has no idea that that's what Minami did, it's just that he promised Minami a sleeping beauty story and here we are.....

It's not a long story, and there aren't many twists; Tsukasa can only act out so much of a story himself for so long. But it's full of energy, and despite his everything else, Tsukasa is an excellent actor.

The story ends with the prince waking up--with the demon wondering if he should go, uncertain how the prince will react to his existence, and there's no explicit closure.

(But Tsukasa prefers happy endings, so it's probably not difficult to figure out how it would end.)

And with that wrapped up, he drags in a deep breath, and turns to see how Minami has received it, still buzzing with the energy he always feels when he gets to perform in front of others (and hopefully see them smile).]

[inparfait]

[ that is a nice fit. it's funny because minami doesn't perceive physical characteristics like most others do, but he does notice when someone dresses well.

and for the majority of the play, minami is just enthralled with watching the story unfold. he's not thinking too hard or at all really, because he never gets to see something like this. maybe a snippet of a performance here or there, but definitely not a full one and definitely not one of this calibur. plus there's nothing sickly sweet to pull him out of his immersion either.

tsukasa has a captive audience, something he'll easy be able to pick up on as he performs. it's only at the end that minami's braincells actually bother to piece together any kind of meaning. he couldn't miss the demon thing obviously, but he was too taken by the energy of the performance to really let it spur thoughts. ]

...that was just for me, right? Is this your way of guessing what kind of demon I am?

[ his expression is open, searching, because honestly he's like two now loading bars back. ]

[aspirings]

[Tsukasa is thrilled that Minami seems to have enjoyed it; there's nothing he appreciates more than an audience that can't look away, after all.

That said, Minami's brain cells piece together the implications much faster than Tsukasa's do; he blinks, tilting his head to one side as he moves back to his interviewer's seat and flops into it with a sigh.

.......... wait.

WAIT!!]

... Ah!! Aaaaah!

Is that the sort of demon you are?!

[He just... wanted to do a sleeping beauty play and then added demons........... because it was for Minami...]

[inparfait]

[ sorry, sorry, (minami's not sorry) that he just bursts out laughing at tsukasa's realization. he's not actually laughing at him but at the absurdity of the situation which is made clear when he jumps up and cups tsukasa's cheeks in his hands. ]

I'm an incubus. Do you get it now?

[ he'd call bullshit on literally anyone else, but minami also trusts tsukasa. ]

[aspirings]

[Tsukasa's interest in the supernatural is passing (aside from pegasus, because it's in his name, and he's self-absorbed that way), and most of his knowledge comes from whatever he's learned for the plays he's performed in.

As such, his understanding of what an incubus is is... fuzzy. Something to do with dreams... feeding off of humans in some way... ... ...]

Then... do you eat dreams? [he is TRYING]

[inparfait]

[ he knows he is and minami thinks this is the cutest thing ever. ]

Not quite ☆. [ what a pity, he can't just give him the answer now (he wouldn't have anyway). ]

Wanna try again? If you get it wrong I get a prize. If you get it right, you get a prize!

[aspirings]

["Don't make deals with demons," Ritsuka's voice echoes in his brain, but like three beats too late because he's already guessing again.]

Ah... do incubus make nightmares instead? It has something to do with sleep, right?

[inparfait]

I can cause nightmares, yeah. I can go inside dreams too and talk to the dreamer inside if I want.

[ how does he count this because it's not wrong but not what he was looking for (what he eats) either.

he decides impulsively to split it down the middle, squishing tsukasa's cheeks to make himself feel better. ]

'Kay, what do you want as your prize?

1/3

[aspirings]

[Hmmm.... Minami doesn't seem very satisfied by that, even if he said that he's r.......

right........]