[Video - forward-dated to tomorrow afternoon]

[archangelofderp]

Ladies and gentlemen!

[What is Michael wearing... Evidently he thought the occasion was enough for him to get dressed up like a rock star. He smiles into the video camera, and adjusts it a little to look out over a large stage.]

Today certain contestants have been preparing and the time is here~ In a moment I'll start recording each of their entrances. When I am finished, you viewers at home will receive, hm, let's say one vote to give to the best competitors!

Remember, the prizes go to charity, and it's all in good fun. Please enjoy everyone's hard work!

[Each competitor will have their own thread in which to post their outfit and entrance and where everyone can mock them. There'll be another thread for voting after that!

This is going up a little early so the competitors have time to see it and get their threads going.]

Comments

[material_guy]

Me.

[onlysanechimera]

Are we actually allowed to vote? I would have thought it would be against the rules.

[material_guy]

I'm a viewer too. Viewers get one vote, right?

[onlysanechimera]

You're not a viewer, you're a participant.

And to head off the inevitable mangling of semantics, even if you do count as a viewer, you certainly didn't view your own performance, so you couldn't vote for yourself anyway.

[material_guy]

You really want me to go home just to watch the internet video so I can vote for myself? I mean, I'll do it, but...

[onlysanechimera]

That's not actually what I meant. The point was for you not to vote for yourself at all.

I think they have a phrase for that on Earth - something along the lines of "conflict of interest".

[material_guy]

There's no conflict of interest at all. I'm 100% voting in my best interests.

[glimmerous_fop]

You can't vote, you're a competitor, therefore you're not impartial! Your vote doesn't count!

[material_guy]

Fnhn. [He adjusts his sunglasses with that chuckle, trying for the intellectual glasses glint. It's effectiveness is hampered by the novelty balloon tits he's sporting. That doesn't keep him from flashing his teeth, predatory, ready to take Klavier on at his own lawyering game as a means to beat him at a charity fashion contest.] My vote don't count...?

[glimmerous_fop]

Absolutely right your vote doesn't count, anarchist.

[material_guy]

HA! Like an "impartial" vote exists! If that's the case, family, friends, they're all disqualified!

[glimmerous_fop]

Of course it's a popularity contest, everyone is going to vote for their friend or loved one because the community is involved, but they have the potential to be more impartial than the competitors. Besides how do you think all of the competitors would vote? Voting for yourself doesn't change the outcome, it just means we all start out with one vote.

[material_guy]

Whazzis? The Philanthropist is saying there's no way anyone'd put anyone else before themselves?

[glimmerous_fop]

Don't try to cloud my morals, when people are competing then it's realistic, the exceptions being Issei and his boyfriend voting for each other. Look at what you did with your vote.

[material_guy]

Kid's got two boyfriends. You've got the hots for me, too. People're complicated. Don't put everyone on my level.

[glimmerous_fop]

And one vote, so he'll either vote for one or vote for himself and I wouldn't vote for you because I think I look pretty damn good too.

[material_guy]

Two of his boyfriends're in it, so even if he votes for someone else, he'd get two to him. It's like horse racing. You can make some good bets and stake some odds, but there's a reason they still run the race instead of just the numbers.

[glimmerous_fop]

Or they'll just circle jerk and they all end up with one, that kind of balance sounds more like Issei so I think the odds are in my favor.

[material_guy]

If you're so sure our votes don't count, you won't mind throwing me yours if they do.

[onlysanechimera]

You know, I'd considered making that last point until I realized how easy it was to talk around it.

[glimmerous_fop]

You're not supposed to be filling the holes in his logic.

[onlysanechimera]

I meant I assumed he was going to do that part anyway.

[glimmerous_fop]

He's contentious, that's to be expected, helping him only makes it worse.

[onlysanechimera]

What I meant was that I didn't say it at all because I didn't want to have to waste time arguing with his attempts to plug the holes.

[glimmerous_fop]

I'm here, I have the time to waste, and I'm used to arguing with this guy.