#Marshall (MePhone4)

[indulgent-bfb-au]

II is a part of this au too (their roles aren't that big but they do exist) so imma yell about them

After a whole scandal and situation happened with a shady contest, Marshall decides to do his own, managing to rope in a few people who don't really have anything going for them and promising them a cash prize (which would clearly benefit anyone who got it). So the contest happens, and like in the og source, Orlando wins, and decides to follow his dream of being a hotel owner, so he builds one and allows all the other contestants to live there too since they've all grown friendships with each other

Peter and Orlando run the hotel together as business partners (totally not boyfriends guys) and assist with any problems that arise. Before that, Orlando worked several jobs at once to try and maintain some kind of control over his life. Peter used to follow Kane wherever he went, Peter finding it hard to manage their thoughts, and Kane was on the run from literally everybody except Peter

Parker and Leona used to be roommates before the contest, only sticking together before because Leona wasn't able to get a handle on her harmful stimming, and had recently decided to come out as a trans girl, and Parker didn't want her to face any hardships until she was mentally better, yet still struggled with their identity themselves

While the newer contestants don't have as shitty origins as the first batch, they still want the prize themselves for various reasons that would benefit them

Finlay loves blogging, and runs about 30 different blogs all about different hyperfixiations he has (projecting go brrr), but his most popular one is where he gathered evidence about the original game show, and what happened to the prize and the contestants during it. While he enjoys running it, he'd love to create a store where he can sell all kinds of merchandise from all kinds of franchises (and keep some for himself but shhhh)

Temperance worked as an assistant to a science professor, but often got in the way of what the professor wanted to demonstrate. Temperance only wanted to share xir own discoveries when accidents would occur, and was proclaimed rather useless in the position. As a result, xe was fired, and decided to try and win the contest with xir inventions and discoveries, in order to prove xirself

Mira had a volume problem, which came from her being a little hard of hearing. Because she can't hear what other people say to her sometimes, some people assume she's stupid. Music calmed her, but she'd tend to play it at a higher level than most others would. As a result, she was evicted from her apartment and entered the contest to gain respect and afford a new place to live

Tyce had a shitty experience his whole life surrounded by toxic people, which ended up rubbing off on him. He realized he was trans at a young age, and was mostly accepted, but those around him insisted that he had to "act like a man" all the time in order to be like one. He adored photography, but gave up that goal when he was teased for it because he just wanted to take pictures of "non-masculine" things that made him happy. He adopted a more rugged and cruel personal to fit in with what his peers believed to be the traits of the best men, and originally entered the contest to prove himself to be the best and to show he was manly as fuck