▶ TEAM BUILDING EVENT #2

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TEAM BUILDING EVENT #2

CONTENT WARNINGS: forced scenarios, altered mood, illness, disaster aftermath, kidnapping, interrogation & torture, violence.

▶ 001. FLOWER VIEWING.

The Neo Tokyo Meteorological Agency is very excited to report that cherry blossom season has begun, and the cherry blossom (and plum blossom) trees are blooming right on schedule once again. It’s a rare time where the concrete jungle of Neo Tokyo blossoms in beautiful shades of pink and white, and due to past conservation efforts to protect the natural cherry blossom trees, there are natural trees in season all over the city. It’s a sight to behold, and the people are very excited about it, setting up picnic mats and enjoying the beauty of nature with their friends and family. Even with all the distractions of technology, even with the looming knowledge that the next Kaiju could advance at any second, Hanami continues to be a popular custom, still being practiced centuries after the world was first at siege.

Outsiders are free to do as they like during this period. Some of the city still needs to be rebuilt from the recent floods, but stall owners have organized themselves splendidly to capitalize on the season. Traditional foods and snacks to enjoy with your loved ones at Hanami include dango, cherry blossom cookies, sakura mochi, onigiri, and hanami bento sets including sushi rolls, kamaboko and tamagoyaki. Prepare your own, or grab one at the many stalls offering them on their menu. Lots of places are selling sake at half off.

For Outsiders who want to do more than sit at the picnic, they can break up fights between the locals over the best picnic spots (they are very intense about this), or help track when the trees are blooming throughout the city and report directly to the Neo Tokyo Meteorological Agency. They’re happy to pay. If Outsiders choose to report where trees are blooming, they will accept a small form on their ocular devices and encouraged to walk in a pair or group for accuracy when gathering information. The form will include date, location, the kinds of trees blooming and how well they are blooming. (Players are free to head canon any information about this.)

Those who stay too long amongst the flowers might find themselves coming down with an … interesting form of hay fever. Symptoms can include flu-like symptoms, or uncontrollable giggling and elation. Looks like the flood waters from before are affecting the trees in some way.

"Mrrow … The effects will wear off in a few days. I’m a busy cat. Drink water, get plenty of rest. Come back when there’s something to actually worry about. Now, Alex, where did you put my mousey – "

▶ 002. WHITE DAY.

Here in Neo Tokyo, LILITH wants all its Outsiders to be happy and bonded as a team. A team that cannot work together will crumble in the next Kaiju attack. While it’s a great sentiment, the organization is a little too fond of … coercive methods. Just as chocolate was provided last month for Valentine’s Day, Outsiders will be airdropped several boxes of chocolates on March 14th, also known as White Day. A brief is beamed to their implant:

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Return the chocolate previously handed out to you on Valentines’ Day.
✖ For new Outsiders and Outsiders with leftover boxes, hand them all out to other Outsiders by the end of the day.
✖ Failure to comply will be grounds for disciplinary action.

Just as before, a failure to comply with these requirements will result in Outsiders being saddled with cleaning duty of the cafeteria and communal showers for a week, or a house arrest of 24 hours in their rooms.

As a note, we are leaving it up to players to decide how many boxes they are saddled with and how much they need to do to avoid punishment.

▶ 003. BUDDY UP.

With new Outsiders arriving at the base, LILITH wants them to feel as welcome as possible. Older Outsiders will be tasked to take a newbie under their wing and buddy up with them for a number of days (to a few weeks). The newbie, meanwhile, will be ordered to shadow a more experienced Outsider throughout that whole time to learn as much as possible about life as a LILITH recruit. LILITH expects the oldbies to act as a true senpai, but will ultimately leave it up to them to decide how best to nurture the new arrivals. A Shutterstock image will appear in the implants along with suggestions. Some suggestions provided by the LILITH Outsider Management Committee include:

✖ Giving them a tour of the base and city.
✖ Training sessions in fighting, use of weaponry and use of technology.
✖ Welcome parties and dinners to make them feel included.
✖ Shadowing the older arrival throughout their daily routine.
✖ Heart to heart sharing sessions about their worries and anxieties.
✖ Physical and mental health check ins.
✖ Buddying up with them during upcoming missions, simulation training and even the Kaiju fight.

These team ups will be assigned by LILITH randomly, and one newbie can be buddied up with multiple older recruits (the system might glitch on occasion and pair older Outsiders together too). How long the pair ups last is up to player discretion. Non-compliance on the part of older or newer Outsiders will be punished with increased cleaning duties. LILITH hopes to foster a culture of mutual growth and support within its employees!

As for recruits who have not been getting along, old and new, LILITH has been hearing everything spoken between Outsiders. Some need exercises to get along. Outsiders will be asked one morning to meet in the Simulation Arena and line up in an orderly fashion. Captain Yamakawa will be going down the line, shuffling characters who need to get along together. She will place a small, metal device on their wrists.

With a push of a button, two characters will be linked together by the wrist by a pair of invisible handcuffs. They are asked to spend between 24 - 48 hours together and go about their day, encouraged to talk about their vulnerabilities or things they have in common. This is to encourage them to get along.

✖ Spend a day or two with someone you hate and find a common ground. Good luck!

▶ 004. AID & REBUILD.

LILITH is dedicated to protecting and flourishing the city of Neo Tokyo. That’s why it’s pulled in Outsiders with such a wide array of skill sets. Every Kaiju attack devastates the citizens in some way - whether it’s through physical hurt and pain, emotional grief and stress, or losing a home or livelihood. It doesn’t help that there was panic around animal hybrids being let loose in the city shortly after. That’s why Outsiders will receive a similar objective each time: Rebuild the city of Neo Tokyo. This general objective is broken down into many small missions that Outsiders will receive throughout the month.

█ █ █ ASSORTED MISSIONS:
✖ REBUILD THE CITY. Following the repeated flooding, many apartments and businesses have been destroyed. Outsiders are tasked with helping to rebuild homes and support the local businesses to recover. This can include aiding the construction work (particularly along the beach and near to the coast) and helping out at local shops. Many shops selling specialty Hanami treats are looking for help making their goods. Never made sakura mochi before? Today, you will learn. Outsiders are free to assume that their workplaces were affected and call out for help.
✖ AID THE PEOPLE. Outsiders with skill sets in healthcare or healing (or whoever wishes to help) will be tasked to support the clinics and hospitals manage their patient load. This can include cooking for hospital kitchens, changing linen and caring for the sick and wounded.
✖ CLEAN UP. Exactly as it says on the tin. Clean up any marine waste that’s been washed onto the shore or rubble that’s fallen in the wrong place. Hazmat suits in outrageous colours are provided on request.
✖ CAPTURE REMAINING HYBRIDS. Though most of LILITH’s specimens have been contained, Dr. Spim (who’s been saddled with inventory work) reports that there are some still missing - and this includes their most valuable specimen of all. Outsiders are tasked to go hunting for these hybrids and bringing them back to the base. They may need to scour the streets or look through social media to find them. They may also need to steal a beloved pet, if said pet looks more like a winged rabbit than a regular rabbit. (Outsiders who have smuggled hybrids for themselves should take care not to be found ❤)

▶ 005. LEVEL 000.

Later during the month, some Outsiders will be tasked with a very specific mission. Remember those auctioneers who were captured at The Sapphire Room? They’re currently in the custody of LILITH, and with most of LILITH’s staff focused on organizing and containing the hybrid specimens that have been captured as well, they are far too bogged down to conduct their usual interrogation processes. This is where the Outsiders come in. Some Outsiders will receive a special mission to interrogate the captives and retrieve information by any means necessary. It works out splendidly too, because it shows the organization just what their imported workforce is … morally capable of. Outsiders will be paired up and brought to LEVEL 000, a basement level within the main base that is restricted access only. Did we always have a basement level? Best not to think about it.

A guiding drone will lead them to the cell room and instruct them to keep their eyes forward. There’s no need to look at the other cells around you. There is no one of interest there. Within the cell is one of the captives from the raid, who’s bound to a chair by metal shackles.

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Extort information from the captive by any means necessary. LILITH requires information about the whereabouts of Dr. Tanaka Junichiro, the organization behind the kidnapping, how they managed to trip up LILITH’s systems, and information about the whereabouts of the remaining hybrids (including their most valuable specimen).
✖ Outsiders are permitted to use any method they see fit, including physical and psychological torture. Weapons of torture such as blades, pliers, tasers, whips and torches are available for use. Outsiders may not take any weapon with them when they leave the cell.

Following the interrogation, they will be escorted out of LEVEL 000 by the guiding drone, and they will not be able to access it again without special clearance. Successful extortion of information will be rewarded with 50,000 KRYPTO debited to their accounts.

NOTE: This mission will be shared with only certain Outsiders, so it is essentially opt-in. Players who want to receive interrogation clues about the Starlight X mini-plot can comment below and receive an RNG clue. We will leave it up to players to NPC their own captives. Most of them are small-time gang members looking to make an extra buck or mercenaries hired to guard the auction. For extra moral panic, there are one or two regular people down on their luck who ran into the wrong crowd. Please note that due to the limited number of captives and the information they may know, players may receive duplicate clues.

UPDATE 3/16: Players will have until the end of March to submit for interrogation clues.

▶ 006. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our second CR Building event! All prompts are highly encouraged but OOCly optional. Feel free to ask any event-related questions below!

As always, you are free to check out our main base and locations page and make up your own prompts!

Please note that all tags in this log will count for 2 reward points each. Have fun! The next log will feature the kaiju fight and will be posted on APRIL 1st in lieu of a TDM.

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choco choso exchange

[gimu]

[ LILITH's idea of fun and games was very far removed from choso's (not that he had one really), but the concept of disciplinary action for hoarding free chocolate was one choso understood perfectly enough to want to avoid.

thus is choso out and about, laden with an armful of troublesome boxes when he comes across nothing less than gojo satoru and his choco box shop outside the cafeteria.

well, so much for miso soup. somewhat woodenly, choso turns around and tries to just... just walk away... ]

[rikugan]

[ even if yuji hadn't told him that choso was here, gojo could easily sense his presence within the base just by his energy alone.

it's honestly a commendable effort on the cursed entity's part, but gojo knew he was headed his way long before he even stepped foot into the hall. at least choso is providing him with some mild amusement. he was getting kinda bored just passing out chocolates.

in the blink of an eye, he has left his post at his lil shop, appearing right in front of choso, effectively blocking his escape route. leaning forward, a rather sinister grin stretches across his face. ] Not even gonna say hi? [ he plucks one of the boxes at the top of the stack, wagging it at him. ]

I know we haven't known each other for very long, but it's kinda rude, don't you think?

[gimu]

[ one moment the coast is looking clear, the next there's a white-haired monster getting right up in choso's face and he has no recourse but to-- no, no, violence is not the answer! choso! collect yourself! ]

You looked busy. [ it's true; he's got a sign and everything. ] I don't want to get involved. [ with chocolates, with the cafeteria-goers, with you.

but gojo has a box, which has just lowered choso's burden by a handful of mystery neo chocolates. he must show proper gratitude, for yuji if not anyone else. ]

How... may I help you?

[rikugan]

[ talk about the pot callin' the kettle! ]

Why not? [ he uses the box in hand to tap tap tap at the stack in choso's hands. ] Didn't you see my sign?

[ he points at it. go on. go take a look, big brother. ]

I'm exchangin' chocolates for chocolates right now and it looks like you've got some you need to get rid of, so why don't we help each other out, Yuji's oniisan? [ he sweeps his arm out, motioning for him to head towards his perch. ]

[gimu]

[ choso loves the word oniisan; it is possibly his favourite word in the whole of the universe at present, yet hearing it slither off gojo's tongue like a wrung rag, feeling it rasp against his ears so, oh, choso has never rued something so much as he does that.

with a grimace that even then can barely hang on three seconds after casting, choso lets himself be heckled over to gojo's fabulous chocolate stand. there he stands, staring down the sign like maybe it could tell him, oh won't it please, how to evaporate into the atmosphere. could he become mist...? ]

Do you want me to give you all of these just to take the same amount back?

[ is this what he's reading here, laddie? ]

[rikugan]

No, 'course not. [ don't be silly, oniisan. ]

You can hand all of yours to me and just take one in return. [ he pats the top of his pile. ] Ain't that a friggin' great deal? [ it's a scam ] You won't have to waste any more time findin' people to pass 'em out to. I'm practically doin' you a favor here.

[ no, he just wants a bunch of chocos for himself. ]

So, how 'bout it, oniisan? We got a deal? [ the answer can only be yes B) ]

[gimu]

[ choso is certain this must be a scam. it's too good to be true. be rid of his entire burden for one of gojo satoru's dreaded chocolates in return? there must be a catch. look at that face. there is a catch. what is the catch. is there a catch? in the middle of pondering this with furrowed brow, one of choso's choco boxes on the top of the pile slips, sending all of choso lurching forward to correct. easily done. but it would be a shame to let the effort of the motion go to waste.

so choso follows up on the momentum, stepping up to the table to dump his armload across it, his choice made by the blessings of kinetic energy. ]

Deal. Give it here.

[ one big, impatient palm held out. ]

[rikugan]

[ they're perfectly harmless boxes of half-emptied chocos, choso.

but wow! what a smooth save there!! (jk he caught it all in real time. it was a laughable attempt at best.) ]

Great! [ he picks up a random box, slapping it into the outstretched hand. ] Happy doin' business with ya~ [ eheheheh. he's gathering up the chocolate boxes choso has kindly spilled all over his table, shoveling them underneath where a growing pile of exchanged goods lie. ]

Now, we can get down to our other business, oniisan. [ there's your catch ]

[gimu]

[ THERE IT IS.

with chocos in hand, choso tries to make a break for it, already stepping back from the table and beginning to pivot away. ]

[rikugan]

[ nice try

he reaches out to yank him back by the collar of his shirt. ]

Where do you think you're goin', oniisan?

[gimu]

[ tarnations. caught and unable to simply evaporate into the atmosphere, choso gives up his attempt at flight and merely stands there instead, arms hanging limp at his sides as his head lolls back. ugh. uuuugh. ]

Back from whence I came. Our transaction is complete, Gojo Satoru; I have nothing more to give you. [ chocolate-wise. metaphysically, however… ]

[rikugan]

Haha. Did I ask you to give me anything else?

[ he slings a loose arm around his shoulders. ]

I just think we need to talk. [ a beat. ] Maybe not here. But you can make some time for me later, can't you?

[gimu]

[ in this modern era, the curse's equivalent of a boogeyman has just slung an arm over choso's shoulders like they were pals in a past life.



he'd almost prefer the simpler dance of violence to the squirm of nerves this simple action incites. ]

Later. [ less like an affirmation, more of a testing of the word. a vague, shapeless thing, 'later'. he doesn't like it. ] That can be done. If you let me know where and when, it can be done even easier.

[rikugan]

Haha.

[ does he want to schedule a meeting in advance? guess that's reasonable.

too bad he isn't though. ] I'll let you know...? [ tbd~ B) ]

[gimu]

[ choso feels the annoyance bloom in him like most people would a fresh spring puppy crush, so total in its possession of his body that it roots him to the spot, makes of him an immobile force to even the tumultuous tides in his own scruffy head. his mark is bubbling just a little, just- just a little. ]

Aah. I understand. Of course.

[ each syllable comes sort of strained, like he’s gotta strain it out between his teeth. he must Try. he promised yuji!!! ]

[rikugan]

[ why so mad oniisan~?

he gives him a hearty slap on the back. ]

Great. You can go now. [ dismissed. ]