▶ DOWNTIME MINGLE #2

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DOWNTIME MINGLE #2

CONTENT WARNINGS: medical procedures, possible nsfw

▶ 001. DOWNTIME & SPONSORSHIPS

As Outsiders make themselves comfortable back on MAIN BASE, they will be informed of a reward for their great efforts. A party is thrown to celebrate their achievements and they will find pizza and a cup noodle tower. A giant streamer and balloons are laid out for everyone to see:

GOOD JOB:
GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GOD DYNAMIGHT (K.O)
KUZUNOHA14 (546)
TENTACLE (497)
ICE SNAP (488)

The named Outsiders will also be informed that they’ve managed to catch the attention of a certain instant noodle company. As thanks for their hard work and dedication to protecting Neo Tokyo, the company has decided to launch a new line of flavors in their honor. All proceeds will go to relief efforts and charities in Neo Tokyo. The new flavors are:

EXXXTRA HOTT mapo tofu ramen
Creamy octopus and seafood chowder ramen
Chilled tomato noodles
Sweet potato and miso ramen

The tower of cup noodles in the cafeteria isn’t all. The winners will receive a free and unlimited supply of the special flavors until the campaign ends in 3 months.

Those who do not attend the party will still get this message as a marquee text along their ocular device. Characters CAN take this message off, but it's a bit complex. Try under General > Settings > Notifications > Messages > Texts > Alerts > Appearance > End Battle Notifications > OFF. Hopefully, you won't miss something exciting by doing this. The marquee will disappear a week after the kaiju fight.

▶ 002. HEALTH CHECKS.

Following the events of the most recent battle, LILITH is in a busy state. What was supposed to be a simple operation has become a major event with the sudden Rift event. The LILITH administrators work closely with officers, researchers, and engineers to understand what happened and how to proceed.

While not all questions are answered, Outsiders will receive updates on things of note. First and foremost, the Rift was successfully closed. The park is closed and being tested to see if it is safe to enter. Reports suggest the Rift event was caused by the large, uncontrolled levels of electricity at the park. LILITH agents have gone in and identified some of the bodies. Others are missing, presumably pulled into the Rift, and assumed dead. Among the dead is Dr. Tanaka whose mutated corpse and lab coat were found near what they believe to be the Rift’s origin center. As for the mutated survivors… well, that remains to be answered.

Outsiders will be told to sit tight while the grounds are checked and cleared for further recovery efforts. In the meantime, every LILITH operative who participated at Tokyo Disney Land will receive orders to check their health to make sure the Rift didn’t infect them.

Outsiders will be directed to the medical bay where Dr. Spim and Alex will tell them to get changed into their loungewear and wait for tests in the lobby with each other. They will be given questionnaires to fill out and be asked what they experienced before, during, and after the Rift opened. After that, they will conduct regular tests for things like their blood, vision, hearing, etc. The physical will also involve checking their ocular and brain implants. Hopefully, no one is bothered by all of the poking and prodding.

Upon conclusion, characters will receive their results. For the most part, there don’t appear to be any lingering effects from the Rift, and any comments they receive will be about their regular health. There may also be some helpful advice written at the end to varying degrees of helpfulness such as:

Reduce sugar intake.
Remember to live, laugh, love, and hydrate.
Exercise regularly to improve mental health.
Be nice to yourself or else.

Characters are free to discuss their results with each other or they can choose to keep the results to themselves. After all, the results they receive are between them and their physician… Right?

▶ 003. TFLN.

Although ocular & brain implants are the means of communication nowadays, a messenger service still exists in this world. Mostly everyone uses LINE nowadays even if the need for cellular phones is null. Characters may have already recognized the interface to be somewhat familiar with the similar shade of green and same old slogan.

It happens the first time, and several times throughout the week as your character goes about their new routine. The sound of machine-like whirring, deep within their cranium, like a computer that’s in the midst of processing some new information. Then, there’s the familiar ping of a new public message, and whatever you were thinking about at that point of time will be plastered on the network, for all to read and react to. Thinking about your recent health check results? Having a fun night out at a club? Regretting said night out at the club? Falling into a deep depression about how your life has turned out so far? It doesn’t matter when or where, because the system doesn’t discriminate. You’ll soon find the thoughts you were having during those moments posted on the network and you can’t delete them.

"The system is updating …

...

The system is updating … "

That’s the only explanation SYNTHIA will give when prodded or asked to take down a post. She’s not too helpful at this moment. It looks like while Seok Dang isn't available, his usual antics have been pre-programmed.

"We are performing an investigation into this matter. We appreciate your patience."

Welcome to our third Network Mingle! This is a TFLN-inspired mingle that’s been tweaked to make it completely canon to the game. Due to a glitch in the system, random thoughts that characters might be having throughout the week will be registered as network posts and posted in public for all to see and respond to. This can happen at any time as they wander around the main base or different Neo Tokyo locations!

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Write out prompts (example below) for others to respond to. These can be thoughts they’re having in bed, at work, while intoxicated or what-have-you. You can look up shower thoughts or TFLN as inspiration, but remember that this will be game canon so it has to be written in your character’s voice.
2. Go around and respond to others!
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

Participation in this mingle isn’t obligatory, of course. If you don’t want your character to participate, you can simply assume the glitch did not affect them.

We also have a code below for fun, but please don't feel pressured to use it. As always, a regular text thread works out just fine! Most importantly, have fun!

(Please remember to put warnings for NSFW/triggering content in the subject header.)

NOTE: Since there is both an action and a text component to this mingle, all action tags on this post are worth 2 POINTS while all text tags as part of the TFLN prompt are worth 1 POINT.

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Comments

marcille / delicious in dungeon / redemption

[picky]

▶ 001. what do you find on small beaches?

[ Did you want cup ramen? Unless you boil your water on the stove, too bad. Marcille is standing stiffly in front of the microwave, holding a cup of creamy octopus and seafood chowder ramen with both hands. Anyone who leans in will see that she's using her oculars for something, colors flashing in front of her irises.

So why is she blocking the microwave? Tell her to move! ]

▶ 002. health checks

[ Marcille is sitting outside of the doctor's office, staring with concentration at the results on her oculars. She's in her grey loungewear and sandals, her elf ears drooped. She's been wrinkling her nose at them for some time. Finally, the fluorescent light in her eyes beams off, and she turns to look at whoever's nearest to her.

She decides to scoot up to their side, ears lifted and listening, and murmur to them behind her hand: ]

Do you think they knew? About the rift?

▶ 003. tfln

a. HOW DO THESE BOOTS EVEN WORK

b. I wanted to ask for my copies of the Daltian Clan, but getting my spellbook was the smarter decision. The books in the library are so weird and boring though...

c. Maybe I should offer a discount. That might help me get more clients. Should I try the network?

d. I miss Falin. I miss everyone, even Shuro and Namari. I hope Laios and the others are okay. When do I get to go home?

002

[the_fourteenth]

[The tired young man sitting across from Marcille looks at her, head tilted slightly.]

About which part? That it would open there at that time? Or that it would affect others in such a way?

[picky]

[ Excuse her while she gets up and sits right next to Raidou. No one needs to hear this but them. He's okay with someone getting up in his space, right? ]

The first one. If they knew how it would affect us, why would they bother to give us health checks?

003 / c

[rikugan]

discount for what?

puts my paw on your paw

[picky]

Oh
A haircut!
I need more money.

[ She's been spending a lot recently. It's not exciting, sorry Gojo. ]

001

[gimu]

[ the normal thing to do would be to say something like 'excuse me' or 'hello' or some other hail, but choso has opted instead for puttering over.

and looming. looming. looming riiiight over to try and peer at whatever the heck marcille is so intent on. ]

Do you not like that flavour?

[ where in sakes' name did he come from ]

[picky]

[ important question... were you going to use the party popper behind her.

Anyway, as probably expected, Marcille jumps with a little eep. She crushes the cup ramen in her hand. Water and broken pieces of ramen and seafood devastatingly fall to the floor.

She jerks back from the water falling on her—and instead falls back onto Choso. ]

un: kijyo

[saudadist]

how are boots giving you trouble...?

[picky]

[ Not again... ]

These are those HERMES boots?
The ones from LILITH...

003a

[plagiarists]

wild guess
you got these lilith boots?
how many times you faceplanted on the ground?

[ Hsy’s count: 5 and counting ]

[picky]

Three...
My nose started bleeding...
Can we trade these in after we get them?

@duke, b, closes my eyes

[frostfist]

[ he realy shouldn't be doing this to poor marcille but also: ]

If you're looking for something novel to read, you should try asking Sooyoung Han for recommendations.

you are making my dream happen

[picky]

Sooyoung Han?
Is she an Outsider?

003-a

[memors]

You put your feet in them and walk I think

[picky]

What's your room number again?

@rabbit

[seaurchin]

What is the discount for?

@ambrosia

[picky]

[ what a cute un... ]

I'm a hairstylist. I was thinking about offering a discount for new clients.
I didn't think other people would see it though

3c

[bowtography]

Discount?
For what?

[picky]

[ AGAIN... ]

Haircuts! And hairstyling
I work in a salon outside of the base

003, a

[astarion]

I imagine you put them on your feet.

[Helpful.]

@ambrosia

[picky]

[ Cool. He and Ryoji can fight to be mayor of Clown Town.

Deep breaths, Marcille. ]

Are you actually joking, or are you being serious too?

3a

[cranekin]

https://www.wikihow.life/Wear-Boots

(YEAH HE JUST SENT A LINK)

d

[eyescar]

i went home for a few weeks
but it was only a day here

001

[omeka]

[ hana's politely standing behind this elf girl for at least thirty seconds before she moves to kind of impolitely wave her hand in her face. (BUT SHE MEANS WELL...)

she does come to the realization that the other girl is muy occupado judging by the flashing rainbow in her oculars, but that doesn't stop her ok ]

Helloooo? Anybody home in there?

003b

[penaltypoints]

If your spellbook request was granted, do you have cause to believe that other books such as your "Daltian Clan" volumes are a different matter?

[ The entire topic has piqued Yesod's curiosity, in any case. ]