▶ 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

ishmael / limbus company / brimstone (cw emetophobia)

[wheft]

I could really go for some soup dumplings right now...

So he really wasn't kidnapped after all... That probably means he was responsible for the hybrid experiments, maybe even the opening of the rift? Too bad we can't wring any more answers from that guy, though. Gonna put a pin on this for later.

Top 10 shampoos for knee-length hair

The fact that I'm actually throwing up over something like this really sucks. What would Heathcliff do...

Maybe it's a high time I install a pole in my room instead of going to the studio all the time 🤔

80% of the ocean is unexplored by YOU GUYS. i've seen the whole thing.

[saudadist]

try horse shampoo

for horses
not made of horses

[wheft]

Should I be insulted?

[saudadist]

horses are all I can think of that have hair as long as yours

and their manes are always so sleek and shiny
so it makes sense to me

@ambrosia

[picky]

You're sick??

[wheft]

[ SHIT, it's marcille. the last thing ishmael wants is to let her know that she was right all along and that ishmael was stress-vomiting because of that -- ]

Yeah
I'm on the mend
Must be something I ate

I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE SOJU? omfg...

[picky]

[ why's it so bad if marcille finds out :/? psh ]

"Must be"? But you sounded like you knew why you were getting sick!
I can heal you! What room are you in?

[bowtography]

I don't know who Heathcliff is, but
I heard ginger or mint should help?

[wheft]

Those are teas, right?

[ girl don't remind her of tea rn my god ]

I'll keep those in mind...

[bowtography]

[ girl she doesn't know your romantic triggers rn ]

It doesn't have to be tea! Like I think ginger soda or sucking on a peppermint candy would work too.

[yormama]

a pull-up pole or a vertical pole?

[wheft]

A vertical pole, I guess? It's for this new workout routine I picked up a while back.

[yormama]

Oh! I've heard of those! They're fantastic for core strength and flexibility!

[gimu]

what have you seen?

[wheft]

Way too much.

@duke, crawls out from the depths

[frostfist]

I see you're getting serious about the pole dancing lessons.

[ is she normal now? can he text her? but also: ]

Feeling any better?

[wheft]

[ she'll force herself to be fine after all that if she has to. and tbh? she's not doing bad rn, actually. ]

I got a clean bill of heath from the physical exam, if that's what you're asking.

But yeah, I may as well buckle down now and take it more seriously. It's been soothing, in a way. [ but now she's curious. ] I bet you only do lifts and other things in the rec room, huh.

[memors]

If you're looking for a place, I found one with incredible dumplings not too far from base.

[wheft]

Oh? That's great. What else do they serve over there?

@redwine

[astarion]

You've seen the ENTIRE ocean?

[wheft]

There's only one ocean where I'm from, and it's all I've ever known. So yes.

@topknot

[lifeprice]

I can recommend a place.

[ For the dumplints. ]

[wheft]

Let me hear it. What would you recommend?

[penaltypoints]

[ That LILITH researcher who disappeared early last month... ]

I agree. I wonder whether there are others left who might be able to shed some light on those events. The preparations must have taken some time, after all.

[wheft]

I think whoever survived the rift is already in LILITH's custody at the moment. That's out of my jurisdiction for now.

What's important was that my tip was right. Dr. Tanaka was not kidnapped. Said tip overheard him needing more specimens to experiment on and that he wanted to get in touch with a source overseas. Apparently the source did not show up at the Sapphire Room during the infiltration mission. Remember that one?