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▶ DOWNTIME MINGLE #2

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.



picky: (pic#17076317)

[personal profile] picky 2024-04-15 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Did LILITH know that the Kaiju was going to show up there? Or was it already there by the time the Outsiders arrived?
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-15 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they have an idea. Maybe not precisely. We had gotten an alert to help start the evacuations, but it was only a couple of hours maybe until the kaiju got close. I think they were on their way, but were several hours from shore.

[He furrows his brow, thinking. Things are a bit fuzzy after this last battle.]

There were boats ready for us to take, but they seemed like perhaps they weren't their first choice perhaps? They were yachts, with food and everything.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-15 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squinting... ]

Sorry, what's a yacht?
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-15 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, they're...a type of fancy boat. For rich people? I think they race them.

[That's about it, right???]
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-16 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ You could tell Marcille almost anything about this place and she'll believe it. Yachts are fancy racing boats for hungry rich people now. Marcille presses her fingers to her chin. ]

So they gave you fancy racing boats with food on them to get to the Kaiju out at sea.

[ Please confirm. ]
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-16 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they set them out as bait? For the kaiju. If you think about it, fancy boats wouldn't be the kind to take out to see to attack them. You'd want something much tougher.

[Raidou really hadn't had time to think about all this, what with the whirlwind that is his life here, but now he wishes he had.]

I believe it stands to reason they have at least a little bit of foreknowledge regarding the rifts and attacks.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-18 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[ She slumps back into her seat, thinking. ]

I hope these health checks mean they're going to do something about the side effects from the rift.

I wonder where these monsters are even coming from. And why attack us?
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-18 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I really hope so too. [He's really been suffering from those side effects, on top of everything else from the battle.]

I can only hope they get to the bottom of it. The fact that they're rifts, and the kaiju emerge from those... It puts me in mind of something like... like a dark realm, maybe?

[That's what it's called where he's from, anyway.]

Like a parallel realm. If one opens between their space and ours, and they come through with such ferocity, they're probably just as confused as we are. Though perhaps there is someone on their side sending them through on purpose...

[He's quiet, almost theorizing out loud to himself.]
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-21 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Marcille nods, seemingly unaffected by the idea, but she throws Raidou a curious look. ]

Has anyone ever tried to communicate with a Kaiju? I know we're fighting most of the time, but...
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-21 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure. Perhaps if someone could do so with, ah, telepathy perhaps? Or an ability that lets the communicate with animals...

[They're not demons, so he can't.

Raidou might look exhausted and distant, but he manages to give Marcille a small smile.]


You ask very good questions.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-27 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Marcille beams initially at the praise. Then she realizes why this might be.

She's still smiling, but she sighs, obviously deflated. ]


I have someone from home to blame for that... Trying to understand monsters, I mean.

[ It stings to think of Laios. At the same time, it's a comfort to feel as though she's changed over the time they spent together with the others.

She turns her head and looks at Raidou, her smile growing again. ]


I'm Marcille. What's your name?
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[personal profile] the_fourteenth 2024-04-28 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a good trait to have here. I should be doing more of the same. [As an investigator and a summoner, Raidou realizes he should have been asking questions too, but life here has been so distracting and overwhelming. One step at a time.

He's sitting, so the introductory bow he gives her a slight one.]


Nice to meet you. I'm Kuzunoha. Kuzunoha Raidou.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he's bowing a little. Shuro would do the same thing when introducing himself, so Marcille knows to return it. ]

Kuzunoha. [ She repeats, committing the name to memory. As far as she knows, that's his first name. ] Nice to meet you too. I'm just glad that someone else is interested in thinking about these things too. The last person I talked to about things like this ended up leaving before we could investigate.