▶ 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

[blastedass]

HA! as if you could even handle my awesome mapo tofu!

put down the cup; it's way too much to be wasted on a wuss like you.

[saudadist]

I already threw it away, jackass

after how well you did, that kind of prize was a letdown

but if you're happy with subpar tie-ins with your name on them, good for you I guess

[blastedass]

urusei. you know this is as bullshit as i do.

what the hell do you think these bastards are gonna do for me, open a fucking portal so i can send one person of my choice back home?

[The only kind of prize he'd actually ask for.]

[saudadist]

kiss the fattest part of my ass

you're making it sound like it's my fault your shit sucks

[blastedass]

you're just jealous you didn't land the k.o.

[saudadist]

sorry for being too busy recovering from surgery

the only reason I tried that stupid flavor was because you won

[blastedass]

you would've trash talked it even if you liked it.

[Cause you're like that, ya know. getting a rile out of him.]

[saudadist]

only because you're an explosive jackass, jackass

it's hard to praise you without you being a shitmiser about it
feels like I'm just wasting my breath and effort

[blastedass]

your attitude's just as shit sometimes!

maybe don't start off with a fucking insult if you wanna praise someone.

try saying "congratulations" and see how that gets you.

[saudadist]

I didn't even get the chance
you came in roasting me for a weirdass thought you shouldn't have even heard

[blastedass]

[point taken...]

i'm waiting.

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[saudadist]

[ It's with a heavy sigh that she types, deletes, retypes, deletes again, retypes, and deletes her message a few times before she gives up entirely. Text is no good for this kind of thing. It's too neutral. He might just think she's bullshitting.

Which is precisely why she sends a voice clip instead. Subdued, soft, and strangely sincere. ]

You did great, Bakugou. Good job.

[blastedass]

[He does think she's bullshitting. Text is hard to denote sarcasm through.

But the voice clip... There's no arguing that.]

Thanks.

[Simple and accepted.]

Did you kill any?

[saudadist]

a couple
mostly broke their legs so they couldn't get close to the generators

I'll have to do better next time

[blastedass]

their electricity couldn't travel through your arms?

[saudadist]

no, they don't work like that
thankfully

[blastedass]

you would've had a greater advantage than a lot of people.

[saudadist]

like I said, surgery sucks
wasn't at 100%

if I was at my full capacity, I'd have blended their brains before they even reached the generators
but LILITH decided that was too much

shame, maybe you would've enjoyed the show

[blastedass]

are you talking about the dimensional travel?

[Either a surgery now for the implants, or she was depowered like a lot of people coming here.] Text

[saudadist]

they took my power, dumbed it down, so I'm not as strong as I once was
so I opted in for a surgery to counterbalance it

we'll see how helpful it is in the long run

[blastedass]

they nerfed a lot of people's powers. i'm still not at full strength either.

[Though he can't say LILITH did it on purpose or that was just a fault in the kidnapping process. Which they should definitely improve on, but...]

what kind of surgery?

[saudadist]

[ It's a blessing and a curse. There's a lot she can't do because of that limit, but there's also a lot that can't happen to her because of it. Bittersweet. ]

the healing one

maybe it'll improve my social status

[blastedass]

you got an implant for social status?!

how the hell is that gonna improve it?

[saudadist]

I'm joking

I got it because I'm tired of this body only being used to kill
and maybe, I can get along better with people if I can heal them instead of hurt them

that's all

[blastedass]

[Not something to joke about... but he gets it.]

even if if you don't know what lilith could do with those implants?