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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-04-13 05:46 pm

▶ 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.



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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-04-18 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
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. ]
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-18 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no! Not really
It's just that I could only choose one of these things for now.
I'll try to get my other books later. The spell book just seemed like a priority for obvious reasons.
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-04-18 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. Yes, LILITH presumably prefers that we continue to expand our skill sets for their use.

Then the Daltian Clan covers material not found in the base's library?


[ Which isn't all that surprising, considering said library's state and limited selection of items... The dust accumulation there should be reduced now, at least. ]
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-19 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd be nice to have for myself too, you know? For my own peace of mind.

The books in the library are fine... Some of them are really good actually
But they're nothing compared to this series! The world building and story are fantastic, but it's the characters that really make it
It's about a elven girl named Uriale who was all alone in the world...
One day a man who claimed to be a messenger from the famed house of Daltian came to her.
Upon examining the color of Uriale's eyes, the raven-haired man said, "The blood of the Daltians runs in your veins."
And so the raven-haired man took Uriale through the gates of a manor where machinations and intrigues swirled...
And that's the plot of Dalclan!
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-04-24 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Prioritizing your abilities was sensible. Having full access to them certainly sounds advantageous.

[ And he wonders what they might involve, but he leaves that question aside for the moment to process the rest. So that's "Dalclan"... It may be an ongoing series, then, already spanning several books. ]

As for literature to read for enjoyment, I suppose that would be a reward over time.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-04-28 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ Even better. It's a fifty year old complete series with an insane amount of volumes. And it's amazing. ]

I suppose so.
I wish it was easier to get things transferred here from home, but I can't expect much from LILITH, I guess.
You're interested in books too?
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-04-29 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
I must admit, I am curious as to their transfer process and its criteria, as far as items and selected recruits are concerned.

I would not be opposed to supplementing the library's collection, either. There is no reason to neglect the location's upkeep.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ "I would not be opposed," he says. ]

Would you be opposed in some other circumstance?
It sounds like you're the librarian, but I've never met anyone up there who manages it.
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-05-14 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
If I were the librarian, I would have seen to its proper maintenance. I simply choose to clean it as necessary, as do a few others.

In any event, no, I am in favor of expanding the available options here, regardless of the apparent obsolescence of printed reading material.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I get it.
It's nice to be able to read whenever I want to through my oculars, but I miss having real printed books in my hands too.
If I could get my spell book, there shouldn't be anything stopping us from getting more books from back home, right?
Do you have something you'd want to bring here?
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-05-14 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
To tell the truth, there was no time for such activities where I was prior to coming here, nor did we have access to books.

[ An Abnormality in the shape of a book doesn't count. In the future, the books collected to fill Angela's Library won't, either, hardly a source of enjoyment. ]

But I would appreciate the opportunity to learn more about other worlds through their literature and the like.
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[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
No time to read?
What were you doing back on your world?
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[personal profile] penaltypoints 2024-05-15 09:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yesod considers how to approach that question for a moment. It isn't easy to answer truthfully in any amount of detail that would make sense to others... ]

I was employed at a company that kept us rather busy with our duties on a daily basis. As the head of one of the main facility's departments, which processed and archived the company's data, I took my responsibilities seriously.

There was no shortage of documents to review.


[ For the purpose of "expunging information" as instructed. ]