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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#17115727)

[personal profile] picky 2024-04-21 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry to gush but to Marcille, March is still one of the cutest people. You'd never guess that anything was wrong with how March dazzles as soon as she opens the door, all bubblegum pinks and baby blues. There's no one like her in Marcille's world; it's like watching a drawing that's come to life, (haha) and Marcille is especially weak to cute things. ]

Of course!

[ Marcille beams as she walks in, slightly pink-cheeked, though her smile naturally falls as she takes in the room. March has made it adorable already despite the sharp angles and fluorescent lights built into the room. Marcille sets her hands on her cheeks and turns, her eyes only grazing the photos. ]

How cute...!

[ Before she can get a better look, it's photo time. She blinks down at the camera and back to March. ]

A "photo"... [ She concentrates for a moment before the realization hits. ] Oh! Right, a photo.

[ Another word for "picture," except it's "digital." Marcille is learning these things very slowly. She points to the camera, looking quizzically. ]

Sure, but what's this?
bowtography: (Show me those jazz hands)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-04-21 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Marcille is so correct and thank god for both of us that March can't read minds actually. For now, she just smiles down at her camera, as though she's introducing a close friend instead of explaining an object and how it works. ]

This is a camera! It's how you take the picture without using the implant. I like to print them out from here and then put them on the wall... kind of my way of preserving my memories here.
picky: (pic#17115755)

[personal profile] picky 2024-04-27 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
A camera, huh...?

[ Marcille turns her head and looks at the device from every angle. It not the strangest device she's seen since she arrived; as foreign as it is, its color and rounded ages make it fairly cute. She spares another glance at the wall of photos, her eyes widening. ]

So that's how you got these. And you "printed" them on paper somehow. But how...

[ She stops herself and shakes her head. ]

Nevermind. It sounds complicated. You can "take my picture." Um, does my hair look okay?

[ She smooths the top of her head for good measure. ]
bowtography: (We hated ourselves!)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-04-27 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Your hair looks gorgeous!

[ and this is entirely sincere, as she lifts the camera up. ]

Just make whatever pose you like! I'll show you how the printing works as soon as I take the picture.
picky: (pic#17178149)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, a pose. Marcille's eyes dart as she tries to think up a pose. In the end, she sets a hand on her hip and gives a wide, slightly nervous-looking smile, head tipped towards her shoulder. ]

Like this?
bowtography: (So tonight we're gonna chronicle)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-14 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Cute pose, but you can relax a little! It's not going to bite you and neither am I! I promise, you look great!

[ She'd never lie to a cute girl! ]
picky: (pic#17178136)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Um...

[ Well. She does like it when people call her cute, so that compliment gets a genuine smile out of her.

Cheese! ]
bowtography: (Show me your hands)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-14 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cheese! March snaps the picture and then bounces over to her to show it off as it prints out the photo. ]

Look, see? You look cute!
picky: (pic#17077916)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Marcille takes a look and gets a little pink-cheeked. ]

It really did create a picture, just like that...!

[ She smiles back at March. ]

Thanks, March. It's going on your wall now?
bowtography: (What if I told you a story)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-14 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep! Though if you want a copy of it to take with you, I can do that too. But now I've officially got a great Marcille picture to add to the wall!

[ And she is so genuinely thrilled about it. ]
picky: (pic#17178161)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ MARCHIE 😭 Marcille is warming up to her so fast. ]

Then if you don't mind, can I get a picture of you for my wall too?
bowtography: (Hey Mister Business)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-14 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure! Do you want to take one together, actually?

[ Two cute girls, always better than just one. ]
picky: (pic#17115698)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
That's even better! Can we do that? ...But wait, how will the camera work on its own?
Edited 2024-05-14 23:13 (UTC)
bowtography: (We hated ourselves!)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-14 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
As long as I've got a hand free... [ She holds the camera away from her, at an angle. ]

I can get both of us in the shot. You'll just have to be close to me.
picky: (pic#17115711)

[personal profile] picky 2024-05-14 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Marcille watches for a moment, ears perked up. Ah, she gets it. She wants to ask how March can be sure that she'll get a good photo this way, but Marcille will assume she's the expert.

She takes a careful step closer to March, her eyes trained on the camera lens. ]


Like this?
bowtography: (This song takes all the pain away)

[personal profile] bowtography 2024-05-15 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Almoooost.

[ And she reaches out with her free arm to snag Marcille's and haul her in closer, pressing their cheeks together. ]

Like this!
picky: (pic#17115739)

[personal profile] picky 2024-06-01 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ AAAA THEY ARE SO CLOSE!!!

March will definitely feel how warm Marcille's cheeks are at this point. The surprise wears off quickly, though, and while Marcille can't help blushing, she immediately leans into the pose, grinning up at her reflection in the camera. Her arm tightens around March's. ]


Okay, ready!

[ She loves this 😭 What's better than this. Girls being gals. ]