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.
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?
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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She clears her throat and: ]
Why dost thou seek death so, sinful interloper?
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[His own arms move to fold as his face, split with a definite scar, looks as weary as ever as he stares down at her.]
I do have a name. [He mutters, before he continues, seemingly nonplussed by the display.] Do I seek death? An interesting question. I'm one who is surrounded by it.
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You purposeful sought to offend one who introduced herself as the Goddess of Death and tripled down when given the opportunity. [A pause.] Either you seek death, either you are a nitwit.
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[His head is...hurting. That's a sudden drop of energy, but it just makes his red eyes spark all the more, his face grimacing.]
You compare yourself to another goddess. You throw out big statements without actual force behind them. You come out with a big show and a mask while obviously trembling in your boots.
[A shake of the head.]
I keep what I say. So this is my respect for you given you heeded my word. My advice. You're going about it the wrong way. If you be death, as I have witnessed and dealt out with bloody hands, you have not come close to the vision of it I have carved with this gaze. Do you respect yourself? Show it, then.
1/2
I... No, you know what? I'm sick of this!!
2/2
People like you, who wish to see Death conform to a specific vision... You are exactly why I could never be myself. You are the reason I need put a mask on. [And she doesn't speak of the physical mask.] I need no advice from a man who would see me a monster merely to appease his own conscience.
You have never seen death. You do not know what it is, for what you witnessed through the deeds of your bloody hands was never death. [A pause.] It was a reflection of yourself.
[ The darkness behind her fades, revealing the flower-filled apartment. She turns to go back inside it. ]
It is true I hold no respect for myself, no love, no esteem. But I shall not allow such a pathetic man to insult me any longer. [She tilts her head to look back at him.] Sumerian fever shall not kill you. But perhaps it will teach you some modicum of wisdom.
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You don't think I know that...? Of course it's a reflection of me, all that I've done....
[He grits his teeth. Sumerian fever this, appease to conscience that. She wouldn't understand. Death never understands. Death simply takes. If she is death, perhaps she should laugh at him, then. That would make it more believable. Ugh, his head is pounding..]
[But his red eyes flit to the apartment after a pause, as if to focus his turmoil elsewhere. Something shifts - and he asks, almost a little lost.]
Why...do you have flowers?
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... I love flowers. It has always been my dream to fill the Underworld with flowers. To bring some warmth to the souls under my care. To bring beauty where there is none to be found.
[ Fuel for him to mock her even more. But she won't let him. ]
Begone now...!
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[.....]
[He remembers vivid gifts, gifts for children.........he's gritting his teeth, pained, half turned as if to leave, but he has to say:]
.....It's a nice thought. [He says, quietly, more lost in his own thoughts than anything.] Do they not survive down there?
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Her flowers.
She shakes her head. ]
Nothing does where death reigns.
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[The sudden poetry that drops from his lips seems almost strange - like a discordant noise coming from someone who looks nothing more than a monstrous brute. But the sadness in his words is distinct.]
[He won't keep here, though, as he's moving away, joints aching, as he murmurs.]
....Keep them blooming, goddess.