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Entry tags:
- !event,
- chainsaw man: makima,
- devil summoner: raidou kuzunoha,
- elfen lied: lucy/kaede,
- fate/grand order: okada izou,
- frieren: beyond journey's end: fern,
- genshin impact: wriothesley,
- gokurakugai: tao saotome,
- honkai star rail: dr. ratio,
- honkai star rail: march 7th,
- jujutsu kaisen: satoru gojo,
- jujutsu kaisen: suguru geto,
- jujutsu kaisen: yuji itadori,
- library of ruina: gebura,
- library of ruina: malkuth,
- limbus company: ishmael,
- lobotomy corporation: yesod,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugo,
- overwatch: hana song (d.va),
- persona 5: goro akechi,
- persona 5: ren amamiya,
- sonic the hedgehog: sonic,
- spy x family: yor briar
TRAVEL LOG #1
TRAVEL LOG #1
▶ 001. A RUDE AWAKENING.
On the morning of the 15th, the Outsiders will hear an alarm sound in the early hours. No matter what you’re doing, the alarm will not stop sounding, and it’s because they’re playing directly into your oculars. If one is sleeping, they may even be roused by the spark of colors on their oculars dictating an emergency. After a few minutes of this, the following message will appear:
PLEASE REPORT TO THE DATAPORTAL AT THE TOKYO BRANCH AND BE PREPARED FOR DEPARTURE.
Following the success of the dataportal testing, the engineering department was able to fine tune its abilities and widen the reach of the portals. The portals can connect even abroad now!
Despite their best efforts, however, they cannot guarantee that the same symptoms won’t appear, and ask all Outsiders who are utilizing them to practice caution. Additionally, through all their testing, they found that people who hold hands or make contact with others as they pass through will be hit with less issues.
PLEASE REPORT TO THE DATAPORTAL AT THE TOKYO BRANCH AND BE PREPARED FOR DEPARTURE.
"Captain Yamakawa speaking. You’ve done a great job in testing the data portals. Now that we are able to travel, we were sent a call for help in another city due to lack of personnel and resources abroad. You will be looking for evidence of a new kaiju around the rendezvous point. It may be a difficult journey, so prepare yourself. SYNTHIA will still be online to help you make it to the city. Report to the POD CHAMBER where we have installed an international dataportal and prepare for transportation."
Following the success of the dataportal testing, the engineering department was able to fine tune its abilities and widen the reach of the portals. The portals can connect even abroad now!
Despite their best efforts, however, they cannot guarantee that the same symptoms won’t appear, and ask all Outsiders who are utilizing them to practice caution. Additionally, through all their testing, they found that people who hold hands or make contact with others as they pass through will be hit with less issues.
▶ 002. WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS.
When one passes through the data portal, they will see the refuge city of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Similar to Neo Tokyo, it is also rich in life and known as the city that never sleeps. Incidentally, it is also famously noted as a place of endless vice. The city is built up around a strip of land of roughly 4.2 miles. A vast majority of the city was built up over the wreckage of the old, and some fixtures were simply made new with whatever was left preexisting. The Mojave Desert has expanded towards surrounding cities, though it will take a vehicle to get there in a timely manner.
The city has no shortage of hotels and with each hotel, a casino. While Outsiders here are on a mission, there’s no stating they couldn’t participate in the fun of Vegas while LILITH crew begin their investigation. While some hotels will be clearly abandoned or less traversed, there is no end to all card tables and slot machines, all asking for your KRYPTOS.
The hotel the Outsiders are slotted to stay over the course of the next few days is one where they built directly over the hotels of the old. While it offers a decent place to sleep, it’s not without a refurbished pirate themed bed, or the columns of what appears to have been from Caesars Palace. Is that a giant clown face staring at you in the room? Don’t worry about it. The hotel offers that this is the best place to depart into the desert from. For this mission, Outsiders may bunk up with whoever they would like, and each hotel provides two queen sized beds.
Excited to venture out into the city? Even under the threat of kaiju, the city doesn’t sleep. Outsiders may venture through the Las Vegas Strip and treat themselves to a fun night of drinking, gambling, shopping, partying and circle-style performances. The Grand Canal Shoppes, a Venetian-inspired high end mall, boasts a man-made canal with gondola rides for a fee, along with many retail outlets and restaurants. There are also numerous spas and carnival-style rides to enjoy. Las Vegas was once known as the ‘Marriage Capital of the World’, and in a world besieged by kaiju, the people don’t seem to think they have anything to lose. Outsiders may spot a few bride and grooms-to-be partying in the street.
(LILITH does not have a stance on whether or not Outsiders are permitted to get hitched as long as it does not affect their performance. )
The city has no shortage of hotels and with each hotel, a casino. While Outsiders here are on a mission, there’s no stating they couldn’t participate in the fun of Vegas while LILITH crew begin their investigation. While some hotels will be clearly abandoned or less traversed, there is no end to all card tables and slot machines, all asking for your KRYPTOS.
The hotel the Outsiders are slotted to stay over the course of the next few days is one where they built directly over the hotels of the old. While it offers a decent place to sleep, it’s not without a refurbished pirate themed bed, or the columns of what appears to have been from Caesars Palace. Is that a giant clown face staring at you in the room? Don’t worry about it. The hotel offers that this is the best place to depart into the desert from. For this mission, Outsiders may bunk up with whoever they would like, and each hotel provides two queen sized beds.
Excited to venture out into the city? Even under the threat of kaiju, the city doesn’t sleep. Outsiders may venture through the Las Vegas Strip and treat themselves to a fun night of drinking, gambling, shopping, partying and circle-style performances. The Grand Canal Shoppes, a Venetian-inspired high end mall, boasts a man-made canal with gondola rides for a fee, along with many retail outlets and restaurants. There are also numerous spas and carnival-style rides to enjoy. Las Vegas was once known as the ‘Marriage Capital of the World’, and in a world besieged by kaiju, the people don’t seem to think they have anything to lose. Outsiders may spot a few bride and grooms-to-be partying in the street.
(LILITH does not have a stance on whether or not Outsiders are permitted to get hitched as long as it does not affect their performance. )
▶ 003. TROUBLE BREWING.
It’s normal for fights to break out with so much alcohol being passed around, but something … isn’t quite right with some of the locals here. Outsiders who keep an eye open might notice people acting erratically, and not just from being intoxicated. There are people ready to pick a fight from just being looked at, people falling into despondent sadness and lethargy, people wandering mindlessly and people becoming distressed from seeing things that aren’t there. Ask the locals and they will tell you these cases seem to be popping up more often the past week.
The most concerning of all are the stories of people disappearing completely. One little girl will tell you she cried as she saw her mother mindlessly walk into the desert, as if called by a voice no one else can hear. There are many other accounts of this happening. In fact, all the people acting erratically seem to disappear within a few days …
Outsiders may interact with civilians who are acting erratic and aggressive, but asking questions they may receive answers that do not make sense, are perverse and inappropriate or may trigger aggression. Any Outsider to gets into a fight and is severely injured may report to a local hospital here and will find they are pretty packed with other civilians acting strange, hurting each other and themselves. Certainly, this was the main cause for concern that got LILITH's attention anyway.
The most concerning of all are the stories of people disappearing completely. One little girl will tell you she cried as she saw her mother mindlessly walk into the desert, as if called by a voice no one else can hear. There are many other accounts of this happening. In fact, all the people acting erratically seem to disappear within a few days …
Outsiders may interact with civilians who are acting erratic and aggressive, but asking questions they may receive answers that do not make sense, are perverse and inappropriate or may trigger aggression. Any Outsider to gets into a fight and is severely injured may report to a local hospital here and will find they are pretty packed with other civilians acting strange, hurting each other and themselves. Certainly, this was the main cause for concern that got LILITH's attention anyway.
▶ 004. FOUR FOR THE ROAD.
Within a day or two, the Outsiders will once again be called to action by a blaring notice in their implant.
YOUR VEHICLES ARE PREPARED. ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE CITY IMMEDIATELY.
When they gather at the location provided to them, they will find a fleet of armored campervans waiting for them. Each campervan comes equipped with beds, a kitchenette, and bathroom facilities, and will fit about 4 people. Within the campervans, they will find desert-appropriate attire designed to protect them from the scorching sun. These campervans also come with some basic artillery such as a mounted machine gun. There are also supplies in the form of water bottles and MRE ration packs.
Those who have driven large vehicles in the past are encouraged to take the driver’s seat. If the group does not have any driving experience, they will be given a crash course on driving recorded by the man himself, Seok Dang. (He probably shouldn’t be doing this with the stunts he’s pulled, but the Commander does not have any time to be teaching anyone driving, and Seok Dang volunteered so eagerly…)
If it eases anyone’s worries, the campervans are armored and highly shock resistant, so they should withstand a crash or two.
(Those who finish his course and successfully drive 100km while supervised will receive an international driving license.)
YOUR VEHICLES ARE PREPARED. ASSEMBLE OUTSIDE THE CITY IMMEDIATELY.
When they gather at the location provided to them, they will find a fleet of armored campervans waiting for them. Each campervan comes equipped with beds, a kitchenette, and bathroom facilities, and will fit about 4 people. Within the campervans, they will find desert-appropriate attire designed to protect them from the scorching sun. These campervans also come with some basic artillery such as a mounted machine gun. There are also supplies in the form of water bottles and MRE ration packs.
Those who have driven large vehicles in the past are encouraged to take the driver’s seat. If the group does not have any driving experience, they will be given a crash course on driving recorded by the man himself, Seok Dang. (He probably shouldn’t be doing this with the stunts he’s pulled, but the Commander does not have any time to be teaching anyone driving, and Seok Dang volunteered so eagerly…)
"Listen. If you’ve ever handled a ▄▄ before, the joystick is exactly like that. You gotta tug it, but not too hard. Gently, yeah, like that, that’s the path to ecstasy … "
If it eases anyone’s worries, the campervans are armored and highly shock resistant, so they should withstand a crash or two.
(Those who finish his course and successfully drive 100km while supervised will receive an international driving license.)
▶ 005. THE HUNT IS ON.
With everyone settled into their campervan, the large scale road trip begins. LILITH has a general idea of where the biggest energy signal is located for the rift and they will feed the coordinates to the Outsiders. The journey will take about a few days into (and around as LILITH is searching for both people & the source of the rift energy) the Mojave Desert, and Outsiders will be permitted occasional rest stops to give drivers a break and to investigate the terrain. The terrain itself is a harsh desert, with cacti and small local fauna abundant. (Those not wanting to eat ration packs can take this time to hunt the local fauna such as birds, lizards and desert foxes.) While there is nothing else around, observant Outsiders may notice signs of human life - footprints in the sand, a shoe or torn piece of clothing being left behind, and even the odd human carcass being torn apart by vultures.
The logical conclusion would be that those missing humans have been here, and the only thing left to do is find them … but Outsiders and civilians aren't all that lurk here, and time will tell what lies beneath the desert surface ...
The logical conclusion would be that those missing humans have been here, and the only thing left to do is find them … but Outsiders and civilians aren't all that lurk here, and time will tell what lies beneath the desert surface ...
▶ 005. AFTERWORD.
Welcome to our very first travel log! Each campervan will accommodate anywhere between 3-5 people, with 4 being the ideal and 5 being a squeeze. Players are encouraged to connect with each other to fill up a van but the mods will not be enforcing it. If you need help finding roommates, there is a FIND A ROOMMATE header below that you can make use of.
If you'd like to test your gambling luck, we also have an IC SLOTS HEADER for you to comment to for you to see how well your character does at the slot machines. This is entirely for fun, and of course you are always welcome to have your characters winning or losing at the slot machines as much as you want in your prompts so long as they aren't winning jackpots.
Following this log, all characters who have purchased style upgrades will receive an update to their chip enabling them access to desert attire and popular styles within Las Vegas.
All tags on this log are worth 2 points.
If you'd like to test your gambling luck, we also have an IC SLOTS HEADER for you to comment to for you to see how well your character does at the slot machines. This is entirely for fun, and of course you are always welcome to have your characters winning or losing at the slot machines as much as you want in your prompts so long as they aren't winning jackpots.
Following this log, all characters who have purchased style upgrades will receive an update to their chip enabling them access to desert attire and popular styles within Las Vegas.
All tags on this log are worth 2 points.
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Does it matter, what he does here? Will his body remember it, in the end? Will he actually grow stronger?
If he dies, can he come back here and pick things up from where he left them?
It's the games in the arcade that draw him out of his more morose thoughts, and Yuji's eyes widen with a childish glee as he looks around, drinking it all in. There are so many games that the two of them can play together, and while Yuji might not be flush with cash, he has been doing pretty well thanks to his efforts at work and on the missions. He can afford to throw some of the money away on stupid games rigged against him.
He's optimistic about his chances of victory.
Turning to grab at Gojo's sleeve, he beams. ]
I want to win a prize, sensei!
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he has been attempting to test the power restraints placed on him by LILITH, but as expected, he isn't at full strength and he hasn't been able to figure out how to push past that enforced limitation on limitless. he can't confirm whether he can improve upon other areas as well — rct his only potential gauge.
it's something that they can discuss later, if need be. he hasn't felt the need to share his own quandaries though.
grinning over at yuji, gojo points at a row of crane machines a few feet away. ]
Wanna start there? [ circus circus is one of the few hotels in vegas that has both a classic arcade and carnival games combined together. aside from winning tickets for prizes, booths surrounds the area with more futuristic versions of familiar games such as ring tossing, water gun racing, balloon popping and more. ] We can make our way around. Let's win everything today! [ dw yuji, sensei is here to carry you to victory ✌️ ]
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The crane machines are the ones that get both their attention, and his eyes are wide as he drinks it all in. When was the last time he got to be this level of silly and childish with his teacher? It's been weeks - months, even - since they had this chance, and Yuji's not going to let any of it slip through his fingers.
Tugging Gojo over to the machines, he presses his face against it, like a child in a chocolate shop. ]
Woah, look at them! There's even some tigers in there!
[ He has a soft spot for them, since, well. ]
Do you think we can win them all?
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gojo tries to make time for his kids, but being in the right state of mind to let loose and simply indulge in some silly fun for the heck of it has not come easy for any of them. too much has been happening as of late and some of them may have put a damper on things.
so like yuji, he doesn't want to squander this moment.
an overseas trip is just what they seem to need to clear the air and distract from the ever pressing concerns that japan evokes. ]
Easily! [ does yuji like the tiger plush? well, leave it to sensei! paying with the kryptos he had recently earned from playing the slot machines one whole time, gojo cracks his knuckles before he sets his hand on the joystick. ] Which one do you want?
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It's made all the better by the fact that Gojo-sensei is with him, and their shared excitement is infectious, a giddy feeling inside of him as he turns his head around. ]
You think?
[ Gojo-sensei is always confident, but Yuji believes in him, reaching out to point at one of the plushies on the top, a fluffy one. ]
That one?
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it totally isn't cheating if he uses the six eyes to his advantage, right? right. ]
That one? [ he hones in on the chosen tiger plush, beginning to move the claw over to it. ] Cute. [ once he angles the claw in the right position overhead, he hits the button on the machine, watching it descend to latch onto the toy annnnnnd..... successfully clamps onto it. ✌️ ]
We're gonna need some big bags to carry all the prizes we're gonna win today, Yuji.
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The less Yuji knows the better, however, and he's happy enough to leave that aside and focus more intently on the plushie that he wants. ]
Sensei!
[ Eyes widen as he leans down to pick up the plushie, holding it between his hands before he looks over. His sensei really is the most impressive guy, even with these things... How does he do it...? ]
We should win something for Megumi.
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but he's happy that yuji is happy, so at the end of the day, what's a little misuse of power now and then? ]
That's a great idea! We can pick ones out for Nobara and Maki too. [ he does a cursory scan of the other claw machines. ] I think I see some bunnies over there. [ he points to a few feet away. ] Do you wanna give that one a try?
[ dw sensei has 300,000 kryptos he will cover for all of the attempts 👍 ]
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Looking back up, he nods his head, excited at the prospect of spending more time with Gojo. ]
Yeah! I bet Megumi would like that one. I wonder if there's some kind of cat or puppy for Kugisaki, too...
[ He doesn't genuinely consider getting Geto or Toji something, but the thought is there in his mind. ]
Do you want one as well, sensei?
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[ they are not getting any plushies whatsoever for that bitch toji.
maybe geto though]I'm good. [ he doesn't have any use for stuffed animals. ] But if anything catches my eye, I'll let you know.
[ win something for your sensei too, yuji!!
get him one of those cute boba plushies]no subject
[ He can't imagine giving her a kitten or a puppy one, though...
Maybe they can find some sweets for Gojo. That seems the most sensible option. ]
Bunny first, then! Let's do it!
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Maybe we can get a wolf for Megumi too. [ he leads them over to the claw machine with the bunnies, paying for it before stepping aside to let yuji have a go at it. ] We can win more than one prize for everyone.
[ in fact, ] Is there anyone else you'd like to win something for?
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[ Not that Yuji is protesting or anything, since he seems quite excited at the prospect. In fact, he looks around, considering for a moment. ]
I'd like to win something for Raidou, and Katsuki, too.
[ All of his friends here... They all deserve something, after all this. ]