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Entry tags:
- !event,
- azur lane: kaga,
- chainsaw man: makima,
- critical role: taryon darrington,
- devil summoner: raidou kuzunoha,
- elfen lied: lucy/kaede,
- fate/grand order: okada izou,
- final fantasy 7: kadaj,
- godzilla: gigan,
- jujutsu kaisen: satoru gojo,
- legendary monsterverse: godzilla,
- lobotomy corporation: yesod,
- mobile suit gundam seed: lacus clyne,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugo,
- original character: lilias hollow,
- pacific rim: raleigh becket,
- rise of the tmnt: donatello,
- spy x family: yor briar,
- star trek snw: spock,
- the stormlight archive: kaladin,
- ultraman rising: kenji sato,
- yu-gi-oh! gx: manjoume jun
DOWNTIME MINGLE #5
DOWNTIME MINGLE #5
ⶠ001. STATE OF THE BASE.
In light of recent events, Outsiders are provided with an ample amount of vacation time. While they are certainly permitted (and encouraged!) to continue their training or to participate in missions, Outsiders may use this downtime to facilitate their own funeral services as well as catch their breaths and be able to both physically and mentally heal from the traumatic events of Transylvania. This period of time is also to allow for any Outsiders who lost limbs during the last mission to get any necessary cybernetic surgeries and permit for proper recovery time before any missions going forward. As the enhancements are a difficult surgery, these individuals will be paired with an Outsider who will be their designated "nurse" and they will work in shifts to care and help those who received the surgeries.
In terms of the cure for those who are still experiencing symptoms of being turned into vampires, they will find clinical trials are now taking place with an experimental drug being offered in either pill or shot form. It is not the perfect fix, but it does subdue a lot of the side effects, making it easier for Outsiders to be able to walk around more freely without concern of losing control over themselves or their thirst for blood. The result of these clinical trials do seem to differ from individual to individual, however. Some side effects can cause an extended feeling of nausea, vertigo, shortness of breath, insomnia, and general feelings of exhaustion. It is suggested that those who receive this trial medicine do not drive any vehicles or enter the simulation room. All trial medicine seems to achieve a similar result, but need to be taken multiple times throughout the course of the month before actual results are seen. If one is diligent in taking the medicine, they will find that they will be reverted back to normal by the end of the month.
Additionally, there are also trial drugs being offered in America, and those who do take on the Las Vegas mission are also permitted to try them for pain relief. However, those drugs come with an additional side effect of causing strong hallucinations, and it is advised to take them in an enclosed area until the effects pass.
For those wondering about the status of the Imugi eggs the Outsiders were tasked to take care of prior to the Transylvania mission, they have been moved to a private nursery room that is inaccessible to Outsiders as they are expected to hatch soon. LILITH will be upfront with this information to Outsiders should they ask, and will also inform them that Outsiders will soon be able to visit them and be thanked for their hard work in taking care of the eggs.
In terms of the cure for those who are still experiencing symptoms of being turned into vampires, they will find clinical trials are now taking place with an experimental drug being offered in either pill or shot form. It is not the perfect fix, but it does subdue a lot of the side effects, making it easier for Outsiders to be able to walk around more freely without concern of losing control over themselves or their thirst for blood. The result of these clinical trials do seem to differ from individual to individual, however. Some side effects can cause an extended feeling of nausea, vertigo, shortness of breath, insomnia, and general feelings of exhaustion. It is suggested that those who receive this trial medicine do not drive any vehicles or enter the simulation room. All trial medicine seems to achieve a similar result, but need to be taken multiple times throughout the course of the month before actual results are seen. If one is diligent in taking the medicine, they will find that they will be reverted back to normal by the end of the month.
Additionally, there are also trial drugs being offered in America, and those who do take on the Las Vegas mission are also permitted to try them for pain relief. However, those drugs come with an additional side effect of causing strong hallucinations, and it is advised to take them in an enclosed area until the effects pass.
For those wondering about the status of the Imugi eggs the Outsiders were tasked to take care of prior to the Transylvania mission, they have been moved to a private nursery room that is inaccessible to Outsiders as they are expected to hatch soon. LILITH will be upfront with this information to Outsiders should they ask, and will also inform them that Outsiders will soon be able to visit them and be thanked for their hard work in taking care of the eggs.
ⶠ002. WINNERS CIRCLE.
While it still appears to be a delicate time, in light of the success of the last mission there are a few decorations that can be found around base, as well as a handful of foods that were readily found in Transylvania which include actual meat dishes. The bulletin board is marked with the following:
While normally no one entertains the idea of consuming kaiju as a go-to, in light of the recent battle that the world has only heard about in whispers, a certain cookbook comes into existence. Itâs unknown who the source actually is but it is rumored that someone who works closely with kaiju released it on the down-low. The cookbook features what appears to be recipes based off of both kaiju and other monsters always believed to be fictional, including hand drawn pictures. The chefâs photo on the inside of the book looks eerily similar to someone that should be familiar to all the Outsiders.
The newest craze in Neo Tokyo is for a set of blind boxes sold only at POPPY MARTâs within the city. The blind box features a beaked cyborg kaiju named âGIBUBUâ— no one seems to know how this came about, but there are rumors a certain personnel at LILITH helped create it. GIBUBU can be seen wearing various outfits, including the secret rare version of him in a fuzzy brown suit dressed as a bear. Try and collect them all!
A series of strategic board games are released in which the pieces appear to be very similar to two particular Outsiders but in different color palettes. The virtual board game is a cross between monopoly and a strategy war game in which each party competes against one another to become the richest and strongest warriors, creating their very own empires. Apparently, the game itself has already sparked several strategy guides online! There is also a physical copy available, but it is released as a limited edition.
As the mission to Transylvania was optional and considered overtime, those who partook in the mission will receive a notification that 500,000 KRYPTOS (~3200 USD) has been deposited into their account.
GOOD JOB:
KENSUKE (K.O.)
FUTURETERROR (600)
BAD DADDY & TYPHON (600)
While normally no one entertains the idea of consuming kaiju as a go-to, in light of the recent battle that the world has only heard about in whispers, a certain cookbook comes into existence. Itâs unknown who the source actually is but it is rumored that someone who works closely with kaiju released it on the down-low. The cookbook features what appears to be recipes based off of both kaiju and other monsters always believed to be fictional, including hand drawn pictures. The chefâs photo on the inside of the book looks eerily similar to someone that should be familiar to all the Outsiders.
The newest craze in Neo Tokyo is for a set of blind boxes sold only at POPPY MARTâs within the city. The blind box features a beaked cyborg kaiju named âGIBUBUâ— no one seems to know how this came about, but there are rumors a certain personnel at LILITH helped create it. GIBUBU can be seen wearing various outfits, including the secret rare version of him in a fuzzy brown suit dressed as a bear. Try and collect them all!
A series of strategic board games are released in which the pieces appear to be very similar to two particular Outsiders but in different color palettes. The virtual board game is a cross between monopoly and a strategy war game in which each party competes against one another to become the richest and strongest warriors, creating their very own empires. Apparently, the game itself has already sparked several strategy guides online! There is also a physical copy available, but it is released as a limited edition.
As the mission to Transylvania was optional and considered overtime, those who partook in the mission will receive a notification that 500,000 KRYPTOS (~3200 USD) has been deposited into their account.
ⶠ003. POCKY DAY.
The Halloween festivities run late into the first week of November, but while thatâs all cleared and done away with by the second week, it doesnât mean the holiday season ends there! Now that October's over, itâs all about Pocky Day!
Neo Tokyoâs craze for Pocky Day is only amplified with the new pocky dropping on the day of. While itâs newly released on 11/11, they will be available all throughout the month of November. What someone didnât say, however, is that this pocky was actually undergoing further research but was released far too early. Each stick of pocky has been made with certain biotech causing various types of reactions in people depending on its flavor. While thatâs half the fun, itâs also made a complete mess of the city.
So far, the known issues with each flavor are as listed:
While a lot of these flavors are to be reviewed and confiscated by both the companies and government agencies by the end of the month, they will be found littered throughout the city in the meantime.
OOC Note: You are 100% free to make up your own flavors and effects if youâd like. As always, just make sure to mark each CW appropriately. By the end of November, it can be presumed theyâve all been taken off the shelves, but if people wanted to hold onto a box or two for the future, well⊠they canât be stopped.
Neo Tokyoâs craze for Pocky Day is only amplified with the new pocky dropping on the day of. While itâs newly released on 11/11, they will be available all throughout the month of November. What someone didnât say, however, is that this pocky was actually undergoing further research but was released far too early. Each stick of pocky has been made with certain biotech causing various types of reactions in people depending on its flavor. While thatâs half the fun, itâs also made a complete mess of the city.
So far, the known issues with each flavor are as listed:
STRAWBERRY - Eating this particular flavor will make those who eat it kinder and more agreeable. They will find they will have difficulties saying no, and will do their best to make those around them happy! Wonderful with the holiday season around the corner.
MATCHA - Who knows why, but chomping down on this flavor makes one more likely to speak openly and truthfully about themselves, and also be inquisitive towards others.
BLACK SESAME - Those who consume this flavor become agitated and more prone to lashing out. Also if they have a grudge against someone, they may be more likely to act on these negative emotions.
ROSE - While itâs not Valentineâs day, taking a bite out of this one will certainly make one feel like it is! It increases one's general desire for affection and physical touch.
MELON - This will make one feel like they canât sit still for a second. It will make them feel constantly antsy as if they need to impulsively jump into the next thing. Whatâs the worst that can happen?
While a lot of these flavors are to be reviewed and confiscated by both the companies and government agencies by the end of the month, they will be found littered throughout the city in the meantime.
OOC Note: You are 100% free to make up your own flavors and effects if youâd like. As always, just make sure to mark each CW appropriately. By the end of November, it can be presumed theyâve all been taken off the shelves, but if people wanted to hold onto a box or two for the future, well⊠they canât be stopped.
ⶠ004. TFLN REDUX.
Those who have been with LILITH for some time may remember the ocular glitch that happened half a year ago. Thanks to an upgrade gone wrong, that very same glitch is now back.
It happens the first time, and several times throughout the week as your character goes about their routine. The sound of machine-like whirring, deep within their cranium, like a computer thatâs in the midst of processing some new information. Then, thereâs the familiar ping of a new public message, and whatever you were thinking about at that point in 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 doesnât matter when or where, because the system doesnât discriminate. Youâll soon find the thoughts you were having during those moments posted on the network and you canât delete them.
This is a TFLN-inspired mingle thatâs 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 theyâre 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 characterâs voice.
2. Go around and respond to others!
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Participation in this mingle isnât obligatory, of course. If you donât 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.)
It happens the first time, and several times throughout the week as your character goes about their routine. The sound of machine-like whirring, deep within their cranium, like a computer thatâs in the midst of processing some new information. Then, thereâs the familiar ping of a new public message, and whatever you were thinking about at that point in 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 doesnât matter when or where, because the system doesnât discriminate. Youâll soon find the thoughts you were having during those moments posted on the network and you canât delete them.
This is a TFLN-inspired mingle thatâs 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 theyâre 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 characterâs voice.
2. Go around and respond to others!
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Participation in this mingle isnât obligatory, of course. If you donât 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.)
ⶠ005. AFTERWORD.
Welcome to our fifth downtime mingle! All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards November AC.
Those characters who are currently vampires can remain vampires until December 15. Ideally all characters will have ICly taken their medicines and been cured by the end of the month, but any stragglers will be rounded up by medical staff and forced to finish their series of drugs until they are healed.
Any character that lost an appendage during the last event can get a basic prosthetic for free without needing to spend reward points. Any additional upgrades will require points.
As stated in the post, players are welcome to come up with any additional Pocky flavors and side effects they would like. The ones listed above are merely suggestions.
For the LINE app, characters are welcome to customize their app with different themes, as well as download sticker packs. Anything that you would typically expect to be present in a messaging app can be found!
Those characters who are currently vampires can remain vampires until December 15. Ideally all characters will have ICly taken their medicines and been cured by the end of the month, but any stragglers will be rounded up by medical staff and forced to finish their series of drugs until they are healed.
Any character that lost an appendage during the last event can get a basic prosthetic for free without needing to spend reward points. Any additional upgrades will require points.
As stated in the post, players are welcome to come up with any additional Pocky flavors and side effects they would like. The ones listed above are merely suggestions.
For the LINE app, characters are welcome to customize their app with different themes, as well as download sticker packs. Anything that you would typically expect to be present in a messaging app can be found!
EVENT BREAKDOWN/RECAP (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. STATE OF THE BASE: Outsiders are back on base after a long and harrowing mission. They are given time off to see to their own needs, which can include: preparing for funerals, getting surgeries for prosthetic limbs, and general R&R. There is also a trial cure being developed to combat the symptoms of vampirism in Outsiders, which all infected Outsiders are required to take. The Imugi eggs are expected to hatch soon and have been moved to a private nursing room so that they won't be disturbed.
2. WINNERS CIRCLE: The heavy hitters/KO winners of the last kaiju fight receive their sponsorships, including kaiju-focused cookbooks, strategy board game sets, and strange little dolls.
3. POCKY DAY: New shipments of Pocky fill the shelves of Neo-Tokyo; however, some of these Pocky shipments have been tampered with, causing anyone who eats them to suffer from a variety of side effects. All affected Pocky will be rounded up by the end of the month and disposed of.
4. TFLN: Outsiders' ocular implants glitch, leading them to send out stray messages and thoughts unprompted.
@FutureTerror
I KNOW SOME THINGS HUMANS LIKE
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[ Did you read that Gigan? You joined the very small list of Friends, congrats! ]
Your advice would be appreciated đ. I find myself in the debts of a few, I intend to make offerings in thanks đ.
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OH
I DIDN'T TRY TO SEND THAT
I MESSED IT UP BUT THAT'S FINE
NOW YOU CAN JUST TELL ME IF YOU WANNA HANG OUT
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WHOA
I WASN'T WORRIED FOR ME
[He didn't mean to send those last two either. But his point that he meant to make only to himself stands: whoa. Really? He wasn't worried for himself? But he said it, and he meant it.]
I CAN COME TO YOUR ROOM
IF YOU'RE STILL STAYING IN
RESTING
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I am feeding in the cafeterium as of present đœ. The Little Titan deserves a relief from my presence. I shall await you here.
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[He does not mean to send this one either, and in fact he doesn't even realize he did so; he's already tuned out of texting in favor of heading there in person. In kaiju. Actually, he does mull over on the way which form he wants to take on for this . . . but hands are so useful for eating, if he decides to do so, and especially for drinking anything. He's getting spoiled by all these opposable thumbs!
So he's cloaked by the time he arrives.]
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Also unlike Gigan Godzilla is very much not cloaked. He is sat like an overtly large cat by one of the tables, tail coiled around himself, one arm lifted up and resting on the table as he eats.
Blood sausage. The entire table is full of the stuff. The blood is not remotely to the quality he's been provided by his kin of course but he refuses to keep draining her. He'll eat his fill of the subpar human fair for now. And eat he is, chowing down on an entire rope link and fully indulging his more monstrous tendencies.
When Gigan enters into the room he of course looks up, he does so when anyone comes in. A line of sausage hanging from his mouth. After a beat he lifts his head up and swallows it down like a crocodilian, then nods to his friend. ]
Friend Gigan. You are well, yes?
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Fuck the cloak, first and foremost. Gigan shifts it off instantly upon walking in on this sight. There's the fact that he viscerally doesn't like being smaller than Godzilla, a feeling he didn't take into account when deciding on how to look for this and didn't quite realize he'd feel as strongly as he does right now. He doesn't enjoy being smaller than anyone, really, but Godzilla? The aversion is instinctive. Survival instinct runs deeper than friendship. He was not lying that he hadn't once been worried for his own sake in Godzilla's presence during the recent Incident, but that's a very different thing than enjoying being only two-thirds his height.
But the other part of this is just that . . . it looks good.
He is a monster too, after all. And he's one who doesn't technically need to eat, and so he goes long periods without doing so, because it only feels worthwhile if it's fun. This looks like fun. This appeals.]
Yeah, except you're making me real hungry with all that.
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Gigan's explanation makes perfect sense however! Godzilla chuckles lightly and nods towards the table full of blood filled meats. ]
You are more than welcomed to join me, Friend of Mine.
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[Just two kaiju feasting on blood sausage in the middle of the mess hall, right? Totally fine! That just makes this situation even more fun, so Gigan decides to take him up on that offer. It's a lunch date now. A very beastly lunch date.
He loafs down next to Godzilla, carefully adjusting to protect his blades and also protect everything else from his blades, and then stabs a sausage with his claw to bring it to his mouth.]
You're looking a lot better than I last saw you.
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[ That's a very... not typical thing for Godzilla. He's still kind of sore about everything, he'll get over it. ]
For my appearance you are in part to thank, my Friend. Were not for those such as yourself that I can depend upon I have doubts my recovery would have gone as well.
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Gigan stuffs a sausage into his mouth to eat, and also to give himself a moment to let that idea settle in him. Friend—of course they're friends, though Gigan hasn't forgotten that he applies that term much more easily than Godzilla does. Hearing it from him isn't lost on him, even if Gigan's already been thinking of them that way for much longer. But being not just a friend, but a dependable friend, someone who can be counted on? That's a brand new feeling. It wouldn't have been possible not so long ago. You have to be able to want things for someone else. You have to be able to want things at all beyond the most immediate of your joys and fears, to look a desire in the face and know that it can still exist hours or months or hundreds of years from now, because you too will exist and have always existed as something more than an agent of someone else's will.
He shears the sausage into ribbons with his teeth and swallows it down.]
Yeah . . . you know we'll look out for you. Doesn't matter if we don't know what's going on! That part can get figured out later. So . . . what was going on, huh?
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[ The big guy takes a minute to think by savaging another few links down his gullet. While he chews he grumbles, then begins to scratch the spot on his head behind his ear that he usually favors. Where does he even start with all of this? ]
Tension has reached its final point. It has been building between myself and that insipid Ratio for some time. He has once again sought to command me as if he were more than some hairless ape who's ancestors evolved only because I allowed it.
[ He takes a moment to snort out a plume of smoke. ]
He, his mate, and a treacherous Titan from my home sought to stand against me, even turning Friend Ereshkigal to their cause. This is... what I had thought at the time.
[ And another plume of smoke, this one a softer sigh as he takes up another piece of sausage and bites on it, sullenly chewing before continuing. ]
A confession, the truth of the matter is I let rage consume me. It was my guide rather than my tool, it blinded me to the truth of things and inspired me to attempt to begin a war in the midst of our own lair. I am... shamed by this. It is beneath me to act as such, yet I acted as such regardless.
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[Rather than a question, it's the soft noise he makes while he's mulling things over, picking up another sausage in the end of his beak. None of this is exactly unexpected to hear; it fits with what Gigan himself had observed and heard from the others he'd gotten some more info out of. But that doesn't make it easy to take in.
Eventually:]
Why? I knew you knew it was a bad idea when you called for me. You're the one who warned me about what LILITH might do to us if we get in too deep fighting with each other! So what is it about this one guy that makes you so mad you can't hold back on him?
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[ The big guy shrugs his shoulders and absently chews on another sausage link. ]
BraÈov is the first time in remembrance that I have truly acted the monster in the sense that humans make use of that word. I was beginning to view myself as such, as an enemy to the human species, a path I was intent on following after what their kind did to my Kin and my Friend.
[ A shake of his head, a snort of smoke. ]
This aside. Ratio vexes. The human possesses arrogance far above his capability and station. One would seek to teach him his proper place, yes? It is only natural.
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[Hello, isn't there a glaring issue right there?!
That said, Gigan's come to understand some of the ways like this in which people contradict themselves all the time internally. It tends to be easy for him to spot them through his own overly-straightforward lens; once upon a time, he had just assumed he was missing some information that would make these things make sense. By now he knows the truth: this is just how people work sometimes. You can want things that conflict. You can even want things you don't want, and not want things you do want.
It's part of the charm of humans, and evidently, of Godzilla too.
Gigan gives his side a good-natured nudge.]
Ha! I get it, though. So he's the type you wanna watch squirm while you slowly crush the life out of him under your heel!
[uh]