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DOWNTIME MINGLE #5

DOWNTIME MINGLE #5


CONTENT WARNINGS: medical procedures, needles, drugs, psychological changes, hallucinatory effects.

▶ 001. 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.


▶ 002. 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:
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. It’s 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 chef’s 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 MART’s within the city. The blind box features a beaked cyborg kaiju named “GIBUBU”— 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.


▶ 003. POCKY DAY.

The Halloween festivities run late into the first week of November, but while that’s all cleared and done away with by the second week, it doesn’t mean the holiday season ends there! Now that October's over, it’s all about Pocky Day!

Neo Tokyo’s craze for Pocky Day is only amplified with the new pocky dropping on the day of. While it’s newly released on 11/11, they will be available all throughout the month of November. What someone didn’t 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 that’s half the fun, it’s 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 it’s not Valentine’s 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 can’t sit still for a second. It will make them feel constantly antsy as if they need to impulsively jump into the next thing. What’s 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 you’d like. As always, just make sure to mark each CW appropriately. By the end of November, it can be presumed they’ve all been taken off the shelves, but if people wanted to hold onto a box or two for the future, well
 they can’t be stopped.


▶ 004. 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 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 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 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.

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.)




▶ 005. 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!


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.

kubricks: (origin and purpose are still a mystery)

@risk

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-16 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I think killing baristas is frowned upon.
gorb: (xcvi.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-17 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Even if they keep making someone's drink wrong and holding the line up?
kubricks: (Do I look all rancid and clotted?)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-17 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately no. It'll make it difficult to fill the now vacant position if there's a risk of death by customer associated with the job.

gorb: (lxxx.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-19 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm hardly a customer if they never get around to making what I've asked for. Then I'm just a bystander, which is a risk in any job.
kubricks: (origin and purpose are still a mystery)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-19 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I can argue with that logic.
gorb: (cvix.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-19 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm very clever.

When LILITH isn't revealing my mundane thoughts that is.
kubricks: (where exactly are we going... exactly?)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-19 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It's bothersome, isn't it? It hasn't happened in a while so I thought we were past having to worry about it.
gorb: (vii.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-20 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Bothersome is one word for it. I've been working hard on my reputation.
kubricks: (wish we had one of them doomsday machine)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-21 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
No harm done to your reputation with me.

[For anyone else, she can't say.]

It is frustrating though. To put work into that and have it undone by something out of your control.

[Maybe speaking from experience here. And maybe under the influence of the matcha pocky. Or just venting a little after the last few months.]
gorb: (cxviii.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-21 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the people who already knew me from before had their opinions well set. It's just a little annoying when you're trying very hard to work within the rules set for you. Besides, who doesn't have passing thoughts they'd like to keep private?
kubricks: (origin and purpose are still a mystery)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-21 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It is trying.

I do hope they keep those opinions to themselves or among their group as much as possible. I find that to be for the best for everyone involved.
gorb: (cxii.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-22 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
( They fight him in the hallway about it. So they're very known. He doesn't particularly care thoug, )

Not a fan of airing grievance?
kubricks: (Default)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-22 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Almost a year of Brimstone makes it likely Makima ignores any hallway drama barring things like the kaijus roaring.]

I think it's unproductive to our current situation.
gorb: (civ.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-24 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't use 'productive' to describe anyone we know on base.
kubricks: (Flying Padre)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-26 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know about everyone on base but I'd say we have a disproportionate share in our group.

[She would not hire most of Brimstone sorry.]
gorb: (cxlix.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-26 02:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Of the very unhinged?

Or just chaotic?
kubricks: (I'm afraid I can't do that)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-27 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[Because the answer very often seems to be both.]
gorb: (xlv.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-27 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes I wonder if I should be insulted by LILITH's choices for me.
kubricks: (I Stole 16 Million Dollars)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-28 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I try not to be. But my situation isn't as bad.

[No hallway drama here. A couple of arguments in her room a couple months ago, but that's about it.]
gorb: (viii.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-29 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
Hm.

You don't seem very Brimstone.
kubricks: (World Assembly of Youth)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-11-29 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

I find it easy to not act that way. Especially when I don't have any particular issues with anyone on our team.


[The implication being that she might with someone on the other teams. And even that minor hinting is more than she normally says. Usually she falls back on her experience managing Brimstone types, rather than implying she might not be as bad a fit for the team as she seems.]
gorb: (xlvi.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-11-30 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
You should give aspirational lessons. Though I'm sure all the others have their own flaws, it's just not as outwardly obvious.
kubricks: (World Assembly of Youth)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-12-01 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
I think those who need lessons would be the least likely to take them.
gorb: (cvii.)

[personal profile] gorb 2024-12-01 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, LILITH is fond of punishment. They might only need a little nudge.
kubricks: (Do I look all rancid and clotted?)

[personal profile] kubricks 2024-12-01 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You do have a point there. Though I hope it's a while before they hand out punishments again.

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