DOWNTIME MINGLE #5

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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.)

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▶ 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.

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Comments

A few days later. Because I can.

[30storieshigh]

Kaiju Sightings

Moth/Butterfly Kaiju Sightings

Human Mating Season?

Teratophilia

Human Lifespan

Reptilian Kaiju Sightings in Ocean

Human-like Individuals Lifespan

...Giant Apes?

Moth Kaiju Sightings

🦖💔

@eternal

[accordingto]

[ .... oh no. ]

Are you feeling alright?

[30storieshigh]

I am indeed feeling all to the starboard 👍.
[ Alright, and no he's not but he can pretend and that'll make the problems go away.]

[accordingto]

[ Mhm. Lacus is 'alright' too, but... ]

Being alright does not mean you don't sometimes miss home - or people from home.

[30storieshigh]

There is no thing or individual for me to experience separation from 😐.

[ Especially if you believe your home world still had the original you in it and they get to be surrounded by allies and their mate while not worrying about the lives of beings who'll wither and die in an eyeliner.

So yes Godzilla is totally doing great. ]

[accordingto]

[ She does not believe you are doing great at all, but there's nothing to be gained by just prying over and over. ]

That's fortunate in its own way, then.

I miss my own 'mate' quite a lot.











Which is not related to the season. I don't think we have one.

[30storieshigh]

Ah. The executed one? Then you regret ending them after your copulation 💀?

I confess I was given surprise to hear you speak of such. I was unaware some human females made habit of devouring their mates 🤔.

[ DID he seriously believe that's what ex-fiance meant or is he trying to muddle the topic as much as possible? Little bit of both, really. ]

Regardless, you are correct. Your kind do not stay to a season. If you seek to ease your instinct might I suggest the two more vexing Pilots 👨‍✈️🐔x2? Not many would mind their devouring after copulation 👍.

[intertwinedfates]

[Aw... It's pretty easy to tell what's going on here, especially with that last one. But... what does one say to it all? Reassurances aren't likely to help. Maybe a distraction...?]

Whatja find out about human mating season? Anything interesting?

[He could use some tips, honestly...]

[30storieshigh]

Such a thing does not exist. Their females lack estrous cycle, the males do not rut. They take mates and fornicate whenever and however they wish, often making poor choices 😒.

At least the human ability to repopulate now makes sense 🤔.

[intertwinedfates]

[HMMM. Well, not too much new info there, but still. Could be handy!]

Explains their phrase "fuck around and find out" I guess. Suppose it all boils down to personal preference, in that case. Damn.

[30storieshigh]

That is the apparent truth of it 🤔.

The Outsiders hold majority humans and the Human-like, such as yourself. Preferences are varied yet also share consistents, it is vexing to keep all in mind 😮‍💨.

[intertwinedfates]

And here I was, hoping for some hard and fast facts that would make wooing Hiyori a little easier.

I guess things like food and clothes are always appreciated, but from there you get into the realm of hobbies and likes and dislikes, which means having to suss out what they're into. It's tricky! Must be why they consider dating a "game", too, huh.

[30storieshigh]

You still court young Hiyori? I believed the two of you mated already 🤔.

You are in a proper track i believe. Providing the effort of one's hunt is a universal gesture amongst species, the rest... uniquely human. I doubt I shall understand their courting 😒.

private @kijyo

[saudadist]

you miss them?

private

[30storieshigh]

[ Ah. Here comes the last person he wanted troubled by this. ]

😮‍💨

One can not miss that whom they never truly knew, Kaede. They are not my mate, my kind, nor my allies, I simply hold the memory of them 🤷‍♂️.

private

[saudadist]

I understand that but still
that's nonsense and you know it

those memories ARE real
they're from another you in another time and another place
but you're an extension of him

you're your own being, your own existence
a fragment of his soul that has every right to yearn for the whole and what it has

private

[30storieshigh]

Perhaps 😕.

It matters little. There is no change to the circumstances or my purpose. I shall continue to battle to secure this world for the other Outsiders 🦖⚔️🐉🐺.

I am Godzilla, yes? This world's if not the Godzilla. My duty is to the earth and those that live upon it, my own desires are not a factor 🤷.

private

[saudadist]

you're the only Godzilla I know so to me you're the only one that matters

but you should still tell me when you're lonely like that
me and Gigan both
don't bear it all by yourself

private

[30storieshigh]

😶

My intent was not for this to be known or trouble any of my few close ones 🤦.

There is no solution you nor Gigan can put to this, it shall follow me till I reach my end 🦖⚰️. I would ask you put it from your mind, focus your attentions on your own life whilst you have it Little Titan.

@FutureTerror

[kaizou]

I DIDN'T KNOW HUMANS HAD A WORD FOR IT

TERATOPHILIA

[30storieshigh]

[ Mothra's sake everyone's just coming out to look at this huh...? ]

It is of little surprise. Humans have a word for everything, it seems. Often more than one 😮‍💨.

I have also seen the term "Monster Fucker" in use, for example. They can not help but over do things one supposes 🤷.

[kaizou]

[It has literally not even occurred to Gigan to try and figure out which texts people meant to send and which they didn't during this time. He probably took entire days to even figure out any of them were accidental at all. Alas for everyone he invades the privacy of this month.]

THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM

HUMANS THAT ARE LIKE THAT

SO I GUESS I'M NOT SURPRISED THERE'S A WORD

IT'S FANCIER THAN I EXPECTED

I LIKE MONSTER FUCKER

THE WORD

ALSO THE HUMANS

[30storieshigh]

[ Bless Gigan for being Gigan and always saying what no-one else in their right mind will. Never develop a filter, Gigan. ]

Indeed? You have experience with such humans 🤨?

[ Gigan's never really struck Godzilla as the mating type. Like. At all. More the, fighting as a fully exclusive outlet, type. ]

[kaizou]

YEAH

IT'S A LONG STORY

PRETTY CRAZY TOO

BUT IT WAS A WHOLE THING

A MISSION I WENT ON

ABOUT PEOPLE LIKE THAT

THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT HUMANS

THEY'RE FREAKY

❤️

[He does mean to send the heart. The next line of emoji is an accident:]

🌨️🧜‍♀️🌟📖🧜‍♀️🚂🌨️🌟🌨️📖🌟🌟🧜‍♀️🧜‍♀️🌨️

[And after a moment:]

OOPS

[30storieshigh]

[ ]

And these "freaks". You were tasked with their removal 🤨?

Or their... assistance 🤔? I am unclear on your meanings, Friend of Mine.