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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2025-01-15 03:19 pm

DOWNTIME MINGLE #6 (now with team building!)

DOWNTIME MINGLE #6 + TEAM BUILDING


CONTENT WARNINGS: violence, flashing imagery

▶ 001. STATE OF THE BASE.

It's been a suspiciously sleepy past few months back on LILITH's base. The onslaught of Transylvania has left some Outsiders with both physical and mental wounds that still may need tending to. Some may still be participating in LILITH's on base therapy services or rehabilitation services for those who needed a prosthetic, teaching Outsiders how to accommodate to their prothetics efficiently.

The Imugi eggs from last year have hatched! Two new Imugis have been taken care of in a RESTRICTED area for observation, one male and one female. The rest of the Imugi, unfortunately, did not make it. Outsiders may visit these Imugi from behind glass if they wish; this is part of the RESTRICTED area on base. Any Outsiders who might have been cleared to help with this project will see that the Imugi sleep a lot. They are mostly active at dawn and dusk, but especially for the cold season, they are sluggish and want to rest during this brumation period. Their diet are small crustaceans, snails, small fish. As of now, they harness no powers or strength. LILITH wants to keep them away from exposures, so most Outsiders will have to observe them in a nursery behind glass. Any Outsider involved in this project must be full body sterilized upon entering and exiting the nursery. This means stripped down and pressure washed with pre-made sterilization. It's not recommended to see the Imugi in person unless necessary. Their names are Noodle and RAGING MURDER TERROR TEMPEST DRAKESTORM or "Tempest" for short. These are results per the contest that was held a few months ago.

The orphanage side-project has been a success, and children misplaced from the Transylvania wreckage are properly cared for, both with Outsiders, civilian caretakers and AI robots. There is still some building and construction work to be completed, but the orphanage is livable for the children now.


On base, however, LILITH's crew, have detected some very heavy rift energy nearby, but the oddest thing is.. they can't detect where it is at exactly. They send out their researchers to try and find the source to different areas of Japan, but despite all the searching, there doesn't seem to be a rift anywhere. Could it be a glitch? Or something else? Maybe it's something harnesses rift energy? Something that moves fast and something that can disappear or camouflage. Stay tuned... and be on alert.


▶ 002. THE SEOK DANG GAMES: PLAYGROUND


"Aww, I missed seeing you guys have so much fun with each other! Breathe it in, the SIMULATION ARENA air! So crisp, so artificial. C'mon, let's PAR-TAY, bitches! Remember, if your teammates aren't driving you crazy, you're not doing it right!"


With Outsiders needing to be ready for whatever mission they will be tasked for yet, Seok Dang has an idea on how to build some healthy competition and get to know your teammates, especially the new ones, with some classic playground games from his homeland. Every Outsider will be asked to participate in the SIMULATION ARENA, though it has gotten a bit of make over to look like a children's playground thanks to hologram technology. Outsiders may group with whoever they like as they play these games, under one condition: the person you are playing with cannot be apart of your team! Everlight can't be against Everlight, etc.

Here are the list of games to play with one another:
Ssireium: Ssireum is similar to Japanese sumo wrestling, with two opponents wrestling each other in a sandy ring. The player who throws his opponent to the ground scores a point. Traditionally practiced as combat and self-defense, ssireum was also part of rituals conducted in the ancient tribal states. The goal is to score 5 points.

Neolttwigi: It's close enough to Korean New Year for this game, and in the year 2279, anyone can play this game, not just women. Neolttwigi is similar to seesaw, except that participants stand on each end of the neol (board) and jump, propelling the person opposite into the air. When performed as a spectacle, acrobatic tricks such as flips or skipping rope while in the air are often included. Try not to hurt yourself, but show off the most impressive stunt you can! Medics will be nearby.. just in case.

Dalgona: A Korean street food candy game where players try to carefully carve out a pre-stamped shape from a thin, honeycomb-like sugar candy without breaking it, often gaining a free candy if they succeed. The shapes Outsiders will find are modeled after the kaiju they have defeated: Shachimon, Imugi, Pricolici and Yamadenki. Shachimon is the easiest shape and Pricolici is the hardest shape. Outsiders can use any method to remove this shape from the honeycomb but will be given a needle by default.



▶ 003. THE SEOK DANG GAMES: SQUID

In this game, the offense must move outside the squid and around to the defensive house's bottom "gate". Once inside the squid, the offense must pass through the defensive house. To win, the offense must tap the closed-off space on the squid's head with their foot. Characters are encouraged to use any method to win against one another, which can sometimes turn violent. Use abilities or powers, it's all fair game here. There will be a buzzer at the squid's head and the offensive player must step on it.

Submit a thread or toplevel that has this prompt as part of it to be entered in an RNG elimination round. We will announce the Squid Winner overall on January 25th! Please submit your thread by January 23rd. Don't worry. Nobody dies for losing any of these games, but players are welcome to allow LILITH deduct some of their next pay out if they lose too many of these games. Some stakes are on the line!


▶ 004. IT'S SYNDER TIME!

It's late, one night, when a pop-up will appear on everyone's oculars. IT'S SYNDER TIME, BABES! Welcome to our Network Mingle! This is a Tinder mingle; an application that SEOK DANG has installed into everyone's implants last year and it's making a comeback. It's taken a lot of tweaking and hacking behind the rest of the LILITH crew's backs. Seems like the only person on staff who is interested in seeing Outsiders get some is SD himself. These messages are encrypted from the LILITH crew ... besides SD because he's a nosy bastard. Sounds fun.

HOW TO PLAY:
1. Pick the textarea that is under your TEAM NAME and fill out the spaces.
2. You can write the bio in character or as if Synder programmed their bio for them.
3. Body count can be confusing... even the automatic system doesn't know what that means! Does it mean how many people you have fucked or how many people you have killed? Or both?
4. PROFIT!

Participation in this mingle isn’t obligatory, of course. If you don’t want your character to participate, you can simply say they X'd out of the pop up.

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! All tags on this mingle will count for 2 points each.

(Please remember to put warnings for NSFW/triggering content in the subject header.)

EVERLIGHT


REVELATION


BRIMSTONE



REDEMPTION



/ FIGHT! / FLIRT! / FRIEND!


▶ 005. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our sixth downtime mingle! All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards January AC.

For the Seok Dang Games, please comment below the proper header to see if your character wins the SQUID GAME. Follow the instructions and form in the comment.

For the SYNDER 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: The past few months on the LILITH base has been suspiciously quiet and Outsiders have enjoyed a break where they can focus on rebuilding what they may have lost in October, tend to the cultist children, and the cats in Neo Tokyo who have been suffering from rift poisoning. Unbeknownst to the Outsiders, LILITH's crew has detected some very heavy rift energy from Neo Tokyo, but are having a hard time locating where it could be coming from. LILITH instructs Outsiders to be prepared.


2. THE SEOK DANG GAMES: GAME 1: Seok Dang is growing bored and puts the Outsiders through some character building activities. He brings all of the Outsiders to the SIMULATION ARENA and provides them with four mini games to play to build character participation and interaction.


3. THE SEOK DANG GAMES: GAME 2 Seok Dang is growing bored and puts the Outsiders through some character building activities. The second game is SQUID. Submit a thread for participation!


4. SYNDER: To encourage character relationships, SYNDER has appear back online on all of the oculars and Outsiders are encouraged to fill out a profile.. or AI will do it for them.

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Dr. Ratio | Honkai: Star Rail | Redemption

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
VERITAS RATIO
35 / MALE / REDEMPTION
HEIGHT: 6'1"
BODY COUNT: Approx. 23 trillion
IDEAL DATE: Provided that you pass the bar for intelligence, a day spent in thoughtful discussion about a variety of topics, a delicious meal (careful, he's quite the picky one), and a quiet stroll at the park would be the perfect date for this introspective man!
Some might describe Veritas Ratio as an egotistical, self-absorbed man with little patience for others, but hidden behind that abrasive facade is a kind soul who cares about everyone! Don't be intimidated—he loves people who are capable of standing their ground against his precise, harsh words. And if you dig deep enough, you might just unearth that gentle and sweet side of himself that he keeps hidden from the world.

* This profile is AI-generated. *


 002. Observing the Hatchlings 
 — "What fate awaits these pitiful creatures?" 
[ It's to his surprise that LILITH reveals the state of the imugi hatchlings to Outsiders. He had expected them to confine the little creatures out of sight so as to avoid angering those attached to the eggs on the off-chance that some unpleasant experimentation was required to obtain the necessary information.

It isn't unwelcome, however, and being able to observe them, even through glass, is bound to be enlightening in every way, as they have little to no data about these creatures past what LILITH has already provided them. And to be honest, despite the warning he gave when the eggs were first assigned to them, he desired to see the creatures thrive. Hoped that they could coexist with humanity, even.

Ratio can be found quietly observing the imugi hatchlings on occasion, eyes flashing as he notes down anything of note that he notices.
]


 003. wildcard 
[ Ratio has volunteered to be the interim manager of the orphanage as the Outsiders who would have been its primary managers have disappeared. He has no desire to continue managing it forever though, so if anyone wants to take over, they're free to talk to him about that! Otherwise, feel free to wildcard me or hit me up at [plurk.com profile] tenkomi or on the unofficial discord to plan something! ]
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@poker

[personal profile] stonehearts 2025-01-15 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Pass the bar for intelligence? Doc, I'm flattered!
curingidiocy: https://x.com/UGSFE/status/1795436705262322123 (smiling~)

@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Does it amuse you to know that I think quite highly of you? If you need such assurances, I am available for an... hm, shall we call it an in-person session?
stonehearts: 🦚 fanart → <user name="UGSFE" site="twitter.com"> (pic#17335344)

[personal profile] stonehearts 2025-01-15 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Only that I know how rare your esteem is, intellectually. And while I know I'm a better conversationalist than most idiots you come across, I wasn't aware that I scored so highly enough to qualify for romance. For that, I would have sworn it was my charm alone!

In-person? Well, if it's the Doctor's orders, how can I say no?

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@clown prince

[personal profile] uncourteous 2025-01-15 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, I do not seem seem to have a shovel sturdy enough to reach that deep into the earth. Considering how much you are expecting us to dig, I would think you're burying a corpse, rather than just your kindness.

[ he thinks he's funny, at least... ]
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph. If you've no interest in digging, then don't. Regardless, that profile is AI-generated. It would be foolish to believe anything it's written.
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[personal profile] uncourteous 2025-01-15 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Then are you claiming that this "AI" entity had gathered this information from nothing at all, purely out of a desire to soil your name? I have just as much difficulty believing that.
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He could say it was a glitch by the AI, but... ]

Does it bother you?
eyescar: (pic#16908087)

[personal profile] eyescar 2025-01-15 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
i just have no idea how... that many??

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@goddess of death

[personal profile] queenofkur 2025-01-15 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't expecting for anyone to be cursed with a body count surpassing mine.
But I suppose it makes sense.
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
When the world is as vast as the cosmos, and individuals are capable of creating devices that can annihilate any number of celestial bodies, such numbers are inevitable.
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2025-01-15 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder why they chose "body count."
"Help count" is just as significant of a number, and would probably be even higher for you.

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@Goldilocks

[personal profile] likemybooks 2025-01-15 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's no way Taryon's weird neighbor killed so many people. That picture might even be fake! Like Aventurine's fake picture.]

I think we should stop trusting this program to write accurate profiles.
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
If I had my way, I wouldn't have a profile at all. I've no interest in participating in... whatever this is.
likemybooks: Taryon angrily reading a sheet of paper. (what the shit)

[personal profile] likemybooks 2025-01-15 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I shall ignore this profile and hope everyone else will do the same. You go do whatever.

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@gisei

[personal profile] harboredfeelings 2025-01-15 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
23 trillion? Overachieving there, Doctor.
I feel like I've been slacking.
Edited 2025-01-15 21:13 (UTC)
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I find it quite in poor taste to joke about the loss of lives.
harboredfeelings: (recon shows that's stupid)

[personal profile] harboredfeelings 2025-01-15 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Who's joking? KAN-SEN, remember? I'm meant as much for ending lives as I am protecting them.

I didn't mean any offense though. I apologize

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@durante

[personal profile] followyourstar 2025-01-15 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
*Trillion?* I didn't think there were that many people out there. Well, maybe if you account for multiple worlds, but...
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@rubber ducky

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-15 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Not on this planet, but there are certainly others in the cosmos that come close. I suppose it will make more sense to you to know that interstellar travel is possible where I am from.

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002 Hatchlings (IS IT TIME FOR ROUND 3...?)

[personal profile] 30storieshigh 2025-01-19 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ On this occasion while Ratio is observing the hatchlings the decontamination chamber opens to to admit another Outsider. Ratio's second favorite (sarcastic, haha, this guy wants him dead) person on the whole base!

Godzilla takes a moment when he sees who else is in the room to wrestle down the initial impulse to charge the human. He settles for pulsing his spines in warning as he approaches, a low crocodilian hiss escaping him. ]


One would almost profess you to possess a large spherical projectile. [ Um... big... balls? Ratio has them? Maybe? ] Inform me, Ratio. Have you noted anything of worth, or simply ways to kill the hatchlings?
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[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-19 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ratio turns only when the footsteps make it clear that it is Godzilla entering, not another Outsider. As much as he'd like to ignore the titan, he still fears him—evidenced by the spike in his heart rate. But he doesn't allow it to show, opting only to cross his arms in feigned disinterest. ]

I see that you're still blinded by anger. How disappointing.

[ His eyes flicker away, quickly taking stock of the area and formulating an escape plan in his mind before returning his attention to the hatchlings. ]

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002

[personal profile] lostdestiny 2025-01-19 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Shinn crouches down in front of the glass and presses a hand to the barrier, getting a close to the little dragons as he can. He looks perfectly comfortable in a high-tech medical environment; he spent more than enough time sitting at Stellar's bedside in the Minerva's sickbay. As one of them butts a head against the glass, he asks, without looking up -- ]

D'you think they remember their parents?

[ Between Stellar and Rey, he has a lot of thoughts about people raised as science experiments, and ... yeah fuckit there's still a non-zero chance that he's going to try to break the little guys out if LILITH starts seriously screwing with them. ]
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Sorry for the late... orz

[personal profile] curingidiocy 2025-01-27 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Though Ratio has had a less than stellar impression of Shinn from the few interactions they've had, he's not wholly intolerable. At the very least, when it comes to caring for others, the young man has that in spades. Ratio glances at Shinn for a moment, noting the look in his eyes—the obvious concern, and a flash of obstinacy that the scholar knows will lead him into trouble should any harm come upon the imugi hatchlings. ]

I cannot say. Most species do not form long-term memories during their development, but the characteristics of the imugi are unknown. That is why these hatchlings are here.

[ So they can be studied. ]