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Entry tags:
- !event,
- !synder,
- arcane: silco,
- azur lane: akagi,
- azur lane: kaga,
- baldur's gate 3: astarion ancunin,
- chainsaw man: makima,
- critical role: taryon darrington,
- delicious in dungeon: kabru,
- devil summoner: raidou kuzunoha,
- elfen lied: lucy/kaede,
- fate/grand order: ereshkigal,
- final fantasy 7: kadaj,
- godzilla: gigan,
- honkai star rail: aventurine,
- honkai star rail: dan heng,
- honkai star rail: dr. ratio,
- legendary monsterverse: godzilla,
- limbus company: dante,
- limbus company: ishmael,
- lobotomy corporation: yesod,
- mobile suit gundam seed: dearka elthman,
- mobile suit gundam seed: shinn asuka,
- mobile suit gundam seed: yzak jule,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugo,
- noragami: yato,
- original character: lilias hollow,
- pacific rim: raleigh becket,
- rise of the tmnt: donatello,
- solo leveling: jinwoo sung,
- spy x family: yor briar,
- the stormlight archive: kaladin,
- trigun stampede: vash the stampede,
- yu-gi-oh! gx: manjoume jun,
- zoids new century: jamie hemeros
DOWNTIME MINGLE #6 (now with team building!)
DOWNTIME MINGLE #6 + TEAM BUILDING
βΆ 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.
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.
βΆ 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.
βΆ 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!
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!
βΆ 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 isnβt obligatory, of course. If you donβt 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
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 isnβt obligatory, of course. If you donβt 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.)
REVELATION
BRIMSTONE
REDEMPTION
| β / FIGHT! | β€ / FLIRT! | βΊ / FRIEND! |
βΆ 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!
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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doesn't matter now. i'm back to my full strength and stronger.
[If telling him that encourages Yato to also get stronger and overcome his own doubts, fine. He'll do that. Yeah, sucks the immortality can't be regained, but he learned that well enough through Denji. Having to get his boyfriend used to not being able to lop his head off for "free" and reform later took a while...]
it's your power. you shouldn't let it control you, bakami.
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glad to hear! must've been hella frustrating to be so limited
[It does, honestly. Just as Bakugo chases after Midoriya, here Yato has someone to strive after. A goal to shoot for: become someone who doesn't hold others (Bakugo) back with his limitations. ...yeah, let there be no lopping of heads, please. That's a bit much??]
heh, yeah... I know. I should become skilled and strong enough to not allow myself to lose control when it's raging
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tch. stop gushing.
[He doesn't need the retroactive sympathy. OY!! DON'T YOU DARE SUGGEST HE CHASES THAT NERD!!
He ended up doing just that.Bakugo long since corrected his stance on Yato's prowess, but he's not about to go easy on the other guy. Whether doubting himself or trying to break through his limitations, he'll push him forward, or drag him behind. His choice, but he's going.]can you summon it at will? you said it's done through anger, but a door's not the same as a trigger.
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haha right, right
[Fair point. HAHA YESSIR...
Go for the gold, Bakugo...!It's a correction Yato wants to live up to, for sure. He's done disappointing people and having them think him just a worthless bum of a god. He wants to stand tall and proud, like Bakugo does. So he'll keep working at improving himself, even if at times his friend has to haul his ass a bit before he regains his footing after stumbling.]door versus a trigger, huh? I don't think so... it's something that consumes me, like if say I ever irked you and just kept pushing your buttons until you couldn't take it anymore and all the rage just boiled over
[Which he's almost certainly done, haha...]
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[He knows exactly what Yato means about "boiling over" into some kind of rage. Yet even when he's nuking someone for pissing him off, it's not the same as that autonomous response. When panic and desperation move a body without thinking. A state where your brain steps back and your emotions take control. Seizing that power is extremely difficult because doing so removes the main reason it flows without limit. That said...]
i calmed you down in the castle, but your power didn't turn off.
[Blackness continued to leak into the floor and walls around them as they moved, even after he managed to pull Yato back from his murderous rampage. Not completely snapped out of it, but at least his head was back on...
One of the reasons Bakugo thinks it's something Yato could tame if he worked on it. Albeit with extreme difficulty.]
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[So essentially, his mind picks a goal and zeroes in on it, blocking out everything not directly related to it in the moment. Rational thought becomes secondary; his moral compass flies out the window and only succeeding in whatever mission he has is important. At the castle, it was rescuing Hiyori. Back home, it had been rescuing Yukine. People precious to him, with their lives threatened.]
it wouldn't, not when I was still enraged. even once we found Hiyori and got her to safety, I still went and tried razing the town. it took Kaga to keep me from killing everyone there...
[Something he (mostly) regrets in hindsight. A dangerous ability to mess with, for sure, yet something that would prove a boon if he could learn to harness the added strength and speed that comes with it.]
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[Try is the very operative word in there. Attempting to recall how he felt when he jumped in front of Midoriya during the war is extremely difficult for Bakugo. He remembers it, but it flashes through his mind and eludes his grasp if he tries to seize it and hold on. But that didn't stop him from fighting through the memory and struggling with scant hints to finally grasp and secure the power he awakened in that moment. Cluster...
He decides to out with it.]
when i moved to protect my classmate during the first war, my explosions changed. i've never felt that before. my body acted on its own. all i remembered was knowing i had to make it in time. my power increased to make it happen. but it took a lot to make that power mine afterwards.
you have more power in you to draw out. it works in this world. you need to find it and make it yours.
[If Yato can't bring his shinki and his other powers are sealed, but this one remains, even behind an imposing door, then that's his next step forward. Reclaiming his god's anger and reining it in for himself.]
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[How much remains the main question. It took him a thousand years before he gained his first divine garment; he doesn't have that long to wait here, even if that was luck-based. Maybe if he can recreate a situation similar to Brasov in the simulator... It might require asking for help, though. Something he's loathe to do for a variety of reasons.
More importantly to him right now is this tidbit of information Bakugo's decided to share. He rarely talks about himself, so hearing the story of him and his classmate is... touching, really. Goes to show just how damn much the kid cares.]
ah, yeah, I can imagine that'd be enough to drive you to reach even greater heights of strength. it's always when the ones we care about are in danger, huh? there's just something about them being threatened that awakens something within you... I'm glad you found it within yourself to help them when it was needed
[He means it, too. Nothing is worse than losing someone you care about, especially if there's any chance you could've done something to change that outcome.]
I'm definitely going to work on that. I can't let any potential improvement just sit there idly while everyone else is working hard towards improving their own skills and abilities
[Besides, should another situation like Brasov happen again, he wants to be ready so he doesn't lose himself. He can't keep relying on others to keep him in check.]
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a lot of heroes share the same story at their origin. "my body moved without thinking." some realized at that moment they wanted to become a hero; others awakened something stronger inside.
i don't want to force you into going through that experience again. it'd be best if you searched yourself and found how it felt to access that power, and try to recreate that.
[Whether it was a muscle tightening, channeling his energy into a new path, a foreboding sense of something he's always felt he should never reach for... Those kinds of factors are what Bakuo's encouraging Yato to search for. He'd only suggest trying to recreate the Romania experience as a drastic last resort.
Maybe they can put his balls in a vice or something. That's pretty good panic impetus?]no subject
heh... maybe I'll find a little bit of a hero inside myself, then. that would be pretty damn cool
...thanks, Bakugo. I really appreciate that. [He means it, truly.] I'll meditate on it and see what I can come up with. hopefully I'll manage some progress before the next mission
[He's never been one much for actual meditating, where one sits still and looks inside themselves, but damn if he isn't gonna give it a go. There's too much potential within himself just waiting to be drawn out to get self-conscious over something silly like sitting cross-legged in his room while he searches inside for that feeling of rage and fear again.
Kinky, but potentially a very, very effective measure to take! He's saving that for next to last, though...]no subject
you're already trying to help people. that's what heroes do.
[And atone for his past. Granted some of Hiyori's motives are pretty unheroic. Selfish and pompish, but Bakugo would be lying if he said all heroes were devoid of that same element. Hell, his reasons for becoming a hero after middle school were fame and wealth. So he has no room to talk. My how those reasons shattered so fucking fast...
...
...]
Katsuki.
[Yato's earned it. Whether or not the guy is able to pull out that power before the next mission's going to be a crapshot. Then again, he was able to develop Cluster within the few weeks after the Paranormal Liberation War. But Katsuki's a genius and stubbornly determined as fuck, so who knows if that works to his favor more than Yato. He bites his tongue about reminding the god the simulation training is able to pull out and recreate memories. Gaining new power is one thing, but re-traumatizing yourself before a mission is fucking stupid.]
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ah, yeah, I guess you're right about that as well
[Thankfully by now Yato's all but thrown aside his selfish, stupid motivations driving him to become a well-known, popular entity. Protecting the people important to him and saving humanity here are his main goals now that he doesn't have ayakashi to slay and his father to deal with.
.........
.................
Okay. That? That's hit him hard. There's a long moment's pause, then:]
Thanks for everything, Katsuki! β₯β₯β₯β₯β₯
[Followed by him sending this dorky pic. He's definitely not going to traumatize himself or anyone else (especially Hiyori) but this has inspired him to really give it his all. He doesn't want to let Baku-- Katsuki down. He won't. He's determined not to, for the kid's sake and to keep his trust and respect.]
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you guess? i am right, dumbass.
[Redacting his previous statement; Yato's not trying to help people. He is helping them. And lucky for him, LILITH's not giving him five yen per month for the work. Wouldn't that be a shitty loophole. Katsuki hasn't thrown away his desire to become the greatest and best hero, exceeding even his own peers and his idol All Might himself! But what it means to be the greatest is a changed definition. If you don't aim for the top, why fucking bother?
Ugh... Yato better not make him regret this.]
Don't send me that crap! You want me to throw up?
[Blur effect's enough to give someone vertigo looking at it! (Welcome to being friends with this bomb, Yato.) Hmph, if the god takes steps towards growing stronger from this, he'll consider the conversation worth it.]
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ah of course! totally what I meant, hehe
[Saddling him with a measly five yen from LILITH would've been the fastest way to make the god feel like he was back at square one, that's for damned sure. Here, though, he feels his efforts have value and his work has purpose. He just... needs to settle upon something. Then he can aim to be the best out there in that, too. If he can't become a true God of Fortune, he'll find another goal, simple as that.
He probably will, at least a little bit, heh.]
right right~ can't have you being ill! unless there comes a need for it. in which case I already know how to make your stomach turn!
[With as much as Katsuki blasts around, Yato would be surprised a little image could turn his stomach. Don't worry though, Katsuki. He's not gonna let you down.]
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urusei.
[Not to mention LILITH would've been torn a new one if they tried pulling that crap over one of their ranks while everyone else got the payouts. If anything, their handlers are giving them funds for their work. And they're free to make more generally however they want. Preferably off the black market... Whether Yato can become a God of Fortune here is questionable, but at least he's got the makings of being a great liberator.]
che! do that and you'll be up to your ankles in concrete.
[The god's not wrong; his inner ear is exceptionally strong to handle the results of his blasts and crazy aerials he's used to performing with it. Something Uraraka had to learn for her own Quirk. Poor Round Face.]
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yes sir...
[That's true too. LILITH may not be perfect, but they've been generally treated fairly and with a decent hand when it comes to daily living and expenses. Allowing them to get jobs to supplement their kaiju-slaying income is another aspect of that. It provides them with the means to do all manner of things, including focusing on bettering themselves like Yato wants to do.]
won't be the first time haha...
[That's why Katsuki is one of the coolest people Yato knows, hands down. And why he might have a slight bit of idolization going on, oops. Better keep that under wraps lest he blow up again, heh.]
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Fair and decent. This is true, even if there have been some breakdown in trust and communication recently. Sometimes he has to step back and forcibly push down his anger, then look at what they do have compared to what they don't. Not always easy, doesn't always work, but... Reality can be a bitch. LILITH's execution might such at times, but their goal and effort is genuine.]
why am i not surprised...
[How many times (or people) have crammed Yato into whatever hard surface might be nearby? Sheesh. Then again, he's got a few under his belt from the blonde already. Way to pick your idols, Yato. Then again, Katsuki's pretty bad with his fans anyways.
Or will be, in the future.]
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Thankfully trust can be rebuilt so long as the effort is made. Despite them not knowing a whole lot about LILITH's upper management, it is fairly obvious that as a whole they care about saving humanity and the world at large. That goes a long way towards improving morale.]
hehe... because I'm nothing if not predictable!
[Too many. Far too many than is healthy, honestly. The god invites that kind of treatment by being a royal pain in the ass some days. Now it's mainly a matter of him unlearning that behavior so he doesn't get into trouble quiet so much. Because usually Katsuki is very much justified in wanting to dunk Yato. Maybe his annoying antics can be practice for the hero to learn some patience, himself, heh.]
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that wasn't a compliment.
[Maybe he shouldn't be a royal pain and he might not get treated like a fly. Then again, Katsuki's explosive temper has him threatening to kill people plenty of times, so he's not one to go talking about other people's immaturity. Even if he does. What?! He's a very patient person! If something deserves patience! Annoying stubborn stupid people DON'T!!]