▶ DOWN TIME / NETWORK MINGLE #2

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▷ DOWN TIME / NETWORK MINGLE #2

▶ DOWN TIME.

As Outsiders make themselves comfortable back on MAIN BASE, they will be informed of a reward for their great efforts. A pizza party will be held sometime after the kaiju fight and before a Valentine's party. All it really contains is pizza being served in the cafeteria along with the following streamers with balloons:

GOOD JOB:
TOP KNOT (K.O)
HAT GUY (294)
SNOWMOON (292)

Those who do you attend the party will still get this message as a marquee text along their ocular device. Characters CAN take this message off, but it's a bit complex. Try under General > Settings > Notifications > Messages > Texts > Alerts > Appearance > End Battle Notifications > OFF. Hopefully you won't miss something exciting by doing this. The marquee will disappear a week after the kaiju fight.

▶ CHOCOLATES.


On the day of February 14th, every Outsider will find that there is a box (or several) of chocolate. As soon as their eyes fall on them, their oculars will automatically generate a message, almost as if it were a mission debrief:

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Hand out all chocolate before end of day.
✖ Failure to comply will be grounds for disciplinary action.

It's unknown who the order has come from, but those who don't hand out chocolates by the end of the day, will find that the very next morning, they are confined to their room for a full 24 hours.

During the duration of the holiday, Outsiders will see a tiny number in the corner of their oculars, which notates how many chocolates they have left to give. This number may also not move unless the chocolates are delivered with enough good will. Maybe add in a word of gratitude, a flirty comment or two, or even a fake confession if you're bold enough.

HOW TO PLAY: Feel free to use this post to play around with these prompts, or start your own logs (both are completely okay)!

NOTE: Everyone is free to decide how many chocolate boxes they were given and how stubborn SYNTHIA is in moving their count down. It can also be assumed that SYNTHIA will be encouraging and guiding Outsiders to complete this mini-mission.



▶ SYNDER.

Although ocular & brain implants are the means of communication nowadays, a messenger service still exists in this world. Mostly everyone uses LINE nowadays even if the need for cellular phones is null. Characters may have already recognized the interface to be somewhat familiar with the similar shade of green and same old slogan.

This time, a new extension appears on the LINE interface. It's something called SYNDER? Outsiders who are curious may investigate this program will see that it has already filled out a dating profile for them. This profile is only visible to Outsiders and not the LILITH crew or any civilians. Outsiders MUST change their dating profile to what they would like or delete it... those who are too slow to change or delete their profile may get an embarrassing profile already filled out for them. Once someone responds to their bio, there's no changing it for the rest of the month! So make sure you check out and see what the system programmed for you.

"The system is updating …

...

The system is updating … Wait.. SEOK DANG, what the █ █ █ did you do?"

Not long after that, another message runs across the screen.

"Hahaha, it was such a shame we had to fight that big whale bitch around this time of year! Love is in the air, so get loving! It might be the last time you get to do it, who knows! Okay, gang, don't tell the Commander or Captain about this. They're kinda serious biz but I really think we all could use some stress relief, right? Fill out this profile below and get minglin'! Or don't. It'll probably do it for you if you don't put SOMETHING though."

Welcome to our second Network Mingle! This is a Tinder mingle; a new application that SEOK DANG has installed into everyone's implants. 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. In observation of Valentine's Day, this month's text meme is a dating profile! 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!
5. Special shout out to Roc for giving us this event suggestion!

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! 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
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REVELATION
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BRIMSTONE
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REDEMPTION
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✖ / PASS!	❤ / MATCH!
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[assassinsgreed]

_{[ That's a great question. Toji actually hums, giving a thought. ]}

... I don't think so. Without money having value, there's no high stakes. That's what I like.

_{[ Loves chasing that dopamine. ]}

[assassinsgreed]

_{[ That's exactly it. He doesn't like to put forth energy and effort unless he's getting something ($$$) out of it. The way that Nanami talks, though, it sounds like Toji is completely out of the picture in the timeline they're all from. Apart of him is curious to know what happens, another part of him doesn't care at all. ]}

Beats me. I thought the arrogant bastard was dead... and by my hands. Another Jujutsu High student says otherwise. You don't have to tell me what happened that made him survive. I already figured that part out.

_{[ A beat. ]}

Megumi was supposed to go back to the Zen'in clan. That's the arrangement I had made to secure his future, so to hear he did not do that and had Gojo as a caretaker irritates me.

[wheft]

[ wow.

she's a lot braver then ishmael was at the time. ]

That's fair.

Give me a time and date, and I'll accompany you there.

[stresspoint]

[ Nanami seeing this human side to the notorious Sorcerer Killer is like finding out the monster in your closet from childhood worked as a mall Santa. He's still staring at Toji, but his expression is serious now with new appreciation--of sorts--for the train wreck this man is. Every new response is almost fascinating in how wrong it sounds.

But the last part does earn the assassin a genuinely doubtful look, without the wary reserve. ]

He secured his future. You can see the results yourself. That arrogant bastard may have his flaws, but he wouldn't abandon anyone close to him. He has what no clan could offer.

1/2

[originbullets]

I'm not saying money needs to lose its value, necessarily. But to create a fair an equitable society, I feel most people should have their basic needs met.

( Kiritsugu sounds as though he could drone on about this for a while. )

2/2

[originbullets]

( Record scratch, freeze frame. )

You gamble?

( Hm, interesting. )

[kubricks]

I'm going to. Just one though.

The kaiju are a concern but I think it will be okay.

[Her dogs back home were fine during Devil attacks, so she's not too worried about the kaiju.]

[frostfist]

You'll have to introduce me whenever you finally get around to it.

[axethrows]

Hm? Is it a natural lifespan thing or did something gave you an extended life?

[she gotta ask since now she's curious.]

[axethrows]

We could always plot a break-out if we both get into time-out for the fun of it.

[Future date ideas.]

Well... I went through another voyage back at home and before I arrived here, I was technically still out at sea.
So getting back-to-back ocean fighting missions did put a sour taste in my mouth.
At least Ishy was in her element, but for me? Not a huge fan of the ocean. First time out there in the water, it took a lot out of me. Still fought the horrifying shit out of the way, but it's no lie that I wanted to get out of there fast.

[She's a land fighter, it's not meant to be.]

Even so, I still got on the boat to go fight the fish.

[She has her reasons...]

[frostfist]

[ It doesn't transmit through text, but he is listening (reading??) quietly and seriously. It's a serious topic and deserves to be treated with consideration. ]

I'm sorry to hear that. There's a lot I could say about this place, but I sure don't appreciate the trials they put us through without our consent, even if it's meant to be in the service of protecting the people of this city.

[ He'll keep doing it, because that's the right thing to do, but it leaves a bitter taste in his mouth. ]

But thanks for going out there anyway, even though you didn't want to. I'm sure a lot of people are alive and well because of what you did.

[ Even if that's really not much consolation. ]

Tell you what. How about we go somewhere you are a fan of once they let you out of timeout? Chase away some of those bad memories of the ocean.

[blastedass]

tch. i'd rather be home.

[kubricks]

Of course. I'd be happy to.

[frostfist]

I'd be happy to give you a tour of Fontaine if we ever find ourselves back there, though it probably pales to what you're used to.

Wish there was some way we could program the simulation rooms to show the places we've been. Think if we bribed Seok Dang enough he'd let us try?

[cranekin]

...

(The gears are turning. The misunderstanding with the chyoco and now this...)

What's wrong with it?

[blindspotting]

Helping someone to find her people. And mainly staying out of the way of the Shogunate, to be honest.

Though I suppose we did see quite a few sights.

[blindspotting]

You don't need to worry about me, Nanami-san.

[blindspotting]

Is that strange?

[ Frankly all of this is so strange to him that it's hard to judge what's worse. ]

[blindspotting]

You're a bit too bright to make out some of the finer details, yes. Though I suppose I probably could if I really tried.

[saudadist]

yeah

you'll be the first person I call

[blindspotting]

Very true. But I think it would be a mistake to expect the best of everyone.

[saudadist]

on the positive
before you go home, you can make that word salad title the stuff of legends here

silver lining

[sparse]

[ What is this logic? Somehow, it makes less sense now that Nanami explained it, but Blade decides to no longer question it. ]

Sure. I'll reach out if I can't find anyone.

[ But he can only hope that he'll be able to spare Nanami the trouble of dealing with his entire pile of boxes... ]

[blastedass]

ha! no shit!

they're gonna know my name way before they remember any of those other extras!

[blastedass]

Of course it's strange! You want people you don't know to be able to record your thoughts whenever they want?

[Mostly because thoughts are WAY LESS filtered than speech or text.]