▶ 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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tsurumaru kuninaga | everlight

[cranekin]

TSURUMARU KUNINAGA
̸̣̖͂█̶152-1▓2▓̴͆ / M / EVERLIGHT 002
HEIGHT: 177cm | 5'8"
BODY COUNT: 37̶͙̈́,0̵͓͌͛0▓
IDEAL DATE: One with a surprise.

I've heard 📖 stories about a 🎊 festival 🎊 where it was customary to 🤲 give 🍫 "chyoco" 🍫 to the strongest people 👊👊👊. At the end of the festival ❤️‍🔥, the one with the most 🤎 chyoco 🤎 was 🗣 said to be the 👊💥 strongest warrior🔥 💪😊.

I 🤔 wonder who that will be. 😯

Good luck! 🍀 I look forward to seeing who the 🔥 strongest warriors 🔥 will be in this world. (ง •̀_•́)ง 🏆

❀ CHOCOLATES

(Tsurumaru can be found flitting around with all of the energy of a hummingbird. He's curious and nosy to see what chocolates people have received (if any). He's buzzing with excitement for this "festival" and he cheerfully asks,)

How many have you managed to impress?

[plagiarists]

❤

lol
don't you want to become the strongest warrior?
i can give u my chyoco

[cranekin]

Eh? You'll really give me your chyoco? 🥺

(SHE THINKS HE'S STRONG? )

[plagiarists]

sure
it's a hassle going around and giving them to ppl 1 by 1
so you can have the whole box

[ Shouldn't this raise some red flags... ]

[cranekin]

(RED IS HIS FAVORITE COLOR)

Woah!
You're offering everything?!
You must be really impressed with me, Sooyoung-chan!

[plagiarists]

[ LMAO tsuru... ]

sure am
you're the strongest old man around 💪💪💪
u deserve some chyoco
meet me in the cafeteria in like
idk 15 minutes?

[ She's actually going to be there...! ]

[cranekin]

(He is strong... and he is old... and he does deserve chyoco so he's following. He's going along with this.)

If you don't come, my heart will break.

(He's serious??? Maybe??? But he'll go to the cafeteria and............. hide out behind one of the ice cream machines or something. He might even be using his cybertech to disguise himself a little?)

[plagiarists]

[ She gets there five minutes late because of Writer Reasons (you never know when inspiration will strike) rather than out of spite. Actually, Sooyoung is still thinking about the draft she wrote just a few minutes ago, so when she passes the ice cream machine, she doesn't notice anything weird. ]

Ugh, where is that gramps...

[cranekin]

(He was beginning to get bored just waiting here. He can't believe she stood him up. His poor little crane heart is going to break and he'll die from a broken heart...

Except she finally arrives and after letting her stand there for a bit... HE LEAPS UP FROM BEHIND THE MACHINE,)

W'ah!

(And his sleeve catches on a container holding all of the spoons and they clatter to the floor. Everyone is looking at them now.)

[plagiarists]

The hell—?!

[ By the courtesy of Tsuru, everyone can now watch Sooyoung jumping up after getting caught completely off guard. Her shriek is barely audible because of the loud noise of the spoons clattering to the floor. ]

Was that on purpose?

[ Is everyone supposed to witness Sooyoung giving him the chyocos now... ]

[cranekin]

... Not all of it.

(Only some of it and he's going to walk away from the spoons... he's innocent. Don't look at him. He feels guilty.)

[plagiarists]

Whatever.

[ Sooyoung raises her arms to stretch them. Since they have an audience, she might mess with Tsuru a little too. ]

I love you. Here's your chyoco, warrior.

[cranekin]

(He's going to very innocently take his chyoco offering. Because that's exactly what this is. It's just an offering!!!

Except...)

... You've fallen for me?

[yuwon]

❤

You don't want to be the strongest on your own?

[cranekin]

Well, since it means getting more chyoco....

[yuwon]

You're that hungry?

Well, I guess you are pretty light.

[cranekin]

Grab me again I'll surprise you.
I've never had it before so I'm excited.

(That's why he's excited ok.)

[yuwon]

Surprise me? I doubt that.

[ but, damn... ]

Never? ... What do you normally eat?

[cranekin]

Do you mean now?

(Because the answer for "now" and "before" are very different.....)

[yuwon]

[ what does this mean...

is this like turning into a vegetarian? ]

What's the difference?

[cranekin]

(It means now or later, Yuwon....)

These days, I can eat anything I want.
I really lke rice, especially with a little bit of sour plum and perilla. Some fresh fish and miso soup.

(Is he just going to list all of the meals he likes... he could just go on forever.
Ah, but I don't think chyoco would be very good with green tea... )

Tea with sweets is also really good.

[yuwon]

[ he's about to stop replying because this definitely sounds like he's just getting the full breakdown of this day-to-day menu. but, perilla leaves, huh... it's been a while since he's really thought about it. but, brushing that aside. ] Were you starved before coming here?

[ he can't envision who else who talk about food like this. plus, the "these days." ]

[cranekin]

Starved?
Even when times were difficult, I could eat.
Fortunately, my master takes care of me this time.

[yuwon]

Your "master"?

[ whomst. ]

[cranekin]

Yes?

(What about them???)