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β–Ά DOWN TIME / NETWORK MINGLE #2

β–· DOWN TIME / NETWORK MINGLE #2


β–Ά 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.

β–Ά 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:

β–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
βœ– Hand out all chocolate before end of day.
βœ– 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.



β–Ά 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 β–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆ 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


REVELATION


BRIMSTONE



REDEMPTION



βœ– / PASS! ❀ / MATCH!
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-02-21 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
You're giving it to me to take it away? That's cruel.

[ Just in case Yuwon decides to retrieve that chocolate by force, she shoves it into her mouth right away. If she's a variable out of control, the same goes for how Sooyoung perceives him. For all she knows, he might pull out an egg out of his pocket and crack it on top of her head. ]

What now? You got that weird countdown too, right?

[ If it went down, then it means she helped... blugh. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-02-22 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the way she just scarfs it down...

makes him stare at her. he's clearly wondering why he gave it to her in the first place, but he also wasn't one to waste his time on regrets, either. so he decides to move past it with a clear exhale of nothing short of judgment.
] I wasn't going to take it away.

[ but, since it's gone. he really can't now. ]

It did. [ it actually may have not yet, but he figures it might be a different issue.

with that, he holds his hand out.
] Now give me yours.
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-02-23 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Be my guest.

[ If he expected Sooyoung to be difficult about this, that's not happening. On top of acting surprisingly obedient, she even opens the chocolate box and lets Yuwon choose the praline he wants. ]

What are you thinking? You want something from me, don't you?

[ Chocolates aside. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-02-26 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ he peers over the box of chocolates, his eyes looking at sooyoung's momentarily, before choosing the praline. for the most part it seems arbitrary on his part, before he opens his mouth and tosses it right in. he chews on it for a few moments as he speaks, clapping his hand and gloved hand together as cleaning them off. ] Nothing. I don't want anything else. [ for the most part he means it. as nice as it is to act like she owed him more than this, he doesn't exactly think it's true.

and as much as he hates to admit it, he was kind of getting used to this place.
]

Did yours go away?
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-02-27 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, yeah. Did we just... help each other?

[ Saying it out loud seems so surreal that she wants to take it back almost right away. What is done is done, though. ]

Now I feel like shoving a chocolate down your throat.

[ Maybe she's thinking about taking revenge after the Egg Incident. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-03 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't go that far. [ he says this quickly, as if dispelling some sort of misunderstanding. but, he does seem to be more relaxed around her, even a hint of a smile on his lips. though it's difficult to tell since he's quick enough to mask it a second later.

or more like he doesn't have to when she threatens to shove it down his throat.
]

Do you think I would let you?
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-05 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The slightest change in Yuwon's expression is registered, however Sooyoung sees no purpose in teasing him about it or calling him out. It's gone in a blink of an eye, anyway. ]

Of course not. [ And before this thread becomes noncon chocolate feeding, Sooyoung smirks. ] I'm not tall enough.

[ There's not a single trace of regret in her voice. Sooyoung Han has no shortcomings, obviously. ]

Look what you've done, I don't even feel like annoying you today. It's your fault.
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-05 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her lips curl up, forming a wicked smile. There's a major difference between texting him that and saying it out loud... or so she thinks, at least. ]

Oppa.
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-06 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ he naturally flinches at that word, as if just felt so foreign to him (or is he generally weirded out here? maybe both). it's clear by the smile spread across her lips that this was more in an act of rebellion and getting under his skin than it was genuine, yet it's words so far removed from what he's used to that he can't help but stare. ]

Do you really want to start with this? [ he releases a sigh. ]

How old are you?
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-06 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It was getting a bit too chummy in here, so Sooyoung had to add some Oppa spice. ]

I'm twenty-nine, Oppa.

[ A surprisingly honest answer for a woman who lies more often than not. It's up to Yuwon if he's going to believe her... ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-06 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a pause.

it's not exactly the truth, and he doesn't know if there is really merit in correcting her. but, he does just to be contrary.
] You're technically older than me.

[ except, he also doesn't want to call her noona, so there's no winning. ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-07 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Technically? What's that supposed to mean, Oppa?

[ She's a writer, she's very sensitive to technicalities. Also if he doesn't want to call her noona, then she can call him oppa, obviously. ]
Edited 2024-03-07 18:31 (UTC)
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-09 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's a pause as his eyes momentarily look down, before they focus back at her. ] It doesn't mean anything. I'm just saying you're older even if you act like a complete child.

[ he reaches a hand up, placing his hand on top of her head as if to punctuate the difference in their height. ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-09 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
If you tell me why are you so secretive about your age, I will stop calling you oppa.

[ She will, however, call him 58. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-11 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ there's a pause.

while telling her his age wasn't a big deal considering his file was probably accessible to a certain extent, he also didn't want to open up the debate of how long he's been in the tower and other natural follow-up questions that came after. the more information you give, the more cracks formed. hence, he remains tight-lipped before...
]

People in the tower end up living a long time, so I just don't think it matters. [ is what he says noncommittally. ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-14 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that just means that you're oppa of us all.

[ How to call Yuwon old without calling him old... or something. Still, it might be the last time Sooyoung calls him that. To be fair, it doesn't even feel right to address him as such for some reason.

Maybe it's because of the egg incident. ]


What's on the top of that tower anyway?

[ Just as he expected, there will be follow-up questions. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-15 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ she really did have a way of asking the hard questions.

to be honest, the easiest response would have been to provide no answer at all, or to lie, but... yuwon didn't exactly feel he needed to commit to the latter. so instead... he may have admitted something that could have left a lot of room for speculation.

but, at her last inquiry, his brows furrow before:
] No one really knows. [ obviously, that doesn't include him. but he doesn't say that. ] Besides, what would do with that knowledge?
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-18 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No one really knows, but there are rumors.

[ Whether her theory is right or wrong, Sooyoung isn't sure if she can count on Yuwon to confirm it, especially when she's putting words into his mouth. For all she knows, he might be keeping his cards close to his chest. And, if anything, it's a smart move in Sooyoung's opinion. ]

Do you think that I'm powerful enough to do something with that knowledge? [ She rewards (?) him by scoffing a laugh. ] That's really flattering. I'm just a nosy author, that's all. Was your world always like that?

[ And here comes another reward... more questions. ]
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-19 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he supposed even if he laced in partial truths, there would have been no way for her to verify. at the same time, it's been a secret he's held alone in this world he's regressed back to. ]

Some speculate there's a whole other tower. Floors that go beyond the "top." [ naturally, he knows that's not true, but it was the most commonly believed. ] You seem persistent enough. [ is this a compliment? ]

Depends. Was your world always that? [ ... and he rewards her question with the same one. ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-23 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Another tower... sounds like a mess.

[ She's tempted to shoot a few more questions his way, especially after being called persistent. ]

Using repetition on me? That's a literary device, you know. [ When it might seem that Sooyoung just wants to deflect, she takes a deep breath. ] Three years ago everything went to shit and the end of the world started.

[ This is just the right amount of information Sooyoung's willing to share. ]

Are you clearing the floors all alone?
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-03-25 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not wrong. [ it was a mess, even if it was a lie. but, it's true when the truth was revealed that it became a huge turning point in how the tower and the power dynamics within it was perceived. when she mentions "repetition," he gives a pointed sigh.

she really was a writer, huh? even the way she cleverly side-stepped the subject had to be this way. or so he thinks. "end of the world" is a statement he doesn't exactly expect and yet, he knows better than to think he could wring any additional information out of her. besides, for all the questions he asks in trying to comprehend the world climate others come from... he didn't exactly enjoy prying.
]

That's the plan. [ he gives a nod. he did it in his previous life, and he planned to do the same in this one. admidst all the other plans he had, that is. ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-03-29 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't blame you. Sometimes it's better to deal with stuff on your own.

[ Most of the time, even. Sooyoung has a hard time imagining that he's completely alone and hasn't formed a party. On the other hand, didn't he mention that each floor is a completely different world? That would make working with people way too troublesome and he'd have to go through the process every time he climbed up to the next floor.

Thinking about all that makes her go silent for a little while. ]


Have you ever thought what's on the end of it all? After another tower, there might be yet another tower, but you'll eventually reach the end.
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-04-05 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ he remains tight-lipped at first, his mouth closing into a thin line. despite having no response, it's clear by the look he gives her that he's not the least bit surprised she would say something like that. at least not from their previous exchanges (and how averse she was to admitting she may have been lonely). though, when that's all done and said, what is actually weird...

... is having this common ground. before it can stick for long, he moves forward in the topic. when he speaks, it's almost as if he were speaking about something unrelated to himself.
] Not really. [ if just because he technically... did know. except, in his previous timeline, it meant the destruction of the tower and all the living things in it. in that sense, who really knows what the future held this time.

but that said, he shakes his head.
] You can say that I have a strong feeling it shouldn't be anything like that.

[ this is the least convincing thing ever. hence, he changes the topic to: ] What made you change your mind? [ about working with others. she mentioned she knew a few people, right? she also keeps mentioning about how people leave, so... ]
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[personal profile] plagiarists 2024-04-07 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even if she's not entirely sure if the reason behind those thin-lined lips is because he agrees or not—there's a high chance Yuwon's just judging her and her whole I don't ever get lonely shtick—it's not all that important. The curt answer almost makes her laugh, though. No sound actually comes out, but her lips curl up in a smug smile. ]

Then what is your feeling telling you? You should be thinking about what's beyond that tower.

[ There's no hint of hesitation in her tone as if she knew Yuwon's situation very well (she doesn't) and that was the best thing for him to do. ]

Some people are just... more interesting than others, that's all. They want to reach that end you should be thinking about.
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[personal profile] yuwon 2024-04-08 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ his feeling doesn't actually exist. just actual facts and insight into the future through having lived it. is what he's thinking, but he decides to shake it off. ] It's telling me you're oddly involved when it comes to me. [ what is this call out? but, if it derails the conversation a bit...

it is true that he is wondering where her curiosity stemmed from? was it just from being a writer? or was it some other connection they may have built up through their exchanges. no, that couldn't be it.
]

But, thanks for the advice. [ as devoid of emotion as his voice is, he does actually mean those words. he figures they come from a place of actual experience, and it was probably meant to encourage him to think of what the future held. the issue was that maybe that's all he ever really thought about. ]

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