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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synnet2024-02-13 12:28 pm

▶ DOWN TIME / NETWORK MINGLE #2

▷ 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


REVELATION


BRIMSTONE



REDEMPTION



/ PASS! / MATCH!
problemagus: (Of this house or so I'm told;)

Chocolates...

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-22 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
( So that's the father, huh? When Toji approaches, he's greeted by a pair of stormy eyes, and a placid expression that gives little indication he's affected by his presence at all. Only acknowledging him when he lifts his head upwards to look at the quite enormous man. )

That'll be 500 kryptos.

( Is he selling these things??? Really???? )
assassinsgreed: (( 3. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-02-24 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Instantly, Toji makes face. ]

For money? That’s not how it is supposed to go. I’m only taking them if they’re free.

I have better things to spend my money on.
problemagus: thingamajig; (Though I know I'll never find;)

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-24 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
( Mmmm yep, that's about what he expected. )

Join the party, tovarish. So long as we exist in a society that upholds capitalistic values, someone always has to pay.

( For him, this is a completely neutral statement. It's not an endorsement of the system by far, just a realistic one. )

Unless you have a solution to dismantle the system, anyway.

( Why is he like this??? )
assassinsgreed: (( 4. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-02-24 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ why is he like this indeed… ]

Just offering to take them off the hands of people who don’t want to be out in time-out, I guess.

[ Kiritsugu can go off on his tangent if he wants; Toji just wanted some chocolate 🧍 ]

Sounds like you’re ready for a revolution.
problemagus: iconmerge @ lj; (You'll never be the same;)

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-24 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
( Lord help him, he did try. Unfortunately for Kiritsugu, his idea of a revolution exploded spectacularly in his face. )

Maybe I am. But a revolution requires the collective, I am but one man.

( Aren't you tired of living in a capitalist hellscape, Toji? )

I'm saving up to start an izakaya. ( Ah, his real reason for all of this. ) Consider it an investment.

( He'll throw in the chocolates complimentary, ofc. )
assassinsgreed: (( 6. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-02-26 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? Good luck with all of that.

[ Hard to know what he means by that. Good luck with the revolution? Or the ramen? Whichever. ]

That sounds like a lot of work. And expense. What are you doing that for?
problemagus: iconography; (I'm final entropy;)

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-26 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
( Damn it Toji, he's trying to radicalize you!! Be radicalized!!! )

Well, aren't you tired of living in a society that requires money for the sake of your continued survival?

( Why does this man sound like he's never taken a shred of responsibility into his hands? Not unlike Natalia, now that he thinks about it. )

You've got to spend money to make money, right? ( If he cannot convince the population to rise up and overthrow the government, he can at least make a buck off of them!! ) But I enjoy cooking. Plus it gives our teammates a place to relax.

( And you, Toji, can become a founding member today, at the low low price of 500 kryptos! )
assassinsgreed: (( 75. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-02-27 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ 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. ]
problemagus: (We're stockpiling warheads;)

1/2

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-27 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
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. )
problemagus: (And the first shall be last;)

2/2

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-02-27 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
( Record scratch, freeze frame. )

You gamble?

( Hm, interesting. )
Edited 2024-02-27 22:49 (UTC)
assassinsgreed: (( 106. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-03-03 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ A lopsided smirk appears. ]

As frequently as I can.

[ So like.. whenever he actually has money. ]
problemagus: torifido; (I'm setting you in motion;)

Sorry for the delay! I've been tired. slfkdjslkj

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-03-08 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
( He always thought it a disgusting habit, though not something he could exactly blame on Toji-- not entirely. Gambling was, after all, meant to prey on the poor and desperate. He didn't exactly know what Toji's circumstances were, but to that extent, he could sympathize.

After all, his own mentor was the same. She'd spend money from assassin or mercenary gigs on gambling or frivolous things. It was why he was so frugal of his own accord: when you grow up without stability, you create it.

He was, however, a pragmatic business man, and may in fact be filing away this information for... later. )


How are you at cards?

( Why is he doing this? )
assassinsgreed: (( 99. ))

it's okay, i had a busy week as you probably know

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-03-10 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's hard for him to deny an invitation to gamble in some sort of way, but Toji is more of a horse and boat race better than anything else.

Still. ]


...What are the terms?
problemagus: thingamajig; (Though I know I'll never find;)

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-03-10 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
( That's the thing about poker, isn't it? It requires skill. )

Texas Hold 'Em. If you win, I'll gift you the rest of these boxes.

( He doesn't care about the chocolate, not really. But it's clear he wants Toji in his pocket, so he doesn't mind using them as a bargaining chip. )

If you lose, however. I reserve the right to ask three favors of you.

( He has an idea of what the first favor will be, at least. The other two, however, he'll keep in his back pocket until it becomes convenient. )

Cards are in my room, so you'll have to follow me back to the Revelation wing.

( Huh, Toji. Isn't that where Megumi lives? Don't worry about it. )
assassinsgreed: (( 64. ))

[personal profile] assassinsgreed 2024-03-10 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
That doesn't sound like equal terms if you ask me. I don't want chocolate that badly. Stakes need to be even. Asking three favors also means I need to ask the terms about that too.

[ Toji folds his arms over his chest and leans against the nearest vertical surface. ]

I've been playing with stakes for a long time. Make it worth my time. Besides, I don't even know who you are or what you're capable of since you may have come from a world different than mine.

[ a pause. ]

I'm not an idiot. You could read my mind or something if you're that eager to gamble with a stranger.

[ yet he did forget tat he met this guy already... ]
problemagus: (We're stockpiling warheads;)

[personal profile] problemagus 2024-03-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don't mind extending the favor to you, if that's your concern, so long as they're not sexual or monetary in nature.

( He doesn't know what sort of favors this guy would ask of him, but he doesn't seem too concerned about it, either. )

But to that extent, I should disclose to you that I'm a mage, though my magic deals more in harnessing the elements of fire and earth than anything else.

( He cannot read minds, this much is true. But he can protect his thoughts from active probing. )

Conversely, I don't know what you're capable of, either. Anything I ought to know about before we get started?

( He's actually kind of genuinely curious, now that he thinks of it. )