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.
It happens the first time, and several times throughout the week as your character goes about their new routine. The sound of machine-like whirring, deep within their cranium, like a computer that’s in the midst of processing some new information. Then, there’s the familiar ping of a new public message, and whatever you were thinking about at that point of time will be plastered on the network, for all to read and react to. Daydreaming about ponies at work? Having a fun night out at a club? Regretting said night out at the club? Falling into a deep depression about how your life has turned out so far? It doesn’t matter when or where, because the system doesn’t discriminate. You’ll soon find the thoughts you were having during those moments posted on the network and it won’t be possible to delete.
"The system is updating … ... The system is updating … "
That’s the only explanation SYNTHIA will give when prodded or asked to take down a post. She’s not too helpful at this moment.
"Yeah, sorry. She gets temperamental like that sometimes. I can’t really do anything about your business being out there. But it’s pretty funny, right? Looks like you got hella wrecked last night. Good for you."
Welcome to our first Network Mingle! This is a TFLN-inspired mingle that’s been tweaked to make it completely canon to the game. Due to a glitch in the system, random thoughts that characters might be having throughout the week will be registered as network posts and posted in public for all to see and respond to. This can happen at any time as they wander around the main base or different Neo Tokyo locations!
HOW TO PLAY: 1. Write out prompts (example below) for others to respond to. These can be thoughts they’re having in bed, at work, while intoxicated or what-have-you. You can look up shower thoughts or TFLN as inspiration, but remember that this will be game canon so it has to be written in your character’s voice. 2. Go around and respond to others! 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!
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!
(Please remember to put warnings for NSFW/triggering content in the subject header.)
or turning into smoke and shadow can you do that??
[ there's so many arcanists around - it's kind of crazy. well, not really. the number of people that appear to be arcanists is still small compared to how many humans there are without any arcane abilities. so it's about the same, then. ]
it is a treat are they deserving of it? well that's a hotly debated issue i guess since i'm affiliated with who i am back home i have to say they're deserving of treats and stories, huh?
What's the point of coming here if you don't make an impression on the populace? I have so many tricks up my sleeve that I can't simply hide away. So you are you affiliated with? Humans in general?
right if you don't, they'll end up making you just another sheep to harvest ha ha ha
by choice and necessity i am affiliated with them even though they're weak and stupid and generally hate my kind but it's because they're weak and stupid that they need to be protected or so it was explained to me
[ that's not how anything was explained to him but whatever. ]
even if she's not here, he owes a lot to vertin and so he backtracks a little on what he said. ]
wellllll the people i am affiliated with believe that humans and arcanists should get along we should learn to coexist and hold hands and all that it isn't just because humans are in the majority or that they are weak and stupid but all that is definitely true but it's 'cause we all live together cooperation and coexistence is better than the extinction or domination of one race over the other
tho there are arcanists that have been burned too often by humans they just want to salt and burn the land that they come from until there is only us left but
[ he has a lot of thoughts on that but - ]
what good would that do? we'd just end up killing each other next for stupid reasons
I mean obviously, we can't go around killing each other, so I get your point, but it sounds like your humans need to do some work in regaining your trust. Murder just isn't how you develop a working relationship. Not that I've been in any wars, but the tensions between nearby countries makes me wonder what's going on in everyone's head. But the people here don't seem to harbor any ill will towards us. You'll be fine.
But quick question. Are the arcane arts something humans can't do in your world?
ha ha ha ha that's a good one the humans doing work
no they don't but it's because we're helping them if we were just living here i think there would be a lot of ill will
for the most part there are special cases but it's because they're borrowing from an arcanist not that i know the logistics of that logistics is that the right word? anyway i don't know shit about that
Most people, I've learned, are more kind that the worst anecdotes make them out to be. You dont get to hear about them a lot, that's the problem. But if you're a dangerous person, it feels better if you're convinced everyone is selfish and deserving of punishment. When all we want to do is live a peaceful life and support each other.
So whats an arcanist anyway? I use arcane magic in my work and I'm certainly human. And there are wizards and bards out there who can do so much more than I can.
a optimist, eh? well try not to get taken for a ride
it's what i am that's so wild to hear humans who can just use arcane magic on their own!
how would you describe a human to someone who's never encountered a human? hmmmm
we're just another race of people tho we come in all shapes and sizes and appearances like there is a piece of a mirror that is an arcanist he's a nice enough fellow who generally wants people to feel nice and pleased with how they look so he warps what they see into what they want to see he explained it to me once while i was using him to see if i had taffy in my teeth and warned him not to mess around with my image 'cause i don't want it to stay stuck there we'll all a mysterious bunch
but arcanists are those that can use arcanum - arcane arts and incantations some are better than others at what they do... like some are better at divination, alchemy and the like! we all have the medium that we work best in. it's hard to put it into words
That sounds a lot like magic in general. We have those that manipulate the elements, heal people, or focus on divination, conjuration, and the like. But there's different sorts of magic. Clerics use holy magic, and arcanists (which I am) use arcane magic, and druids have their own nature magic. Anyone can do it where I'm from. So I guess every Exandrian is an arcanist, if they care to study it, whether they are human or elf or tiefling.
I'm pretty sure I'm still a human. The ears, the body type, that's all human and nothing else. Of course, we still have wars, but those include wizards and warlocks and whatnot.
They call us "practitioners of the arcane arts", but it's easier to say exactly how we do that. For example, I'm an artificer, and I combine science with magic. It's not like I can summon fire out of thin air or manipulate space and time, but I've studied the subject enough.
i have that too? but i can also melt into my shadow can you melt into your shadow??? also my eyes... i can see the moon and hear the call of it better
ew how disgusting studying i had to go to school too when i joined the foundation but you did it for fun??? for arcane abilities? what reason? to be cool??
No, but that sounds really badass. I need to see that in action sometime.
I studied because it was interesting. And I needed to know how to enchant things if I wanted to build an automaton. Or robot, as people here call them. But if I had to look for the root of my interesting, I'd say that my favorite characters in my books used magic, and I wanted to be just like them. Only I wasn't that great with my physical education classes, so I fell back on building replicas of their equipment.
[ the net might send over emoji of sparkles 'cause pavia also likes being told he's cool and badass ]
sure, sure!!! i'll do it for you for free
hmmm i've heard of robots and automatons tho they are thought to be science and little magic in them well that's a good a reason as any to get into the arcane arts did you become your favorite character??
Not exactly. I can't entirely become someone else. Even in a roleplay exercise, I'm Taryon Darrington.
But I got to be a hero in my own way, with the help of my friends. And many expensive tools. I say I'm a brand new main character of a fine adventure novel.
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i'll rate it if it was cool or not
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I think it was a graceful save.
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did you do a flip?
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That would have helped huh.
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or turning into smoke and shadow
can you do that??
[ there's so many arcanists around - it's kind of crazy. well, not really. the number of people that appear to be arcanists is still small compared to how many humans there are without any arcane abilities. so it's about the same, then. ]
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How about flying? Would it be cool if I started flying the next time I tripped?
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fun for sneaking up on people
[ though, it's a lot weaker now and he isn't even sure if he can manifest his arcanum properly. but details! ]
flying's all right!
it'll certainly impress most humans
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are they deserving of it?
well that's a hotly debated issue
i guess since i'm affiliated with who i am back home
i have to say they're deserving of treats and stories, huh?
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I have so many tricks up my sleeve that I can't simply hide away.
So you are you affiliated with? Humans in general?
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if you don't, they'll end up making you just another sheep to harvest ha ha ha
by choice and necessity i am affiliated with them
even though they're weak and stupid and generally hate my kind
but it's because they're weak and stupid that they need to be protected
or so it was explained to me
[ that's not how anything was explained to him but whatever. ]
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Are you serious about that?
[Even as a fellow human, Taryon isn't all that upset about the "weak and stupid" comment.]
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tricked, manipulated, abused, killed
fairly!
tho
[ ch!!!!
even if she's not here, he owes a lot to vertin and so he backtracks a little on what he said. ]
wellllll
the people i am affiliated with believe that humans and arcanists should get along
we should learn to coexist and hold hands and all that
it isn't just because humans are in the majority
or that they are weak and stupid
but all that is definitely true
but it's 'cause we all live together
cooperation and coexistence is better than the extinction or domination of one race over the other
tho there are arcanists that have been burned too often by humans
they just want to salt and burn the land that they come from
until there is only us left
but
[ he has a lot of thoughts on that but - ]
what good would that do?
we'd just end up killing each other next for stupid reasons
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Not that I've been in any wars, but the tensions between nearby countries makes me wonder what's going on in everyone's head.
But the people here don't seem to harbor any ill will towards us.
You'll be fine.
But quick question. Are the arcane arts something humans can't do in your world?
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that's a good one
the humans doing work
no they don't
but it's because we're helping them
if we were just living here
i think there would be a lot of ill will
for the most part
there are special cases
but it's because they're borrowing from an arcanist
not that i know the logistics of that
logistics
is that the right word?
anyway
i don't know shit about that
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You dont get to hear about them a lot, that's the problem.
But if you're a dangerous person, it feels better if you're convinced everyone is selfish and deserving of punishment.
When all we want to do is live a peaceful life and support each other.
So whats an arcanist anyway?
I use arcane magic in my work and I'm certainly human. And there are wizards and bards out there who can do so much more than I can.
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well try not to get taken for a ride
it's what i am
that's so wild to hear
humans who can just use arcane magic on their own!
how would you describe a human to someone who's never encountered a human?
hmmmm
we're just another race of people
tho we come in all shapes and sizes and appearances
like there is a piece of a mirror that is an arcanist
he's a nice enough fellow who generally wants people to feel nice and pleased with how they look
so he warps what they see into what they want to see
he explained it to me once while i was using him to see if i had taffy in my teeth and warned him not to mess around with my image 'cause i don't want it to stay stuck there
we'll all a mysterious bunch
but arcanists are those that can use arcanum - arcane arts and incantations
some are better than others at what they do... like some are better at divination, alchemy and the like! we all have the medium that we work best in.
it's hard to put it into words
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But there's different sorts of magic.
Clerics use holy magic, and arcanists (which I am) use arcane magic, and druids have their own nature magic.
Anyone can do it where I'm from.
So I guess every Exandrian is an arcanist, if they care to study it, whether they are human or elf or tiefling.
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that's wild
to think that there's a world where humans don't exist
i assume you all still fight and try to kill each other for stupid reasons
quick question! they call you an arcanist because you can use arcane magic, and that's it?
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Of course, we still have wars, but those include wizards and warlocks and whatnot.
They call us "practitioners of the arcane arts", but it's easier to say exactly how we do that. For example, I'm an artificer, and I combine science with magic.
It's not like I can summon fire out of thin air or manipulate space and time, but I've studied the subject enough.
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but i can also melt into my shadow
can you melt into your shadow???
also my eyes... i can see the moon and hear the call of it better
ew how disgusting
studying
i had to go to school too when i joined the foundation
but you did it for fun???
for arcane abilities?
what reason?
to be cool??
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I studied because it was interesting. And I needed to know how to enchant things if I wanted to build an automaton.
Or robot, as people here call them.
But if I had to look for the root of my interesting, I'd say that my favorite characters in my books used magic, and I wanted to be just like them.
Only I wasn't that great with my physical education classes, so I fell back on building replicas of their equipment.
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sure, sure!!!
i'll do it for you for free
hmmm
i've heard of robots and automatons
tho they are thought to be science and little magic in them
well
that's a good a reason as any to get into the arcane arts
did you become your favorite character??
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Even in a roleplay exercise, I'm Taryon Darrington.
But I got to be a hero in my own way, with the help of my friends.
And many expensive tools.
I say I'm a brand new main character of a fine adventure novel.
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i'm pavia
congratulations?
do you like the story, then??
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