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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synnet2023-12-12 05:58 pm

▶ NETWORK MINGLE #1

▷ NETWORK MINGLE #1



▶ TFLN.

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.)






sparse: (pic#16607157)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-17 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ How to explain how the Xianzhou works in the simplest way... Hm. ]

Just think of it as a floor in a building, but on a bigger scale.
wheft: (Default)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-17 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ brb trying to rotate a... floor? in her mind ]

So sometimes... the floor is water?
sparse: (pic#16651556)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-17 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. Let's go with that.

[ It works... kind of. ]
wheft: (pic#16844174)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-17 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
I... think I get it.

[ probably. her non-euclidean room back on the bus didn't make sense either, but the seas back home forced her to be acclimate to the nonsensical. still... ]

Were the seas that peaceful where you're from, then?
sparse: (pic#16607165)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-17 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
They were. It was nice, but I haven't been there in a long while.

[ Technically a lie, but it's not as though his recent visits were peaceful. ]
wheft: (pic#16844210)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-17 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. I'm almost jealous. Wish all bodies of water are like that.
sparse: (pic#16607151)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-19 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
What's different with the bodies of water you're familiar with?
wheft: (pic#16862415)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-19 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh man. where does she even begin... ]

For one thing, you can't stay in a Lake for too long, or the Waves will attack your ship with monsters and other natural phenomena. You have to keep moving from one Lake to another, and you aren't allowed to keep written records of the exact time a Lake will permit you to stay at, lest you want the Taboo Hunters to come and kill you without warning.
sparse: (pic#16607150)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-23 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds exhausting.

[ He's so good at emphatisizing. ]

With this world's problem with kaiju, their situation might not be too different from yours. I understand now why your last message can't be seen as peaceful at all.
wheft: (pic#16864540)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-23 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
I doubt I'm the only one who feels "at home" here. Don't you fight monsters in your homeland too?
sparse: (pic#16615162)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-24 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I fight whatever I'm told to fight.

It's not always monsters.
wheft: (pic#16891565)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-25 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
You don't get to decide?

[ is he also a hired killer? figures that LILITH would gather as much of them as they can. ]
sparse: (pic#16615163)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-26 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I just do what I'm told.

[ He doesn't care beyond that, either. ]
wheft: (pic#16862440)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Even here? Is your superior even around?
sparse: (pic#16648893)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-26 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone I work with is here.

She's not exactly my superior, but I defer to what she wants to be done.
Edited 2023-12-26 22:56 (UTC)
wheft: (pic#16864540)

[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-26 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that... strikes a chord in her, somewhat. ]

Why, though? Why not do whatever *you* want to do outside of work?
sparse: (pic#16607165)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-28 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
I'm denied what I want. It's just how things are.
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[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-28 01:57 pm (UTC)(link)
And you're fine with that? Being under her thrall all the time?
sparse: (pic#16607155)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-29 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
You misunderstand. She isn't the one who denies me what I want.

It's my punishment, for what I've done in the past.
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[personal profile] wheft 2023-12-29 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
I see.

[ whoops, she almost projected there. that was close. ]

I didn't mean to turn this into an interrogation, the more I reread my previous texts. Still... I hope she's been treating you well despite the imposed punishment. It would've been so easy to manipulate someone like that.
sparse: (pic#16605880)

[personal profile] sparse 2023-12-29 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luckily, it's not something Blade is going to question further. ]

I put myself in this position.

I wouldn't bother worrying about it.