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.)
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i don't know what makes a decent person i only was taught what i was taught decency comes later, i guess???? what does it mean to be a decent human?
right right the promise of a sequel or a satisfying ending is better than an ending that is spelled out
oh i kept it with all my trinkets that i took off my prey i had a whole pile of bobbles and broken pieces of jewelry and items kept it in a lovely cabinet that i was allowed to keep i would have been heartbroken if i couldn't keep them so long as i promised not to add to them unless told
ha ha ha ha
yesyes that's the rub even if i've wasted all options, all roads, everything even if that person wants to kill me, i can't make that call but someone higher than me can but for me it's a nice little girl who wouldn't do it so in the end my hand's are still tied
I would think "don't treat people like they're your tools" would be something a man of his station would figure out, but I was wrong. Somehow, I kind of got that message growing up while he didn't.
Is that what you're going to do here? With the kaiju? Like hunting trophies? I think LILITH would be fine with that. And it'd help with the interior decorating.
So that little girl is your boss or your friend or what?
idiots will be idiots regardless of what station they have nothing you can do for it but avoid being dragged into their stupidity
hmmm?? no the kaiju are pretty much like creatures i'm allowed to kill creatures prey is prey they have bobbles and movie tickets and other things on them
more hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm she's my goddess and savior ah that only works if you know so you can't laugh or roll your eyes
vertin she's the one who found a lot of us arcanists for the foundation and then the foundation said we'd be allowed to be free for missions if we passed some education classes but SHE wanted to save us an honest and sincere little girl
......... there is a storm that brews in our world one that winds the past backwards humans are not immune to it but arcanists are so when the time winds back the humans of that time disappear
no one knows why it started no one knows how to stop it no one knows what happens to the people in the storm do they cease to exist are they outside the bubble of time just waiting for time to start up again?
BUT! the foundation created a means to protect humanity from the storm for now it's just a structure over their heads not that i fucking understand how that works or how or why
and really, when time winds backwards it makes life hard for us arcanists too because we're in a OLD era with NEW humans
vertin is a young miss she's eighteen or something i think she is a serious girl who worries she saved me and others from the after effects of the storm i listen to the foundation because of vertin even if she's fucking stupid when it comes to violence and murder even if she's fucking stupid with a lot of things
she's a sincere girl who is worth listening to
so i dunno what that makes us just arcanists that agree and understand one another i guess
right it's reversing and yeah it is but what about it? either they'll figure it out or they won't we just can't go so far back in the past that gelato doesn't exist anymore i'll revolt then but i'm here now so i'll trust in them simple as that
I mean That's less terrifying But people shouldn't be prey For you
I mean I get being unable to do anything but trust in your friends It doesn't make it less worrying But if they're powerful, they can do it I'm pretty sure of that
eh powerful or not - it doesn't matter i simply trust in them there's no need to worry if they let me down, i'll kill them myself and it won't be a pretty death like whatever happens when the rain falls backwards hahahahaha
why do you worry yourself? what makes you humans fret and wring your hands??? why can't you give yourselves completely to an idea?
It's about living unselfishly, and helping those who need help, and supporting your friends. And if you can't do anything to help, then of course I'd worry about them. They're strong. Some of the strongest people I know. But we can easily die if we aren't careful.
[How do you explain this when the biggest inspiration for being a decent person was being a child and reading books showing heroes being nice to others?]
I've lost people before. People who didn't deserve to have horrible things happen to them. I cared for those people, and they disappeared suddenly from my life.
I love my friends a lot. I don't want anything bad to happen to them. When I worry about them or they worry about me, it shows that we care for each other. So if I'm around, I can still worry for them, but I can do something to help. When I'm far away and my friend is dying, I'm scared they'll die.
[ Pavia muses over those ideas. He worries about people here in his own way by needling them to show he cares. But that doesn't sound like the worry that Taryon talks about with his friends. Worrying when he's nowhere near them - he can't understand it. If he can't do anything, why waste his time thinking on it?
However, he's said that. He's said that over and over; there's no point in saying he doesn't get it. This may be a thing that as an arcanist, he simply cannot get. But Vertin would say there sometimes are things that they cannot fathom but doesn't mean they shouldn't try to understand one another.
"That's using two different words for understand!" He'd say if she was about, but she would give him a stern look. Pavia turns his head and clicks his tongue.
The worrying that Taryon does sounds tiresome, but it is a means to show he cares. All right, all right. Fair enough. He nods his head - he doesn't have to do it, and maybe, right - he should say that, right. ]
well there's nothing wrong with the way you worry yea there's nothing wrong with it
[ He sneers at nothing. ]
sorry if you felt it was not right to worry you have a soft heart filled with soft feelings so sure i'll worry about you dying
[That is the nicest thing Taryon has read in this conversation. Has he finally gotten through to Pavia?]
I am touched to hear that. I can't help if I grew up with a soft heart, but there's nothing wrong with that. Otherwise everything I've learned with the past year will have been for nothing.
So how do you show you care for your friends? Being blunt?
be careful not to get gobbled up by wolves they like soft hearts but no worry i'm a much bigger wolf and can gobble them up first haha LOOK SEE I CAN WORRY TOO
i needle them why should they have such a comfortable time make them too soft and easier to be hunted nicer to be meaner to them at times not too mean 'cause then they make faces tho some people complain and what can i do with idiots who complain i can't kill them anymore or even shoot at them so whatever i'll insult you too sometime but you're built on nice things might be too late to gnaw at the soft pieces that people might stick a knife oh well
I've got a few tricks up my sleeves if those wolves come after me.
[But...yeah, Taryon can see where Pavia is coming from. He tries too hard to be liked, even when he's learned to be less pliant in the past year.]
I can handle a few insults. I've been through worse. And my friends back home are into pranking and making fun of each other. Just don't make anyone cry.
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i don't know what makes a decent person
i only was taught what i was taught
decency comes later, i guess????
what does it mean to be a decent human?
right right
the promise of a sequel or a satisfying ending is better than an ending that is spelled out
oh
i kept it with all my trinkets that i took off my prey
i had a whole pile of bobbles and broken pieces of jewelry and items
kept it in a lovely cabinet that i was allowed to keep
i would have been heartbroken if i couldn't keep them
so long as i promised not to add to them unless told
ha ha ha ha
yesyes that's the rub
even if i've wasted all options, all roads, everything
even if that person wants to kill me, i can't make that call
but someone higher than me can
but for me
it's a nice little girl who wouldn't do it
so in the end
my hand's are still tied
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Is that what you're going to do here? With the kaiju? Like hunting trophies?
I think LILITH would be fine with that.
And it'd help with the interior decorating.
So that little girl is your boss or your friend or what?
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nothing you can do for it but avoid being dragged into their stupidity
hmmm?? no
the kaiju are pretty much like creatures
i'm allowed to kill creatures
prey is prey
they have bobbles and movie tickets and other things on them
more hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
she's my goddess and savior
ah
that only works if you know
so you can't laugh or roll your eyes
vertin
she's the one who found a lot of us arcanists for the foundation
and then the foundation said we'd be allowed to be free for missions if we passed some education classes
but SHE wanted to save us
an honest and sincere little girl
......... there is a storm that brews in our world
one that winds the past backwards
humans are not immune to it
but arcanists are
so when the time winds back
the humans of that time disappear
no one knows why it started
no one knows how to stop it
no one knows what happens to the people in the storm
do they cease to exist
are they outside the bubble of time just waiting for time to start up again?
BUT! the foundation created a means to protect humanity from the storm
for now it's just a structure over their heads
not that i fucking understand how that works or how or why
and really, when time winds backwards
it makes life hard for us arcanists too
because we're in a OLD era with NEW humans
vertin is a young miss
she's eighteen or something i think
she is a serious girl who worries
she saved me and others from the after effects of the storm
i listen to the foundation because of vertin
even if she's fucking stupid when it comes to violence and murder
even if she's fucking stupid with a lot of things
she's a sincere girl who is worth listening to
so i dunno what that makes us
just arcanists that agree and understand one another i guess
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So this little girl works for the foundation? It sounds like a lot of people love her.
Although I hope she's doing way if your world is in danger.
So what's going to happen with you here? Are the other arcanists going to be okay?
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ah well
i only passed reevaluation
but not a high grade
ANYWAY
yesyes we all care deeply for her
she's our little goddess
hmmm??
what do you mean?
i'm going to work here
she's going to be taken care of by the arcanists there
they should be okay??
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I should think she is okay.
But what about the world and all that time reversing? Isn't that putting everyone in danger?
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i'll quietly call them prey then
EASY
right
it's reversing
and yeah it is
but what about it?
either they'll figure it out or they won't
we just can't go so far back in the past that gelato doesn't exist anymore
i'll revolt then
but i'm here now
so
i'll trust in them
simple as that
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That's less terrifying
But people shouldn't be prey
For you
I mean
I get being unable to do anything but trust in your friends
It doesn't make it less worrying
But if they're powerful, they can do it
I'm pretty sure of that
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eh
powerful or not - it doesn't matter
i simply trust in them
there's no need to worry
if they let me down, i'll kill them myself
and it won't be a pretty death like whatever happens when the rain falls backwards
hahahahaha
why do you worry yourself?
what makes you humans fret and wring your hands???
why can't you give yourselves completely to an idea?
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I think it's normal to care about other people.
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They're strong. Some of the strongest people I know. But we can easily die if we aren't careful.
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so why worry
i don't get it
if you can't do anything, then whatever
explain it like i'm five maybe
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I've lost people before. People who didn't deserve to have horrible things happen to them. I cared for those people, and they disappeared suddenly from my life.
I love my friends a lot. I don't want anything bad to happen to them. When I worry about them or they worry about me, it shows that we care for each other. So if I'm around, I can still worry for them, but I can do something to help. When I'm far away and my friend is dying, I'm scared they'll die.
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[ Pavia muses over those ideas. He worries about people here in his own way by needling them to show he cares. But that doesn't sound like the worry that Taryon talks about with his friends. Worrying when he's nowhere near them - he can't understand it. If he can't do anything, why waste his time thinking on it?
However, he's said that. He's said that over and over; there's no point in saying he doesn't get it. This may be a thing that as an arcanist, he simply cannot get. But Vertin would say there sometimes are things that they cannot fathom but doesn't mean they shouldn't try to understand one another.
"That's using two different words for understand!" He'd say if she was about, but she would give him a stern look. Pavia turns his head and clicks his tongue.
The worrying that Taryon does sounds tiresome, but it is a means to show he cares. All right, all right. Fair enough. He nods his head - he doesn't have to do it, and maybe, right - he should say that, right. ]
well there's nothing wrong with the way you worry
yea there's nothing wrong with it
[ He sneers at nothing. ]
sorry if you felt it was not right to worry
you have a soft heart filled with soft feelings
so sure
i'll worry about you dying
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I am touched to hear that.
I can't help if I grew up with a soft heart, but there's nothing wrong with that.
Otherwise everything I've learned with the past year will have been for nothing.
So how do you show you care for your friends? Being blunt?
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they like soft hearts
but no worry i'm a much bigger wolf and can gobble them up first
haha
LOOK SEE I CAN WORRY TOO
i needle them
why should they have such a comfortable time
make them too soft and easier to be hunted
nicer to be meaner to them at times
not too mean 'cause then they make faces
tho some people complain and what can i do with idiots who complain
i can't kill them anymore or even shoot at them
so whatever
i'll insult you too sometime
but you're built on nice things
might be too late to gnaw at the soft pieces that people might stick a knife
oh well
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[But...yeah, Taryon can see where Pavia is coming from. He tries too hard to be liked, even when he's learned to be less pliant in the past year.]
I can handle a few insults.
I've been through worse.
And my friends back home are into pranking and making fun of each other.
Just don't make anyone cry.
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perhaps you're not completely useless, then
HAHAHAHA
i don't make htem cry
their faces just get all red
and they get violent
sometimes
or just mad
poor sports is what that is
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please be careful with that.
Making enemies is not a good strategy here.
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what do i care if i have enemies???
i have my friends
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But enemies should be enemies for good reasons.
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seems like a good enough reason
LIKE THE MOTHERFUCKER WHO HAS A USERNAME THAT SHOULD BE MINE
I'LL KILL HIM IN REAL LIFE
i'm kidding
i wouldn't
that's not what i'm educated to do
>(
BUT HE'S MY ENEMY HERE
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Two foes, competing over a name.
An eternal tale of strife and glory.
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