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TDM 007
content warnings for this TDM include: violence, potential death, body horror, physical transformation, loss of senses, loss of autonomy  ⏵ arrival⏴ Arrival does not happen as Aurora usually plans for it. New characters are introduced to the AI, then informed of a mission that they are required to participate in before they can return to their home base of Etraya. A world called Aphaia is falling apart, and while there is nothing they can do to resolve this broken world, they can participate in the Gamerunner's Stratagem. Their mission is simple: step through the glowing purple portal that Aurora creates once they've had time to listen to her, and survive until a similar portal reopens in front of them, allowing them to return to Etraya. The Gamerunner's Stratagem is something they have been working on building for quite some time. She informs all newcomers that they will not be present on this world that long: their exit will appear to them exactly when it's meant to, allowing them to meet the others who have been recruited to save their worlds. She provides each and every arrival with an earpiece, allowing them to communicate with the other Etrayans. Aurora suggests taking a bag full of supplies along with them, which she will fill with a few generic items as well as any specific items they may need: synthetic blood for vampires, protein bars for those who may burn through calories faster, medication for anyone who requires it.  ⏵ aphaia ⏴ Aphaia is a neon-lit, chaotic planet. Cameras are everywhere, every action and inaction is judged by the 'audience'. Towering holograms advertise upcoming events while flashing leader boards track the most "popular" players. Contestants are thrown into challenges, many of which are games of skill, survival, and deception all to keep the viewers entertained. Not participating is an option! However, avoiding playing along and not putting on a show will quickly cause participants' score to go down, and scores that reach zero? Well. Unfortunately, there are only so many resources left on Aphaia. Their wildlife has died off, their planet is falling apart, and most others in this galaxy were either destroyed from the inside out, or warring planets trying to gain control of remaining resources destroyed them to avoid others getting involved. Their natural resources are depleted, and only those who manage to keep their scores up are given the luxury of having any supplies. As soon as one steps foot on Aphaia, as soon as they breathe, they intake nanotechnology which tracks their oxygen consumption, their food, everything they do or need. As soon as their scores reach zero? They disappear. There one moment, and completely gone the next. Their communicators go offline, and while everything they were carrying will be left behind, no one will be able to find them. They are simply--gone, erased from existence. This is a death and counts as a death as outlined in the game FAQ! Please keep this in mind. "Points" that go towards their total score will be assigned to contestants from the moment they drop down on planet. This will be visible using the HUD on their earpiece, and will be randomized at the beginning. For the sake of the TDM, we ask that no one be assigned Paragon initially, but you're free to use other ranks! The possible rankings are: 100: PARAGON 99-80: LUMINARY 79-70: CHAMPION 69-50: CONTENDER 49-30: UNDERLING 30-0: SHADE Ranks may change daily, or even hourly depending on the kind of situation one has found themselves in. Are they having a very public break up in which it comes out that they wronged their ex? They may go from a Champion to a Shade before they can even blink. Did they save a defenseless reporter from the big bad villain of the week? They may find themselves quickly elevated up to Luminary and given all the benefits that comes with being upper class. The world is their oyster, they only need to figure out how they'd like to utilize it! Aphaia is broken up into four districts. The Colosseum is a dynamic battle arena where combatants fight for entertainment, with shifting environments controlled by the audience. Victories earn points, while losses depend on performance. The Symposium is a lavish social hub for top contestants, where alliances and betrayals are made under the audience’s watchful eye. The Agora is the public center of Aphaia, where contestants engage with the audience through polls, interviews, and challenges to maintain popularity. It also houses the contestants in high-rise apartments. And Backalleys provide hidden spaces with intentional blind spots for secret dealings, though the Gamerunner is always aware of what happens there.  ⏵ st★rlight soirée ⏴ Something special is happening in the Colosseum. Lights flicker as the arena shifts, rearranging itself into a grand, glittering ballroom - if a ballroom had stadium seating, paparazzi drones, and an ever-changing floor plan designed to disorient those within it. Silver chandeliers pulse with artificial starlight, their glow refracted through the crystalline floors. Music swells, but it sounds - unnatural. It thrums through your veins, setting your blood alight with the urge to dance. Why is the ballroom designed as if intentionally put together to throw off one's balance? Well, it's time for the Panopticon Prom, of course! The Panopticon Prom isn't just an adventure in dancing and impressing your most recent crush. It's a test of endurance, cunning, grace, and charm. The floor beneath your feet moves as if it has a mind of it's own, shifting to the beat like a living creature all of it's own. It tilts, undulates, even vanishing in sections to keep dancers on edge. After all, it's difficult to keep up one's pace if they're falling through a hole in the floor to the foam pit below. Drones zip through the air, catching every stumble, every misstep, and every attempt to throw off others on the dance floor. This is a competition, after all; and what fun is a dance battle without having the freedom to thwart someone else on their road to victory? The rules are simple:
 ⏵ casino royale ⏴ Out in the Agora, another popular quarterly event is being set up! The Casino Royale has been destroyed countless times, but it seems as if the Gamerunner just can't let it go - every time it gets knocked down, it gets rebuilt. There is one rule. One must take a turn at the revolving wheel just inside the door as their entry fee, and whatever the wheel lands on, they must maintain until they exit the building for the night. Sometimes, this is easier: an effect they have no control over and cannot undo even if they wanted to. Sometimes, this is more difficult: an assigned task they must complete. Failure to abide by the wheel once means receiving a penalty. Twice? Certain death if caught by any employee. The wheel's effects are as follows:
The casino is alive with the hum of conversation, the clink of glasses, and the steady whirl of the roulette wheels. Golden chandeliers cast a warm glow over velvet-lined tables, where fortunes are made and lost with the flick of a wrist. But something feels. . . off. The dealers never blink. The cards never seem random. And the house always wins - always. Maybe it's just paranoia, or maybe this casino is something more than just a den of chance. Tonight, you're not here just to play; you're here on a mission. You've arrived dressed to kill, blending into the sea of bodies filling the casino's floors. But you're not here to win points or boost your social standing - you're here to win intel. Somewhere in this casino is a single flash drive containing information on just how Aphaia maintains their system. The only problem? The House knows someone is coming for it. After all, they're well-aware of the game: whoever retrieves the flash drive will obtain information on how to flip the script, to change the rules of the game to fit their wants and needs, rather than following the current Gamerunner. After all, this is the Gamerunner's Stratagem that Aurora has sent them out on! Many apply for 'employment' within the Casino Royale in hopes of getting insider information on where the flash drive is hidden and what it looks like. However, it seems that even the employees have no clue where it has been hidden. This is an extension of our Aphaia Mission! We have included enough information in this post that catching up to current in game logs isn't necessary to play with it, but you are welcome to use any part of the Aphaia setting in your prompts as you'd like. Current players are also welcome to bring the events from this TDM into their in-game threads. This mission can happen outside of time as needed! Incoming characters will find themselves introduced to Aphaia as they arrive. Current characters may find Aurora calling on them to visit Aphaia after the current mission for the Gamerunner's Stratagem. Characters already in game are welcome to post to the TDM, too! Please mark them as current characters in your header. Threads can be kept as game canon as long as both characters get into the game! Please direct all questions relating to this log to our mod queries comment! All other questions can be directed to our FAQ. |
— casino royale
she wasn't even sure what she was expecting to find in out in agora, but she was hoping it wasn't another battle. instead what she stumbled onto, or rather stepped onto was something far more strange. )
What the hell—
( and as she bent down to reach out to the writhing mass of flesh on the floor, screaming at her, she scrunched up her face and began to poke at it. )
Disgusting...what kind of an idiot crawls around on the floor at a busy place like this. Are you trying to get yourself covered in germs?
( she isn't outright angry at the invisible man, but her attitude made it clear just how youthful she was— annoyed with the world and all of its bullshit and the people that came with it too. )
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and it's not as if he's not exactly used to finding himself in the most pathetic of predicaments, though getting poked around as he remains slumped there is definitely telling in how none of this has turned out quite as planned. ]
Oi, oi ... [ he mutters as he seems to sink in apparent defeat further against the ground, cheek pressed to the floor, as the poking seems to emphasize how ridiculous this all is. at least he can hide his shame in the invisibility. ] I tripped, is all. [ more like pushed and knocked around, but. ] Do I look like I like being covered in germs?
[ currently, he doesn't look like much of anything. ]
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she was more than willing to brandish her gun to help protect him. given he was invisible and seemed to be complaining about it, he probably wasn't having the best time. [though she'll hesitate on doing anything too drastic given they were being carefully watched, points on the line]. )
Well no actually you don't look like much of anything. Why are you invisible anyways, powers? You should probably turn them off unless―
( he was trying to get ahead of all of them regarding that flash drive.... )
You dirty sneak, you're trying to use your powers to get ahead of all of us!
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what a pain. ]
I wish they were powers. I've dreamed of a Clear-Clear fruit since I was a kid, but —
[ but she interrupts with that accusation, his unseen eyes going wise as he raises both arms and shakes them uselessly. ]
Hey, it's nothing like that, alright? What good is getting ahead here anyway? Not like I even know what that flash drive everybody wants is.
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just in case he was stupid enough not to take advantage of her help. not that she'll be saying that out loud— at least not yet. )
Well for starters you have points, and if your points start to fall you may just end up disappearing. For all I know you could be at the brink of it...actually now that I think about it, it would be kinda cruel for the game maker to do that to people....or maybe it's all Echo's doing.
( whatever the answer was, she was a bit skeptical of this person. then again all adults were rather suspicious when she thought about it, save for a few like henry and maria. )
What's a Clear-Clear fruit anyways?
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then again, he doesn't actually know what all they're capable of here. ]
Eh, that'd be pretty unfortunate. [ all things considered, his tone seems pretty calm about the prospect, even with that potential of that big danger. ] It's fine. I won't rank so low that I'll disappear.
[ confident and for what? ]
It's a devil fruit that can turn the owner invisible at will. Too bad I already found the guy who has it a few years ago so there's no hope of this being it. So whatever it is, it's temporary. But with how crowded it is, it's looking like it's more trouble than it helps.
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( almost as if to drive the point home, she pointed her index finger on the ground and smirked at him a bit. she wasn't entirely sure what his deal was but in a place where they all at some point had to rely on each other to get through missions, egos were best left at the door.
it was better that someone like her did it than whatever the next mission held in store for all of them. )
Interesting, but yeah you should probably get out of here. Need an escort? I'll make sure no one knocks you around too hard.