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TDM 009
❬ ARRIVAL ❭
Arrival does not happen normally. While the AI known as Aurora would typically handle your incoming- this time it is instead a strange coincidence. And while she would ordinarily contact you, provide you with context and access to the network- she cannot currently reach you. One moment, you are where you were, and now you’re here: in the middle of some kind of Comic-Con looking event. Weirder still: you now have some kind of super power. You will find that your arrival on this Earth may have granted you new capabilities - perhaps someone without abilities is now able to fly, or someone with their own set of extraordinary abilities now has something new to help with.
❬ SUPERFEST ❭
Not to be confused with Hero-Con or Villian-Con. This is a fan-made convention in downtown SF that takes place during a prime Con weekend that boasts that everyone is welcome here. Well, as long as they adhere to Con Rules. Sleep, Eat, Drink Water, Shower, and don’t blast any holes in the walls. They already have enough of those. Despite the recent Kaiju attack with corresponding tsunamis and earthquakes, the Convention Runners are utterly committed. Though it is held and hosted by fans, there’s a nice variety of Artists, Exhibitors, Panels, as well as a live-streamed Cosplay Contest. Artist’s Alley & Dealer’s Hall Are you even a slightly public hero or villain? Find fan art, merch, even fan comics of yourself and your friends- Or enemies. Panels You don’t even need to have anything planned! Seems like there were some cancellations. Slip in and talk about whatever you like. Cosplay Contest Wear your own costume to the contest- Or find a knock off of someone else’s in the Dealer’s Hall. The Water That Makes You Stupid Yes, the convention is staffed and run by fans… But it’s still run by someone, isn’t it? The badge line is long and the weather is sweltering. Grab a SUPERFEST branded water for $12- Or drink from the fountains as soon as you get into the con center. The Convention President is testing a chemical that will make you harmlessly stupider for a handful of hours to loosen wallets and increase overall enjoyment of convention activities.
❬ THE DIVIDE ❭
First earthquakes and tsunamis culminating in wide scale Kaiju attacks, now this. It’s more subtle than any of those things, but reports of people being dragged by some invisible force or teleporting cross town start emerging. And these people all have powers. But none of them are on your corresponding apps, nor in your network. Weird. It would really be best to investigate this matter. After all, it seems the Hero and Villain organizations (League of Heroes and Vale & Venture) want more information, and if possible- to recruit members before the other does.
❬ THE SAN FRAN WALKING TOUR ❭
For the first three days, the boundary that new arrivals can travel seems very stable. It’s centered upon the convention center, shifting no more than a couple of city blocks in any direction. The boundary is completely invisible and totally indestructible. It can only be found by touching it. After those first three days, though, the boundary starts to move, and the newly warped in have no choice but to come along with it, even if they end up dragged through traffic or made to make hasty exits from buildings. Yet should they come truly against something they cannot escape- Like a closed alleyway or a freight train, they will find themselves spontaneously clipping through the force field boundary and projected onto the inside opposite end of the bubble. It must be disorienting to be thrown a few miles from where you just were.
❬ MISSION NOTES ❭
📌 — This Earth heavily resembles current-day Earth. All cities will be what we would find on the map of our Earth - meaning, there is no Gotham, or any fictional cities in play. Players are free to create their own locations within locations! We won't be monitoring this closely, and want to give players free reign to play with the environment around them as they would like. 📌 — TL;DR: A body-hopping interstellar being has come to visit Earth 2’s San Fransisco for the Fan Convention as well as provide a self-guided walking tour. Newcomers to the TDM are stuck inside the several mile radius of his force-field. He doesn’t know it’s happening, but the Force Field is impenetrable for TDMers, and will push and pull them around San Francisco during these two weeks. 📌 — This setting is from our current Off-World Mission. Additional details can be found HERE. 📌 — Characters already in game are welcome to post to the TDM, too! Please mark them as current characters in your header. 📌 — Because of the way newcomers are arriving, players are welcome to treat this as a fourth wall event of sorts! Threads can be remembered by those in game even if those they speak to do not app, as long as it's approved by all necessary parties. 📌 — For all questions relating to the TDM specifically, please use the MOD QUERIES comment below. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.
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[ Phosphorus was not expecting someone to come out at hit him. One, because it generally causes some nasty chemical burns for someone to try. Two, because he was so deep in the euphoria of melting someone's face off that he tunnel-visioned.
Either way, he lets out an embarrassing cry as he slams sideways into the ground, carried into the pavement by the momentum of how he was hit.
He rolls along the floor and lifts his head up. His skull is tilted at an awkward angle that it almost looks like it's broken. But he grabs hold of the bone to snap it back into place. ]
Oh? You're with him, huh?
[ He holds his arms out before they burst into brighter, flickering green flames. It isn't as powerful as he could bring his radiation, but it's still enough to melt through most things. ]
I didn't even do anything yet and I get attacked!
[ ABSOLUTELY INSANE!! ]
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[But this energy he's throwing out seems encompassing and indiscriminate. She doesn't even want to think about how much collateral damage a knock-down drag-out fight between them could cause. As much as she absolutely hates backing down, especially in the face of someone who's pressing a lot of very specific buttons, she knows perfectly well what her priorities have to be.]
[So she forgoes the usual cheap shots she'd drop onto anyone she managed to knocked down, swallows down her pride and her anger, and turns to the unpleasantly-nonviolent tool of diplomacy. (Because let's face it, Intimidation never works.)]
Yes, you got attacked. It was literally no threat to you. [Seriously, even if the projectiles from that weird weapon had reached him at speed, would they have done any damage at all?] You disabled the attack, you scared probably the literal shit out of him, that's really as far as retribution needs to go for no harm done. No one is dumb enough to do that again...
[She glances around, very very briefly.] ...or is even still present, except me, so can we say you got your own back and drop it?
[This sucks. Why couldn't he be nice nalfeshnee or something, worthy in battle but with blessedly few AOE options?]
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[ The radioactive flames immediately die down as he takes a step backwards. His hands are up as his shoulders lift in disgust. If he could make facial expressions with his skull, it most likely would look positively grossed-out. ]
No, yeah - you saved me. I wouldn't want to touch someone -- [ His arms are out as he is making more yacking noises. One gets the impression if he had a visible tongue, it would be out and flopping in the wind. ] Ugh!
[ His hands fling about as he hops around in a small circle, but all of his disgust is done. ]
Hate that -- that's why -- [ He mutters the rest of his sentence since this is the person who punched him. Phosphorus decides that she wouldn't like to hear it's the reason he burns through the entire body rather than get shit on his anything. ]
I guess I owe you one, then. [ Another beat. ] Nasty! But they shouldn't shoot at skeletons that are glowing! So they should be careful about having a big breakfast before starting, well, shit!
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[did she just nat-20 this check??][Wow, she'd just... said that, and he's taking it and running with it. That being said, she doesn't THINK she's wrong... most normal people would definitely void themselves on seeing a charging glowing skeleton about to do some serious harm.]
[Okay, re-assessing. This must be one of those liches she's heard about that get really kooky in their undeath -- the ones who just want to study magic and don't have any great plans to ground them, so they lose total sight of what any semblance of rational thought it. That's -- she can work with that, sure.]
They'll definitely think twice about who they attack in the future, that's for sure. And probably won't be back any time soon. Maybe we can figure out this whole planar breach thing by then and solve both our problems?
[If you have to play nice around the undead, at least do it in a way that works for you, right? An ancient rotting wizard ought to know planeshift or maybe something even better.]
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[ His shoulders lift and lower in a quick little shrug. Hooray - he supposes. Wait, did he do good? He guesses? Well, all right. He did good. ]
What problem might you have? 'Cause pretty sure our problems are different. [ He crosses his arms this time around. Is he still kind of miffed about being hit? A little. But the person has already backed down and well, he is curious about what problem that his assistance could be needed for.
Why not? If he does enough "good deeds," maybe his head won't explode immediately. ]
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I thought our mutual problem was that we both just ended up on a plane we shouldn't be on.
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[ He holds up his index finger. ]
My immediate problem is my head might explode.
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[It isn't the weirdest thing she's heard or dealt with, which is probably depressing.]
Any solution or mitigation?
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I'm on a bit of an unknown time frame...
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[Look, many undead don't need heads, she knows this perfectly well. But this might be a special case, since most undead don't have exploding heads either.]