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etrayamemes2025-08-01 02:03 pm
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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[Who does she suppose designed those first archives? Or did later expeditions believe only themselves had access? The council had twisted the nature of those expeditions, using them to rid themselves of political enemies, so how had she gained access? Had he falsified information? Had he learned she had unlocked the truth? The truth at the end of it all is irrelevent. They had landed at the beach and had met their end.
Until now, he had never answered their questions. How had he survived the Gommage? Who was he and why was he doing this? One might think his secrets are irrelevent. But the truth of their world is nothing simple.]
Information is not always something you can trust. One should not believe it so blindly.
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[ Like they originally had, before Lune's success and subsequential discussion she had with Alain, to convince him to switch the landing zone to that of Expedition Zero's. Surely Renoir wasn't creeping around Lumière, eavesdropping on that conversation.
The truth of the matter is not irrelevant to Lune. ]
Unless... you didn't know. You simply were there, for another reason entirely.
[ Because that is within the realm of possibility, isn't it? Renoir may be immortal, but he isn't omniscient. But Lune is certain he'd have no trouble letting her believe he always has the upper hand, answering every question with a cryptic line. Could it actually be that it was just one big coincidence he's now trying to turn into his advantage? ]
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For another reason? That path is the only means to leave Lumiere.
[The mountain tunnel emerges onto an ocean surrounded by mountainous peaks and shores of slate and stone. He knows from experience that the path passes a number of beaches and that his own expedition had landed upon the second, closest to the meadows. In which case, he was waiting in the best position to intercept their expedition, as he had others before.
And who had been the first expedition to discover that path? His own.]
I simply anticipated where you were heading.
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You anticipated we'd make landfall onto this specific beach? You guessed?
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[His passive and calm voice shows there is little difference about the result. Her friends and colleagues were still sacrificed. Had they escaped he would have hunted them down and slain them all.]
A prediction if you will...
[Does that make it sound more paletable? He doesn't care enough to even form the question.]
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She can feel her resentment building, and knows she can't risk staying for longer. Nothing good will come of it if she does. Biting back the oath on the tip of her tongue, she points an accusing finger at Renoir and hisses instead, ]
Stay. Away from us.
[ She turns and stalks away even though her instincts scream not to turn her back on him. ]