TDM 009

[etrayamods]

❬ 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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[lockdownbuild]

The awful thing about having power is that you have to worry, because the last thing you want is something to happen you could have prevented.

[Not 'might have'. Save the moral agony for absolute mistakes, she says. Oh, and also, then she grins.]

But the good thing is having power to prevent those things, so don't think I'm complaining. Or putting down your caution by worrying anyway.

[huntrix]

[ hm. ]

I guess I don't give a lot of thought about power.

[lockdownbuild]

That's good. It means you never had to worry about not having it, or not having enough.

[Which means whoever does is doing their job, and that's reassuring and pleasant to hear.]

[huntrix]

[ rumi's smile falters just a bit. ]

Yeah, that's . . . never on my mind.

[lockdownbuild]

[...uh-huh. Well. Having suddenly found herself going down a rocky path, Aliarra makes a hard right turn, unsubtle and almost violent.]

Around here, I'm not even sure what to think on that score. The way people act, it's not only like they don't have much power of their own, but that those that do are symbols of reverence. Good or evil. Let me tell you, that isn't really normal.

[huntrix]

The superhero stuff?

[ well, true. but also. ]

How is it not normal?

[lockdownbuild]

The villain part. I can understand it if they're the charismatic leader sort who seem to have their good points even as they do ultimately evil things, but cheering on a complete monster? Most people have more sense.

[Even if they don't start with it, they get it eventually, when something comes home to roost at their door.]

[huntrix]

[ rumi gives her a flat look. ]

You think so huh.

[lockdownbuild]

If not more sense, most people are at least confronted with the consequences. I wonder if the evil here makes a point of avoiding collateral damage and the abuse of civilians, just for that purpose.... it makes a devious amount of sense.

[huntrix]

Yeah, uh.

That's not always the case.

[lockdownbuild]

Hold on, don't tell me they're like this where you are too!

[A brief spurt of dismay becomes a far deeper groan of exhaustion to end the sentence. Why? Why must it be like this?]

[huntrix]

Sort of?

We have . . . politicians.

[ and demons! who is worse, who can say. ]

[lockdownbuild]

[Her vote is for demons, but then, she's been to various hells and might be biased.]

[But she does bark out a laugh.] As a noble, I can say you're not all that wrong. But the politicians are better at convincing people their suffering is for their own good. Or just not suffering.

[huntrix]

I'm just saying it's not always . . . clear.

Even when it should be.

[ and. that's particularly true for demons as well. ]

[lockdownbuild]

Oh yeah! I'm with you on that, and that's the weird part. People here seem totally into the ones where it's very obviously clear.

[huntrix]

[ for a moment, she can't help but think of jinu. ]

People are . . . complicated.

[lockdownbuild]

[Aliarra doesn't disagree, but she does have variant on the thought to offer.]

People have simple desires and really, really complicated ways of trying to fulfill them.

[huntrix]

[ that prompts a small laugh. ]

That too.

But really, sometimes, we just feel a lot in many different ways.

[lockdownbuild]

[Aliarra chuckles, though this laugh has a bit more rasp and less amusement than her most carefree ones.] Heh, that's a great way to put it. And that's for a broad definition of people. Absolutes are abstracts after all.

[huntrix]

Yeah.

Sometimes, we're led astray. But we find our way.

[lockdownbuild]

Got that right. And I'm trying to get things out of the way that'll stop people otherwise.

[huntrix]

I'm sure you'll make it.

[lockdownbuild]

It's a never-ending process, you know. There's always something, and there always will be something. The battle won't ever end. I'll either lose it someday, or reach the point where I can't do it any more. By that time, all I can ask for is more people who can take up where I left off.

[huntrix]

[ rumi's smile doesn't falter. ]

Then maybe don't think of it as a process. It's a journey.

[lockdownbuild]

Kind of an eternal journey. You get on the path, you walk it a while, you get off whether you leave or get forced off. But people keep walking it nonetheless.