etrayamemes | 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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[ Carver frowns, tilting his head. Anxious? Nothing in his stance indicates that - does it? He's so fucking careful about how he holds himself. Has been since his first day in boot camp. But -

Ah. Vibrations. ]

You can feel my heartbeat or something?

[ Wild shit. Dangerous shit. ]

[ That's more perceptive than she's expecting, and she doesn't mind confirming it -- she's usually pretty free with the details of her abilities -- but this time she doesn't elaborate. ]

Something like that, [ she agrees, striding over to collect her tips.

She bossily holds out the small stack of bills toward Carver, insisting, ] Tell me how much this is. You owe me, and I'll know if you lie.

[ Probably. Toph knows it isn't foolproof, but he seems normal enough that it should work. And as amusing as it is to just slap cash down on people like she's still a rich heiress, she isn't, and she'd really rather know how much she actually has. Beifongs are merchants -- she knows how to run a business and manage money. ]

[ This fucking kid. Carver sighs, loudly, but he counts the bills. Money both does and doesn't matter anymore. Once, it mattered to him a whole goddamn lot. His grandma always managed to pay the electrical bill but sometimes it was a tight thing. And after, when he was out of the Army and the kind of broke that had him counting spare change, money was all he thought about.

Then the world ended. Shit changed.

He counts the bills silently, then hands them all back. ]

Got thirty-five dollars and ten cents. Not bad.

[ He tells the truth, more out of boredom than anything else. ]

Cool. Thanks, Jumpy.

[ She never got his name and at this point he's absolutely stuck with getting a mildly derogatory nickname. Toph takes the money and tucks it into the pocket on the inside of the sash that's part of her costume, a smooth practiced motion that betrays that this kind of clothing is normal for her. ]

That should be enough for lunch. You ever want to go another round, let me know. The name's Toph.

[ It was a fun fight despite the dirty trick, she'll give him that. Toph does get easily bored and loves a fight, and she'd already made her very sincere threats, so he knows what's coming to him if he tries that again. ]

[ He sighs loudly at her, but doesn't snap. It's a familiar sort of jostling. Almost a comfort.

Almost. ]

You do this a lot, Toph?

Which part?

[ Then she snorts. ]

I'm just giving you a hard time. Yeah, pretty much. Putting on a show, making money, kicking ass.

All of the above.

[ Giving him a hard time and enjoying the hell out of herself in the process, Carver assumes. He knows those kids. He wasn't one, until he joined the Army, but he understands them just fine.

That's a dangerous thing here. Drawing those connections between strangers, between people from different worlds, it can't possibly end well. ]

You got that air. Figured you liked putting on a show.

[ He tilts his head. ]

Tends to go well for you, huh?

[ Toph shrugs. ] Mostly. I know how to handle myself if it doesn't.

And I'm a pretty good judge of character.

[ Sensing lies really helps with that. She tilts her head a bit like she's evaluating him, though for Toph it's with her ears rather than her eyes. She gets that she seems reckless and full of bluster, and a lot of that is intentional -- but underneath she's not careless at all. ]

You're kind of a jerk, but you didn't really want to hurt me. I can tell the difference.

[ The bending probably does help with that. If you've figured out a way to make sure nobody can sneak up on you and you're pretty much a walking polygraph machine, yeah. You'd feel confident. Especially at this age.

Carver hums at that, accepting it. ]

I didn't want to hurt you today, [ he agrees, because that's true. There wouldn't have been much point to it. She didn't have anything he needed. ]

As opposed to another day? [ she asks incredulously. It's such a dark, edgy statement, she has to poke fun at it. It's not that Toph is surprised by the idea that an adult might attack her, or might change their minds and decide to attack her later--

It's the way he says it. She snorts. ]

I can't believe you're this dramatic but you don't know how to put on a show. Kind of embarrassing.

[ Carver just laughs at that. He's a hair's edge away from getting angry but there's something about this, about the whole goddamn situation, that reminds him too much of home before everything went to shit. The banter back and forth, everyone showing their teeth but never quite meaning it.

It's nice, almost. ]

I can put on a show just fine. Just not for money.

[ That, he won't do. He'll show off for the Reapers but not for his supper. He decided that a long time ago. ]

Ohhh, is that how it is?

[ Toph smirks. Some people are just really hung up on their own pride. Her pride isn't flimsy enough to be threatened by things like that. ]

Let's do this again sometime, then. For fun and not for money. If you think you can handle it without getting all edgy about it.

[ It can't be real with her, Carver decides then and there. Maybe one day the balance will shift and it'll go back to how it was. The blood and brutality of it all. Everything narrowed down to the singular point all over again. And then they'll probably kill each other.

Maybe not for a while, though. That'd be nice, he thinks. ]

Mhmm. Maybe. Don't spend the money all in one place.

[ Toph openly scoffs. That's an expression she hasn't heard before. ]

If I go blow it all on tanghulu in Chinatown, what are you gonna do about it?

See ya later, Jumpy.

[ And she just walks out. ]

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