TDM 001

[etrayamods]

⏵ arrival⏴ Arrival goes as anticipated. Characters awaken in the pristine, new hospital, greeted by Aurora and potentially getting a rundown of what's happening depending on their approach to being dropped somewhere new. The door to their room opens, and new arrivals are left free to explore their new environment. Or what exists of it anyway. Exiting the hospital will show that there isn't much of anything just yet. Generally, Echo can build new facilities before new arrivals awaken, but it appears that this time… well, it didn't happen. The apartment complex exists, standing just beside the hospital, and there are a few facilities that are half constructed, companion bots carrying around rebar and other necessary bits and pieces, but they're not quite ready. Oops. But maybe, just maybe, one of those half-built facilities is familiar - a childhood home, a favorite supermarket, the run-down garage they worked at as a youth, a grounded spaceship in the middle of one of the massive bridges connecting land over rivers. The companion bots will offer quiet apologies if approached; they were expecting new arrivals to touch down, but not quite this early. They'll be ready soon! A few more days at most, they promise. In the meantime, do not stray too far from the hospital. While most of Etraya looks habitable, they have not finished verifying that it's safe for its new inhabitants. The apartment building and hospital are safe, and the land directly around them is fine, but beyond that? Stay away. But hey, the hospital's cafeteria is fully stocked with cuisine from across the multiverse! Please feel free to settle in, choose an apartment, and get to know your new friends. ⏵ water you doing?⏴ Decide not to listen? Well, the companion bots had offered their warnings. Etraya is a new establishment, one that received newcomers before it was ready. And as such, the land has not quite been prepared for their arrival. Wandering off the land the apartment building and hospital are settled on comes with very, very poor results. Take a step down into the river below, and you'll find yourself uncomfortably hot. Or cold. Or hot and cold, because whatever that 'water' is, it wasn't meant to be played in. The only way to resolve the temperature regulation issue, as Aurora informs, is finding a buddy to cuddle up with. Those who are lucky may have a nearby friend they're familiar with and don't mind leaning a shoulder against. Those that don't? Well. . . have fun having a very uncomfortable conversation with a stranger, asking them if it's alright if you lean into them or hold their hand for a bit. Any physical contact will do, as long as it's directly skin-to-skin. Except that's not where the contact stops. Characters will find that, for the next several hours, they'll feel everything that their companion feels. Frustration, anger, amusement, homesickness that comes from being so far away from their families and friends - all those feelings? They're not your feelings, they're our feelings now. No explanation is given for how the empathy bond and the temperature regulation are related, but it may have to do with how since they had decided not to listen, it was time to test how well they could cohabitate with their new friends. ⏵ bonding bingo ⏴ Maybe it feels a little too much like Obi-Wan had when receiving Leia's message, but all new arrivals are their universe's only hope. Except they're not the only ones arriving, and not the only ones who are trying to keep their worlds safe. Instead, they've arrived with several others who carry the same weight on their shoulders. And they aren't meant to go through this alone. The people they've arrived with are both their new companions and their competition. Both comrades to fight beside and enemies to battle against, depending on what the specific mission of the month is. But currently? They're here to bond. It's important to get to know those who they'll be spending the next unspecified but lengthy amount of time with, isn't it? To that extent, Aurora's hologram waits just inside the hospital's front doors, offering bonding bingo cards to those willing to participate. It's not necessary, but she does specify that this is one way to get ahead: cooperation is important, especially given what they're going to face together. Bingo cards are three long and three across, and offer a multitude of activities you can do to check each box off. Some examples include: Learn someone's biggest secret Get into a fight Tell someone something that you've never admitted out loud to Throw a drink on someone Win a game of pool in the apartment building's recreation room Cheat on a card game without getting caught Hug a new friend Get stabbed Steal something important to someone Pull off an elaborate prank on a stranger ⏵ matchmaker ⏴ When the earpiece is put on, a nice green HUD(head-up display) lights up in front of new arrivals. It asks them for their name, which is fairly standard for these. Except it seems it wants them to put together a profile to help pair them off with other new arrivals. For some, this information may autofill with what Aurora was able to discern about them from watching them in their home worlds. But some lucky individuals may catch their profiles before they're posted live, and have the opportunity to edit out information included in fields, even if they're not able to clear it out entirely. Welcome to Aurora's idea of matchmaking. Have fun getting paired off with a buddy or four, with your profiles exchanged between one another. Maybe they're the perfect match. Maybe this is a nightmare in the making. <center><table style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 2;"><tr><td width="260" align="center"><img src="IMG URL HERE" style="width: 245px; border-radius: 15px; border: 1px solid #7F7F7F; box-shadow: #8D8D8D 1px 1px 1px;"><br /><b><big><big>CHARACTER NAME (CHARACTER AGE)</big></big></b><br><div align="justify"> CHARACTER BIO</div></center></td></tr></table></center> ⏵ OOC ⏴ Welcome to our first TDM! We're excited to have you here. For more information on character arrivals, click here. For any questions relating to the TDM please reply below. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ. ⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

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Kate Bishop | Marvel 616

[notthatstraight]

Arrival

[Kate's done the multiverse hop before, so waking up in a strange place isn't all that strange, she just wishes her friends were with her. Still, it's not the worst place she's been--few places top the world with the giant shrimp. As she's been release from the hospital, and no bandages this time!, Kate does what she does best, snoop around looking for trouble.

She finds the cafeteria, grabs a few things that look edible, and takes a seat. Noticing someone at a nearby table, she waves.]

Please tell me the coffee is caffeinated.

Bonding

[Something is just not right with these people. It only takes reading over their Bonding Bingo card squares to realize this. One of Kate's squares reads 'Get Stabbed', as if she's letting that happen just to win a Bingo game.

Some of the others aren't so bad, however. There have been plenty of times when she's thrown a drink at someone -- they deserved it -- and/or gotten into a fight.]

So, are yours any better? I don't think I want to play, but I wouldn't mind helping if you need it.

Matchmaker

Hawkeye (22) A not so straight shooter that has no trouble piercing the hearts, arms, legs, or whatever is available, of those around her. Favorite color: purple Favorite hobby: archery Favorite drink: coffee

[Was she paying attention when this popped up? Maybe, maybe not. Both are a good guess with how it's filled out.]

matchmaker

[speediest]

are you offering to pierce hearts bc mine is right here

( is he joking? he's probably joking. )

[notthatstraight]

I seem to remember Cupid already trying that move

[speediest]

not down for a repeat performance?

[notthatstraight]

won't your bf be mad?

[speediest]

bf who?
im single last i checked

[notthatstraight]

wait, did David dump you and you didn't tell me?

Arrival

[thedeadtwinofnarcissus]

[Gene jumps slightly at the address and looks up from his mostly untouched lunch. Staring at her for a moment, he looks back down at his food and then back at her.]

Ah...I think so? I'm afraid I'm not the person to ask that.

[He looks back at his food one last time before sighing and pushing it away. He had hoped...]

[notthatstraight]

[Kate sits down with her tray. Even if the coffee isn't any good, she'll have company.]

Doesn't look like you're the one to ask about how anything tastes. Not hungry?

[thedeadtwinofnarcissus]

[Gene offers a small smile as Kate sits down, glad to have some company. He doesn't need to stew in his thoughts all alone right now.]

I...guess you could say I don't have the appetite for it.

[Literally. He tried. Even the little bit he had put in his mouth, tasted like nothing but ash.]

[notthatstraight]

You should still eat. Never know if the food will be here the next time you are hungry.

[She's been there and done that in other worlds. It's not a fun time.]

bonding

[thefreak]

( If there's one thing Eddie dislikes, it's icebreakers. The bingo card, though, adds a new layer to everything that makes this way more interesting than sitting around a circle.

Still, he wonders how they will verify if he fulfilled all the options. The honor system? Eddie never knew her. )

Define better. ( Eddie squints down at his selection and turns it so Kate can get a glimpse. ) I guess we could play pool. Whether I win or not is anybody's guess.

[notthatstraight]

[Kate has no idea how they know for sure. Maybe there are cameras? Maybe they ask who you played with? There's way too many potentials for a lie to fall through.]

Not involving hurting anyone.

[Fights are one thing, but hurting someone for a game isn't her idea of a good time. Pool on the other hand sounds like fun, win or lose.]

We could play best of three, that way we both have a shot at winning a single game or winning a full set.

[thefreak]

Fair enough.

( It's not like Eddie had any plans to do so. He might look scary to some (debatable), but looking around at everyone else? He has enough survival instinct to know that anything involving stabbing or getting stabbed is not going to end well for him. )

That's a good idea, I like that. ( And it's not like he has anything better to do. As competitive as he tends to be, giving them both a shot at clearing their bingo cards wouldn't be a bad idea. Especially if they're refusing the more violent options. ) Ladies first, ( he teases, gesturing towards the rec room. )

matchmaker 💘 pls lmk if this is too much!!

[metabolizes]

( it's a good thing wally doesn't happen to see kate's profile while he's running, or he definitely would have run straight into a wall. it's also a good thing he's not actually holding a device, or he would have dropped it immediately or vibrated so hard he accidentally blew it up. none of things happen, thankfully, but his heart does start racing like he's running a marathon, his face nearly as red as his hair, nerves swelling up in his throat. there's no guarantee she even knows who he is. there's no guarantee this is his kate at all. )

favorite song?

( it's a codeword, sort of. he has to check. has to be sure. if he's learned anything from his time in eudio, it's you can never be too sure and you can never assume. people come and go. they remember, or they forget. and the multiverse almost never plucks the same version of a person twice. )

is all good/I checked out your notes as well -- sorry Wally

[notthatstraight]

[Kate knows a thing or three about multiverse hopping, having spent way too much time bouncing around with the other Young Avengers when they were running from Mother. They met other versions of themselves and others along the way, so she wouldn't be surprised to hear that someone else has met a version of her as well. ]

that's like asking me my favorite child

Careless Whisper

dw i love pain (◕‿◕✿)

[metabolizes]

all hail the king
long may he wham!

( easy mode: cleared. it would be easy to get his hopes up, but he's been through this song and dance with dick before, so he knows it's never that easy. hard mode: activate. )

this might sound weird but
you remember the souvenir you brought me from home?

[notthatstraight]

[Kate looks at the message totally confused, and then she just feels terrible. The multiverse is a terrible thing. Whoever this is, he's obviously met a version of her. Hopefully not an evil one (why are there so many of those out there?).]

I'm sorry
unless it's a case of time travel hi jinx
I don't think I'm the Kate you're looking for

[metabolizes]

( he tries not to feel too disappointed — he's used to this kind of thing! really! — but being used to something doesn't mean it doesn't suck every time. it's not her fault, though. she shouldn't feel terrible for existing in a universe where they never met. )

no it's
complicated
more world-hopping than time travel

sorry this is probably more awkward for you than it is for me
i'm wally :)

[notthatstraight]

been there/dealt with that
so I get it

hi Wally
nice to meet you ;)

Match made in Hell

[cesspit]

Jason Todd (19) He's a snack. The kind you eat in one gulp, like a spoonful of wasabi.

thank you

[notthatstraight]

nothing wrong with hot and spicy
clears the sinuses

np!

[cesspit]

[ Whoah there! Archery?! You just made this whole trip worth it. ]

Hey there, you wouldn't happen to know a guy named Roy Harper, would you?

[ Roy Harper. The closest thing I've got a best friend. ]

[notthatstraight]

[Archery is the best thing ever.]

sorry doesn't ring a bell

[cesspit]

His loss.

[ Sorry, Roy. Guess it wasn't meant to be. ]

So, what's a fine gal like you doing in a dystopian place like this?