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etrayamemes2024-02-23 01:16 pm
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TDM 001
 ⏵ 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:
 ⏵ 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. 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. |
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[Daisy asks in a snarky tone, as if her words would get through to her and she’d realize how stupid that was.
Whether or not she’ll do something about it remains to be seen.]
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[ That's not a lie, Jessica would be the type to shove someone if she wanted to. It wasn't the most intelligent thing to do but hey, no one said she was smart.
Really, she's just curious on what happens if she checks something off on that stupid card in her pocket. Maybe nothing but hey, might be fun to try. ]
Wasn't even that hard of a shove.
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I don't know if this is some weird greeting where you're from, but where I'm from? People keep their hands to themselves. Unless they're trying to start something.
[Which, in all honesty, Daisy isn't in the mood for a fight. Not yet anyway.]
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[ And she doesn't sound like she's much for manners anyway. She rolls her eyes, shrugs one bony shoulder. ]
But you can just tell me if you're a chickenshit. I won't hold it against you.
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[Daisy adds. Not that it matters.]
I can tell you're just trying to start a fight, for whatever reason, but I'm not in the mood.
[It's said as a clear warning.]
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[ Warning or not, she's not going anywhere. She shrugs, almost sounding amused. ]
Turn tail and slink away. I'll wave at you as you leave.
[ She picks up a hand and does a very exaggerated pageant wave. ]
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[Daisy asks incredulously. Not yet moving away.]
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[ Her deal is that she's her and she wants to fight. She's pissed off and defensive and she hasn't had a drink in too long. ]
You ask everyone that gets in your face what their deal is? Sure that goes about as well as this is going for you.
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People don't usually just shove me for walking by, so.
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[ Her smile is anything but friendly when it crosses her face. ]
All you've done is whine about it too. Says a lot about you.
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You’re going to piss off the wrong person, and it’s not going to end well for you.
[It’s said as more of a warning than a threat, because she knows there are people waking up here. Knowing they won’t be able to go home for an unknown time period, and not everyone will handle that knowledge well.]
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[ She gives her fingers a wiggle in Daisy's direction and rolls her eyes. ]
You trying to tell me you're the wrong person and you're gonna kick my ass? I'm scared.
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[Daisy says, as if her words were proof enough to this stranger.]
Look, I get it. Being dragged to a place against your will is fucked up. But whether you like it or not, we’re going to have to work as a team. So I think it’s in your best interest that you keep whatever anger you have about this situation to yourself, instead of trying to take it out on your teammates.
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[ She was not going to be part of a team. She does it herself or not at all. ]
And no inspiring pep talks are going to change my mind. Teammates mean trust and I don't trust anyone here.
[ Safer that way. ]
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[Daisy says dryly, glancing around at the others wandering around.]
I've dealt with something like this before, and if it's anything like the last place I was in we'll have to learn to work together.
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[ But yeah, no. She's not going to be working together and holding hands and singing Kumbaya with anyone. She doesn't want to be here and she doesn't want to help. ]
You been going around and making this pep talk to everyone? Talking about the importance of unity?
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I tried.
[She says more to herself than the other woman.]
You'll eventually realize that I'm right.
[And unless she tries to stop her, or makes another attempt to shove her, Daisy is just going to continue her exploration of this place.]
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[ There is the urge to try and shove her again but she restrains herself.
Even if Jessica thinks she'd probably deserve it for all that teamwork talk. ]