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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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Morpheus isn't here, or he would have appeared as soon as she touched the pendant. Thinking too long on that will twist at her gut until she'll lose breath, so she quickly moves on to another name. ]
A man, near your height. Perhaps taller? He carries a gun belt and a witty charm beneath his showmanship. His name is Ethan Chandler.
[ 'American', she would have once said, but she has since learned of other worlds and would be remiss to make any assumptions. This man isn't dressed like a standard American, after all. Or Londoner. Beyond that, nothing about him feels normal — usually enough to draw her even closer. ]
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So tall guy with a... blaster? I don't think I've seen anyone with one.
Is he human too?
[Humans or at least humanoid species seem to be the most common here outside of the droids so an alien might be easier to track down.]
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[ To both inquiries. Although Ethan may be missing the actual pistols (blasters?), one can never know anymore.
She doesn't think anyone has ever asked her a question like that—is he human?—but considering the 'beings' she has encountered since arrival, it's a relevant curiosity.
Ethan should be human...enough (aren't they both?). At least for now. Though it's difficult to tell since awakening in this city iteration, she expects tonight to be a full moon, and should that still be the case, then her description may alter once night falls. If he's here. ]
Or, perhaps a young man by the name of Peter Graham? Also human—only just seventeen years of age. He keeps rather to himself. ...Either of them would have asked after a Miss Ives, had you met.
[ She knows how unlikely it is that they might be here, but she must try or go mad. ]
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Sorry, I haven't met anyone who might fit. I'll keep an eye out though and let them know you're looking for them if I do.
[He can understand missing someone and wondering where they were. While he wasn't able to track people this way, if he focused he could usually have a feel for someone in the Force and know they were out there. He didn't know how other people could stand not knowing.]
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Very kind of you. In which case I ought to make it clear that I would be the Miss Ives in question, so that you have my name.
[ The slightest quirk to her lips suggests she's jesting in good humor. Obviously, he would have known that much. ]
Vanessa Ives. And you are...?
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Oh. Right, I'm Anakin, Anakin Skywalker.
[He can already imagine everyone he knows admonishing him on his lack of manners. At least it's very easy to ignore it.]
I've only just got here so there's every chance your friends could be around.
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Of course. You may be right, Mr. Skywalker.
[ But then, should she be glad if she does find any of them? Being absent could mean they've returned home. Or it could mean they're in a different experiment.
There is a small list she seeks, really, and by now she would think someone would have made a scene, were they here. She did tend to attract certain types, and intensity was never in short supply. Any of them would be impossible to miss. So where, where, where are they... ]
Did you also arrive alone?
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No. [There's the faintest hesitation before he continues.] There's someone I've worked with here as well.
[He doesn't know how safe it is to introduce his wife as such. Even if none of this got back to his galaxy, everyone here was simultaneously a team mate and competition.]