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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Matt Murdock | Daredevil

[lawyerbyday]

I: Arrival

Choose an apartment? What about rent? Leases? Tenant insurance?

[Clearly someone had their priorities straight, and it was the guy standing there with a white cane with a red tip and red glasses on, turning around with a slightly bemused expression. Had he been expecting this? No. Was he going to have to roll with it? Apparently until he could figure out how to leave. He'd listened through the, ah, introduction, but he'd been overwhelmed by the differences in everything he was picking up here versus back home. The background noise was different. Many, many less heartbeats to filter through. Less population noise. Just less of everything in general, and the smells were taking getting used to. Which is why he might be distracted enough to accidentally bump into someone while trying to get his bearing.]

Sorry. Sorry. I, ah, wasn't looking where I was going.

II: Matchmaker (Clearly did not see this before it went out)

Matt Murdock (32) Friendly lawyer looking for friendly anyone! Loves the big city! Snappy dresser! Has a huuuuuuuuuuuuge ... amount of faith. Does not like bad people! Don't be bad!

III: Wildcard

[Want to find him somewhere else? Bump into him eating. Or maybe snooping. Or anything. Open to all. I prefer to play him from unconscious end of Defenders/pulled just as the hole collapses era (I'm waiting until Born Again to do a full series catchup). He's still a dumb loser, but he's a loser without his ninja suit, so he's going to feel some kind of way about that. Not that anyone here knows about that...]

Arrival

[dawn_is_breaking]

[Although Dawn doesn't have the same sort of sensory overload that Matt does it doesn't mean that she isn't just as distracted. Waking up in the hospital had been surprising and a little scary, her mind flashing back to the time she woke up from a coma and for a moment she is scared that it's happening all over again.

But oh no, this is even stranger.]

Oh!

[She cries out softly, less in pain and more in surprise, as she runs right into Matt.] No, I'm sorry I...I wasn't looking either.

[lawyerbyday]

I guess it's a lot to take in. Are you okay?

[Because it was a female he'd run into, who sounded quiet and uncertain, and the last thing he wanted to do was freak someone out or add to an already disconcerting experience. Whatever happened to him, he doubted she had anything to do with it.]

[dawn_is_breaking]

That's a bit of an understatement. [She says with a little amused huff.] But yes, I'm fine.
Are you?
I'm sorry for crashing into you.

[lawyerbyday]

I've had worse.

[Talk about another understatement.]

Certainly by less polite people. Let's agree to consider this mutual combat, alright? And accept my apologies. It will make me feel a whole lot better.

[dawn_is_breaking]

[The term 'mutual combat' brings a smile to her lips and she chuckles softly.]

Okay, apology accepted.
I'm Dawn by the way, Dawn Granger. It's nice to finally meet someone who isn't an AI program or robot worker, I was starting to worry I was the only one here.

[lawyerbyday]

Matt Murdock.

[His hand is held out, though it's not entirely directed her way. The cane might give it away, but the clear not being capable of tracking her (or seeming not to) should cement that he was, indeed, blind.]

I thought maybe it was just me, but it's really as... barren around here as it sounds?

[dawn_is_breaking]

[She's noticed the cane but the way he holds out his hand gives her a better idea as to how blind he is.]

Nice to meet you, Matt.

[She says and takes his hand in hers, placing her other one on top so it's less of a formal hand shake and instead a warm greeting.]

And yes, it seems that a lot of this place is still under construction. It's like they brought us here before things were ready.

[lawyerbyday]

[It's not hard to default to his setting of 'boyish charm'. It's helped him get this far in life, at least when he's not wearing leather. He nods at her, still smiling.]

Pretty sure they kidnapped us all, so the cause of there being a readiness value or not to where we wound up feels a little moot.

[dawn_is_breaking]

Is it still considered kidnapping if you're responsible for the fate of your universe? Or would that fall under something like 'unique circumstances'?

[She muses out loud and gives his hand a gentle squeeze before letting go.]

[lawyerbyday]

I don't remember being asked to be here. And I was... busy.

[Yes, Dawn, it's still kidnapping. He has a city to take care of.]

[dawn_is_breaking]

I suspect we all were.

[So does she but if what Aurora said is true then this is a little more important, hard to take care of a city if the world doesn't exist.]

So, where are you from?

[morethan084]

Seriously? That's what you're choosing to focus on here?

[Daisy asks dryly as she turns her attention from the apartment building to the person standing next to her. Her eyes drift from his cane to his face.]

[lawyerbyday]

[His head tips to the side, an ear cocked a bit towards her.]

Would you rather I run around in a panic? That probably won't end well.

[morethan084]

[Daisy lets out a soft snort at that.]

No, I guess not.

[Crossing her arms she squints up at the apartment building.]

If they're going to pull us from our worlds, the least they can do is give us an apartment for free.

[She gestures with a nod of her head towards it before realizing he can't see it.]

Wanna check it out?

[lawyerbyday]

It would be nice to know what to expect here. Though, don't expect any commentary on the aesthetics.

[Don't ask him about art, Daisy. Or if something worked well with the room.]

[morethan084]

[Daisy smiles at the joke, and since he can’t see it she laughs softly so he knows she found it funny.]

Judging by the way it looks from out here? I don’t think we have to worry about that.

[She thinks briefly about offering assistance, but decides that if he needs help he’ll ask.]

The door is right in front of us.

[Which she does happen to reach first, so she holds it open for him.]

[lawyerbyday]

[The cane starts to move as he does, and he uses it to guide him through the doorway into the building.]

As long as there aren't any rats or roaches. I may be a city boy, but I'm not willing to have any critters with more legs than I have sharing my quarters.

[morethan084]

[Walking in behind him, Daisy steps in to look around. There's a few people moving about, but otherwise it's rather quiet in here.

She lets out a soft snort at the mention of rats and roaches.]

I don't think we'll have to worry about that here.

[She says, judging by how clean this area seems to be at least. She's lived in some pretty shitty areas and this doesn't appear to be one.]

What city are you from?

[lawyerbyday]

New York. I'm a lawyer in Hell's Kitchen.

[He's reading the area around them, picking up heartbeats, electrical charges, the static hiss of lights.]

Is it a big building? Meaning, are they expecting a lot of us?

[morethan084]

[Daisy's eyebrows lift at that,]

Me too. I mean, I'm not a lawyer, but I grew up in Hell's Kitchen.

[Stepping in further she notices a sign pointing to the recreation room around the corner.]

It's pretty massive, and apparently there's a recreation room here too. So, safe to say they plan on bringing more of us here.

[Which she is clearly not thrilled about.]

[lawyerbyday]

Really? I'm going to have to start wondering just how big their pool of choosing was.

[If he ran into Foggy or, god forbid, Frank, he was going to figure something fishy was going on.

He listened to Daisy mention the recreation room. He'd picked up on a few things, but having them verified helped. He sighed.]

That's not exactly heartening.

[morethan084]

Maybe, but who knows how many universes out there also have a Hell’s Kitchen.

[Daisy says, maybe a little too casually. But she’s dealt with multiple universes/worlds for quite a few years now that it’s her normal.]

No, it’s not.

[She’s pissed off, and not just because she was dragged away from her home. That wasn’t new to her, not in the way it was for others her. It’s the fact that she just finished undoing her regret, and she was supposed to be home after being away from years.

Inhaling deeply to try and calm the anger building in her, she turns to look at him again.]

I’m Daisy, by the way. Figure we should know each other’s names if we’re going to be neighbors.

[And being thrown together in whatever challenges they’ll be put into.]

MESSAGE RECEIEVED; (Matchmaking)

[bad_habit]

snappy dresser you say??

also how do YOU define 'bad'
asking for a friend~

[Not that he has any of those right this second he is still very much figuring this out. But socials? He can do socials~]

Matchmaker

[mostdangerousbird]

What kind of lawyer?