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interstellar55552016-03-09 08:18 pm
interdimanagers) wrote in interstellar55552016-03-09 08:18 pm
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☆MINGLE IN THE CITY
Who: NEWBIES FROM EVERYWHERE.
What: More rescuers and musicians have arrived. This is a non specific mingle log for whatever you want to do that is intro related!
When: March 9th, 2055
Where: Anywhere in Vista City!
Warnings: Could be anything, or possibly nothing.
You'll quickly notice that Vista City comes with multiple levels - the ground level, that actually touches the earth, and then a second level of streets and walkways that occurs halfway up the mountainous buildings. Cars streak down both sets of speedways, and the signs of life scatter every inch of the towers surrounding you. At the same time, though, a city of this magnitude leaves a lot of nooks and crannies left frequently unseen - something you'll definitely have to take advantage of. In the outer ring of the city the population is less dense than it gets towards the center, so at the least it gives you the opportunity to get your bearings.
You'll find that there is no shortage of people stalking around in the darkness, even as the sun sets and night totally takes hold. A lot of them are dressed pretty funny, too, and any insecurities you had about looking ridiculous can tentatively be put aside. The costumes you were left do allow you to blend in about as well as you could hope. You've been advised to avoid talking to locals as much as possible, at least until you've figured things out better. There is a notable absence of homeless people on the streets, which could mean any number of things.
RESCUERS WILL BE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING LOOT:
What: More rescuers and musicians have arrived. This is a non specific mingle log for whatever you want to do that is intro related!
When: March 9th, 2055
Where: Anywhere in Vista City!
Warnings: Could be anything, or possibly nothing.
☆VISTA CITY
You'll quickly notice that Vista City comes with multiple levels - the ground level, that actually touches the earth, and then a second level of streets and walkways that occurs halfway up the mountainous buildings. Cars streak down both sets of speedways, and the signs of life scatter every inch of the towers surrounding you. At the same time, though, a city of this magnitude leaves a lot of nooks and crannies left frequently unseen - something you'll definitely have to take advantage of. In the outer ring of the city the population is less dense than it gets towards the center, so at the least it gives you the opportunity to get your bearings.
You'll find that there is no shortage of people stalking around in the darkness, even as the sun sets and night totally takes hold. A lot of them are dressed pretty funny, too, and any insecurities you had about looking ridiculous can tentatively be put aside. The costumes you were left do allow you to blend in about as well as you could hope. You've been advised to avoid talking to locals as much as possible, at least until you've figured things out better. There is a notable absence of homeless people on the streets, which could mean any number of things.
RESCUERS WILL BE GIVEN THE FOLLOWING LOOT:
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING: if your character doesn’t already speak English, they will be given some time with a crown like technological device that seems the be able to psychically teach people languages at a rapid pace. Whatever has been enabling communication so far won’t cover you once you enter the city, so it’s important that you’re prepared. How easily a person’s brain accepts this information will vary based on unseen neurological factors, and can range from perfect fluency to an uneasy second language. (On an OOC level, whether or not your character struggles with picking up English is completely up to you.) Most of this training will be done on the trip to Tera.
- THEIR DESIGNATED TOOLS: any items your character was designated on your application will be given to them now. They’ll have some degree of choice in what they get, but everything is limited in supply. There are manuals for everything, but how much you can be fucked to read them will vary. Also, some of them aren’t in English or anything else even remotely recognizable.
- COMMUNICATION DEVICES: Everybody will get a communicator, which are worn around the back of your ear and project a holographic field over your eyes when activated. The device itself must be manually switched on with your fingers, and from there on out your exact method of controlling it depends on the settings. Some of the more basic functions can be manipulated with “brain waves” (though nothing very complicated) and the rest is mostly voice or touch activated, though you can also set it up to be controlled with blinking and eye movement if you are a “pro”. Its functions include voice, voice-to-text, and a sort of janky manual text mode that you have to touch the screen to use. Video chat is not available, though it is capable of recording video from your POV to be shared manually after the fact. It can also share still images. Various channels can be set up and accessed, both private and public, much like a Teamspeak server is used in gaming.
- HOLO EMITTERS (LIMITED): The amount of these available are limited by “plot convenience.” Do you want your character to have to struggle with their alien appearance to get by constantly? Then imagine there wasn’t enough of them to go around and your character was unlikely or benevolent enough to not receive one. Would you rather they have access to one? Then you can have one. A holo emitter is capable of projecting a holographic image around your character and disguising their appearance, the complexity of which is entirely up to you. The major problems with it are that 1) it can’t conceal things that the hologram doesn’t actually touch – cow horns could be covered in a hologram to look like a hat, but it couldn’t make them look as if there is nothing there at all, and 2) the holograms have no mass, and so if anyone tries to touch them they’ll realize they are just light projections. Also, like most of the equipment, they only work for a few hours before running out of power.
- AMERICANA DISGUISES: Clothing, make up, the works – everything the average joe needs to pass themselves off as a resident of Vista City. Outfits are perhaps a bit more eccentric and flashy than you’re used to...or maybe a bit less, depending where you come from. Either way, it’s a specific look, and there should be enough here to accommodate new outfits for all the humanoids. If you’re a horse, you’re sort of on your own. What your character ends up with is up to you, though “space rave” is a good way to describe common aesthetics. There are also a lot of hooded coats, hats, and other articles that would be good for hiding inhuman characteristics.
- RATIONS: Enough food at water, tightly compact, to last everyone for a few days. It’s going to start to run out quickly, though, so the group is going to need some breadwinners sooner rather than later.
- FAKE IDS: Complete with each individual's image (or a human approximation) and a made up name. It's enough info to get a job with, they'll explain, if you can manage it. Avoid pushing the forgery's limits, though, if you can. Silver and Gold made them themselves so they expect they are excellent quality, but you can never be too careful.
Comm
They flop on the couch and try to feel their last save, just to know it's there.]
Hi Papyrus! It's Frisk
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Coming to help rescue people sounds like entirely his job. Especially after that bad dream.]
Frisk?!? Oho! I didn't know you were here too!
[They must be as reassured to hear from him as he is to hear from them.]
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[They might have appreciated a heads-up. But really, now that Papyrus knows, no one could have kept him away.
It's nice to hear his voice, at least. Maybe they'll feel less lonely; but that's not really worth him being hurt, is it?]
I'm at J's apartment right now.
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[If it helps, Connie didn't recruit Papyrus for a while after that snowman dream. Probably. The timeline of things is a little hazy.]
[But of course it's worth it. Pain shared is pain divided. He would have felt badly if his brother and good friend were both in danger and he did nothing about it.]
J is quite the forward-thinking host! He already invited me over.
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[All the flying all over the universes and all. They think Silver, at least, doesn't think highly of him sometimes, but they don't blame him. This is a lot to deal with, and he's only one guy.]
I know! He's right here. I told him about you before.
Actually I told a few people about you. [Geez, how many people have they talked about Papyrus to again?]
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[Not that Papyrus is offering. That sounds tedious! And necessary! But not heroic at all. Besides, he's had this weird feeling like he was needed here. No sense turning around now.]
Nyeh heh heh! Of course you did. All good things!
[Keywords relevant.]
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[They really were. Frisk has nothing bad to say about Papyrus. Except maybe that he's not the best cook. But the hot dog pieces weren't inedible at least.]
I guess everybody has people they want to save. Most of us. Some came just to help.
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[So... Papyrus hasn't quite connected the dots between all this and his dream about Sans? Or, if he has realized it, he's pretending it's not real, like he did Asgore's willingness to kill humans.]
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[Frisk honestly isn't sure how to interpret that. He...does know Sans is here, right? Shep told them when they were recruited - that's why they were recruited - so it doesn't make any sense to them that Papyrus wouldn't know.]
And they don't let them go when they're finished being musicians, like Mom and Undyne. Silver says maybe they hid them somewhere.
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[Considering that Papyrus is the sort of guy to wait until the date itself to read a dating guidebook, it should come as no surprise that he didn't bother reading the files on the kidnapped people. Sans was one matter; he'd had that dream, and learned that a lot of the dreams were real. But...]
How many of our friends are here...?
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[Which makes them wonder, really, if there are more and Sans just didn't realize he was meant to know them. At least they can be sure Papyrus is safe now.]
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[That would be terrible. Hopefully those records are still around, so they can take a look later and confirm whether anyone else has been brought. Right now, the priority isn't learning all the terrible details... but picking up their spirits.]
Good thing we're both here. With so many people working together, of course we'll succeed!
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[He IS here now. They just have to accept it, really.]
Right now we need to get some medical stuff. Once we have that Silver says we might be able to start taking people back.
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[That's some really technical terminology there, Frisk. Not that Papyrus would be all that familiar with the more technical stuff, since... monsters don't get sick much, so there's not much for medicine.]
Something more complicated than bandages, I would think!
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It's to get the chips out of their brains. That's what their bosses would use to find them if they tried to run away.
But Silver says that Sans might not need it if he turns back into a skeleton all the way! [Because, well. You know.]
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Out of their brains...?
[Why are non-skeletons so gross? Ew, ugh, yuck. Also, does that mean Sans has to be left to his own devices until he's turns back...?]
That's terrible! Even if they try to leave, they'll just be caught again???
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[It was a thought that occurred to Frisk too. They don't much like leaving things alone for so long, but what else can they do?]
They're all scared. We shouldn't get them in more trouble with their bosses. They don't treat them well already. I've been trying really hard not to let anybody see me talk to them.
I bet it'll be easier for you with the holograms though. You won't look like yourself anyway.
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[Scary. Maybe there's some way to speed up the reversion to skeleton. That doesn't sound like the sort of thing to happen naturally.]
The hologram only lasts a few hours... So I don't want to over-use it! But talking to Sans, and letting him know he's not alone... that's a good use for it.
Was it hard, finding them, to talk to them?
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[Easier than they'd initially expected, honestly. The musicians mostly seem to go out whenever they feel like it.]
But they have security watching them when they're out. So you can't say much unless you get away from those guys.
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You know he won't remember you, right?
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I know... But! That's no reason not to try! So he can't remember me in his thoughts. That doesn't mean... he's not Sans.
[It can't mean that he's completely forgotten Papyrus. Not on an emotional level. That just... couldn't be possible.]
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I know. I was just making sure.
Tell him you're with me if you see him. He doesn't really remember me either, but we talked.
[They think Sans remembers quite a bit more of them than of Papyrus, actually, but it's hard to tell him that. It should be the other way around. It's not fair.]
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Or... head. With a 'brain' and all.
[He really hadn't thought about how strange it would be to see a human Sans. That's one thing the dream really didn't prepare him for in the slightest.]
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It just kinda goes into skin part of the way up. It's REALLY weird.
[And kinda gross? But interesting to look at, maybe.]
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[Not that Frisk can see it, but Papyrus shudders all over. Being made of strange materials is one thing, but being a incoherent mishmash of different sorts of people is... entirely different.]
Does he have big enough gloves to hide it??? Should I bring him gloves...?
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