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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552016-03-09 08:18 pm

☆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.

☆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.
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2016-03-28 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Erm, I guess that's true.

[He nods a little bit.] Yeah, but some people might have a problem with something like that. I'm not one of them, but it happens. [He shrugs lightly.]

Uh, thanks, sure. We can play games sometime. You'll have to look out though, I'm pretty good!
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-03-31 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, Demyx isn't wrong. One of the reasons he and Jamie hadn't told the rest of their band for a month was being afraid of how Yosuke would react. And there was still the press and fans that they kept things from, too.]

True. I'm glad you're cool with it.

[This is said with a smile. The comment about having to watch out 'cause he's good at games, however...]

Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say, [he teases.] We'll just see how you are when you're tested on the battlefield!
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2016-04-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He just smiles indulgently, not offering anything about himself one way or another and he laughs at Sora's tease back.]

If you want to call it that, I'm probably going to consider it a slaughter myself.

[Demyx just smirks.]
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[personal profile] consocius 2016-04-04 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds kinda like a lot of hot air to me, but we'll see. We'll get all the guys together and do that soon. Been a while since we had a real showdown!

Oh-- Speaking of stuff that's hot, you had breakfast yet?

[Demyx being new, he can't wait to show him the near feasts they have prepared for them all the time in the penthouse. There were downsides to being here definitely (and more popping up all the time if he thought too much about it), but at least there was never a chance of them starving for good food.]
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[personal profile] melodiouspacifist 2016-04-05 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs, sure, but was it?]

Nah, I haven't had anything to eat yet.

[Demyx hasn't checked out the food really, he's only just arrived with his bag. Does he want to eat? Hell yeah.]