TDM 001

[erkumods]

TDM 001: TFLU

( 1 ) After leaving the teleportation chamber, you are gently coaxed out of the hospital and encouraged to find a place to stay. Maybe you've had time to check out your A5 app. Maybe you're just settling in. It's cloudy, overcast, cold -- you'll want to seek out someplace warm. Also, your device is beeping. A lot. The tech on the island works, it just doesn't work right. You can't seem to send a message to the correct person. It's time for... Texts From Last Universe ( 2 ) What's this? Your bingo card has just been beamed to a stranger's inbox...?! ( sample A5 cards -- NSFW, may contain triggering content, please feel free to use/ignore as you see fit) ( 3 ) And now you're receiving messages from other users that they don't remember sending: Nice shirt. It would look better on my floor. 10/10 would ride it into the sunset. This user thinks you're attractive. u up? 🍆 ( 4 ) Once you figure out that the robots have been hacking your devices, it's no easy feat to track one down and demand they stop. "So The Augur wills!" they wail in a monotone. "So it is done!" Any attempt to actually contact The Augur and get back into the hospital will be met with beefy robot bodyguards, who suggest taking a gentler approach to fix your devices. If you know what they mean. Wink. (This is your overt kink prompt. Please label any threads accordingly.) Note: All prompts are optional. The theme for this TDM is "malfunctioning devices." They can be fixed by indulging in the squares on your cards. For the sake of the TDM, you can use one of the pre-generated examples or a wildcard from the kink list. This can be used as a free bingo square completion once you have been accepted into the game. Players are welcome to wildcard their own TDM prompts; we only ask that you try to stick to the theme. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● N A V I G A T I O N

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3.1

[foolishjourney]

un: tatsuya

I hear yew is very expensive. Hickory is a solid choice, though.

[beloveddaughter]

Yew is only about 100g a length
I've used it before and I don't mind it, though it's far from my favorite wood to work with

I'm afraid I've never heard of hickory

[foolishjourney]

What country are you from? I don't think I've ever heard of "g" as a currency.

And hickory is an extremely common wood, so if you're an archer, that surprises me. Maybe it's not native to where you live...

[beloveddaughter]

I'm from a little outside the city-state of Gridania on the Thanalan side
I haven't run into anyone yet who knows where that is, and I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't, either
Hickory could be local to Doma, but I've never had the chance to go... I was under the impression they profited more from cherry trees, though

[foolishjourney]

I definitely don't, sorry.

Do you know where Japan is?

[beloveddaughter]

Unfortunately not
That's about what I expected
Most of us seem to have been taken from our homes and dropped into this one, and the closest I've come to fixing that with someone is a fruitless endeavor to help her find her girlfriend

[foolishjourney]

Very curious how some of us seem to be from places others have never heard of before.

[beloveddaughter]

Agreed
I don't know if I know what this Augur is doing or what its plan is
But if it involves taking people from completely separate worlds or something from each other then I know some people from home who would love to talk to it
That's the only explanation I can think of, far-fetched as it may seen

[foolishjourney]

At the very least, it's pretty cool to get confirmation that there are different worlds. That's the sort of thing scientists dream of.

[beloveddaughter]

I suppose
I'm still not sure what it all means
Whether it's a good or a bad thing that people are being brought here, and what exactly we're now here to do

[foolishjourney]

I definitely don't feel as though it can be anything short of nefarious. No one just steals people from their homes without having sinister plans.

[beloveddaughter]

Maybe it has exactly enough energy to steal people but everything else is malfunctioning
We're providing some sort of... technical support
That seems too small, though

You've looked at the state of things, right/
Maybe it needs us to rebuild/

[foolishjourney]

[Does this person not know how to use the shift key?]

Perhaps. But it would be nicer of them to have asked first.

[beloveddaughter]

Maybe they thought it would be better to ask forgiveness than permission
It's almost a shame I'm not feeling particularly forgiving
I have matters to attend to back home, as I'm sure everyone else does, and mine are a matter of life or death

[foolishjourney]

What's your deal, if you don't mind me asking?

[beloveddaughter]

What I need to do at home/
I need to keep my tribe alive
I'm the last one in it... or the first, if you decide to be optimistic

[foolishjourney]

I see. My apologies for the loss, I'm sorry to touch on something so sensitive.

I'll be optimistic for your sake.

[beloveddaughter]

Oh, you misunderstand
My former tribe leader forced me to remove myself
They're all still alive, but Twelve know how they're getting on without me

[foolishjourney]

Oh. I see.

Fuck that guy, then.

[beloveddaughter]

I like your style
It would be a shame to have this conversation and never trade names
You can call me E'dolha, and can I assume I'm speaking to Tatsuya/

[foolishjourney]

Minato, actually. Tatsuya is an online handle someone gave me and I figured it worked well enough here, too.

Nice to meet you.

[beloveddaughter]

Likewise, Minato
An online handle... I suppose I should figure out one of those, if that's how these conversations are going to take place
Technology and I do not usually get along especially well