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TDM 002
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( 1 ) Around mid-morning, a message from the Augur appears on bracelets all across the city. "New organisms discovered. Domestication in progress."  The wark of a chocobo rises up from the outskirts of the city. Several more join in, forming a charming chorus. And, strangely, this is when new arrivals begin to show up. Beamed in one at a time, scanned en masse, they are processed just as the first wave was. There's one major difference: whereas the old guard was given their bracelets and ushered into the City, the new folks are also given... collars. Buckled, snapped, or otherwise fastened around their necks, a variety of colorful collars with some rather unusual novelty pet tags. (These are just a few suggestions. The typical “If found, please return to ____” is also very much acceptable.)  "You are new organisms. Domestication in progress. Compatible Eros energy will complete domestication." No matter how hard they try, characters cannot take the collars off by themselves. They need a partner's help - but not just anyone will do. It very well might be the first person they find, or it might take several tries. The robots grow bolder as the day grows on, targeting characters who aren't new, as well. "Y̶o̶u̴ ̸a̷r̸e̷ ̵o̵r̵g̶a̴n̷i̷s̶m̸s̶.̶ ̶D̷o̶m̴e̴s̶t̶i̶c̵a̸t̶i̸o̴n̸ ̷i̵n̸ ̴p̸r̶o̵g̷r̵e̷s̵s̷." Their antics die down by nightfall, but for the next day or two, the occasional malfunctioning 'bot may accost someone in the street, so stay on your toes!  ( 2 ) An abandoned racetrack lights up the night. That's right: place your bets, folks, because these birds are about to run around a track while robots sell synthetic, overpriced aphro-popcorn. ...Did you say priced? That’s right! If you participated in the orgy earlier this month, you'll find you have a stash of credits accessible in your app. You've fucked money back into the world, so why not waste it? (Opportunities to earn credits will come up periodically and won't always be sexual in nature, so don't worry if your character wouldn't have any yet.) And if you don't have credits to bet with, why not get creative? N A V I G A T I O N |
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Summer proves that wrong as soon as she turns to look at the poor girl and offers her a warm, reassuring smile.]
Yes, dear? What can I- Oh.
[Her eyes fall on the collar, and her silver eyes narrow as she squints to read it, muttering the words on it to herself and grimacing.]
Well, that's not exactly polite, is it? Here, let me see if I can find a latch.
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More than glad to see a friendly expression, she tries to offer her own smile in turn, but it's rather uneasy.]
O-Oh... it says something mean, doesn't it? [Not that it matters what it says - it just makes it a bit more demeaning to have on her.] I couldn't find one myself, but I can't see it either... I appreciate the help, miss.
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[Summer leans down to have a look at it. She checks from every angle only to find no apparent buckle, clasp, or anything else holding it together.]
Odd... I can't seem to find a way to open it up. Did they happen to say anything when they applied it?
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She waits while Summer looks, and when asked the question, she gives another slight nod.]
Y-Yes... I kept hearing them say... 'Domestication in progress. Compatible Eros energy will complete domestication.' And that we were 'new organisms.' But I don't know what 'Eros energy' is.
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[Given this place, Summer would lean heavily toward the latter.]
As for how they define "compatible", I couldn't begin to guess.