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

Comments

[stripsearch]

oh what the hell
that's a lot worse

[nahtscared]

Yeah honestly this place is almost a vacation.

Except I haven't seen any of my friends.

Which is extremely horrible because they were basically all that was keeping me sane after years in that place.

[stripsearch]

yeahhh i can imagine
thats awful im sry to hear it

but like do u really want ur friends here too?
i kinda do and kinda dont

[nahtscared]

I mean, if they're home, great.

If they're still stuck at the place I was before, which is where I last saw them.

I think this place sounds better, really.

[stripsearch]

ooh i get ur point
yeah itd be bad if they were in the other place

but if u went here mayb they just all went home??

so do u get kidnapped into other planets a lot

[nahtscared]

That's the hope, right?

It's happened twice now.

I don't know if that counts as "a lot", but it's probably more than most people.

[stripsearch]

how r we defining "other planet" here
like what about other dimensions, do those count?

[nahtscared]

I'd say it's probably fair to count those.

Only kidnappings, though. No counting if you went deliberately.

[stripsearch]

yea no
i guess that makes me 2 for 2, too

first time this extreme tho

[nahtscared]

I'm guessing both of yours didn't involve forced intimacy though.

[stripsearch]

i mean not like this
it was pretty weird tho

not that im trying to make it a competition or anything

[nahtscared]

I imagine being transported to a different world is always gonna be pretty weird.

Even if you mean to go there.

Much less if you just get yanked there.

[stripsearch]

yea at least i just got drugged and tossed into a tv

which still sucked, lbr, but the process of it coudlve been waaaaaaay worse

so whats your name? im rise

[nahtscared]

The drugging part sounds particularly unpleasant. My sympathies.

I'm Nah. Yes, that's my real name. My mother... I don't know why my mother thought that would be a good choice. She's weird.

[stripsearch]

weirdly it was the easiest bit
go out one day, something over my mouth, boom im out like a light
awful headache when i woke up tho

do u have a nickname? if u dont like ur name

[nahtscared]

I guess if it happened too quickly for you to start panicking it would be pretty simple.

Though that sounds like it would just make waking up worse.

I don't. I'm not sure what I'd use for one anyway, though.

[stripsearch]

waking up in a weird stripclub wasnt the best experience no

well

do u like ur name? u said you thought it sounded silly, but does that mean u dislike it?

[nahtscared]

There was a blissful time in my life where I would have had no idea what that word meant. Now all I can say is that sounds very disturbing.

I don't think about it much, honestly? Mostly just when I'm introducing myself to people, I get self-conscious about it.

I know people from some worlds have other names they could go by, last names and such, but we don't have those where I come from.

[stripsearch]

yeah it wasnt great but i mean really it was just a club
i didnt learn the weirder stuff until a bit later and then its

well its a long story

u could make up a new name if u wanted
if it bothers u

[nahtscared]

I'd imagine getting kidnapped to an alternate reality usually results in a pretty long and strange story.

Sadly that will probably be true of this kidnapping as well.

I could, I suppose. I never really considered the idea.

[stripsearch]

yeaahhhh probably

would u wanna change it?
u said it's embarrassing to introduce urself but like
what do u wanna do

[nahtscared]

I'm honestly not sure.

I'd have to think about what I'd even change it to.

I can't really come up with anything.

[stripsearch]

nahette?
no that sounds dumb ignore me

[nahtscared]

I appreciate the effort regardless, Rise.

I can't exactly borrow my mom's name either. I mean, she's named "Nowi", so... Actually come to think of it maybe it's not too much of a surprise how she named me.

[stripsearch]

"nowi" as in "no way"?

what the hell who picks names in ur family