TDM 002

[erkumods]

TDM 002: IF FOUND PLEASE RETURN TO

( 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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hobo hunter

[brambler]

On account of there bein' no money and thus nothin' to put up for a bounty? You'd be right.

[ there's not even anything to barter with, reasonably. when angeal apologizes, jesse shakes his head. ]

I'm guessin' there's a trick to them, given where we are. Give it time.

[ either way, when angeal mentions the birds, jesse pats the chocobo again, listening to it kweh! ]

They stink this bad back home?

[wingsofhonor]

They stink even worse back home.

[Angeal explains as he gives the friendly yellow bird a gentle pat on its neck. He likes chocoboes. They might be a little foul sometimes but they're pleasant enough. However, Angeal isn't too keen about riding them. Chocobos are known to be quite testy sometimes.]

This is just a light musk at best. Even so, it's not very pleasant.

[Banora didn't have much in the means of chocobos but they certainly had their own selection of critters roaming around. Some a bit fiendish than the next considering the time of day.]

You never saw a chocobo before, huh?

[brambler]

And I thought sheep were bad.

[ he clicks his tongue, reaching up to scratch under the chocobo's chin, seeing if they like it. when he asks about seeing them before, he shakes his head. ]

Can's say I've seen one of these Chuck-a-bos before. Chickens, sure, if your creature here was a fraction of its size and three times as murderous.

[wingsofhonor]

[Chuck-a-boos? Chuck-a-boos. Angeal couldn't keep a straight face after hearing that.]

Oh, I know about chickens thanks to my childhood. My old neighbor used to own a coop outback. Those little devils used to sneak into my mom's garden all the time.

[He gives the chocobo another friendly pat upon its neck before glancing around to see where they could bring it. A chocobo this size shouldn't be out in the open like this. In his world, there's a whole list of predators that like to eat these yellow-feathered fowls.]

Maybe we should stable your bird somewhere before something eats it.

[Or rather someone, maybe.]

[brambler]

[ wow did he say something funny????

jesse shakes his head. ]

I watched those bastards pick a bone clean more than enough times.

[ angry little dinosaurs that he trapped in tea towels more than enough times. the chocobo ruffles their feathers as jesse looks over. ]

Suppose we should. It looks like the racetrack's where they're loadin' em all up since it has stables. I reckon we should take fluffy here that way.