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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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We don't pay much attention to what goes on at Beacon. [It feels like the most polite way to say they leave it to whatever happens to it. They have other bigger things to deal with.]
I spoke to someone earlier...he said others were here from Remnant. Three others.
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Yeah, she's got other things to worry about.]
That's right, four of us in all. Myself, my friend and teammate Qrow Branwen, Major- Ah, I mean General James Ironwood, and his subordinate Clover, who I haven't spoken to yet but who Qrow tells me good things about. I don't know who you spoke to earlier, but as far as I'm aware that's all of us so far.
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I didn't know that Qrow guy was here. He's around Blake's team.
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Oh Ruby Rose, right... Guess so. Blake is their teammate on RWBY. It's them Blake, and the Schnee girl. [She looks the woman over. Summer doesn't look old enough to have daughters her age, but maybe she just ages well.]
Clover told me Yang was here. I was going to look for her and ask for information.
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[Her eyes widen.]
Yang? Here? Oh heavens, why didn't that man tell me... I mean sure we haven't spoken much, but still...
[She abruptly remembers that she's still talking to the young woman and takes a moment to breathe in deep, focusing herself and trying to not panic about her Precious Baby Girl being brought here.]
Excuse me. I... thank you for telling me she's here. I suppose it probably comes as no surprise I'd like to come with you to find her.
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That's fine. But could you try to remove this first? [She points at the collar.] If I'm going to have to check every person, I may as well start with you.
[She doubts it will work, but she's gonna try everyone if she has to.]
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She blinks in surprise as she realizes that oh right, she didn't actually make an attempt to take the collar off.]
Oh, of course. Sorry about that. Just a moment...
[Just because it probably won't work is no reason to neglect trying. At least then they'll know. Summer reaches out and fiddles with the collar, running her fingers along to find the clasp holding it shut... but although she does manage that, it stays stubbornly closed, resisting any efforts on her end to force it open.
After a few moments, she finally has to admit defeat with a sigh.}
I'm sorry, it doesn't look like it likes me.
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It's fine. Thank you for trying. [She runs her fingers along the collar and then pulls her hand away, dropping it to her side.]
Clover said Yang might be near the rundown track where the birds are all congregating. We could look for her there.
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Alright, let's go then. I... I don't think I can thank you enough. This is the most important thing anyone's told me since I got here, and I don't even know your name.
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[Getting Summer to her daughter is important now, too. Blake would have wanted her to make sure it all worked out, she's sure and really...she wants to make sure, herself.]
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Now, let's go. [And down to those new tracks they go to hunt down a muscular blonde!]