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

Comments

[samerica]

[Look, she's a soldier, she can't help being blunt. Or, rather, she can, but this way is infinitely more amusing.]

What, your hand? Because I can't help you with that one.

[Ha, ha. She's hilarious.]

[lawyerbyday]

[He chokes on a laugh, clearing his throat again and rubbing at his eyes under his glasses.]

That was not what I meant. I meant in reference to the, ah, partner aspect. If the food's being laced and they're trying to force people to do things...

[It sounds questionable, Sam. Gosh. Golly.]

[samerica]

All I can tell you is that in my experience - and I've only been here for a month - it hasn't been enough that I've been incapable of refusing outright if I wanted to.

[TMI? Of course. But that's the information she has to offer.]

It's absolutely still questionable, don't get me wrong. The whole...'good fortune if you do things on the card' aspect doesn't even make sense. But if you don't want to, you can resist it.

[Probably. Admittedly, she hasn't tried that hard.]

[lawyerbyday]

[His frustration was less in concern for himself. He was used to being a shield or a battering ram if needed for the greater good. It was for anyone he happened to come across- or who came across him. Sex wasn't exactly on his list of concerns right now, but he wasn't sure how happy he was going to be having it suddenly become 'an issue' along with rules of consent being questioned when even a yes might not be a yes.

Complications, Sam.]

So far. And if they- if something happens that changes that?

[samerica]

[Although Matt obviously doesn't know it, Sam's more than capable of assault on her end as well. She's questioned the possibility, because it's impossible to be in a situation like this and not worry about the morals at hand. But there's only so much fretting one person can do.]

Then we'll have to cross that bridge when we come to it.

[As in, she has no goddamn idea.]

[lawyerbyday]

[Sigh.]

I was hoping you wouldn't say that.

[Which, of course, meant that was the only thing she could say. This was his life, after all. Even on another planet.]

Wonder if there's any way to counter it.