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redshift: tdm #3
Redshift: Welcome to the v͖͕̺̲̘̱̜͎o̴̦̣̠̦̘̹͞i̯̖d̛̪̬͈̱̦̝͍̕.
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a. tfln: anchor edition.
The power returns with a surge throughout the colony, abrupt and powerful. Whether it’s because of an increase in the levels of radiation powering the dome or the unexpected addition of two more suns to the sky, the lights are back on, so to speak.
A surge that powerful has consequences, though. While some (currently unknown) systems have been powered up, others (mostly unknown) have come to life with a vengeance.
In specific, the robo-matchmaker in the intimacy lounge. Ordinarily, it works by taking the information of people who enter the intimacy lounge and pairing them up based on a carefully-tooled algorithm, so people are matched into casual or potentially romantic relationships. Somehow, through the frying of circuits and the machinations of a match-making AI gone rogue, the bot has the information of everyone in the colony - whether collected through the network, CCTV, or by scanning the data of people who passed by close at hand.
It's started making profiles for everyone, filling in bits of overheard conversations or bad pickup lines that it thinks match the personality of its chosen victims. It's also, helpfully, started sending messages at random to other characters, just to get the romantic ball rolling. Profiles and messages are as off the wall as the bot making them. Welcome to TFLN, Anchor Edition.
A surge that powerful has consequences, though. While some (currently unknown) systems have been powered up, others (mostly unknown) have come to life with a vengeance.
In specific, the robo-matchmaker in the intimacy lounge. Ordinarily, it works by taking the information of people who enter the intimacy lounge and pairing them up based on a carefully-tooled algorithm, so people are matched into casual or potentially romantic relationships. Somehow, through the frying of circuits and the machinations of a match-making AI gone rogue, the bot has the information of everyone in the colony - whether collected through the network, CCTV, or by scanning the data of people who passed by close at hand.
It's started making profiles for everyone, filling in bits of overheard conversations or bad pickup lines that it thinks match the personality of its chosen victims. It's also, helpfully, started sending messages at random to other characters, just to get the romantic ball rolling. Profiles and messages are as off the wall as the bot making them. Welcome to TFLN, Anchor Edition.
Robo-Matchmaker (?̵̢̠̀?̷̠͉͍̝̙̕ͅ?̡̢̡̹̩̖̝̞̪̦̘ͅ)
I͎͇̰̺̼͡ ̝̳̼̻͕̩͚á̷̳͍̫͕͞m̱̱̺͍̳̞̖ ̴̥͇̣͎̺̤̩͕̩͜h͖̕͞͠er͉̟͕͈̳̀ḙ͔̼̠̤ ͓̠̰̗̹̘̣͔t͏̸̤̳̙͍͎̮͕̞͢o҉̨̜͖̠̝͙̜̦̜ ̮̠̝̪̩̤̣m̖̻a̤͙̘̲̫̩̗k̮͓̀͜e̶̠͚͞ ̯̯̘̦͜͠you͈̹̟͔͜͠ͅr͈̮̮̗͖̜̠͠ ̮̗̗̹̘̬̠͢d̴̵̯͖̀r̷͇͍̦̗̯͢eaṃ̘͝͞ş̳̺̭̮͜ ̖͚͚͓͙͇͙͓̜c͖͕̰̞̺̟̫ớ͈̖͇̲̗m̶̞̟̣̘͎̘̲̣̕͢é̠̯͞ ̼t͔͢r͢͏̠̙̜̬͖̞̥̜ư̧͈̫͜e̹̮̮̝͝.̗̠̪̭̫͞
Interests: true love, friends with benefits, e͏͇̫m̲̤̬͟ ͉͍͜ǫ̙̟̳̲͘t̬͓i҉̟̼̣͓̯̜̞̼͜ ҉̛̺̪̣͈͖͖̟̥̺o̴̢͔̙̥̠̟̮̮̪̩n̷̗̜s҉̰̖̯͟͠
Assets: I̤̥̙̺̪̪̱͜ ̢̟k̢̰̫ͅn͕̤̳o̤͚͓͓w̲̬ ͠e̸̞̺̳͔̙ve̝̳̭̣̝͠ͅry͏̝̙̠t̲͚̠hi͕̣̯ng̭͓͕̖͈ ̖̣ą̰͖̲ͅbơ̯̥̹̠̱u͉̯̪͟t̜̞̱ yo̹͙ͅu̢̗.̡̪̥̙̱̘̞ ͕̀:̮̩̯̜̗̘)
Ass-ets: a bot never tells
✔ 😏 💀 🍆 ❤ 🔥 ✖
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b. bad trip.
Unfortunately (there's always an unfortunately, isn't there?), something in one of the agricultural research facilities went haywire during the power surge, too, and released spores into some of the ventilation shafts, which carried the spores to specific parts of the agricultural areas and also released them into the park at the base of the colony.
Virtually overnight, red algae (water) and fungus (other structures) grows to cover the better part of the park and chunks of the agricultural level. There's plenty of room to avoid the algae or fungus if characters don't want to go near it (or if players don't want the effects). In fact, avoiding it is probably the smarter thing to do - except it keeps spreading, and it needs to be stopped before it infects the whole park or makes parts of the agricultural level unusable. The algae makes foliage and vegetation toxic to eat, but going in to get samples may be kind of tricky.
Those who come in contact with the algae and its spores will feel a variety of effects. The mildest among them are headaches, headiness, and mild highs; the sort of thing that would come from pot use or tipsiness. Progressing from there, depending on levels of exposure, the intoxication effects are heightened. Hallucinations, extreme highs, loss of coordination, slurred language, loss of inhibition, and an addiction that begins as a mild desire to stay near the algae and rapidly progresses into something worse.
Prolonged or extreme exposure will lead to the beginnings of vine-like plants growing under the skin, following characters' arteries and veins. The exposed will begin to exhibit plant-like behaviors - craving light, warmth, water. Particularly water. Worse, the infected will start to function as part of a collective with the algae/fungus growth, working in its interests. They will try to bring other creatures to the growth to attempt to infect them, they'll fight those who intend to destroy the growth, and they'll struggle against anyone who tries to remove them from its company or cure them.
While the growth can be destroyed with fire, the smoke still poses a hazard and can be accompanied by the mild/moderate effects of the algae itself. There are other ways to solve the algae problem, but most of them lie in the depths of the research station that accidentally released the spores in the first place, and the growth there is worse than anywhere else in the colony. Characters can be cured, too - by way of the medbay, by keeping them away from the growth until the infection dies, or by player-skill based means.
Virtually overnight, red algae (water) and fungus (other structures) grows to cover the better part of the park and chunks of the agricultural level. There's plenty of room to avoid the algae or fungus if characters don't want to go near it (or if players don't want the effects). In fact, avoiding it is probably the smarter thing to do - except it keeps spreading, and it needs to be stopped before it infects the whole park or makes parts of the agricultural level unusable. The algae makes foliage and vegetation toxic to eat, but going in to get samples may be kind of tricky.
Those who come in contact with the algae and its spores will feel a variety of effects. The mildest among them are headaches, headiness, and mild highs; the sort of thing that would come from pot use or tipsiness. Progressing from there, depending on levels of exposure, the intoxication effects are heightened. Hallucinations, extreme highs, loss of coordination, slurred language, loss of inhibition, and an addiction that begins as a mild desire to stay near the algae and rapidly progresses into something worse.
Prolonged or extreme exposure will lead to the beginnings of vine-like plants growing under the skin, following characters' arteries and veins. The exposed will begin to exhibit plant-like behaviors - craving light, warmth, water. Particularly water. Worse, the infected will start to function as part of a collective with the algae/fungus growth, working in its interests. They will try to bring other creatures to the growth to attempt to infect them, they'll fight those who intend to destroy the growth, and they'll struggle against anyone who tries to remove them from its company or cure them.
While the growth can be destroyed with fire, the smoke still poses a hazard and can be accompanied by the mild/moderate effects of the algae itself. There are other ways to solve the algae problem, but most of them lie in the depths of the research station that accidentally released the spores in the first place, and the growth there is worse than anywhere else in the colony. Characters can be cured, too - by way of the medbay, by keeping them away from the growth until the infection dies, or by player-skill based means.
c. whole foods double-tap.
When all that algae business gets itself sorted out, characters will find some good news at last: the red shift rose up around the colony while everyone was busy and left a very large Whole Foods grocery store behind, just outside of the colony's exit doors.
Going inside reveals that the place isn't in perfect condition. Stuff has been knocked off the shelves and a lot of basic staples are missing, but the luxury items and hygiene basics are all there. Everything from (free range organic and/or vegan) chocolate to that particular kind of shampoo your earth-based character loves so much.
Deeper in the aisles, though, characters will come across more dramatic signs that something is wrong with this place. A smear of blood on the floor, leading toward the back of the building. Should characters choose to investigate, they'll find themselves following a widening smear of gore, with bits of cloth and tissue in the mix. At the very back (in the dairy section - and look! that yogurt is still good!), the source: a dismembered corpse.
Also, zombies.
These aren't the running hordes of 28 Days Later or the clickers of The Last of Us: they're standard Walking Dead shamblers, slow-moving and stupid but relentless, and very capable of coming from unexpected places or surrounding characters during a moment of inattention. Like most standard zombies, a shot to the head will take them out of commission--or you could go full Evil Dead and take that chainsaw from the inexplicable home goods department and go to town.
Those who get bitten will be decontaminated upon arrival back at the colony, but characters won't know that until they get there. Trauma abounds when death seems imminent. Even after decontamination, any injuries will remain until treated in the medbay.
Going inside reveals that the place isn't in perfect condition. Stuff has been knocked off the shelves and a lot of basic staples are missing, but the luxury items and hygiene basics are all there. Everything from (free range organic and/or vegan) chocolate to that particular kind of shampoo your earth-based character loves so much.
Deeper in the aisles, though, characters will come across more dramatic signs that something is wrong with this place. A smear of blood on the floor, leading toward the back of the building. Should characters choose to investigate, they'll find themselves following a widening smear of gore, with bits of cloth and tissue in the mix. At the very back (in the dairy section - and look! that yogurt is still good!), the source: a dismembered corpse.
Also, zombies.
These aren't the running hordes of 28 Days Later or the clickers of The Last of Us: they're standard Walking Dead shamblers, slow-moving and stupid but relentless, and very capable of coming from unexpected places or surrounding characters during a moment of inattention. Like most standard zombies, a shot to the head will take them out of commission--or you could go full Evil Dead and take that chainsaw from the inexplicable home goods department and go to town.
Those who get bitten will be decontaminated upon arrival back at the colony, but characters won't know that until they get there. Trauma abounds when death seems imminent. Even after decontamination, any injuries will remain until treated in the medbay.
Mod Note: The algae/fungus growth is set to last from August 24th until September 1st, when the intro log goes up at the start of the app cycle; or until someone finds a solution and informs the modteam.
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No, but it's a nice thing to say.
[ After a pause. ]
Did you date a lot back before you came here.
[ After a shorter pause ]
I want to be ten thousand percent clear that question is not me hitting on you I was just wondering.
Now I'm having to give disclaimers like that! When I find out who put this up there's going to be hell to pay.
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I didn't date like at all. I almost dated a girl once back home BUT I ended up ditching her at the homecoming dance because I had to go fight her dad. Didn't date in Hadriel.
You're good dude mostly I'm just amused. I am so sorry.
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Holy shit.
Did you know her dad was a villain before you asked her to the dance? You don't seem the type of guy who would set that kind of thing up on purpose.
[ But maybe he'd known and the daughter was nice enough Peter thought he would give it a shot anyway? ]
Yeah yeah laugh it up while you can, you might be next.
What do I do if someone responds unironically?
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Oh I don't set things up, I just bumble into them. I didn't know he was the bad guy until I got to their house, and then on the way to the school he realized that he recognized me and shit got weird.
What if I just make my own? What now?
Y'know, unless you really don't want to date anyone, I say what's the harm in seeing if it works out?
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If this keeps happening to people that's probably a good strategy, honestly. Control the news story by telling it first. My sister Allison would totally approve.
[ Peter kiiiiiiind of has a point, except... ]
But what if someone answers as if they're taking it seriously, and I reply seriously, and then it turns out they were just joking?
[ Because Ben had never been in a position to even consider romantic prospects he's also never gotten all this 101-level paranoia and terror out of his system. Sorry, Peter. ]
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There aren't a lot of people here my age so I doubt anyone would answer mine anyway, so I can just fill it with whatever goofy stuff I want like "yo baby wanna see my spinneret??"
Please pretend I didn't write that.
Honestly, I don't think anyone here would pull that. Aside from Kabal probably? Most of people that I've met are pretty chill.
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[ He knows it's probably not funny and Peter might not want to talk about it, but also he's curious and, in a way, it is extremely funny. ]
Too late, I screencapped it and I'm saving it for future blackmail purposes.
Kabal? I don't think I've met him. I'll keep an eye out though. Anyway, it probably won't even happen so why worry unless it does.
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Why would you ever do that omg I thought we were friends :(
He's the guy with the mask. But hey that's probably the best way to handle it.
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[ Maybe a little less funny, then. Ben remembers Peter saying he kept his identity secret because he wanted a semi-normal high school life but it sounds like his Spiderman duties got in the way of one of those classic high school experiences after all. That sucks. ]
Don't act like you wouldn't do the exact same.
[ He is teasing but also maybe grinning hugely on the other end of this text conversation because even if Peter is joking right now he called him his friend! Him! And Ben has maybe never had anybody that wasn't his sibling call him a friend before and maybe he's kind of really psyched about it, okay? ]
Oh yeah I have seen him around.
Anyway, I feel like the chances of finding anybody (who isn't a kid) in this place my brother hasn't already hit on or hooked up with might be slim.
[ Sorry, Klaus. But also: is he wrong? And yes for the purposes of this conversation Peter is a kid. ]
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[Spider-Man is going to ruin Peter's life. And yes he has decided that he and Ben are BFFS 5ever]
okay I MIGHT do the same thing. Maybe.
Also which brother is this? Because wow.
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[ After a moment some guilt catches up with him and Ben adds: ]
It's good though. Like I'm ragging on him because he's my brother and it's my job but he lost somebody really special a little while ago and I'm actually way glad that he's putting himself out there.
You don't have any siblings right? Can't remember if I asked before.
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[which isn't a weird sentence at all.]
Aw, that sucks. Good that he's getting out there, then.
Nah, I've always been an only child. My parents passed away when I was little, and my aunt and uncle never had any kids.
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[ Ben's not letting that one slide my dude. ]
Yeah. I'm really proud of him. Don't ever tell him I said that.
I kind of can't even imagine that. Did you wish you had siblings? Or was that not even something that crossed your mind.
Sorry about your parents.
[ Ben really can't picture his life if he hadn't had his brothers and sisters, but then, Peter had grown up in a normal home. Not a nuclear one, maybe, but more normal than Ben had. And he'd been allowed to interact with other kids his age outside the home, had gone to school, had other connections... ]
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[it's all good, Peter doesn't mind explaining. Especially if it makes things sound less weird. He hopes this sounds less weird.]
Your secret's safe with me.
I didn't really think about it much? I thought it might be cool, but then I had a best friend who was basically like a brother anyway so I was good there.
It's fine, man. It's been a long time.
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That makes sense. Guess I hadn't thought about the fact that you could use it to stick to a person and not just for climbing walls.
[ Peter's powers really are so versatile... Ben is jealous, in a friendly sort of way.]
Is it going to make you sad about your friend if I ask about him? I'm curious but it's not worth bumming you out.
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I'm gonna be bummed out about him either way, y'know? I don't mind if you ask about him.
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Asking for a friend.
[ He doesn't mean it. Probably. He may mean it if Diego slips and says something really nasty in the near future. ]
I'd like to know about him. I kinda already mentioned I sort of haven't ever had any friends before that weren't my siblings so- I'm kind of interested is all.
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[He is dead fucking serious, there are few things he wouldn't do for a cheeseburger at this point.]
Okay, that's fine. I'm just not really sure where to start.
I mean his name might be a good place. His name's Ned, met him at school when we were kids. We had a lot of similar interests, we both sucked at sports and had way too many legos, so we just clicked right off the bat. He's a lot less awkward than I am in like social situations, but he's also way more excitable. Like, I think he was more excited about my powers than I was.
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[ He hasn't had a cheeseburger since he was alive the first time... ]
Excitable is really great to be around. He sounds awesome.
[ Then, after a moment's pause to consider: ]
You don't strike me as very awkward in social situations now, at least.
[ Has Peter grown out of it or is Ben's metric for this just way way off? He's not exactly had abundant examples of functional people in his life. ]
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He really is. I miss him.
[But now he's just bumming himself out UUUGH.]
I think it maybe depends on the situation. Like, I know most of you guys pretty well at this point, and most of the people here are older than me, and I'm not trying to live a double life so I can just be me all the time. Back in high school though, I was an absolute mess.
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[ And yes, Ben does make a mental note to do some research into how burgers are made. Is he going have to... grow wheat? To make buns? What turns milk into cheese? Whatever it will be worth it if he can make Peter a cheeseburger eventually. ]
I'm glad you had someone to talk to about your powers though. When you first told me you were superheroing on your own and keeping it hidden I was kinda worried about you. Sounded lonely to me.
[ Easier to admit that over text FOR SURE. ]
That makes sense. And we're all kind of thrown into this weird situation together living in this crazy place. That cuts through a lot of the small talk and social expectations.
I'm sure you weren't THAT bad, though!
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[man if Ben somehow manages to pull all this shit together and present Peter with a cheeseburger he will totally be Peter's new best friend. Sorry Ned.]
I wasn't thrilled about him finding out at first, but after a while I was honestly grateful to have someone I could talk to about this stuff. He really helped me out a lot. Sorry to worry you, though.
and yes i was actually literally that bad lol
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[ The fact that Peter is apologetic over causing anyone concern for even a moment just makes Ben even more worried that if anything were going wrong for him, he would hide it and not mention it to anyone or look for help. It takes one to know one, after all. ]
Okay if you want me to believe you I'm gonna need at least one example.
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SEE I just did it again
[that is a 100% accurate reading of this situation, Ben, well done.]
I was trying to think of a good example but then I remembered that the last party I went to besides Homecoming was another party I ditched early because there were some badguys that needed fighting
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[ As for that example... ]
Naw, see, I don't know.
I thought the ones who ditch the party early are the cool kids. That's what movies have led me to believe anyway. Never actually went to any high school parties obviously.
Everyone probably thinks you're mysterious and have better things to do.
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