OKCINDR POST #3

[expiationmods]

Ever wanted to have CR with a character and wasn't sure how to get them to cross paths? Wanted a dating app so you can hook up with hot people? Wanted to just find friends because you're a lonely bastard?

With the update of the tablets and the apps, we now have a dating / friendship app called OKCINDR! Players can use it as they please for the two months that it's up -- just imagine that they're profiles to swipe right on and everything. The idea is to encourage CR that may be difficult to get with characters who may or may not be interested in events / posts / logs / other network posts.

So, on September 3rd, characters randomly look back at their tablets to see the following:

OKCINDR PROFILE RESET #3
PLEASE RESET PROFILE

This month, if players reset their profile, they will have a list of...questions...to answer:

What do you look for in a "relationship?"
Do you see through time?
When you stare into the void, is it the correct universe's infinite abyss that stares back?
Please define: existential crisis
How do you justify the color pink?
Does the data not corrupt exquisitely
Do do do does does does ththth e
Does the
Does the
Dies
data
done one one zero one

Additionally, this month, misfires on the meme are much more likely, whether it's a character who wouldn't post their own profile, or comments on other top levels.

Players, of course, are able to ignore this message. However, if a character wouldn't fill it out but a player would like to participate... the profile mysteriously resets itself. There may even be responses sent from Character A to Character B without Character A actually doing anything, if you'd like! This is a completely opt-in scenario! But for players who would like to participate fill out the post:

network profile

Character_Name

@username

ABOUT_ME

CODING

<lj-raw><div style="width:280px;margin:0 auto;background:#fff;box-shadow:1px 1px 4px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-bottom:4px solid #587AC0;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;line-height:1.7;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"> <!--HEADER--> <div style="text-align:center;background:#587AC0;padding:5px 0 5px 10px;display:flex;align-items:center;color:#fff;font-size:25px;font-family:georgia,serif;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-1px;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wmn8wYK.png" style="filter:invert(1);margin:0 5px 0 0;">network profile</div> <!--PFP--> <div style="height:220px;overflow:hidden;"> <img src="URL HERE" style="width:100%;height:auto;"> </div> <!--USER INFO--> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);padding:10px 5px;margin:0 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;"> <b style="color:#587AC0;">Character_Name</b> <div style="color:#999;">@username</div> </div> <!--BLURB--> <div style="padding:15px;max-height:160px;overflow:auto;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222;"> ABOUT_ME </div> </div><div style="margin:3px auto 0 auto;width:280px;font-size:8px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;"><a href="https://tessisamess.insanejournal.com/155095.html" style="color:#999;text-decoration:none;">CODING</a></div></lj-raw>

If you'd like to for shits and giggles, here's some notifications that may be used:

Name (@username) followed you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zhQOLFl.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;position:relative;"> Name (@username) followed you </div></lj-raw>

Name (@username) unfollowed you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4FkVwag.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;"> Name (@username) unfollowed you </div></lj-raw>

Name (@username) blocked you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Qu752sX.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;"> Name (@username) blocked you </div></lj-raw>

Have fun! Code credit.

Comments

[traumaticus]

[Huh. Good thing this isn't face-to-face because Richard is frowning at that reply. Who are you to call the king chosen by god himself 'silly'??]

Where I am from such things are not to be taken lightly, miss. Not unless one wishes to face their end in flames.

I take it you are not in faith, then.

[computation]

Not hardly. Don't tell me you're still burning the non-believers?

Where I'm from, we've moved onto other fabricated reasons to kill people threatening the dominant power structure.

[traumaticus]

it would be rather counter productive here, don't you think? in this world i am just one heretic among the others.

such as?

[computation]

I didn't think you were doing it here. Seems a little pointless when we all get back up afterwards.

They might hypothetically pose a threat to us at some point in the future if they get a little too religious for the wrong reasons.

[traumaticus]

exactly. it would only be pointless violence and drawing unnecessary discord between us the Chosen.

so your world has abandoned the faith?

[computation]

I much prefer the violence and discord with a point.

I wish. Are you really Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester?

[traumaticus]

we ought to avoid such horrid things and aim for peace, my dear lady. but if we must indulge in such ugliness then yes, i agree. there better be a point to it all.

of course. i do not think i would gain anything from impersonating another person in this world.

[computation]

[ Being called 'my dear lady' is extremely cute. ] I don't think there's a version of reality where we get to escape the ugliness, but we can at least make sure it has a purpose.

I considered it myself but rapidly came to the same conclusion. Is calling yourself duke your way of being low key?

[traumaticus]

no? that is who i am. why should i hide it?

[computation]

I'm pretty sure you're a king at some point.

1/2

[traumaticus]

[...Oh great, another one. She's now third one who seems to recognize him and affirm that his and Buckingham's ambitions and dark efforts did bear fruit. However, the crown never touched Richard's head before he was spirited away here.


But it'd be a lie to say that it didn't feel good to be called king

[traumaticus]

[but hm, how to reply to this. he can't really deny it, not with Charles and Mitsuru around. the last thing he'd want to do is betray their trust in him. yet he does not think it is necessarily wise to admit to it either, considering that he has hidden this part of himself.]

when i left England and came to this world the ruling king was my nephew, Edward the fifth. whatever has happened after that is beyond my knowledge.

however, it both delights and saddens me to hear that is what the future has in store for our Kingdom. please, do tell me what comes of my dear nephews?

[computation]

Sorry, history isn't my best subject. I don't know much more than recognizing Plantagenet. I'm from the United States -- we're kind of famous for ignoring the British monarchy.

I just thought you were being coy by using a lesser title.

[traumaticus]

[Eh, it's fine. Charles had already told him what had befallen Edward's boys. Namely mentioning that they had met their end in the hands of Richard himself. But the answer was satisfactory to him, despite this woman seeing through Richard's play.]


Hearing that the name Plantagenet has reached to your ears is alone enough to fill my heart with indescribable joy.

However, I do not know this united states that you mentioned. It is impressive that there is a nation that is able to stay ignorant to the royal crown and its influence.

[computation]

Word of advice? Don't use wealthy colonies as a piggy bank. And don't put a tax on tea.

People don't like it when you mess with their caffeine supply.

[traumaticus]

I shall try remember that.

What is caffeine?

[computation]

It's the chemical in tea that helps wake you up. Also present in a few other things, like coffee.

Have you had coffee yet? [ Introducing an English king to coffee is exactly the sort of thing Root finds entertaining. ]

[traumaticus]

nay. I have not.

But I have heard people talking about purchasing coffee before.

[computation]

You and me, coffee sometime? ☕🌹

[traumaticus]

[impressive drawings!]

I'll accept this invitation.

I would appreciate a chance to widen my horizon's and familiarize myself more with this modern culture.

[computation]

You got it, Richie. After reality stops crumbling around us. I'm looking forward to it.

[traumaticus]

[....Richie?]

My name is Richard.

Ah yes. Once the maids have rescued their princess.

[computation]

Richie is a nickname for Richard. Don't they have nicknames in your century?

There's room for you to be a maid, too!

[traumaticus]

[There is so much wrong with that message he can't even...]

You said that I would be a King.

[computation]

Kings can't be maids? You can be whoever you want to be, Richie.