OKCINDR POST #4

[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 November 3rd, characters randomly look back at their tablets to see the following:

OKCINDR PROFILE RESET #4
PLEASE RESET PROFILE

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

What is forgiveness?
Can a criminal ever really be forgiven?
should you be forgiven?
Is a crime ever justified?
How do you justify your crime?
Can you forgive someone who's wronged you?

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

[manifestering]

I suppose
But
Still
I am already disadvantaged when speaking with strangers and so on

[computation]

If it really worries you, we can work on it. I know we lost track of that what with the world destabilizing around us, but speaking with strangers doesn't have to be difficult.

People are honestly pretty predictable.

[manifestering]

Admittedly it concerned me more before the locals seemed to change
Still there are many Chosen
And I am running out of ways to politely insist I am not raising an army of the undead

[computation]

[ She could make a couple obvious jokes here, but this seems to be a reoccurring thought for Octavian, so she'll take it seriously. ]

If it's on the network like this, try adding some emojis. I'll set it up on the voice commands for you. Go nuts 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

[ Look at that little army of the undead! Root's default emoji selections for Octavian are probably all spooky themed, but she includes some standard ones, too. ]

Other than that, let's talk about something called the bystander effect. Are you familiar with it?

[manifestering]

But
Is that going to dispel the notion I am raising the undead
Considering

[They are little zombies?? He already doubts the reading comprehension of x many people here, would that make it worse--]

In any case
Yes
Why

[computation]

It's whimsical. Helps you seem less serious. Treat it like more of a joke and people won't be so worried! How could someone with this face be raising the undead? ヾ(•ω•`)o

[ Of course Root also knows kaomojis. ]

It's a good example for understanding some key human behaviors. Speak to each individual personally -- address them directly. Make it about them. And play on their evolutionary fear of being thought uncooperative. That's always a good one.

Taking your most recent network post, I might say:

I am an alchemist, which means I do magic science. 🧪✨ I'm looking for assistance with a personal medical project that is important to me. It might be a little sensitive so I'd prefer to talk about the request privately, but I'd really appreciate any help. 🙏

[manifestering]

[Oh, she is so earnestly trying to help, and he appreciates her so much for that, but— well. He is so accustomed to the trifecta of getting what he wants, not having to be the front man for anything, and not having to have petty arguments about true intentions that the idea of posting her little sample kind of makes his skin crawl. Frankly, if people don't want to help him they should just say no and then mind their business and he shouldn't have to take care of anyone's sensitive assumptions—

And so on and so forth. He is lonely after so long, make no mistake; he is also not very patient. Not when it comes to the personal project, in any case.]

No

[........okay, give her more than no,]

A dog and pony show to coddle children is a waste of time
Besides I would not continue the ruse to anyone's satisfaction
Then the sensitive and self-righteous would be upset about something new

[computation]

[ Root would have been completely fine with just a no -- there's a reason her most important people are the Machine and Shaw, respectively -- but reading the rest of his reaction gives her some real amusement. ]

True, it does take some maintenance. Of course it's a dog and pony show. It's manipulation, baby 😉

Social skills are just knowing how to manipulate one another. If you don't want to play the game then I can do it for you. Plenty more potassium nitrate where that came from.

[manifestering]

How do you know it was not my intention all along to lead you to offer

[Ha ha, no, he knows. This, too, is /japes]

If you would like to
You are welcome to manipulate whomever on my behalf

[computation]

That would be manipulative and we wouldn't be having this conversation if that was the case. 🥰

And that's why we're friends! Because I'd do it anyway but it gets so awkward when somebody is uncomfortable with it.

[manifestering]

Then we are both so fortunate that I have so little interest in playing the game
Or whatever
And that you seem to enjoy it

[computation]

Sure, I'll be your PR rep!
Let me handle any questions about your undead army 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

[ she is not joking. this is not /japes ]

[manifestering]

Please do not encourage the undead army nonsense
I will never find any volunteers

[computation]

How many more do you need? Real question. Don't say you need to stock up again -- that's how you get the insinuations of mad scientist villainy.

[manifestering]

Living people are so sensitive and self-centered
Two will do I suppose

[computation]

Be honest, were you like this before you died?

Two more coming right up.

[manifestering]

Like what
I admit I had more patience
I also had local renown

[computation]

Hard to imagine you didn't think people were sensitive and self-centered before.

Renown for what?

[manifestering]

I did
However I had a life to live besides

And my parents were skilled magicians in the field
My brother and I were prodigies
Prior to murdering me my business associate contributed wealth and reputation

[computation]

So you can manipulate people if you want, you just don't care enough to do it anymore?

[ She wonders if that means he spent years trapped in a room with no clue what happened to his family as they aged and died. Root does not ask that. ]

How's that work exactly? Like running a business or more like being an academic? Trying to picture what kind of groupies you had.

[manifestering]

Not quite
Meaning
I have not really tried
My brother and business associate were more suited to being the front man
In various endeavors

For me it was professional academia
I have even given lectures

[computation]

Oh so you've always had a patsy for human interaction. I know a guy like that.

Grad student groupies wanting you to be their dissertation advisor, got it!

[manifestering]

Well not my brother
The other however yes

I admit I did not notice any "groupies" but I suppose it could have been possible