OKCINDR POST #5

[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 January 2nd, 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 the maximum amount of sheep you have counted when trying to fall asleep?
- Is it harder to forgive yourself, or to forgive others?
- How strongly do you feel that the past defines a person?
- What is your dream?
- Why would an android's dream contain electric sheep? Are they particularly drawn to livestock animals?
- If you could return to one specific moment in your life, would you?
- How do you wake up from a dream?
- Please
- Wake up
- You must wake up

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]

Well you seem opposed to things your friends disapprove of
So why not ask them instead
?

[checkout]

And yet you weren't aware after the first time.

Never mind, I suppose. What do you make, then? If you are so worried about things people make.

[runeing]

[ if they don't get the hint... yes, he will in fact do that. ]

So am I.

[ coming from mr. "oh this isn't my bedroom" — ]

I will see you soon, then.

[ and he does — he does end up just muting the tablet in the end, but picks up something on the way to lupin, so he's carrying a small plastic bag with him when he gets there. ]

[mightymorphin]

heheh, that's a great story! and as long as Deadpool doesn't mind then that's the important thing.

I'm Morph, with the X-Men. if you ever want to get some training in, the mansion is just outside of town and the Danger Room's open for everyone to use.

[manifestering]

[Good luck with your conversations, Viktor— Octavian doesn't even take his tablet with him when he goes out, why should he, it's too much effort to carry around. He leaves it sitting in his house and heads out to Lupin, but he doesn't go inside early to preorder drinks like Viktor had done the first time. Mostly because he'd have to loiter around inside and, god forbid, maybe make smalltalk... shudder.

So he's waiting outside for Viktor, folding and unfolding a small piece of paper. Ah, and there he is,]

Hello. Good to see you.

[And to business, going inside. He gestures for Viktor to pick a table and fully expects him to pick the same one as last time, ahem,] I will see if our drink of choice exists.

1/2

[skelters]

Oh!
Um

Thank you, I'd love that?

[skelters]

[ he sees that shade thrown ... ]

That look is only on Tuesdays.

[runeing]

Yes, I know the feeling.

[ it's about 60-40 in favour of sarcasm, yes, ]

And how do you do that, exactly?

[runeing]

Oppression. Poverty. Negligence. Crime. Wealth disparity.

Do you want me to go on?

[rebellions]

[ Everybody deserves a name. It's a simple but effective way of recognizing their existence. He's not naive enough to think everyone would agree with him on that, of course; least of all scientists who see their creations are subpar to humans... but a part of him hopes the AI will be able to grow beyond simply doing her job. What it will mean for them... only time will tell. ]

yeah
we'll have to wait and see

[ There's really not much to be said or done until she manages to contact them again. Which is annoying, as Ragna is not the most patient man out there, but what can you do. Instead, he scrolls over to read her profile again. "Civilian life" and "new experiences", huh? ]

A2 was it?
if you need anything

[ There's almost a pointed pause after that last line, like he was going somewhere with it and then decided to drop it all of a sudden. He really is one hell of a sentimental fool, huh? Look at him, seeing some vague hints of a combat android in need of a normal life and almost forgetting himself. He shakes his head, and eventually continues in a completely different direction. ]

just ask around
plenty of goody two shoes around here who will fall over themselves to help a pretty lady in a pinch

[ Not him, of course. Duh. ]

[runeing]

[ the life hack is choosing a bar where you know the owner — and when the owner isn't inclined towards small talk either, well, all the better. ]

You too, [ he answers and means it quite genuinely. as for the pick of the table, well, octavian is in luck, because viktor prefers routine in things like this... and it is the most remote table available, which has a particular appeal to it. ]

Best of luck. [ said dryly, as always, like getting drinks is akin to going off to war — which, again, if it includes small talk it might as well be, ]

🎀 soon?

[howyouseit]

You always loved those emoji things didn't you?

🎀 !!

[opheliac]

i do, and u too can become an emoji user like the great jinx! 🐵


well it was great bothering u, bug, but these bananas arent going to split themselves.

[despitethenora]

[For better or worse, her pride means she's happy to indulge herself on this topic.]

Maybe.
If I nock three at a time, the grouping won't be as precise, but it's usually good enough for what I'm taking on.
Might be able to get two volleys off.
Better, if I'm starting from higher ground.

[despitethenora]

[She's laughing on her end.]

I didn't realize how extensive it is.

[despitethenora]

No, the AI she made asked.
If she had a son or a daughter, what should they be like?
She said she would have a daughter. Someone curious, unstoppable, and compassionate enough to help heal the world.

[despitethenora]

There's an AI where I'm from, but it runs a terraforming system.
There's at least one other out there.
Runs a facility that prevents a natural disaster.

Earth is beautiful. There's plants and animals everywhere. Herds of machines.
Vines growing over ancient ruins.
But it's also in trouble.
Blights, worsening storms.

[despitethenora]

It's what GAIA was made for.
My mother created her.
A full AI. Something that could think and feel.
So she could care about life and make sure it succeeds when Elisabet and her team were gone.

[runeing]

To each their own, then. I have better uses for my time than being stuck at the mercy of armed amphibians.

[runeing]

Not really, no. If that is the case for you, I would advise looking for a new partner.

[runeing]

I've only been here a little over two months, but I know someone who has been here far longer. She will appreciate knowing of you, I believe.

Thank you for the offer. You are... rather helpful. Most would not be, to a complete stranger.

[nightwild]

what side project
are you trying to make a news show here

[nightwild]

everything can be fought
if something cant
like an illusion or something
you just have to find the person making it to beat them up instead

[chimericalclaw]

[She just said "most," and now she's backtracking, is she...]

I'm hoping you've never tried to attack a cold or an earthquake.

[jaganshi]

This is Kurama, of course he would.

But he also has an annoying penchant for excusing your weird human bullshit as often as possible.