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

[abandonware]

[Oh... it's.

Cute...

But she isn't saying that shit. She has a reputation to maintain.]



that doesn't look pointy at all. is it hiding some sort of weaponry?

[izanagis]

Actually, I guess that's kind of accurate. They have retractable claws.

[abandonware]

huh. clever design.
they look innocent, but can ambush opponents that way.
where can I find one

[izanagis]

They're pretty small, too, so it's even more unexpected.

There's a group of strays at the farm, if you know where that is. They'll come out pretty easily for food.

[abandonware]

there are machine models like that. they're dangerous.

these "cats" aren't harmful?

[izanagis]

Are those common where you're from?

Well...they can scratch or bite. But that's just animal nature, I think.

[abandonware]

yeah. i was designed to fight them.

[Though she wonders if this is still true, with the collapse of the Tower.]

oh. then they're manageable. they can't cause me much damage.
got it.

[izanagis]

"Designed?"

No, they don't cause much damage. Well, maybe if you're a sofa or a curtain or something.

[abandonware]

yeah. [a slight delay because: here we go again...] i'm an android. i was created to fight.

[izanagis]

Woah. I can't say I've ever met an android before. There's nothing like that where I'm from. [Much less one interested in cats.]

I'm Yu. What's your name?

[abandonware]

i've heard that a lot [and, after a bit of time passes, she adds:] this is my first time meeting humans, too.

A2.

[izanagis]

Glad we have something in common. [yu really needs to stop trying to joke, they are All Dumb] Are humans hard to come by, in your world?

Nice to meet you, A2.

[abandonware]

guess we do. and... yes, they are. we

[a delay.]

the androids were told humanity escaped to the moon. when the wars started.

[izanagis]

To the moon...

[That is some science fiction craziness right there.]

Where I'm from, the moon isn't habitable. So it sounds incredible, in a way. But...it also seems like your home has been through a lot.

[abandonware]

[This is a painful topic, though since this boy has no way of knowing as much, she doesn't lash out.

Instead:]

i don't know much about the moon base. androids were only ever deployed on earth.

guess it has been through a lot. to me it's just how it is. there's no changing it.

[izanagis]

I guess I can understand that. Things that have already happened can't really be changed.

Are there a lot of androids, there?

[abandonware]

there were. not many of us left, now.

[izanagis]

[Oh...that. That sounds really...tough.]

Sorry. That must be a really hard subject to talk about.

[abandonware]

[Sympathy again. It falls uncomfortably over her shoulders, like a jacket two sizes too small. Suffocating.]

it's fine. I'm here now. and there aren't any androids here, either. I guess it doesn't make a difference either way.

[After a moment:]

what do humans do here?

[izanagis]

[He might otherwise argue -- it does matter, doesn't it? Things that happened at home, people who aren't here... they matter. Those bonds are still real, even if they feel far away.

But. Maybe it's not the same for androids. Maybe saying as much would be putting his own feelings on her shoulders. So instead, he embraces the soft change of subject.]

A lot of things. They're are clubs. Jobs. Some people explore, but... it's not always safe, so not everyone does.

Is there anything you're interested in doing?

[abandonware]

[Clubs? Jobs? Human indulgences. Things reserved for humanity. A2's brow knits.]

i don't know.

if there's danger, i can take care of it.

[izanagis]

[...hmm...]

There is, sometimes. I wouldn't say it's constant, though.

You know, a lot of the stuff I mentioned is open to people who just want to watch, or might want to know more. If you're ever interested.

[abandonware]

i see.

[He's inviting her to join. She isn't so disconnected from humanity that she doesn't recognize that.

But...]

I
i'll think about it.

[izanagis]

[He's certainly not going to insist. Leaving the invitation -- that's about as far as he'll go.]

No pressure. Maybe I'll see you there.