OKCINDR POST #6

[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 March 2nd, characters randomly look back at their tablets to see the following:

OKCINDR PROFILE RESET #6
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?
- what is the real you?
- will you still love someone if they're no longer themselves?
- what is a wish
- what are you prepared to do to have your wish fulfilled? would you die for it? kill for it?
- what kind of world do you wish for?
- are all wishes equal?
- does everyone deserve to have their wish come true?
- do you think your wish is more important than the wishes of others?
- will your wish coming true make you truly happy?

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

[startraveler]

There are many people who can't do that and either doom themselves to the same path they walked before or decide to despair over their fate.

[nilhilistic]

Those people can be as weak as they have chosen to be.

That does not mean I shirk my accountability.

[startraveler]

I'm not saying you should. I'm just saying you're doing the best thing you could be doing. There's no reason to be too harsh on yourself or go around warning people that being with you is the wrong choice.

[nilhilistic]

[ hm. ]

Perhaps it is a trifle overdone.

[startraveler]

Just a little bit, yes.

[nilhilistic]

[ he huffs. ]

It is . . . hard. People have been kind. Forgiving.

And yet, I struggle under the weight of it all.

[startraveler]

Change is difficult for everyone and everything takes time. I'm sure your friends understand that too.

[nilhilistic]

They are, perhaps, a little too understanding.

[startraveler]

Is that such a bad thing?

[nilhilistic]

I am not sure.

Sometimes I fear, in all their graciousness, I may slip.

[startraveler]

You don't think your friends would be able to stop you or bring you back to your senses if that happened?

[nilhilistic]

I suppose they could. They have, before.

But they have also failed before. And a world paid the price.

[startraveler]

That's a difficult situation, but I think it's something you may need to work on yourself. Perhaps people here would have some tips on how to control your power.

[nilhilistic]

It is not control I lack.

Merely . . . troubled feelings that gave rise to rage.

[startraveler]

Then you could get tips on how to deal with anger. Or maybe someone to talk to about what irritates you.

Sometimes just talking a lot about what troubles you is enough to make you feel better.

[nilhilistic]

And that will suffice?

That seems unlikely.

[startraveler]

Even if it's not much, it's better than doing nothing about it at all.

And if it doesn't work out, you look for other options.

[nilhilistic]

I will not waver on my oath or my commitments.

I simply do not think I have earned forgiveness.

[startraveler]

I understand, but when do you think you will earn it? What do you think you have to do to deserve forgiveness?

[nilhilistic]

I have millennia. Time is no hardship for me.

[ but he doesn't have an answer. he's not sure when. or how. he only knows he should not have it. ]

[startraveler]

Even so, atoning for your misdeeds for hundreds or thousands of years is hardly something anyone should do. Especially that you truly wish to change.

I have a friend who was once forced to do horrible things in the past until he was saved. Ever since then he's been fighting to protect people, no matter how exhausted or hurt he is. He's been doing it for hundreds of years... And as his friend, I wish for him to see that he can allow himself to relax and rest. He's done so much already.

[nilhilistic]

I held my sister's hand for a thousand years. I prayed for her return every day. In an empty world. There were no birds. No animals. No people. All I ever did was hold on.

And she came back to me.

Fate has been gracious enough.

[startraveler]

[A thousand of years in the empty world...]

That must have been very lonely, but I'm glad fate was kind to you.

Still, if fate offers you more, I don't think it's greedy to accept it.

[nilhilistic]

It is the epitome of greed. I managed to bring someone back to life.

How many have wished it so? With virtues and souls better than I?

[startraveler]

Sadly, that's not a question I can answer. Every world has its own rules. Every fate is different.

And yet I don't think you should see yourself as greedy. Your dedication gave life back to your sister and now you're also given a chance for yourself. Don't you think not using it would be a waste?