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glymmerunderground2019-03-15 05:57 pm
TDM #1
TEST DRIVE MEME
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Prompt I: Mission, get!
And just on time, your phone buzzes with a notification from you-know-who.
Did you hear about the two guys who stole a calendar? They both got six months!
Ah, Topaz. What would you do without her?
Good morning! I hope you all at a hearty breakfast when you rolled out of bed today. A good breakfast can set the tone for the day, and we all like to get started on the right foot, don't we?
Oh, right! Your new assignment came in from the higher ups. Here's what they want this month:
✬ Mission Requirements: Make sure you bring a friend ♥ A friend of any specialization will do!
✬ Special Requests: The big wigs would like something particularly shiny and valuable this month. I do hear there's a special art exhibition being held at the Glymmer Museum of Modern Art? Perhaps you could start your search there.
✬ Mission: Steal something Sweet!
✬ Mission Requirements: Hmmm. . . this time, find a Grifter to help you out with this request. If you're already a Grifter, well! They do say that two is company, right?
✬ Special Requests: Find something sentimental! Sentimental things are usually sweet, right?✬ Mission: Steal the Sky!
Seems like two pretty straightforward missions, right? Time to grab a buddy and get started!
Prompt II: Practice Makes Perfect
So you've been in Glymmer long enough to work your way into purchasing a new ability for your specialization. That's awesome! How does it feel to have some Glymmer magic at your fingertips? Probably pretty great at any other time besides now, right?
Because today, your powers are giving you a bit of. . . trouble. They may activate or deactivate at completely inappropriate times, leaving you with a bit of a mess to clean up. If you're a thief, you might find yourself tumbling through random walls. If you're the muscle, you might find yourself accidentally pulling doors off of their hinges. If you're a hacker, you might find yourself shrinking to the size of an ant while trying to brush your teeth (don't drown in the sink!!) And if you're a grifter, you might suddenly become. . . um. The object of everyone's amorous feelings.
Don't worry! It's probably just a glitch? It'll be fine! It'll all wear off in time. Hopefully more like five minutes than five days. But it's kind of hard to tell when it comes to Glymmer Glitches.
Prompt III: Jailbreak??
Welp. The time has come. You always dreaded this day. Tried your hardest to keep it from happening, even. But today. . . you've been caught. The Glymmer Metropolitan Police Force has bested you, and now you’re sitting in the slammer. The big house, if you will. Gods damn it.
Fortunately, they haven't processed you yet! Your secret identity remains in tact, so long as you're still wearing your mask. For now, you're being held in a small cell with nothing but a bench for sitting and an open toilet that you really don't want to use. There's a tiny, iron bar-framed window, and a cell door also made of bars. And the fortunate thing? You're not alone.
A comrade from the guild is also being held with you. Maybe if you put your heads together, you can think a way out of this mess. After all, the guards are totally not paying attention to you.
Show them that it's always a bad idea to take one's eyes off of a phantom thief.
Prompt IV: Network
Today, your phone rings with a new message:
hi i am a glymmer princess who was just given a fortune by my dead uncle who left me all of his gold and jewelry and i don't want it so im trying to give it to the person i think deserves it the most and that person is u
if u reply to this with your name and bank account info i will ttly send u the money get rich quick $$$$$ thank u for being awesome
. . . what?
The weirdest part of this? This message is coming from one of your contacts. A friend you know well! That's concerning. Better check the Glymmer server to see if anyone else is having this problem. Or, you know, chew out your your contact for sending you spam mail. The nerve!!
Or you can use the network for any other purpose. The sky's the limit!
Wildcard.
Feel free to make up your own prompts!!
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TDM Notes: The multiple prompt format will not appear in every intro or event post in the game! It is somewhat TDM exclusive to give you guys an idea of what kind of events will be run, and what kind of shenanigans are available for you to thread out ICly. TDM threads are not canon, so feel free to assume CR in order to get some good threads going! Feel free to assume code names as well, or that your character has already purchased abilities, to kind of get a feel for now the mechanics work. Go wild!
If you have any questions, feel free to hit up the Q&A page.
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I'll throw in some markers for free. Where should we meet?
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Have you heard of the Sacred Grounds cafe?
[it's one of Akira's favorite spots. it, of course, doesn't serve coffee nearly as good as Leblanc's blends, but. it'll do]
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[Serpent is not the coffee connoisseur Akira is.]
Meet you there!
[And off he goes! He's in no particular hurry about it, because he's in no particular hurry about this job in general, but he does go straight to his room to fetch some supplies before taking the lot in a bag to their designated spot.
Now, where's his partner in crime?]
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[Akira's dressed in his civvies by the time he makes it to the Sacred Grounds cafe, his pendant glittering brightly on his neck as it hangs from its chain. he's got a fresh cup of coffee curled in one hand, and a bunch of colorful construction paper and glitter strewn out across the table]
[he is READY for ARTS AND CRAFTS]
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Anyway, the youth who slides into the seat in front of Akira with a coffee and a bag doesn't have his pendant out, but there's certainly a chain around his neck that seems to go under his shirt. And if that weren't hint enough:]
Arts'n crafts?
[...What the hell is that phony Kansai-ben. Probably not worth worrying about, because now he's dumping his own supplies on the table.]
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What's with the fake dialect?
[aKIRA THAT'S RUDE]
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That's rude. You got a problem with how I talk?
[Maybe he wouldn't if your accent weren't shit.]
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[how. . . how does Akira know what proper Kansai-ben sounds like!1]
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[They're in a magical otherworld. These people probably don't even know the difference.]
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[point]
Probably not. Who else besides me would notice?
[reaches out to take a glue stick from his comrade]
Let's get started.
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[Setting the tone is important. He twirls a pencil idly in his hand over some scratch paper.]
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[a beat]
What are their names?
[important information he should’ve asked about before now, really]
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The owner's Dan Canterbury. [The nametag was kind of long thanks to that surname.] For runnin' a candy store, he's really sour. He plays nice if he's at the register, but you can hear him yellin' at the staff from the back.
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To Dan Canterbury, the greedy two-faced sour patch with a heart made of black licorice.
You wear a smile for your customers, but treat your employees like dirt beneath your feet. And yet, you'd be nothing without the hard work of those you think of as being lesser than you. We refuse to sugarcoat the ultimate point of this message: as punishment for your crimes, we will be stealing the heart of your store and distributing it to those who deserve the kindness you refuse to give them.
Signed,
The Ragamuffins
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[Hizumi sounds amused as he takes a look at Akira's writing.]
What's your code name, again? A snake's easy enough, but I shouldn't take all the credit.
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[which will absolutely not be his codename in the game but I can't think of anything else for the moment so we're ROLLING WITH IT]
Ah, but if you want all the credit, you can take it. I don't do this for recognition.
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Oh? Don't get a thrill from gainin' infamy as a phantom thief?
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Now now. I never said that.
[there will always be a part of Akira who enjoys that bit of infamy. a reckless, thrill-seeking part that only ever comes out when he's donning Joker's disguise]
But it isn't the primary purpose of what I do.
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[And with that he begins sketching out a layout for the card, incorporating a snake along the border and a stylized jester hat in two corners, mirror images not unlike what you'd see on a playing card. It's not the work of a pro artist, but it's still decently slick looking.]
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Now that looks good.
[THIS GUY approves]
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[He has a talent for most things. He'll reach over for the different tools as he works on the piece, using glitter in particular to color the jester hats. The color scheme seems to be gold and green.]
Anythin' else I should add?
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Add a little bit of red.
[it'll look like Christmas, but hey, red is Akira's signature color!1]
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[But he shrugs, making the eyes of the snake red and adding some red detailing to the jester's hat.]
How's that?
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[it's perfect, even if it does look like. . . Christmas. . .]
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[It's rough coming up with stuff on the fly!]
Now, how do we wanna deliver it?
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