[GAME START] Welcome to Libra!

[kaisoumods]

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Network
WHEN: January 7th
WHAT: Welcome to Libra!
WARNINGS: None

[Wherever you are, your phone will start to ring and vibrate. It doesn’t matter if your phone was off or on mute - it will ring anyway. If you didn’t have a phone? You’ll have found one that has been delivered to your current location with a sticky note attached with your name on it.

The ringing will continue until you check your phone. The entire screen has been locked to a new app that downloaded: Libra. It looks like a social media app, even though you’ve never heard of it before. Worst yet, there seems to be no closing this app until you read and respond to the message displayed]

Welcome to Libra! Libra is an innovative app developed by the good folks at Zodiac™ to connect people with similarities that set them apart from the average crowd!

There’s a lot to talk about, but we don’t want to pile too much on you! Instead, let's start things off with a little icebreaker! It’s a little late, but we hope it's still relevant!


This post is sponsored by the 2021 Kaisou Winter Carnival! Get out and enjoy the cold!

[Users will have the option to choose their own display names and userpics. If nothing is chosen, the app will use their real name and a quick photo taken of them from their camera's phone.

Mod Note: The game has officially begun! The first event log will take place on January 9th, but players are free to make their own logs and posts! There will be no NPC response in this network post, so feel free to interact with each other!]

Comments

[thavnairian]

finally, something worthwhile with this weird thing on my phone: people enabling me to be selfish and lazy for once

i love it

[higanbana]

listen. life sucks and then you die. we get so few chances to enjoy the little things that make us happy, so damn right i'm going to encourage it.

[thavnairian]

oh, i don't think it's so bad. there's dogs. and cute people.

[higanbana]

you raise a solid point, but i would like to counter that most people cannot, for example, spend all day playing with dogs

which is frankly just offensive to the dogs tbh they deserve it

[thavnairian]

time for a career change then!

but yeah, dogs really do deserve better than us

[higanbana]

i don't know of any career that lets you just play with dogs all day

if i did you'd better believe i'd beeline for that

[thavnairian]

apparently there's this thing called dog sitting? i found out about it when i was looking for places to work. like when you watch someone's kids but they're, you know, dogs

[higanbana]

oh, is there? that could work. i don't know if you could make a full-time job out of that, though. you could run a kennel, but that's a lot more work i think

[thavnairian]

walking dogs is better than moving furniture even part time if you ask me

i still can't believe people get paid to just take care of pets. this place is insane

[higanbana]

i mean, yes. primarily because if you asked me to move furniture i'm pretty sure i'd break something.

something being me. if that was not already clear.

i mean... i guess it's not that surprising. these days i think you could monetize just about anything if you knew how to advertise it well enough? it's just a matter if can you monetize it ENOUGH to make a whole living out of it, you know? food and board don't come cheap.

[Ha. As if she actually has to worry about either of those things, right now... she almost feels bad for having said it, given the circumstances. But, ah well. It's not as if this guy knows anything.]

[thavnairian]

hey, there's nothing wrong with having noodle arms. it just means you shouldn't be entering any arm-wrestling contests. i bet you're good at other things! like magic or drawing or being adorable

unfortunately they don't, but i've spent my whole life drifting so it's nothing new to me. i enjoy not being tied down to one place. it's just that, with how weird things are here, i'm worried that i might end up tripping through another damn portal if i leave this town and then i'll be really screwed

cw: drug use mention

[higanbana]

well, i mean, thank you! i do try hard on that last bit. but i regret to inform you that my talents are basically limited to snippy comebacks and insta selfies.

which is going to be a problem when my stepfather finally decides he's done with my freeloading ass... but that is a problem for FUTURE me to deal with ✨

["It's not like this guy knows anything," she thinks, and them promptly drops this. Nailed it? But it's not like she has any incentive to keep anything under wraps, so... whatever.]

i mean okay kaisou can be pretty weird with some things but we're PROBABLY not going to drop you through a portal straight to hell




probably. i've heard people tell some weird stories about the old subway station.

might've been the drugs tho tbh

[thavnairian]

hey, i appreciate snippy comebacks at least

oh my. well! if you need somewhere to stay let me know. i can vouch for a few people who've taken me in before

until then, just slap him with the big soft puppy eyes if he starts getting second thoughts. what kind of monster would throw an adorable, defenseless little girl out on the street to fend for herself? make him think something terrible would happen and he'd regret it the moment he shut the door

he doesn't need to know that people like me would probably just take you out for pizza and teach you how to break a man's arm

[Amal knows all the good shit really.]

that's... comforting? i think? i mostly stay away from that area, i know a dungeon when i see one

[higanbana]

aww, thanks! [She... doesn't know if she actually trusts the offer of some rando, but...] i'm hoping that's at least a couple years off, yet, and who knows. maybe by then i'll actually have some of my own shit figured out. but it's really sweet of you to offer.

[That's actually genuine. It's... pretty rare for anyone to actually express interest in her well-being.]

i am down for pizza and arm-breaking, though. that sounds like a good time regardless of my housing situation.

ehe, yeah, that place definitely has some Go Here If You Wish For Death vibes ngl

[thavnairian]

don't mention it. i mean obviously you should if you need help but, you know.

i'm always down for teaching self-defense!

if by chance something sends me down there i'll let you know what i find