[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

un: riftdancer

[thavnairian]

[This is weird, but considering he already knows the ins and outs of his cheap pay to go phone, it's not completely unprecedented for the tech this place has. Just some kind of Zodiac sponsored... thing.]

this is pretty suspicious, but i guess i'll play along

i plan to sleep in on the weekend since no one's asking me to pound rice into mochi this year

voice | un: lazyfox

[blindfox]

You can pound mochi?

[RIP Amal.]

[thavnairian]

being stupidly strong for no reason is in fact my special talent

[blindfox]

[SCORE]

Is it? Are you looking for a job?

[thavnairian]

[He switches to voice to make things easier... he has a faint accent that is vaguely analogous to that of India.]

I kind of wanted to sleep in like I said, but I might be persuaded with pay. Or food. Same thing.

[blindfox]

I just need some very strong people who are willing to help me finish unpacking the heavier boxes, that's all. I can pay or I can feed you, if you don't mind take out.

[thavnairian]

Oh, I thought you wanted me to pound mochi! [AUDIBLE SIGH OF RELIEF]

Boxes are no problem. Pay me in food, I'm happy!

[blindfox]

Oh, no. I couldn't bring my bags of rice with me on the plane.

[Is he serious? Who knows!]

[thavnairian]

Hahah, yeah! [← has no idea what he's talking about]

Just send me where and when, and I'll come over. I'm not as strong as I used to be, but I can still move furniture and boxes no problem.

[higanbana]

don't sell yourself short

sleep in every day. all day. don't let your dreams be dreams

[thavnairian]

that's great advice and i am totally on board.

[higanbana]

i am glad to be of service!

[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

UN: rschwarzer

[motiv8]

Wait, you've actually pounded mochi? That's really cool!

Mochi's really good... at least, the ice cream kind. That's all I've really managed to get my hands on before.

[thavnairian]

ice cream mochi is the best kind! the version with the red stuff inside is pretty good, but it's just not as sweet in my experience.

i wonder if there's a spicy mochi...

[motiv8]

Red bean, yeah! Anko, I think is another term for it.

I can't say I know of anything like that off the top of my head... everything I've ever seen or looked up has been sweet. But I imagine that's probably what's easiest to sell to a Western market.

It's got to be possible, though. I mean, mochi's really just a dough, right?

[thavnairian]

today i learned something. thank you!

hmmm. like the spicy chips they have at the grocery? but spicier...

i think it's possible. maybe with curry?

1/2

[motiv8]

Oh, wow, mochi filled with curry sounds like it'd be amazing! There's got to be something out there...

2/2

[motiv8]

[A couple of minutes later...]

Well, I did find some curry-flavored mochi bites, but no filled mochi yet. I did find this though, which looks promising!

https://www.justonecookbook.com/curry-bread/

I don't have access to a kitchen where I live, though... maybe someday!

[thavnairian]

i think i just started drooling while looking at that

i'm staying with a friend but i'm sure he wouldn't mind if i used his kitchen to make this. he likes curry too

it's time for delicious science!

[motiv8]

The best kind of science!

Let me know how it turns out! I'll just be over here, jealous.