CONCORDIA, DAY :025 - :032

[onemind]

CURRENT EVENTS

     CONCORDIA, DAY :025 - :032

The media monster is in full swing in the days following the bombing at the Royal Gaming Parlor. If the bombing at the Ven Diagrams warehouse was enough to kick off a bunch of public furor, this has been that times five. All the usual suspects are on parade: REPRESENTATIVE GORAM SAFFIT OF LARANN has addressed his constituents and the public at large with another message decrying violence and pushing for synthetic regulations; Mind Life has stubbornly published multiple statements similarly discouraging violent protest with the insistence that the only way to head off these attacks is to recognize and understand that the synthetic experience as valuable; Public Security has been in force throughout all blocks of the city, though it again seems like they don’t have many leads to follow. In fact, a large percentage of both media coverage and extranet public opinion has started to take not so subtle stabs at the Public Security Commissioner, Seong-Hye Ngozi. Is she dealing with this threat as effectively as she could be? Is there perhaps a better way to track down the people perpetuating these attacks?

Public Security raids in Subspace has gotten more aggressive and many low-level clubs popular among the young technophile crowds have been all but gutted by security sweeps; there’s a sweeping sense of paranoia among many of the denizens of the underground - no, most of them probably have nothing to do with H+H1 or EXTRAAA, but a lot of them have less than clean records and that’s apparently the only excuse Security needs right now to take people in.

If there’s one good (??) thing to say about all this, it’s that the anti-synthetic sentiment in Concordia has slaked slightly in the days following the attack; most people don’t really mind if androids or chips get blown up, but if these rumored biochauvanist are targeting androids in public venues then that means putting actual lives in danger. Everyone - Goram Saffit, Mind Life, and Public Security - seems united in the sentiment that attacks like this are simply unacceptable; no matter what ideology is being fought for, ending (organic) lives is the wrong way to go about it.

In the meantime, there’s plenty to dig into and the Hosts won’t have to do it alone - one DAY 25, a new batch of hosts wake up back on the Station… including one old friend (welcome back to the land of the living, Jessica Jones). They’ll be arriving on Concordia just after dark on day 26.


     IN OTHER NEWS...

Angel will fall into a coma on day 25. Keep your fingers crossed that she wakes back up!

Private security employment and integration has risen by 7%; it turns out that tragedy is great for select wedges of the Concordian economy.

Many companies looking to protect their androids have increased security protocols on their units. Casual interaction with corporate androids has gotten more difficult to obtain; most service droids (cab drivers, garbage units, etc) won’t engage in conversation with a stranger unless it’s required to complete their assigned tasks.

With the increased security sweeps along Subspace, any host with a flag on their security profile will want to be very, very vigilant and extra careful not to get stopped by Public Security. It’s incredibly possible that they might get taken in for questioning if they get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A candelight vigil is being planned outside the Royal Street Parlor (currently closed for renovations) on DAY 31; it’s very likely that a number of public figures will be in attendance.

In the wake of the Royal Street Parlor bombing, Kun-Kun’s public support has somewhat increased. He’s still getting called a ROBOT FKR in the comment section of videos, but there’s more of a ‘Can you not?’ sentiment in response.

Public Security will release Anakin Skywalker’s remains from the morgue on Day 29.

OOH-LA-LA! You thought some game parlor bombing was dramatic? You won't believe how much more compelling it can get! According to local tabloids, Saffron (a rising star of the stage; if you don't know her, then where have you been?) was spotted on the arm of one of the hunkier Bout It Out contenders at the parlor just before the explosion. Hopefully they're both okay! :''''(

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

DAY :025 (August 14-15) - Angel slips into a coma. The new Hosts wake up on the station to a brave new world.

DAY :026 (August 16-17) - All of the Hosts make it down to Concordia to meet up with their new forced-family.

DAY :027 (August 18-19) - The Host’s combined snooping around has lead to something, as a representative (or multiple representatives?) from EXTRAAA connects to everyone. This log will go up on the 14th, but in-character this contact will only last for approximately one hour on Day 27. Get your tagging in early, because all mod-responses to this post will stop end of day 8/19.

DAY ??? - Kun-Kun’s reps will contact the hosts to organize a meeting with Mind Life’s Sheena Frey; the in-character date on this will depend on host response.

There WILL be a log posted for the events of Day :025-026, as well as a log for EXTRAAA’s contact on Day :027. All other IC logs (including any IC plotting and planning) may be player organized/initiated.

OOC UPDATES

Hi again guys! We want to take a second to thank you guys again for being so great, and for really taking this explosion plot and running with it. There have been a lot of great ideas and IC action happening in the aftermath, including some exciting player-plotesque initiatives; we’ve purposefully kept this calendar light to give space for you guys to slot in your plots and plans accordingly. If you have something that you feel have a larger scope - big open logs, mini-player plots, etc - that you’d like to put on the timeline, go ahead and comment in the appropriate subthread below and we’ll edit it in.

Further, this is a casual reminder for new and old players that if your character is using a fake ID on Concordia, we have a place for you to dump info about them (complete with an excellently ridiculous randomizer - thanks Avali!) over HERE.

As a small side note, we wanted to mention that we’ve made a policy adjustment when it comes to re-apping a dropped character back into a capped cast. We’ll be accepting re-apps into capped casts as long as the character has been dropped from the game for at least two months. This policy may change in the future if we feel the game is becoming unbalanced, but for now this seems like it should work. Be aware that other than re-apps, the MCU and Star Wars casts are currently capped and accepting no new applicants. Additionally, we’re getting close to the game cap?! COOL.

Last but not least, during the application period we made reference to characters feeling incomplete if they belonged to incomplete broods. Just kidding! Due to recent apps trends, all broods are full (or as full as they're gonna get anyway; some of you have some dead weight. GET IT).

As always, feel free to use this space to plot and plan; if you have any questions for us, don’t hesitate to ask them below if they’re related to current events and plots, or on the FAQ or the MOD CONTACT posts if they’re more general!

-Abby and Donna

CONCORDIA MISSION: OVERVIEW • DAY :008 - :013 • DAY :018 - :022
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Comments

QUESTIONS?

[onemind]

Please direct all general questions relating to this calendar/the current Concordia here!

[headinjuries]

Okay!

We have a few characters talking about going to that vigil on Day 31, so - would they run into anything of interest there, assuming they're just keeping a low profile and taking it all in? In particular, are any public figures of interest going to be speaking, and if so, would anything be pinging Sam's bullshit detector powers?

[onemind]

Okay!!

The hosts will be few in a throng of relatively peaceful people. Most people in attendance are younger (30s and below) and a proportionally large number of them have some kind of physical modification, though most are relatively low-profile mods. There's also a small contingent of androids in attendance.

A low platform has been erected in front of the Royal Street Gaming Parlor and the speakers for the vigil either stand on it or, as is the case with some more high profile appearances, they speak across an extranet connection via a holoscreen projected onto the Parlor itself. For the most part the speakers are small time: a few workers from a small local chapter of Mind Life (accompanied by a few skittish looking androids), a beta block councilwoman, a Mother and Sister from a nearby Church of Lirinity. Most of them have nothing more than words of support and condolence and seem to be perfectly legitimate according to Sam's BS detector. The notable exception comes somewhere close to the middle of the vigil when Seong-Hye Ngazi, the Public Security Commissioner for Concordia, speaks via extranet connection. She seems somber, competent, but also confident. There's nothing immediately strange about her statements - it also includes condolences for the losses, regret for the circumstances of the attack, etc -, but when she starts to talk about Public Security's dedication to finding the party responsible for the attack something...seems...strange.

Otherwise: it's your fairly standard memorial gathering. Poems are read, some tears are shed, there are some people with signs and a small contingent of rabble rousers on the fringe of the gathering that quickly get chased off by Public Security, etc. You're welcome to create and interact with your own NPCs if you feel so inclined!

All this said and done, we'd definitely encourage putting up a mingle log if it seems like a couple of players are interested in making the trip; who knows what other adventures additional threading might turn up....... waggles eyebrows

[headinjuries]

beautiful

/steeples fingers

I will definitely put something up for it, since there's at least a couple characters planning to go!

[headinjuries]

An addendum, pardon shitty phone typing:

If Sam were going it alone he would probably just leave it at "hmm something's shady" but since kylo ren is backing him up/encouraging him to push...he's gonna try to pin it down further. This is babby's first time using the active part of his symbiote power and he doesn't have a grasp on what he can do yet, but would he be able to figure anything else out if he strains himself trying?

[tropism]

hello mods. giorno has been quite the law-abiding citizen, he needs to play or he loses his gangstar rep. if he does some pickpocketing around platform 12 or bout it out, what kinda small items can he get other than the usual generic stuff (like keys, wallets, etc ... ) (he won't take anything that looks too important for someone's livelihood or something) (he won't be taking from people with cybernetics too that shit cray)

[onemind]

WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES.

No for real, feel free to use your imagination and have Giorno come away with whatever. - small pieces of tech, credit cards, data chips, weird handheld gaming devices etc. Most data chips are going to have some really boring run of the mill personal data on it - photos, messaging logs, etc.

That said keys aren't very common in Concordia (most home/work/etc security is built into a Concordian's personal ID).

[tropism]

oh excellent!! although by small pieces of tech, do you mean something like .... idk bluetooth devices or whatever?

in that case he'll be taking some data chips (he probably forgot to return them which is why they were on his person), gaming/music devices, some credit cards. (is there a market for these .... somewhere ....? he's not gonna participate in the market because he's not tech savvy enough to get away with it in this kind of place, but he'll feel happier knowing that there are other filthy scammers in the city.)

[batmotif]

SO.

Due to Sam Alexander letting all the hosts know that something is up with Ngazi, there have been talks on how to approach this. Bruce, being... himself, thinks that potentially breaking into her office to see if there's any clues to clarify why she may be lying, and what specifically she's lying about, may be a good idea. (Aforementioned post is here for reference.)

Whether or not this is actually a good idea can remain to be seen. What I'm wondering is if this is something viable for Bruce to do, given the building's security. (Which he would make an attempt to scope out the best he can beforehand, I would assume.) Would he be able to do this, and are there any security weaknesses in the building that would allow him to break in and sneak into her office, etc? Would he need to employ a hacker to get past any cyber security or cameras and the like? Things like that.

If this is possible, I would want to talk about what he would find (if anything), and if he would be able to escape without problem, or at least without being identified. But I figured this is something that I should ask first before I jump to any conclusions!

Thanks!

[onemind]

First: radical. This is awesome.

Second: This is definitely something that you're welcome to pursue (for good or for ill). It's also completely insane but that might work in Bruce's favor. Because breaking into the commission of public security's office is so patently bonkers, it's very possible that airtight security of the Public Security offices isn't as ironclad on Ngozi's office proper. Walking into the private sectors of the building would be incredibly difficult, but there may be other alternatives to accessing Public Security's office space.

The public sectors of the building log both the digital IDs and the faces of anyone who enters and exits. Hosts are wearing tech that scrambles the facial recognition technology of Concordian security feeds, meaning that computers won't be able to log Bruce's appearance but anyone physically present might be able to recognize/describe him etc. It might be prudent for him to wear some kind of disguise or body modification. Further, it's possible for a host to remove their earpiece - this means they'd lose their connection to Concordian security systems and the facial tech scrambler, but they'd also theoretically be invisible to most basic Concordian logging systems. Because 99.9% of the Concordian population has a built in digital identity, most security systems rely on that chip pinging off the local systems to identify, place and track individuals's movements.

While Bruce won't be able to determine in advance for sure what kind of security might be waiting in the private sectors of Public Security's HQ, here's a list of possible tech and common security features on the market:

Manned security desk/station (very very likely)

Digital security checkpoints on important doorways or lifts requiring an 'approved' ID match in the security database to pass through (cheap, very likely)

Biological ID scanners such as handprint ID or retina scan (outdated; possible, but usually in combination with something else since both can be manufactured)

Pressure sensitive floors (expensive, unlikely)

Whatever Your Heart Desires TBH (if there's something you think might be cool and you want to play with - sure. it exists.)

Additionally, since Bruce is likely to be doing some advance investigation of the HQ and the area around here, here's some things you might want to know/utilize:

Public Security HQ is located in the DELTA BLOCK of Concordia. It's a twenty story building with multiple basement levels. It has both a rooftop and subterranean motor pool.

PS employs roughly 100,000 uniformed and auxiliary officers in Concordia, though only 1,000 of those work in any capacity at the HQ proper. PS also has a fleet of android support; HQ has an android services and dispatch department located on one of the underground floors below the lower motorpool. It houses roughly 300 androids in stasis at any given time.

PS HQ is an extremely old building that PS acquired two decades ago. Prior to that, the building was a government building in a non-security capacity, so it's possible that thirty year old blueprints are on file somewhere. It's doubtful that the interior will match anything in a blueprint, but it's possible that some of the external access points might still be available for use.

Additionally, PS HQ is surrounded by much taller buildings as the heart of Delta Block has grown up around it. It's grounds are minimal, so it's almost constantly in shadow of other buildings and roof access from a higher vantage point might be possible (albeit extremely dangerous as the rooftop motorpool is heavily monitored).

In general, the fast and loose idea that we like to play by is: if you want to do something, let's do it. If you have an idea on how to accomplish this/trouble you want to get your character into/a workaround for how to avoid detection etc, then we're happy to incorporate that. You mentioned the possibility of hiring a hacker - great idea, especially considering the fact that a few other characters have local hacker contacts etc. Basically, we're down to roll if you are and are here to help facilitate your storytelling however we can (even if it means throwing a couple of curveballs in your direction etc). We strongly encourage you to pursue this if you feel it's IC and recommend networking with your fellow players (ICly or OOCly) because we suspect a few of them might have some resources useful to you, whether or not their characters would ICly choose to become involved etc.

All this said and done, if you feel like you need additional help or ideas from us on how to flesh out an approach toward this don't hesitate to ask! We have some possibilities, but don't want you to feel like you're required to do things our way to accomplish your goals. Be free! Make cool stuff!

[batmotif]

Aaah, thanks for such a detailed response! It's gotten me v. excited for the possibilities this could entail. I definitely plan on reaching out to the player base OOCly to see whose characters might be interested in offering their resources or talents to this endeavor, and I imagine Bruce will ICly contact these characters once more of the details have been hammered out.

That being said, I still have a few questions left for the purposes of deciding which general route to take.

1. Bruce often does this sort of thing at night, and I initially envisioned this as nighttime job. How would security/manpower be different during the late night (or very early morning) hours, if at all? I figured this would give Bruce at least some cover of darkness, at least in the immediate task of entering and leaving the building. Possibly less personnel and guard patrols within the building as well?

Not that I am against having this all happen during peak work hours, but that would change the "tone" of a stealthy break-in to a clever midday heist-type situation. As a character, Bruce would probably prefer something at night, but he's adaptable enough to do both, so I thought I'd mention this, in case it changes anything you listed prior.

2. The earpiece -- Are IDs logged at "normal" entrance and exits only (i.e. doors, garages, etc.), or is it universal to the entirety of the building, no matter your entry point? For example, if someone busts through a vent (not saying that's what'll happen but I've been playing too much Deus Ex) or goes through an unchecked window to enter, would they still have to worry about being identified through the system? And would it be viable for a host potentially keep their earpiece on for the break-in and then discard it after they leave, so they aren't traceable?

3. Related to the above, would a hacker be able to completely bypass or trick any of the security listed, to temporarily give Bruce access? (Even if it trips a sort of silent alarm for later, I'd be cool with that. It'd actually be preferable.) As a sort of workaround to the ID issue altogether, or at least a way to reinforce Bruce's initial entry into the building and into her office without setting off all the security in the building lol.

4. ROOFTOP ACCESS yes!! Batman is all about skulking on rooftops, so I think this would be IC for him to consider as an entry point. He's already been talking to Pidge about having a basic grappling gun made for him, so it might come in handy if he'd like to access the rooftop from the roof of neighboring building.

Which invokes the question: Just how monitored is the rooftop motorpool? Could he use good old fashioned "watch the guard patrols and take cover so they can't see you" and sneak in, or will it require more hacking/electronic access?

Lastly (this is less a question than it is just an indulgence), as mentioned above, I have no issue with Bruce tripping any silent alarms or being seen by security at the last second and having to make a swift getaway. If he finds anything of interest within the office, I would like for him to be able to get away without being identified, but I thought it might be fun to add a little bit of an "oh shit" moment at the end, where he has to adapt, and quickly. Maybe even get injured during his escape because I'm a terrible person.

I'm sorry I responded to your detailed post with even more questions, but this is definitely helping me hammer out the details. I apologize ahead of time if there's something I missed and might need clarification on later!

[onemind]

Stefan asked:

Pidge wants to use her leet hacker skills to poke around on the not!internet to dig up information on Seong-Hye Ngozi and what her whole deal is. What's her relationship with the various factions they're dealing with, things like that.

We answered:

As far as hacker skills and poking around goes, that's definitely an avenue Pidge is welcome to explore. Be aware that extranet security and digital crime is one of Concordia's highest security priorities, so any misstep is likely to be flagged and noted by someone in a security position. While information gathering without any followup criminal activity shouldn't be enough to result in arrest, multiple flags on Pidge's digital ID may result in getting in trouble with the law.

Ngozi seems to have no notable history with or allegiance to any particular political or extremist group. Every public record of her seems to support the story of a woman who simply was extraordinarily good at her job, who's been tough on political and social corruption and has managed to get a lot done without kowtowing to any notable (well-funded) private interest groups. She's managed to whip Public Security's effectiveness up a considerable percentage and up until a few months ago when extremist crime began to take an upturn, crime in Concordia was surprisingly low for a megacity of its size. While not immediately accessible, some (flagworthy) hacking will turn up the fact that Ngozi is a mother of two and that her husband is currently unemployed. Their public records have been scrubbed of any connection to Ngozi, likely for security reasons, but pattern analysis of their daily habits turn up too many instances of being in the same place at the same time to be a co-incidence.

Public Security has benefited considerably from some recent (up to two years ago) city policy changes; additionally, a few of their ancillary social support programs have benefit from the generous donations of some of Concordia's larger industries (including Ven Diagrams). The combination means there's a constant low buzz about Ngozi being involved with some under the table dealings with company heads and local politicians, but there's no substantial proof. Ngozi's opinion on the buzz seems to be "Don't waste my time with this garbage, I have other things to worry about." It's possible there's evidence on her dealings with Concordia's upper crust somewhere, but depending on the angle of approach you take it might be very difficult and very dangerous to access.

[decommission]

After tiny!Sam's talk about Seong-Hye Ngozi and figuring out that Sam's truthvomit powers work via video, Steve wants to go through older recordings of the commissioner's speeches concerning H+H and anti-synthetic movement to see if Sam can detect any more specific discrepancies to try to narrow down what her motives are (or aren't). Because he doesn't want to give Sam a massive headache he's probably going to try to narrow down whatever he brings to Sam to whatever inteviews/speeches might have statements most specifically relevant to determining whether she's got anti-synth sympathies or definitely knows who the culprits are - so anything where she's most directly speaking about her feelings on the movement if that makes sense!

He's also going to do some digging on Ven and any major scandals the company has had since it's creation.

[onemind]

Just wanted to give you a heads up that we've seen this and are building an infodump for you and Sam!

[decommission]

cool cool TY!

[onemind]

In going through the extranet archives of Ngozi's public (or holo) communications, a few things should quickly become clear to Steve (and Sam). Up until seven months ago, the anti-synthetic movement was largely a political one and commercial one clearly founded on keeping android operation affordable for companies who utilize large numbers of synthetic workers in their business model. Public opinion was generally lukewarm in regard to organic-synthetic relationships, but in the light of H+H1's common appearances and targeted attacks, public dissatisfaction increased as working to lower class fears were being confirmed by corporate lobbying and humans in close association with androids found themselves targeted by proxy by H+H1.

In terms of Ngozi herself, her public appearances are largely to address crime and security regulation in Concordia. She has largely posed herself as a apolitical figure, though speaks confidently about what Public Security requires from Concordian city policy to continue ensuring the population's continued safety as effectively as possible. It seems that she mostly just wants to do her job to the best of her ability. Historically, she's been strongly anti-extremism in any format. Every statement associated with H+H1 has been to honestly decry their methods and an unwavering commitment to their arrest. There are traces of things left unsaid - a faint sense that she's omitting facts in almost every appearance -, but she's up until her appearance at the Royal Street vigil she's never outright lied about something. It's likely the faint miasma has to do with simply opting not to divulge every detail of a criminal investigation to the public.

The overall impression seems to be that she isn't obviously anti- or pro-synthetic rights, but that perhaps something to do with this recent string of attacks on the city has done something to alter her opinion. It's clear that there's something going on behind the scenes and she's not telling the whole truth (when she isn't outright telling a straight up lie). Maybe she found something out about the identities of the attackers that have her balking for the same reason that Ven Diagrams went quiet on their information hunt? Or maybe someone's finally figured out how to convince Ngozi to bend her principles. Either way, this seems to be a very recent development with a direct relationship to the warehouse and gaming parlor attacks.

ETA: Whoops. Missed the second half. GJ ME.

RE: VEN DIAGRAMS - One of the forerunners of the mental augment and data storage developers, Ven Diagrams is basically the Apple of Concordia. Yeah, there's the occasional dust up about Terms of Service, product development, but by and large the company has a largely clean track record. The consistent criticism is faces is its expansive use of androids in the workforce; Ven Diagrams is roughly 1:1 organic to synthetic and androids operate in a lot of capacities that once were positions maintained by organics. Roughly five years ago it led to a bunch of lay offs as Ven worked to trim their operating costs - meaning Ven Diagrams was worth/making significantly more profit, but at the expense of the local economy.

Which isn't to say the company's completely cut throat - Ahtaliah Ven and the company itself put a lot into Concordia in terms of philanthropy. They've founded at least two programs for developing engineers, back a number of scholarship programs for under privileged students, and pour a not insignificant amount of credits into public education like museums and non-profits. --That said...they also get a big tax break for doing so.

They also have had some disagreements with lawmakers and public security about the accessibility of personal data post-mortem, with Ven insisting on personal security following death and a refusal to make their data chips automatically compatible with PS's analysis software.

[decommission]

i'm laughing bc my inbox was empty last night and I logged on today to see IT FILLED WITH MOD ACCOUNT but ahh this is goo stuff, thank you very much :>

[frakkincylons]

AIGHT SO THIS NIGHTMARE ANDROID 8||||||

can sam bring it back online, what happens if he does, is there anything of note he should pick up on when hybriding around in it's neural net etc etc etc i'm assuming you guys are npcing him/her/them/it if/when beepboop wakes up? D:

also, just thought of something: how many people in concordia have tech wired into their brain pans and would sam be able to brain zap them with it hahaha? :'D THE THOUGHT JUST OCCURRED, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FUNNY. and useful. and rude.

[onemind]

Sam can bring the android back online but otherwise-- yes! We're npcing nightmaredroid and keeping a close eye on that thread winky face. We'll inform you of information as it becomes relevant.

Re: brain tech - YES HAHA PLEASE DO THIS ITS GREAT.

[frakkincylons]

GROOVY TYTY MODCHANS

fdsjkla omfg bless, excellent, i'll make sure he does. how normal is that, though, for people to have tech wired into their brains? and 8T would the guards at public security have it?

[erbier]

I am commenting here just to get the ball rolling before I take this nyquil:

Here is the team pursuing Y!

Ilde & Mara will be going in to try to peacefully lure some info out of her, and regardless of whether they succeed or not they've also got staggered layers of Sneaks. If they don't get what they want peacefully Ilde will probably pressure Aoba to get what she wants out of Y. Without any particular regret.

I found just OOCly chatting things out perfectly satisfying last time, so let's... do it....

[onemind]

Perfect! As far as what day Y sets this meeting up on, we'll say it occurs on Day 39. Y invites Ilde to meet her in the VIP room of a club called Daylight. The club is characterized by absolute darkness (save for some necessary safety features like marking ramps, doorways, etc). Upon arrival, patrons are doused with some kind of temporary holographic overlay that effectively makes their silhouettes glow in the dark. All glasses/bottles/club staples have a similar glow in the dark element, giving the impression of existing in an absolute void.

If/when Ilde asks for Y, she'll have to give her name but will be eventually escorted (along with Mara) to one of Daylight's private rooms. The room is circular, primarily taken up by a made-to-fit rounded sofa and crescent shaped table. It's also completely dark save for the low light indicators on the edges of furniture, the bottle and glasses (just two) on the table and, of course, Y who glows a bright blue in the dark. She is alone.

And seems faintly annoyed but not surprised that Ilde didn't come by herself. On the plus side - "Your new manager is much prettier than your last one."

[snaphiss]

Mara, for her part, seems to barely register the compliment, going on to explain to Y that she's simply a journalist recording Saffron's day to day life for a puff piece in a teen magazine. It's hardly investigative journalism, and Mara does her best to seem bored with the very prospect, shuffling in her seat and distracting herself with a datapad.

"Just let me know if you want anything to be off the record."

[wrackful]

So Murphy landed "digital tattoo artist" in his fake ID, and while (I think) it's okay for us to just make stuff up, I eat worldbuild with a big spoon so I was wondering if you had anything on what exactly that entails, or notes on what direction I should go in (or not go in)!

Also if we're planning for our character to maybe absolutely totally abuse their credit card, should we give you a head's up somewhere?

ty ty

[onemind]

Honestly: go hog wild. If it were us, we'd probably suggest that the digital tattoo is tied to a microchip implanting process where instead of ink, the tattoo gun injects small networked chips into the subdermal space and projects the design from under the skin - so it lays both on the skin and hovers over it. Also probably they glow in the dark?? Maybe you can renetwork your chips and alter the colors and details of the design? Most alterations are probably done by artists (because otherwise it's like your mom running something through photoshop), but it's opensource software unless specifically locked by the artist at the time of tattooing.

But those are just ideas! Do whatever you feel is most interesting/useful to you and feel free to use Murphy's identity in whatever capacity pleases you.

As for irresponsible credit card use: a heads up or small note would be awesome just so Prince can be disapproving but unless he's buying a private jet it probably won't be relevant to anyone on Concordia. (If he IS buying a jet....uh....... I mean good for you Murphy). tl;dr yeah a heads up would be rad but don't feel like you have to run any spending by us before you write it!