The Tether

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The Tether App

During the night, everyone's phone or other network device has been updated with a new app - The Tether - intended for helping new arrivals find Tethers.

Unfortunately for those who don't want to participate, the prompt for the application will keep popping up on their screen until they fill out the mandatory fields and post their profile. If you don't want to participate, it might be best to fill in the blanks with prank answers!

Once posted, the app creates a profile that looks like this:

	The Witch
«		»
	Age: ageless Gender: female Interests: three interests About: 30 words or less
	base code by photosynthesis
	Tian
	« ✘ ✔ »

It is a simple swiping type app like many dating apps, swipe left to ignore a profile, swipe right to initiate an instant messenger conversation with the person in question on the app's proprietary chat program, complete with emojis!

NOTE: This meme is game canon.

The Code

<br><center><table style="width:300px;"><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #102651;"><td></td> <td style="padding:20px; padding-bottom:0; width:300px; font:38px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase; color:#102651; text-align:center; letter-spacing:2px; background-color:#ffffff; border-top-right-radius:50px; border-top-left-radius:50px;"><b>***CHARACTER NAME***</b></td> <td></td></tr> <tr><td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right; padding:0; color:#102651;">«</td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff; padding:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:0; width:308px;"><img src="IMAGE - 300 PX OR LESS" style="border-radius:20px;"><br> </td> <td style="font-size:70px; vertical-align:middle; padding:0; color:#102651;">»</td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff; font:12px arial; text-align:left; padding:10px;"><span style="color:#102651;"><b>Age:</b> character age</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>Gender:</b> character gender</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>Interests:</b> three interests</span> <span style="color:#102651;"><b>About:</b> 30 words or less</span> </td></tr> <tr><td></td> <td style="text-align:right; font-size:10px; background-color:#ffffff;"><font color="#102651">base code by</font> <a href="http://photosynthesis.dreamwidth.org/" style="color:#102651;">photosynthesis</td></tr> <raw-code><tr style="border-bottom:1px dashed #102651;"><td></td> <td style="background-color:#ffffff;font:24px Helvetica, Tahoma, sans-serif; color:#102651; text-align:center;">PLANETARY ALIGNMENT</td> <td><td></tr><tr><td></td> <td style="border-bottom-right-radius:50px; border-bottom-left-radius:50px; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:center;"><table style="width:100%; font:30px Verdana;"><tr><td style="text-align:left;"> <span style="text-decoration:none; color:#102651;">« ✘</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="text-decoration:none; color:#102651;">✔ »</span></td></tr> </table></td> <td></td></table></raw-code></center>

NAVIGATION

Comments

[maskedtyrant]

Very! Maybe the planets know or something.

I mean, I have a bunch of potential matches.

[that she has initiated, herself, mostly with total strangers and not necessarily for the purpose of finding a Tether]

Including you! Just trying to get to know everyone a bit better before I whittle down the list, you know?

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

Well technically anyone with the opposite planet is a potential match, so yeah, that's probably a lot of people. Did you try talking to a lot of them, too?

[maskedtyrant]

Technically, even people that share a planet are potential matches - just not ideal ones I guess.

[Which means a lot of interesting-looking strangers to pester.]

Why wouldn't I try talking to them? How else would I get to know if they're a good match or not?

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

It just seems like a lot of people to talk you, you know? Kind of overwhelming.

[maskedtyrant]

[Steven, you sweet summer child]

Oh, honey. Talking to a bunch of people is part of my job! If I didn't enjoy doing it, I would've collapsed into a puddle of anxiety years ago.
But I understand that this isn't everyone's cup of tea. Not yours, I'm guessing?

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

Well only about some things! Get me going about Egypt or astronomy or history and I can go on for as long as you'll let me. But I kind of tend to put people off when I do that. I like people, don't get me wrong, but trying to come up with things to say that other people want to talk about isn't easy.

[maskedtyrant]

That sounds like a challenge. I love listening to people talk about things they're passionate for.
What's the coolest, single thing you've learned about those topics?

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

Well! Did you know that Egyptians invented modern navigation based on the sun AND the stars? That covers all three really!

[maskedtyrant]

I had no idea! That's really neat!
What kind of "modern navigation" are we talking about? Obviously not GPS?

[Part of this is genuine ignorance, but a lot of it is Codi playing it up to make Steven feel smarter. Teach her, new smart friend.]

[fightingevilbymoonknight]

[It works, if just because Steven will always take the chance to ramble about Egyptian history and culture when given it.]

Oh definitely not, we're talking millennia before even the first computer. This is navigation based on the stars and sun, rather than landmarks or coastlines or stuff like that.

[maskedtyrant]

Wow! I can barely imagine doing something like that. Those guys must've been really smart!
How did you learn about all of this? University? Internet?