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annexedmeme2022-08-25 11:00 pm
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The Tether
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
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You really need to get out more. ..Wait, we could? I've never been able to do anything like that.
[Luke's realizing that Rey is one of a small handful of people who has information that he wants very badly. Not realizing just how much information she has that he does not want to know.]
I mean, you've gotta tether with someone. Why not me?
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It's not exactly the same, but you can tell what people are feeling if you look, and other Force users sometimes can tell where the other is. You'll learn to block others from knowing it if you have to.
[ And become a hermit, and make her go on a very long and pointless trip to a remote island where all she learns is how much of a jerk you are. Ahem. ]
There are half a dozen reasons it's a bad idea, but it's not the worst idea.
[ She hasn't started feeling bad yet, but she doesn't want lack of a tether to keep her from fulfilling the role she's meant to here, and she doesn't want to see a friend suffer, either. Better to do it now while it's not a desperate choice. ]
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Oh. I kind of think I know how that might work, but I haven't gotten to that point yet.
[It's like feeling when the probe is going to zap you, but about people and knowing things. It checks out.
Look even after he sees her memories, he's going to have a very hard time believing that's actually him. No offense. It just doesn't feel like what he'd thought he'd do in the future. Even with as uncertain as his future looked before he got pulled here.]
I'm not going to be offended if you want to see what your options are first. Just so you know.
[Because while he doesn't full know, he can only imagine that there's a lot that she's probably incredibly reluctant to talk about. So sharing her full head of memories might be a bit much for her. And he totally respects that.]
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Right. I won't be offended either. It might be too weird for both of us.
[ Weirder than it already is, that is. ]
Aren't you supposed to feel a sort of way when you find someone you're meant to tether with? Have you felt anything like that with anyone else here?
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I mean, I don't mind it? Not really. Life's always been a little weird. What's some more?
[If he only knew.]
If it was that easy, why'd they force us to use this thing? 🤔
I don't know. How do I know if it's Tether match magic and not just because they're people I know or will know?
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Okay. But I think if we decide to do this, there are some things you should know before you can just see them. I don't want this to be awful for you.
[ She's had a year to stop being viscerally angry at Luke for what he'd done to Ben Solo, otherwise she might've felt he deserved to be hit with the future like a ton of bricks. ]
I'm not sure. I think they just want to make it easier for us. And I do like you a lot more than I did the last time we met, if that means anything.
See, this is why being too lazy to bother with HTML is so great
Alright. You... wanna do this now or is this something that'd be better done in person?
[Hey, no worries. Luke can be just as mad at Future Luke as Rey was. Is. Whatever. Because WTF.]
You've always been pretty cool in my books. Even if it didn't start off that great.
I know it's kind of weird to say, but... I'm glad you're here.
And I'm still sorry for whatever that Other Me did that made you react like that.
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Rey considers just telling him everything in one awful text but... that's not really better than waiting for the tether. ]
I think I'd better tell you in person. It's a lot. Some of it concerns other people who are here.
You don't need to apologize to me. We got off to a bad start, but you're not that person yet.
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Alright. Do you want to come to my place or should I come to yours?
And hopefully never will be now. So, I guess maybe good things came of this whole mess.
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[ And she doesn't have to figure out how to get Luke out of her apartment while he's in some degree of emotional shock. Win/win. ]
Should we move to the logs comm you think?
Don't worry, the way you were acting I'm not sure if you shouldn't be the one doing any kicking.
[And because he's the student of who he is there will absolutely be tea and stuff waiting for when she arrives.]
I just made a thread in her inbox