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

[jedied]

[ This is just so strange. Is she going to end up teaching Luke things about the Force now? That seems incorrect on so many levels, but she'll run with it. ]

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?

[forceguided]

[He'll learn from anyone who's willing to teach him. So Rey, Ezra, Ben, and Juhani are all on the table for 'Please teach me everything you know. Now how many of them actually do teach him anything is.. another matter. But he's super persistent when it matters.]

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?

[jedied]

[ She's already well on her way to trying to arrange Jedi school here. She's just waiting for Ezra to ask his mysterious friend if he's willing to train her. Otherwise there's Juhani, and Ezra who'd had more real training. That's already more than she's had access to back home, since the Force Ghosts are staying irritatingly silent. ]

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

[forceguided]

[Wait? Jedi school? He's so in. Absolutely the most eager. Until it gets hard and he gets frustrated. Then.. he'll still be in, but in a frustrated and whiny way. Why is it hard? UGH.]

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.

[jedied]

[ Never let her see you whine, Luke!

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.

[forceguided]

[It's inevitable. She's definitely going to see him whine. He's a whiny little shit when he wants to be.

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.

[jedied]

I'll come to you. That way when you hate everything I have to say you can have the satisfaction of kicking me out.

[ 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?

[forceguided]

Alright. I'll see you shortly then.
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

[jedied]

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