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

[natos]

I'm not getting drunk. A beer will help get the awkwardness out of the way.

[songmother]

It would, it's true. It's all a lot to take in, in a short time.
I am not fond of the absence of choice in just about everything since I arrived.
We do the best we can, with what we have. Though we don't have to be happy about it.

Some are resistant to forming tethers. Some unwilling to explore their new powers.
I will do whatever it takes to survive. There is too much important work to get back to, at home.

[natos]

I've formed tethers before. They were different circumstances but I know what they mean and why people wouldn't want to do them.

Did you get new powers?

[ phone=no html :( ]

[songmother]

Everyone did. Some of us have regained ours from before as well. Tian gives a version of magic, but developing skill and using it doesn’t seem to be required as tethers are.

clearly they should get drinks

[natos]

Well, anyone with magic that doesn't know about it should be careful.

indeed

[songmother]

I could not agree with that more.

I also appreciate your reservation to jumping into things. It is…good to have another adult around.

There’s a bar in the camp. It could have a better selection, but it is as safe as anywhere we’re going to find here.

[natos]

How many kids are here?

( since she's yet to meet the masses )

I'll take a drink there.

[songmother]

An actual child. Some between 12-16. A handful around 20. As well as people between 20-30 who make some of the children seem like adults.

There is a very skilled engineer who I took as older than she is with a bit of a temper, as well as a monk-like man who despite his age and wisdom seems easily overwhelmed by his burdens, who is content to hide in the Jungle near camp.

…To be perfectly honest, I am starting to think he has the right idea.

[natos]

I think we'll all get overwhelmed if we don't find a way to figure this out together.

I need to read up about the mission you were just on. I like plans, maybe one will work.