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

[stargazed]

Well enough. I can't complain about the facilities here. [She's been making quite a bit of use of the pool and training areas in particular, but she hasn't felt too out of place in the camp as a whole, since the shops and facilities remind her in some ways of what's available in Barrette City.]

You? [If he's making nice, she supposes she might as well.]

[heeroized]

I'm glad the facilities are to your preference.


I have been fine.

[If by fine one accepts 'I'm a recluse that hardly leaves my quarters unless it's to train with weapons or pick up supplies' as fine anyway. Mikumo there's too much free time here and he doesn't know what to do with himself.]

[stargazed]

Have you been doing much outside of missions and preparation?

[Mikumo is having somewhat the same problem, so she goes in that direction. Exploring the facilities and the camp only goes so far, and figuring out what's around as far as local music still doesn't really take up all the time she now has.]

[heeroized]

No.

[Not that it's a surprising revelation. He hasn't quite figured out how to unwind enough to consider that maybe the down time is just.. time to learn to live. He's not reached that point just yet though. Life is for the mission and outside it.. is preparing for the next one. Isn't it?]

[stargazed]

Perhaps it's time to take the chance while it's there, then. I'm not used to having this much free time, but I'm trying to do something with it besides work.

["Trying" being the operative word, but she's at least doing more than retreating to her room outside of necessities, so it's a step up on Heero.]

[heeroized]

[Because he's a little emotionally raw thanks to a certain someone. It's... he's a little more open than he might be. Plus, Mikumo seems like someone who'd understand.]

I'm not sure I know how.

[Aw, he tried to live at the training center but it was frowned upon. There's a lot of weapons here that he's not proficient with. He's got a lot to learn.

But apparently doing that all day every day isn't healthy or something.]

[stargazed]

It's one of those things you learn best by experience, as far as I can tell. Though others can help point you in the right direction.

[Certainly, while Mikumo doesn't necessarily enjoy getting shoved into experiencing new things, it's the most effective way for her to get used to them and start doing more of them herself.]

[heeroized]

[That's not exactly the answer he'd been hoping to hear, but no one ever said the truth had to be easy.]

You're probably right.

[Especially when there's so much downtime in this place, there are only so many new weapons for him to learn after all.]