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- !mod: substory related,
- ace attorney: yujin mikotoba,
- ai the somnium files: saito sejima,
- demon slayer: rengoku kyojuro,
- epic seven: mortelix,
- fate: jack the ripper (berserker),
- fate: miyamoto musashi,
- fate: sakamoto ryouma,
- fate: shuten-douji,
- final fantasy: aerith gainsborough,
- final fantasy: azem,
- genshin impact: lumine,
- genshin impact: mona megistus,
- genshin impact: xingqiu,
- gundam: julieta juris,
- hakuoki: keisuke sannan,
- hashihime: minato suizenji,
- heavy metal l-gaim: nei moh han,
- jujutsu kaisen: fushiguro megumi,
- jujutsu kaisen: mahito,
- jujutsu kaisen: nobara kugisaki,
- little witch academia: ursula callistis,
- magnus archives: johnathan sims,
- mahoutsukai no yakusoku: murr hart,
- mahoutsukai no yakusoku: nero turner,
- no more heroes: kamui uehara,
- nu carnival: aster,
- original: marianna "monts" medina,
- original: marie daenthelm,
- original: ydris,
- pathologic: artemy burakh,
- perfect blue: kirigoe mima,
- persona: haru okumura,
- project sekai: mizuki akiyama,
- promare: lio fotia,
- saiyuki: sha gojyo,
- visual prison: robin laffite
EMBER 2.0 - A Social App for Lost Souls! [July Substory]
UPDATE 7.17.2022
EMBER 2.1 (OVERFLOW)
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The EMBER Application icon flashes alive on the homescreen of all the Lost Soul devices across Jigoku-cho. Not a surprise if your character has been using it since launch, but perhaps unsettling to newbies or those who deleted it previously. It pops open on it's own, welcoming the user and telling them that all Lost Souls need to update to the newest version!
It doesn't specify by whose order, or if it actually is mandatory, but why think too hard about it? A lengthy and extremely technically worded Terms of Service appears, even if it's been gone through before, it has some updates. Again, why scroll up to read all that? There's a large ACCEPT button front and center! (There doesn't seem to be a Decline button. Closing out of the App is the only way to not agree... Might want to just delete the App to be safe.)
Accepting moves users forward to App Permissions! A Helpful Window says "Accept All and your profile will be quickly updated or auto-generated for you! Great for speeding set up along! (Recommended)". If that doesn't sway, then each Permission question can be prompted individually. The subsequent windows ask for a variety of totally standard and absolutely above board access prompts. Location Data, Photo/Video Access, etc etc etc- Yes or No! REMINDER: The app will function better if all access is granted!
It doesn't seem to matter what is pressed- all, some, or nothing- the App moves forward for users regardless.
Have fun connecting with your fellow Lost Souls!
WELCOME to EMBER 2.0
A Social Network for Lost Souls!
EXAMPLE PROFILE
 YDRIS (Immortal) SUTOKU ALLIANCE ☆☆☆☆☆ Creator |
FUCK | FIGHT |
STAR RANK
For "who even knows why" reasons, users on Ember now have ☆'s denoting... something. The only clarity is that they come with a Title besides them. These are not, as it might first seem, faction star rankings. They're just something new! The example profile has the highest rank to be found, 5 stars and the title of Creator.
Everybody else gets between 1 and 4 stars with what seems like an algorithmically generated title. These could be anything from ☆ Stink Man up to more illustrious ☆☆☆☆ Faction Hero.
(These cannot be edited or changed ICly by a character and are fully an OOC choice of rank and title! Characters who know Ydris will find themselves with more curated titles, though not necessarily nicer ones.)
Higher star ranks seem to be weighted in favor of getting Green Checkmarks via the algorithm. Hmm.
SWIPE 1
Swipe Left or Right, accepting the green or red... proposals? Is that what they are? The App immediately starts a Live Chat between the two parties, complete with recommendations for either highly rated Love Hotels or... discreet alleyways with nearby emergency clinics. (These might get presented to the wrong matches from time to time, coding is hard).
ALGORITHM
Stalling on the profile for more than a few seconds results in a loading graphic of a little dancing fire. **Calculating!** it says;
Ding! The In App Algorithm has decided for you! How convenient. The person whose profile was being looked at automatically gets sent a FUCK ✓ or FIGHT ✕, complete with that same live chat initiation mentioned above.
Rarely, there's a third option, essentially an algorithm fail state called CHILL, which still initiates the live chat. That means the system didn't find either of the other two options appropriate. Bummer. It generates completely random suggestions on where to meet, doesn't the DMV sounds like a great place to hang?
1 [ DISCLAIMER: At the insistence of one Kim Kitsuragi, there is a link to an additional Terms and Conditions document for which the tl;dr is to "All Ember users engaging in matters of passion and/or violence are encouraged to practice such activities in a manner which remains safe, sane, and consensual.
Any injuries resulting from following through on an EMBER suggestion are not the responsibility of the application. ]
NEW FEATURES - JULY
So, what is in the Update to EMBER? Plenty! And much of it unseen to Lost Souls. Ydris has spent most of their time creating a splinter branch of the app denoted as "EMBER Premium" and it is for Celestials only. It is a pay to access service with a delightful little thing called microtransactions. Seems those Dragon Coins from answering Profile Questions do have some purpose! While Lost Souls cannot interact with the Celestials via the app, the Celestials have some functionality, namely they can donate Dragon Coins to their favorite Lost Souls.
Dragon Coins can be cashed out through the app for a small cash bonus- some extra spending money, nothing too crazy. By what rate compared to what they're being purchases at is unclear... Oh well. It's a little extra pay! Why not side hustle from your phone? There's even a leader board!
How does one become one of the favored souls, anyways-?
ONLYFANS CELESTIALS
-MORE PHOTOS: Simple enough, the Celestials are very visual! They're more likely to donate if a Lost Soul has appealing photos on their profile.
-PLAYLISTS: Some curious Celestials like to see what music tastes are had among the Lost Souls. List a few songs you character is fond of or just selected at random to fill the missing profile element for a Dragon Coin bonus.
-QUEST NOTIFICATION: Some Celestials like to be a little more involved, so they spend to create a Quest. These can be sent to individual Souls or picked up from a virtual Bulletin Board. They are experiences or tasks to do around town and document! The app provides a location map should it require going to a certain place. These are largely benign requests such as "Take a photo drinking the new boba tea at this shop!" or "Share a story about your homeworld" or "Post video performing your favorite karaoke number!" Sometimes, they are requests to do good deeds or participate in local volunteer efforts.
Very occasionally, they are more saucy requests for lewd photos. Those requests cannot be sent to individuals! The Celestials get what they get when asking for those on the bulletin board!
Whether it's a rare moment of Ydris' coding filtering correctly or just the Celestials having collectively better judgement than those in Hell; no illegal, harassing, nor dangerous requests can be posted.
-LEADER BOARD: OOC OPT IN/OUT here to have your character added to/kept off of the HEAVENLY HOTNESS LEADERBOARD. This will be a purely RNG'd list of characters the Celestial's favor most. It will be updated every 1-2 weeks for the next (2) months, as I have time! Watch the rise and fall as a variety of results play out.
The Current Leader Board is linked here!
-PRIVATE PROFILE: Don't want the attention of these strange beings? Profiles can be set to Private! This doesn't actually block off from other Lost Souls, but it's an easy way to opt-out of any of this funny business. The cost is "all Dragon Coins" currently on account. If you're not playing, they why bother with those?
(Due to some obtuse design choices, it might be difficult to find this option... Your character would be forgiven for not even realizing it's there!)
-MORE PHOTOS: Simple enough, the Celestials are very visual! They're more likely to donate if a Lost Soul has appealing photos on their profile.
-PLAYLISTS: Some curious Celestials like to see what music tastes are had among the Lost Souls. List a few songs you character is fond of or just selected at random to fill the missing profile element for a Dragon Coin bonus.
-QUEST NOTIFICATION: Some Celestials like to be a little more involved, so they spend to create a Quest. These can be sent to individual Souls or picked up from a virtual Bulletin Board. They are experiences or tasks to do around town and document! The app provides a location map should it require going to a certain place. These are largely benign requests such as "Take a photo drinking the new boba tea at this shop!" or "Share a story about your homeworld" or "Post video performing your favorite karaoke number!" Sometimes, they are requests to do good deeds or participate in local volunteer efforts.
Very occasionally, they are more saucy requests for lewd photos. Those requests cannot be sent to individuals! The Celestials get what they get when asking for those on the bulletin board!
Whether it's a rare moment of Ydris' coding filtering correctly or just the Celestials having collectively better judgement than those in Hell; no illegal, harassing, nor dangerous requests can be posted.
-LEADER BOARD: OOC OPT IN/OUT here to have your character added to/kept off of the HEAVENLY HOTNESS LEADERBOARD. This will be a purely RNG'd list of characters the Celestial's favor most. It will be updated every 1-2 weeks for the next (2) months, as I have time! Watch the rise and fall as a variety of results play out.
The Current Leader Board is linked here!
-PRIVATE PROFILE: Don't want the attention of these strange beings? Profiles can be set to Private! This doesn't actually block off from other Lost Souls, but it's an easy way to opt-out of any of this funny business. The cost is "all Dragon Coins" currently on account. If you're not playing, they why bother with those?
(Due to some obtuse design choices, it might be difficult to find this option... Your character would be forgiven for not even realizing it's there!)
PROFILE HTML
(Use squared Image for best profile template fit!)
FUCK ✓ / FIGHT ✕ / CHILL O HTML
✓ ✕ O
-EMBER is a separate app on a character's phone which functions using the main network.
-This is fully canon to the game! Threads on this post or using the prompts above for Log Posts of your own both count as a SUBSTORY thread. Per mods, these can be used for rewards!
-Post a profile below, engage with other Lost Souls or Only Celestials prompts, and/or tag around to other characters using the SWIPE, ALGORITHM, or just start a chat! Blame as much as you like on Ydris' at times shoddy programing! Have fun!
-FOR CHARACTERS NEW TO THE GAME please post a link to your TL in the New Users header below! This is so new people aren't so easily lost in the shuffle. Keep in mind this post is active from July to end of August, the next EMBER goes up in September!
-Feel free to repost the Profile HTML provided for IC inboxes if you like, but please do not take these out of this post and make individual EMBER profiles on the Network, as that would clutter up the main network very fast.
-Check out Ydris' OPT-IN if you want them to have access to your character's information through this app. This is NOT required to play around with this. The ToS basically just applies normal network rules to this post, messages are public unless explicitly marked [private] in the header. (Ydris will not have access to Private Messages unless the player Opts-In!)
-This is fully canon to the game! Threads on this post or using the prompts above for Log Posts of your own both count as a SUBSTORY thread. Per mods, these can be used for rewards!
-Post a profile below, engage with other Lost Souls or Only Celestials prompts, and/or tag around to other characters using the SWIPE, ALGORITHM, or just start a chat! Blame as much as you like on Ydris' at times shoddy programing! Have fun!
-FOR CHARACTERS NEW TO THE GAME please post a link to your TL in the New Users header below! This is so new people aren't so easily lost in the shuffle. Keep in mind this post is active from July to end of August, the next EMBER goes up in September!
-Feel free to repost the Profile HTML provided for IC inboxes if you like, but please do not take these out of this post and make individual EMBER profiles on the Network, as that would clutter up the main network very fast.
-Check out Ydris' OPT-IN if you want them to have access to your character's information through this app. This is NOT required to play around with this. The ToS basically just applies normal network rules to this post, messages are public unless explicitly marked [private] in the header. (Ydris will not have access to Private Messages unless the player Opts-In!)
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Dead last-? What did you DO??
[you know it's baffling when even Ydris is like how did this happen]
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[ bad luck or divine punishment can feel the same often enough. ]
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I hope you didn't go and bet on yourself.
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[ being number one is for people who have personal ambition, which he lacks to the point of it being unhealthy sometimes?? ]
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Looking at the numbers, just one really likes Kamui. They went all out boosting him.
Maybe you just need to impress one of them whole lot.
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Not for me personally, but for the Alliance, of course!
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[it's certainly not because of Ydris' good attitude or loyalty towards them... it's because Ydris is useful. They will muscle their way to power with dedication and hard work, just like at home. Some might think being created a god simply handed Ydris all the leisure and privelage their world had to offer, but they understand this kind of struggle. They'll do what it takes to succeed.
Basically, the Daitengu better watch out. Ydris has their sights set on power and they're willing to be patient in getting it.]
Have you been causing trouble with the leadership, as of late? Izō mentioned as much. [but it's Izō.... how reliable is Izō....]
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Izō thinks everything I do is trouble! ... But also, keep a little time free because we'll be having a meeting sometime soon.
[ is that ominous? hmm. ]
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[Yep.]
Who is we-? You and I, the whole of the Alliance... the various factions?
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Don't worry, it's nothing bad! It's more for planning.
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At the Daitengu's order or your own insistence?
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Hehe, if I said it was the Daitengu's order would you have turned me down?
[ he won't tell! ]
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They'll only talk the real shit in person]
You know the answer to that.
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In any case, I'll let you know when the time comes!
[private]
Izō told me you shot him during that mess with the rain.
How much money do you owe?
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it's a good thing he loves him too.]Ah.
Not my proudest moment by far. But it's nothing to worry about, you know? I'm handling it because it's a personal debt. It's nothing to do with the Alliance.
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I want a favor of you in particular.
[trade a piece of one debt for another kind? Hear them out...]
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[ but a trade..? he's willing to consider it, at least. ]
What's the favour?
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I don't want to have to talk to the Daitengu ever again if I can help it. They irritate me to my very core.
If I can send you on my behalf to deal with anything they require, I'll pay some of that debt of yours.
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Anyway...
[ he would be foolish to turn it down. it's an easy thing, and ydris would be happier for it?? everyone would be happier for it. his pride will suffer, but he needs to be smart about this for the alliance's sake because that's the swing vote in this mental contest. g o d. ]
Hard to turn down an offer like that though, so I... suppose... it would be fair compensation for acting as your liaison with the boss... if that's really worth it to you.
[ he took money once before a long time ago out of necessity and went kicking and screaming (internally) just the same. some things never change. ]
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I feel you have your wits about you more than our leader ever does.
[but then again, Ydris is a god of humans. They trust in a man like Ryouma by default far more than any yokai. Especially any yokai hiding behind a mask and a costume.]
We have a deal, then. I'll wire you the money. Let me know if it is sufficient. I suspect I'll need you soon.
[they have a promotion on the horizon, given EMBER's continued success. Tapping into the Celestials was a win for the whole Alliance, given those heavenly beings control so much of the land rented out by their establishments. Funneling the money paid out to them in rent back down to hell was an advantageous sort of feedback loop.
And Ryouma will get a tidy chunk of cash for his debt. Ydris doesn't use money for much else aside from those they care for and their ambitions. Ryouma serves both categories, in this case. The dragon will be generous.]
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[ take that, everyone who says he's just gonna get himself killed!! ]
Honestly, what'll really help is having the extra time to attend to other business instead of having to use it to work to cover that.
[ because of course he's going to replace work with... other work. more important work!! ]
When the time comes, just let me know!
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[Ydris you literally just sent the money]
I have a meeting on the horizon, but there's business I have at that time. [the business is a vacation with Artemy. The most important business there could be.]
I imagine it is for my promotion to 3 Star Rank. An easy enough meeting to attend in my stead. I'm no good at accepting flattery, so this works out.
[they're just lying, they're actually very good at that, they just resent it from the Daitengu and end up spacing out the whole time.... Ryouma will probably be more gracious than Ydris can manage.]
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[ well, that's no problem. that's what he's paid for! ]
Although, you know, sometimes it's not a promotion. Something interesting showed up the last time I got called in, but I guess if it's anything you have to get in person directly, they'll say so!