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[Ydris] ([personal profile] enterthe) wrote in [community profile] jigokucho2022-07-07 06:32 pm

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!
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WELCOME to EMBER 2.0
A Social Network for Lost Souls!

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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!)



PROFILE HTML
(Use squared Image for best profile template fit!)

FUCK ✓ / FIGHT ✕ / CHILL O HTML
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-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!)
heretic_blade: (and kill you if we meet)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-13 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
not one fuckin bit
kaientai: (043)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-13 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Good to hear! You know, I gotta a little something from the boss so now you're going to have to work to keep up~

[ all of his servant benefits are working as intended. ]
heretic_blade: (move the jaw)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-13 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
tch, try me. u cant wear me out

[ Work him until he's exhausted and has to tap out. ]
kaientai: (191)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-13 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm then I guess we'll just have to see if you can back that up.

[ challenge accepted. ]
heretic_blade: (I'm a devil of a gunman)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-13 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
i sure fuckin can. i got time right now if u do

[ Even in Hell his mouth is writing checks his ass can't cash. ]
kaientai: (117)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-13 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
One of these days you'll listen when I tell you I always make time for you.

[ is he rearranging his schedule for this? MAYBE. ]
heretic_blade: (and kill you if we meet)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-13 02:29 pm (UTC)(link)
i thought that was for important shit only

[ Like he's not on his way over already. ]
kaientai: (128)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-13 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right. You're very important!

[ he should've expected this. ]
heretic_blade: (for you it's too late)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-15 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
open up, fucker

[ Normal things to text someone while you're standing at their office door. ]
kaientai: (144)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-16 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's just going to yank izō inside without a word, and he can tease ryouma about being embarrassingly eager all he wants since he's already kissing izō while he pushes him back against the door to close it. ryouma's life outside of right now kind of sucks, and this is the only thing that makes him happy, so why be shy about it? this is the second time that dumb app made this happen, so it's clearly working as intended. ]

Nice t' see ya too.

[ since it was only izō coming here, he didn't bother picking up very much, so the place looks more lived in at the moment than usual. it's not as bad during reasonable working hours but this is not that. ]
heretic_blade: (for you it's too late)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-17 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Izō knew what he was coming here for and yet Ryouma's enthusiasm catches him off guard. Not that he's complaining, judging by the way he pulls the other man closer and returns the kiss just as eagerly. ]

Jeez, ya that lonely?

[ Probably shouldn't phrase it that way, but what's said is said. ]

I'll make sure yer taken care of, then.
kaientai: (255)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-20 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there is no doubt that the words sting, and that's not why he wanted izō to come here. he can be depressed on his own! ]

I was under the impression ya came here t' fuck...

[ so let's chalk that eagerness up to that and nothing else, how's that? a great excuse. ]

Better not be jus' a pity fuck jus' 'cause I'm the most hated guy in hell right now.

[ getting around anything else accidentally hurting more than they ought to by dragging himself first is a strategy. ]
heretic_blade: (for you it's too late)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-21 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Tryin' t' hook me with th' bad boy angle, huh?

[ None of his boyfriends get along and he doesn't want to think about that fact right now, so he takes a different play. Izō grabs his ass with a grin. ]

It's workin'. So c'mon, Mr. Bad Guy, let's fuck already.
kaientai: (130)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-22 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, well, if it's workin'...

[ where ryouma is concerned, he doesn't exactly need to point that out since izō can feel it pressing into his hip. he kisses him again, deliberately teasing as he hooks his fingers in izō's waistband and tugs him along the short distance to the couch. not much thought has been given to the particulars of any of this, mostly going along with things as they happen. ryouma isn't picky, just impatient and needy although that is not the word he would care to admit to. ]
heretic_blade: (you can't tell them the truth)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-24 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Izō shoves Ryouma down on the couch so he can crawl over top of him. His first move is to shut up him with hungry kisses. If Ryouma doesn't want to admit to being needy, Izō will do it in his place. He came here for a reason and like hell he's going to leave before he (and Ryouma) get what he wants. ]
kaientai: (195)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-24 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ no, that'll do it. he's always weak to izō taking the initiative in the first place, but it's exactly the excuse he was hoping for anyway. this will not be his proudest day but who cares? what's important is that izō gets the message right now that he's here for this, and he's already undoing his belt and the zipper takes care of itself as soon as he pops the button.

considering how things are and how he's felt lately maybe ryouma should take his time and savour these moments. buuut... he won't. ]
heretic_blade: (for you it's too late)

[personal profile] heretic_blade 2022-07-25 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Izō isn't going to give him the chance to savor them even if he wanted to. No, he's too interested in getting what he wants right the fuck now. Ryouma is a convenient vehicle for the both of them to get off, nothing more and nothing less. Complicated feelings and emotions are forgotten in the moment as he pulls his own pants down just enough to give them both the access they need.

He immediately starts groping Ryouma with a lecherous grin. ]


Want me t' ride ya first? Get ya beggin' to come?

[ As if Izō won't be the one begging. ]
kaientai: (191)

[personal profile] kaientai 2022-07-26 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ryouma draws in a breath and his body tenses as a reaction, a low sound rumbling in his chest before it becomes something more distinct — he's laughing, just a little. he's also arrived at the same thought, but he's not going to let izō live with it so easily. ]

Yeah, sure. We'll see who begs first...

[ he made the dumb move of shoving the bottle of lube he has in his back pocket, so he has to awkwardly shift to be able to reach under and fish it out and then probably uses too much in his haste. whatever. not like it won't be useful.

ryouma passes the rest to izō to do what he likes, only concerned with what he's doing right now, which is getting the first slicked up finger inside izō as soon as possible. now is not when he intends to make good on that challenge — like he has before — not having anything remotely like the patience required to chase anything more than the instant gratification they both want. just the opposite, since he's ready to add a second finger just as soon as izō seems relaxed enough and ready for it whether or not that's strictly true. this is what izō wanted... right? ryouma does not look sorry; he knows it's nothing izō couldn't handle. at least he's this prepared, it's not like he hasn't made due without in a pinch before. ]


Ya gonna look good with my cock inside ya either way.