appointments post
If you need Robin for anything but there's not a post handy, start a thread here!
If you need Robin for anything but there's not a post handy, start a thread here!
ᴙ 08 [Action]
[There's no reason to celebrate birthdays in a place like Luceti. It's just another indicator that something's gone terribly wrong and there's reason to mark another year older that may or may not count if the legends are true and ages revert once people return home. If this is all a virtual reality simulation, then birthdays matter less. The passage of time can't be trusted any more than anything else can. So even though Robin's having a birthday today, he has no intention of acknowledging it.
He'll follow his standard routine instead: After waking up at sunset, he'll prop open the journal and let it play through the audio messages posted through the day while he showers, followed by a review of his other surveillance equipment. He'll take another glance over the responses to that unsettling Joker transmission from yesterday, hoping there'll be an extra clue or bit of evidence that will lead them closer to finding him. Barring any leads or suspicious activities, he'll shadow that Artemis girl for a while, mostly because she seems entirely okay and that's reason enough to suspect her.
Is your character a nocturnal sort? He or she might encounter a Robin on a rooftop. Or perhaps elsewhere. He might not be available to those seeking him, but that won't stop him from finding others. What kind of nighttime activity is occupying Luceti tonight? Loitering around the fountain? Clandestine nighttime transactions? The odd damsel in need of a late-night escort? Robin's hoping to find at least some action tonight.]
He'll follow his standard routine instead: After waking up at sunset, he'll prop open the journal and let it play through the audio messages posted through the day while he showers, followed by a review of his other surveillance equipment. He'll take another glance over the responses to that unsettling Joker transmission from yesterday, hoping there'll be an extra clue or bit of evidence that will lead them closer to finding him. Barring any leads or suspicious activities, he'll shadow that Artemis girl for a while, mostly because she seems entirely okay and that's reason enough to suspect her.
Is your character a nocturnal sort? He or she might encounter a Robin on a rooftop. Or perhaps elsewhere. He might not be available to those seeking him, but that won't stop him from finding others. What kind of nighttime activity is occupying Luceti tonight? Loitering around the fountain? Clandestine nighttime transactions? The odd damsel in need of a late-night escort? Robin's hoping to find at least some action tonight.]
ᴙ 07 [Action-ish/Written]
[Oh, is it December? Robin's spent the post-Thanksgiving weeks holed up in his apartment struggling to piece together the bigger picture. Joker was here. He's spent seventeen Luceti months stuck here without any real progress to show for it. Things are as bad as they were on day one, which is clearly a failing of Robin himself. And lo, he's fallen back into his brooding. With Jason here to wear the Robin suit and scour for petty street crime (that never even happens), Robin only needs to monitor the journals. And plan. There's so much planning. Planning isn't even something that needs to happen in direct sunlight.
It means he hasn't been outdoors since the last time someone dragged him out. Even his usual sessions with Aang and Jason have been set aside in favor of his obsessing. They won't need to learn how to fight better if he can just crack the secret of getting them out. And if the Joker's here, then the Joker's in league with Slade. Or maybe he's not and Slade is just using this pocket dimension as a way to be rid of all his competition at once.
...Which brings him back to the journal. There are just some things that can't be learned without directly interaction with the subject base.]
What was the last thing you did at home before you were brought here?
[It's just an afterthought into the ether. No greetings, no explanations, no introductions. There's no time for that. He's much more concerned with working out filters to throw on the replies as they come in.]
It means he hasn't been outdoors since the last time someone dragged him out. Even his usual sessions with Aang and Jason have been set aside in favor of his obsessing. They won't need to learn how to fight better if he can just crack the secret of getting them out. And if the Joker's here, then the Joker's in league with Slade. Or maybe he's not and Slade is just using this pocket dimension as a way to be rid of all his competition at once.
...Which brings him back to the journal. There are just some things that can't be learned without directly interaction with the subject base.]
What was the last thing you did at home before you were brought here?
[It's just an afterthought into the ether. No greetings, no explanations, no introductions. There's no time for that. He's much more concerned with working out filters to throw on the replies as they come in.]
ᴙ 06 [Action/Written]
[Missions are stupid. They're harrowing and dangerous and only ever give volunteers a glimpse into the world outside the Luceti compound. And Robin's spent a month working in one, providing services for evil people and feeling dirty the entire time.
So naturally there's an experiment when he gets back. Because of course there's an experiment. It's hard to research current events with all the chaos happening everywhere, leaving Robin feeling painfully uninformed in terms of his usualstalking accuracy.
It's customary for Robin to filter things when he uses the journal. It's a tool of their captors, and important to keep as low of a profile as possible when utilizing its services. The problem he hasn't quite realized yet is that the journal has helpfully autocorrected the spelling in his proper names, effectively breaking the filters and leaving his messages open for all to see. It's annoying and something he's having difficulty fixing. How nice to be back in Luceti.]
[(Broken) filter to Aang]
Sorry for cleaving without notice. Hack now. We can lick up your training when you're ready.
[(Broken) filter to Cyborg]
Hey Cubist,
Seems lime you're here. Don't bitter looking for me. Ill be around.
[....Okay, that didn't go well at all. He'll huff and try to make a beeline for Community House 5 instead, sidestepping the chaos overtaking most of town. He might get sidetracked through someone's garden or by colliding into an exceptionally frantic person-running-late, but eventually he'll make it back to his apartment.
He might make a few door-related missteps though. Apologies if he's stepped into your bathroom or out of your bedroom closet.]
So naturally there's an experiment when he gets back. Because of course there's an experiment. It's hard to research current events with all the chaos happening everywhere, leaving Robin feeling painfully uninformed in terms of his usual
It's customary for Robin to filter things when he uses the journal. It's a tool of their captors, and important to keep as low of a profile as possible when utilizing its services. The problem he hasn't quite realized yet is that the journal has helpfully autocorrected the spelling in his proper names, effectively breaking the filters and leaving his messages open for all to see. It's annoying and something he's having difficulty fixing. How nice to be back in Luceti.]
[(Broken) filter to Aang]
Sorry for cleaving without notice. Hack now. We can lick up your training when you're ready.
[(Broken) filter to Cyborg]
Hey Cubist,
Seems lime you're here. Don't bitter looking for me. Ill be around.
[....Okay, that didn't go well at all. He'll huff and try to make a beeline for Community House 5 instead, sidestepping the chaos overtaking most of town. He might get sidetracked through someone's garden or by colliding into an exceptionally frantic person-running-late, but eventually he'll make it back to his apartment.
He might make a few door-related missteps though. Apologies if he's stepped into your bathroom or out of your bedroom closet.]
ᴙ 05 [Voice] (replies filtered)
[It isn't often that Robin uses his journal. Oh to be certain, he monitors the thing closely, keeping an ear to the town's goings-ons from the most grandiose schemes to even the pettiest birthday announcement. But lately, Robin's been mulling over some Serious Issues that lack cohesive data in any concrete ways. The necessary solution is crowdsourcing.]
I think it's safe to say most of us have a decent sense of te line between fact and fiction. So now I'm curious: how many of you have met someone here who tells you that you're not real? I'll be filtering your responses, so don't worry about airing your information in public.
[Because naturally, Robin himself doesn't count as public. That would be silly. He sets aside the stack of abused library-gained comics he's been poring over for the last week. There's been enough to unsettle him, but not anything concrete. So some Archie guy can't decide between two girls. So Iron Man and the Hulk teamed up with some guy in a Spider outfit. Even the Superman-punches-an-alien comic doesn't tell Robin much he didn't already know. The issues are too short and too out of sequence to provide any real understanding. Whose world did these things come from? Is there a portal-jumping journalist hopping between dimensions and publishing people's lives as fiction? Or is there more to it than that?]
Oh, and one more thing. Is anyone planning on taking over the pizza place? It's kind of a shame it's just sitting there.
I think it's safe to say most of us have a decent sense of te line between fact and fiction. So now I'm curious: how many of you have met someone here who tells you that you're not real? I'll be filtering your responses, so don't worry about airing your information in public.
[Because naturally, Robin himself doesn't count as public. That would be silly. He sets aside the stack of abused library-gained comics he's been poring over for the last week. There's been enough to unsettle him, but not anything concrete. So some Archie guy can't decide between two girls. So Iron Man and the Hulk teamed up with some guy in a Spider outfit. Even the Superman-punches-an-alien comic doesn't tell Robin much he didn't already know. The issues are too short and too out of sequence to provide any real understanding. Whose world did these things come from? Is there a portal-jumping journalist hopping between dimensions and publishing people's lives as fiction? Or is there more to it than that?]
Oh, and one more thing. Is anyone planning on taking over the pizza place? It's kind of a shame it's just sitting there.
ᴙ 04 [Action, Voice]
[Well hi there, Luceti. It's been a while. Robin may have left word with some of you a few weeks ago that he'd be accepting a voluntary mission and using it as a springboard to find a reliable way home. Under the original plan, he'd have been back before the holidays. Things didn't really work out as well as he'd hoped. He'd been caught, caused a bit of a fuss, and was properly handled before being dumped back into the Luceti fishbowl. Though he's not been physically mishandled, he'll not be attempting an escape again in the near future.
In any event, he's back now! He spent the day trekking through the lingering snow only to settle into a seat at Good Spirits with a big steaming mug of hot chocolate, where he opens his journal to address the community at large.]
It's a little chilly out tonight, you guys. Everyone's bundled up for the cold, right?
In any event, he's back now! He spent the day trekking through the lingering snow only to settle into a seat at Good Spirits with a big steaming mug of hot chocolate, where he opens his journal to address the community at large.]
It's a little chilly out tonight, you guys. Everyone's bundled up for the cold, right?
ᴙ 03 [Action, Voice]
[By now, it's obvious that an experiment is happening. The village has already settled into a rush of chaos and noise as people wake to find themselves somehow altered in some way or another. Generally, Robin makes it his business to investigate these sorts of things. It's just that there's a bigger issue demanding much more of his concern at present.
Bridges. There are three bridges crossing the river that pierces the center of the town proper. Three innocent bridges quietly suffering under the weight and heels of hundreds of people who never stop to consider what they're doing to the structural integrity on which they tread. People just go clomping around carelessly. Something needs to be done.
And so, for the last several hours, Robin has been tinkering. He's constructed a vaguely habitable space just under each bridge, and will be taking shifts monitoring each one in sequence, thoroughly determined that none shall pass. He opens his journal to emphasize this.]
Effective immediately, bridge access is suspended. If you need to cross a river, swim.
[Those with business to conduct on a river-crossing will have to deal with an angry teenager today. Granted, it's not terribly difficult to outsmart a bridge troll, so it may end up being the most minor of inconveniences. Come antagonize him? Keep him company? Try to talk some sense into him?
But so help you if you happen to be a gruff Billygoat. >_>]
Bridges. There are three bridges crossing the river that pierces the center of the town proper. Three innocent bridges quietly suffering under the weight and heels of hundreds of people who never stop to consider what they're doing to the structural integrity on which they tread. People just go clomping around carelessly. Something needs to be done.
And so, for the last several hours, Robin has been tinkering. He's constructed a vaguely habitable space just under each bridge, and will be taking shifts monitoring each one in sequence, thoroughly determined that none shall pass. He opens his journal to emphasize this.]
Effective immediately, bridge access is suspended. If you need to cross a river, swim.
[Those with business to conduct on a river-crossing will have to deal with an angry teenager today. Granted, it's not terribly difficult to outsmart a bridge troll, so it may end up being the most minor of inconveniences. Come antagonize him? Keep him company? Try to talk some sense into him?
But so help you if you happen to be a gruff Billygoat. >_>]
ᴙ 02 [Action, Written]
[The experiment's been over for days now. It's given Robin a lot to mull over about the malleable nature of the enclosure. It's given him a chance to witness residents both at their best and at their worst; there were surprises to be had on both ends.
Mostly, the surprise was a lack of Batman. It had been curious, then worrisome, and finally suspicious. Still more suspicious was a trip around the empty apartments that led to uncovering a mostly-empty would-be Batcave. The notes were fascinating, but that did nothing to make it feel less staged.]
[Filtered to Superman, 100%]
We need to talk. In person, if possible.
[/Filtered]
[With that message sent, Robin's going to be setting out on project the second: security. In theory, there's enough electronic scrap material in the item shop to rig up some level of audio surveillance around Community building 5, though working out the kinks and staying out of sight makes the endeavor take the better part of the night. There really does need to be a less-archaic way to make electronics happen here.
And also an easier way to get pizza in the middle of the night. It sucks having to wait for Azzip to open and then skulk around in broad daylight just to satisfy a food craving, but when the stomach wants some pizza, there's no fighting the urge. If you're in the area and also in the mood for some early-morning dinner, Robin wouldn't be averse to having a pizza-buddy.]
((OOC: And because there clearly hasn't been enough small text in this post, I'd like to also make this a general "did I drop a thread with you? D:" post as well. Notifs seem to have calmed down, and I *think* I'm up to date on everything, but with all the event craziness I think I might have missed someone. Just give a holler here if you are that someone? Thanks!))
Mostly, the surprise was a lack of Batman. It had been curious, then worrisome, and finally suspicious. Still more suspicious was a trip around the empty apartments that led to uncovering a mostly-empty would-be Batcave. The notes were fascinating, but that did nothing to make it feel less staged.]
[Filtered to Superman, 100%]
We need to talk. In person, if possible.
[/Filtered]
[With that message sent, Robin's going to be setting out on project the second: security. In theory, there's enough electronic scrap material in the item shop to rig up some level of audio surveillance around Community building 5, though working out the kinks and staying out of sight makes the endeavor take the better part of the night. There really does need to be a less-archaic way to make electronics happen here.
And also an easier way to get pizza in the middle of the night. It sucks having to wait for Azzip to open and then skulk around in broad daylight just to satisfy a food craving, but when the stomach wants some pizza, there's no fighting the urge. If you're in the area and also in the mood for some early-morning dinner, Robin wouldn't be averse to having a pizza-buddy.]
((OOC: And because there clearly hasn't been enough small text in this post, I'd like to also make this a general "did I drop a thread with you? D:" post as well. Notifs seem to have calmed down, and I *think* I'm up to date on everything, but with all the event craziness I think I might have missed someone. Just give a holler here if you are that someone? Thanks!))
ᴙ 01 [Voice]
[Robin has already been here long enough to know what's going on as far as the village mythos is concerned. There'd been alleged kidnappings from multiple dimensions, and all sorts of superpowered types are supposedly stuck here to act as an army for some omnipresent Big Brother figure. It would have been a transparent enough illusion if not for the extensive network of journals. A few days spent reading the text entries and listening to old recorded vocals was tedious but terribly informative. The problem raised is in the holes. The little snippets of familiar voices that lead to empty journal spaces. It's become a big enough issue that Robin addresses the journals at large. even if it is a trap, it can't hurt to make it look like he's playing along.]
Hey, guys. It seems like it's customary around here to give introductions. I'm Robin. Pleased to meet you. I'm already up to speed about the major issues, so don't worry about that.
I'm curious, though. If the general understanding of those who leave is that they're sent home and leave no trace that they've ever been here, why do they still exist on the older entries of people still here? If the Malnosso can erase a person's identity from the village, why not backtrack and get rid of the departed people's presence on others' pages as well? It seems incomplete of them.
[OOC: Okay so Robin's been creeping in your business, Luceti. I'm considering any written/voice post fair game, so here's hoping your characters are good with their filtering if they don't want a stranger all up in their secrets.
Alternatively, if anyone comes from such a canon where fourth-walling is plausible, I'll note here that I'm totally okay with it. Robin deserves it, to be honest.]
Hey, guys. It seems like it's customary around here to give introductions. I'm Robin. Pleased to meet you. I'm already up to speed about the major issues, so don't worry about that.
I'm curious, though. If the general understanding of those who leave is that they're sent home and leave no trace that they've ever been here, why do they still exist on the older entries of people still here? If the Malnosso can erase a person's identity from the village, why not backtrack and get rid of the departed people's presence on others' pages as well? It seems incomplete of them.
[OOC: Okay so Robin's been creeping in your business, Luceti. I'm considering any written/voice post fair game, so here's hoping your characters are good with their filtering if they don't want a stranger all up in their secrets.
Alternatively, if anyone comes from such a canon where fourth-walling is plausible, I'll note here that I'm totally okay with it. Robin deserves it, to be honest.]