[DAY 0] TDM.

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Error in final launch sequence:
Failed to execute MI command:
target remote localhost: 01633
Error message from debugger back end:
Cannot access memory at address 𝟹͚̽𝚡̰̍̂𝟸̠̯̘ͭͧ𝚌̭͉̺͖ͥ𝟿̳̰̒̇ͅ𝟷̦ͣ̉͌̅𝚋͓͎̈̒̀𝟻ͭ̌͂𝟷ͩ̓𝟾̦
Failed to execute MI command:
target remote localhost: 01633
Error message from debugger back end:
Cannot access memory at address 𝟹̖͇͕̃𝚡͉̹̯͇̻̉̓̂𝟸͚̹͈͓̩͚̲̼͒̾𝚌̱̠͙̝̪͇̈̌̂̃̄ͭ𝟿̱̜̪͓̳̹ͤ̊̈́ͦͥ̑𝟷͖̱̝̀̒̇̂̄̈́̓̇ͅ𝚋̥̯͉̹͛͛̊ͤͦͩ𝟻̬̮̈́̋ͯ͛̉̐𝟷̋ͩ̔̔𝟾̼
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Debugger connection lost.
Shutting down...
Rebooting
Download in Progress:
File download complete
Time elapsed during download operation: 00:12:33.131
Rebooting
Launching Demon Summoning Program. . .

You open your eyes to the end of the world, but you do not see it.

Instead what rouses you is screaming and crying, blood and tears: all around you are signs of life. Inside the overturned train, people begin to awaken, sprawled on the ground as if thrown violently from their seats, broken bones and bleeding wounds struggling to rise from the carpet of shattered glass from the windows at their feet. Emerging from the wreck, characters will find themselves at the edge of a dense forest, a towering stone wall at their backs. Bright eyes peer out from the shadows of the foliage, more and more blinking into view like stars in a darkening sky, but despite being drawn to the scent of blood that hangs heavy in the air, nothing steps out of the forest. Not yet.

None of the passengers can recall what happened, what they were doing on a train, where it was going- there's more they can't remember, but overshadowing the gaps of memory are things they have gained in return. A familiar item that is not theirs. A gemstone that feels lighter than it appears, as if hollow inside. And a device that wraps around their wrist (or rests on their head, or hangs around their neck, or however it presents itself to each character) that starts up on its own the moment the character turns their attention to it, as if waiting. Each character's COMP has a "navigator" selected at default, either "A☆L☆A" in bright neon orange, or "K5" in cool slate blue, although the presiding navigator can be freely switched between them.

Heya, boss! My name's Ala, your new navi!

You wanna know something really funny? Go ahead and touch the map on the corner of the screen to enlarge it. See all those little red dots? Those are demons out to kill you. Haha! You're surrounded!

Heya, boss! You can call me Keigo, your navigational AI.

If you touch the map on the corner of the screen, you can enlarge it and see the positions of all your allies. Looks like some of you are already heading out: see those little blue— oh. That one just disappeared. ... Try to stick together.

Along with providing a map with enemy/ally positions, the navigators will walk characters through the demon interaction, recruitment, and summoning processes, with advice varying between the two navigators (click to expand)

Just beat 'em up and force 'em to join! They can't say no if they're dead!

Nobody is immune to bribery, not even demons. What do you even have, though...? No matter what, don't let them get that life stone.

More demons incoming! Ooh, you're screwed. You'd better run! Don't worry, I won't tell.

Let's hide here. We'll wait here until that demon passes, then move!

Look, a body! Are they still alive? Wonder what's in their pockets...?

It's already too late to help. But better them being demon food than you.

Or, you could stay. There is nothing forcing anybody to leave the relative safety of the train. Those who stay behind will find the conductor's cabin empty, save for a small black cat perched on the headrest of the driver's seat that peers out with bright golden eyes at those who enter. Otherwise, there are no signs of a fight or struggle inside the cabin. Elsewhere, there is unclaimed luggage in the overhead compartments with an abundance of clothing and blankets, although characters will not find any of their own clothing except what they're already wearing. The dining cart is still stocked with enough food and beverage to last each passenger at least two days— maybe longer, if people keep leaving/dying... But at the same time, maybe shorter, considering the pervasive hunger that gnaws at the pits of everybody's stomachs, an emptiness that yearns to be filled by something... more.

As minutes stretch into hours, it becomes painfully clear that nobody is coming to help. Everybody only has each other, this town, its inhabitants. The forest is dark and unforgiving, near impossible to navigate even with a map. Strange creatures jump out from the shadows, eyes bright, mouths salivating, hungry. Strong hands claw through the dirt underfoot to grab at people's feet, pulling themselves up, mouths wide open, hungry. Sharp talons swoop down from the skies above, snatching characters up into the air, crushing skulls and snapping spines. Hungry. The demons here seem delighted to see such a feast wandering right into their home; those who are stopped for attempted conversation express surprise that characters are able to see them, but ultimately the hunger wins, and hunger does not listen to reason.

Casualties are inevitable. Blood mist permeates the air, and follows even as characters break out of the forest and across town, all the way to the fraying end of the world. Out in the open, however, the sun rays beat down bright and harsh, and those hungry eyes shy away from the sunlight to remain in the shadows, inside husks of buildings and thickets of overgrown fields. Characters will be able to find refuge in the greenhouse and the church, and some of the standing houses are truly vacant (as opposed to "surprise! there's actually a demon inside!" vacant); the only eyes that follow you are those of photographs hung crooked on the walls, of familiar strangers and forgotten friends. Look, there's a picture of you too.

Other locations require more caution to explore:

The sound of crying can be heard from the upper stories of the school building, thin wails echoing up and down the deserted halls, and human-like shadows peer out from the broken, unboarded windows, as if watching. A barricade inside the front doors makes it difficult to enter from the main entrance, and with most of the windows boarded up, the hallways inside remain dark even during the day. The smell of rot is prominent, heavy and cloying, especially in the auditorium-become-mausoleum that is littered with crushed bones, thin and brittle, every last scrap of flesh already nibbled away. A flock of demons crowd around outside principal's office, where a blizzard blows through the entire hallway, rendering visibility near zero and temperatures below that.

The hospital is also deathly cold, breath visible in puffs of mist that sometimes form into screaming faces, and when all is still and quiet, you look up and see yourself. Shadows form into mirror images of the characters who enter the hospital, silently approaching others and attacking once the person's guard is down. If a demon borrowing your face isn't bad enough, Phantoms go a step further and take the form of people who are close to your character: friends, family, foes. Exploring the hospital may or may not be worth the potential backstabbing, considering the fact that the supplies found are maybe not the most sterile, half the equipment is rusted or corroded, and a lot of the medicine is unlabeled tablets and capsules inside unlabeled bottles (essentially, take at your own risk). Moreover, hordes of all sorts of demon ghosts will bar characters' way down to the basement, gathering in massive numbers anytime somebody tries to descend. Electricity bounces around the top of the stairway down, while bright flames lick the bottom of the stairs; particularly unlucky characters may be hit with a confusion spell, liable to throw themselves headfirst down the stairs to be consumed by the waiting demons below.

Hauntingly beautiful music can be heard from within the concert hall, and listening to their song puts you fast asleep— possibly in the middle of the street if you're not careful— while those who manage to make it past the front doors are immediately frozen in a hunk of ice or electrocuted to a crisp before being kicked to the curb. The concert hall appears to be actively guarded, and it's clear that strangers are Not Welcome. Even the other demons keep clear of this building, drawn to the music but lingering far enough to not be overwhelmed. Characters may have an easier time of initiating conversations with demons from around town or inside the houses nearby the concert hall.

The crackle of electricity can be heard from inside the power plant's upper stories despite the blackout, and the entire building shakes from time to time, as if caught in a thunderstorm, or an earthquake. A slow drip... drip... drip... can be heard throughout the building, of amorphous demons clinging to the walls like mold and leaving puddles of caustic acid Everywhere. Anybody who enters the power plant's front entrance is met with a massive agglomerate of black Ooze that has expanded to fill the entire first floor from wall to wall, floor to ceiling, preventing anybody from going upstairs while it remains. Arms and legs poke out of the demon's body in places, desperately clawing and kicking, weaker, weaker. done.

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Welcome to Day 0! What better meet-and-greet is there than everybody being tossed into the fray to fight for their lives? ('': For convenience, here are the game info, locations, and demon compendium pages; please use these as reference for what more can be found in the setting.

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The characters' COMP will turn on only after they notice and focus on it. If they do NOT activate the COMP, they will not be able to see the demons or interact with them in any way other than being killed. Activating the COMP will allow characters to see demons and somewhat understand their language, with an added effect of allowing physical attacks to harm demons, and mitigating the damage taken from demons.

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For characters who app and are accepted, please report demon recruitment here. Characters who are just tdming do not have to report. Recruited demons are inclined to listen to their summoner, but are not necessarily friendly at the beginning: if your character shows weakness, the demon may be just as likely to eat them as they are to protect them.

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There will be no NPCs in this game other than the two navigators and some key demons. You're on your own for now!

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This first event/tdm is open to the public, and can be used for test driving at any time after the game starts. I'll be keeping a pulse on threads for when characters have gotten their bearings and seem to have a general idea of how they want to proceed into the next day, and we'll go from there.

Comments

[hauntedsnowfall]

(￣▽￣)ノ Greetings!

(´• ω •`)ﾉ There is a small library in the school, although none of it is in a language I can read.

Σ(￣。￣)ﾉ There also appears to be a well within the greenhouse, however Ruka questions whether it we need to filter it, or not.

[nterwebz]

[ She misses search engines so much.

Water is supposed to come prepackaged, drinkable, flavored. Now they have to filter it? She misses vending machines. ]

hello urself!! (￣▽￣)ノ

thx for replyin

OK! first thing: who's ruka?
and #2: wht languages CAN you read?? ఠ _ ఠ


wait a sec, werent there like
WEIRD sounds comin from the school?? (●__● )

[hauntedsnowfall]

[ Dimitri is lucky in that he doesn't know what he is missing there. ]

( ´ ∀ `)ノ～You are most welcome. I believe it prudent to share anything that may be of use to each other so we all can make it out of this place.

(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ Ruka is a kind woman from Rogetsu.

(´･ᴗ･`) I can only speak and read the native language of Fodlan, as well as Duscur.


ヽ(￣д￣)ノ There were indeed strange noises coming from there. However I was not able to locate the source.


{ ooc: beggin' you don't ask what the language is called, the game he is from didn't have the courtesy of naming it. -pray hand emoji- }

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[nterwebz]

uh
im not familiar with those plces! (゜。゜)

rogetsu sounds like it could be from jpn but
is fodlan

[ She is going to take a wild guess here. ]

is that in sweden? (º～º)

[ ooc: I got you. Nao is definitely getting hung up on the "wait, what" of place names she doesn't recognize, so I think we'll be okay! ]

[hauntedsnowfall]

(๑•́ -•̀) And I am not familiar with jpn or sweden.
(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ Fodlan is the continent that holds the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus, the Leicester Alliance, and the Adrestian Empire.
ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ I, myself, am from Faerghus.

[nterwebz]

[ ... ]

wats the name of ur planet

[hauntedsnowfall]

Σ(° ‸ °) Earth? What a funny thing to ask.

[nterwebz]

what oher continents r u familiar with
cause like
i'm from earth too

but i dont recognize the continent or tose names (‘-’*)

[ And sure, she hasn't been in school since she was twelvish, but she's pretty confident she knows all the continents. She'd definitely have heard if there was a new one. ]

[hauntedsnowfall]

•ᴗ• Well, I have not been to them, but I am familiar with Sreng, Almyra, Brigid, Albinea, Dagda, and Morfis.

Are you well traveled?

[ He asks because he thinks you're illiterate (no shade) based on your spelling- so he doesn't expect you to know geography either. ]

[nterwebz]

nope!!
but u dont hafta go 2 a place 2 kno the name

its like ♪～(￣、￣ )

asia
africa, nort america, suoth america
antartica
europe and australia

theres 7
that's it ʅ(°ヮ°)ʃ

[ And he should realize the problem in 3, 2, 1... ]

[hauntedsnowfall]

[ Sorry, he has no idea what you're naming off Nao. ]

(￣▽￣) And which continent are those on?

[nterwebz]

[ Oh, Dimitri... ]

thse r teh continents ٩(◕‿◕｡)۶

[hauntedsnowfall]

Σ(° ‸ °) Oh! Are they near Almyra? We haven't been able to explore outside the continents surrounding us.

[ Dear Goddess, how far from home is he? On the other side of the world??? ]

[nterwebz]

no
i havnt heard of Almyra

and thse continents cover my earth's whole globe

d'ya see what im gettin at? (∩ ⌣̀_⌣́)

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[nterwebz]

[ Oh yeah! ]

so youve got a good idea of the school's layout?
u could take sumbody to the library?? ㋛

[hauntedsnowfall]

(´･ᴗ･`) I did not thoroughly explore the school, however, I could make it back to the library, yes.

[nterwebz]

lets make it a date!!
how bout tmorrow?

we could probly even kill 2 birds w 1 stone (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧

i hear theres a barrier in there
i wanna get a clser lok at it 2 ヾ(●ε●)ノ

[hauntedsnowfall]

(￣▽￣)ノ Tomorrow works well for me, as you can imagine my regular schedule has been somewhat thrown off.

(´・ω・｀) What sort of barrier? Is it just a barred entrance, or is it magically sealed?

[nterwebz]

hahaha
i bet (❀>◞౪◟<)ﾟ

[ What's a schedule? Jk jk. ]

sounds lke barrier magik t me!

[hauntedsnowfall]

(๑•́ -•̀) I am afraid I will not be able to be much help with this barrier. I have not seen it so I cannot navigate you to it, and I am not adept with any sort of magic. My family is not blessed with it, you see.

[nterwebz]

oooooooooh
so ur the PHYS type!!

STR or SPD or STA? (.•̵̑⌓•̵̑ )

[ She can work with any primary, but it's better to have an idea going in. ]

[hauntedsnowfall]

(,,>﹏<,,) Sorry, but I am not sure what you are asking. What does all of that stand for?

[nterwebz]

oh sry
i forgot u arent a gamer
an this isnt the internt

[ She didn't. She misses the internet. How do people live like this? ]

OK so!!

STR is short for strength ᕦʕ •`ᴥ•´ʔᕤ
SPD is short for speed ─=≡Σ((( つ•̀ω•́)つ
an STA is shrt for stamina! ʕ≧ᴥ≦ʔ

there r other PHYSical stats
but some types of units!

some specialize in particulars like

a brawler or knight might have high STRength and balanced stamina an DEXterity
they can deal heavy damage and take a good numbar of hits

but they arnt super fast (☉౪ ⊙)

a thief or assasSIN proly has high speed, AGIlity and DEXterity
theyre deal less DaMaGe per strike but! they deal a lot of strikes REALLY fast

cant take as many hits tho (~‾⌣‾)~

a tank has high STAmina and Health(P)
they can take a lot of DaMaGe, but!

they arnt gr8 at DEALING damage

a tank is bscally a meat shield to draw teh enemy unit's attacks
while teh rest of the party attks the enemy unit

does that make sense??? （´∀`）ｂ

[hauntedsnowfall]

[ This reply takes awhile as he has to keep rechecking her terms to make sure he is getting it right. ]

( ´ ヮ `)ノ～ Yes, that was very helpful!

Although I have known some pretty fast knights.

Based on these PHYS stats... Well, normally my STR is very 'high', however since waking up on the Train my STR hasn't been in it's usual shape...

ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́ )ᕗ I still do retain what I believe most would consider 'high' STR, just not monstrously so.

I find my other strengths, or, ah, high stats, to be in STA, in the DMG I can take, as well as high speed (why does this one not have a shortened form?). My strikes are not what is at high speed, however I can move across a battle field at a fierce clip.

(´• ω •`)ﾉ Also, is health referring to how often you get sick? And why is it a P? I don't tend to get ill often, so perhaps that is a strength as well.

[ He's doing his best Nao. ]

[nterwebz]

ur doing pretty good at keeping up wit this!! b(￣▽￣*)

[ And that's something she admires. She's almost maybe a little proud of him. ]

OK OK so remember!!
SPD is short for speed ─=≡Σ((( つ•̀ω•́)つ

an this is all great info
(*ゝω・)ﾉThanks!

[ She's definitely going to put all of that to use. ]

ok so!!
when u r playing a character in a game
ur character's health usually equates to lke
their stamina or health
AKA how much DMG they can take b4 they die!

so health gets translated n2 hit points!!
and DMG is dealt n points
in a game like that, health is abbrviated HP
for health or hit points!! (｢• ω •)｢