npc || amun [ @ hierarchy ]

[nightnpcs]

( ping ping ping. or, y'know, whatever your phone chime is. the face of a man who looks like he's never smiled once in his entire life appears on your screen. you may have seen him before, while you were busy surviving a storm or battling reapers. no matter. you might as well bask in his impromptu company now, because his appearances are few, and his indulgences even fewer. )

Allow me to make this clear. For those of you who wonder still: I am the Hierarchy. You do not come to us; we summon, invite, and hire. Order is of the utmost importance if you wish to survive, and time is of the essence. Do not waste mine.

( behind him, movement. if you squint, you may notice strands of greying hair near the door, though the person it belongs to remains off-screen. )

Your personal troubles are your own. If you expected us to hold your hand, do think again; there are far greater affairs to attend to, so do yourselves a favor, and look for soulmates. We've prepared an application for you, easily accessible from your device's home page. Should you need additional information, perhaps it's time for you to practice self-reliance.

I will not be answering questions.

( and the feed cuts, abruptly, without greetings or a name. )

ooc note

► Amun will not be responding, though you're absolutely welcome to react, comment and discuss amongst yourselves on this post! Other NPCs might show up!
► This is, more or less, Tinder for Soulmates o/ You'll find the permanent post (aka phone application) right HERE! If you're interested, simply fill out the form and comment on the post, and bam. Browse, swipe left or swipe right, and have fun! This is not mandatory.
► Forms and replies should be posted ICly (yes, even if it's located in the OOC comm -- you may choose one (1) thread for october's AC) .
► Another character may post in your character's stead. Additionally, feel free to have their Shadow influence their blurb!
► The application offers all the information your character needs to know! To recap: All that's required for another Restless to become your Soulmate is for them to enter your home, touch your Tethers upon invitation, and from then on, a piece of their soul will merge with yours, fortifying your Self. As a literal extension of your being, they'll easily gain access to your thoughts if you let them (or if you're careless), they'll experience your pains, fears, and joys on weaker levels, and their voice, touch and overall vicinity can become great soothing weapons against your Shadow. However. If two characters already share a powerful bond and one incidentally touches the other's Tethers, it's an accidental done deal. You may thank Naruto's player for this.
► You may have multiple Soulmates!
► If you have questions regarding the app, redirect them here!

Comments

Voice > un: silco

[zauneyete]

Ah, thrown to the wolves? It's like I've never left home.

[ A pause. ] Kind of them to throw us a... dating tool, on top of it. Lucky us.

audio, un: daughter-sea

[seaboard]

.... pardon my intrusion and my lack of knowledge on such a thing, but they have given us what?

[zauneyete]

If you click the... button? [ He's a boomer, and has no concept of a cell phone. Just bear with him. ]

They gave us a tool to find soulmates. [ Said with... enough derision to drown an entire city. ] Isn't that what this little... classifieds thing is?

[seaboard]

[Boomer talking to a Greatest Generation about technology, what could go wrong? ]

Yes... I... [ a little pause where she's clearly figuring out what he means. ]

Spirits Bless, this is... I could not rightly say. If this is what you say then surely it should be done by a Nun or a blessed Oracle, not in... in off hand suggestion?

No less for those of us that are married and parted from our spouses! How are we supposed to appropriately convene on such matters?

[ #shooketh. ]

[zauneyete]

To be fair. We are dead. I suppose the bonds of matrimony need not apply now, hm?

[ It's a touch...sarcastic, in tone. Almost cajoling. ]

Thankfully, there doesn't seem to be anything forcing us to do so. We can at least take solace in the fact that they can't make us sign up for it. Although it remains...terribly...odd.

[ Not that he's exactly the dating expert, mr. eternal single dad. ]

Voice

[nastycat]

What's dating? The others keep freaking out about it.

Voice

[zauneyete]

[ A pause. Please. No. He doesn't want to explain this. This is why he'd always shoved Jinx onto Sevika when this kind of thing came up. ]

Hm. Does the phrase: Romantic relationships ring a bell? Someone should tell you when you're older, but I wouldn't ask me for details.

[nastycat]

Oh... Courtship. Gross. [Well now she was even less interested in the whole soulmate thing. ]

I don't want it.

[zauneyete]

Well, you wouldn't be the only one, it seems. Unsurprisingly, most of us don't want to sign up for this nonsense.

[oomfies]

are u gonna use it?

[zauneyete]

Absolutely not.

[oomfies]

just asking! i was kinda wondering if anyone else was gonna fill one out too so, nbd..

[zauneyete]

It's frivolous. They talk about "soul mates", like it's some good to the public.

[ text, unfortunately, does not carry the weight of his derision the way voice would. ]

[nagano]

Tch. I'd take actual wolves over whatever the hell we're actually dealing with.

We should probably separate our conceptual idea of what a soulmate is from what it is in this world. It's probably going to end up being a necessity in order to sustain ourselves.

...Not that that'll stop some of us from resisting regardless. [ Himself in particular. ]

[zauneyete]

You're not incorrect. After the Reaper...

[ Yeah. No Thank you. ]

Personally, if these "Soulmates" are necessity, then I would like to see truth to that fact. I can't imagine a world where one...needs to have people around to survive.

So you can count me among those.

[ He makes it sound so reasonable, and not just... outright reprehensible to him, which it is. ]

[nagano]

[ Hm. ]

Yeah. You get it. I'm not going to dunk on or outright agree with your last sentiment. Everyone has their opinion on needing others or needing solitude.

Regardless of how it boils down, I'm not sticking my neck out without at least a little more information—and not just what's been conveniently provided us by this Hierarchy.

[fallingsand]

A dating tool? That's what it is?!

[ Haha, wow, now he's absolutely not adding his info to that. ]

I mean, that is seriously not how you should look for a soulmate. Like, at all.

[zauneyete]

Can you think of a better description for it?

[ He asks, snidely. ]

Personally, I don't think anyone should bother to look for one at all, but I suppose some people will be foolish enough to do so.

[fallingsand]

Uh, well, no? I guess. Not.

[ It's a very weird concept, though, okay? ]

Oh, I mean... you don't typically look for one, you just. Find them. If you're meant to? That's. At least that's how I thought that worked.

un: am

[m67]

Guess it’s the same wherever you go.

[zauneyete]

The more things change, the more they stay the same, as they say, yes? For being such an unusual world, I cannot say that having a little spark of home isn't unwelcome.

[m67]

[ finally, someone who sounds at the very least intellectual. ]

You almost make it sound like poetry. It's bittersweet.

text | UN: harukaze

[janescayre]

This entire concept is an affront to nature. It's not even dating, it's just strangers mashing their disgusting bodies together to see what fits!

It will never come close to being true soulmates!

[zauneyete]

[ Silco's having a cranky day, which fuels his response: ]

Right.

Soulmates don't exist, though.

[janescayre]

[As a romance author, this is tantamount to HERESY]

You can't say that definitively! We couldn't be sure there was an afterlife until we got here, after all.