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seaboards ([personal profile] seaboards) wrote in [community profile] shellphones2026-03-05 11:18 am

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SHIVER ME TINDERS



Something’s been glitching with everyone’s shellphones this month…! They suddenly fizzle and go black and when they reboot it appears there’s been some unwanted activity happening on them on your behalf.

A network post has appeared and with it, fake social media profiles have popped up too. You didn’t post to it, the shellphones have automatically done that for you. They’ve posted one picture, your age and three random facts about you. Whether or not those facts are true or not is … sketchy at best.

If you’re curious, go scrolling through the network post and see what it says about others! Comment around and ask them about their facts! And maybe make a new friend?

- Oocly, you will post your character to the network post with a picture, name and age and three random facts.
- The facts don't have to be true and can be entirely made up and be random or wild. Or they can be the realist facts about your character. It's up to you.
- Have your character react icly any way you want!
- Post and tag around!
- This is not necessarily a romance/date finding post, we just thought it was funny. Make friends and cr!

Please use this profile box: (square images work the best)


esquim: (Default)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-08 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
No, we can't. But there clearly is someone behind it and I'd like to know more. I'm tired of people playing with my business. It causes messes.

[ of course there's always the option of everyone just being upfront and honest. Then there's no surprises to be revealed. But nobody is going to choose that. ]
musicien: (74 ✘ I understand that)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[An indirect insult, but he'll take it.]

For what it's worth, I'm sorry.

[For what exactly he doesn't elaborate.]
esquim: (coe33lune-56)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ she almost laughs, more of a scoff- short and sharp. For once she wasn't really meaning him. ]

Mm, you know it's not always about you. [ There's trepidation in the way she says it, like it's actually intended to be teasing. And she softens so very slightly. ]

Besides, you were impacted too.
musicien: (82 ✘ I should be the light out at sea)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
Was I? Couldn't imagine how much more, especially after the gommage.

[It had been at point that he had felt the most hopeless. That all his plans had been for naught.]
esquim: (coe33lune-133)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Talking about after the gommage is definitely not something to be done here and now.

[ But then she hesitates for a moment, tiptoeing once again, before following up with: ]

But...would you not say that you were impacted by other people's...messes?
Edited (forgot word) 2026-03-09 09:13 (UTC)
musicien: (92 ✘ I can't break free)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
[This time it's his turn to scoff, lips pressed together in a thin line. He casts his eyes elsewhere, away from the shellphone's camera.]

"Messes" takes the gravity of what happened lightly. [He shifts, burying half his face into his fist.] But you're right. I've been affected by all of it as well.
esquim: (coe33lune-3)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
You're right, but do you really want to open the door to the gravity of it all?

[ She sighs and for a moment looks like she might ask the question there on the tip of her tongue, the dreaded 'why' question. If that was why he made his choices. No question comes though, she just presses her lips together. ]
musicien: (66 ✘ oh if the ship goes down)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Verso misses the look, his attention directed anywhere but at Lune. But he scrunches his nose, and shakes his head, turning back to the shellphone.]

No, not yet. Especially not here.

[While this had been a fun experiment, he's learned to be a bit more wary of the network as a whole, especially when it came to more sensitive topics.
esquim: (coe33lune-61)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't think so. [ So messy had been her choice of word. The fact that he's not looking at her only serves to make her look away now, not that he'll see. Really, it's a mess. ]

Regardless, I'd like to find out how this happened. Because it does clearly create messes. [ A pause as she keeps staring down. ] Or we're just two messes. [ Might be that one. Might be the vaguest attempt at a joke. ]
musicien: (16 ✘ turned inside out)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 11:34 am (UTC)(link)
[A smile. Faint and small, but it's there.]

Might be worth your time asking the other riftfarers, maybe those who are more experienced with this kind of technology. Maybe even the locals if they've dealt with something similar in the past.

[He's willing to admit that this sort of thing might be out of his wheelhouse. The best he can do is aid her in unraveling this mystery Lune looks to be taking on.]
esquim: (coe33lune-102)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
All decent ideas. It looks like I'll be pretty busy. [ She'll start making a list of people to ask. ]

Of course I already have someone I plan on talking to first. [ she's not forgotten. ]
musicien: (63 ✘ then I'm going down with it)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He's not going to even hide that he rolls his eyes at that.]

Yes, of course. Try to stay on topic with your line of questioning.

[Probably not happening, but it's worth saying. He hopes.]
esquim: (coe33lune-89)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That might get a tiny smile from her. Almost. ]

Mm, I will. I had already started to make a ranked list.
musicien: (42 ✘ 'cause the storm is coming)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-09 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Who else have you got so far?
esquim: (coe33lune-109)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-09 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a woman that seems highly knowledgeable about this world and it's history. I've also spoken to a man that might be promising to discuss information on the magic of this world. Another man I met claims he's experienced with the subtleties of information gathering, he's offered to lend me his skills. And of course your friend, hopefully I can learn more from her.
musicien: (57 ✘ take my heart)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-10 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
No surprise that you have a working list already.

[Efficient, as expected.]

Might be worth asking about the gauntlet from the desert as well. Unless you've already done that, of course.
esquim: (coe33lune-93)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-10 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Would it be surprising to know I also have them listed in the priority I want to talk to them?

But yes, I do intend to ask about it. I'm also certain I've figured out how to take images with this, so I'll send you a few. You can ask your own allies as well. You must have quite a few that know things about this place.
musicien: (40 ✘ I need a light)

[personal profile] musicien 2026-03-10 11:14 am (UTC)(link)
Of course not.

I'll ask around once I have them. See if anyone has anything to say about it.
esquim: (coe33lune-97)

[personal profile] esquim 2026-03-10 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ she sends them over rather promptly because that's just her. The first is a bit blurry but they get better. ]

I think the most logical thing to ask about might be if anyone has seen the language anywhere else. If we can find more of it translation might be possible.