√2 ( text | un: ROOT )

[symbiosys]

[Someone's back on the network with a little surprise. Remember her first post about apps? Well, she's been working on all those little projects and she's finally letting them out into the open. Welcome to the App Store.]

Hey kids. What have you been up to? You know, other than rescuing nearly extinct aliens from a thermonuclear apocalypse. I hope none of you got severe radiation poisoning while you were out there; it would be a shame if anyone died before enjoying this little surprise.

Some of you have commissioned me for basic human needs such as dating apps and other social media platforms, and your wish has been granted. Here, have a look at the App Store.

[The underlined words are a link to the app store, featuring several popular apps from modern Earth, most of them modified and some of them space-themed. Neither of those apps are free, except for one: Comet Crush, which is exactly like Candy Crush, and just as addictive.]

Just in time for Valentine's, too. Have fun, everyone!


((OOC NOTES: Here is the total list of apps, horribly edited in MS Paint because I can't photoshop to save my life: Spacestagram (Instagram), Prober (Tinder), Welp (Yelp), OhSnap!Chat (Snapchat), Comet Crush (Candy Crush). Characters will have to pay a small fee for all of those apps except for Comet Crush (but they can buy all those precious lives and items on Comet Crush with real money just like real people have done with Candy Crush). Victor (and Yuuri, because he's Victor's bae), Jughead and Jason won't have to pay for the apps they commissioned, of course-- in fact, they'll receive 10% of the profit that their app makes. If your character is a hacker, feel free to have them download the app ~illegally~. Very late edit: A few things-- 1) I forgot to include this in the ooc notes yesterday, but any of those apps (except for Comet Crush) come equipped with every emoji you know and love, including a space poop emoji. Yes. 2) A big thank you to fujita for linking to these spacestagram/instagram codes in Dorothy's tag!

And if your character even thinks about sending unsolicited dick pics (let's be real, it is so going to happen), it just so happens that all of those apps have an automatic snapchat-like filter for penises: when the image recognition software recognizes a dick for what it is, it slaps a funny filter on it (if you need ideas, just google 'penis clothes'. Seriously. I'm not going to link to actual dick pics in here as an example), like a labcoat and glasses or a prairie dress and bonnet. If the character on the receiving end of the dick pics wants to see the real deal, they still can: they just have to tinker with the settings and select "Allow dick pics from [character username]."]

Comments

( un: CHOSEN1 )

[dudebro]

lol damn girl u were busy

[ He's so happy tho. ]

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

Well, you know what they say about idle hands...

[Growing up in a small Texas town, she heard that expression far too many times.]

[dudebro]

yea
they get 2 play w/ a lot of interesting shit 😜

un: cpt andor; text

[ouzel]

These are interesting.

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

Thank you. Have you tried Comet Crush? I tried to make it as addictive as the original game back home.

[Mostly so that people here would actually spend money on it just like everyone did back home, but shh. No one needs to know that.]

[ouzel]

Seems a bit of a timekiller.

text, un: jjones

[slackbeard]

a hero and a scholar!

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

You flatterer, you.

Go on, have a look at your app; in addition to the regular rating system, I have included a unique rating system made entirely out of witty wordplay and puns. I haven't finished the 'awarding users special points for best wordplay' program we discussed the other day yet, but I'll include it in the next update.

[slackbeard]

[And he will, in fact, take a few minutes to poke around all the new apps (except Prober, ugh)]

this is phenomenal craftsmanship and I'm excited to see the next update

also this comet crush thing is pretty great so far too js

TEXT. — id: gale

[fujita]

space just got so much better

[ this, at least, is something dorothy knows. ]


[ OOC: ps if anyone is looking for instagram/spacestagram codes, i found two and changed the image of one to say spacestagram, so if anyone wants to snag the codes + the image, have a look! both code posts are linked. ]

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

What can I say? Improving the quality of life of everyone around me has always been my top priority.

[Nah, she's only in it for the money and recognition. Mostly.]


((ooc: Holy crap, thanks so much! I edited the main post to include that link, just in case it gets lost in the comments. (Unless you'd prefer for me to remove the link from the post?))

[fujita]

if you'd said that out loud, how sarcastic would it have sounded?


[ ooc: i don't mind at all. in fact, i support spreading the codes so everyone can benefit so a+ also i am so happy we icly have spacestagram and all now, this made my day :> ]

un: rhy5-w1nz

[agenda]

why would you call it prober oh my god

[ he jacked all the apps illegally, though, so he's only whining for the sake of, you guessed it, WHINING :') ]

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

Why *wouldn't* I call it Prober? I think it has a nice ring to it.

[She just wanted to make it sound terrible, and she's glad to see it worked.]

[agenda]

i mean it has A ring
but a NICE ring seems like a stretch

text | un: v-nikiforov

[genice]

You are a wonderful, amazing woman, Root!

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

You're going to make me blush, Victor. If I knew that coding an image sharing app was all it took for you to talk to me like that, I would have done it ages ago.

[Achievement unlocked: getting Root to mock-flirt with you. This friendship is going places.]

[genice]

( two people who are very, very gay for the people they're in love with, mock-flirting with each other on network. what good friends. )

Ah, but isn't it all the more rewarding being surprised like this? Too much, and you'd simply start failing to believe my sincerity.

( watch him already installing spacestagram. be his friend on spacestagram, Root. do it. )

text; un; tonyhawkprosk85

[shenunigans]

i see time ravaged social media in my absence
this is actually devastating
i need a minute
i need to know
what happened to twitter
is twitter ok

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

I'm so sorry... I don't know how to tell you this, but twitter is gone. It's a wasteland of food pics and bad memes now.

[Twitter is fine, but she really can't resist trolling Dave.]

[shenunigans]

taunt me no more spirit of social media future
twitter will forever be encapsulated in my mind as an oasis of the internet and theres nothing you can do about it

tell me this tho
how fucking sad is it that a 16 year old with a once flourishing internet presence has no idea what the fuck any of these apps are
what happened to angry birds
wait
nvm
i dont want to know

text; un: nanamin

[virtualbytes]

Finally, we actually get a new game to clear...!

[ Not that it will be difficult, but there's definitely enthusiasm written all over this text message. ]

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

I'm looking forward to the high scores ranking.

[She is, actually-- mostly because the highest score on the list (for now) is her own.]


((ooc: I'm completely canon-blind but I noticed your Chiaki is an AI. Root was hopelessly devoted to an AI back home and she'd be amazed to actually meet one in the flesh-- do other characters know Chiaki is an AI or is it a carefully kept secret...?))

text | un: RE-L124C41+

[realimperfect]

Is anyone actually going to go about dating on this ship with everything going on?

Sounds like a way to get duped.

text; un: ROOT

[symbiosys]

Who knows, maybe it will help everyone's morale. Sometimes it's just that simple.