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CREDITS, REWARDS AND YOU
SOUL HEALTH RESEARCH & EXTERMINATION DIVISION
Credits & Rewards
Credits & Rewards
ET2-506C
You might be thinking: "man, everyone in the Soul Health Research & Extermination Division sucks." We get it. It’s hard to forgive the constant torture. But sometimes, the unthinkable happens and a S.H.R.E.D. agent experiences the foreign concept of a potential emotion.
Or they lost a bet and have to cough up some cash to assuage someone else’s guilt. Who knows. Being a S.H.R.E.D. agent is emotionally taxing, alright? Just accept the gift and keep your mouth shut. Or don’t! Maybe you’re getting this gift just to make someone else jealous.
Either way, you won’t know. Because you have no idea why suddenly there’s a drone dropping off a wrapped parcel for you. What’s inside? It could be any number of things!
How Credits Work:
For every comment you post in the game, you receive ONE Credit (text chats or short bracket-style posts).
LOG STYLE (prose-heavy) comments are worth TWO Credits.
Credits are DOUBLED during Experiments!
• Normal comments = TWO Credits
• Log-style comments = FOUR Credits
Additional Credits may be awarded during events. Keep an eye out for opportunities to earn extra luxuries!
How to Spend Credits:
Credits are redeemed for in-character rewards.
You may redeem them INSTANTLY, at your discretion.
Characters will NOT know who they’re from or why they’ve received them.
Accountability:
Players are expected to operate on the honor system.
Each month during Activity Check, provide a summary of what you’ve purchased and how many credits you’ve spent.
• Purchases LESS THAN 25 Credits: no verification needed.
• Purchases OVER 25 Credits: provide thread evidence. Just Post Herewith what you’re buying and include links to your proof.
There’s no limit on how many threads you use as evidence.
Pooling Credits:
Players may pool credits together for higher-tier rewards.
Each player may contribute as much as they want. There’s no limit on how many players can pool credits.
Notify the mods via PM if you intend to pool credits and include your proof.
Final Notes:
The goal here is to have fun. The honor system goes a long way.
Some rewards are intentionally hard to get. Some are so cheap they’re barely worth tracking.
If the system isn’t abused, you’re free to enjoy being creative.
Don’t see something you want on the list? Submit a request and we’ll go from there.
Or they lost a bet and have to cough up some cash to assuage someone else’s guilt. Who knows. Being a S.H.R.E.D. agent is emotionally taxing, alright? Just accept the gift and keep your mouth shut. Or don’t! Maybe you’re getting this gift just to make someone else jealous.
Either way, you won’t know. Because you have no idea why suddenly there’s a drone dropping off a wrapped parcel for you. What’s inside? It could be any number of things!
How Credits Work:
For every comment you post in the game, you receive ONE Credit (text chats or short bracket-style posts).
LOG STYLE (prose-heavy) comments are worth TWO Credits.
Credits are DOUBLED during Experiments!
• Normal comments = TWO Credits
• Log-style comments = FOUR Credits
Additional Credits may be awarded during events. Keep an eye out for opportunities to earn extra luxuries!
How to Spend Credits:
Credits are redeemed for in-character rewards.
You may redeem them INSTANTLY, at your discretion.
Characters will NOT know who they’re from or why they’ve received them.
Accountability:
Players are expected to operate on the honor system.
Each month during Activity Check, provide a summary of what you’ve purchased and how many credits you’ve spent.
• Purchases LESS THAN 25 Credits: no verification needed.
• Purchases OVER 25 Credits: provide thread evidence. Just Post Herewith what you’re buying and include links to your proof.
There’s no limit on how many threads you use as evidence.
Pooling Credits:
Players may pool credits together for higher-tier rewards.
Each player may contribute as much as they want. There’s no limit on how many players can pool credits.
Notify the mods via PM if you intend to pool credits and include your proof.
Final Notes:
The goal here is to have fun. The honor system goes a long way.
Some rewards are intentionally hard to get. Some are so cheap they’re barely worth tracking.
If the system isn’t abused, you’re free to enjoy being creative.
Don’t see something you want on the list? Submit a request and we’ll go from there.
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:: 1 CREDIT | TURDS ::
SURVIVAL
Rusty Knife:
It might have been sharp a long time ago.
Coil of Rope:
It looks like it could come apart easily.
Nutrient Cube:
If you haven't eaten in a while, it has everything you need for a day of nutrients. Horrible taste, worse texture. If cold medicine and oysters had a baby. Side-effects include nausea and severe cotton mouth.
SELFISH LUXURIES
One (1) Water Bottle:
Enough for one person. Seal broken, someone seems to have already drank some.
Breakfast Bar:
The crumbliest Nature's Valley you've ever seen.
Slightly Used Cigarette:
Someone's smoke break must have been cut short.
COMFORTS FROM HOME...?
A tooth you lost during childhood:
Your initials are carved into it.
A treasured childhood drawing, now showing the facility and unknown, faceless figures:
You remember this, but you don't.
A voicemail from a deceased loved one, but the messages are different every time...:
Sometimes pleading for help, sometimes angry, sometimes describing events that never happened.
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A random surprise from someone who likes you!:
For better or worse, you're on their radar.
A random surprise from someone who does not...:
Geez, what did you DO?
This persons name was drawn out of a hat! Who KNOWS how they feel about you!:
You can only hope they're one of the...good...? ones?
no subject
:: 5 CREDITS | GENTLY POLISHED TURDS ::
SURVIVAL
Flimsy Tent:
If you look at it too hard, it might fall apart.
Pack of flares (10):
A 10 pack of flares, improperly sealed. It looks like it might have rained before these shipped out, because some of them don't work.
A wooden bow and empty quiver:
Sturdy enough, but it was bring your own arrows day.
SHAREABLES
Gallon of Water
You have the distinct feeling this was collected from the pond in the park. You could have done the same.
A 6 pack of ramen:
The corner is chewed and one of the flavor packets has spilled everywhere.
Jar of Peanut Butter:
Chunky...
SELFISH LUXURIES
A 24 pack of Dasani dropped from above:
Most of them break open, maybe you can salvage half.
A thermos of hot cocoa:
Oops! They forgot the packet of Swiss Miss. It's just warm milk.
Sandwich Day!:
Bread is dropped slice by slice from the sky, followed by the meat and then the cheese. A drone shoots condiments in your general direction.
COMFORTS FROM HOME...?
A beloved sweater:
Perfect for keeping you warm. Too warm. Anyone wrapped in it sweats and dreams of people watching from the foot of their bed.
A school lunchbox with your favorite childhood treats:
Nostalgic. Comforting. You only realize it's turned to glass as you're savoring the last bite.
A childhood diary:
Each night, a new page appears, filled with entries from someone important to you, often reflecting on things you did together, sometimes worrying for your safety now.
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A random surprise from someone who likes you!:
For better or worse, you're on their radar.
A random surprise from someone who does not...:
Geez, what did you DO?
This persons name was drawn out of a hat! Who KNOWS how they feel about you!:
You can only hope they're one of the...good...? ones?
no subject
:: 10 CREDITS | TURD-ADJACENT ::
SURVIVAL
Self-Refilling Lighter:
Never runs out of fuel, lights with a single flick. But each time you use it, you notice a new, small burn mark somewhere on your clothing or skin.
Self-Refilling Water Pouch:
Provides a day’s worth of clean water. Each refill is ice-cold and refreshing, but occasionally tastes like hospital antiseptic
Gourmet Freeze Dried Meals:
Just add water for a warm and delicious dish that tastes exactly like a favorite meal from home. After eating, you’re plagued with the faint smell of home-cooked food wherever you go, making you constantly aware of what you’ve lost.
SHAREABLES
Paranoia Pie:
When sliced and served, one piece is colder than the rest. Whoever eats the cold slice feels like everyone at the table is talking about them for the rest of the scene, whether it’s true or not.
Pizza of Peculiarities:
Eight whole slices! You definitely won't feel the same after eating one of these. Your fingers are slightly longer. Your feet a little smaller. Your eyes closer together than they once were. Subtle. Peculiar. Appearances reset upon character death.
Slurring Stew:
Delicious. Hot. Filling. Your lips and tongue begin to tingle, as if numb, making speech difficult and hard to understand for the next 24 hours.
SELFISH LUXURIES
A stack of magazines or books you’ve always wanted to read:
Each is engrossing and comforting, until you reach the last page, which is always missing or torn out.
A Luxury Bath Set:
Soaps, salts, candles, and oils in your favorite scents. The water always feels perfect while you soak, but your skin tingles with cold the moment you leave the tub, no matter how warm the room.
A Personal Birthday Party Pack:
A slice of cake, a party hat, and a plastic fork. The cake tastes almost exactly as you remember from home, but the frosting has a faint metallic tang, and the birthday card inside simply reads, “THE CAKE IS A LIE.”
COMFORTS FROM HOME...?
A Memory Box of Keepsakes:
Allowing another to look inside grants them clarity or inspiration, but the owner forgets a happy memory until the keepsake is returned. The box develops new items from the user’s future if left open overnight
An Old Polaroid Camera
Each time you snap a picture, the photo reveals a scene from the future you would have had if you weren't here. Sometimes mundane, sometimes horrifying, sometimes impossible. The more often you use it, the more the images start to contradict each other. Old, unused photos slowly fade to show someone else’s fate instead.
A Blank Postcard from a Place You Always Meant to Visit:
Writing a message on it lets you send a feeling, inspiration, or warning to another player (even at a distance), but you lose the memory of why you wanted to go there in the first place.
P̷͗͝İ̴̜Ć̷͐K̷̀̆ ̵͘͝M̵̓͝Ȅ̸̕
A random surprise from someone who likes you!:
For better or worse, you're on their radar.
A random surprise from someone who does not...:
Geez, what did you DO?
This persons name was drawn out of a hat! Who KNOWS how they feel about you!:
You can only hope they're one of the...good...? ones?
no subject
:: 25 CREDITS | POLISHED GOLDENᵖˡᵃᵗᵉᵈ TURDS ::
SURVIVAL
Enhanced Night-Vision Goggles:
Allow perfect vision in the dark for several hours, solar charged. Prolonged use leaves ghostly afterimages and shadowy “figures” in your vision even when the goggles are removed.
Stainless Steel Combat Spade:
Functions as both a shovel and a defensive weapon, but it’s heavy to carry and doesn’t fold, making it awkward for stealth or quick escape.
Auto-Tying Rope:
Just guide the rope into the vague shape of a knot and it takes care of the rest. Will probably cause serious injury or death.
SHAREABLES
Party-Sized Pasta Bake:
A massive tray of noodles in a pale, generic sauce. Feeds ten easily, but the flavor is muted, like hospital food. Filling, but everyone’s left wanting salt, cheese, or spice.
Birthday Party Pack:
Happy Birthday! S.H.R.E.D. is thinking of you. The party hats are dingy brown cardboard, and the cake certainly isn't a lie, but you kind of wish it was. Did they mix up the salt and sugar? Comes with all the accoutrement you need; plates, forks, dull colored banners and streamers.
Assortment of Boardgames:
Monopoly, Scrabble, Clue... only SOME of them are missing pieces!
SELFISH LUXURIES
A Set of Silk Pajamas:
The softest pajamas you've ever slept in. If anyone else tries to wear them, the fabric begins to feel like barbed wire, and will start to shred their skin before too long.
Assortment of Gourmet Chocolate:
Nothing makes another test subject jealous like watching someone else receive a decadent, luxurious treat. Each one is a little piece of heaven, just for you. In fact, if anyone else tries, they'll choke.
Advanced Personal Thermos:
Any liquid in here will stay as hot as it was when it went in, or just as cold.
COMFORTS FROM HOME...?
A Pet, or Small Companion:
Missing that fuzzy friend, or battle buddy? If they're small enough, you might just get reunited with them. Add and ADDITIONAL 25 credits per size. Ex; the next evolution of Pokemon.
A powered trinket, item or piece of clothing:
Nothing too fancy, this isn't charity. Characters can receive one small weapon, trinket or otherwise that has a power, utility, etc.
CANON UPDATE - VISUAL:
Your character is taken to a secure room within S.H.R.E.D. They are put in front of a TV screen and given a remote. They have 24 hours in this room to fast-forward, pause, rewind as often as they want. On-screen for their viewing pleasure is every moment of their life. Past, present and future... if they had not been apprehended by the Division.
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A random surprise from someone who likes you!:
For better or worse, you're on their radar.
A random surprise from someone who does not...:
Geez, what did you DO?
This persons name was drawn out of a hat! Who KNOWS how they feel about you!:
You can only hope they're one of the...good...? ones?
no subject
:: 50 CREDITS | HR SAID WE CAN'T CALL THESE TURDS ANYMORE ::
SURVIVAL
Personal Shield Emitter:
A ring or bracelet. Creates a personal shield around the wearer for up to three hours, solar charged.
Weapon From Home:
Big-Fucking-Something or another? Coming right up.
REALITY MIXUP:
Oops! A dial on the Portalizer™ was slightly off. You get something from someone else's home world! It could be sentimental, revealing, useful or mundane.
SHAREABLES
A Feast for Kings:
A full banquet meal appears inside Town Hall, enough for the entire game. Hot entrees, fresh breads, desserts, and real drinks. Flavors are rich, diverse, and everyone leaves full. Just for one night, the tension feels lifted.
S.H.R.E.D. Sponsored Movie Night:
No-strings-attached*! You think. A working projector and every comfort food imaginable; the group can select movies or shows to watch together. For the duration, even characters who are usually rivals find themselves getting along, laughing, or even revealing secrets.
*Unless you want them. Fun? Or disaster? You decide.
Multiversal Media:
For the book worms, or people who like to have something fun to read on the throne. A supply drop arrives in front of Town Hall. Books, magazines and more all from different worlds. Maybe yours, maybe someone else's.
SELFISH LUXURIES
A Suite of Custom Clothing:
A closet’s worth of outfits, all tailored to fit your style and needs. Casual, formal, practical, nostalgic.
Custom Keepsake:
An object you wish you’d had. A lost family heirloom, a perfect photograph, a plush animal you never found, a project you never finished, a weapon you sought, created in perfect detail.
Signature Scent:
A perfume, cologne, or oil crafted to evoke your most cherished memories and sense of self. The scent is persistent, subtle, and unmistakably “yours”. For a week, others instinctively trust, remember, or notice you in a positive way.
COMFORTS FROM HOME...?
VROOM VROOM:
A fully functional vehicle from home.
Their Old Room:
A room in any building of your choosing is converted into an exact replica of their bedroom. Uncomfortably exact.
CANON UPDATE - MEMORY INJECTION:
You viewed the moment before, but the experiences aren't yours. S.H.R.E.D. can help by providing an injection of any memory of your choosing from the future you never had.
Can be purchased more than once. Each purchase is the equivalent of a Canon Update.
P̷͗͝İ̴̜Ć̷͐K̷̀̆ ̵͘͝M̵̓͝Ȅ̸̕
A random surprise from someone who likes you!:
For better or worse, you're on their radar.
A random surprise from someone who does not...:
Geez, what did you DO?
This persons name was drawn out of a hat! Who KNOWS how they feel about you!:
You can only hope they're one of the...good...? ones?