▶ ORIGINAL TEST DRIVE 2 POST IS LOCATED HERE ▶ ALL NEW TOP LEVELS SHOULD NOW BE POSTED ON TAKE 2
▶ ALL CARRIED OVER OLD TOP LEVELS SHOULD BE LINKED, NOT COPY AND PASTED
【 Thank you for choosing the Golden Peacock, 5-Star Resort and Casino. You are currently registered as a WILDCARD in our system.
Due to unprecedented high demand we are temporarily unable to check you in to your reserved room. We apologize for the inconvenience. We have arranged for a temporary room while we work on processing your reservation as quickly as possible. We appreciate your understanding.
As a special wedding gift from us, we have arranged for you and your new spouse to stay in one of our junior penthouses while you wait. Congratulations on your new marriage. We are so pleased you have chosen our resort for your honeymoon.
You will be notified as soon as your official reservation has been processed. Your comfort and happiness are our utmost priority. We hope you enjoy the provided amenities and lose yourself in marital bliss. 】
EVENS
EVENS: NEW CHARACTERS
Music plays. Instrumental, the tune gentle enough not to disturb peaceful rest. The sudden insistent beep of the Watch is a cutting cacophony across an otherwise sweet lullaby. Upon opening their eyes, new arrivals will quickly discover that something is wrong. The quilt snug across their body is weighty. Crystals glint in a weave of embroidery and cotton shimmers with threads of silver. Dozens of decorative pillows surround the bed. The gauzy curtains of the canopied bed are drawn, obscuring the rest of the room.
Extravagant for a kidnapping. Too extravagent. What’s more, these new guests will find something even stranger than this new diamond-studded suite tucked into bed beside them. Someone else. Who are they, what are they wearing? What happened last night?!
Guests are encouraged to explore the resort from here! There are paper maps available for those who would like and staff are happy to recommend locations if they have any preferences. Enjoy your honeymoon, you lovebirds!
ODDS
ODDS: SPECIAL RE-ARRIVAL
Never trust a hallway in the Golden peacock.
Cross the wrong threshold and time begins to slow. A short hallway becomes long, sheds its doors, only leading to turns without end. Guests too eager to explore the resort have gotten lost before. For how long always varies, dependent upon capriciousness of the resort. Hours? Yes. Years? Yes. Every guest caught in the winding hallways has reported the same thing: time is different there and too difficult to discern.
Some wayward guests have been caught in the endless hallways since the FIRST TDM. Weeks pass before a single doorway appears in the distance. It creaks upon opening before everything goes topsy-turvy. These guests have been let out of a trap door in the depths of Crane's Respite.
All water corridors will eventually lead back to the populated areas of Crane's Respite. The waters are warm, the scent of bath salts returns, and staff are wild with joy at finally finding all of you. They have been beside themselves searching ever since you vanished!
NOTES
PROMPT NOTES
▶ Because we love all of the new characters premiering on this TDM, we kindly request that our Evens prompt be top level exclusive for new characters. Current characters are encouraged to tag in to these prompts with the caveat that they’ve been picked up from their assigned suite (or wherever else they were before) and dumped into the new arrival’s bed. We would like for new characters to have this prompt unique to their top level comments!
▶ Players are welcome to have their current character riff off of these prompts in the log community with the exclusion of the new arrival element. This request is just for TDM top levels.
▶ Current characters and new characters are both welcome to freely mess around with the Odds prompt with the exclusion of the arrival element. For new characters, players may participate with the idea that their character is exploring Crane’s Respite after their unique arrival in the Evens prompt. The Odds arrival element may also be utilized by current player characters who may have been on an unofficial hiatus in January and did not tag as much as they would have liked, to explain any long IC absence.
▶ Octopi may be killed. If a character decides to eat one of the octopi they may find themselves taking on some of its traits. Which traits are up to player discretion.
ELEVATORS
ELEVATORS
The house has recently ordered a full changeout of art in all high traffic areas. The elevators in particular have received special attention with many different famous artworks and portraits studded to the walls for guests to admire. These artworks are treasures of the modern world that one would typically see behind glass at a museum. Guests may even find works from their own world hanging in the elevators. Even famous works that maybe have been lost to time. So this is where they ended up. Is that Vermeer's The Concert?
Guests may find their elevator suddenly stopping without warning. The portraits on the wall stir, curiously studying them, but there are three main portraits calling the shots. The portrait that controls that particular elevator will make their demands known with the threat that, if they are not obeyed, you will be trapped forever.
Elevators will function after the portrait's demands are met. Guests that hold out and refuse may find themselves trapped upwards of twelve hours. Guests with the ability to do so may crawl out of the top emergency door, free to go wherever they want from there.
GREAT TIT!
GREAT TIT!
Great Tit! is the Golden Peacock’s popular dessert bar and cafe. With its bright pops of color and whimsical treats, guests simply can’t resist stopping in for a butt shaped cookie and hazelnut coffee. After catching wind that the resort has decided to celebrate a dessert shop's most lucrative holiday, Great Tit! is ready to impress the masses. Advertisements for limited edition drinks and desserts rain the main lobby; one can’t go three steps without slipping on a neon pink coupon for 10 percent off nipple buns. Guests that decide to pass by the cafe will find themselves assaulted with confetti cannons and eager employees ushering them inside.
Guests will find a temporary communal shower room upon exiting Great Tit! where they can wash off after a fun day of rolling around in sugar. All guests will be gifted a tee branded with a, CHOCOLATE IS MY LOVER logo.
NOTES
PROMPT NOTES
▶ This portraits prompt has been triggered by several characters expressing interest in and investigating the lore of the resort paintings. This is just dipping a beginning toe in, but congrats to all for poking around!
▶ Portraits in the elevator should not be destroyed, purely for continuity’s sake. If a character would go far enough to attack one of the portraits, the portrait will slap them back with ghostly power.
▶ Characters may also figure other ways out of the elevator if they have specific abilities to do so. While the portraits can control the elevators, they cannot control your character(s). Any destruction to the elevator itself is liable to result in a rush of security dragging the culprit(s) away to the Iron Net.
▶ Great Tit! is running a massive sale! Even characters who are on the broke end of the spectrum will be able to afford to join in on the fun and indulge in sugar at these prices.
▶ Players are encouraged to make up any other elements for the Hall of Chocolate. If it’s a dessert and edible, it’s there. Enjoy your sugar coma!
▶ While the chocolate boxes are ICly limited due to Alessandro’s skills as a chocolatier, this is only an IC mechanic. There is no OOC limitation on this prompt as far as chocolate rarity goes.
THE NEST
ALICE AND THE PARROTS
Fashion boutiques are a dime a dozen in the Nest. The shopping hub is massive, lined with stores all trying to aggressively appeal to guests. A challenge in itself — but the guests of the Golden Peacock are no ordinary people. Used to being pampered and fed excitement, if these boutiques don’t bust their bottoms to appeal to the fickle nature of their patrons, they won’t be in business for much longer! One particular boutique, Alice and the Parrots, is riding winds of romantic thrill and churning out a couple of brand new fashion lines sure to draw in loads of chips.
Guests are welcome to try on clothes in Alice and the Parrots' dressing rooms. These dressing rooms are small and can only accommodate two people sharing at a time. Such is the life of a small boutique store. Sharing is no big deal, right? And there’s no way you can buy clothing this expensive without giving it a test first.
NOTES
PROMPT NOTES
▶ Players are encouraged to make up whatever cute outfits they would like for this prompt.
▶ Wedding clothes do not have to be cute and frilly; this section accommodates tastes of everyone.
▶ Alice and the Parrots is more expensive than Love Dove. Their clothing quality is excellent but their price tags are high. Staff may watch low ranks extra diligently to cut off any stealing. Thieves will be chased by NPC security! Anyone caught gets a day in the Iron Net.
CASINO CHAPEL
CASINO FLOOR
A Pop up Chapel has appeared in the Phoenix Casino. Guests are delighting in playing out weddings and pretending to get married — and a few guests are even tying the knot for real. They aren't worried about the sanctity of marriage; they can divorce tomorrow if they get bored of each other. And everyone knows that getting married doesn't mean you can't fuck whoever you want!
Since the resort isn't keeping track of how many marriages a guest has, all guests are encouraged to marry as many people as they would like. The more the merrier!
Wild wedding events will continue all throughout the month of February, until the guests find it's gotten stale. A divorce rush will round out the fun at the end of the month.
NOTES
PROMPT NOTES
▶ Weddings are not legally binding. Birdvis is not registered as a real officiant, but he does have an excellent beak and pompadour.
▶ Prizes from easy mode slot machines are automatic and do not require mod thumbs up to claim.
▶ Chip prize from difficult mode slot machines is automatic. The special prize is 5 reward points to add to your bank on rewards. Players who wish to claim the special prize should link the finished thread (the kink in question has been completed) under their rewards header with the header, Wedding Slot Machine. If you do any combination of 6/6 (finger hand lol) we ask you somehow make this sexy or involve a climax in order to claim the points.
BLANKET CW: Aphrodisiac; Compulsion; Costumes; Dubcon; Entrapment; Foodplay; Gambling; Lingerie; Matrimony; Tentacles; NSFW Images and Language; NTR; Nudity; Roleplay; Sacrilegious Themes
▶ All new characters on the TDM are WILDCARDS, which means they have not yet been assigned a card value. The house is still observing and deciding. As rank and suits are assigned upon acceptance your new character's suit will not manifest until they are accepted into the game.
▶ All TDMs are game canon. This TDM acts as the game's February event.
▶ Current characters may top level on the TDM. Please make sure to review the arrival prompt notes! Any current characters posting to the TDM should note they are current in their subject header.
▶ The top level directory is for new characters only. We want to make sure new characters are priority and receive attention!
▶ If you aren't satisfied with the prompts on this TDM please feel free to check out our LOCATIONS to explore more of the resort.
▶ Smut threads that take place on this TDM can be used for rewards. If both parties in the smut thread join the game, you may retroactively apply the character's initial card values to your 52 bank. If one character does not join the game the thread will not be applicable toward rewards (as that character would not have a card value). The character that does join would still receive a small payout for the encounter. Hopefully it was a fun thread anyway!
▶ We ask you to kindly add content warnings to your threads as appropriate.
▶ If you do not currently have permissions and kinks listed in your character’s journal we suggest leaving a note in your top level of any limits or boundaries for other players to reference.
▶ Thank you for spending Valentine's Day with us! You're our sweetheart this year. 💕
[ said partner just so happens to be a young, petite woman, positively swallowed up in the large wedding gown she'd been outfitted in upon arriving; it's a far cry from the more lavish gowns she's used to from her life in the eldyme empire, so she doesn't feel all that awkward for it. besides, given the current theme of the resort, it's not like she's the only one so dolled up. exactly how she and ragna became partnered up is purely by happenstance; upon entering the casino area, guests were quickly pairing up (as seems to be the routine of this place) to play games. having arrived with no one, kayena glanced about rather helplessly until ultimately meeting the eyes of the pale-haired man who also seemed just as reluctant to be there — though kayena was certainly much better at hiding it.
indeed, even now, she's still got on a cheerful smile. ]
Well, it can't be that bad, can it?
[ famous last words, spoken from someone who should really know better by now, but still she steps up with a little bounce to her step and pulls at the lever with far more familiarity than someone claiming to be from a far less advanced time. she watches as the slot delivers their fate:
HOLD HANDS + SOMEONE BLUE + ON THE ALTAR
she looks back to her "partner." ]
...You wouldn't happen to be wearing something blue underneath all that, would you?
so sorry for the delay! app crunch time + catching up on rest into the weekend
[ Ragna + "dolled up"? Typically equalled a critical error. Despite the fact he usually wore a larger, heavier jacket on his person, this more butler-like attire of his still felt...stuffy to him. But with enough fussing, grumbling, maychance some growling, the taller spiky-haired delinquent came out looking rather dapper! But, new clothes for the newlyweds were new clothes, at the end of the day. And it certainly still beat being stuck in that multi-layered white tuxedo of his when he first woke up in bed with a complete stranger. ...And either had furniture hurtled at him or held at gunpoint, either account is plausible. Locking eyes with the bright and cheery blonde woman had practically sealed his fate...even if it was almost impossible not to stare, he did find his gaze break away.
...
Only to loose a deep sigh and mentally tell himself that this couldn't get any worse. So Ragna looks back Kayena's way again, casting caution to the wind and partnering up knowing she was looking around rather helplessly. He didn't need to say it out loud, thank god— that he chose to stay because she was by herself. It's a gamble, working these slots, but... ]
That's never a good question to— [ There she goes!? Bouncing up to the machine just like that and giving it a nice pull. Like she's done this before. And he knows he told her to have at it, but he suddenly feels his chest tightening up now as the slots roll and the speakers make all kinds of chiming and melodic beeping & booping sounds. ] —ask...
[ God. What are they in for? He's still not used to all of this, that some attractive young lady and him being tasked for a payout that can go awry real quick was jostling on his nerves. But sure enough...! ]
Huh? [ A beat. ] That's it?
[ He is. NOT disappointed. Just. Pleasantly surprised? He blinks at the trio of prompts together before turning his attention back to Kayena. Knowing his luck, if he were the one pulling those levers...
She saved their asses. ]
Blue? [ Oh. Right. Blue. ...unfortunately, on his person? No. However, as his mismatched gaze flickers down to her right arm, gloved up, he fights against the urge to let a frown mar his lips before he clears his throat and speaks up. It wasn't blue right now, but if he activates the Azure Grimoire... ] Uhh, something like that.
[ That Servant strength was no joke. Regardless of how durable Ragna was, a creature of circumstance at this point, everything she did to him hurt like hell. At first, he thought he was dealing with a young lady who understandably flipped out waking up in the same bed with some random stranger. Until she started picking up heavier and heavier objects and then dropped the bombshell that was being the Queen of the Underworld. In hindsight?
...
Yeah, Ragna was still pissed off before. Now? Now he's just tired as well as confused. ]
I told you, I don't—!
[ There's a moment wherein Ragna's gaze just gets caught staring up within hers. Despite the fact neither one had any clue what was truly going on, she happens to be the one holding the superior hand right now. He wasn't so sure what it was going to take to convince her, but still partway under the bed, he continues to look up at her before loosing a rough yet...resigned sigh.
Fine. Let's try this again. For real. And pretend that she knew literally nothing about him. ...wait. If she's supposed to be a goddess, how did she not know who he was? That gear starts turning in his head, suspicious of not the girl standing over him, but...of their new circumstances.
So: ]
My name is Ragna the Bloodedge. I'm an SS-Class Criminal with the highest bounty on record by the NOL. And I just left Kagutsuchi, the 13th Hierarchical City.
[ Would any of these words make any sense to her? Well, she had the "decency" to introduce herself to him. So, best explain thyself in kind. ]
The last thing I remember before falling asleep was camping out travelling, then I... [ "Ragna...?" His brow furrows, remembering... ] I had a dream.
[ What that dream entailed was none of her business. But, ]
Then I woke up next to you. [ And that's where they're currently at right now. He pushes himself up onto his forearms, not quite getting out from under the mattress yet, grunting with a frown. ] Look, I'm...
[ ... Ugh. He really shouldn't be? But, at least he sounds serious this time when he admits: ]
I'm sorry...that I startled you. But I seriously have no idea where I am.
[ If he weren't so intent on keeping eye contact with the goddess over him right now, he might have finally taken notice of the watch on his wrist. But. Ah. ]
Ragna the Bloodedge 🩸 BlazBlue 🩸 New
wedding slots: easy
indeed, even now, she's still got on a cheerful smile. ]
Well, it can't be that bad, can it?
[ famous last words, spoken from someone who should really know better by now, but still she steps up with a little bounce to her step and pulls at the lever with far more familiarity than someone claiming to be from a far less advanced time. she watches as the slot delivers their fate:
HOLD HANDS + SOMEONE BLUE + ON THE ALTAR
she looks back to her "partner." ]
...You wouldn't happen to be wearing something blue underneath all that, would you?
so sorry for the delay! app crunch time + catching up on rest into the weekend
...And either had furniture hurtled at him or held at gunpoint, either account is plausible.Locking eyes with the bright and cheery blonde woman had practically sealed his fate...even if it was almost impossible not to stare, he did find his gaze break away....
Only to loose a deep sigh and mentally tell himself that this couldn't get any worse. So Ragna looks back Kayena's way again, casting caution to the wind and partnering up knowing she was looking around rather helplessly. He didn't need to say it out loud, thank god— that he chose to stay because she was by herself. It's a gamble, working these slots, but... ]
That's never a good question to— [ There she goes!? Bouncing up to the machine just like that and giving it a nice pull. Like she's done this before. And he knows he told her to have at it, but he suddenly feels his chest tightening up now as the slots roll and the speakers make all kinds of chiming and melodic beeping & booping sounds. ] —ask...
[ God. What are they in for? He's still not used to all of this, that some attractive young lady and him being tasked for a payout that can go awry real quick was jostling on his nerves. But sure enough...! ]
Huh? [ A beat. ] That's it?
[ He is. NOT disappointed. Just. Pleasantly surprised? He blinks at the trio of prompts together before turning his attention back to Kayena. Knowing his luck, if he were the one pulling those levers...
She saved their asses. ]
Blue? [ Oh. Right. Blue. ...unfortunately, on his person? No. However, as his mismatched gaze flickers down to her right arm, gloved up, he fights against the urge to let a frown mar his lips before he clears his throat and speaks up. It wasn't blue right now, but if he activates the Azure Grimoire... ] Uhh, something like that.
Let's say I do.
[ Gasp. On the Altar, Ragna?! ]
@queenofkur
—
[ That Servant strength was no joke. Regardless of how durable Ragna was, a creature of circumstance at this point, everything she did to him hurt like hell. At first, he thought he was dealing with a young lady who understandably flipped out waking up in the same bed with some random stranger. Until she started picking up heavier and heavier objects and then dropped the bombshell that was being the Queen of the Underworld. In hindsight?
...
Yeah, Ragna was still pissed off before. Now? Now he's just tired as well as confused. ]
I told you, I don't—!
[ There's a moment wherein Ragna's gaze just gets caught staring up within hers. Despite the fact neither one had any clue what was truly going on, she happens to be the one holding the superior hand right now. He wasn't so sure what it was going to take to convince her, but still partway under the bed, he continues to look up at her before loosing a rough yet...resigned sigh.
Fine. Let's try this again. For real. And pretend that she knew literally nothing about him. ...wait. If she's supposed to be a goddess, how did she not know who he was? That gear starts turning in his head, suspicious of not the girl standing over him, but...of their new circumstances.
So: ]
My name is Ragna the Bloodedge. I'm an SS-Class Criminal with the highest bounty on record by the NOL. And I just left Kagutsuchi, the 13th Hierarchical City.
[ Would any of these words make any sense to her? Well, she had the "decency" to introduce herself to him. So, best explain thyself in kind. ]
The last thing I remember before falling asleep was camping out travelling, then I... [ "Ragna...?" His brow furrows, remembering... ] I had a dream.
[ What that dream entailed was none of her business. But, ]
Then I woke up next to you. [ And that's where they're currently at right now. He pushes himself up onto his forearms, not quite getting out from under the mattress yet, grunting with a frown. ] Look, I'm...
[ ... Ugh. He really shouldn't be? But, at least he sounds serious this time when he admits: ]
I'm sorry...that I startled you. But I seriously have no idea where I am.
[ If he weren't so intent on keeping eye contact with the goddess over him right now, he might have finally taken notice of the watch on his wrist. But. Ah. ]