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【 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. 💕
[Raika is probably right. For now -- Yu knows he's not going to magically figure out the answer within days of being here, but it's still so frustrating. All of this is so specific, there must be some reasoning for it. It's hard to stop thinking about it.
Well...it was hard to stop thinking about it. And then a staff member all but shoves them into the tiny booth.
Yu nearly stumbles on the way in -- it's big enough for both of them to stand, but just barely, and he finds himself reaching wildly for the wall as the staff member shuts the door behind them. The smell of incense is almost overpowering.]
... I don't think the shoving was necessary. [Actually it was pretty rude. He didn't even see a line.] Are you alright?
[ waxing philosophical about the purpose of the resort was definitely more difficult when in a cramped space with another person, cloying air filling the senses. raika had managed to rotate his body as not to end up planting face-first into the back panels over the bench, but now with yu hovering over him braced against the wall, he was stuck with his back bent and the edge of the thin seat pressed into the back of his knees. in his effort to stabilise them both, one of raika's hands had braced against yu's chest.
at least he was a bit shorter, so they hadn't knocked heads or anything in the momentary chaos. raika removes his hand from yu's chest, and then just. sits down on the bench behind him, peering up at him instead and clearly more than a little irritated. ]
I'm fine, thanks. Are you? [ that, at least, had genuine concern in it despite the stormy expression. ] Unnecessary is apparently goal number one, here.
[The hand on his chest has a steadying effect, keeping him from colliding either with Raika or with the wall. Whichever might have been his fate, he flashes a small, grateful smile as the other boy pulls his hand away. The air is scented so heavily it's almost stifling, heady and lingering. He's sure they're both going to smell like it for hours after this.]
No harm done. Thanks.
[Mostly for catching him before he plowed face-first into the wall. It's hard to comfortably stand in the space, so he carefully turns and tries to sit on the bench. There's room for two, but it's still a pretty snug fit. He offers a nod and a sympathetic expression at the ranting; he's feeling somewhat the same way. That seems to be the deal with this whole place...ah, but speaking of unnecessary--]
"Tell a secret," huh... I'm going to guess that hiding my classmate's shoes in grade 2 doesn't count.
[ they're squeezed in side-by-side on the narrow seat, no matter how much raika tries to make room for yu to have a bit of space. his hands end up laid politely in his lap, less out of good manners and more to keep his shoulders squared forward for the little difference it might make. the heavy air filling his lungs made the booth feel almost like a sauna.
it's difficult to fully face yu in the confined space while trying to retain some kind of limited personal bubble, which raika understands is exactly the point. instead he tilts his head halfway, angled up a bit, to look at him through the gap between his face and glasses. ]
How cruel. Did they wrong you so deeply you had to go that far? [ there's a subtle, teasing smirk. ] I suppose the watch will let you know when the conditions are met.
[It's such a small space that Yu hardly dares to move; every tiny motion he makes feels like it's encroaching further on Raika's space. He's pressed as close as he can be to the side and back of the small space, but they're still shoved together like sardines... As much as this is likely the point, it feels more uncomfortable than, er. sexy? intimate? This place may be trying too hard.
He chuckles softly at the teasing glint in the other's eyes, shaking his head.]
The opposite. He seemed like he was friends with everyone, but I didn't know how to talk to him. I thought if I could help him solve a problem...
[A grimace. The memory is embarrassing, but probably doesn't count as a confession. So he keeps going, trying to find the secret in it, maybe spurred on by how weird this whole moment is.]
I switched schools a few weeks later, so it didn't matter anyway. But-- I found myself acting like him for a long time, whenever I ended up in a new school. I guess I was pretending I knew how to talk to people.
[His face reddens a touch at the admission; he doesn't talk about stuff like that often. Or at all, really. It has to be enough...right?
... After an agonizingly long moment, the watch does beep, and he exhales. At last they're free from their faux-catholic prison.]
[ this place is definitely trying too hard. at least the heavily perfumed air was... pleasant, as far as overwhelmingly strong scents went. it could definitely be worse, given the enclosed space and general proclivities of the resort's patrons. raika tries not to dwell too much on that. ]
A bit of detective work together? Though it wouldn't have worked out well for you if he'd figured out the true culprit, hm.
[ yu's embarrassment is a little surprising. raika had assumed he was the type to be unflappable, but maybe this particular secret hit that soft area of personal issue that sometimes tickled if poked. ]
When you're young, you emulate people you admire. There's nothing wrong with it. [ it was a pitfall he'd fallen into, only to discover he'd misinterpreted the point of his founding interaction the whole time anyway. ] Those actions eventually adapt, and then you're not pretending any more.
[ he stands as the watch chimes its approval, offering yu a hand up so they don't trip over each other's feet. ]
[The way Raika words that teasing remark hits a little closer to reality than Yu would like. Funny, just how true that has turned out to be -- though not with him. Maybe it could have been, if things had gone differently. He never really made the connection between past and present, considering his time in Inaba to be a blank slate... but maybe that's a lot less possible than he thought.
He breezes past that thought, turning his attention to present once more with a nod.]
Our bonds define us. I've found that to be the case, at least.
[Maybe more literally than some other people. He takes the hand, when offered, and pulls himself to his feet. The air outside of their little box is fresher, but he finds he didn't mind the inside as much, once they were in the middle of it.]
Thanks. It was fun. [He. He sounds like he means that, somehow.] Wanna do another one? Maybe it'll be my turn to hear a confession.
[ not so long ago, raika would have been the type to narrow his eyes and scoff at the concept of bonds being what defined him. despite the way his school- and company-mates had treated him, the whole lone wolf act had been so easy to maintain when all he focused on was himself and the only results he cared about were victories.
now, he's glad to have broken away from that mentality a bit. the gratitude he had for the people he now proudly called his friends was immense. they would tell him he was still too intense, too single-minded, but now it was with an air of amusement rather than the sting of criticism.
so raika just nods sharply, fully in agreement.
they exit the booth without much fanfare, the staff member that had shoved them in looks quite disappointed in their unruffled appearances. ]
Another? [ he's a little surprised, but... it weirdly was a bit fun, and relatively harmless. the payout would be nice, too... ] Ah, sure. I wouldn't mind that.
[ "oh, how interesting!" that staff pipes up, resuming their earlier manhandling and shoving them both towards the closest slot machine. "yes, have some more fun, won't you?" ]
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[Raika is probably right. For now -- Yu knows he's not going to magically figure out the answer within days of being here, but it's still so frustrating. All of this is so specific, there must be some reasoning for it. It's hard to stop thinking about it.
Well...it was hard to stop thinking about it. And then a staff member all but shoves them into the tiny booth.
Yu nearly stumbles on the way in -- it's big enough for both of them to stand, but just barely, and he finds himself reaching wildly for the wall as the staff member shuts the door behind them. The smell of incense is almost overpowering.]
... I don't think the shoving was necessary. [Actually it was pretty rude. He didn't even see a line.] Are you alright?
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at least he was a bit shorter, so they hadn't knocked heads or anything in the momentary chaos. raika removes his hand from yu's chest, and then just. sits down on the bench behind him, peering up at him instead and clearly more than a little irritated. ]
I'm fine, thanks. Are you? [ that, at least, had genuine concern in it despite the stormy expression. ] Unnecessary is apparently goal number one, here.
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No harm done. Thanks.
[Mostly for catching him before he plowed face-first into the wall. It's hard to comfortably stand in the space, so he carefully turns and tries to sit on the bench. There's room for two, but it's still a pretty snug fit. He offers a nod and a sympathetic expression at the ranting; he's feeling somewhat the same way. That seems to be the deal with this whole place...ah, but speaking of unnecessary--]
"Tell a secret," huh... I'm going to guess that hiding my classmate's shoes in grade 2 doesn't count.
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it's difficult to fully face yu in the confined space while trying to retain some kind of limited personal bubble, which raika understands is exactly the point. instead he tilts his head halfway, angled up a bit, to look at him through the gap between his face and glasses. ]
How cruel. Did they wrong you so deeply you had to go that far? [ there's a subtle, teasing smirk. ] I suppose the watch will let you know when the conditions are met.
[ stupid ai listening in to everything. ]
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He chuckles softly at the teasing glint in the other's eyes, shaking his head.]
The opposite. He seemed like he was friends with everyone, but I didn't know how to talk to him. I thought if I could help him solve a problem...
[A grimace. The memory is embarrassing, but probably doesn't count as a confession. So he keeps going, trying to find the secret in it, maybe spurred on by how weird this whole moment is.]
I switched schools a few weeks later, so it didn't matter anyway. But-- I found myself acting like him for a long time, whenever I ended up in a new school. I guess I was pretending I knew how to talk to people.
[His face reddens a touch at the admission; he doesn't talk about stuff like that often. Or at all, really. It has to be enough...right?
... After an agonizingly long moment, the watch does beep, and he exhales. At last they're free from their faux-catholic prison.]
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A bit of detective work together? Though it wouldn't have worked out well for you if he'd figured out the true culprit, hm.
[ yu's embarrassment is a little surprising. raika had assumed he was the type to be unflappable, but maybe this particular secret hit that soft area of personal issue that sometimes tickled if poked. ]
When you're young, you emulate people you admire. There's nothing wrong with it. [ it was a pitfall he'd fallen into, only to discover he'd misinterpreted the point of his founding interaction the whole time anyway. ] Those actions eventually adapt, and then you're not pretending any more.
[ he stands as the watch chimes its approval, offering yu a hand up so they don't trip over each other's feet. ]
Well done.
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[The way Raika words that teasing remark hits a little closer to reality than Yu would like. Funny, just how true that has turned out to be -- though not with him. Maybe it could have been, if things had gone differently. He never really made the connection between past and present, considering his time in Inaba to be a blank slate... but maybe that's a lot less possible than he thought.
He breezes past that thought, turning his attention to present once more with a nod.]
Our bonds define us. I've found that to be the case, at least.
[Maybe more literally than some other people. He takes the hand, when offered, and pulls himself to his feet. The air outside of their little box is fresher, but he finds he didn't mind the inside as much, once they were in the middle of it.]
Thanks. It was fun. [He. He sounds like he means that, somehow.] Wanna do another one? Maybe it'll be my turn to hear a confession.
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now, he's glad to have broken away from that mentality a bit. the gratitude he had for the people he now proudly called his friends was immense. they would tell him he was still too intense, too single-minded, but now it was with an air of amusement rather than the sting of criticism.
so raika just nods sharply, fully in agreement.
they exit the booth without much fanfare, the staff member that had shoved them in looks quite disappointed in their unruffled appearances. ]
Another? [ he's a little surprised, but... it weirdly was a bit fun, and relatively harmless. the payout would be nice, too... ] Ah, sure. I wouldn't mind that.
[ "oh, how interesting!" that staff pipes up, resuming their earlier manhandling and shoving them both towards the closest slot machine. "yes, have some more fun, won't you?" ]