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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!
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▶ Thank you for spending Valentine's Day with us! You're our sweetheart this year. 💕
It must have been a bed with expensive accommodations. I don't recall ever having slept in anything like that before. I felt like I could sink into it...
[Even before living in a place where unused coffins served as beds, even during his brief phase of fame and popularity, Xiao Xingchen had never sought out anything luxurious.
As he steps from a hard flooring in a room that's larger to a softer carpet in a hall, he walks in stride, now sure that they're close to the room he left. To himself, he counts his steps and makes turns that he had to figure out earlier. He wouldn't say that he has infallible memory, but in this strange place, he made sure to find his bearings where he can.
At the quick pace, he reaches the room. He's sure he has the right one as he opens the door, revealing a room filled from top to bottom with the color of vermillion... all wedding decor. It would form a scene he might understand from his own world - if he could take note of it - except with a table covered in boxes that are surely in a culture from elsewhere. One box in an arrangement atop that table is gone, and the comforter atop the bed looks a bit disheveled on both sides.]
Here it is. Ah... I'm sorry, I hadn't tidied up before I left.
[ Admittedly Xue Yang left his own room in a hurry, with his focus elsewhere, but from what he remembers this matches his own pretty closely. He doesn't say anything about it, but he does have a moment of considering what it looks like for the two of them, in their matching vivid red robes, to be going together into a room similarly decorated in red.
He scoffs to himself, but keeps it silent for Xiao Xingchen to not notice. Instead he turns his attention to the boxes as something potentially interesting to focus on. ]
Did the mouth trainer come from that pile, daozhang? There's a stack of boxes over there on the right side. Maybe there's other fun stuff in there too.
[ In this case, "fun" meaning "tasty" rather than "sexual", but if he can further tease Xiao Xingchen that works almost as well as having more treats to eat. ]
[Xiao Xingchen closes the door behind them, then steps over closer to the table with a pile of presents. As he made his escape earlier, he toppled over a box while trying to find the door, at least catching it before it fell. The other person must have been a deep sleeper to not notice the strange sound from the bracelet - or they were lying there not saying anything - but he still did his best to not wake them.
As his friend starts that again, Xiao Xingchen gives a huff.]
It did. Open as many as you like. At least in here, you won't draw so much attention while you're messing around... and perhaps we'll actually find something useful.
[It won't trouble Xiao Xingchen at all. He's also definitely not tempting fate with these words. All of this has been a new level of shamelessness, even for his friend. After this, he'll have to make sure he isn't thinking about how trained or not his friend's mouth is...]
[ Xue Yang doesn't need Xiao Xingchen to say it twice.
He's immediately by the stack of boxes and starting to go through them. The contents of most of them aren't particularly interesting: scraps of fabric, some even big enough to maybe be underwear, but no new sets of robes or anything like that. He tosses them to the side as he goes, not bothering to put them back nicely.
He tries picking a heavier box and opens it up, only to find a weird, smooth shape inside. Xue Yang takes it out and turns it over in his hand, studying it. What's this for? It doesn't look like it's meant to be stuck inside of someone or anything like that. He spends a few more seconds looking at it, but finally gives up and tosses it to the side as well.
The sound it makes as it hits the ground isn't unusual, but the sound immediately following it is: there's a hard-to-catch click and a noticeable buzzing noise starts up, originating from the object. As it settles it continues to make noise, a bit louder as it stops next to the dresser and buzzes against its leg.
Xue Yang is instantly alert, going to pull out his sword on instinct and only pausing when there's nothing to be grabbed. Instead he stands ready, on guard, as he focuses in on the item. ]
... I don't know what it is, daozhang. It was in one of the boxes and only started sounding like that when I dropped it. [ Threw it. Same thing. ]
[Since his friend now focuses on the presents, Xiao Xingchen figures the both going through them will get them through this task faster. He goes through each box at a slower pace, puzzling over a ring far too large to fit on any of his fingers as he hears his friend move something else that has more weight to it. The strange noise that follows also catches his attention, and he immediately strides over to put himself between his friend and the strange item.]
Don't touch it.
[With his friend mostly protected, Xiao Xingchen hesitates for a moment, before reaching to pick it up himself. Better that he deals with whatever this is.
He holds it out at arm's length for a moment, before trying to feel the shape of it with his other hand (that's still holding the ring).]
What could this be meant for? It only makes my hand feel strange. If it could be used... like the trainer, I'm certain you would have figured that out by now.
I don't know. I ignored it because it didn't look like anything.
[ Xue Yang casually peeks around Xiao Xingchen, quite used to the man stepping in front of him regardless of the level of danger. He wants to keep an eye on it just in case, but his inclination is that if the thing hasn't done anything to Xiao Xingchen yet, Xue Yang would guess it's not going to, even if it's still making the weird buzzing noise. ]
How's it making your hand feel strange? It's just moving, right?
[ His eyesight is good enough that he can see it going back and forth, even from this distance. ]
Let me touch it.
[ Said to give Xiao Xingchen warning as he makes a grab for the item, even though it's probably not needed. ]
[Judging that it at least isn't harmful, Xiao Xingchen doesn't stop his friend from taking the shaking object.]
Is there no writing on it? Like the... other one.
[That could be a hint, if he could find it for himself.
He supposes he should get used to the fact that there's going to be a lot of writing everywhere. After living in Yi City for a while, he didn't need to worry about signs or instructions for anything, already knowing how to get around and what to do. Here, he's going to have to rely on others some more... he doesn't like the idea, but he's fortunate enough to have his friend here.
Crossing his arms, he contemplates.]
These gifts might not be all too useful for our situation. Perhaps they were all meant for someone else, and we've received them by mistake.
"Tango Humming Throat Cup"? What the hell does that mean? Guess it's humming, but the rest of it's kinda...
[ But Xue Yang trails off there as he turns the object in his hand and notices the opening on one of the ends of it. If it hadn't been for the "mouth trainer" earlier he might not have made any connection, but when he turns the words "throat cup" over in his head again, a possibility starts to form. Out of curiosity he pushes two fingers into the hole and feels around inside. They fit inside easily, and that weird sensation from holding it is even stronger when he does that... ]
[Just as before, Xiao Xingchen can make no sense of it. Now sure that his friend is safe, he returns to the table once more.]
Perhaps... it's for shaking the leaves in your tea, though I couldn't guess why someone would want that.
[That has to be as good a guess as any, right?
Hope for finding anything useful at all wanes even further, but they should at least finish checking these boxes. He finds even larger gifts at the center of the base, as if hidden in there. Maybe the larger items will help? Though one of the boxes is very long, which immediately gives him a bad feeling after the first gift he opened.
He sets that gift on the bed to be checked later before finding something wider and flatter. Shaking the box a bit makes it feel like some kind of fabric material is in here, so he gets to untying this one.]
[ Xue Yang only barely contains his laughter at that, though it does come through in his voice. ]
I don't think it's for tea, daozhang. I bet it's a throat cup in the same way that that candy thing was a mouth trainer.
[ ... So to speak.
Xue Yang feels inside of it for a bit longer before glancing over to the bed, and the box catches his eye. If he didn't know any better, the shape of it looks a lot like it might be hiding a sword inside. But he does know better: if the weight of it felt like it might be a sword, Xiao Xingchen wouldn't set it aside like that... and a sword would be nothing like the other items the two of them have found in this pile otherwise.
He grins, sensing an opportunity to fluster Xiao Xingchen again further, then puts on his most oblivious, curiously questioning tone of voice. ]
Is that a sword?
[ It might be hard sell after the tone of his previous statement, but Xue Yang doesn't really care. ]
[Xiao Xingchen only looks a bit more confused at that. Surely it'd be a terrible idea to put such a thing in anyone's mouth, the object feeling very much like a cup. It's far too large! Just what good is that? Although he didn't inspect it all too much. Besides, being all too large also doesn't keep him from suspecting whatever it is that he just found.
Of course he should have suspected that "putting something aside to be dealt with later" would mean "it's immediately noticed," and he pauses in opening this current box.]
I don't believe so. I also doubt it'll be of any use to either of us, so it'd be best if to leave that alone.
How do you know it won't be useful if you haven't opened it? Let's see what's inside.
[ Xue Yang is already walking towards the bed as he speaks, and he quickly starts to unwrap the box. He has a few different ideas for what it could be from his time hanging around in brothels...
... But nothing prepares him for the sight that he gets when he actually opens it up. Xue Yang actually takes several seconds as he looks over the item in front of him to figure out what it is, but the distinctive round protrusions on one end and the particular shape at the other finally make it click in his mind. He suddenly lets out a few colorful curses before he bursts into laughter.
How would anyone be able to fit something of this size? It couldn't be for serious use. ]
[Xiao Xingchen can only sigh when he hears the rustling of his friend opening the present after that. As much as he is the sort to laugh along with the other man, this matter is far too strange to him, all while having too strange of an effect on him.
The more he explores about this, the less Xiao Xingchen knows about how what kind of an effect this will have on either of them…]
W-Well… what is it? I won’t touch it, so please only tell me.
It's a fake dick, but it's really long enough to be a sword. Are you supposed to stab someone with this? There's no way it fits anywhere.
[ As he speaks he takes it out and turns it over in his hands. Contrary to his expectations it's rather limp and flopping instead of holding its straight shape as it did in the box. ]
[Xiao Xingchen's lips press together, utter indignance written all over his face. He should have known--but how crude can this place be?! That his friend is amused with it... well, he knows the man isn't afraid to tell all kinds of jokes, always willing to go further than anyone else with them. Still, there's a limit to these things! His friend has already crossed it many times over!
His hand darts out to grab the object. His expression becomes one of surprise as he misses it, unaware of how it bends and wobbles.]
Don't take that out of here! O-Or... someone might get the wrong impression about you!
[ Xue Yang didn't even have to move the toy out of the way and Xiao Xingchen misses it, making him laugh a bit more at the surprised expression Xiao Xingchen makes combined with those words. ]
Oh? Daozhang, what impression do you think others might get?
[ As if taking a bit of pity on Xiao Xingchen, but actually just wanting to see how he reacts, Xue Yang positions the dildo so it touches against Xiao Xingchen's hand and he can tell where it is to grab it. ]
[Now an even brighter red, Xiao Xingchen seizes the giant cock where it brushes against his hand. The material alone wouldn't have been enough to let him know what it's form was, but with his hand on the top of it like the top of a staff, he can tell right away that this is its "head." A shiver wracks his entire body as a choked noise escapes his mouth. He already knew what it was, but feeling its level of detail...
He has to turn his face away from his friend, even as he pulls on the head to get it away from his friend.]
Others don't know you like I do... and they might not realize that you like to joke and play around!
[ Xue Yang relishes that look on Xiao Xingchen's face as he lets him take the toy away. Xue Yang wasn't playing with it seriously anyway; it was just to rile up Xiao Xingchen, and he's completely succeeded. ]
Ah, I got it, daozhang. [ His voice is full of faked understanding. ] If others see me with this, they might want to use it on me, or they might want me to use it on them. It could be a lot of trouble.
[ Not like he could just say no, or laugh in their faces. No, Xiao Xingchen wouldn't do either of those, so especially if he's flustered he might not think of his friend doing either of those either. ]
[Not wanting to hold this for too long, Xiao Xingchen reaches around for the box it came in. When he doesn't find it right away, he settles for picking up the comforter and shoving the oversized "toy" under the blankets, keeping it away and out of his friend's sight (as well as reach) for now.]
Exactly that. So please don't wave such things like this in front of others. We need to take more care in this place, when we don't know what other tricks it might play.
[There's another assumption he makes that he doesn't dare to clarify. Either way, the thought of his friend handing such a part still has an effect on him that he's trying to not think all too much about.]
[ When the dildo needs to be shoved under the sheets Xue Yang can't help a small snort of amusement, but he holds his tongue from saying anything further about it. ]
Alright, daozhang, I'll be more careful.
Was that all of the boxes in here? It doesn't really seem like anything was useful after all. There weren't any weapons or clothing, either.
[ Well, there was clothing, but not in any form that Xue Yang recognized. ]
[Now that that's out of the way until he finds it next to him while he's sleeping Xiao Xingchen can start to clean up the mess left by all the boxes. After feeling around their shape and taking note of how they're constructed, he starts to fold them up and place them in a pile.]
I suppose not. Not even any sort of food that would last...
[He speaks with a bit of concern, though he lowers his voice nearly to a murmur when he adds:]
The "mouth trainer" aside.
[Really, he'd want it thrown away. But if it is food - even if it's a sweet - then perhaps food shouldn't be wasted...?]
[ Xue Yang is quiet for a moment--his eyes dart to the bandage around where Xiao Xingchen's eyes would be, sunken in slightly from the missing eyeballs beneath it. Who would be stupid enough to think they could get away with stealing Xiao Xingchen's identity without even so much as covering their eyes?
But he speaks as if nothing is wrong. ]
The guy I woke up with pissed me off so I left quickly and haven't been back. I don't think there were any boxes like all these but I didn't really look, though I do remember there was some food.
I did see a bunch of clothes outside the rooms but a lot of it was weird styles or looked impractical. I haven't found any weapons here yet at all.
[ Unless the giant dong counts for its bludgeoning capabilities. ]
[Xiao Xingchen can't help his expression of worry again. Well, he shouldn't stay there if he doesn't get along with the other man there. However, he hesitates for a moment before he can say:]
Then... it's no trouble for the other person who awoke in this room, you could stay here.
[He isn't sure why he says it with such uncertainty. Already he knows that it isn't entirely out of concern for whoever his roommate was, but trying to consider his friend. They already sleep under the same roof that they constructed together, so a room can't be all too different.
Perhaps it's the thought of them so close in bed together, and the sound his friend made earlier with the sweet candy in his throat.
No! He can't think about that!]
H-however! Perhaps there are other options instead of these rooms. This place is already unlike any inn I've ever come across...
[ Xue Yang glances to Xiao Xingchen briefly, then looks around the room itself, sizing it up. It's, admittedly, a pretty good size compared to the house they used to share together. They'd could even sleep in the same bed; it's easily at least twice the size of the bed Xue Yang used to stay in alone. The only concern would be Xiao Xingchen brushing against his left hand in his sleep... Well, Xiao Xingchen would probably sleep on the floor and let Xue Yang have the bed to himself if he made enough of a fuss. ]
I didn't find anything like that so far, but I can keep looking. Seems more like these are the rooms they want all of us to stay in, and there's plenty of space for multiple people here.
[ So of course he'll be staying if Xiao Xingchen isn't actively shoving him out the door. He's not going to outright say he accepts; he'll just move in like it's always been his. ]
Since there's not much food here, should we go get more?
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[Even before living in a place where unused coffins served as beds, even during his brief phase of fame and popularity, Xiao Xingchen had never sought out anything luxurious.
As he steps from a hard flooring in a room that's larger to a softer carpet in a hall, he walks in stride, now sure that they're close to the room he left. To himself, he counts his steps and makes turns that he had to figure out earlier. He wouldn't say that he has infallible memory, but in this strange place, he made sure to find his bearings where he can.
At the quick pace, he reaches the room. He's sure he has the right one as he opens the door, revealing a room filled from top to bottom with the color of vermillion... all wedding decor. It would form a scene he might understand from his own world - if he could take note of it - except with a table covered in boxes that are surely in a culture from elsewhere. One box in an arrangement atop that table is gone, and the comforter atop the bed looks a bit disheveled on both sides.]
Here it is. Ah... I'm sorry, I hadn't tidied up before I left.
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He scoffs to himself, but keeps it silent for Xiao Xingchen to not notice. Instead he turns his attention to the boxes as something potentially interesting to focus on. ]
Did the mouth trainer come from that pile, daozhang? There's a stack of boxes over there on the right side. Maybe there's other fun stuff in there too.
[ In this case, "fun" meaning "tasty" rather than "sexual", but if he can further tease Xiao Xingchen that works almost as well as having more treats to eat. ]
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As his friend starts that again, Xiao Xingchen gives a huff.]
It did. Open as many as you like. At least in here, you won't draw so much attention while you're messing around... and perhaps we'll actually find something useful.
[It won't trouble Xiao Xingchen at all. He's also definitely not tempting fate with these words. All of this has been a new level of shamelessness, even for his friend. After this, he'll have to make sure he isn't thinking about how trained or not his friend's mouth is...]
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He's immediately by the stack of boxes and starting to go through them. The contents of most of them aren't particularly interesting: scraps of fabric, some even big enough to maybe be underwear, but no new sets of robes or anything like that. He tosses them to the side as he goes, not bothering to put them back nicely.
He tries picking a heavier box and opens it up, only to find a weird, smooth shape inside. Xue Yang takes it out and turns it over in his hand, studying it. What's this for? It doesn't look like it's meant to be stuck inside of someone or anything like that. He spends a few more seconds looking at it, but finally gives up and tosses it to the side as well.
The sound it makes as it hits the ground isn't unusual, but the sound immediately following it is: there's a hard-to-catch click and a noticeable buzzing noise starts up, originating from the object. As it settles it continues to make noise, a bit louder as it stops next to the dresser and buzzes against its leg.
Xue Yang is instantly alert, going to pull out his sword on instinct and only pausing when there's nothing to be grabbed. Instead he stands ready, on guard, as he focuses in on the item. ]
... I don't know what it is, daozhang. It was in one of the boxes and only started sounding like that when I dropped it. [ Threw it. Same thing. ]
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Don't touch it.
[With his friend mostly protected, Xiao Xingchen hesitates for a moment, before reaching to pick it up himself. Better that he deals with whatever this is.
He holds it out at arm's length for a moment, before trying to feel the shape of it with his other hand (that's still holding the ring).]
What could this be meant for? It only makes my hand feel strange. If it could be used... like the trainer, I'm certain you would have figured that out by now.
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[ Xue Yang casually peeks around Xiao Xingchen, quite used to the man stepping in front of him regardless of the level of danger. He wants to keep an eye on it just in case, but his inclination is that if the thing hasn't done anything to Xiao Xingchen yet, Xue Yang would guess it's not going to, even if it's still making the weird buzzing noise. ]
How's it making your hand feel strange? It's just moving, right?
[ His eyesight is good enough that he can see it going back and forth, even from this distance. ]
Let me touch it.
[ Said to give Xiao Xingchen warning as he makes a grab for the item, even though it's probably not needed. ]
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Is there no writing on it? Like the... other one.
[That could be a hint, if he could find it for himself.
He supposes he should get used to the fact that there's going to be a lot of writing everywhere. After living in Yi City for a while, he didn't need to worry about signs or instructions for anything, already knowing how to get around and what to do. Here, he's going to have to rely on others some more... he doesn't like the idea, but he's fortunate enough to have his friend here.
Crossing his arms, he contemplates.]
These gifts might not be all too useful for our situation. Perhaps they were all meant for someone else, and we've received them by mistake.
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[ Xue Yang turns it over in his hands. ]
"Tango Humming Throat Cup"? What the hell does that mean? Guess it's humming, but the rest of it's kinda...
[ But Xue Yang trails off there as he turns the object in his hand and notices the opening on one of the ends of it. If it hadn't been for the "mouth trainer" earlier he might not have made any connection, but when he turns the words "throat cup" over in his head again, a possibility starts to form. Out of curiosity he pushes two fingers into the hole and feels around inside. They fit inside easily, and that weird sensation from holding it is even stronger when he does that... ]
... Hm.
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Perhaps... it's for shaking the leaves in your tea, though I couldn't guess why someone would want that.
[That has to be as good a guess as any, right?
Hope for finding anything useful at all wanes even further, but they should at least finish checking these boxes. He finds even larger gifts at the center of the base, as if hidden in there. Maybe the larger items will help? Though one of the boxes is very long, which immediately gives him a bad feeling after the first gift he opened.
He sets that gift on the bed to be checked later before finding something wider and flatter. Shaking the box a bit makes it feel like some kind of fabric material is in here, so he gets to untying this one.]
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I don't think it's for tea, daozhang. I bet it's a throat cup in the same way that that candy thing was a mouth trainer.
[ ... So to speak.
Xue Yang feels inside of it for a bit longer before glancing over to the bed, and the box catches his eye. If he didn't know any better, the shape of it looks a lot like it might be hiding a sword inside. But he does know better: if the weight of it felt like it might be a sword, Xiao Xingchen wouldn't set it aside like that... and a sword would be nothing like the other items the two of them have found in this pile otherwise.
He grins, sensing an opportunity to fluster Xiao Xingchen again further, then puts on his most oblivious, curiously questioning tone of voice. ]
Is that a sword?
[ It might be hard sell after the tone of his previous statement, but Xue Yang doesn't really care. ]
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Of course he should have suspected that "putting something aside to be dealt with later" would mean "it's immediately noticed," and he pauses in opening this current box.]
I don't believe so. I also doubt it'll be of any use to either of us, so it'd be best if to leave that alone.
[With that, he turns back to his box.]
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[ Xue Yang is already walking towards the bed as he speaks, and he quickly starts to unwrap the box. He has a few different ideas for what it could be from his time hanging around in brothels...
... But nothing prepares him for the sight that he gets when he actually opens it up. Xue Yang actually takes several seconds as he looks over the item in front of him to figure out what it is, but the distinctive round protrusions on one end and the particular shape at the other finally make it click in his mind. He suddenly lets out a few colorful curses before he bursts into laughter.
How would anyone be able to fit something of this size? It couldn't be for serious use. ]
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The more he explores about this, the less Xiao Xingchen knows about how what kind of an effect this will have on either of them…]
W-Well… what is it? I won’t touch it, so please only tell me.
[That’s how much faith he has in this.]
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[ As he speaks he takes it out and turns it over in his hands. Contrary to his expectations it's rather limp and flopping instead of holding its straight shape as it did in the box. ]
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His hand darts out to grab the object. His expression becomes one of surprise as he misses it, unaware of how it bends and wobbles.]
Don't take that out of here! O-Or... someone might get the wrong impression about you!
[The Mouth Trainer was bad enough!]
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Oh? Daozhang, what impression do you think others might get?
[ As if taking a bit of pity on Xiao Xingchen, but actually just wanting to see how he reacts, Xue Yang positions the dildo so it touches against Xiao Xingchen's hand and he can tell where it is to grab it. ]
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He has to turn his face away from his friend, even as he pulls on the head to get it away from his friend.]
Others don't know you like I do... and they might not realize that you like to joke and play around!
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Ah, I got it, daozhang. [ His voice is full of faked understanding. ] If others see me with this, they might want to use it on me, or they might want me to use it on them. It could be a lot of trouble.
[ Not like he could just say no, or laugh in their faces. No, Xiao Xingchen wouldn't do either of those, so especially if he's flustered he might not think of his friend doing either of those either. ]
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Exactly that. So please don't wave such things like this in front of others. We need to take more care in this place, when we don't know what other tricks it might play.
[There's another assumption he makes that he doesn't dare to clarify. Either way, the thought of his friend handing such a part still has an effect on him that he's trying to not think all too much about.]
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Alright, daozhang, I'll be more careful.
Was that all of the boxes in here? It doesn't really seem like anything was useful after all. There weren't any weapons or clothing, either.
[ Well, there was clothing, but not in any form that Xue Yang recognized. ]
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until he finds it next to him while he's sleepingXiao Xingchen can start to clean up the mess left by all the boxes. After feeling around their shape and taking note of how they're constructed, he starts to fold them up and place them in a pile.]I suppose not. Not even any sort of food that would last...
[He speaks with a bit of concern, though he lowers his voice nearly to a murmur when he adds:]
The "mouth trainer" aside.
[Really, he'd want it thrown away. But if it is food - even if it's a sweet - then perhaps food shouldn't be wasted...?]
Did you find anything in the room you awoke in?
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But he speaks as if nothing is wrong. ]
The guy I woke up with pissed me off so I left quickly and haven't been back. I don't think there were any boxes like all these but I didn't really look, though I do remember there was some food.
I did see a bunch of clothes outside the rooms but a lot of it was weird styles or looked impractical. I haven't found any weapons here yet at all.
[ Unless the giant dong counts for its bludgeoning capabilities. ]
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Then... it's no trouble for the other person who awoke in this room, you could stay here.
[He isn't sure why he says it with such uncertainty. Already he knows that it isn't entirely out of concern for whoever his roommate was, but trying to consider his friend. They already sleep under the same roof that they constructed together, so a room can't be all too different.
Perhaps it's the thought of them so close in bed together, and the sound his friend made earlier with the sweet candy in his throat.
No! He can't think about that!]
H-however! Perhaps there are other options instead of these rooms. This place is already unlike any inn I've ever come across...
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I didn't find anything like that so far, but I can keep looking. Seems more like these are the rooms they want all of us to stay in, and there's plenty of space for multiple people here.
[ So of course he'll be staying if Xiao Xingchen isn't actively shoving him out the door. He's not going to outright say he accepts; he'll just move in like it's always been his. ]
Since there's not much food here, should we go get more?