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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. 💕
Alright, if you insist. You can also pay me back with your lovely smile ♪
[He reaches for the box, removing the cover. It does indeed have a “beautiful” design, but he can’t help but notice the box itself is just cheap plastic. Beautiful pattern or no, there’s still room for improvement! The truffles themselves, however, do look nice, so he plucks one out and takes a bite.]
...!!
[Immediately, his eyes go wide. Not because of anything Shequraso said (though he's not uninterested in hearing about her singing!) but because of the taste spreading in his mouth. Once he’s done chewing, he murmurs in an astonished tone,]
Goodness, I've never had anything like that before... I wonder what the special ingredient is? It can't be "love," since there's nothing like that to be found in this den of sin.
[Despite his harsh words at the end there, his eyes sparkle curiously, cheeks lightly flushed with pleasure. He doesn't even have that big a sweet tooth, but he's impressed!
... but in the excitement, he also forgot about the girl sitting across from him, who was trying to talk to him about something. Right, right, it's rude to interrupt! He was raised to have good manners, so he’s supposed to be a better date than this! Not that the girls at Yumenosaki cared if he was polite, really, but—
Anyway, no more getting sidetracked. He refocuses his attention on Shequraso, lips seamlessly spreading into a smile.]
Let’s go back to that thing you were saying. You said something about a "Haru"? One of the dancers at your theater company?
[She didn't want to outright lie, though she did avoid mentioning that for as long as possible since well... There were a lot of ways he could react, not all of them good. Perhaps in a place like this with a lot of people, it is a little safer. It isn't as crowded as the story they went to, but it's still visible.
She still had to protect herself, even if it's in an underhanded manner.
She takes a piece of chocolate, curious about his reaction, before she takes a bite.
!!!]
Oh my! What is that flavor? I also wonder what that could be... I thought this was just chocolate, but I have never had one that tasted this exquisite.
His eyes widen, hand freezing on its way back to his drink.
Never mind the heavenly chocolates. Or the woman's pleased reaction to them, which he'd normally find cute. He's still stuck on the first thing she said. Did he mishear?]
She sounds just as casual this time, but her words imply she's received such reactions before. She knew he'd be surprised. She also knew he might think badly of her. Does he?
No, at least not in the way she fears. He doesn't think she's immoral. It's more that he feels sorry for her. That can't be a fun job, can it? And with his supposition that she grew up poor, or in a poor country with no electronics, he assumes she must've taken the job due to lack of other options. People will do all sorts of degrading work for money. No one comes out truly "clean" while trying to survive in this world. But of course Hiyori Tomoe, second son of the Tomoe family, knows nothing at all about financial desperation.
He surveys her, less shell-shocked now, but clearly weighing his response carefully. And then she says that thing again about girls eating alone again, but this time it carries a different tone. She's not just talking about Valentine's Day, is she?]
You must get hassled a lot, huh?
[The meaning finally (sort of) dawns on him. She probably can't go out at home without being hassled by customers. And now she's ended up in this place: more glamorous than her wildest dreams, but with the same focus on transactional fake "love." A pretty girl like her must be hit up all the time, surely.
It's more than a bit quieting. He has the sense not to look at her with open pity, but his eyes have gone a little softer.]
Well, I'm happy to take meals with you. And if someone gives you trouble, I know some people who might be willing to scare them away permanently.
[Perhaps he could sink Belarus on them, with her love of knives. Or he could invite Rinne-senpai to come take care of them. Rinne could probably annoy them into submission.]
... it doesn't have to be the same. No matter what those "game rules" say.
You're too kind. It's not something I can't handle, but I appreciate the concern.
[Hiyori may be speaking genuinely, but Shequraso knows better than to trust some pretty words from a handsome man. They're something any girl would love to hear, she's sure, but men are good at acting with bravado and saying things they don't mean. She smiles brightly at him anyway, attempting to reassure him.
After all, he still did help her, even if it hadn't been to his knowledge. With his presence, she's a little more reassured in doing the basic things she couldn't do at home without getting odd stares.]
[So she won't accept. Well, he can't fault her if she doesn't want to rely on someone she just met. Hopefully that attitude means she's less likely to be taken advantage of my other people here.
Still, she did approach him because he was a man. How would things have gone if she'd asked a different one? If she asked a good boy like Jun-kun (just for example), it would've gone fine. Even if she asked someone like Rinne-senpai, it still would've been alright. But if she'd approached a different sort of man, one who's knee-deep in the game and sees all women as "cards" to collect, well... he can already picture how that would go south.
But he won't force his presence on someone who's turned him down, so he'll just have to trust she can look after herself.]
That's fine. If we do see each other again, the offer's still open.
[He smiles back, regaining some of his earlier brightness, and then reaches for another piece of chocolate. As he munches on that, savoring the delightful taste on his tongue, she asks her question, to which he responds emphatically.]
Yep! That thing's just awful! It's one thing to do that stuff by choice, but no one should ever be forced. I know I don't like doing things because some wristwatch told me to.
[There's more he could run his mouth about, like how sleeping with fifty-something people sounds like an excellent way to spread disease. Or that it sounds like a way to wind up with illegitimate kids running around. But he manages to hold back those thoughts, recognizing they'd be inappropriate to share with her. Who knows how many customers she's had?
He does, however, share one thing that he normally wouldn't advertise.]
And my job expressly forbids that sort of contact, so that's that. There's no choice but to refuse.
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[He reaches for the box, removing the cover. It does indeed have a “beautiful” design, but he can’t help but notice the box itself is just cheap plastic. Beautiful pattern or no, there’s still room for improvement! The truffles themselves, however, do look nice, so he plucks one out and takes a bite.]
...!!
[Immediately, his eyes go wide. Not because of anything Shequraso said (though he's not uninterested in hearing about her singing!) but because of the taste spreading in his mouth. Once he’s done chewing, he murmurs in an astonished tone,]
Goodness, I've never had anything like that before... I wonder what the special ingredient is? It can't be "love," since there's nothing like that to be found in this den of sin.
[Despite his harsh words at the end there, his eyes sparkle curiously, cheeks lightly flushed with pleasure. He doesn't even have that big a sweet tooth, but he's impressed!
... but in the excitement, he also forgot about the girl sitting across from him, who was trying to talk to him about something. Right, right, it's rude to interrupt! He was raised to have good manners, so he’s supposed to be a better date than this! Not that the girls at Yumenosaki cared if he was polite, really, but—
Anyway, no more getting sidetracked. He refocuses his attention on Shequraso, lips seamlessly spreading into a smile.]
Let’s go back to that thing you were saying. You said something about a "Haru"? One of the dancers at your theater company?
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[She didn't want to outright lie, though she did avoid mentioning that for as long as possible since well... There were a lot of ways he could react, not all of them good. Perhaps in a place like this with a lot of people, it is a little safer. It isn't as crowded as the story they went to, but it's still visible.
She still had to protect herself, even if it's in an underhanded manner.
She takes a piece of chocolate, curious about his reaction, before she takes a bite.
!!!]
Oh my! What is that flavor? I also wonder what that could be... I thought this was just chocolate, but I have never had one that tasted this exquisite.
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Ah, is that s—
[........................ wait.
His eyes widen, hand freezing on its way back to his drink.
Never mind the heavenly chocolates. Or the woman's pleased reaction to them, which he'd normally find cute. He's still stuck on the first thing she said. Did he mishear?]
Er. ... where did you say you worked?
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A brothel. I did not want you to think badly of my actions. I really was just looking for company to eat these with.
[Which, well, she can't fault him for the change in perception. He wouldn't be the first.]
It is just difficult for a woman to eat alone, you see...
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She sounds just as casual this time, but her words imply she's received such reactions before. She knew he'd be surprised. She also knew he might think badly of her. Does he?
No, at least not in the way she fears. He doesn't think she's immoral. It's more that he feels sorry for her. That can't be a fun job, can it? And with his supposition that she grew up poor, or in a poor country with no electronics, he assumes she must've taken the job due to lack of other options. People will do all sorts of degrading work for money. No one comes out truly "clean" while trying to survive in this world. But of course Hiyori Tomoe, second son of the Tomoe family, knows nothing at all about financial desperation.
He surveys her, less shell-shocked now, but clearly weighing his response carefully. And then she says that thing again about girls eating alone again, but this time it carries a different tone. She's not just talking about Valentine's Day, is she?]
You must get hassled a lot, huh?
[The meaning finally (sort of) dawns on him. She probably can't go out at home without being hassled by customers. And now she's ended up in this place: more glamorous than her wildest dreams, but with the same focus on transactional fake "love." A pretty girl like her must be hit up all the time, surely.
It's more than a bit quieting. He has the sense not to look at her with open pity, but his eyes have gone a little softer.]
Well, I'm happy to take meals with you. And if someone gives you trouble, I know some people who might be willing to scare them away permanently.
[Perhaps he could sink Belarus on them, with her love of knives. Or he could invite Rinne-senpai to come take care of them. Rinne could probably annoy them into submission.]
... it doesn't have to be the same. No matter what those "game rules" say.
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[Hiyori may be speaking genuinely, but Shequraso knows better than to trust some pretty words from a handsome man. They're something any girl would love to hear, she's sure, but men are good at acting with bravado and saying things they don't mean. She smiles brightly at him anyway, attempting to reassure him.
After all, he still did help her, even if it hadn't been to his knowledge. With his presence, she's a little more reassured in doing the basic things she couldn't do at home without getting odd stares.]
So the game bothers you?
*sic, not sink
Still, she did approach him because he was a man. How would things have gone if she'd asked a different one? If she asked a good boy like Jun-kun (just for example), it would've gone fine. Even if she asked someone like Rinne-senpai, it still would've been alright. But if she'd approached a different sort of man, one who's knee-deep in the game and sees all women as "cards" to collect, well... he can already picture how that would go south.
But he won't force his presence on someone who's turned him down, so he'll just have to trust she can look after herself.]
That's fine. If we do see each other again, the offer's still open.
[He smiles back, regaining some of his earlier brightness, and then reaches for another piece of chocolate. As he munches on that, savoring the delightful taste on his tongue, she asks her question, to which he responds emphatically.]
Yep! That thing's just awful! It's one thing to do that stuff by choice, but no one should ever be forced. I know I don't like doing things because some wristwatch told me to.
[There's more he could run his mouth about, like how sleeping with fifty-something people sounds like an excellent way to spread disease. Or that it sounds like a way to wind up with illegitimate kids running around. But he manages to hold back those thoughts, recognizing they'd be inappropriate to share with her. Who knows how many customers she's had?
He does, however, share one thing that he normally wouldn't advertise.]
And my job expressly forbids that sort of contact, so that's that. There's no choice but to refuse.