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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. 💕
[ Usually, she's not a fan of being used as a human calculator, but she knows the watch has an app, and it's unlikely Hiyori will ever have a need for complex calculations on the fly. She laughs it off. ]
I've never worn things like this before, so maybe I'll just try both. Have you worn animal ears for work?
[ Similar to the calculator comment, the compliment also gets sidestepped. ]
Haha, thanks. Were his ears and tail real? Like... naturally a part of him?
That works. I was planning to try on lots of different things anyway. We can throw a bunch on the pile, or I can even carry some myself! Whichever ♪
[He rarely offers to carry stuff, but she's already carrying a lot and most of the headbands look pretty lightweight, so he'll make an exception this time. How generous!]
Nope, I haven't. Which seems like a missed opportunity, really. But I suppose it's hard to picture a noble person like me having anything in common with animals. I'm more the "owner" type.
[Still chatting away, he examines the different headbands, before nodding vigorously in response to her last question.]
Yes, yes they were! I could hardly believe it, either, but they'd twitch when he got all angry and such!
[What Hiyori might've said to anger the lion man will have to remain a mystery, but she probably has some guesses.]
I was tempted to give that tail a good tug, but I knew he wouldn't like if I did that. The alarming thing was that he also had sharp nails—sharp enough to tear through fabric. Almost like claws! And he kept saying stuff about "eating" me and being a "carnivore." So if you see him, I'd try not to get on his bad side, if I were you.
Yep, that's exactly what I am ♪ It's in my very blood. Though I can see why you'd get confused, since there's no shortage of fakes running around. I saw some people fighting each other for fancy chocolates earlier, which isn't anything like what a real noble would do.
[He's referring to the squabbling at Great Tit, of course. He has no respect for most of the people here! But this girl seems alright so far, and she might just look adorable in a pair of kitty ears. Cuter than the lion man, anyway, who was all tall and smug and muscle-y!
But just when he's picked up a headband, she says something that makes him go all blank-faced. He blinks at her.]
Oh, you mean at Great Tit? I passed by, but there was no way I was gonna get in on that. No product is worth getting hit.
[ Violent but also not surprising. If a business markets a product as "limited edition," of course people will clamor to get it. But she's not interested in following the crowd. She studies economics, she has no intention of being one of its statistics.
Hiyori's surprise is cute, and she can't help laughing a little. ]
Yup, there's the Foxians, who are a long-lived species that look like humans, but have tall fox-like ears and big, super fluffy tails. They are distant relatives of the Borisin, who have more canine faces, stronger, more muscular bodies and the ability to shapeshift. And while they're not really animal features, there are Halovians, who have bird wings on their heads and rings levitating above them.
The universe is full of all kinds of different races.
I don't like that name. Don't say it in front of me again.
[The "tit" part. That's what he objects to. (Well, that and all the gross-looking pastries he saw for sale.) He once chewed out Ibara for saying "ass" in front of him, after all. Of course, his objection there was that idols shouldn't use such language, and she's not an idol, so you'd think the same rules wouldn't apply. But given that he's trying to cut loose and have some fun, he doesn't appreciate any reminders about the environment of this place.
He'd much rather talk about the existence of fuzzy-eared animal people. That's still absolutely wild to him! Granted, he's met one, so it stands to reason there are others. But so many different varieties?]
Goodness. I can hardly picture any of what you described. Except the first kind—those sound the most similar to that lion man. But the second kind doesn't sound cute at all, and the third kind just sounds silly! And then you said something or another about "shapeshifting"?
[He puts back the headband he'd picked up, one with semi-realistic fuzzy ears like a lion's, too distracted by the prospect of real ears to play pretend at the moment.]
They're just different species? Not the result of some lab experiment gone horribly wrong?
[Or horribly right, depending on your perspective. But he doesn't like the idea of muscle-men running around with dog faces. That just sounds wrong to him!]
[ The shift in mood makes his boundary clear. Even if tits are a species of bird, the double entendre is distasteful to him. It's easy enough to understand why. ]
Got it. Sorry.
[ He sure changes gears quickly. That's a plus. ]
I'm not the best artist, but I can draw pictures if it would help. I'll get my phone back eventually, but it's not a priority. [ Her cornerstone is worth more than her life. Her phone will have to wait. ]
The Borisin can reconfigure their faces and bodies. It's physically damaging, but they survive because of their superior and rapid healing ability. They received their ability to heal and immortality from a higher being called an "Aeon."
[He doesn't see any reason to think the kidnappers nabbed their phones and are storing them somewhere. Though he supposes there's also no reason to believe they didn't; snatching their phones would be an easy way to obtain personal info. But that wouldn't explain how they're meant to get them back. Unless she means she'll get it back once they get out of here...? In that case, surely she'll have bigger priorities to tend to than drawing him pictures, won't she?
Though he wouldn't mind seeing them if she did, since some of this stuff is just impossible to picture. Or accept as real.]
Immortality?
[Alright, now he's extra baffled.]
They're basically just gods at that point, aren't they? But you're saying there's an even higher being they answer to?
It was with me before I arrived. I wouldn't have let it go. There's rumors that our stuff might be kept in a safe somewhere. I'm not sure if it's true.
[ and she doesn't want to consider the repercussions of leaving a so-called "magical item" so powerful unattended in her home world.
That aside, she'd love to have her phone, not just to show him her pets, but because she misses seeing them herself. ]
Yeah. The Borisin are directly blessed by Yaoshi, the Abundance. You could call them a god. They rule over healing and immortality. Most living beings don't get that kind of treatment from Aeons. Like it's possible to tap into a little of that power, but it's not the same as being a Borisin.
Is that right...? Thanks for that tip. I'll add it to my list.
[His list of things to investigate. Which already includes all sorts of other places and things, since the resort is so huge. He's not sure if it should be top of his to-do list or not, though, since his phone's only going to be useful if it can make contact with the outside world. If there's no regular cell reception here, then that's that. ... Though, if they saw fit to snatch this woman's phone, perhaps they took them because they don't want them doing exactly that? Meaning there might be reception after all...?
It's useless to speculate too much. There's only one way to find out.
The rest of her explanation sort of flies over his head, as she can probably tell from his furrowed eyebrows. A godlike race who's been blessed by another godlike race, which has two different names, and then there's also a third type of "higher being"? How does he even begin to process that? He could relate it back to Biblical myths, as that's what his whole unit is based on. But he doesn't actually have fantastic knowledge of those and he doesn't actually believe in them, so!
He just continues to fixate on the animal-features thing.]
... well, good thing they can shapeshift! I don't see how any god could establish a firm grasp over people's hearts if everyone just expects them to say "Woof" when they open their mouth! And the whole "muscular bodies" thing didn't sound appealing, either. But then I'm not too keen on gods, since those don't have a lot to do with me, so I suppose I don't have much preference about what they look like.
[He goes back to looking through some of the accessories absentmindedly. Though he does ask,]
Does that mean you weren't blessed with any special abilities? Or were you?
The Borisin have been known to howl like wolves, but somehow the image of them barking is just too funny. A bright giggle slips out. ]
I don't get power directly, but I am a Pathstrider— that's the term we use for people who aren't blessed or personally acknowledged by an Aeon, but can still access their power. I don't have healing power, though.
[He doesn't want to be howled at by a god, either! That sort of irritation would cause him to pack his bags and leave the garden of Eden, just like Adam and Eve before him.
Though that isn't quite what happened there.]
So how do you gain access? Was there a middleman you had to go through?
No, no middleman. Some people just naturally resonate with a Path, and can access that Aeon's power. It isn't going to be as strong as the other two, but it's still useful.
[ To demonstrate, she raises a finger and conjures a flame. It dances on the tip before she waves it away. ]
[Before he resumes speaking in his usual pleasant tone.]
So that's what you mean.
[His smile is pleasant, too. Though there might be a new look in his eyes. To be honest, he's evaluating her. He hates to see people as tools, but in this situation...]
[There's no point in hiding what he's thinking. Not when she's bound to see through it, and their goals are aligned, anyway. He smiles as though impressed.]
Those sound useful.
[For getting out of here. Or for fighting whoever's in charge, if that's what this comes down to. His voice gains some more cheer when he speaks next, but it's not merely the fake kind. He's allowing himself to envision a triumphant outcome.]
[Fortunately, he wasn't expecting her to be gung-ho about fighting. Nor does he plan to do anything rash.]
It seems no one knows exactly what we're dealing with, so I'd say figuring that out is the first step.
[He keeps his voice pleasant and calm. He doesn't want her worrying!]
I'm not some military leader looking to stage an insurrection. "Assault, invade, conquer!" isn't my policy at all.
[Though when someone attacks Eden, he won't just take it lying down, either.
But for now he doesn't say that; for now, he just picks up one of the cutesy headbands surrounding them and places it on top of his head. It has white, fluffy bunny ears, which stick straight up in the air. Despite not being a Ra*bits member, the ears suit him!]
And I'm sure neither of us wants people to think we're dangerous. It's much more pleasant to be loved. So for now, let's act cute and have fun!
[He glances to the clothing pile... wherever that is. He's certainly not carrying it, but realistically, she shouldn't be, either, since demonstrating her fire power while carrying a mountain of clothes in her arms wouldn't exactly be wise! We'll just say it's been set down on a nearby surface somewhere!
Anyway, he glances towards that before nodding decisively. ... Still with the bunny ears on his head.]
I'd say so! It should be enough for a fashion show, at any rate. Though we never did find anything for you to try on, which seems a bit of a shame. Want to put on a pair of matching bunny ears? ♪
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I've never worn things like this before, so maybe I'll just try both. Have you worn animal ears for work?
[ Similar to the calculator comment, the compliment also gets sidestepped. ]
Haha, thanks. Were his ears and tail real? Like... naturally a part of him?
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[He rarely offers to carry stuff, but she's already carrying a lot and most of the headbands look pretty lightweight, so he'll make an exception this time. How generous!]
Nope, I haven't. Which seems like a missed opportunity, really. But I suppose it's hard to picture a noble person like me having anything in common with animals. I'm more the "owner" type.
[Still chatting away, he examines the different headbands, before nodding vigorously in response to her last question.]
Yes, yes they were! I could hardly believe it, either, but they'd twitch when he got all angry and such!
[What Hiyori might've said to anger the lion man will have to remain a mystery, but she probably has some guesses.]
I was tempted to give that tail a good tug, but I knew he wouldn't like if I did that. The alarming thing was that he also had sharp nails—sharp enough to tear through fabric. Almost like claws! And he kept saying stuff about "eating" me and being a "carnivore." So if you see him, I'd try not to get on his bad side, if I were you.
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[ She's met plenty of high class folks before. He's definitely got that vibe. There's no reason to question that. ]
Our world has people who have features like wolves and foxes, so it's not surprising that other worlds would have that too.
[ but Hiyori, please, please don't make a lion man angry. ]
Thanks for the advice. I'll let you know if I come across people who are similarly dangerous.
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[He's referring to the squabbling at Great Tit, of course. He has no respect for most of the people here! But this girl seems alright so far, and she might just look adorable in a pair of kitty ears. Cuter than the lion man, anyway, who was all tall and smug and muscle-y!
But just when he's picked up a headband, she says something that makes him go all blank-faced. He blinks at her.]
Wait... you do know people like that?
[Part-human, part-animal types??]
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[ Violent but also not surprising. If a business markets a product as "limited edition," of course people will clamor to get it. But she's not interested in following the crowd. She studies economics, she has no intention of being one of its statistics.
Hiyori's surprise is cute, and she can't help laughing a little. ]
Yup, there's the Foxians, who are a long-lived species that look like humans, but have tall fox-like ears and big, super fluffy tails. They are distant relatives of the Borisin, who have more canine faces, stronger, more muscular bodies and the ability to shapeshift. And while they're not really animal features, there are Halovians, who have bird wings on their heads and rings levitating above them.
The universe is full of all kinds of different races.
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I don't like that name. Don't say it in front of me again.
[The "tit" part. That's what he objects to. (Well, that and all the gross-looking pastries he saw for sale.) He once chewed out Ibara for saying "ass" in front of him, after all. Of course, his objection there was that idols shouldn't use such language, and she's not an idol, so you'd think the same rules wouldn't apply. But given that he's trying to cut loose and have some fun, he doesn't appreciate any reminders about the environment of this place.
He'd much rather talk about the existence of fuzzy-eared animal people. That's still absolutely wild to him! Granted, he's met one, so it stands to reason there are others. But so many different varieties?]
Goodness. I can hardly picture any of what you described. Except the first kind—those sound the most similar to that lion man. But the second kind doesn't sound cute at all, and the third kind just sounds silly! And then you said something or another about "shapeshifting"?
[He puts back the headband he'd picked up, one with semi-realistic fuzzy ears like a lion's, too distracted by the prospect of real ears to play pretend at the moment.]
They're just different species? Not the result of some lab experiment gone horribly wrong?
[Or horribly right, depending on your perspective. But he doesn't like the idea of muscle-men running around with dog faces. That just sounds wrong to him!]
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Got it. Sorry.
[ He sure changes gears quickly. That's a plus. ]
I'm not the best artist, but I can draw pictures if it would help. I'll get my phone back eventually, but it's not a priority. [ Her cornerstone is worth more than her life. Her phone will have to wait. ]
The Borisin can reconfigure their faces and bodies. It's physically damaging, but they survive because of their superior and rapid healing ability. They received their ability to heal and immortality from a higher being called an "Aeon."
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You're sure they're holding it for you?
[He doesn't see any reason to think the kidnappers nabbed their phones and are storing them somewhere. Though he supposes there's also no reason to believe they didn't; snatching their phones would be an easy way to obtain personal info. But that wouldn't explain how they're meant to get them back. Unless she means she'll get it back once they get out of here...? In that case, surely she'll have bigger priorities to tend to than drawing him pictures, won't she?
Though he wouldn't mind seeing them if she did, since some of this stuff is just impossible to picture. Or accept as real.]
Immortality?
[Alright, now he's extra baffled.]
They're basically just gods at that point, aren't they? But you're saying there's an even higher being they answer to?
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[ and she doesn't want to consider the repercussions of leaving a so-called "magical item" so powerful unattended in her home world.
That aside, she'd love to have her phone, not just to show him her pets, but because she misses seeing them herself. ]
Yeah. The Borisin are directly blessed by Yaoshi, the Abundance. You could call them a god. They rule over healing and immortality. Most living beings don't get that kind of treatment from Aeons. Like it's possible to tap into a little of that power, but it's not the same as being a Borisin.
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[His list of things to investigate. Which already includes all sorts of other places and things, since the resort is so huge. He's not sure if it should be top of his to-do list or not, though, since his phone's only going to be useful if it can make contact with the outside world. If there's no regular cell reception here, then that's that. ... Though, if they saw fit to snatch this woman's phone, perhaps they took them because they don't want them doing exactly that? Meaning there might be reception after all...?
It's useless to speculate too much. There's only one way to find out.
The rest of her explanation sort of flies over his head, as she can probably tell from his furrowed eyebrows. A godlike race who's been blessed by another godlike race, which has two different names, and then there's also a third type of "higher being"? How does he even begin to process that? He could relate it back to Biblical myths, as that's what his whole unit is based on. But he doesn't actually have fantastic knowledge of those and he doesn't actually believe in them, so!
He just continues to fixate on the animal-features thing.]
... well, good thing they can shapeshift! I don't see how any god could establish a firm grasp over people's hearts if everyone just expects them to say "Woof" when they open their mouth! And the whole "muscular bodies" thing didn't sound appealing, either. But then I'm not too keen on gods, since those don't have a lot to do with me, so I suppose I don't have much preference about what they look like.
[He goes back to looking through some of the accessories absentmindedly. Though he does ask,]
Does that mean you weren't blessed with any special abilities? Or were you?
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[ She'll be monitoring the potential heist too.
The Borisin have been known to howl like wolves, but somehow the image of them barking is just too funny. A bright giggle slips out. ]
I don't get power directly, but I am a Pathstrider— that's the term we use for people who aren't blessed or personally acknowledged by an Aeon, but can still access their power. I don't have healing power, though.
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Though that isn't quite what happened there.]
So how do you gain access? Was there a middleman you had to go through?
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[ To demonstrate, she raises a finger and conjures a flame. It dances on the tip before she waves it away. ]
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[He stops talking abruptly, eyes flaring wide. The pleasant smile drops right off his face. Did this girl just conjure fire? With her finger??
Thankfully the flame is both brief and small enough not to cause (much) alarm. Still, he's left blinking stupidly in the aftermath.]
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So that's what you mean.
[His smile is pleasant, too. Though there might be a new look in his eyes. To be honest, he's evaluating her. He hates to see people as tools, but in this situation...]
What else can you do besides that?
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She is a well-honed tool, a cog perfectly forged for the IPC's machine. ]
Self-defense, hand to hand and weapons training, in addition to my Fire ability.
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Those sound useful.
[For getting out of here. Or for fighting whoever's in charge, if that's what this comes down to. His voice gains some more cheer when he speaks next, but it's not merely the fake kind. He's allowing himself to envision a triumphant outcome.]
Let's keep in touch, alright? ♪
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I don't mind staying in touch, but like, I'm not planning on busting down doors or anything.
I don't think we're dealing with an ordinary force where that will work.
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It seems no one knows exactly what we're dealing with, so I'd say figuring that out is the first step.
[He keeps his voice pleasant and calm. He doesn't want her worrying!]
I'm not some military leader looking to stage an insurrection. "Assault, invade, conquer!" isn't my policy at all.
[Though when someone attacks Eden, he won't just take it lying down, either.
But for now he doesn't say that; for now, he just picks up one of the cutesy headbands surrounding them and places it on top of his head. It has white, fluffy bunny ears, which stick straight up in the air. Despite not being a Ra*bits member, the ears suit him!]
And I'm sure neither of us wants people to think we're dangerous. It's much more pleasant to be loved. So for now, let's act cute and have fun!
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She giggles happily. ]
Have you found enough stuff to try on, now?
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Anyway, he glances towards that before nodding decisively. ... Still with the bunny ears on his head.]
I'd say so! It should be enough for a fashion show, at any rate. Though we never did find anything for you to try on, which seems a bit of a shame. Want to put on a pair of matching bunny ears? ♪