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ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴏᴄᴋ ᴍᴏᴅs ([personal profile] goldmods) wrote in [community profile] peacockstop2024-04-15 09:00 pm
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TDM 03





【 Hello, dearest guests. We hope you have been enjoying your time in the Golden Peacock and utilizing our many amenities.

Reception would like all guests to be aware that some new arrivals have been misplaced. Due to the nature of the resort, new arrivals may have been misplaced in unexpected locations. This includes your personal suites. We are very sorry for this inconvenience.

Please do not be alarmed if you come across a misplaced new arrival. We kindly request that any guests that find a misplaced new arrival escort them to the main hub, where we have arranged a central meetup where all new arrivals can claim their complimentary robes and welcome baskets.

All guests are invited to come mingle at the main hub and meet new arrivals. As always, we hope you have a pleasant day! 】



DEALER'S CHOICE
STEVE, WHERE DID YOU PUT THE NEW ARRIVALS?

The Golden Peacock has swept away the hues of winter and welcomed vibrant pops of color for a change of pace. Gone are the snow whites and cool golds. Vases of bright florals have been staged all throughout the general hubs and hallways. Statues have been cheekily decorated with bright clothes, such as charming hats and billowing dresses with cheerful prints. This peacock has cleaned up nicely, its brilliant feathers shaking with a warm palette to please the senses.

Staff are bustling during the decor turnover. While some diligent employees are steadfastly decorating the hallways with sprawling vines and spectacular blooms, others are darting back and forth in search of something. Or rather — someone. Several someones. Front reception is in an outright panic while flying over the phones and furiously slamming their hands on keyboards.

"Steve, I know you're new, but you can't just press any button that pops up on the computer screen! The new arrivals are supposed to go into temporary suites." Deborah, the head receptionist, sighs, "Now who knows where they are. I hope they're okay... I'm sure they're quite confused, wherever they wound up. Steve, stop crying. The house won't fire you for this. Probably. How's your resume looking?"

THE BATHROOM BUTTON ▷ Due to a mistake at front reception, new arrivals aren't waking up in a temporarily assigned suite like usual. All new arrivals will wake up in a bathroom somewhere in the Golden Peacock. Steve, bless his heart, chose the wrong button and directed all new arrivals to bathrooms. Why do they even have a "bathroom" button at front reception, anyway? Who is that for?!

▷ Players are encouraged to get creative and have their character wake up in any bathroom location across the resort. Please feel free to reference our LOCATIONS for ideas as to where your character might wake up. As long as it's in a bathroom, it can be anywhere. Almost all locations within the resort have a bathroom!

Not even current character suites are safe. New arrivals may wake up in tubs, toilets, and showers in suite locations as well as general resort locations. For low rank rooms, the communal bathroom is also fair game for sudden new naked arrivals to wake up in.


THE MAIN LOBBYA welcome station has been set up in the main lobby. After getting their bearings and finding their way to the main lobby after an unexpected bathroom adventure, new arrivals will find racks of plush terrycloth robes and yellow tracksuits. They will also be given a welcome basket with general toiletries and snacks to get them started in the resort. Some gift baskets include special sex toys picked out just for them! They haven't tell anyone about that specific kink before? The house knows its guests well. No need to say anything at all.

Front reception has arranged a welcome party to greet new arrivals and help get them more comfortable. Not because they feel extremely guilty about the bathroom mixup and are hoping that these new arrivals won't complain to the house. Definitely not! With the help of 24K and Birdbucks, new arrivals and guests alike will be treated to alcohol or coffee at the front desk's expense. The fireplaces are roaring and several couches have been set up to create a comfortable atmosphere. Some long-standing guests have joined in to tell stories about how much fun they've had at the resort while enjoying a drink by the fire.


TIME FOR BED... BUT?Due to the initial mistake at reception there are no empty suites available for new arrivals to borrow. Staff have set up twin-sized cots at the back of the main lobby for new arrivals while sprucing up the situation as a giant slumber party. All new arrivals will be assigned a cot and given a privacy screen. Unfortunately, there isn't much privacy to be had when you're shacking up in a public spot.

▷ Don't worry — this will only be until check-in has been properly completed and guests have been assigned to their correct suite. We're so sorry, please don't complain to the house! Or if you do, blame Steve!

The ghost that haunts the main lobby isn't thrilled about this either. He's just a nice, low-key ghost that likes to watch people and knock over cups at Birdbucks when no one is looking. How is he supposed to do that with these people sleeping in the main lobby? In an effort to spook off these new arrivals, the ghost haunting the main lobby may whisper some odd things into their ears at night. Odd things like, "The person next to you is watching you sleep, you should run away," and "You just farted and everyone knows it was you. You should leave." Surprisingly effective, no?

In the end, Steve didn't get fired. But he did get reassigned to trash duty.



FLORAL RIOT
A STRIKE OF COLOR
🌸🌸🌸 Come experience new floral delights! Prepare to be ravished by a symphony of color and aroma. Romance, love, and pleasure all await within corridors of beauty. 🌸 🌸 🌸

Days before the grand unveiling, the gardeners of the Cloud Dwelling Garden distribute flyers announcing that their special floral exhibition is now ready for guests to enjoy. Long-standing guests vibrate in anticipation, eagerly stomping around the gardens until the ribbon is cut and the newest resort amenity has been revealed. The gardeners make a point to approach new guests and encourage them to join in on the fun, explaining that the house likes to create a new floral experience for guests every few years or so.

Exhibition opening is set for mid-month. On the 15th precisely, the gardeners line up in front of the white sheet hiding the project, each taking a turn to bow and say a few short words about how grand and generous the house is for giving them such rewarding jobs.

The curtains fall away to a wall of shockingly bright florals. Guests ooh and aahh at not only the array of shades but at the luxurious meld of so many different kinds of flowers. Wisteria and roses, lilies and carnations. Lilacs, peonies, daisies, daffodils, sunflowers. More and more and more and more. The staff explain that this flower maze is perhaps their most intricate piece of work yet and that there is grand surprise waiting at the heart. Additionally, as part of the festivities, several prizes have been hidden around the maze at dead-ends. Long-standing guests clap and cheer before charging inside.

THE FLOWER MAZE ▷ The flower maze is a winding marvel of foliage boasting over ten feet tall. Like the hedge maze, there are various twists and turns for guests to explore. This maze is a coalition of every flower thinkable, with many squared sections highlighting particular breeds. Bright pops of whites, pinks, and yellows knit with deeper purples, reds, and blues. Trees rich with blossoms hang low. Bushes rich with waxy leaves guide the way to different hidden alcoves and pockets. The flower maze is complicated and very easy to get lost in for hours. However, there is nothing magical or paranormal about it. It's just a flower maze.

▷ Guests may find statues overgrown with ivy within the maze. Despite the flower maze being a new addition to the garden, these statues are marked with age. They are weathered, having survived through the elements despite there being no real weather in the garden. Some statues are chipped and missing appendages. Despite how these old statues feel out of place in a brand new exhibit, they do not give any sense that they aren’t simply decor.

▷ Romantic gazebos have been incorporated into the design of the maze. These are popular rendezvous spots for guests to overlook the sprawling flowers and small ponds on the comfort of a small couch or a swinging bench for two. Some special gazebos have been furnished with daybeds and other comfortable furniture.

Treasure chests can be found hidden throughout the flower maze. Many of these chests are filled with sex toys and lubricants to help players get into the mood to play 52, but not only sex related items are available. Some chests may have clothes, some may have treats, some may even be filled with rocks.

▷ A few mimics have snuck in alongside the treasure chests. When opened, a mimic chest will curse the opener with a horny tongue. For a short period, the cursed individual will find themselves making erotic freudian slips. "How are you doing?" may end up coming out as, "How are you fucking?" While this curse will eventually wear off on its own, the embarrassment is forever.


THE GRAND FLOWER LAWNGuests that find the heart of the maze will discover the grand flower lawn. Also called the flower sea by staff, this brilliant landscape is covered in a lush carpet of flowers in shades of blue. Blue roses are the crown jewel of the flower sea, carefully dethorned so that guests may spread out on a velvety bed of petals.

▷ It isn’t impossible for our hardworking gardeners to miss a thorn or two. Even with careful checking, a few thorns have escaped scrutinizing staff. Guests pricked by a thorn while on the rose lawn will begin to feel drowsy. Effects may range from light exhaustion to falling into deep slumber. The cure for the rose's thorn curse is a kiss. Don't worry: true love need not apply in this case.

▷ Picnic baskets are available for guests that would like relax out on the lawn. Included in the picnic basket set: a blanket and set of pillows, fruit sandwiches, champagne, small cakes, and cookies. Hot tea and coffee is also available upon request. Staff are happy to accommodate any other special requests as well. Ask and ye shall receive.


SPECIAL LAWN GAMESAll guests lounging on the lawn will receive a cheerful message on their Watch: 【 WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY A LAWN GAME?

Guests that select the NO option will be left to their snoozing and merriment. Guests that select YES will receive a follow-up message.

▷ 【 Thank you for participating in the Lawn Game. Please choose one of the below options. You will be informed of what surprise task you have chosen after selecting an option. All level one tasks will reward in a small payout upon completion. All level two tasks will reward in a medium payout upon completion. All level three tasks will reward in two extra-large payouts upon completion.

LEVEL ONE
【 1♡ 】Serenade another player with a romantic ballad.
【 1♢ 】Perform oral sex on another player.
【 1♧ 】Discover a secret about another player.
【 1♤ 】Steal an item from another player.

LEVEL TWO
【 2♡ 】Confess any romantic crushes you may have to another player. The player need not be one of the crushes in question.
【 2♢ 】Find a unique item to use as a dildo. Allow another player to use this unique item to fuck one or more of your orifices.
【 2♧ 】Describe, in explicit detail, one of your erotic fantasies and/or desires to another player.
【 2♤ 】Take on a submissive role and please another player, either sexually or non-sexually.

LEVEL THREE
【 3♡ 】Make passionate love to another player while in the missionary position.
【 3♢ 】Engage in any sex act involving penetration on the Grand Flower Lawn with another player.
【 3♧ 】Participate in a sex act you have never engaged in before with another player.
【 3♤ 】Kidnap another player for 24 hours.

Players will be prompted to select an option without knowing what the corresponding task is. The task will be sent to their Watch after they have selected an option. To see what your character is lucky enough to receive as their task, simply click the dropdown!

▷ There is no penalty for characters that wuss out and are unable to complete their prompt aside from a mocking message to their Watch,【 LOSER, LOSER, LOSER. BIG LOSER.

The flower maze will only last as long as the most fleeting flowers do. The flower maze will remain open to the public for several weeks, after which it will close for further remodeling.

"We'll be open again with another complex arrangement," one of the gardeners explains cheerfully. "A maze isn't fun once you've learned the layout. We'll open again after creating a whole new design for guests to enjoy. Maybe even some new flowers, too. A lot of the ones on the lawn got funky after guests came all over them..."



SMOKY NECTAR
DRIBBLE OF SWEETNESS
The conservatory is even busier than the gardens. Unlike the easygoing staff in the garden, employees in the conservatory are busy zooming to and fro with brooms while trying to get a handle on the unexpectedly huge amount of pollen. From flowers, from trees — so much pollen. The ground is coated and the air is thick. Several long-standing guests visiting the area have fallen into sneezing fits. Even with cleaning efforts to mitigate the build-up, the pollen becomes thicker as the weeks go on. Staff eventually give up on trying to sweep it away.

This pollen is not standard. Guests that inhale this pollen will begin to feel feverish and strange. Continued exposure to this pollen will heighten a desire for sex to the point of all-encompassing need. Orgasms become much more intense. Nipples are constantly hard. Guests may also be overwhelmed with the urge to "fertilize or become fertilized" — to aggressively deliver or receive cumshots. Gardeners soon realize that normal pollen has been tainted by the cross-breeding of their new spectacular fruits, resulting in an extremely potent sex pollen that affects people and animals. This sex pollen is stronger than any of the current aphrodisiacs in the resort, baffling the gardeners. They weren't even trying to make horny fruit!

The effects of the sex pollen will ease after a few days unless exposure is continued. Guests with too much exposure to the sex pollen may find themselves passing out from violently intense successive orgasms. Any guests found unconscious post-orgasm will be delivered to the Broken Wing clinic for recovery.

THE ORCHARD ▷ The gardeners are thrilled to present this season's fruit orchard. When the previously closed-off portion of the orchard opens, guests will find that some of the delicious fruit hanging on the trees are ... strange. In collaboration with the Dizzy Pigeon, the gardeners of the conservatory have crossbred several standard fruits to create new fruits with delicious, never before seen flavors. Sure, there are the typical apple and orange trees to pick from, but why not give something new a try? Each of these new breeds have been imagined with paying homage to one of the glorious suits in mind.

ORANGEBERRY: A blend of oranges and blueberries. This delicious new citrus has a hard outer peel but tender flesh inside. Sweet with a slightly tart aftertaste. Bred in homage to the Diamonds suit. Those who eat this fruit may experience heightened sensitivity to touch and temperature for a short period time.

PEARAPPLE: A blend of pears and pineapples. A brilliant combination of mildly sweet with a punch of tang. The outside of this large fruit is rough and prickly. Once cut into, the flesh is firm but juicy. Bred in homage to the Hearts suit. Those who eat this fruit may experience intense positive emotions, such as a sudden onset of one-sided love or excessive positivity, for a short period of time.

PEAPLUMTO: A blend of peaches, plums, and tomatoes. This succulent fruit is powerfully sweet, with a fuzzy skin and silky inside. A new favorite for juicing. Bred in homage to the Clubs suit. Those who eat this fruit may find themselves being extremely impulsive for a short period of time.

CHERRYUZU: A blend of cherries and yuzu. These tiny bunches of fruit are sour enough to make the strongest-willed person scrunch their face up! Small but powerful, these fruits are satisfying to bite into with a pop. Bred in homage to the Spades suit. Those who eat this fruit may experience intense negative emotions, such as sudden possessiveness or jealousy, for a short period of time.


THE BUTTERFLY DOME ▷ The butterfly dome is exploding with color. Bright dots of yellow and orange speckle greenery without restraint. An assortment of butterflies lazily fly from buttercup to tulip. These butterflies are unafraid of people and may approach guests, dusting them with the thick pollen that coats their wings before they flutter off elsewhere. The pollen here is thicker than anywhere else in the conservatory. Guests may feel the effects of the sex pollen more strongly while in the butterfly dome. Breathing in pollen for one hour in the butterfly dome is equal to breathing in pollen for several days in the rest of the conservatory.

▷ Several flowers glitter with moisture in the light. Upon closer inspection, guests will find that it isn't morning dew — it's floral nectar. Its light and smoky scent may trigger an intense desire to drink. Guests that give in to the urge and drink the nectar will find themselves overcome with unbearable thirst afterward. No amount of nectar, water, or any other beverage will satisfy. The thirst can only be satisfied by swallowing semen or vaginal fluid. The longer one goes without satisfying the thirst, the thirstier they will become.


BUNS GONE WILD ▷ The normally docile giant flemish rabbits that wander the conservatory have gotten into the spirit of 52 as well. These romantic rabbits have been mating relentlessly since the pollen hit, and now the vegetable patches have been overrun with hundreds of young rabbits looking for food. No vegetable is safe while dozens of baby rabbits are running free, not knowing that they shouldn't eat directly from the patches. Due to the recent vegetable shortage restaurants in the dining quarter have been complaining about not getting their produce deliveries. It's a real problem!

The gardeners have been begging guests to assist in catching these baby rabbits. There are too many for them to catch on their own. Guests who are willing to help will be instructed to catch the young rabbits and deposit them into the large wooden pen built to house them. However, this won't be an easy job — these little rabbits are fast!

▷ While the gardeners can't offer chip payment for the help, they will happily give any guests that assist good plots of land to raise their own vegetables. Rabbit adoption is also on the table!

The sex pollen will fade out within a few weeks, when the new breeds of fruit have all been harvested and delivered to restaurants. The gardeners collectively agree to be more careful when engineering new breeds in the future. "I do think," reports one worker in the conservatory, "the house will be impressed that we've managed to engineer an even stronger aphrodisiac. Great things happen on accident!"



PETAL-STAINED LIPS
A BLOOMING DISEASE
👩‍🦰 "Hack hack, hack hack... what do you mean, 'please cover my mouth when I cough'? I'm a rank nine. Nine! You can't tell me what to do. Now, clean up this mess. I've been coughing up flower petals all day." 👩‍🦰

Wet, smudged petals scatter across the floors of the Peacock. The source is initially unclear, since the perfectly groomed flowers in their decorative vases are in perfect condition. Soon the number of guests coughing into their fists begins to rise and more soggy plants plague the hallways.

After the garden and conservatory unveil their Spring additions the clinic will begin to over-run with guests complaining of various symptoms. There aren't enough beds and there certainly aren't enough doctors and nurses to meet rising demand. Guests continue to visit the clinic complaining of some sort of flower cold while spitting up petals and leaves. Advanced cases involve a deeper spread of vines through the patient's body.

Though this illness manifests in many different ways, the head doctor in charge is quick to clock that it's the Blooming Disease working its way through the resort's population. Not an especially dangerous disease. More troublesome than anything and a mess to clean up. Luckily, there are extensive notes in their files about this particular disease and how to treat it.

THE BLOOMING DISEASEA strain of hanahaki disease is running through the resort. Unlike the typical hanahaki disease that is brought on by one-sided love, this blooming variation has no single discernible cause. The nurses muse that it is perhaps a side effect of the intense pollen from the conservatory, but this is speculation.

Similar to the standard hanahaki disease, the main symptom is coughing up flower petals. However, the blooming strain manifests in many different ways, and doctors have seen variations of petals and vines creeping out from every orifice. Players are welcome to get as creative as they like with how the blooming disease presents.

▷ Doctors will make one point thoroughly clear: while medications are available to ease discomfort, the cure for this subset of hanahaki disease is sex. Only fucking another person will completely eradicate the disease. If the disease is not treated it will progress until the afflicted patient has turned into a monstrous pile of flora themselves.

It is possible to catch the disease more than once. Having sex will cure it but some guests have caught the disease in quick succession, requiring multiple sessions of vigorous fucking. Doctors are unsure as to why some guests only catch the disease once while others are susceptible to catching it multiple times. The nurses gossip about how they think it's those guests particularly desperate for love that are prone to re-catching it, but again — speculation.


ALL HANDS ON DECKWithout enough manpower in the clinic to meet demand, guests that have experience in the medical field have been asked to volunteer their time to help treat those suffering with the illness. Those kind enough to join in the effort to mitigate the disease will be given a full kit of medical supplies, which they will be allowed to keep once their stint in the clinic has finished. For the duration of their time working in the clinic they will be fully considered staff doctors and able to direct both employees and guests as they see fit.

Guests that do not have medical experience but who wish to help in the clinic will also be accepted. While they will not have as much power as experienced guests assigned to the doctor role, they will be onboarded as nurses and given basic tasks. All nurses will be given scrubs which can be kept after their job has been completed. Nurses are expected to defer to doctors but can dictate to patients.

▷ All guests that assist in the clinic will be given an extra-large payout for their efforts. The head doctor in charge will be so grateful that he will be happy to grant any other small favors and gifts if asked. While something like taking one of the patient beds would be too much, he will turn a blind eye to guests who want to pocket items like scalpels and stethoscopes.


CLINIC ENERGY ▷ So many guests have piled into the clinic that private rooms are no longer available. Large rooms will be utilized as group hubs with many patient cots, while smaller rooms normally meant for one patient will be doubled up on. All guests staying in the clinic for treatment will be paired with at least one other patient due to space constraints. Private rooms will be available only for patients separated out for treatment with one of the doctors or nurses.

All of the rooms in the clinic are fully stocked with condoms, lube, and sex toys. After the head doctor announces the cure for the disease, nurses will make sure every room has supplies available for patients to use. They will encourage guests to go ahead and get fucking since it's the only cure! While doctors and nurses are available to fuck as well, they are short-handed, so most patients will have to make do with other patients. To those stubborn guests who don't want to fuck for their health, staff will firmly explain that if the disease progresses they'll be reduced to nothing but a pile of vegetation.

Patients with particularly bad cases of the disease will not be allowed to leave the clinic until they are cured. Patients that have only been lightly affected will be given a prescription to fuck and sent on their way, with strict instructions to return if they do not fuck and the disease progresses.

The height of the disease will hit toward the end of the month. Thanks to the hard work of the doctors and nurses in the clinic, cases will begin to decrease as the days pile on, with the majority of the affected guests treated and sent on their way by the beginning of May. Activity in the clinic will begin to decline as patients fuck it out and cure the disease, with only a handful of scattered cases heading past the first week of May.



PROMPT NOTES
PROMPT NOTES
Arrival, The Bathroom Button: Multiple versions of arrival are possible. Characters may be flushed down the toilet or tub to wake up in several different locations across the resort.

Gardens, The Flower Maze: While players are welcome to imagine whatever they like in these chests, we do ask there be some limits. Characters should not find their special awesome sword or other personal items that were taken away by the resort upon arrival, for example. Items that would generally be available within resort stores or without regains are fine.

Conservatory, General: While this location is currently being influenced by sex pollen, players that do not enjoy this kink may have their character immune to its effects. This will not affect engaging in the hanahaki prompt.

Conservatory, The Orchard: Players are encouraged to get creative with effects from these fruits. While we've offered a couple suggestions, any of the affiliated suit's effects are available to tap into. For example, consumption of Orangeberry, aka the Diamonds fruit, can cause any Diamond-adjacent physical effects.

Broken Wing Clinic: Players are allowed to get as delicate or grotesque with the presentation of the Blooming Disease as they’d like; you can even use this as an opportunity to engage in some vine-y bondage play. From the medical perspective, feel free to envision access to any sort of equipment you’d like, so long as it makes sense within a (sexy) clinical setting.

OOC NOTES

GAME UPDATE | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

BLANKET CW: Altered States; Aphrodisiacs; Body Horror (potential); Dubcon; Illnesses; Medical Play; NSFW Language; Paranormal; Somnophilia; Sex Pollen; Sex Toys
▶ All new characters on the TDM are WILDCARDS, which means they have not yet been assigned a card value. 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 April event.
▶ Current characters may top level on the TDM. Current characters posting to the TDM should note they are currently in-game in the subject line.
▶ The top level directory is for new characters only.
▶ 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.
▶ 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.
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philancer: (037)

[personal profile] philancer 2024-04-18 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Felix. You think everyone is dull.

[ His tone is full of fond amusement, however, as he tosses those words back. Even though his grin is a little pleased to not be included in that number. That's not always the case, but apparently Felix is in a good mood, despite everything, so he'll take it.

Although the good mood is short-lived, apparently.

Sylvain blinks in surprise at the hand that wraps around his arm, movement stilling as amber eyes flick over to catch Felix's once more. And balking a little at the rage there, something in him bracing for it to be aimed at him. Pissing off Felix with his escapades is an unfortunate skill of his, but usually he has to do more than that.

Unfortunately, Felix, your Sylvain is probably way more well-adjusted than this one, in that case. Not that he was anywhere as bad as he'd been back in school - the war didn't really leave much time for any of that, after all, and he had more important things to juggle. Mostly keeping you alive and keeping the Empire out of their territories. ]


I don't have a type, Felix. You know that. [ Said with a crooked grin that still holds a hint of unease as he tries to pick an answer that won't just piss him off more. At least his Felix had known that - they'd fought about it on plenty of occasions, after all. It's not like Sylvain tried to hide who he was at all. ] Besides. It's like this place was made for me. Who knows the rules of games like this better than me, after all?
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[personal profile] bleakdecember 2024-04-18 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Akechi considers. He's in a terrible mood, really, but getting a robe would be the quickest way to get rid of him.

So Akechi grumbles and returns to the hall, fetching a bathrobe which he tosses to the floor for Sherwood to fetch. He still watches closely.]


...Why do you need gloves?

[He says, wearing his own.]
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[personal profile] abyssaint 2024-04-18 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, this poor field full of innocent sleeping beauties who have succumbed to the roses. She is more careful, of course, not so easily felled by a flower...

Something catches on her dress, and Laurentina tugs for a second -- until she realizes it's a person, and not a tangle. She pauses and tilts her head, immediately drawn in by the strangeness of Dante's... everything.

She doesn't hesitate. She goes and straddles them, pinning them down but also giving them the attention they wanted.]


My, you're a bit of a monstrosity. [But they don't smell of seaborn, despite all that. What kind of meddling could do this, she wonders.] You have no lips to kiss. Maybe you're doomed to eternal sleep.
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[personal profile] rebrandedwarlock 2024-04-18 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sherwood quirks his head slightly, an all together boyish gesture for a man his age. Such a question means he must be far from home, indeed. It already felt that way, but Akechi's confusion makes it most clear,]

Why, I must admit a Druid's hands are dangerous things. Best to cover them up, as one might sheath a trusty sword- or a knife. As it were.

[The fact Akechi has his own gloves on doesn't escape Sherwood's notice, his eyesight growing poorer the closer than young man gets. The man is farsighted in ways both literal and figurative.]

You wear them yourself, young sir, might I ask your own reason?
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[personal profile] putupyourdukes 2024-04-18 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sylvain's complacency just upsets Felix more.]

All the more reason you shouldn't be here.

[He curses and leans forward more, actually mad enough to give the rare direct eye contact.]

One of the first things you asked me is if I'm okay, but I should have been asking you that. Unbelievable. This game is not your type. You've been here months among people with such a worthless agenda as a game and rewards, and you expect me to believe you're fine settling into that after all those years saying everyone wanted you for your stupid crest?
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[personal profile] durantis 2024-04-18 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ another day, another reminder you look like a freak. they are either too eepy to be fazed, or seem extremely used to this kind of remark. but okay being straddled is new. the ticking sound accelerates just slightly. on edge, but about as on edge as you can be while simultaneously fighting sleep. ]

< What does kissing... >

[ have to do with it?

that seems silly - the very concept of that. sounds fairytale and foreign because none of the stories that dante has born witness too have ever been anything but a lesson in the follies and sins of humanity. even then, those stories are all real. who has time to read anymore?

the nature of this place is so bizarre.

(can you really even talk? they ask themself.) the ticking pauses. and then again -
]

< Really... really hoping that's not the case... weird... you can understand me... >
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dante — limbus company

[personal profile] durantis 2024-04-18 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] philancer 2024-04-18 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sylvain's jaw literally drops open at these words as he stares at Felix in confused disbelief for a moment.

Never, in all the years he's known Felix, has he stated Sylvain's situation so bluntly. Or ever let on that he'd seen him so clearly. It's always been about what Sylvain was doing wrong, but that wasn't that uncommon when everyone else was the same way. Which was warranted, Sylvain knew. He was an asshole. He deserved every measure of their disgust. ]


Are you sure you're feeling okay?

[ That... was probably not the response Felix was hoping for.

He shakes his head again, still looking utterly confused at this sudden vehemence on his behalf, not even sure where it was coming from. ]


It's because everyone's always wanted me for my Crest that I'm fine here. At least no one here is looking for forever. Or wants me to knock them up. Or trap me in some empty arrangement I'll never get to escape from. [ Grim fates, all of them, in his opinion. But his future has been a noose about his neck since the day he'd been born.

He shrugs, looking uncomfortable under the weight of Felix's all-too intent stare. ]


At least this is a game I can win. Sort of.
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[personal profile] taintedpeony 2024-04-18 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Jin Guangyao still sported the yellow color of his clan, even if said color was in the modern ensemble (a cardigan from the women's section, a button down, and a pair of khakis, the cardigan had Peonies hand-embroidered on them), after all, one could do with small reminders of home.

He was in the middle of returning from the library before he spotted the rather large newcomer.

"Ah, Yes. You'll attain a collection after some time here. Did you know some of them move on their own? No cultivation or spiritual powers are needed. It is fascinating." someone discovered the power of a vibrator.
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[personal profile] leavening 2024-04-18 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[A communal living situation isn't exactly new to Hyunsu. He's seen it before, at Green Home, after the monsters first started attacking. The problem is he has not always felt welcomed or comfortable in the community in question. At least he's not naked at the moment. And no one here knows what he is. Probably.

He accepts the coffee that's offered to him by the front desk and then starts to make a beeline for the most secluded corner he can find. Unfortunately, he is beaten to it by a petite redhead. He comes up short, pausing awkwardly, and immediately starts looking for another secluded corner.

No offense to Natasha, of course, she just radiates and air of no-nonsense and in general Hyunsu is trying to stay out of people's way.]
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[personal profile] godsbabydaddy 2024-04-18 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Is that so?" Tianlang-Jun asked, turning to the man addressing him. Not dressed the way he was used to seeing the cultivators he'd known, but he suspected that had more to do with what the hotel offered than personal choice. "That is good to hear. This lord is no cultivator, but I'm quite familiar with them."

The idea of moving sex toys... now that had the opportunity to be fun.

"I take it you've been here for some time?"
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[personal profile] leavening 2024-04-18 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[When it comes down to it, Hyunsu prefers the honesty. It might be more strange for Hyunsu to get to know Sizhui and then find out later that he knew some other version of him somewhere.

Although, speaking of strange. And awkward. Sizhui's explanation causes Hyunsu to pause for a moment. People were forced to interact with each other intimately in this alternate world that Sizhui is talking about. Sort of like this world. Hyunsu glances down at his watch, which is still displaying the game's mission for him (ironically, the same one Sizhui was given, as it happens).

He blinks a few times, considering all the information he currently has, and then turns his gaze back to Sizhui.]


Did we...?

[Did they interact intimately? Did sex happen? Is Hyunsu blushing? What is happening?]
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[personal profile] putupyourdukes 2024-04-18 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is exactly why he doesn't often confront Sylvain on his real issues. He minimizes, masks, and promises he's fine to Felix's face. Perhaps because when they were little, Felix always cried his eyes out whenever Sylvain was hurt by his brother or anything else.]

[He feels that itch starting around his eyes now, but scowling harder stops it. He lets go of his arm and breaks eye contact again, focusing his glare on the flowers instead.]

[Trouble is, Felix doesn't have a solution for Sylvain. What Sylvain's doing might really be the best thing for him in such a tightly constructed situation. If winning affects how you live, then winning is survival. And it's true that at least what they want is less than going after him for his crest, his nobility, or out of spite. But the idea of pretending it's fine and normal makes him sick.]


...Alright... do what you want. But if I hear again out of your stupid mouth that this is fine for you, then I'm going to kill you.
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[personal profile] philancer 2024-04-18 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't point out that he really is doing fine here. It's refreshing, being a nobody. Not having perceptions of him already formed the moment he introduces himself. He doesn't have a reputation here (yet), not like back home, and he's fine with that.

It means that he doesn't have to question the motives of everyone he meets quite so much. That he can maybe find people who are actually interested in being friends with him and not just the Heir of Gautier. Back home, he could still count that number on the fingers of one hand.

It's one of the reasons he's always shown those masks. It was safer that way. For everyone. ]


I'm more worried about how you're going to do here. [ He reaches out, tugging on a dark lock of hair. Eyeing it curiously now, because he's never seen Felix wear his hair like this. It's different, but he likes it. ] Did they give you a rank yet, or are you still a wildcard?

[ Changing the topic seemed like a wise idea right about now. ]
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[personal profile] leavening 2024-04-18 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes, exactly. Hyunsu is ready to agree that it is pretty suspicious, but then Narumi decides to take it a step further by issuing a challenge. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your perspective), it's not the type of challenge Hyunsu has a strong interest in rising to. He'd rather minimize harm than maximize it and two people eating a potentially poisoned fruit isn't going to help anyone.

Hyunsu purses his lips for a moment and releases a sigh.]


If they can't be trusted, it's safer if neither of us takes a bite.
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[personal profile] actuallycuring 2024-04-18 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least if she gets in she won't have to join Karen in the "waking up in a different strange place every month or two until her player gets tired of it" club.

Well, Karen's starting to grasp the... fact that she simply Does Not Grasp The Other Condition and is probably not going to get any information out of her that will change that (possibly because of what ever it is, given the apparent mental effects). She's never been especially good at accepting that problems are beyond her ability to solve, but she can focus on what is within her ability, as Laurentia suggests.]


...ah.

[But that brings her to another problem. In a sudden, dramatic tone shift, Karen discovers that "in a moment" has suddenly arrived, and her poor brain still hasn't figured out how to explain the treatment without it sounding like, at best, a contrived excuse. It's been a problem all day. It'll probably continue to be a problem.]

The flowers. So. As I'm sure you've noticed, this place has... something of a theme...
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[personal profile] taintedpeony 2024-04-18 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Indeed. I believe it has been around three months now?" He offers the man a bow and a smile, he is the epitome of politeness.

"This one is Jin Guangyao of the Lanling Jin clan, but in the hotel, I suppose I am ranked three of diamonds. I am happy to assist in anything you may wish to know," he said pleasantly.
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[personal profile] namjonyeobi 2024-04-18 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ An honestly curious tilt of the head. Born with it? So... Some sort of superhuman capability? ]

I see. Are you married?

[ Which... which honestly has a direct effect on what she's just heard, but she has no conception of it being a strange question, outside of what the pilot of the White Princess has told her... ]
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[personal profile] leavening 2024-04-18 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, right. Introductions.]

Hyunsu.

[When it comes right down to it, Hyunsu has dealt with worse than this. So it might be weird, a little disorienting, but he's aware that things could be worse. He's careful about keeping the little jacket secure as he walks, but he does take a moment to lift his hand to look at his watch.

Though, walking down a public hallway in a resort isn't the best time to take in all this information, so he mostly just scans it for now. But as he lowers his arm, it occurs to him:]


I don't have money.

[For clothes. From stores. He was poor before the apocalypse, then after it didn't matter that much since society had pretty much fallen apart. Now he's back to having to worry about funds, apparently.]
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[personal profile] godsbabydaddy 2024-04-18 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Tianlang-Jun returned the bow with a nod, shifting on the sofa to make room for a second if this Jin Guangyao wanted to join him.

"This lord is Tianlang-Jun, but there have never been enough of us to form a clan so I cannot present one," he said casually, gesturing to the seat. With a hand tipped in claws. "I have heard some of the explanations they've fed us. Do the people brought here find importance in such ranks, or only our gracious kidnappers?"
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[personal profile] namjonyeobi 2024-04-18 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You could call me by my name? Or "Ma'am", since I'm probably older than you. Be grateful that I haven't earned a title yet, or I'd really lose my shit.

[ A huff! "Ma'am" might be a bit out of line, but it is technically proper. The touch gets a frown, a straightening of her back, but she chooses to lift her chin and ignore it. It's not the worst sensation, and while it is... flirtatious... or could be construed as flirtatious... *Mute can deal with a bit of impropriety. Specter clearly just doesn't know any better. ]

Who raised you, anyway? Surely the place you come from has some conception of hierarchy.
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[personal profile] hymen 2024-04-18 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ spotted: hot dickhead across the bar. ]

it's the science of convincing an esteemed individual to fuck you.

[ is the esteemed individual in the room with us ]
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[personal profile] hatefuldays 2024-04-18 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Because I...

[ Think, *Hyun-ae. What can you possibly say that would get through to her? Or, at least, what would get her to hear her out?

...She just has to say it, doesn't she? Saying it out loud makes her want to run screaming and hide in a dark corner somewhere, yet she perseveres. ]


...They cut out my tongue.
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[personal profile] actuallycuring 2024-04-18 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh... it's been a while since Karen held hands with someone new.

She might normally have noticed the flower pattern, but she isn't normally this sleepy when she's out and about, so she's not really at her best. It does occur to her that Konoka is leading her off to somewhere awfully secluded, though.

In any case, Karen's been to another one of these gazebos earlier, and she's not surprised to see this one is furnished similarly. She sits down on the bed, fully expecting to just take a nap there as Konoka stands guard and probably plans to try to seduce her or something...

The question surprises her, and her eyes open up a little wider, looking the most awake she has this whole time. Though she's still obviously sleepy.]


Restrained? Like being held, or...?

[Honestly, it's hard to imagine something for the question to mean where the answer wouldn't be yes, though in some cases that might be a little misleading.]
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[personal profile] peacewithouttyranny 2024-04-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
What?

[That genuinely pulls a surprise tone out of him as well as a confused and surprise look on the avatar's face.

It takes him half a minute to register that he did indeed heard the question right.]


I'm not, no. Where did that come from...? [Seriously. It's out of nowhere and doesn't have anything to do with his previous answer, he feels.]