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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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pyrolyzed: ( pixiv user みぃし | 4042733 ) (025)

[personal profile] pyrolyzed 2024-04-21 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ -- then Narumi finishes speaking, and he just blinks for a moment. ]

... kaiju.

[ An eyebrow raises. ]

Like ... big monsters, kaiju? Codzilla kaiju?

[ Fucking ... never mind. He's pretty sure they're not from the same world. ]
killjoyprince: (pic#15269198)

Naoto Shirogane | Persona 4 | new player

[personal profile] killjoyprince 2024-04-21 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
nozh: (☭ 34)

[personal profile] nozh 2024-04-21 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ like a very extravagant and high class brothel, if anything, this place is.

the question earns a shrug from belarus. ]


According to them, yes. Complete the deck of cards, and you get a wish, including being sent home. Although there is one person who has decided to stay, for whatever reasons.

[ unfortunately, none of what she says sounds consoling nor comforting, but she rather not beat around the bush and decides to be upfront with their predicaments. ]
knightmaker: (black cat knight; coo ritter)

[personal profile] knightmaker 2024-04-21 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow, terrible bun-handling technique, minus five points.]

[He didn't allow harm to come to it which would, of course, be an instant disqualification. This means her offer is still on the table and he's accepted at least the start of negotiations. Anima rights herself so that the bunnies surrounding her no longer have to worry about being upside-down.]


Some lettuce for them. [That's obvious enough. She considers the extent of food she's tried. Asking for something by name had the chance of failing to be found in the current time and space.]

... rice bowl. [she settles on that.]
serpendipity: (F43)

conservatory

[personal profile] serpendipity 2024-04-21 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jisu certainly was concerned when seeing someone passed out under one of the trees. Perhaps there was an odd reaction to eating too many fruits, or something else had happened. Given how there were plenty of other people getting affected by something in the air, one couldn't even rule out being over exhausted. In which case, it was safer to rest indoors, near a source of water, or food. Preferably both.

Honestly, with a keen sense of smell, she could tell what had happened before actually seeing the damp state of the clothes. ]


Sir, are you alright? Sir...

[ Thing is, when kneeling down to put a hand along Midnight's neck to check for his pulse, it's not exactly from a warm body. Even in a human form, her temperature barely went above 93°F (33.8°C), which at least was warmer than the rest of the conservatory. ]
belialedge: (don't get back up)

1/2

[personal profile] belialedge 2024-04-21 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
So Mordred's your name...

[ He'll remember it. Or at least, try to. Until he figures out more about her so she can get a shitty nickname because frankly this bitch has deserved it. At least, so he tells himself on the inside while she fixes him with a frown and looks at him distrustfully. ... She's new here, isn't she? And confused. And probably as pissed off as he was when he first arrived. It's kind of like looking in a mirror, in a way. Which is why despite his attitude, he can't...be too judgmental of her.

Hell, Ragna simply frowns and raises an eyebrow when he's called out for eye fucking her. ...Something that he was absolutely NOT doing. He's practically prim and proper compared to how he was during the hunt last month. He WAS about to tell her! ]


You're impatient fuckable as all hell, aren't you?
belialedge: (god this jacket's cool)

2/2

[personal profile] belialedge 2024-04-21 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
...It's Ragna the Bloodedge, okay?
choshinsei: (pic#16711094)

[personal profile] choshinsei 2024-04-21 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ that isn't helpful whatsoever.

the rabbit on the left is out of his hands now. he will have to deal with it later.
]

If you aren't going to help, then don't speak.
choshinsei: (pic#16711097)

[personal profile] choshinsei 2024-04-21 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ a fair request.

if he was someone more tactful, then he might have attempted to pitch it. alas, he really isn't, so—
]

I need to kidnap you. [ he is very serious about this. ]
commensalist: (♫Such a noble aim; such a noble aim)

[personal profile] commensalist 2024-04-21 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing in particular.

[Luke shakes his head, weight shifting to cross his legs, hands resting atop his raised knee.]

I'm simply observing for any unexpected developments. There's no sense in letting you come to harm for the sake of an experiment—but if it bothers you I can avert my gaze more.
choshinsei: (pic#16711099)

[personal profile] choshinsei 2024-04-21 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ ......maybe he should just exit out of this conversation. ]

Something's. Wrong. [ it can't possibly happen again if he slowly says each word, right? ] With. Speech. [ this is annoying. ]
commensalist: (♫But we wait like evening for night)

[personal profile] commensalist 2024-04-21 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[thankfully, she's unlikely to end up on Astra and if she does... well, Umbraton wouldn't be the worst place for someone of her calibre.]

Could be, but one would expect the other decor to match, aesthetically.

[there is, unfortunately for him, nothing of import to be found on these statues. his examination doesn't take all that long, in the end.]

Unless they're normally here, of course, and couldn't be moved when they set all of this up.
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[personal profile] shootsoff 2024-04-21 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
[The room is...pretty nice? Like a swanky upscale motel room, the kind he hasn't stayed in for quite a long time. There's a nice bed, a big window, and a lot of canvases and paintings. A whole lot of paintings, all very good.

For a moment, he's still, his eyes wide as he looks at them, and then his eyes settle on someone painting at one of those canvases.

He's about to speak up again when the guy at the canvas jerks around with his eyes wide and mouth open and Prompto is already lifting both hands to show he's not armed before the other young man can speak.

Which unfortunately causes the towel to tumble to the floor.

Prompto's hands snap back down with a slapping noise to cover his junk, cheeks going bright red under his freckles.]


I don't know! I have no idea where I even am! I'm so sorry!
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[personal profile] commensalist 2024-04-21 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
[it's not that he won't try, at least, just that he isn't impressed with the bravado. the return appraisal bothers him not at all, and he's not entirely wrong on his appraisal.

the offer is barely there enough, feels more like a dare even though it was Luke who originally asked. that's almost amusing.]


There is indeed. So you'll have to tell me what you want.

[they could also, y'know, share introductions... it's fine. they're fine.]
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[personal profile] shootsoff 2024-04-21 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[For a moment, Prompto looks over his shoulder toward the promised out, and considers it, just turning and heading back the way he'd come, but he can't remember any of the turns he'd taken or anything. It feels like he's been in this stupid maze for hours.

Instead, he turns back to the dark-haired man and sighs himself.]


Let's uh...go check out the center then, I guess. I mean, there's been treasure boxes and I found some clothes and stuff, maybe there's something to eat in the middle.

[He tries really hard not to sound desperate, but he probably does. And maybe he's pouting a little.]
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[personal profile] commensalist 2024-04-21 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[listen. tact has its place, and it takes a backseat to honesty in Luke's opinion. Choso is also validated by the fact that a lot of Aurorians are weird, and he's pretty sure like, half of Rediesel Wrench alone would just cheerfully tell you they wanted to kidnap you because that's the kind of insane they are—

anyway. point is, Luke just arches a brow at that, and though there's something in the way his eyes narrow for a moment it's... not difficult to dismiss the potential of this man actually knowing who he even is. still, that it's even a consideration in the game it a headache.]


... kidnap me. [an exhaled sigh, as raises a hand in a mild shrug.] I'm not sure how much that will count if I know what you're doing, but fine. I'm willing to give it a try. That's the only requirement?
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[personal profile] serpendipity 2024-04-21 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's hearing 'That's more like it' from around the corner of the hedge that has Jisu curious enough to take the turn towards that direction, even though the chests were mostly dead ends. It's how she ended up with the floral dress that had replaced the yellow robes for all the arrivals. Sure, there were other things in the dress pockets (of course it has pockets. Something has to make up for the high malfunction risks,) but it's been varied enough to pique some curiosity. ]

What did you find?

[ Getting close enough to look, but clearly not thinking about helping herself, the silver eyes peered down to... Ah. The casino really enjoyed slipping in tentacles in a variety of places, didn't they? ]

They do like making it easier to play all the games that they have here...
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[personal profile] wingclip 2024-04-21 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, did she hear her correctly? She's a knight? A shining knight that apparently has a white steed and gallantly saves damsels where he goes?

Is that why she's been shaken right now???
]

Mmmrgh.

[Is Shinobu's reply to that, falling deeper into the thorn's curse as her eyes remain shut even as she's jostled. That sleepy smile is slowly forming a small 'o', her body languidly relaxing further into the daybed's cushion.]

A knight... then...

... won't... you...


[The words float up like the last visages of her consciousness taken form. She breathes in deep, once... twice... aaaand—

She is officially asleep. No longer dozing, no longer drifting in and out— she's knocked out. Well, it could be worse... there could be no knights around.
]
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[personal profile] sinningtree 2024-04-21 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Being a new arrival himself, Kurama is similarly dressed in one of the yellow tracksuits. Not that he minds, yellow typically was his color of choice. He's people watching, gaze focused on the crowd as he assesses the situation they're currently in when someone else - apparently human - takes a seat beside him.

Interesting.

The redhead doesn't draw attention, pretending not to notice as Prompto attempts to compose himself and letting him take his time to do so. He has one elbow propped on the arm of the couch, chin resting on the palm of his hand, seemingly focused on the others moving and chatting around the fire, when the silence is broken.

Green eyes shift in Prompto's direction before he actually turns his head to regard him with a disarming smile.]


Not at all, actually. I'm afraid I don't know anyone else here, stay as long as you'd like.
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[personal profile] prozaic 2024-04-21 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Only if they truly want it."

Shalem might as well get comfortable if they'll be staying like this. He props himself up on his elbows, resting his chin on his palm. "You were so committed, I felt compelled to do so."
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[personal profile] shootsoff 2024-04-21 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, thanks.

[That smile really is disarming, and Prompto fidgets with his coffee cup for a moment, but doesn't look away, dark blue eyes locked on the other man's face. He's still shaking just a little, the anxiety gnawing at his insides, but there's something soothing about the way that the redhead is speaking to him, and the expression on his face.

Lifting his hand, he takes a sip from his coffee, and glances around before settling his gaze back on the man he's sharing the couch with. Prompto likes his hair - it's soft and looks fluffy and warm, and it's bright red, something he's never really seen before. And his eyes are soft and warm too, he thinks.]


I'm Prompto.

[He says it impulsively. It would be easy to share this seat and not say a word, and just consume himself with anxiety and confusion, but that's probably not the smartest thing to do, and this guy seems nice, right? He'd given Prompto space and time to get himself together before saying anything, after all. That's nice, right?]

What's your name?
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[personal profile] artcritic 2024-04-21 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Yusuke drops the brushes and paint he was holding all onto the trolley because there will be no art done now. It looks like an emergency that the Hotel had so happily sprung onto him. As if the "week of the hunt" wasn't enough...

He didn't mean to surprise him like that, he didn't expect Prompto to be armed in any way (people don't walk around with guns in broad daylight!), but he will admit- it's a bit freaky when someone unknown suddenly comes out of the bathroom.

His own cheeks heat up when the towel decides not to remain where it should be, and he turns around to the walk-in closet that's on his side of the room. He doesn't have many clothes so it dubs also as storage for his art supplies, SOME clothes, and anything else he thinks he needs. He pulls out one of the bathrobes that the hotel brings over regularly, and goes back to Prompto, tossing it his way. It should be his size.]


This is becoming ridiculous, [he closes his eyes to rub the bridge of his nose and offer a smidge of privacy for the blond to get dressed.] I can answer some of your questions once- once you have the bathrobe on.
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[personal profile] featheredstep 2024-04-21 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen fruit like this before so your guess is as good as mine.

[He's turning the orangeberry in his hands and he supposes it should be peeled off, right? Like an orange? He doesn't get to eat many oranges- anyway, that's not the point.

He wishes he had a knife. Dagger would be even better.]


No, unfortunately. Is it that hard to peel?

[He turns his full attention to the prickly fruit he passed to Prompto. Yeah, it won't be easy getting into that.] Let's take a look, maybe there are some knives in the baskets left for us. [The people picking this fruit wouldn't give it out without giving them also a way to eat it, right?]
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[personal profile] featheredstep 2024-04-21 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose I could, it won't be hard.

[Not something he's eager to do, again, it draws attention, but maybe it WOULD trick the device? He'd be fine with this type of cheating. He does eye the belts suspiciously because that's an odd placement for such a thing...]

Hmm, so we pretend you knock me out and drag me out of here then to the room you have? Sounds like a plan.

[He's been a part of worse plans before, it shouldn't be a problem.]
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[personal profile] dianxie 2024-04-21 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Having gotten out of the habit of formal greetings since no one else here really knows what they are, he's quick to give a polite bow with clasped hands after the stranger inclines his head. ]

I hadn't noticed, in all honesty, as I came here to see the new flowers. There are so many more than usual! Have you been in the maze long, sir?