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TDM 05
【 Thank you for choosing the Golden Peacock, 5-star resort and casino. You are currently registered as a WILDCARD in our system.
Due to a high volume of check-ins, temporary accommodations have been made in our KING SUITES for all new arrivals. We will endeavor to have all guests moved into their reserved rooms as soon as possible. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience.
As a token of our gratitude for your understanding, front reception has arranged for a GRAND FEAST to welcome our newest guests. The attendance of all guests is required. The house will enforce compliance.
Please note that rank-appropriate attire is mandatory. Guests found breaking social code may be disciplined. We hope you enjoy your stay! 】
ARRIVAL
DIVINE AWAKENING
All King suites have been set to the Heavenly setting for the comfort of these new Wildcards. To call this place a room feels like a misnomer; all of the senses scream that this is a real temple at the top of a crisp oceanside mountain. The only clue that this place isn't what it seems is the door in the distance. It stands dark against light, a stark rectangle distinctly out of place.
New arrivals aren't waking up alone. Reception would never expect their guests to wake up in a cold bed. All new guests will be waking up next to another Wildcard or a current guest snatched up from the hallways. Guests waking up in these heavenly King suites will wake dressed in sheer white tunics and togas that leave very little to the imagination.
GILDED CAGE
AN ENDLESS FEAST
Rugs and cushions have been laid out for low rank guests. All high rank guests have thrones and benches covered in crushed velvet and delicate linens. Wildcards have a seat of honor amongst it all, each fresh new divine lead to the grand dais for their own semi-private tent with daybed and eager servants.
Low ranks are carefully watched by security and wait staff. Some low rank guests may even be dragged in by resort staff to assist serving high rank guests and Wildcards. All high rank guests and Wildcards are revered and catered to during the feast. Low rank guests are expected to feed them, rub their feet, and comply with any whimsical demands. Any low rank guest that defies a higher ranked guest is at risk of being shackled, forced to scrub chamber pots, and other humiliating punishments.
PHOENIX CASINO
ALEA IACTA EST
The game tables are abuzz. Special games have kicked off in honor of the new godlings that are waiting to check in. Even here, those of different ranks are distinct from one another. The lowest ranks wear small slips of clothing. Some are even collared to show they belong to a particular royal or Wildcard. Royals and Wildcards dress luxuriously in thick robes and golden jewelry.
Game managers clap and encourage guests of all ranks to join in on the fun. While there are numerous card games, slot machines, and raffles happening around the casino, staff are promoting three events in particular.
BEAK
ENTERTAIN YOUR BETTERS
Beneath the open arena is a smaller closed arena and the warrior’s bunk. Warriors will find cold showers, rustic wooden benches, and training weapons available for their use. Deep in the earth is a grimy prison where servants who refuse to battle are thrown to wait for their turn. There are also cages where the hungry “animals” wait to go out and entertain the masses.
A long track rings around the perimeter of the arena. Gone is the standard green fuzz and white lines, replaced with stone and dust to elicit the real feeling of running beneath the hot Grecian sun. Foot and chariot races take place throughout the day.
TALON
SHOW OF STRENGTH
Servants that appear too fragile to handle mud wrestling have been conscripted into the oil bearer role. Their job is to slather the warriors in oil from head to toe, and otherwise prepare them for their matches in either the arena or in the pit. This includes styling their hair, tending to their wounds, and wiping the sweat off of their bodies if so desired.
The locker rooms that connect Beak and Talon have been fully stocked with first aid kits and luxury bathing supplies. Warriors that have won their matches get first pick, leaving the dirty towels and shampoo that smells like ass for the losers to sift through. Those sneaky ghost hands are having a field day, snapping rat tails at unsuspecting bathers and locking naked warriors together in the supply closet. Guests lacking vigilance may find their bottoms unexpectedly pinched.
INDULGENCE
DESIRES FROM THE VOID
Things begin to move around the resort. The forgotten and the old exhale a dusty breath. Like the hunger that the Wildcards woke up with upon arrival, as its heart begins to beat quicker, there is a tension in the air of those things hungering to feed. To join in, and indulge. To get what they want.
And they’re coming out.
OOC NOTES
▶ BLANKET CW: Alcohol; aphrodisiacs; battle; blood; bondage; compulsion; costumes; discipline; dominance; drowning; dubcon; fears; fighting; food; hierarchy; humiliation; indulgence; kidnapping; noncon; paranormal; power imbalance; roleplay; servitude; stalking; submission; supernatural; terror; violence; weapons
▶ All characters on the TDM are WILDCARDS, which means they have not yet been assigned a card value. Suits will not manifest until characters are accepted into the game.
▶ All TDMs are game canon. This TDM acts as the game's August event. Changes to the above locations will ICly be present from August 15th - September 1st.
▶ Current characters may top level on the TDM. 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 prioritized and receive attention! If you would be interested in a game invitation, you can note that in your comment header.
▶ If you aren't satisfied with these prompts, 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 regardless!
▶ Wildcard tokens from the GILDED CAGE prompt may be redeemed even if the newbie(s) in question do not join the game, but only for the small item reward; the token does not carry over to Game 52.
▶ 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.
▶ Don't forget to relax and enjoy the end of your summer! ♥
▶ All characters on the TDM are WILDCARDS, which means they have not yet been assigned a card value. Suits will not manifest until characters are accepted into the game.
▶ All TDMs are game canon. This TDM acts as the game's August event. Changes to the above locations will ICly be present from August 15th - September 1st.
▶ Current characters may top level on the TDM. 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 prioritized and receive attention! If you would be interested in a game invitation, you can note that in your comment header.
▶ If you aren't satisfied with these prompts, 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 regardless!
▶ Wildcard tokens from the GILDED CAGE prompt may be redeemed even if the newbie(s) in question do not join the game, but only for the small item reward; the token does not carry over to Game 52.
▶ 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.
▶ Don't forget to relax and enjoy the end of your summer! ♥
no subject
(Especially if Kaveh is reading the darkness in his eyes correctly.)
The question that follows is just as fair as Sylus's answer, but it's one that Kaveh doesn't like at all. It's tempting to point him to the watch, to show him how to find the information that explains the place, but...
Well. That's never been the sort of person he is, is it? If he's here, he's going to help.
So he reaches across, holds his hand out to Sylus so that the other man will see the mark of a heart darkening the skin of his left hand— right now, not much darker than his normal skin, but still visible on the back of his hand between his pointer finger and his thumb. ]
The resort calls it a game, yeah, but it's more of... a way of life, here. Where we are, basically everything is ruled by sex. You'll get paid for having it, you can win prizes and larger payouts by having it with different people, and almost everything here is designed to make you horny enough that you will have it. Including these things. [ He gestures at the heart. ] It seems like if you go long enough without, or do something the resort doesn't like, this thing... kind of goes crazy, until sex is all you can think about.
[ His mind goes back to one day near the beginning of it all, a shudder running down his spine. ]
There's more information on the watch on your wrist. You're new, so you probably don't have one of these yet, but... you need to be careful. Food, drinks, sometimes even the air itself is laced with stuff that will make you crave it.
[ Kaveh sighs again. ]
So... I'll ask you once more: Are you feeling okay?
no subject
He’s been placed in this room with a man who seems made of sunlight, and it’s all to satisfy the insatiable hunger that claws at his insides, that dries his throat and makes his thoughts race? Even when he had just found her back home, he hadn’t felt this… this overwhelming need. The thought of her pulls at something inside him, a pang of regret, a reminder of something he almost had—
He forces his thoughts away from the memories, focusing instead on the present. On Kaveh, who seems to know exactly what ails him, as if he's seen it all before. The understanding in Kaveh’s eyes only heightens Sylus’s irritation, makes him want to rebel against the easy comfort that Kaveh seems to offer. Still, at least it’s someone who knows the ropes. Someone who can navigate this place and its rules, even if Sylus has no intention of playing by them.
He moves to a chair in the corner of the room, dropping into it with a casual sprawl. He’s not one for decorum, not in this place that forces itself upon him, that tries to bend him to its will. He stretches out, arm draped over the back of the chair, ankle over his knee, the robe he's wearing pooling over his lap. Like a throne, and not some bright and gaudy casino hotel chair.]
So that’s what’s going on. [His voice is low, contemplative, but there's an edge to it, a sharpness that betrays his displeasure.] How amusing.
[He doesn't sound amused.
His eyes drift back to Kaveh, studying the man through the dim light. Kaveh’s honesty, his willingness to help, it all feels too simple. Too on the nose. A trap. Too straightforward. He can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to this, that Kaveh’s kindness is a part of the game, too.]
And who benefits from this? [His eyes narrow, studying Kaveh’s reaction carefully as he rests his temple on his fingers when he tilts his head.] If this place is so intent on making us give in to these worldly desires, then someone must be profiting from it.
[He leans back further, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips, a smile that doesn’t reach his eyes.] Certainly doesn’t seem to be the players, from what you've told me.
no subject
His choice is only confirmed as the right one by the complete lack of amusement or pleasure in Sylus's voice. With a soft sigh, he looks across the room at the other, noticing those dark, captivating eyes as being equally trained on him as if studying—
He tries, too, to ignore the twist in his gut that recognizes on its own just how attractive the other man is, splayed out like some sort of king or god on a throne.
He focuses instead on the question, sighs at how fair— but also unfair— it is. ]
I don't know. [ It's a sigh. ] No one has really met the management, as far as I know. We don't know what they want from us or why, just that.. if we have sex, we get rewarded. If we don't, things aren't great for us. I'm sorry— I know that's not helpful, and it's probably not what you want to hear. But it's the truth.
no subject
No clear answers, no way to fight back. He shifts in his seat, leaning further back in the chair, letting his head rest against the back, eyes closing for a moment as he processes the situation. It’s not that he’s averse to indulgence—far from it. He’s lived a life of excess, of taking what he wants when he wants it. Classical music loud, coffee dark, auctions filled with pretty gems and fun little trinkets.
The lack of choice, however—]
No management, no clear goal, just endless indulgence. [He says it almost to himself, as if weighing the words, tasting them on his tongue. The lack of control, the manipulation—it makes his blood boil, surely. But it's the lack of a true goal that doesn't make any sense.
He raises his head. Sylus’s eyes narrow slightly, focusing on Kaveh, the man who seems so resigned to this twisted game. He doesn’t trust him, not yet. Not until he knows more. If Kaveh is a part of this game, then he’s playing it well. And Sylus has always appreciated a good player.
But there's always the other way: Kaveh really may not know anything at all.] There's always a quid pro quo.
How do you do it? [He asks, voice soft, almost gentle, a stark contrast to the steel beneath his words.] How do you survive in a place like this?
no subject
But... hm. A quid pro quo? Sylus is intelligent, that much is clear.
...Or is he testing him?
Before he can think to answer, another question follows, and Kaveh sighs. His arms fold over his chest, a defensive motion, and his eyes dart away, unable to look at the other man for the few moments that follow.
He sighs. ]
...Yeah. Quid pro quo arrangements help, I guess. If that's what you meant. But honestly I've just... I've found it easier to reach out and make friends. We're all in the same situation, so if you've got a group of people you can rely on, then it's not as tough. Right?
[ It's a different kind of friendship making, but he's not about to go into the details of that fact. He's sure the other can figure that out for himself, anyway. ]