【 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 parking garage for all new arrivals. We aim to have all guests moved into their reserved rooms as soon as possible. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience!
All are invited to There Is No Tomorrow, a Phoenix Casino soiree to celebrate our beloved guests. The festivities will begin at 1800 hours on January 20th and end at 1800 hours on January 27th. Please look forward to 168 hours of delight.
In an effort to raise happiness and encourage better guest relationships, attendance is required. The house will assist guests that are too shy to appear of their own accord. Please note that black tie attire is mandatory. As always, we hope you enjoy your stay! 】
PARKING GARAGE
ANY CAR IN A STORM
PHOENIX CASINO HALL
WELCOME TO THE NEXT 168 HOURS
Phoenix Casino is a-flutter with activity and packed to the beak with guests. As a famously ever-changing space, the staff would be remiss if they didn't deck the crown jewel of the Golden Peacock out. The casino glitters from top to bottom, shining brighter than diamonds, rubies, sapphires, opals! Party-goers are shiny and glamorous with picture perfect makeup, fluttering gowns, and sharp suits. Card tables are packed and the slot machines are a-ringing as guests play, play, play! Prizes, luxury, booze, attractive people, it's the place that everyone wants to be at.
Those people being dragged inside by some invisible force...? Silly, they were so excited to come that their bodies moved before they realized what was happening. Those are struggles of joy and definitely not the casino's infamous ghost hands dragging unwilling guests to the party at the behest of the house. Look, they're literally hurling their bodies at the card tables with unrestrained glee!
All clocks indicating day hours and night hours have been removed from the casino. Once a guest has entered, their Watch will jam, making it impossible to keep track of the time. You don't need to worry about that tonight.
▶ 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 January event.
▶ 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. This month we also have an ongoing ATP / EMP where players can connect. Please feel free to utilize this for all of your peafowl needs!
▶ 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!
▶ 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.
( his gaze steadies, measured and slow, as though he's trying to decide how clinical to be about it; he decides, in the end, that the words bother him only enough to be calm. )
It doesn't matter to you what I risk or what I don't.
( because they don't know each other--and he's sure that it's a kindness, that the stranger is just offering him some kind of good advice, but even so, he thinks that he'd rather contend with whatever it is the resort thinks it can do to him, outside of chasing someone down demanding they mess around with him.
it just doesn't seem right. his gaze slides back to the toy, then up to the stranger, considering again: )
Would you do it? ( use it? ) Have you done it?
( that question is pointedly left rather open ended. )
[ It doesn't surprise him too much to get that cold response. One look at this man's demeanor and he has a sense they might be closed off; not so keen to be vulnerable in front of people he doesn't know well. Or maybe he doesn't care about how it would affect him? For Kabru, complying seems reasonable given what he's heard about the effects. He's heard that the house can make people lose control of themselves, filling up their heads with impulses or unpleasant emotions. If Kabru has to do something, he would rather it be on his terms. He doesn't do well with the feeling of not having control. He doesn't contest the fact that it shouldn't matter to him, because he doesn't think this man would like a fake display of overt concern. There is some concern, of course, but only as far as one can have for a stranger.
The next question causes him to pause in consideration. ]
I've never used a device like this before. We don't have anything like this where I come from. [ He is from the equivalent of fantasy middle ages. Kabru's heard about these devices from eavesdropping around though. ]
But it isn't poison or sharp enough to be a form of torture. If the penalty means losing control of myself, I would rather choose this.
no subject
It doesn't matter to you what I risk or what I don't.
( because they don't know each other--and he's sure that it's a kindness, that the stranger is just offering him some kind of good advice, but even so, he thinks that he'd rather contend with whatever it is the resort thinks it can do to him, outside of chasing someone down demanding they mess around with him.
it just doesn't seem right. his gaze slides back to the toy, then up to the stranger, considering again: )
Would you do it? ( use it? ) Have you done it?
( that question is pointedly left rather open ended. )
no subject
The next question causes him to pause in consideration. ]
I've never used a device like this before. We don't have anything like this where I come from. [ He is from the equivalent of fantasy middle ages. Kabru's heard about these devices from eavesdropping around though. ]
But it isn't poison or sharp enough to be a form of torture. If the penalty means losing control of myself, I would rather choose this.