【 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.
[ Wei Wuxian notices Xiao Xingchen's discomfort with the topic but what is he supposed to do? Shy away from it? It's the purpose of this place, and there's no use in trying to pretend there's anything else going on instead. Sex is how the Golden Peacock thrives, and so they have to accept that.
Still, Xiao Xingchen's words are helpful and he considers them carefully as he thinks about what he's learned so far about this place compared to what Xiao Xingchen has said. Huh. ]
You just said how to leave though. If this place provides rewards for giving them the energy that it wants, then theoretically one of the rewards can be to leave. My guess is that's done by playing the Game 52, since that's the most advertised and hardest to achieve.
I'll have to dig into it further to confirm my suspicions but that would be the most logical explanation of why they want you to play that game specifically, right?
Ah, perhaps you are right. Others may be skeptical that such a wish will ever be granted, but no one's found a better answer yet.
[As much as Xiao Xingchen has investigated this labyrinth of a hotel, he knows that hides its secrets well. Never has he come across a place so dangerous before.]
There were others from the world that we know that were once here, but I haven't found them in some time. [He hangs his head lower.] I can only hope that they found their way home.
[He isn't the kind who wants to suspect for no reason, but this place doesn't give him much hope for things working out for the best. If the idea is to let people work towards a difficult goal, and the people who disappear are just returning to their homes, there wouldn't be an incentive to do anything but wait around.]
[ Now that news gives him a little bit of alarm. There were people here from their world? Who? Was Lan Wangji here? Does he know of this place? Before he can stop himself from asking, he bursts out with his question — ]
Was it Lan Wangji?
[ And then he feels flustered, embarrassed for a moment. There are plenty of other people from their world that might have ended up here, people who Xiao Xingchen would know more than his wayward soulmate. For instance, he knows Xue Yang is here and he wonders how that relationship is going, if he has to intervene in some way to protect Xiao Xingchen, but he's also a grown man and can protect himself, can't he?
But no, Xue Yang only just recently talked to him so he must mean others. People who have left — hopefully to home. ]
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Still, Xiao Xingchen's words are helpful and he considers them carefully as he thinks about what he's learned so far about this place compared to what Xiao Xingchen has said. Huh. ]
You just said how to leave though. If this place provides rewards for giving them the energy that it wants, then theoretically one of the rewards can be to leave. My guess is that's done by playing the Game 52, since that's the most advertised and hardest to achieve.
I'll have to dig into it further to confirm my suspicions but that would be the most logical explanation of why they want you to play that game specifically, right?
agh i'm so sorry
[As much as Xiao Xingchen has investigated this labyrinth of a hotel, he knows that hides its secrets well. Never has he come across a place so dangerous before.]
There were others from the world that we know that were once here, but I haven't found them in some time. [He hangs his head lower.] I can only hope that they found their way home.
[He isn't the kind who wants to suspect for no reason, but this place doesn't give him much hope for things working out for the best. If the idea is to let people work towards a difficult goal, and the people who disappear are just returning to their homes, there wouldn't be an incentive to do anything but wait around.]
it's all good!!
Was it Lan Wangji?
[ And then he feels flustered, embarrassed for a moment. There are plenty of other people from their world that might have ended up here, people who Xiao Xingchen would know more than his wayward soulmate. For instance, he knows Xue Yang is here and he wonders how that relationship is going, if he has to intervene in some way to protect Xiao Xingchen, but he's also a grown man and can protect himself, can't he?
But no, Xue Yang only just recently talked to him so he must mean others. People who have left — hopefully to home. ]
... I mean, who were they?