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TDM 011
【 Thank you for choosing the Golden Peacock, 5-star resort and casino. You are currently registered as a WILDCARD in our system.
We are thrilled to announce that the Golden Peacock will be embracing autumn with a special outing. Current and new guests are invited to join us for a refreshing outdoor experience where participants can unplug, unwind, and connect with nature. During this time, all Watches will be disabled to the most basic functions (texting, calls, checking chip account) in order to encourage guests to disconnect.
Please look forward to two weeks of finding yourself amongst the trees. We hope you enjoy your stay, and have a fan-CAMP-stic time. 】
CAMPING
GETTING OFF THE GRID
As the resort moves into what it claims is autumn, the days grow shorter. The projected sun in the Vale sets in the afternoon, after which a faint chill falls. Then there’s the most excessive transformation of all – a portion of the Vale has transformed into a campground complete with a scenic lake, seemingly overnight. Statues nearby have been dressed up with flannel jackets and suspenders. Folksy banjo fills the air without any discernible source.
A section of the campgrounds have been reserved for tents. These tents vary in size, shape, and supplies. All tents, regardless of quality, are supplied with sex toys and lube. Staff and long-standing guests all agree — pretending to live in the wilderness and 'rough it' for a while is thrilling. This is what the peasants feel like all the time!
A section of the campgrounds have been reserved for tents. These tents vary in size, shape, and supplies. All tents, regardless of quality, are supplied with sex toys and lube. Staff and long-standing guests all agree — pretending to live in the wilderness and 'rough it' for a while is thrilling. This is what the peasants feel like all the time!
HOME ON THE RANGE
Welcome to the Peacock Campgrounds! Nicknamed the Stomping Grounds by long-standing guests. Rustic and right off a sparkling lake, guests will find everything they need to live in the wilderness. Staff have expertly set up fire pits, benches, hammocks, and a wooden shed to act as a tool depository. There's even an outhouse, which is a real novelty to many of the long-standing guests. Do they just... squat over that hole and do their business? How wild!
Unlike previous resort-sponsored excursions, guests are expected to manage without the help of staff. That pile of wood won't be replenished once used; guests will have to go chop down trees and split their own. Food won't magically appear in their tents regardless of rank. Camping is all about living off the land. Though staff make themselves scarce to make the experience feel real, they lurk in the shadows, discreetly providing necessary tools and fixing broken equipment so guests won't struggle too much. It isn't fun if it's real hardship, after all!
Unlike previous resort-sponsored excursions, guests are expected to manage without the help of staff. That pile of wood won't be replenished once used; guests will have to go chop down trees and split their own. Food won't magically appear in their tents regardless of rank. Camping is all about living off the land. Though staff make themselves scarce to make the experience feel real, they lurk in the shadows, discreetly providing necessary tools and fixing broken equipment so guests won't struggle too much. It isn't fun if it's real hardship, after all!
ACTIVITIES
TWO WEEKS OF ROUGHING IT
Camping can't be all about survival. Where's the fun in that? Before 'leaving', the staff arrange activities and events for guests to enjoy. A wooden bulletin board outlines times for group hikes, camping experiences, and wilderness delights. Adirondack chairs line the edge of the lake and a few tire swings hang over the water, tied to strong tree branches. For the first week and a half the weather is pleasant and sunny. Perfect for camping.
At night, acoustic guitars and other wooden instruments come out so that guests can make music around the bonfire. Projected stars dapple the night sky, forming various constellations sourced from guest worlds. The moon enters a different phase each night, shining a gentle silver across the campgrounds. Why not pull your sweetheart in and cuddle beneath the night sky? It's so romantic.
At night, acoustic guitars and other wooden instruments come out so that guests can make music around the bonfire. Projected stars dapple the night sky, forming various constellations sourced from guest worlds. The moon enters a different phase each night, shining a gentle silver across the campgrounds. Why not pull your sweetheart in and cuddle beneath the night sky? It's so romantic.
HOWLING
CALL OF THE WILD
Temperatures drop drastically at night as the camping excursion nears its end. Nights become so chilly that morning dew frosts over, crunching beneath guest feet. Every day the light and its warmth set a little bit earlier. Staff remain elusive and do not provide warmer blankets or clothes for guests, leaving them to cuddle for warmth or find other ways to sleep comfortably during nightly cold snaps.
The moon hits its apex on the final night of camping. Unlike the other nights, this full moon shines blood red. The Vale stills under this ominous sign, silent. Snowflakes begins to fall, spreading an endless clean sheet across the campgrounds. That reflected pink hue is inescapable.
The moon hits its apex on the final night of camping. Unlike the other nights, this full moon shines blood red. The Vale stills under this ominous sign, silent. Snowflakes begins to fall, spreading an endless clean sheet across the campgrounds. That reflected pink hue is inescapable.
OOC NOTES
▶ BLANKET CW: altered states; eyes (descriptions only, incl. eye injury); exhibitionism; hunting (incl. hunting fantasy creatures); orgies; public sex; survival; temperature play; tentacles; transformation; violence
▶ 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 September event. Camping will ICly begin September 15th and end October 3rd.
▶ 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.
▶ 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.
▶ 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 September event. Camping will ICly begin September 15th and end October 3rd.
▶ 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.
▶ 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.
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The act already broken, Akira's laughter in response is genuine instead. Whether or not he notices the other's disapproval, or choice to keep the only blanket to himself, he doesn't seem bothered in the slightest. Rather,]
Aw, is it that obvious?
I'm so happy, though! [As he grows more eager, he leans closer, his lack of concern for personal space making it all the more clear they're not in a two person shelter.] If I'm "new", you must know more about where we are! What kind of fun camping trip is this?
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Well, the camping part is new, so don't get too attached! The short story is that you're in a magical love hotel that's feeding off of the residents' sexual activity. [Okay, some of that is his own exorcist hypothesis creeping in, but that's got to be what the reason is so he feels no qualms about tossing it out as part of the welcome speech.] If you check your watch, there should be a summary of the specific game, but whether you play or not there's no obvious way out.
[He shakes his left hand free from the blanket when he says "watch" and gestures at the smart watch around his wrist. There's what looks like a solid black tattoo of a lizard just below it, halfway out of the cuff of his robe. Akira can probably tell that it's a youkai even before it scurries further under his sleeve, staying flat against the skin all the while.]
Ah, I know it might look like we're outside right now, but we are still inside the hotel.
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At least at the mention of the watch, he does back off somewhat for a better view-- only to find his gaze fixed on the lizard instead. What an odd little thing. He'll have to ask about it before they're done here. Once it's out of sight, however, he looks back up, appearing a bit troubled. As one probably should be in this situation! Just, in his own case...]
Well, that might be a problem! I hadn't told anyone I'd be off work after visiting Ooe. I suppose this place doesn't sound too different from the usual risks involved in being there, though...
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Wait, if it's feeding off us, does that mean we'll die!?
[... He might not have nailed the whole sounding worried part there.]
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Hmm, well, time usually works differently in the ayakashi realm than the human world, but-- [but if your 'work' is also in a supernatural bubble, then who knows if your absence will be noted was what he was going to say, until this guy suddenly makes a grab for him. Natori's reaction is instinctive, as ineffectual as it may be-- he looks at Akira's nose rather than maintaining eye contact and brings his arms up to block the swipe he assume is coming for his face. This does happen to give Akira exactly the sort of hold he was looking for, even as Natori tries to bat his hands aside.]
Get off-- no, we're not going to die from it. [He gives his arm a hard shake to try to loosen Akira's grip. The youkai on his skin continues slithering on before coming to a rest at his elbow, completely unaffected by how Natori is flailing his arm around. There's also a second mark on his left leg, if Akira can see that far-- this one almost a stylized impression of the lizard with a spade shape incorporated into it. Unlike the lizard, it's stationary and isn't a living thing, but it's still something supernatural, a link between him and the spirits running the hotel, same as any other established guests would have.] You might turn to stone if you don't have enough sex, but that's more of a stasis than anything else.
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There's an ayakashi realm!? I'd heard of the gods staying in Takamagahara, but humans and youkai have always shared our world, as far back as history books taught. If they were wrong, I'd like to know everything about it!
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["Irritating" is just the obligatory commentary he's required to toss out as an exorcist; the truth is that the idea is interesting enough in an academic sense that it disrupts even his resting hostile face.]
Well, I guess you're in an example right now, though there are a lot of humans here too... Do humans never get spirited away where you're from?
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[It's probably fine to discuss, with this human at least. It's not like he's the only youkai among the three here. And as Akira checks their surroundings through his magic, spirit energy giving its use away even if the effects may be hidden from view, it doesn't seem like anyone else is nearby either.]
We can't just come and go freely from those places because of our species. Oh, but one did try to kick me back out for it, recently!
If this hotel's a similar kind of haunting, maybe someone will come along and exorcise the source of it eventually?
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[Just that they're extremely, extremely powerful ones.]
Though it probably goes without saying that you can't exactly come and go freely in this place either, regardless of where the hotel physically resides! So your species won't do much good here either.
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It does look that way, doesn't it?
Okay! As long as we're staying here, we should get to know each other! I'm Dr. Takahashi. And you two are..?
[It's not the most subtle way to loop back his interest in the lizard. He doesn't need it to be.]
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[He sits and waits politely as though he's waiting for the lizard to speak up for the first time in his life. When it unsurprisingly does not, he adds with the tone of someone trying to fill an awkward silence:]
A doctor? Like a real one?
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That very kind! Of course, I specialize in youkai rather than humans. And even as I say that, I've never met one quite like your friend there. It's almost like it's a spell. Some youkai do leave markings on those they've possessed, for instance.
[But does it really seem that strong? Either way, framing it as a possibility rather than an accusation should provide an easier chance to observe their responses.]
Can I ask how you met?
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[This is hardly the first time that Natori has considered the implications or origins of the lizard, so Akira's guesses aren't anything new or worth reacting to. What is new is the persistently annoying way of talking about the lizard like it's a valid conversation partner with rights!!]
You can ask, but it's not going to be a very interesting answer! I just noticed it on my skin one day when I was young.
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[It's still in that general area? Taking that indication as a cue, Akira reflexively focuses his magic on Natori's robe, eyes forming along the inside of the sleeve to start a more thorough observation of the creature that should be hiding in there. How does its spirit energy look? What about the body itself-- is it something organic? Ink? Shadow? And is it underneath the human's skin or part of it? With the full extent of his sight, he should be able to tell far more than he could before.
Whatever the case,]
Some youkai do inflict disease, but... Well, it doesn't seem to be causing any harm. Similar to how some animal types can't help growing attached to a perceived owner, it might have simply decided you're a safe place for it to be.