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【 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!

NOT ALL TENTS ARE EQUAL

► High-rank guests are allocated spacious and luxurious tents. These elaborate mini-homes come with TVs, beds, heaters, and plenty of supplies. Provided camping gear is high quality, ranging from state of the art flashlights to designer backpacks. It can't quite be considered roughing it in these tents, but glamping is camping too!

► Mid-rank guests are allocated moderate tents that comfortably fit up to three guests. These tents come with cots or sleeping bags, as well as standard camping gear to make their time living off the land fairly comfortable. While these tents lack the bells and whistles of the high-rank accommodations, they are more than enough for a comfortable but realistic camping experience.

► Low-rank guests are allocated the shabbiest tents. These sagging accommodations can shield one guest comfortably, but that doesn't stop staff from pairing low-ranking guests together in order to save space. Their 'sleeping bags' are a single blanket and hay bale pillow. There are no other included amenities aside from sex toys and a single lantern.

► Last but certainly not least: our Wildcards! All Wildcards have been randomly assigned. Whether they end up in a glamping tent or sleeping beneath a propped up sheet is left to chance. Wildcards also may find themselves waking up beside a current guest or another new arrival.

► Guests that "go camping" will discover that the door connecting the Vale to the rest of the resort has mysteriously vanished. Uh oh! Looks like there's no going back to the comfortable life anytime soon. Don't worry, the door will return when it's time to pack up and head home.

LET'S GET CRAFTY

► New characters still wake up naked save for a robe, as is standard for the Golden Peacock. This round’s robes are flannel gingham to embrace camping and autumn aesthetic. Some of these robes are much shorter than others; watch out that the lake breeze doesn’t reveal more than you wanted.

► Unlike the standard, there are no racks of clothes waiting for new arrivals outside of their tents. You're roughing it out in the woods, remember? Instead of clothing, Wildcards will find an assortment of raw materials to make clothes.

Fabric rolls, hemp, buckets of leaves, leather, and other assorted goods are waiting to be cobbled into something new. The staff have been kind enough to leave some small hunting knives and wooden needles to make crafting a bit easier. Of course, they won't stop anyone that wants to embrace the wild side and strut around naked.

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!

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO COOK?

► On the first camp morning, guests will find barrels of ingredients and cooking utensils left beside the central fire pit. These barrels are stocked with fruits and vegetables that won't spoil quickly, many of which are seasonal to autumn. They have also been left a few protein options like eggs, jerky, and canned ham. These ingredients are communal and limited. Once they run out, guests will have to hunt and gather in the Vale to collect more.

► Guests must prepare their own meals while camping. Not even the high-ranks are given any special treatment on this! While oil and firestarter are included in the initial supply, these too are limited and won't be replenished after use.

► Staff would never let their precious guests go without a sweet treat. A generous supply of hot cocoa and all the fixings for s'mores has been left behind as well. While none of the other food will be replenished, the hot cocoa and s'mores goodies seemingly never run out. A night around a campfire without roasting marshmallows or sipping cocoa would be too cruel to subject guests to.

SUPPLIES RUNNING LOW

► Guests will have to hunt and gather once ingredients dwindle if they want to eat. The wooden shed is home to a selection of tools that can be used to hunt: bows and arrows, hatchets, axes, fishing poles and line, etc. All tools are rudimentary and can break if not taken care of.

► The Vale is lush with wild fruits and vegetables. However, much like in reality, not all vegetation in the Vale is safe to eat. While some berries and mushrooms are consumable, others are toxic or psychedelics. One must also not forget that they're in the Golden Peacock: some unusual plants that grow in the vale may trigger arousal. Watch out that you don't eat something funky by accident!

► Before 'leaving', staff will explain that guests can fish or hunt small game running throughout the Vale. One particularly enthusiastic staff member will suggest guests track down the snoggleboffs, as they're extremely delicious after roasting on an open fire.

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.

IN CAMP

► Guests that don't want a cold shower should make their way over to the shower stalls quickly. These outdoor showers hold very little hot water and run cold after about five minutes. First-come first-serve!

► A wood-chopping competition begins around lunchtime. There are two goals: to split as much wood as possible and looking sexy while doing it. Guests that chop wood unsexily immediately fail! Alternatively, sexiness with a pathetic number of chunks is more acceptable, but still a loss. Those that achieve both goals will instantly win a large payout. Failing to sexily cut wood won’t have any penalties associated with it, and you can always try again tomorrow!

► Bear hunting is a popular activity that even the spoiled long-standing guests are getting in on! No, not hunting real bears. That would be insane. Peacock's version of bear hunting involves hunting down bear-like guests and capturing them! Any guest that fits the criteria of big, thick, and strong may potentially be assigned the role of bear. Hunters who manage to tie up, handcuff, net, or otherwise 'capture' a 'bear' will instantly receive a large payout.

THE LAKE

► This sparkling lake is rich with fish. Enjoy sitting back on the long pier with a fishing rod or take one of the wooden boats out for a row around the lake. It's also safe to swim in, for guests that would like to take a dip and rinse off the sweat of camp living! Don't mind the random swim trunks or drink umbrellas that pop up now and then. This water is definitely fresh and not recycled from the summer beach extravaganza.

► Guests that do decide to take a dip may encounter a familiar friend. Fernando the tentacle monster is camping too! This randy tentacle monster is as horny as ever, eager to embrace guests and stick slippery tentacles into any reachable orifice.

► Once the sun goes down, many of the long-standing guests strip off their shoddily crafted clothes and sprint into the water for skinny dipping by moonlight! What's a camping excursion without a lake-side orgy? The best way to drown out those erotic moans from the lake is to head to the central fire pit and join in on some campfire songs.

OUTSIDE CAMP

► Those that head out of camp for a hike or hunt can enjoy any of the Vale's usual wonders. With autumn, shiny apples dangle from the trees and pumpkins pepper beneath their protruding roots. Along with autumnal fruits and vegetables, canned beef and ham have been mysteriously left in pockets close to the campgrounds. A little act of kindness from the staff; not everyone is cut out to hunt their own game!

► For those interested in hunting down some fresh game, walking around the forest in the morning may come with a stroke of luck. Strange little creatures the size of an adult's fist are active during this time. These hairy beasts come in brown and white, and screech, "Scrun scrun screeee!" when agitated.

Yes, these are the alleged snoggleboffs! Don't feel bad about hunting them, they're an invasive species that are unfriendly and eager to steal from unsuspecting guests. Their main strength is their speed, but once caught, they don't put up much of a fight.

► Guests that explore deep into the Vale may find a dark cave mouth that leads downward into a damp chamber. The ceiling glitters with stalactites and, along the wall, they'll find a horizontal crease with what seems to be... hair? If touched, this crease will creak open, revealing a large eye that darts back and forth before focusing on whoever woke it. Black pupils and iris bleed into one endless abyss.

Those that gaze directly into the eye will freeze. Their mind will remain active while their body locks in place, not unlike sleep paralysis. This trance will break once the eye blinks, which it will do after some time... but it can also be forced into blinking by force if there's someone who hasn't made eye-contact around to help. Frozen guests will be overwhelmed with the fear of abandonment for the duration of their paralysis. This fear will fade after the connection is broken, as if it wasn't their fear at all.

Like a regular eye, dirt or debris can force a blink. If this route is taken, the eye will go bloodshot and shut, refusing to open again. Any guest that inflicts damage to the eye may find that their suite, upon return, has been trashed. As if someone or something threw a big tantrum in there while they were gone. Wonder why that happened...?

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 WEATHER TURNS

► Along with chilly nights, the last few days of camping feature inclement weather conditions. Clouds overtake the sun and rain falls, alternating between light mist and heavy downpour.

► Winds pick up, with speeds threatening to whip away the less stable tents. Guests that don't hunker down and add additional support to their tents may end up chasing them into the storm. Other loose items around the campgrounds may end up blown away as well.

BLOOD MOON

► Wild instinct rises with the blood moon. As crimson moonlight beckons, some guests may begin to feel ... strange. As if they need to claw their true selves free. Those that answer the call to bathe in the light of the blood moon will undergo a transformation.

► Basking in the light of the blood moon triggers a were-transformation. While the standard were that the blood moon inspires is the classic werewolf, guests may transform into any kind of were. Along with hybrid transformation, the blood moon stirs mating and sex impulses in these new weres. Remaining humans are at risk of being eaten... in the sexy way.

► Transformation into a were is not mandatory. Other guests may step into the blood moon's light and not experience any kind of transformation or impulse. These guests are now actors in a sexy horror scene, given the task of surviving the night surrounded by monsters! At least they're sexy monsters? Giving in and fucking on the wild side may be more fun.

PACKING UP

► After the crazy weather and horny werewolves, the staff judge that it's high time to wrap this excursion up. Guests will once again openly see these diligent workers the morning after the blood moon. They come flooding into the site with clothing, snacks, and other comforts while praising everyone for surviving for so long without the resort's usual luxuries.

► A first aid tent and cleaning station are swiftly erected. All guests that volunteer to treat injuries sustained over the course of the camping experience or help clean up the site will be compensated with a large payout.

► Every guest that participated in the camping event, regardless of whether they help wrap things up, will be issued a spa voucher. Go relax, you've earned some pampering after all of that hard living!

OOC NOTES

INVITES | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

▶ 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!

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Comments

[drugsnotclubs]

Oh yeah? [How goddamn pretentious. What, is someone gonna go physically inspect the lake they're buying mud from? It's mud. How the hell do you tell the difference.]

They're big about the bird names here, so I guess we can call this one Lake FeatherFuck.

[The guy isn't wrong about the orgy, though. He finishes putting his things together, ties up his hair into a stubby ponytail revealing the large diamond that looks like a super trashy neck tat, and gestures to the door for them to head out and continue the conversation in a less disgustingly humid atmosphere.]

You new? I feel like most people are used to the random orgies by now.

[If he his new-- well, so was Shinjiro just two months ago, so he can empathize with the guy a bit. Maybe that's why he's so desperate for the normalcy of a hot shower.]

[laevateinns]

Ha. You know, there's a crowd that'd likely be very popular with. [ it's all about the MARKETING...

he eyes the tattoo before following, allowing the conversation to continue. ]

Just arrived. [ he says, voice flat. ] Having a wonderful time in the great outdoors, and- [ he narrowly avoids tripping over a stick ] -wearing a robe everywhere.

[ and, of course, dealing with the orgies. ]

It's not that I... mind, really. [ he tries to explain. live and let live!! orgy and let orgy!! whatever! ] It's just. I tend to want to give them privacy that they don't care to have.

[ aka: it's awkward. ]

[drugsnotclubs]

Nah, it's weird, you can say it. [If it wasn't everywhere all the time that would be one thing! But this is just what a lot of the long-term guests do, apparently.

He won't comment about Akechi almost tripping and eating shit on the forest floor, which is about the most polite thing he's ever done. Him being new makes sense. ]

Shitty time to arrive. It's usually some kind of gaudy resort, not the middle of the woods. Big casino, obnoxious restaurants, a spa, whatever. I think this is just some kind of... Seasonal thing.

Maybe stop by the next orgy you see and find some pants someone threw off or something?

[Hey, if they didn't want their pants stolen they should have put them somewhere secure before fucking. The trees grow sparser as they approach the lake, and the sun definite helps the cool temperatures out a bit. Hell, the rocks at the shore are even a bit warm, sunbaked at they are.]

You got the rundown of this place already, right?

[laevateinns]

[ it’s so polite that akechi has now marked him as a polite guy.

marked.

he raises an eyebrow at the description, however. ]

Sounds like you dislike that place almost as much. [ he muses- at least, based on the description. but… he does nod.

places like that… he’d once longed to get into. to feel adult, to help further his revenge- but now the thought just makes him… tired.

this whole thing is tiring. ]

Yes, more or less. The basics, anyway. he answers easily, glancing around for a good location to take the literal plunge. ]

[drugsnotclubs]

[That only makes his eventual disappointment all the sweeter, tbh.

Akechi's comment has him think for a moment, stopping at where the grass starts to turn into shore (and mud) to crouch down and take off his shoes. He won't send you in there alone, but he also is probably just gonna stand in the shallows.]

I never really liked all that fancy shit. It feels too... I dunno. Fake? [Maybe that's not the right word, but he's always been terrible at those, so he'll let it stay. It feels gilded, a facade, something pretty to look at with either nothing of substance or existing only to distract.

Which maybe isn't fair. After all, Mitsuru lived with the silver spoon so far down her throat she should be gagging, but had always been mostly reasonable and down to earth. Sort of. Kind of. She can't eat a hamburger. Okay maybe it is fair. He shakes his head to get out of the distracted thoughts.]

Besides, everything about this place is fucked. They can try and act fun and luxurious and whatever, but the end of the day it's still some shitty cage where you either play along or lose yourself.

[He stands and steps into the shallow water a little. It's cool, but not the chilling ice of the showers. So... win???]

Anyway. You'll make your own opinions of it, I guess.

[laevateinns]

Hmm. It is fake. [ he says it so confidently that even he has to pause. ] Well. I can't be certain of this place, but most resorts or casinos are. They're there to sell you a product: staying and spending as much money as possible.

[ a pessimistic laugh. ]

Just like those facecare products. It's about the marketing. So, what's this place trying to sell us...? [ he shrugs.

as for himself... he has less clothes, still equipped just with the robe. he's not super shy or anything- this is just like being at a bathhouse- but... he'll still wait until shinjiro's looking away before removing it and wading until he's waist deep in the water.

it's not that far away, actually. and... it really isn't as cold as the showers. a win!

akechi listens to the further description, a wry smile on his face. ]

Some would say most places are.

[drugsnotclubs]

[He gives a short, amused huff at Akechi's thinking aloud about the glittering hotel and and the philosophy of consumerism in general.]

Nah. We're the product, I'm pretty sure. All this place cares is that we're fucking enough. [Wow that sounds bleak as hell when he says it like that. But it's also not wrong. The resort was happy to provide to them whatever they needed in accordance to its card-caste system-- as long as they did what it wanted.

As Akechi slips into the water, Shinjiro crouches down to find a nice smooth rock, tries to skip it (away from where Akechi is) and fails horribly, the rock just plunking right back into the water. So much for that to distract him from having a real conversation. But he'll still keep watching out at the lake, giving the guy a semblance of privacy.]

I'm not into that abstract 'society is a cage' shit, [Like it sure is a thing, and he sure doesn't care. The faults of society are real and true and exist, but he always has more immediate concerns. Like, you know. Shadows eating peoples minds so they die of exposure in the streets.]

It's literal here. We can't leave, and iIf you don't play along, you lose control of yourself. You only get to make choices if you make the right ones.

[laevateinns]

Ha. Unusual, to be sure. [ sex sure can be the product, but… usually not like this.

he watches the rock as it skips along, a little jealous. he remembers trying that as a child to no avail. ]

Society and its trappings don’t care if we care or not. [ he says instead, shrugging. the water falls off his shoulders in small sheets. ]

But I get what you’re saying. It’s certainly more literal here. [ a flash ro his eyes. ]

I never much enjoyed cages.

[drugsnotclubs]

[He's rolling his eyes behind Akechi at his insistence about societal trappings, but doesn't press it. It's not a conversation he cares to have or even knows enough about, and it doesn't really accomplish anything where they're standing right now. In the fake lake in the Fuck Casino.]

Who does? [It's phrased like that, but spoken as an agreement. Like Akechi had saidf: it's exceptionally literal here, placed in an enclosure, large though it is, and expected to perform for their unseen hosts.]

It sucks. Best advice I've gotten so far is to just take what control you can. Who you're around, what you do. Not that it makes it easier. [Or that it's entirely possible.

He folds his arms, before finally looking down at the back of Akechi's head.] You want me to throw the robe on one of the chairs or something? Let it warm up some?

[Surely leaving this man unattended naked in a lake is fine.]

[laevateinns]

[ akechi's used to it; not many people can put up with his philosophical musings. he's just... really into it, not the least because of how it's affected his life in particular.

but for now he'll allow shinjiro the way out, simply nodding as he grabs at his soap washcloth and starts to scrub at his arms. ]

The specific people... Not always a luxury. But important to keep in mind. [ he muses thoughtfully, before nodding again. ]

Thank you. That'd be helpful. I- [ he starts, suddenly, looking down. ] ...Fish in the fucklake?

[drugsnotclubs]

[It gives him something to do as opposed to just chill here and chat with the new guy. Which is also fine, but maybe a little weird when he's soaping up his arms and stuff. To he steps back and out of the water, just enough to pick up the shitty pumpkin-spice-lookin' robe and take it to one of the chairs by the fire pit. Not that there's a fire right now, sadly.]

Ah? Yeah, probably fish.

[He calls back in reponse as he's laying things out, before looking back towards the shore, eyebrow raising.]

I saw some fishing rods yesterday, so there's gotta be. What, did one touch your feet?

[laevateinns]

[ it is a little weird, maybe, but akechi tends to make things awkward.

and he's not going to stop cleaning for the sake of conversation with a stranger, so... soaping up it is!

but then he frowns. ]

Probably just a fish, then. [ a pause, because he has a talent at making things even more awkward and a penchant for oversharing- ] I've simply never been in a lake or the ocean or something like that before. Need to... get used to it.

[drugsnotclubs]

[It's ok, Akechi, you can be as awkward as you want. It takes a whole lot for Shinjiro to give a fuck. And it's not long before he's returning, kicking out to sit on the grass instead of getting back in the water himself. It's probably not too weird for someone to have never been in a lake or ocean or large body of water, but it sounds wild to Shinjiro-- then again, he'd always lived in Iwatodai and Port Island, so the ocean was always right there.]

Huh. You live inland or something?

[Or maybe just was grossed out by large bodies of water?]

Yeah, there's probably fish and algae and someone's lost bikini and whatever else in there. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

[laevateinns]

You’re really selling it. [ akechi says flatly. he makes a face at the thought of fish and bikinis and whatever else, but- he’d agreed to bathe this way. he better make the most of it.

the question makes him hum. ]

No. Tokyo, Japan. I simply never had to chance to visit the beach.

[ the pond in the park by his apartment growing up had been about it.

he glances down again as he feels something brush up against him once more.

what on earth…? ]

[drugsnotclubs]

Yeah? That sucks. [Not that Shinjiro is a huge beachgoer or anything. But it's definitely just a normal, fun summer thing. Or at least it had been before his life got upended, but whatever.]

I'm down in Iwatodai and Tatsumi Port Island, so it wasn't too hard. Way smaller city, too. [There's definitely some rippling happening in that water, though? It's a bit murkier with the way Akechi's movements had kicked up some of the silt, but not moving exactly normally in response to his washing movements.]

...Something under there? [Curiosity beats out sense, and he takes a few steps forward, trying to get a better look. Sorry, Akechi, he's been here for two months, he's seen enough naked people to not care any more.] Catfish?

[laevateinns]

Mmn. Much smaller, but from what I know it has everything you need. [ akechi had... wanted to travel, once. he remembers. not just japan, but the world... it was never possible for him, but he still wanted anyway, selfishly.

but for now he just nods. ]

Right by the water. [ but then he flinches again at the feel of something... caressing his leg. he glances down into the murky depths, then back up to shinji who's approaching. ]

Something. [ he agrees easily. ] Maybe? I'm not familiar with the fish here. It could be-

[ he twitches again, then takes a step away. ]

It feels like... it's coming at me. [ he admits with a frown. perhaps this bathtime is over? ]