peacockstop | 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!

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!

▶ 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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It’s hardly the first time River has been captured or trapped in his life. It seems like every other week he finds himself beat up and tied up, so it takes a moment before he starts to panic about not being able to move while fully conscious. What is affecting him is the immediate and suffocating feeling of guilt.

He’s an awful, awful person. None of this has been a dream and he deserves to be here, separated from everyone he cares about. And they won’t even miss that he’s gone.

Though there’s clearly no physical reaction, River is surprised to hear a voice nearby. Carefully, he listens to the shuffling sounds of their approach, assuming that the person that the voice belongs to is just being careful to not look at the eye as well. Suddenly his eyes are covered and the spell is broken. River’s legs go out from under him as he suddenly has to hold his own weight again. Almost frantically he wipes the tears from his eyes.

“Thank you, I really appreciate the help.” The relief is clear in his voice as he turns to look at his rescuer. Before he can hold it back, he let’s out a small “oh” of surprise as he realizes the man is blind.

Xiao Xingchen is quick to extend a hand. Despite all of his attempts to help, he's always a bit conflicted about what to say in response to thanks, often brushing it aside. Still, a light smile pulls at his lips as he gives a nod. The fact that the man is lower now is cause for concern, however...

"Let's get you out of here. Can you stand? I can carry you if you need."

He isn't sure about what other matter of things this strange creature inflicts, but what it does is plenty horrific enough.

River takes Xiao Xingchen's hand gratefully. Usually he has to get himself out of these kinds of messes, and somehow ends up damaging his career in the process. No real danger of that here though.

"Yes, thank you, I can stand. Just a bit of a shock to the system I guess." He's a little slow in rising again, mostly because he's not sure he actually can stand right up until he's on his feet again. But his legs hold him fine and nods before immediately feeling ridiculous for nodding at a blind man.

"Okay, let's go. I want to be as far away from that thing as possible." Of course, the investigator in him also wants to, well, investigate but for the moment, the now dwindling fear and guilt is still there and he needs to leave and reassess.

"What even is that thing anyway?

Xiao Xingchen waits until he hears the other man's steps before he starts to walk alongside him. The cave is at least wide enough for that, he had noticed while coming down here.

"I cannot say. Whatever it is, it's a horrific creature," Xiao Xingchen says, his light and prim tone taking on a harder edge. "Stunning its prey for food would at least be understandable. This one only does so for the torment of its victims."

Despite all his time here - and how easy it had become to accept certain matters he once thought unthinkable - he's often reminded of the many cruel tricks it can play.

After a brief pause, his tone softens again.

"But I might not have reached you in time, were that not the case here."

It's only minorly distracting, how easily the blind man keeps pace with him. If River didn't know better he'd think it was a trick, though clearly that is not the case. It's not like he's never met a blind person before, but usually they have a dog or one of those canes to help them around. This guy seems to have neither.

It's really impressive.

As Xiao Xingchen begins to explain, if there really even is an explanation, River can't help but be worried. For the first few days he was here, he thought he was asleep or in a coma or something. God knew he'd had enough concussions in his life to warrant such a thing, but now it feels like it's been too long and there are far too many details and weird shit his brain would never come up with. Or so he thinks. Who knows? Maybe he's just fully lost his mind. When nothing makes sense, anything can make sense.

He can tell the other man is trying to be helpful, but River isn't sure there is anything that could help in that moment. His brain is simply having a hard time accepting that this place is real.

"I really don't know what to say. I can't thank you enough for getting me out of there, but it's just that," he pauses, trailing off for a moment before continuing. "I think I'm just freaking out a bit here. I cannot understand where I am or what is happening. One moment I'm living my life, normal as can be and the next, I'm in the weird camp. I feel like I'm losing my mind."

Xiao Xingchen faces the other for a moment, his expression full of concern. He tries to speak at first, but the words don't feel right, so he closes them again to think. Someone like him had become accustomed to such upheaval in his life, and he always thought that he might as well make the best of his current circumstances. But how could that comfort someone on the verge of panic?

How can he possibly put this to make sense of it at all?

"The only idea I can suggest is to think of all this as a dream," Xiao Xingchen says after a pause. "One that may feel all too real and you might not know when you'll awaken again, but you will have many to aid you and keep you safe until that time comes."

Carefully, he reaches out to put a hand on the man's shoulder.

He didn't want to delude himself or to distort his understanding of the world for his own comfort - much less does he wish to delude another - but he's also found that sometimes, it's the only way a person can do to press on.

River lets out a sigh when Xiao Xingchen finally speaks again. Maybe he really is dreaming? It’s just that every once in a while, something happens that makes him think that he isn’t. That all of this is real. That people are having sex out in the open, that there were weird sex toys in the little tent he woke up in. He wants to believe that this is some sort of crazy dream, or he’s in a coma or something and this is all his pent up response to being single for so long, but some of what he’s seen has been so detailed and so out of his own imagination that it makes him wonder if that’s not true.

But then he stops and thinks about it and simply cannot accept that any of this is real.

The feel of the man’s hand on his shoulder actually helps a lot. There’s a comfort in it that he hasn’t felt in a long time, even before he came to this place, or dream, or whatever it is.

“Thank you. Mostly that is what I’ve been doing. This place is so strange it sometimes feels like the only way my brain can accept what I’m seeing is to believe it is a dream and sometimes it seems too crazy even for all of that.” He stops and sighs again, shaking his head for a moment before he smiles. It is nice to know that at least one person here was willing to come to his aid, and a complete stranger at that.

“Any chance you’d be willing to give me the lay of the land here? I mean, I have caught the gist of it. Some of what’s going on here has been very evident. But, what exactly is this place?”

"Well, I hadn't heard of a 'vacation resort' until I was also taken to this place. But it's supposedly a place that rich people go to, so it had to be some sort of mistake that I ended up here."

Xiao Xingchen can't help but laugh a bit at his own comment. Even if he's not the highest rank here, he's sure he lives in greater physical comfort than anyone in the world where he's from. It feels all too strange and unlike himself, yet some days, he feels compelled to experience what more there is.

"Beyond that, this place reminds me very much of a certain idea that not too many here know of. Are you familiar with any sort of magic?"

He knows by now that people come from so many different places. Some are similar to one if cultivators didn't exist, and only the common folk did. Some also have an entirely different sort of magic as well. Better to figure that out before speaking of an idea that will be especially be difficult to believe.

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