TDM 011

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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!

▶ 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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Comments

No worries at all! I am a patient tagger :D

[8chohakkai8]

I am.

[Hakkai hated how obvious it seemed. But then again, it made sense considering how reserved he was in an otherwise very unreserved land. It couldn't be helped, really.]

Truthfully, it's off-putting how real it seems. The atmosphere feels like we are outdoors; it's strange to think this is all inside a magical hotel.

[ Nonetheless, they were trapped there, and expected to participate in the same strange things the people in the lake were up to.]

If you don't mind my asking, how long have you been stuck here?

[drugsnotclubs]

About two months or so. So not that long, compared to some people. [Thankfully, he was familiar with impossible Time/Space bullshit even before coming here, so that part has been easy to get used to!]

Yeah, it's weird, but... I guess it's as real as it feels to us. Fake outdoors or not, we're still stuck out here and still gotta deal with it.

[His view is way more simplistic and far less wise than his words would imply. The easiest thing to do is just look at and accept what's in front of you, what you can see and feel. Thinking too hard about the abstracts doesn't change anything.]

At least we're all in the same bullshit. [Aside from the whole. Card rank caste system, but you know. Whatever.] You got the whole rundown, then?

[8chohakkai8]

So you mean to say that there are people who have been here for longer?

[Hakkai's tone immediately sounded somewhat dejected with that, as if that were the very opposite of what he wanted to hear.]

And... yes, I think I have the gist of it. A kind, large stoic man with blond hair was able to explain a lot of it after he fetched me the fabric, and I made this.

[The lifted his arms, accentuating the large handmade patchwork cloak that crifely covered the entirety of him.]

Although I have to admit, it's still a bit hard to believe. It feels like the plot of a bad "XXX" story.

[drugsnotclubs]

Yeah. A friend've mine's been here over two years. [It's not what anyone wants to hear, admittedly-- but there's nothing to be gained by lying to people about the place or giving them some sort of useless hope to waste.

He looks over the clothes as they're gestured too, and gives a short, amused noise.] Hey, it's better than what I've seen a lot of the new people make. I'm glad I didn't have to do that when I got here.

[He'd just. Arrived during some sort of ass festival and only been able to purchase dumb bootyshorts on short notice. It happens.]

And yeah. The whole premise of this place is dumb as hell-- just like you said, it reeks of being a bad porn. No one really knows what the end goal is, either, or if there even is one. I did talk to a girl who thinks it's about like... channeling energy or something.

[8chohakkai8]

Energy... Through explicit means? I suppose that could make sense. I do know there are a few religions in my world that believe sexual intimacy could cultivate energy and longevity within one's body.

[Although, suddenly, it wasn't so much the sex as it was the time that people have been trapped here that worries him.

This wasn't good... Not at all.]

Has there ever been anyone you have heard of who managed to return to their world?

[drugsnotclubs]

[He's asking all the right questions to get all the worst answers, Shinjiro frowns, and shakes his head.]

Not that I know of. Or at least not confirmed. People talk about people who used to be here, but... I dunno what happens to them.

[Maybe he should be digging more into it, but... honestly, he feels like he's constantly busy just focusing on the day to day getting by and understanding, let along being able to even know how to begin delving into the mysteries that no one else had been able to figure out for years.]

Damn, sorry. I got nothing but shit news for you. I get it sucks. I think we were all in the middle of our lives and shit before showing up here.

[8chohakkai8]

Yeah, the worry practically oozed off of Hakkai with that response. Even if his expression could not explicitly be seen, the way his head dropped and body slouched with the consideration was more than enough

"... I see," Poor guy, even his tone of voice seemed to have an anxious tone to it. Really, if there was no way out, what was he to do?

But the sheer aspect of what he was involved in going forward without him.

"My apologies, I'm usually a lot more level in such scenarios. But I think my home world may be, as some would say, 'royally fucked'."

At least, he certainly couldn't imagine any way it would end well with his absence.

[drugsnotclubs]

He gives a sympathetic nod as Hakkai grapples with the news and the worry, before lifting a hand to wave it in a short gesture.

"Don't be sure about that. Time isn't really consistent when it comes to this kind of.... dimension thing. We had a small one back home, and an hour or more there wasn't even a second to the outside world." Not to mention the timeline shenanigans.

"That friend of mine? I saw her earlier in the day before I showed up here. And then, the day I arrived here she told me she'd been here 2 years." Shinjiro will conveniently leave out the fact that Mitsuru came from some sort of weird alternate universe. That part isn't exactly important. Besides: what could any of them do for their homes from here?

"So don't screw yourself up too much about that."

[8chohakkai8]

"Time's... inconsistent?" Okay, the worry has vanished somewhat, but mostly because it seemed to be slowly replaced by the sound of utter confusion. It was relieving in one way, but also harrowing in others. Okay, so the world, or at least the continent he lived in, wasn't literally going to end, but... How long was he going to be stuck here? "So you really mean to say this is less like I've been transported to another world and instead more like warped into a pocket dimension?"

The gears in his head were turning so fast with this realization.

"So this place is separated from spacetime itself?"

Hold on, you're setting off his old interests as a physics major, Shinjiro. Are you sure you wish to go down this route?

[drugsnotclubs]

Please Hakkai, this is a highschool dropout who is just comparing it to his own experiences outside spacetime sort of and making a lot of assumptions. But at least he'll just shrug at the question.

"That's the way I understand it, yeah. Like we ain't just moved to another continent, it's a whole different place with whole different worlds. I try not to think too hard about it." Which is how he adapted to the concept of multiple timelines and multiple universes pretty easily: fuck it, just accept the reality in front of him.

"So it's kinda worth asking people when and where they're from, if that's something you're interested in."

[8chohakkai8]

"I see! So people here aren't just from various places, but from various timelines as well!" How surreal! And absolutely something that instantly absolved all of his worry with interest!

Sorry, Shinjiro, he was a 'gifted' kid growing up. Has the adult burnout to prove it, too.

"Then if that's the case, how about you? What was the world you were in like?"

[drugsnotclubs]

Oh boy, this guy is getting Excited. Shinjiro's going to go ahead and assume his shit attempt at laundry isn't going to continue any time soon, so he shrugs, gesturing to the grass in case they want to sit by the lakeside.

"Seems to be the case." Anyway, no sense in just standing around. Regardless of what Hakkai decides, he'll sit next to where some of his clothes are draped across the grass before answering.

"Japan, in 2009. Most people here seem to be from Earth, so I kinda start there. You?"

[8chohakkai8]

"Oh?" Hakkai was quick to show his surprise regarding Shinjiro's offer to sit. However, he also seemed to recover quickly. Crossing his arms in front of his shaggy-looking self and offering a polite bow towards the other man at the offer, before walking over and taking a seat. "... I'm also from Earth, initially from China, although before being brought here, I was just in the middle of Nepal, in the Himalayas. As for time, I assume our calendar system works similarly, since our worlds have similar countries. " No matter which calendar it was, though, 2009 sounded like quite a distance from him. "When I am from is the Tang Dynasty. Considering you're using numbers, I'd assume it's the Gregorian calendar, perhaps? Which, if that's the case, I believe..."

He looks up in thought, trying to remember his conversions.

"627 AD?"

[drugsnotclubs]

[Hakkai works it outloud, and things sound familiar enough. China and Nepal exist. The Himalayan mountains are called that, great. He has no idea when the Tang Dynasty was, but sure. The guy seems to have an impressive interest and knowledge in weirdo time/space stuff, so it can't be too far off--

627. His brows crease together, almost as it nit quite understanding.]

--That far back? [He can't help the surprise in his voice. Sure, he'd met people from other worlds and times and everything, but 1500 years in the past or so feels harder to conceptualize.]

Damn, alright. Once we get back to the main resort, we'll probably have to introduce you to like... electricity and stuff. [The history teacher at Gekkoukan had only cared about the Sengoku Era and skipped over most everything else, but he at least know the basics: China had a pretty robust civilization, and some pretty advanced... maths. and stuff. But he doesn't think they had lightbulbs. Probably? Unless they just do in this guys dimension?]

[8chohakkai8]

Hakkai could only meet Shinjiro's baffled look with a tilt of his head. The mess of fabric that dropped over him fell to the side ever so slightly so that the bottom of his jawline could be seen.

"Oh?" If the confusion in his tone didn't make things apparent, his next question most certainly did. "But I do know of electricity. Currents and the like. And although computer sciences weren't really my thing, I knew someone who once had a keen interest in them."

Of course, his version of Tang Dynasty China had computers. Did Shinjiro mean to say there is a world where that wasn't the case???

[drugsnotclubs]

Alright, well. Either they count time differently or they are from very different worlds. Or both. Which... honestly shouldn't be that surprising. But honestly, knowing about electricity and computer sciences and whatever else is a book in Hakkai's favor. Way less to navigate through.

"...Nevermind, then. You're good." He lifts a hand to wave it, as thought dismissing his initial concerns.

"Back home, I think that stuff took us a little longer to figure out." Maybe Shinjiro should stop asking people when they're from. It's not really all that useful, most of the time.

[8chohakkai8]

"Oh? So you mean to say your world advanced at a slower pace?" The idea was a surreal concept to Hakkai. Sitting up a little more, a plethora of questions came to mind. "Do you mean to say that it is a millennium in the future and your world has only just discovered electricity?"

However, AD made sense to Shinjiro, which meant the Christian calendar was in use. So Hakkai could only imagine what was and wasn't the same between them.

"Or perhaps, did that mean the existence of Jesus started at a different time than mine, perhaps? I wonder how much human history differs. Or perhaps Edison and Jesus and Emperor Tang had different birth periods between my universe and yours?"

The theologian in him was instantly intrigued!