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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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Well enough. [ That's the most honest answer Shanks can give. He's not going to dump his troubles on his young friend, as he's bad enough doing that to his friends his own age. ] I don't think you've seen my king suite, yet? You should stop by at some point. You have a standing invite to stay, if you like.
Yourself?
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[Has Shanks always been a king? Scott honestly can't remember, but he's definitely interested in seeing his fancy ass suite. It's honestly the personal bathroom that sounds like the best part of the whole thing to him; no more communal showers or toilets. And okay, maybe having a huge ass kitchen is cool too.]
Well, since you're offering, yeah I'll stop by. [Maybe he'll come up with some other dessert to make in the process.]
...But yeah, I'm fine. I'm doing a lot better I guess since the first time we met. [Small poke in the fire.] I adjusted here.
[Made friends. Really learn how to trust people.]
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Of course I'm offering. You're welcome anytime you please.
This isn't the easiest place to adjust to. [ He thinks it's good Scott did adjust, of course, but Shanks can't blame anyone for taking time for it. ]
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...I've been here for almost a year now. The first month was really the worst of it I think.
[Even with his pangs of loneliness here and there, nothing was as bad as having two suits flare up at once and not really knowing anyone in this place. Now... there's a lot of people he can rely on.
He glances over at Shanks with a curious look.] But you've been here even longer, right?
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[ Good. Last thing Shanks wants is for his friends to be caught unawares without anyone to fall back on when their suit flares up. He has handful of people, himself. ]
[ His smile tightens at the question. Something he tries to avoid is thinking about how long he's been in this place, worried about his crew back home. ]
Going on two years, I believe.
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You've been here for really that long...?
[He wonders if it bothers him-- no, he knows that it bothers him, if judging by the subtle tense smile on the older man's face. Not that he blames him, it would be hard on anyone. Maybe he should leave it alone, but words surge up in Scott, mostly because they're things that he's thought of before.]
Do you think your crew is still okay back home? Or... they're waiting for you?
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Almost. Coming on two years shortly.
[ The next question makes him pause entirely. Shanks, then, pushes his lips into a hard smile. ] I would hope they continued on. They're aware of my plans. [ It worries him, makes him a little sad, to consider them waiting for him. ]
What about you, Scott? Anyone back home that might wait for you?
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A flicker of uncertainty flashes across him at the question, somehow readable despite the glasses. Much of that earlier confidence has disappeared, leaving the young mutant to stare at the fire. Hard to think about s'mores or even enjoy the comfort of the flame when he thinks about home in this way. He wants to believe that everything will remain the same when he goes back, but.
Is that really true? What if they all moved on without him? Found a different leader?]
My... teammates. The X-Men. We're a team.
[A team that hasn't been on any official mission yet. A team that worked together once.] They're waiting for me.
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[ But he has noted how Scott stared in the fire for a while, the uncertainty. He doesn't press, though, just eats his s'more for a moment. ]
[ As for himself, he hasn't accepted anything. It's that he and his crew have an important mission, so much more important than Shanks himself. When he gets back, he can easily jump right back in. He would never want to hold any of them back by not being present. ]
What do you and your team do, Scott?
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[Saying it out loud like this, it almost feels silly. Because even though they did save the world from a maniacal mutant, they haven't done anything since then. They're still training, trying to work what it really means to be a team together, but they haven't shown what that is yet. They haven't gone out there like the Phantom Thieves or the heroes back in Bakugo's world; it just feels like a bunch of talk in a way.
Unless they have been helping out, doing the thing they are supposed to be doing. Just. Without him. He wouldn't want them to wait on him if it meant saving people that needed it back home. He knows that the right thing to do, but it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
Suddenly, the warmth from the fire doesn't feel enough.]
Mutants, humans. It doesn't matter.
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Sounds admirable. [ He doesn't mention the whole - 'you do realize you're hanging out with a pirate' part. ]
That is what Marines back in our world are supposed to do. [ Of course, the well-meaning pure of heart ones set out to do just that, but it's complicated for other Marines, and some of them are just downright dirty. ]
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Let me guess, they're a bunch of dicks. That's part of the reason why you're a pirate, right? Because they don't actually do their job.
[Maybe a little bit of blind belief because he thinks Shanks is nice. And he also met Nami and Sanji and others from that group and all of them have been so cool?? And kind?? It's hard for him to believe that they're just bad people. There has to be something wrong with the law enforcement there, probably.]
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[ Scott's right about the Straw Hats, and Shanks, truly. He breathes in, eyes flickering to the ground for a moment. His voice hollows out when he speaks again. ]
But some of the Marines...they allow for the some of the worst lies to be perpetuated, in our world, and allow for some of the worst atrocities.
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So, they are shit. At least the higherups. If they're supposed to be protecting people, they shouldn't allow any of that to happen.
[It's one thing to like keep trying and maybe struggling to keep up with everything, but another thing for them to just allow it to happen. Turn the other way.]
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But of course, in our world, trying to defy the government will you get maimed, or worse, executed. It's only natural some of them are terrified to do that, and work to do whatever they can from inside the system.
[ He knows some decent Marines, and can't help but defend them. ] Surely you've seen similar complications in your own world? Systems that should be destroyed, but you have to do it the right way, or it will simply make you another causality. Your death might even leave things worse off.
If one is to sacrifice themselves, then the moment you do so needs to be one that makes all the difference.
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[He really hasn't thought about how complicated stuff like this can be, but maybe he should, especially if the X-Men are going to be out in the open and saving people. He just sort of figured that if they helped out like that, then they would just be widely accepted? Make things less tense? Like they're just going to be helping out, what would be the problem?
Scott frowns at the fire in front of them.]
Although the government I live in isn't that bad. They don't execute people just because they defy them, that's like, free speech laws.
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[ Shanks seems to perk up to Scott's words, though. ] Free speech laws?
Tell me more. [ It sounds like they're protected to speak as they want, not as they're dictated to. ] Some people in our world are moved by money, or selfish motives when they lie, or cover up the events to sway the majority of people. But knowing you can end up wanted dead or alive just because the World Government doesn't like you, keeps some people quiet, too.
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I can't speak for every single country back home, but where I'm from, you're allowed to speak your mind and protest against the government. That's like a big thing, actually. In fact there was a major war that happened a decade ago that was majorly protested by people.
[A war that Alex was drafted into. He doesn't-- didn't like talking about it and he didn't push him too hard, but he could see how much it fucked him up.]
It's not perfect, far from it, but they aren't... gunning down all opposition.
[He's sure about that, but... he wonders if there are some other shady things happening behind the scenes. It's hard not to think about it, especially with the whole Sentinel project. Which. Yeah it was scrapped, but isn't it that fucked up in itself??]
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Perhaps I can help our world work toward something more like that. [ He'll take not executing people just because they have a dissenting opinion about knowing the truth. ]
[ The Sentinel project is very fucked up, and Shanks would say no less. Well, perhaps not in those words. ]
What are some things your world could work on? [ While Scott doesn't say it, Shanks can pick up something in the air, and every place needs work, right? There's always something, no matter what, so it seems a fair question, and he can't help but want to hear more about Scott's world. ]
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[Simple as that, right? He mostly thinks so, at least.]
For starters, they could not be so paranoid about mutants again. [Even if Apocalypse was scary and managed to take away everyone's nukes in a few minutes, that... that shouldn't mean they get to enact possible laws hurting his kind. It hasn't happened yet, but he knows tensions are rising, it's impossible not to see it. Raven definitely mentioned it to him and the other X-Men, but she's always been a bit more pessimistic about these things.
He leans away from the fire, eyes staring upward with a small frown. Yeah, he's taking his question seriously. Stuff that he can't help think about even if doesn't like talking about it much.]
...Alex mentioned that it sucked when he had to hide himself from everyone.
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That's something I think I could never understand. Being disturbed by someone just because they are, or look, different. [ Because Shanks grew up with an animal like creature, a crew mate with wings, a fishman, and a red nose. People of all different shapes and sizes, and he just thought that was normal. ]
[ He watches Scott as he thinks, and that's fine. It's fair to take it serious and give real answers. ]
Why does Alex have to hide himself?
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Yeah well that's how people are a lot of times.
[And maybe he's really starting to get it, especially with Kurt being a mutant that is outwardly different compared to him or any of the other X-Men. Raven can hide herself and so can Hank, although both of them are trying not to as much. Mostly. More frustrating things, honestly.
But Alex...]
Back in the 60s, or I guess anytime before 1973, mutants had to hide from the public. They were afraid of getting... prosecuted or hunted or whatever else. Things only changed when a mutant named Raven saved the president on national TV.
[And then Apocalypse made things worse.]
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[He's very serious and intent as Scott speaks. ]
Shouldn't be like that. I know it is, quite often, but it shouldn't be.
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But we'll make it better, somehow. At least we're not in hiding again-- I'm gonna make sure that doesn't happen, Shanks.
[He can do that much at least, right? Right. He and the other X-Men. The original team managed to prevent nuclear war, so they can at least manage this. If he has to push himself to the max, then he'll do that. Something like this deserves no less, not to mention that Alex's legacy rests upon him.]
We're gonna give all mutants the chance to live without fear.
ooc - end?
sounds good!