TDM 12

[goldmods]

【 Thank you for choosing the Golden Peacock, 5-star resort and casino. You are currently registered as a WILDCARD in our system.

As a token of appreciation to all of our guests, the house and resort have worked in collaboration with the all powerful system that transmigrates souls between worlds to bring you a special excursion! All are invited to participate in our limited time event, Tits out! A Sex Dungeon! where guests can shop, craft, adventure, treasure hunt, and battle.

During this event, sexual encounters with WILDCARD guests are worth double the payout, so please keep an eye out for our new arrivals! Other supplies, such as typically banned weapons, are also available.

We appreciate our low rank guests temporarily adjusting their living quarters to accommodate this delightful experience. Extra thanks to you for your generosity! 】

WINDING MARKET

A ROOKERY COMES SPRAWLING

A CHARMING MARKET

► The Rookery floods the main lobby and begins construction on the eve of November 15th. This wandering group of merchants has decided to set up shop! From November 15th through January 1st, the Rookery will be operating a marketplace on the ground floor of the Golden Peacock. This marketplace operates at all hours and does not close.

► This once luxurious lobby has transformed into a rustic market. Wooden shops line the walls where eager merchants promote their wares. These little stores are stocked with handcrafted goods, specialty products, and artisanal treats. Unlike general Golden Peacock establishments, shops in the marketplace are willing to haggle and trade.

► Not all of these booths are occupied. Guests interested in selling their crafts or services are welcome to open up shop. The merchants of the Rookery will also hire resort guests looking for work.

CEDAR AND PINE

► This simple marketplace embraces small town charm. The scents of wood and pine meld with freshly baked bread and leather. The echo of a blacksmith striking metal resounds through chatter and laughter. Shopkeepers call and wave from their booths to lure in potential customers.

► Weather simulation has been introduced to the first floor. Snow falls from an artificial sky dotted with lights. This snow looks, feels, and tastes like the real thing. The temperature correspondingly drops to a brisk chill, so bundle up!

► Merchants decorate their shops with winding ribbons, baubles, and bells at the beginning of December. A massive pine tree graces the central square and patrons are invited to decorate it with sparkling ornaments.

Rumor of a gifting tradition spreads, with merchants jumping on board to offer gift wrap with every sale. If you don't give someone you care about a thoughtful present then you must not really like them at all!

SPECIALTY SHOPS

LIMITED TIME WARES

PREPARE FOR DUNGONEERING

► One of the biggest stores in the marketplace is the armorer's shop. It isn't safe to go adventuring in an unexplored dungeon without protection! Come one, come all. The best armor in town is here. The marketeers in the armorer's shop swear their supplies are the best in the business. Well-crafted! Quality materials! Enchanted to ward off the elements!

All available armor is extremely slutty. Every piece has been styled to emphasize the wearer's assets and barely covers anything. Tight, sexy, and functional. Isn't it a win/win for all? Let those tits battle and breathe!

► Guests that follow the sound of clanging metal will find the blacksmith. The front of the shop offers a basic selection of knives, swords, and shields for purchase. While the quality of these weapons is mediocre at best, guests may not want to pass up the opportunity to purchase a weapon while the house is allowing it.

Weapon aficionados may meet with the blacksmith to discuss enhancing the current selection. Special materials can be found in dungeon chests or collected from monsters to improve weapon quality. Guests willing to collect these materials and have the chips to spare can commission superior products.

► Several leather shops are competing for business. One specializes in enchanted leather pouches, another focuses on offering high quality boots. Leather journals make beautiful gifts. What lasts longer than leather clothing? Nothing! Or how about a leather hair accessory for that person with long, flowing locks?

Those browsing through these many leather shops best keep their wits about them. Not all of them are selling real leather! Some greedy merchants are trying to pass off plastic junk as the real thing. A few bold charlatans willing to lie about enchantments to customers that appear uneducated about magic. Do your best to not get swindled!

DRIED AND BAKED SUNDRIES

► The dried goods shop is the most popular amongst adventurers. Those preparing to head down into the dungeon can't leave without supplies, after all! One can find a broad selection of jellies, jams, preserves, cheese, jerky, nuts, and seeds. While they aren't the tastiest, they'll survive for several days in a backpack, which is exactly what every adventurer needs!

► The universe-renowned baking mogul, Mama Brot, has opened a shop selling her famous pretzels. These soft pretzels, nicknamed breastzels, come in both sweet and savory variations. They are deliciously plush and melt in the mouth. It's said that one bite of one of her pillowy breastzels will send you straight to heaven. Dessert and bread connoisseurs cannot miss out!

Guests eager to get their hands on some of Mama Brot's breastzels have their work cut out for them. The shops restocks with fresh breastzels every morning, but the line to purchase starts queuing two hours beforehand. Supply runs out quickly every time Mama Brot decides to whip up a new batch. Good luck!

► Small bakeries peppering throughout the marketplace kick off December with a flurry of decorated cookies. Guests will find cookies and biscuits cut into different shapes, painted with icing, smeared with jam, and drizzled with chocolate. Hot chocolate booths also pop up, their baristas encouraging guests to gather and enjoy the snow by the center market tree with a cozy drink.

JOBS & QUESTS

A MAKESHIFT TAVERN

CALLING ALL ADVENTURERS: A SLAYER QUEST AWAITS!
Are you looking to make big coin? Do you have the strength and endurance to take on the dungeon? Then we want YOU to join our guild's quest to sLay!

The dungeon is teeming with sexy monsters that need sLaying. All you need to do to sLay is to fuck them real good! Once satisfied, these sexy monsters may drop quality loot. Join in the hunt to sLay and consolidate drops with our guild! We're happy to make trades or buy.

Yaaassss sLay all day!

JOB POSTING ONE! BIG PAYOUT FOR EASY WORK!

I am a pharmacist looking for some brave adventurers willing to go down into the dungeon and collect dongle flower milk for me. I need at least 10 bottles! This is an important ingredient in one of my popular prescriptions. I am not athletic enough to go get it myself and my supplies are running low.

Please deliver all dongle flower milk to the medical shop in the northwest corner of the market. Please note, I need FULL bottles. Do not skimp or I won't pay!

JOB POSTING TWO! HELP A WOMAN'S GROWING BUSINESS!

I am a young lady looking to expand my make-up business. I heard rumors that there's water in the dungeon that could make an AMAZING base for make-up products. But it sounds like it's super scary in there and I don't want to go. Please, someone, help!

You can bring all bottles of dungeon water to the make-up booth in the southeast corner of the market. I'm willing to pay in chips or trade some of my current products. My face masks and nail polishes are really good!

JOB POSTING THREE! PLEASE DON'T ASK WHY!

Hello. I need many dungeon slime cores, so I am looking for everyone and anyone willing to go slime hunting and gather some for me. We can negotiate pay based upon the number of slime cores brought. Do not inquire what the slimes or their cores are needed for.

Please bring all slime and slime core deliveries to back door of the Dried and Baked Sundries shop. Thank you!

JOB POSTING FOUR! I WANT COLLECTABLES!

If you're going into the dungeon, I want collectables. If you find that fabled treasure room, bring me back something cool and shiny. I'm willing to pay good money! I don't care what it is as long as it's hard to get and I can brag to my friends about it.

You can find me drinking in the tavern. I'll be wearing expensive velvet and a tiny hat with a feather.

PULL UP A CHAIR

► As a watering hole for adventurers looking for a place to kick back and relax with a hot beer, the tavern is a hot spot at all hours. Crude and sticky, there's never a dull moment at this establishment! Fights break out every night, drinking competitions are the norm, and it's the best place to gather information.

The tavern doubles as an inn, offering a dozen rooms above the bar for adventurers to cool their heels. A night's stay is relatively cheap and costs only a handful of chips.

► Guests can pick up jobs and quests from the tavern's request board. Postings vary in difficulty and payout. Anyone is welcome to pick them up and they can be completed for as long as the dungeon is active.

► Jobs and quests can be completed through the dungeon prompts below. They may be done multiple times. These job posters need a lot of supply!

► Guests can also list their own jobs and quests to the tavern's request board. While the board is typically meant to attract adventurers for hire, guests can advertise their own services this way. The bartender really doesn't care what goes up. She's too busy breasting boobily behind the counter in a corset that hikes her cleavage against her throat.

A WHOLE NEW BASEMENT

GOOD LUCK, NEW ARRIVALS

A TRENDY RENOVATION

► Low rank guests will be delighted to find that the basement has been completely renovated! Basement and maintenance floors have been converted into a realistic dungeon complete with gray stone, torchlight, and the echo of crawling monsters. Low rank suites have been temporarily adjusted to match the aesthetic.

► The communal bathroom has also been styled into a medieval latrine. Low rank guests can now enjoy bonding together over a communal trench and chamber pots. A helpful sign has been posted on the door advising guests to be wary of slimes coming up through the piping.

► Low rank guests that aren't happy with their living arrangements can check out the rooms above the tavern. They need only chat with the bartender and pay a fee for each night they wish to stay. It's up to them whether or not they think a dungeon filled with monsters or a raucous tavern is better for their beauty sleep.

NEW ARRIVALS

► New arrivals find themselves waking in various locations throughout the dungeon. Unlike low rank guests who have dungeon suites, new arrivals wake randomly in the upper and lower levels of the dungeon. Anywhere is fair game.

► New arrivals are considered dungeon monsters. In fact, wildcards are the number one hunted monster for the extremely popular sLaying quest! They'll have to keep on their toes if they don't want to be sexily sLayed.

► Stepping away from resort standard, wildcards wake dressed to embody their role as an erotic dungeon monster. The house knows that its guests have eclectic tastes, so monster costumes range from skimpy strategically placed furs to full body suits.

► What are dungeon monsters without drops? Wildcards will also wake with a pouch of valuables for adventurers to collect. These items can vary from useful ores, gemstones, and chip vouchers to random items like condoms, vegetables, and shiny rocks.

UPPER DUNGEON

START THE DESCENT

FLOOR 1

Heading down the stairs from the marketplace leads to the first floor of the dungeon. This is where all low rank suites have been condensed. Corridors are generally dry and well lit, with twisting ivy and torches lining the walls. Some guests say that it’s an improvement over the previously dreary, dirty basement.

Only a handful of monsters are brave enough to come close to the surface. The ones that do have low IQs and are easily defeated.

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► Barrels, crates, and chests can be found in corners and intersections. Low value materials, like perishables and basic clothing, can be found inside. This may or may not include the personal items of low rank guests misplaced during renovations. Whoops!

Watch out! Mimic chests love to hide amongst these crates. Opened mimic chests chase nearby guests, desperate to thrust their slimy tongues into any reachable orifice. They’re also quite dumb, happily repopulating areas where other mimics have been beaten. It isn’t uncommon to find a new one where an old one had been just yesterday!

► Sprigs of mistletoe grow over doors and dangle from the ceiling. Nothing happens when someone passes alone. The enchantment is only triggered when two or more people intersect. Those who cross under the mistletoe may find themselves unable to leave its proximity. As if an invisible bubble has appeared, attempts to leave will be rebuffed.

The mistletoe enchantment can only be broken by kissing. Some mistletoe may be satisfied with a brief kiss while others may require its victims to use tongue. Get ready for some smooching!

FLOOR 2

Multiple stairways across the first floor lead down to the second. As guests head down, they will find the temperature dropping and light dimming. The stairwell opens up to a reveal crumbling archways, staggered levels of ruins, and rich moss blanketing over stone.

This dungeon floor has several gaps between ruins and multiple pockets of open space. Old wooden bridges creak in the wind. Leaves flick across, carried on steady breeze. Treasure chests and harpy-like monsters can be found throughout the ruins.

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► Adventurers need to cross multiple bridges to make it to the next portion of the dungeon. However, they will find that they cannot cross these bridges alone. All bridges in this area vanish the moment someone steps out solo. Luckily, falls to the ground are cushioned by a thick blanket of moss.

Adventurers must step forward together, hand-in-hand, in order to cross. Guests that stop holding hands while crossing, hesitate, or mistrust one another will find the bridge vanishing from beneath their feet.

► Wind speeds spike dangerously at random intervals and send the floor into sub-freezing temperatures. During these times, it is advised that adventurers take cover, because they might end up blown away. There are sporadic abandoned campsites in caves and alcoves where guests can wait out the wind.

These campsites serendipitously offer a cozy bedroll. One cozy bedroll. With howling winds knocking out torchlight, the only way to keep warm is to cuddle up and share body heat. Oddly enough, the furious winds only calm down after adventurers snuggle. Weird!

FLOOR 3

Lush vegetation dominates the third floor. Pathways are challenging to follow beneath overgrown flora. Ancient trees twist between crumbling pillars. This dungeon forest is teeming with sexy floral monsters that blend with the brush and provoke adventurers with sensual whispers. Isn’t it amazing how accurate they are in pinpointing your kinks?

Monsters on this floor love to tease and fondle guests passing through. Adventurers cutting through the forest may end up groped by branches, leaves, and flowers. Or more! These floral monsters can get very handsy.

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► Treasure chests can be found throughout the dungeon forest. The floral monsters will try to protect them, but none of the monsters in this area are particularly strong. Wood nymphs seduce guests away from chests and vines will lash out to slap their hands. Chests on this floor are valuable, offering high-quality potions like elixirs and panaceas.

Not all potions are good. Some bottles are decoys that cause unwanted effects. The three most common decoys are love potions, hatemance potions, and flora potions.

LOVE POTION: A magical liquid designed to make the person who drinks it fall in love with the first person they see.

HATEMANCE POTION: A magical liquid designed to make the first person who drinks it fall into hate, coupled with passionate sexual desire, for the first person they see.

FLORA POTION: Liquefied chlorophyll designed to temporarily transform anyone who drinks it into a sexy monster. Monster need not be plant-based.

► An invasive species, the dongle flower, can be found in large number in the center of the forest. This flower’s fleshy petals phallically cone into one another and stand erect from a small cluster of leaves at its base. This flower is mostly known for its milk, which can be collected by pumping its petals. Those unfamiliar with this breed of flora may mistake it for a human penis, but closer investigation will confirm that it is indeed a plant.

Getting to close to the dongle flower comes with risks. This flower is notorious for ejaculating its milk when stimulated. Dongle flowers in close proximity may trigger one another and cause a chain of milk ejaculations. Dongle flower milk has analeptic properties that heighten virility, sensitivity, and sex drive. The more milk, the more potent.

LOWER DUNGEON

HALFWAY DOWN

FLOOR 4

A slope leads the way down to the fourth floor. Adventurers must be careful with their footing to avoid taking a spill because the path is steep and uneven. Why are these stones sticking up so much, anyway?!

Guests not watching their step may end up triggering a trap. After a trick stone sinks beneath their weight, a rumble echoes throughout the dungeon. This echo the ominous prelude to a giant boulder crashing down and rolling after them! (There is a nipple painted on the boulder.)

Those that don’t want to get squashed by the boulder may have to throw themselves off the ledge. Depending on where they decide to jump ship, they will end up in a different chamber designed to test their mettle.

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► CHAMBER ONE: An unfurnished room with no windows or doors. This chamber is deep, making it difficult to try and scale the walls back up to the path. Lone adventurers will end up stuck until someone else joins them, because the trap will not trigger until two or more guests are inside.

Once at least two guests are trapped, spikes spring from two opposing walls. They slowly begin to close in and a booming voice declares: BE EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE OR DIE!

The floor will give way for guests that comply. Those that do not and cannot get out of the room on their own will be spiked. They may escape with injuries or die. If the latter, they will revive in the Broken Wing clinic.

► CHAMBER TWO: This chamber is divided into multiple parallel rooms. These rooms are designed to facilitate a specific kink between the guests trapped inside. They might be furnished with toys or vacant with only a gloryhole in a partition. Regardless, every room has a door locked shut with a bulky padlock.

After two guests have entered a booming voice declares: EXPLORE KINK OR REMAIN TRAPPED FOREVER!

Padlocks will drop and doors will open for guests that comply. Those that do not are doomed to be trapped forever… or figure a way out through demolition. That disembodied voice is going to be really salty when adventurers realize that last option exists.

FLOOR 5

Water commands the fifth floor. Adventurers must tread through dark and damp tunnels that lead into flooded chambers. Pools and rivers run throughout, with some areas reaching depths of 50 feet. Treasure chests are submerged but are worth the effort, offering ores, metals, and rare stones that can be used to enhance weapons with the blacksmith.

Reverse mermaids live in these waters. They enjoy swimming alongside adventurers and spreading their legs to show off how good they are for fucking.

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► Slimes ooze along the ceiling and plop into the water. They float along like jellyfish, but will direct themselves toward adventurers they sense nearby. Slimes vary in size and color, though the majority are small enough to cup between two hands. The mother slime, a giant slime hidden deep in the depths, occasionally appears to absorb adventurers into her gelatinous body.

Small and deceptively cute, these little monsters are attracted to adventurers and eager to ooze all over them. Different colored slimes and their secretions cause various physical reactions. Slimes can be mixed to create combination effects.

CLEAR SLIME: Clear slime is an aphrodisiac that can also be used as a lubricant.

PINK SLIME: Pink slime amplifies shyness and embarrassment.

PURPLE SLIME: Purple slime triggers sexual aggression and sadistic tendencies.

YELLOW SLIME: Yellow slime may enhance dominate or submissive inclinations.

MOTHER SLIME: Secretions from the mother slime trigger a breeding rut/heat. The more contact one has with the mother slime, the more intense the rut/heat.

► The water in this dungeon has unique properties. Adventurers that soak for long periods of time may find their skin clearing up, their hair becoming shinier, and their features becoming dewy and radiant. This water is imbued with beauty magic that intensifies the sexiness of those who drink or bathe in it. Everything they do, even sneezing or scratching an itch, will be tinted in a pink glow of attractive glamor.

Guests that soak for too long run the risk of becoming powerfully distracting. Beauty can be bewitching, so take care to not charm other adventurers into becoming obsessed admirers, lest you become an unwitting Helen of Troy!

Drinking the water comes with an additional potential side effect. The drinker's voice has a 25% chance of becoming hypnotic. They may be able to entrance others or cause them to orgasm through dirty talk alone.

FLOOR 6

Drying off won't be a problem after getting down to the sixth floor! The temperature jumps to a sweltering degree and light glints off silvery glass. Orange and red flicker and dance. Stepping into the yawning mouth of this massive floor reveals a giant pit of blazing fire beneath a twisting mirror maze.

Muscular minotaurs prowl, prepared to kidnap adventurers and whisk them away to their dens. This maze is also equipped with traps and enchantments designed to redirect guests back to the beginning entrance. Adventurers will need to use creativity and ingenuity to navigate this labyrinth while battling intense heat.

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► Guests can take cover in small chambers at maze corridor intersections. These rooms are also sweltering but, happily enough, there are magical air conditioners available! Two plates on opposite sides of the room must simultaneously be stepped on in order to activate the ice enchantment.

Comfort comes with a price. Something strange happens when magic sparks: the adventurers standing on the activation plates have swapped bodies! They won't be able to switch back immediately, either, because the ice enchantment has a cool down period. Their options are to either wait it out or go find another room with an unused ice enchantment!

► Adventurers that successfully navigate their way through the maze will find a long corridor leading to a massive shining door. They've found the exit down to the treasure room where riches upon riches are waiting. Money, money, money!!

Guests that let their guard down while walking to the door may end up shot with an arrow! In classic dungeon fashion, holes in the wall open and launch arrows all the way down to the entrance of the treasure room.

Getting shot by an arrow will trigger lust at first sight! Forget about everything else and look at your fellow dungeon crawler. Aren't they so erotic? Don't you really want to fuck them right now and forget about all that treasure? Or perhaps they're still rocking around in your swapped body. Isn't it suddenly tempting to fuck yourself?

TREASURE ROOM

IT DEFINITELY ISN'T CURSED

FLOOR 7: THE BOTTOM FLOOR

The final floor of the dungeon is a massive chamber glittering with precious gems, metals, and enchanted valuables. Piles and piles of gold coins are stacked as far as the eye can see. Treasure chests line the walls, overflowing with sparkling jewelry. Anyone that’s ever wanted to swim in piles of gold can finally make their dream come true.

Guests can take whatever they can carry. They have to make their way back up through the dungeon with it, so hopefully they came prepared!

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► Brave adventurers that managed to come this far deserve worthwhile gains. Those who enter the treasure room are welcome to pick up special treasures from the following selection. None of these items are game breaking, so players can pick up multiple or mix and match.

ECHO STONE: A small stone that fits in the palm of a hand. When tapped, it sends out a soft pulse that outlines nearby exits, hidden passages, or alternate routes in shimmering light.

EARRINGS OF FATE: A matching pair of diamond studs. If shared between two people, the wearers can sense each others’ location all times.

CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY: Shimmering silver fabric as smooth as water. Wearing this cloak grants invisibility.

THONG OF BRONZE: A bronze thong. Wearing this thong increases power, endurance, and speed, but only when worn alone.

RING OF PROTECTION: A simple gold ring enchanted to protect the wearer. While this is useful during battle, it also can act as birth control and prevent sharing diseases.

CLICK LOCK LOCKET: A simple golden heart-shaped locket. The wearer can open the locket and give themselves temporary body modifications for up to two hours at a time.

MECHANICAL MOUSE: A mechanical mouse that registers its master with a drop of blood. A little friend that can scout, transport small items, and fit into tiny spaces.

BRASS COMPASS: A small brass compass with delicate gears. It doesn’t point north. Instead, it points to the carrier's deepest desire or the object they seek the most.

FEATHER OF FLIGHT: A delicate feather that feels lighter than air itself. Grants the ability to fly for a short period but the user must have it in their possession and activate it. Works in bursts, such as allowing them to jump across wide gaps or avoid a deadly fall.

HAND OF LUCK: A small, silver broach shaped like a human hand, fingers outstretched in a gesture of good fortune. The hand grants increased luck to the user, influencing dice rolls, odds, or even the outcome of risky decisions. However, it only works once per day. When it activates it may make other things worse.

► An iridescent door glitters at the back of the treasure room. Written on an aged scroll pinned to the wall is an explanation that this door can send adventurers home. They will have abandon their companions for this opportunity, because one who uses the door must pass through alone. The scroll explains that the door will only work once within a span of several hours, making it impossible for anyone else to immediately use it. There is also the risk that it will never work again.

Of course, the door isn't really sending anyone back to their world. Guests that decide to take the leap will find themselves walking straight into their suite upstairs. The scroll didn't specify which home!

OOC NOTES

INVITES | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS

▶ BLANKET CW: alcohol; altered states; anonymous; aphrodisiacs; BDSM dynamics; body swap; breeding kink; classic tropes; costumes; cum play; dubcon; death; enchantments; erotic plants; erotic monsters; entrapment; hypnotism; noncon; temperature play; traps; weapons; violence; voice kink

▶ 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 November event and is designed to provide content for players through the mods' December break. The marketplace and dungeon will ICly conclude on January 1st.

▶ 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!

▶ 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

Cale Henituse | Lout of Count's Family | 6♠

[workingslacker]

UPPER DUNGEON

Floor 1

[ By now, Cale has gotten a hold of his necklace, balancing out the different elemental energies that had been threatening to tear him apart. As a fantasy novel fanatic, how can he possibly turn down the opportunity to go into this dungeon? Treasure, or the chances of finding some, is like a siren's call.

He is fully intending to go about this solo. 100%. So he's pretty ambivalent about anyone that is walking around or beside him. Cale certainly isn't expecting any plants mistletoe to be hindering any progress. That's when he smacks face first into that invisible barrier. ]

What the... [ Complete with rubbing is face and then placing hands out to feel out just what might be prohibiting him from moving forward. ] It's a little early to have an obstacle, isn't it?

Floor 2

[ Cale is leaning against one of the crumbling ruin walls, arms crossed over his chest. His gaze is shifted downward, as though considering his options. It's not the monsters that are vexing him. In fact, with a sweep of his hand, the wind picks up and oops! Off the monster goes, landing on the mossy stone below.

The bridge ahead is posing a problem.

As someone else walks up to the bridge, it disappears as well. Now he looks up, head tilting just a little as though he is thinking up another possibility. ]

Looking to get across?

LOWER DUNGEON

Floor 4 Chamber 1

[ Some people would probably laugh at the idea of being crushed by a boulder that has a nipple painted on it. Cale finds the very idea juvenile and exasperating. So far, the dungeon itself has been... Probably what should be expected in a place like this.

His hands are on his hips, looking around at the chamber that he ( and whomever finds themselves with him ) are in. Unfortunately, the trap his been triggered and the spikes are starting to inch ever closer. Be emotionally vulnerable or die?

Cale turns to his "partner." ]

How do you feel about just calling it quits here?

[ Because what is being emotionally vulnerable? Totally the worst kind of trap there can be! ]

Floor 5 ( nsfw: can pick or rng )

[ Cale is here for two things: water and slime cores. On his own, he's already collected some water and has a growing inventory of slime cores. Anyone watching him work will see Cale using a combination of wind and fire to take out the slimes. Easy!

But there are slimes everywhere, aren't there? It's quite possible that Cale might miss one. Or, perhaps, come across someone else affected. ]

Floor 6 ( nsfw option )

[ Anyone traveling with Cale won't find the heat to be too much of a problem. He'll quite readily use his wind to keep them cooled down at certain intervals. For a guy that likes to say that he's lazy, he seems to be working quite diligently to get out of this maze!

However, thing won't always go so smoothly. One challenge that comes up will be plates that he figures out quickly what they need to do. ]

You stand on the one to the left. I'll take this one here.

[ Not that he will be prepared for what happens next! Oh well. Cale's already swapped bodies once, right?

Alternatively, just when he reaches the exit, an arrow catches him. Right in the thigh - ]

EXTRA + WILDCARD

[ Permissions + Kinklist! I'm pretty open to if things happen, then they happen with just about any prompt. If none of the prompts above are what you're looking for, but want something then either reach out on Discord @ verthunder or verthunder. More than happy to roll whatever you want to throw my way or plot something out.

Cale cane be available for just shopping or preparing for the dungeon crawl as well. Those are options as well. ]

Floor 2, the bridge mishap

[greatestworks]

[ And who should happen upon Cale than one of the very men who are likely to get cross with him for wandering unaccompanied into the dungeons?

It’s fine if Phainon does - he’s a seasoned warrior and excellent swordsman (though he can’t say much for the quality of the broadsword slung across his back) - but in his short time here, Cale has been a source of rightful concern for his seeming lack of care for his own wellbeing.

He’s dressed in a scanty chiton fashioned out of a white sheet, which covers only half a torso chiseled by hard muscle and only to the middle of his powerful thighs. His armor is even more abbreviated: just a pauldron across one shoulder and a leather codpiece large enough that, from personal experience, isn’t just for show.

In truth Phainon is mortified. It’s why he fashioned a chiton to go over it in the first place. ] Cale!

[ As expected, he’s marching up with his brow knit in worry, ] Did you come down here alone? Are you crazy?

[workingslacker]

[ If there is someone who can make his calm demeanor crack, it's definitely Phainon. Hearing the man say his name causes Cale's head to jerk up. A visible flinch can be seen because he knows what that look and that tone means.

Cale is wondering if it's possible to not be scolded? At least he's reached the point where he can sort of understand that this is Phainon's way. Not that he understands why it is such a big deal when he, Cale, can certainly take care of himself. There aren't health issues to be concerned about now so why - ]

Force of habit. [ Because yes, he usually does things alone. But that's also because he usually has an invisible dragon flying around him. ] It hasn't been that dangerous. So far.

[greatestworks]

[ Phainon doesn’t treat his friends here all the same; Mydeimos, Stelle, and Dan Heng might have shared their time together in Amphoreus for a while, but the dynamic between them are each quite different. So, too, is it with Cale.

And Cale has (in his mind) a distressing habit of getting in over his head in a way that requires more than his own grit to deal with the aftereffects.

Perhaps irritatingly, Phainon is looking him over as though he half expects Cale to be downplaying his time in what people are calling ‘the dungeon’. ]

You’re lucky this is one of the higher floors. …Why are you here?

[workingslacker]

[ Just about anyone that knows Cale back home would say that he definitely knows how to get involved in things even when he doesn't intend to. Of course they worry for his well being and safety, but they don't typically think that Cale doesn't have the means to handle whatever he gets himself into. That's likely why Phainon's continued exasperation and concern just sort of throws him off.

Not that he minds being thought of as incapable or weaker. ]

It's a dungeon. [ As if that will answer everything. ] What else could I be interested in other than in any treasure or loot.

[ Holla holla it's all about that dolla. ]

Why are you here?

[greatestworks]

[ His motive would seem absolutely ridiculous if… Phainon hadn’t also been filling his spare time with consuming the literary drivel in the library. He’s been working his way through the action adventure fiction section lately.

There’s a shocking amount of dungeon monster smut. No, he doesn’t have any titles to recommend. Phainon pinches the bridge of his nose between his eyes, sighing. ]

I’d be a hypocrite if I condemned your reasons, as I’m here for the same.

[ He hastens to add, because he half expects Cale to get insufferably smug about his admission: ] Well, you won’t get far without help.

But before we do, I need you to promise me you won’t use your power.

Floor 5 (like I could resist)

[philancer]

Head's up!

[ A flare of fire zooms just over Cale's head, enough that he can no doubt feel the heat of it on his skin a moment before it slams into the ooze that was lowering itself down from the ceiling. Almost translucent, it was spread so thin in its slow drop onto its unwary target that another few inches would have had the slime dropping down to land on - and likely surround - the other redhead's head.

The fire consumes most of the outer ooze itself, leaving the unburnable core dropping down to land in the puddle near Cale's feet. Sylvain steps out of an adjoining tunnel, dropping wet from a mishap he'd rather not talk about, but otherwise looking pretty okay for a guy wandering around a monster-infested dungeon. ]

Didn't anyone warn you it's dangerous to go alone?

[ ...says the also very alone guy. ]

lmfao i know i know - what color do you want or?

[workingslacker]

[ Immediately his head turns towards the bright streak of flame, not the caster. Cale's brows raise slightly, watching the slime burn and melt away to reveal the core. Rather than make a fuss, he casually crouches in order to pick up the little item that he's seeking. Only after standing up does he regard Sylvain. ]

Ah, but I'm not alone, now am I?

[ Since Sylvain is here too. Cale only really looks feeble and weak. Well. He'd say that he's weak too but Cale thinks he can handle some slimes. ]

You're looking a bit soggy there, Sylvain.

[philancer]

[ He really hopes you can handle what you might stumble into down here, because otherwise they're gonna have Very Serious Words. Which is really ironic, coming from the king of recklessness himself.

Cale's observation isn't wrong, though. In fact, Sylvain almost seems to be glistening from the water currently clinging to his skin, droplets beading in a way that catches the eye and plays with the light down here - dim though it might be. Not that he's realized that yet - he's more distracted by the current threat of slimes. ]

You're lucky I wandered this way, then, hmm? And it's just a little water, at least. You were about to be coated in ooze.

[workingslacker]

[ Cale might be a little distracted by the the way that the water is causing Sylvain to glisten and sparkle a little. Did Sylvain just fall into the water somewhere along the way? Wouldn't surprise him...

It's also distracted for Cale and if there are more slimes shifting? He doesn't see them. ]

Just a little water? Sylvain, you're absolutely soaked. If you catch a cold don't look at me to nurse you back to health.

[philancer]

[ There might have been some wrestling involved. He's not going to say who won. Mostly because he's not actually sure.

He waves off the concern, though, because this floor is positively temperate compared to the windy one upstairs. And it's a welcome relief after the flaming hot one. At the moment, it actually feels pretty good. Just really... moist. ]

It's just water. It's not even cold down here. I'll dry soon enough. [ Probably. Right? Does magical water still dry after a while? he sure hopes so.

His attention on Cale as he approaches the redhead now, he doesn't have a good vantage of the slimes Cale was hunting before, either. Hopefully the one overhead was the last of them? ]

Floor 6, plates leading to arrows

[indigently]

[ At first, he thinks that plates have made them switch positions in the room. Their height difference isn't that great, and in the immediate wake of the change, he doesn't really feel any different.

And so it's not until he looks across to Cale again, only to see himself standing there, looking back at him, that he realizes what has just happened.

Sort of.

His eyes lift, and he looks down at his hands, his clothes. ]

I... [ Oh, his voice is different. He frowns. ] Well. This is new. Cale? Is that.. still you?

[ At least it's cooler now. And... he's pretty sure he can see the exit door open in the distance, too. So now they just have to figure out how they're meant to fix this. ]

[workingslacker]

[ Cale stands there, frowning for a moment. Wait... Is that the sounds of his - ]

Kaveh?

[ That's his voice isn't it? And this is - He looks down at his hands, frowning even more. It probably looks really surprising, seeing those expressions on your face there Kaveh. Just like it's something seeing his own features look so expressive. ]

I think. We've switched places.

[ Not that this is hard to figure out. But the real issue? How do they return? ]

[indigently]

[ Kaveh nods. Looking at himself like this, seeing the expressions on Cale's face that are so unlike his own... it's uncomfortable in a way he's not sure he could ever express.

What's more uncomfortable though is the sudden surge of energy running through him as he adjusts to the body, an energy unlike anything he's ever felt. It's brimming at his fingertips, aching to escape him—and yet there's also something holding it at bay, locking it in place.

Uncomfortable, he lifts a hand to the necklace he's now wearing, not realizing that it's the protective lock he's feeling. Right now, he's not even thinking about how they're going to get back—he feels weird. ]

We have. I... Do you always feel like this?

[workingslacker]

[ For a moment, he thinks that stepping off of the switch will cause them to return to their proper bodies. That's not the case, though, as Cale makes his way closer to Kaveh.

For a moment, he's not sure what Kaveh is referring to with that question. The other looks a little. Unsettled. Fingers brush the necklace, and Cale isn't sure that he likes those expressions. Cale himself isn't the most expressive person so -

Oh right. ]

I've gotten used to it. Just don't try to use any of those powers while you're in my body. [ "My" as though he owns it... ] I don't see a reason why you would but it might drain you a little.

[indigently]

[ He listens in silence to Cale's explanation, frowning slightly. "Those powers"? Of course, he hasn't known Cale for all that long, and hasn't seen a display of the powers in question, so he's a little confused—and concerned, given the way he can feel the energy all but lighting him up. It's almost, he think, how it feels when he uses his Vision, yet stronger, and mixed, and chaotic. He fiddles anxiously with the necklace for a moment more, not understanding its purpose but liking the strange feeling of balance all the same, and then sighs, dropping his hand to his side.

It's so odd, seeing his own face wearing the other's less emotive expressions.

He crosses the remainder of the room to him—to himself—and his brows crease into a frown. ]

We should consider trying to step on the plates again. It seems that that's what made us switch. Theoretically, it should do the same a second time.

Floor 1

[relentlessbeauty]

[Venturing into the dungeon at some point was a given; being stuck in the resort for so long hasn't yet made him apathetic to the changes regularly made. Part of that is certainly a matter of willpower, but he also attributes seeing the Roost in its mustiness and disrepair for being aware of just how bad the resort could be.

The possibility of prizes or treasures somewhere along the way is also understandably appealing.

Similar to Cale, he fully intends to see how far it's possible to go without relying on others. So it's very surprising when they both end up running into that invisible barrier, eyes narrowing as he reaches out to touch it again.]

Did you happen to touch anything?

[When in doubt, question the other person.]

[workingslacker]

[ Prizes and riches are always going to be appealing. Cale is a little too much of a fantasy nerd for it to be otherwise.

Hearing Vil's voice ( a first time, despite a couple of text conversations ), he turns to look over his shoulder. Russet eyes narrow just a little, if only because why would he have reason to touch anything? ]

I didn't touch anything. It's probably some kind of trap or puzzle that needs to be figured out.

[relentlessbeauty]

[Rather than reply outright, Vil reaches out to touch the barrier, murmuring words to reveal just how far the barrier extends around them with a faint sheen. It's very bubble-like, extending to the ceiling above them and a short distance behind. Making the situation even more annoying is the fact that they've reached a spot in the dungeon without any obvious obstacles or furnishings beyond some vegetation growing off of the surfaces.]

Wonderful. And the answer has a fair chance of being lewd.

[workingslacker]

[ Despite the fact that he has Ancient Powers, Cale is no mage. However, that doesn't mean he can't figure out what is going on here. Sometimes he wonders if it would be handy to be a mage.

...Hmm. No thanks. That would make him "too important to be ignored" in many cases. Instead, Cale considers their bubble-like barrier. ]

More than a fair chance, I would say. [ But he's looking around them until his gaze lands back on Vil. ] I don't suppose you could whisper a few more words to figure out the source?

floor 4

[paperpusher]

Awfully on the nose, isn't it... [Said partner in the room with him is wearing an awfully odd mask, four of the six eyes open; the topmost eye and the one on the left immediately beneath it are closed, giving it a lopsided appearance. There also don't appear to be any eye holes in the mask, just solid black paint for each of the pupils. Natori still seems to be able to see out of it anyway, because after directing his aside towards the ceiling he angles his head to look at Cale in turn.]

Haha, I get the impulse, but unfortunately I swore an oath to protect people. [He did no such thing. Emotional vulnerability hour is already starting off with a flippant comment.] So I can't allow you to do that to yourself! 

[workingslacker]

[ It's definitely a choice, that's for sure. Cale has no idea if the mask is something of a fashion statement or if there's some kind of story behind it. He's also not going to ask. Getting too curious only invites people to become curious in return.

And Cale has already been struggling to keep people at an arm's length as of late. ]

If you swore that kind of oath then you must feel comfortable going first.

[ And while his company does, Cale can try to figure out another way to get out. ]

[paperpusher]

Probably should've seen that coming, [he mutters to himself, half under his breath. It's not that he blames Cale for looking for another way out instead of jumping to spill his heart to a stranger, but... well, it's important to have a backup plan, and it would be extremely stupid for Natori to be so stubborn that it gets someone else killed. (Maybe if it was just him...? No, even then it's a needlessly stupid thing to gamble with.) And besides... he touches the edge of the mask on his face. Two birds with one stone, right?]

Alright. I want to protect people with my family's techniques because I want to make something out of the abilities I was born with. [Does he need to provide more context? Probably, so he adds:] My family was an exorcist clan until the ability to see spirits died out, and they quit the business rather than join up with another clan. I can see, so I started it up again.

[None of this was particularly vulnerable, though; he doesn't even need to feel around to tell that the mask hadn't accepted it, which means that the room probably wouldn't either.]

But sometimes I wish my ancestors had just given in and joined another clan for protection, so the choice could be out of my hands.

[That one did it. One of the eyes on the mask springs open. Natori waves it aside without even waiting for Cale to comment on it.] Your turn.

[workingslacker]

[ Yeah. Unfortunately, he should have seen that one coming. No matter how you spin it, when you talk about sharing things... People aren't always so willing to offer up what they have experienced. What surprises Cale is the fact that the other man would actually share without a fight.

Protecting people... How is that a vulnerability though? Cale doesn't seem to think so either as he folds his arms over his chest. In fact, he's about to say that when Natori provides that additional context. So it's one of those "I am doing the thing but sometimes I wish I didn't have to." Maybe some guilt associated with it?

No further elaboration is going to be asked for either. Cale isn't the sort of person to ask unless the person is near and dear to him. But what to offer in response - ]

I don't like involving myself in other peoples' affairs. [ That won't work either and he knows that. Cale is just getting there - ] Because, as it happens, once I know too much I can't stop myself from getting involved too deeply.

[ Which... Is the truth. One that he doesn't like to acknowledge - the fact that he actually cares a lot though he doesn't parade that around. He prefers to be thought of as some arrogant asshole. The room, however, seems to accept this answer. The gears slowly grind to a halt - ]

[paperpusher]

[There's still an element of uncertainty to all of this-- Natori can share his half, but it still leaves his fate in the hands of the other person in the room. He could be as vulnerable as he liked (or strongly disliked), but it's clear by the way that the spikes are still moving closer that they'll both need to be vulnerable for this trap to stop. It's entirely possible that they could still end up dying, if this guy is stubborn enough. Getting one more eye open was a silver lining, but a very small one.

Thankfully, he doesn't need to worry about that. The person he's with has enough self-preservation to speak up in turn. At first, Natori pays more attention to the grinding sound as the room accepts both of their responses; it's only once he's seen the walls stop that he thinks back over what Cale had said.]

Haha, one of those, huh? [The sort of people who shut themselves away because they can't help but get involved otherwise. Natori doesn't think he falls into that category (he's wrong) but he certainly is familiar with what it looks like from the outside.] Well, it looks like that--

[did it, he doesn't say, because suddenly the floor drops out from underneath them to dump them right into the damp tunnels of the fifth floor of the dungeon. Natori lets out a very startled yelp as they fall, landing ungracefully on his ass in the grime.] --Eugh. Are you alright?