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

rei | nu: carnival | returning character/player

[expereiment]

upper dungeon

floor 3 - potions
[rei's eyes are nearly sparkling at this treasure trove of potions. he's stuffing his pockets full of them as he opens chest after chest. what a welcome back this is! so many mysterious liquids to experiment on! so many potions to pour down quincy's throat!!! this is excellent. who knows how many breaththroughs he'll discover with all of these free samples.]

Oi, you grab some too. [he doesn't even look back, too interested in looking at the potions shimmering in their bottles. perhaps during the bottle collection, you accidentally break a bottle. or perhaps you're so ticked off by his demanding attitude, you just pour it over his head in revenge.]

floor 3 - plants
[and what kind of scientist would he be if he didn't investigate the weird plantlife in this area? additionally, what kind of scientist would he be if he didn't have the proper protective wear? of course, he doesn't have any so he'll have to supervise.

he has a barrier over his face and is using his magic to slowly cut the plant at the base. it causes the flower to ejaculate, but because of his precautions, it doesn't get on his skin. it does, however, set off a chain reaction that his companion may get caught in :)

not that rei particularly cares as he carefully dissects the flower to take back with him and study. he does tsk in annoyance at having to wipe his barrier so he can actually see.]

lower dungeon

floor 5
[continuing this dungeon-exploring-turned-scientific-venture, rei is taking samples of all the various slimes. he has a small wind spell in continuous use so the slime doesn't actually get him, but he keeps them close enough that he can scoop a sample of it slide it into one of his many bottles he got from the other floor.

but rei is not all-seeing! he may not see a slime coming toward him from behind, too immersed at collecting a sample from the slime in front of him. in any case, he's not totally paying attention to anything other than collecting samples... so do what you will hehe.]

wildcard

[ooc | my two years of hell is finally kinda coming to a close? i actually have some rp mojo back now so jumping back into the game!]

floor 3 - potions

[ceaselesslabor]

[He's managed to make it all the way up and then back, so at least he's not clad in his ridiculous snake outfit for the new arrivals that seems - oh so annoyingly clingy. The trousers and shirt combined with the staff make him look like some sort of starving-artist wizard, but really, he's just a small man with a big mouth.

So when he's asked to get the potions, he hesitates because:]

How do you know what they do? [He isn't a scientist. He's an investigator.]

[expereiment]

I don't.

[he finally looks at his company - and doesn't even hold in a snort of amusement. rei lucked out with something resembling a mad scientist. though perhaps his company is glad to not be a scantily clad fairy or something.]

Though if you're volunteering to be my test subject, you won't go unrewarded.

[ceaselesslabor]

[Arthur is very glad to not be a scantily clad fairy. The boots he had on do have a bit of a heel, though the trousers hide just how far they go up.

He eyes him a little warily, kneeling down to take a closer look. He isn't lucky enough that any of them would be labeled.]

Sorry, friend. I'm not the sort to drink random potions from a chest unless I'm really desperate.

[He picks one up, turning it over to inspect the bottom, perhaps looking for a clue as to what it might be. Unfortunately, the lid, perhaps intentionally, is not as tight as anticipated and it spills out over his hand and onto the floor. With an immediate gasp of disgust, he shakes his hand, sending the droplets flying, as if that might dispel any unwanted effects.

And that's how he finds out that it tasts a little like citrus.]

Ugh...

[expereiment]

[a couple droplets fly at rei and land on his skin. he sighs, pushing his hair back. he hadn't planned on getting caught in this place's shenanigans, but he supposes this is par for the course when it comes to the resort. at least he should get some good data from this.

he smirks.]

Guess we're finding out whether we want to or not. Wanna take bets on what the effects will be?

[standing up to his full height, rei is pretty tall... around 6 feet, so the tiny little wizard is more entertaining to him than it ought to be.]

[ceaselesslabor]

[Arthur doesn't quite have to look up to see his face, but there's no real dignified way to do this except step back.]

Fuck.

Did you at least categorize it somehow first? Write down...what it looked like?

[But of course he would write it down. Arthur has, in his life, never seen someone so confident and capable. Of course it was only Arthur's own clumsiness that caused him to falter. He can fix it, though. Because this man, the love of his life, deserves to know the truth about what he's been studying.]

[OOC: Rolled the dice for love potion, lmk if you'd like to switch it!]

[expereiment]

Yes. Luckily, I saw it before you spilled it everywhere. [said in amusement.

he brings his hand up to sniff at the potion residue on his skin. citrus. interesting. he jots that down as well. he doesn't feel any effects despite it getting on his skin, though? at least so far. so perhaps it needs to be consumed in order to work. he writes that down, too.

he looks back at arthur]

Are you feeling anything from it getting on you?

[ooc | that's fine! <3]

[ceaselesslabor]

No, I don't believe so.

[He moves a little closer, just a step, just a hair, trying to look over the notes.]

You must be quite brilliant to have these. [He reaches out to put an arm on his.]

[expereiment]

[rei pauses as he looks at arthur. another moment of consideration. and then he writes down: subject appears to demonstrate feelings of affection

he is absolutely taking advantage of this either way. he smiles, gently, playing it up.]

Oh, I wouldn't say brilliant. I just like to dabble in this kind of stuff, you know? [he tucks his hair behind his ear.] What are some things you're interested in? I don't want to just talk about myself all day.

[ceaselesslabor]

[There is no love potion strong enough to make Arthur Lester divulge information outside of the basics. Not even the person he is actually in love with gets anything without working hard for every scrap of available information.]

I'm an investigator, mostly. I take on private cases. Missing persons.

[He leans against him.]

But - but I could hear you talk about yourself all day.

[expereiment]

[he jots that down. it sounds innocuous enough that just giving that much should be fine. but rei never just settles for what he's told. he's about to work as hard as he needs to to dig for more information.]

Now that sounds like it takes some smarts. Missing persons? And do you use any magic to help you with your cases?

[he looks away "shyly."]

Ah... I'm just an average salaryman. [a big fat lie.] Nothing really interesting.

[ceaselesslabor]

[Arthur's laugh is light and playful. He has never laughed like that in his life. He doesn't realize that it sounds over the top, even as he begins to stroke the other's arm. He wears only one glove, the other exposed to the potential threats of the potions, but the glove is thin and one of his fingers, the pinky, might feel - odd as it moves along his sleeve. Stiff and wooden.]

You aren't a scientist?

[expereiment]

[nice dodge of the question. rei is taking a more mental note of that one. if arthur allows, rei will "innocently" take hold of that gloved hand. just two lovers holding hands right hahahah!]

No, just a hobbyist. Though I guess this place seems to think otherwise. [gesturing at his 'mad scientist' getup.]

But you're like a little wizard. Gonna put me under your spell?

[ceaselesslabor]

[Arthur would normally flinch away from someone taking his hand, that hand especially, but the potion makes him slow and silly as he stares dreamily up at him. The finger under the glove, the pinky, is indeed wooden, like someone replaced his finger with a stick. Which, in a way, is exactly what happened.

He feels light and easy, just happy to be here in his presence.]

I don't think I need to.

You said you would give payment for trying the potion. What payments do you have?

[expereiment]

[very intriguing. there's a story there that rei will hopefully be able to suss out. it needs to be gradual though. especially since he doesn't know how long the potion's effects will last. even with the potion, this guy has been a bit dodgy. so it'll definitely take some work.

at the mention of his 'reward,' though, he gets an idea.

he can sense magical energy through semen (don't ask). he turns to face arthur, gently leading him back towards some kind of wall.]

Well- I don't have much money. But- I am very good with my mouth. [smirk.] What do you say? Will that suffice?

plants! remembered CR ok? 👀

[worldbent]

[Thankfully, having already found out the hard way just how these plants operate, Matoba has a parasol with him to block (most of) the splatterings of the sensitive flower heads as he strolls to give them another look. A good thing he thought to do so, since it seems someone else has beaten him to the punch and gotten them all in a tizzy already.]

[Upon lifting the bullseye-patterned parasol once the flowers are spent, he takes a glance at the damage done to the parasol- ah, one of the flowers was a good shot- and then sweeps his line of sight across the field to the culprit, snipping at a flower head.]

[He squints an eye briefly as recognition filters in, then brightens his smile.]

Oya. It's been some time... Studying a new manner of seed today, are we?

hey!!! and ofc!

[expereiment]

[rei is experienced enough to keep still while snipping the bulb despite the sudden but familiar voice. he makes sure to wrap it in a strip of cloth he'd found elsewhere in the dungeon and carefully slips it into his mad scientist coat pocket. the dungeon has jokes.

it's only then does he stand and turn to matoba, a smirky smile on his face at the man who gave him quite the unforgettable orgasm back then. hard to forget a man like that. rei also remembers he's kind of a freak covered in so many vicious scratches hehe]

I'm a man of many curiosities, after all. Though these flowers aren't nearly as interesting as other specimen I've examined in the past.

[he wipes some flower-cum off his barrier-visor.]

So - what brings you here to the bukakke forest? Here to "study" them too?

[worldbent]

Hmm... This place is just full of surprises, isn't it?

[Matoba agrees, although he isn't thinking of himself in anywhere near the same league as some of the fauna this place has gathered. There are far more interesting specimens, indeed. Given the amount of time since then, he wonders just how many this man has gathered to his collection...]

[Matoba shakes off his parasol a bit and closes it half-way; it's waxed paper, so he'll need to clean it, he thinks with a wrinkle of his nose before glancing up again.] I'm afraid my reasons for coming here are far more mercenary. There is someone paying a very good price for their extraction up in the bazaar.

[And, frankly, he'd had some other experiences as to how they could be used ... He'll thank a more uncouth mind for that one, though.]

Although, I do find myself a bit curious as to what they are collecting for. Perhaps you could give me some ideas? Is there better business to be had here, do you think?

[expereiment]

[he had quite a bit... but then he got turned into a statue womp womp. but rest assured rei will gain it all back, even if he's now the complete opposite of his previous rank. how fun!

rei raises an eyebrow. money? damn, and rei's just doing this all for the love of the game. the game being heavy experimentation and probably toxic chemicals.]

Hm - well, I'm collecting them for research. Thinking they'll make good aphrodisiacs or stimulants considering how easy they are to trigger. Though the guy may just be into bukakke. Haven't really seen what these things do when in contact with skin, but I can't imagine it's anything tame.

[and he's not about to find out! especially not in the middle of specimen gathering!]

Surprised to find you in the weeds like this though. Surely you have enough money on your own, yeah?

[worldbent]

[Samples may fade but knowledge is forever....]

[And Rei's knowledge seemed as though it could prove quite useful in this place, when they had first made arrangements. It bubbles to mind that perhaps he ought to see what else the man has learned about their surroundings since they first had their "exchange". Much more interesting than his current project...]

Aaah, most of the fauna grown in this place seems to be cultivated for aphrodisiac properties, doesn't it? I've encountered a number of such plants lately. I've had to assist some of our fellow players in becoming entangled with them. Although I admit, I fail to see why cultivating such a variety of them would be useful. [He glances back towards Rei, perhaps seeking further elucidation.] In the end, it's all fuel to the same fire, no?

[Carefully, Matoba kneels down to examine one of the flowers that had managed to escape "shooting off" yet. The heads of these penile flowers were quite solid. Solid enough, perhaps, to penetrate...?] Money makes the world go round, even here. Although I'm not exactly hurting for funding, you are correct... It was a pretty convenient excuse to get a closer look at what they're peddling, though.

[He suddenly snatches one of the flowers up, a quick tear of the plant out of the earth, and holds it away from the other flowers (and himself) so as not to disturb the rest. He pauses... pauses.... waits to ensure that he won't set off any more reactions....]

[And holds it aloft.] An intact plant might be worth more than the payout for the milk... What do you think?

floor 5

[workingslacker]

[ Cale, on the other hand, has been collecting cores. That's not to say that he hasn't had his own little bit of bad luck with getting distracted -

But that just means he's a little more aware when someone else is distracted. Though there is always the option to miss one too. That little wind spell seems to be doing a good job. Until it's not. Thankfully, Cale's energies are balanced so the little spark of crimson at his fingertips that becomes a bit of flame targeting that wayward slime won't be causing him to have a coughing fit.

The poor thing will erupt in a swirl of flames, though, so Rei might be feeling a bit toasty right there despite the cooler, damp clime. ]

Maybe I should start charging for every rescue.

[expereiment]

[rei snaps back into awareness, looking up at whomever's speaking to him. he then sees the spatters of slime that near missed him, and he scoff-laughs. man, he's really losing his touch! he's grateful, despite not really seeming it, because this place is a pain and who knows what kinda sexy shit that slime would have made him do.]

My hero.

[he says sarcastically, but with a smirk-smile. that's just how he smiles, sorry.]

I can't pay you, but maybe I can give you a reward anyway. Even if I didn't exactly ask to be saved. So what do you want, hero?

[workingslacker]

[ That's how Cale smiles from time to time. Rather, his genuine smiles come off a little smirky rather than something bright and cheerful. Regardless, this place is a pain and the House must really like putting people through their paces.

At least that's one slime dealt with. Any others... Well. That's to be seen. ]

Your welcome.

[ Not that Cale had actually been doing anything for a reward - not that he'd turn any down. It's just that this is a face that he hasn't seen before so he doesn't really expect anything. ]

You might think differently if one actually touches you. Or maybe you don't find an altered state to be that much of an issue. [ Who is he to judge? ] If you want to repay me, you can just tell me what it is you are up to.

[expereiment]

[rei looks up and sidesteps a slime that attempts to drip down onto them. unlucky for the slimes, they're dealing with two attentive (normally for rei anyway...) men. they'll have to do better than that.

rei is definitely not new to altered states, that's for sure. but usually, it's on his own terms and under strict, monitored conditions for research purposes. he usually doesn't enjoy the resorts' various games. so he is grateful, but he's not about to convey that.]

Collecting samples of the slimes for later experimentation. [he lifts a vial and shakes its contents.]

You seem to be collecting something else yourself, yeah?

omg that typo is staring at me and i want to shake it

[workingslacker]

[ Cale is also ( normally ) quite attentive. One doesn't casually make themselves into a living bestiary and not be observant. So it will just have to be stroke of bad luck or a slime being particularly clever in order to get him ( and Rei ) caught unawares.

Though he can't say what sort of experimentation Rei would need the slime for? There's a chilling thought, really. Just what does one do with secretions that will cause various kinds of effects? The one that causes either dominant or submissive traits to come to the forefront are what raises a bit of a concern for Cale.

Not that he'll show that. Instead he'll just display a core with a smile. ]

There's someone requesting as many of these cores as they can get their hands on. That is the sort of payout that I can really get behind.

[ So he's just greedy! ]