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TDM 003: #BEACHBUMS

I. BEACH

Welcome arrivals, new and old! The skies on Erku may be perpetually gray, but the weather has taken a sudden turn to summertime heat. Fortunately, soaring temperatures have chased away more of the strange fog that conceals so much of the island, unveiling a charming, sandy cove dotted here and there with rustic love shacks. These shabby little lean-tos are dusty and sparse, but they provide everything one (or two, wink wink) might need for a little relief from the sun. Just don’t wander too far... that fog has memory-loss properties.

II. DRINKS

The 'bots are very apologetic about the whole fog incident, and they are trying to get on the new arrivals' good sides by giving out fancy drinks. Of course, they still haven't mastered the art of making things properly, so each drink has a little something... extra.

Geloso: Has a slightly bitter, yet refreshing herbal taste... and it will make you feel inexplicably envious of virtually anything, to a petty degree! Be it someone else’s shoes or their incredibly muscular physique, you’re jealous enough to tell them about it!
Colpito: Fruity and sweet like candy. If you drink this, you will feel hopelessly infatuated with the very next person who catches your eye!
Vivace: Delightfully tart, with a flavor somewhere between citrus and raspberry. This summery drink will fill you with bubbly energy. Whether you’re feeling flirty or just mischievous and playful, you’ve never felt more alive!
Verace: Creamy, earthy, and a little nutty - the flavor is hard to describe, but delicious. After drinking this, you’ll feel strangely compelled to spill something you’ve been keeping a secret, no matter how incriminating or embarrassing.
Conoscere: The robots are especially excited about this flavor! They’ve heard organic beings enjoy chocolate, and hope you like their first attempt (it’s a little bitter, but it is chocolatey). Those who drink this will feel incredibly confident and sensual. Better yet, if you share it with a partner - which the 'bots encourage you to do - you’ll find that every touch is enhanced, and every sensation is shared between the two of you. A lucky few may even be able to sense one another’s thoughts!

III. SNACKS

Lo! As you ask, the Augur shall provide. Thanks to the efforts of your organic predecessors in restoring the planet’s Eros energy, edible fishes and seaweeds have returned to the ponds and the shores of Erku. If you fancy yourself savvy to basic survival skills, why not fashion up a fishing rod and catch yourself dinner? Just be careful if you happen to hook one of the octopus creatures from the deeper waters - they can be quite forward with their tentacles!

Or, if primitive angling isn’t in your repertoire, you can always trade some credits for a tasty catch from one of the food stalls along the coast. Most stalls are manned by 'bots, but there’s nothing stopping an enterprising arrival from setting up shop. No credits? No problem! The robots have also provided a bit of entertainment, and any volunteers to man the kissing booth, get dunked in the wet t-shirt dunk tank, or grill up some fish - among other opportunities - will find credits automatically loaded onto the payment app of their bracelet devices. The 'bots are recruiting especially hard for participants to work in the gloryhole tent!

IV. SPARKLES

As dusk descends, the white sands of the beach suddenly come alive with glittering lights. It’s as if the darkened waters have carried a thousand shining stars from the depths of the sea to the shores of the cove. In actuality, each little twinkle is a bioluminescent plankton or jellyfish! Feel free to wade among them and admire their shine; even the sting of the jellies won’t hurt you... though they do pack a different punch. The tentacles of the jellyfish elicit a powerful aphrodisiac response, which gets the heart racing and the blood pumping for an intimate touch. The effects come on within a matter of minutes, and last for a few hours. Only time will relieve the symptoms, but a partner will help to make it more bearable.

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N A V I G A T I O N

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The armor. It's the armor.

There's a girl her age a little ways across the beach stall, sipping a very pink drink (fortunately for her, nothing extra in it) with her chin in her hands.

And she speaks up when Pyrrha notices her. "Sooo... armor at the beach, huh? You sure you wouldn't want something a little more, I dunno, comfy?"

Pyrrha blinks at that and looked down at herself. She hadn't even thought about the fact it wasn't exactly suited to the beach.

"Oh, this was just what I was wearing when I ended up here. I hadn't thought about changing. Do they sell clothes more suited to the beach here?" Not that she had a lot of credits, but it would make sense to have a few more sets of clothing.

She takes a sip of her own drink, while she waits for the other girl to answer.

There's a very slight wince from Rise in response. "Suited to the beach, yeah," she answers, her tone careful as she chooses her words. "It's just..."

There's a slight trailing off. "Uh, let's just say that they're definitely no good in a fight."

Or, indeed, covering up anything beyond the pure essentials.

Pyrrha tilted her head in curiosity "Well it should be fine. I know civilian clothes aren't ideal for fighting in, but this place hasn't proven to be all that dangerous." other than that octopus and even that was more grabby than anything.

"Still there are worse things than a swimsuit. At least you can move around in those. I couldn't imagine fighting while I was wearing a dress."

Ah. She hasn't gotten it.

Rise steeples her fingers together. "Well, would you say you're comfortable with your body?"

It feels a little weird to just come out and say 'shit's skimpy, yo,' but she might have to be more direct if dancing around the subject doesn't work.

Okay now this was starting to sound a little suspicious.

"I... suppose I'm comfortable with it. I don't have any severe difficulties with it." Then something bubbled out she didn't expect "Although sometimes people treat me as less feminine due to my physical strength." it came out naturally but she really didn't mean to say so much.

Her face turns a little red and she tries to shake it off "I... think I get what you're trying to say. I'm not going to exactly be able to pick the style of swimsuit, am I?"

Ah. She's caught on, at least. Rise gives a sympathetic wince-cum-shrug. "Prooooobably not, though I'm betting we can at least find one with a proper top."

She slides closer to Pyrrha, and by that, we mean she slips off one stool and moves several stools closer so that she doesn't have to talk over the bar. And now that she's here, she reaches out to touch the other girl's biceps. "Oh wow, you weren't kidding, you've got great definition," she says, ignoring that she's completely invading Pyrrha's personal space.

"What's your workout routine?"

"I see," her face was heating up already just from that the thought "It still wouldn't hurt to look. If nothing else it would be something else to wear while washing what I'm wearing." She had all of one outfit right now after all.

Really she should be used to people invading her personal space by now with Nora being her roommate, but it still catches her off guard. Especially since Rise is feeling her bicep like that.

"U-um.." words Pyrrha, use them. "I'm a huntress in training, so I do a good bit of combat training along with more traditional exercise like cardio and swimming when I can get access to a pool."

Sorry, being here's already done a little bit on her personal space invasion, and she was never great about that in the first place. "Oh yeah, I can totally tell," she answers. "You've kinda got a swimmer's figure, a lot of really lean muscle. Honestly, I'm kind of jealous; dance gives you a little like this, but not anywhere close to the same."

She pauses. Something this girl had said... a Huntress. "So, one of those like... monster-hunting school Huntresses? That wouldn't happen to be what you do, would it?"

"Oh you're a dancer? I don't know if I could ever be that graceful." she replied in turn "but if you want tips on exercising I wouldn't mind." It wasn't like they were doing anything else here.

The question seemed kind of weird. Of course she was that kind of huntress. What other type would there be?

"That's right. I was going to Beacon to be a huntress." She tried not to think too hard on what was happening at Beacon when she was last there.

Hmm... it seems a little unlikely. After all, she hasn't met anyone she knows, and there must be a billion different worlds out there, so how likely is it that two people come from the same place? Huntress is pretty generic, after all.

Still, she wonders. "Don't suppose you know a Yang? Tall, pretty buff, really great hair. Like, serious shampoo regimen."

Pyrrha perks up at that name and especially when Rise described her "Oh you know Yang?! Yes, I'm her classmate." Knowing Rise was familiar with Yang put her a little more at ease as well.

"How do you know Yang? Are you a friend of her's from when she used to go to Signal?" This was the first time she had spoken with someone from anywhere other than her own world so she had no real idea.

"Oh! You do know her!" Rise perks up at the affirmative. Well, that makes it easy.

She shakes her head at Pyrrha's questions, though. "Nope, I met her here. She helped me get a collar off, and I returned the favor. Then we ran into each other again at the baths."

Actually, this is an excellent opportunity, she realizes, to get an answer to something Yang had seemed embarrassed about. Rise is nothing if not a little nosy, after all. "So these collars had like... embarrassing little descriptions of us on them, you know?"

"Why was hers 'Pussy Chaser'?"

"I see, well I'm glad you both could help each other out of a bad situation." She replied with a smile,

Pyrrha was just about to ask about the collars when Rise not only told her, but had an unexpected question for her. Rise would be able to see Pyrrha's face turn several shades of red, clearly knowing the answer.

"That..." she trails off trying to think of a good way to say this.

"There's a Cat Faunus girl at our school that she's obviously very taken with, I think it's a vulgar reference to that if I had to guess."

Then compounding Pyrrha's embarrassment she blurted out something she hadn't expected herself to say "I'm a little jealous of them... I hear they're both here. N-not that this is the way I'd want it to happen, but the person I'm interested in isn't here and... I really want him to be."

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