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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 kiss broke and her eyes flicked open, her expression caught somewhere between confusion and disappointment and more confusion.]

Uh.

[So eloquent. Just give her a moment here. She sucked in a breath and seemed to mentally regain her balance before she offered the other woman her somewhat emptier glass back. And she was definitely still blushing.]

It was...[She had no idea what the right word was here.]...Nice?

[She said it like a question, but more directed at herself than the blonde. Look, she was new at this!

[ Now, was that confusion and disappointment over no longer locking lips with Elle? That might be a good thing. Elle grinned at Velvet's confusion and talent at choosing her words.

Elle took her glass back, but kept close to Velvet, hand still on her shoulder as she took a long drink. And then a longer drink. Might as well... finish it? ]

Do you want... uh, hold on...

[ Gulp. ]

To make sure it was nice?

[Velvet just kept holding her own drink, and the way she had it gripped it wouldn't have been hard to believe she'd pretty much forgotten it was there until she actually watched Elle taking a drink from hers. And even then it took a few moments to actually register. Right. Drink. She took a smaller sip from her glass, her gaze still steady on the other's face. She was staring, wasn't she?]

I...

[Another sip of her drink, her weight shifting faintly against the tree. Okay. Now that the first step had been taken, it felt less...intimidating, somehow? Less like a boulder and more just a rock she'd probably trip over a few more times. Which was something she was much more used to. So she actually managed a little grin, with some real confidence this time.]

...I think I do, yeah.

[ Elle just tossed her glass. Amazingly, it didn't explode into fragments! Because leaving broken glass laying around would be super impolite. Normally, staring was pretty impolite too, but under the circumstances - and coming from someone as hot as Velvet - Elle could let it go, or maybe enjoy it, or maybe heat up a little from the attention.

Another shift, closer, pressed them together; heart pounding at how their bodies felt together. ]

...go ahead and uh. Touch me all you want, too.

[ Elle offered, and laughed nervously, and muffled her nervous laugh by pushing up again and meeting Velvet's lips with her eyes closed. ]

[Velvet's eyes shifted towards the shimmering glass as it fell, combat instinct drawing towards fast moving objects, but only for a second before they were tugged back by the feeling of Elle stepping closer to her. Right up against her. Oh that was also a nice feeling. Huh.]

Touching. Right, because I-

[Whatever else she was going to say was cut off as the kiss resumed. Right. She needed to stop worrying so much. Was that the drink talking or her brain? Eh. Whatever. Instead she just let her attention once more settle on the feeling of the other woman pressed up against her, the warmth of her skin, the texture of her lips. After a few seconds she let her own glass drop to the sand, spilling what was left of the drink. Alas.]

[Touching had her thinking way too much about her hands too, so she just let them settle on Elle's hips, one bandaged, one smooth, probably a slightly odd contrast.]

[ No more combat instincts. Just lovin' instincts! Elle was flying by the seat of the pants she wasn't wearing, but she was pretty confident that she understood: kissing, and grabbing asses, and touching boobs. How hard could it all be? There was just this woman right here, so warm, and soft, even if Elle could feel, this close, that she was strong too.

Her lips parted a bit, now, testing a deeper kiss out while she pondered the contrasting hands on her body. Those bandages weren't anything she needed to ask about - too personal, right? Burns could be pretty nasty if that was the deal. Didn't really matter for... this stuff, anyways. ]

[Velvet still didn't know what she was doing, but she could feel instincts she didn't actually know she had starting to kick in a bit. So maybe it didn't matter? Kissing was kissing, whether it was a boy or a girl, but she hadn't expected it to be so...soft? Maybe that was a girl thing. She certainly didn't mind it at all.]

[Her bare hand moved up to rest against Elle's bare back, fingers curling lightly against her spine, as she seemed to lean more into the kiss at the same time she was drawing the other closer, somehow. And she kept trying to match the other's motions with her lips, at least until it started to come more naturally.]

[ Somehow, people figured out this kissing thing, that it was fun and a productive use of their time. And really hot. Elle didn't exactly have an hourglass figure, but she was still soft, curvy - a woman. Two girls fit together really well, it turned out; and she was getting a lot more action here with a girl than she had with her actual boyfriend.

Oops!

Elle's back arched at the touch, pushing their bodies together, the height difference squashing her breasts up under Velvet's. Velvet's improv isn't a bother either - it's how you learn, and Elle was only a little bit experienced, only just enough to 'lead' anyways. ]

[It was more action then Velvet had ever gotten, so Elle had that going for her (which was nice). She shivered as Elle pressed up more against her, or maybe was pushed up against her was a better term? Velvet was definitely holding her more tightly than she had been. Or even meant to be. She was stronger than she looked.]

[And she might have noticed if she wasn't so focused on the kiss. Whether it was her, or the drink, she still didn't know, but she wanted this. And her motions were matching that, lips moving in a way that could almost have been described as hungry, not taking the lead but definitely pushing at the edges of it. Not that she would know what to do if she did get it. But the daemon blood in her seemed to enjoy this enough that the kiss was almost turning a little rough.]

[ Aw nice, it always felt good to have a leg up on someone. Velvet was strong, and Elle could feel it, but she was in control even if Velvet was catching up a little. That was turning this a touch rough, actually, but she was getting into that, nipping at Velvet's bottom lip.

The mood made it too easy to fall into this. Elle had never thought of herself as the kinda girl who just got it on with anyone, and now she was grabbing at Velvet's thighs, tongue flicking out into their kiss. It felt good, like she was living her best life doing just this. ]

[Nipping at Velvet's lip earned Elle a sound from deep in the dark haired woman's throat, though it would be hard to guess if it was a purr or a growl. Her grip tightened more, tilting her head to the side so she could further press into the kiss. She didn't really know what to do with the sudden arrival of a tongue, but she tried to match it with her own. Although the texture was strange. A little voice in her brain pointed out this probably had something to do with taste, and that wasn't going to do her any good.]

[She tensed up as she felt hands on her thighs, a shiver running through her body at the unfamiliar sensation. She wasn't sure anyone had touched her legs like that before, even in a more normal context. And it set off an alarm in the back of her brain about what exactly was happening and where they were, though she ignored it for now.]

[ A purr, a growl - it sounded nice. Elle kept the frenching on the easy side, just letting the tip tease Velvet instead of shoving it into her mouth. It wasn't like she knew how to get to that point elegantly anyways.

And she wasn't sure how far she was actually going. Already, it felt like she'd been here too long, and touching Velvet was exactly where she wanted to take that influence, but it could definitely turn into... too much? ]

[It was hard to say what exactly pulled her from the moment. A change in the kiss, the hand on her thigh, just the nagging voice in her brain continuing to push at her, but eventually Velvet's grim on Elle loosed some. And after another moment, she was pulling back away from the kiss, her head thumping against the pole behind her with a soft thud.]

I...

[She was panting, trying to catch her breath, and her expression was caught somewhere between embarrassed and frustrated and uncertain.]

[ Was that where the limit was? When Velvet backed off, she let her, and pulled back a little as well - looking up, curious, mildly concerned. ]

...you okay?

[Velvet nodded for several seconds before her eyes opened, and she drew in a breath through her nose.]

Yes. I'm just.

[She trailed off, trying to look for the right word.]

A little overwhelmed.

[ Elle waited. Both hands returned to Velvet's hips. ]

Sorry if I'm uh... too much.

[ Looking her in the eyes, curious. ]

Kinda practicing on you, honestly.

It's not you. [Velvet said, meeting her gaze as she regained her composure.]

It's...all of this. Everything about this place, everything they want us to do, everything they seem to be convincing us to do.

[Velvet was very, very bad at doing what she was told.]

[ Elle shakes her hips side to side nervously. ]

I don't like it... but I'm good at getting by.

[ Getting bossed around sucks but sometimes you gotta survive. ]

[For some reason Elle shaking her hips made Velvet smile again, maybe because her hands were still resting on them.]

Me too. I am more than willing to do whatever it takes. I just...

[She was clearly still a bit embarrassed.]

...I've never actually kissed anyone before. This is just...a lot.

Don't rush yourself just for my sake.

[ Elle blushes, and giggles and smiles up at Velvet. ]

It's kinda nice getting such a cool girl's first kiss, though.

[That just made Velvet groan, but in an amused, embarrassed sort of way, her head rolling back against the tree.]

Worse people to give it too, I suppose.

[She offered with a faint smile, not managing to hide her ongoing uncertainty and nervousness.]

Y-yeah there are.

[ Elle's cute and nice! ]

Heh. ...you done now? I can be done.

[Velvet gathered herself up, mostly mentally, but visibly straightening her shoulders, before she nodded.]

Yeah. I think so. For now.

[She hadn't meant to say that last bit, and looked away in frustration again. Stupid brain.]

[ Elle straightened up and stepped back. ]

For now.

[ That got a laugh out of her. ]

Not like I really know what to do going any further than that with another girl. ...so, good pick.

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