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TDM 004: WASHED ASHORE
| TDM 004: WASHED ASHORE |
Arrival  This time, you come out of the water. While the Augur reboots, the Nameless Island's own inherent energy draws people in. It's like being suspended between realities and walking through a rift in dimensions. It may make you sick, or that might be the motion of the ocean, lifting you and carrying you to shore. Waterlogged and covered in sand, new arrivals will be greeted by robots who welcome them with towels and bracelet devices. The A5 card is already loaded up. Inventory will be found a day later, wrapped up haphazardly and delivered to each person's makeshift home. I. Feel the friendship!  Recent arrivals and visitors to the beach may notice a sudden influx of hundreds of bright red crustaceans crawling (and coupling) across the sand. It's crab mating season, as it turns out, it's a regular invasion! To keep the beach a pleasant place to gather for the island's inhabitants, the robots are offering credits to especially enterprising crab-catchers. Grab a bucket and get to work! Be sure to watch out for their pinch, mind you. Their little claws are tiny, but that doesn’t mean they don’t hurt. Surprisingly, there is another effect that even the robots don't anticipate: islanders who are pinched by the crabs find themselves feeling instantly buddy-buddy with the next person they spot. Did you just become best friends?! Get pinched one too many times, however, and those feelings may sour into a crabby mood, indeed. If you are feeling particularly vengeful (or just hungry), the little crabs do make for delicious gumbo. Once cooked, they have no side effects whatsoever. II. Phallus Phestival  Although the Augur is offline and supplies are scarce, the robots of Erku are still eager to make their run-down little island a welcoming place for the new arrivals. To that end, they have arranged a three day festival to boost morale and promote the generation of plenty of Eros energy to assist in the restoration of the damaged and decayed parts of the city. The robots claim that this celebration was once a cornerstone of the long-lost civilization of the island. By the dawn of the first day, every island resident will find at their doorstep (or tent flap, mobile suit, etc) the traditional costume of the ancient islanders to wear to the festival. It appears to be... a giant sheet? There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to the sometimes garish colors and patterns of the fabric, but at least the robots have uploaded instructions on how to wear it to your bracelet device. Attendees will find food (mostly crab-flavored), confections, and household necessities in rather suggestive shapes, as well as goods you might find handy to complete your A5 squares: sex toys, pervertibles, sexy maid outfits, and the like. While islanders are welcome to set up shop on the festival grounds and sell (or charge) whatever they like, all items from the robots are offered up for free to those who wear their traditional island garb! III. Fireside Adventures  Each night of the festival is wrapped up in style with an enormous bonfire on the beach, where drinks, fruity cocktails, and lively music appropriate for dancing is all provided at no cost by the robots. Even if you’re not usually much of a dancer, the longer you stand by the fire and allow it to warm your limbs, the more you feel like moving! Not only that, but everyone is looking quite beautiful by the firelight, are they not? If you’ve grown tired - or if dancing just isn’t your thing - you might prefer to sit back and swap stories on one of the many driftwood log benches the robots have prepared for seating. Or, maybe you’d prefer to rough it for the night in one of the beachside canvas tents. Better claim one quick, though, or be prepared to share… there’s only one sleeping bag! N A V I G A T I O N |
arrival.
[He nearly leaves Kadaj to lay there on the beach bemoaning the absence of his lost mother when he recognizes the figure laying on the sand. He had brought Dark Nation out here so she could run and stretch her legs but now she stays close to him, ears pitched back and teeth bared in a silent snarl.
Rufus could almost feel pity for him. Almost.
There is no fear as he approaches though he gestures for Dark Nation to stay where she is behind him. He knows full well how dangerous Kadaj is and despite their last encounter, Rufus isn't afraid that he's by himself out here. Yazoo is already here, he's not surprised Kadaj has followed.]
All alone. It looks like your dear mother has abandoned you.
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The words were secondary to Kadaj's feeling of unjust cruelty. A good son should have known... Those words surface a higher threat to Kadaj than those delivered to him now. Rufus. Rufus. Shinra. )
Do.
Care?
( His voice is low, croaked even, but there is slight merriment in his tone, and his eyes display some illumination of excitement. )
Such words from you mean nothing when you are guilty of patricide. Family means nothing to a Shinra heir.
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[Perhaps he felt some sort of regret over the methods he had used in the attempts against his father but he would not deny that he had wanted his father dead. And given his relationship with his half-siblings, the Shinra family was not exactly known for close, loving relationships between each other.]
Mother and I got to spend some quality time with each other. It's a pity she did not grace you with her presence.
[Behind him Dark Nation growls but stays where she's at when Rufus gestures for her to stay behind him.]
You must have disappointed her.
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( Kadaj's voice is light, his lips smirking, and his eyes ignited with excitement. While Rufus' words were meant to strike him, he can only find them delivered with a profound sense of inaccuracy and missing the target. )
( Kadaj was still riding the overwhelming wave of acceptance, which swept him off into the lifestream. While Rufus was correct in that Mother was not in this world, Kadaj left Gaia fulfilled with completion. No longer feeling inadequate, due to the fact that Kadaj was successful in his purpose. )
𝗛𝗮.
( Kadaj's self-actualization leaves no room for pity, or perhaps he would feel sympathy for Rufus and the blond's lack of family values. Rufus was merely an obstacle for what had come to pass, and Kadaj considers Rufus' interventions an annoying delay, but unsuccessful in stopping Kadaj from his calling. )
I am the only successful son.
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[Perhaps he would find a way to return but Rufus would do everything he could to prevent that no matter what it took. He had sacrificed a great deal already, that would never stop him.]
I wonder what you'll do now without her.
[He wasn't going to mention Cloud, he wasn't that helpful. Besides, he's sure Kadaj will find him eventually. Have fun with that, Cloud.]
How much have you been told about this place?