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TDM 010: PARTNER UP, PARTNER
| TDM 010: PARTNER UP, PARTNER |
00. Arrival This time, you come out of the water, the Nameless Island's own inherent energy drawing people in. It's like being suspended between realities and abruptly pushed from behind through a rift in dimensions. It may make you sick, or that might be the motion of the ocean, lifting you to the surface 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. Feel free to explore the Island, though there isn’t much to see. Most of the buildings are abandoned and in dire need of repair, and beyond the city lingers a thick fog that obscures much of the wilderness from view. Wander too far into this fog, and you will find yourself mysteriously looping back to where you began, your memories of what you were doing and how you got there erased. With that in mind, it may be wise to stake your claim on a rundown apartment, a tent on the beach, or a bed in the “comfortable” barracks. Your inventory will be found a day later, wrapped up haphazardly and delivered to each person's makeshift home. I. Laid Bare Basics There is a new addition to the scenery at the beach, and everyone is welcome! Especially new arrivals, who will be ushered to the recently-established Laid Bare Spa, where (provided they don't slip away from the bots' helpful grasp) their uncomfortably wet, sandy clothing will be stripped away and they will be lovingly pampered by the cold metal hands of the resident robots. Long-time Islanders and newbies alike are welcome to enjoy such amenities as hot and cold baths, sauna rooms, scrub-downs, thorough whippings with birch brooms, skin treatments, massage and energy work, and more! All rooms are thoughtfully decorated with tasteful murals of naked and disrobing bodies. Maybe you'll see someone you recognize?! (Maybe you'll see... you?) Islanders who happen to find their clothing mysteriously missing are welcome to borrow a Laid Bare branded towel to cover up with on their way home. II. Tattoo to You, Too The Augur understands that sometimes, it's difficult to find a partner to indulge you in those favorite Auspicious Acts - especially for new arrivals, but surely even long-time residents could benefit from a little assistance now and then. That is why ever-benevolent entity has gifted Her precious Islanders with tattoos which feature their most secret, urgent, and/or shameful of desires! (Even if that desire is to simply complete a Bingo.) The tattoo may be a picture or a word, and it can appear anywhere on the body. At first it is pleasantly warm to the touch, like a soft glow of light on your skin. It soon becomes apparent - through either robot advice or a notification on your communication device - that your task is to find a match for your tattoo and complete the depicted act with that person. The longer one goes without completing the act, the more the tattoo seems to heat up, until it feels like it is burning into your skin. Take too long, and the tattoo may become permanent. Otherwise, the tattoo will fade within hours of completing the Auspicious Act. [ For TDMers: feel free to select any favorite kink for this prompt! If you complete a kink that doesn't appear on your card, you may switch one square for the completed kink. For current players: by participating on (tagging into) this TDM, you may switch one kink into your card (it must be the kink in the toplevel prompt you responded to). ] III. Creepy Crawly Caterpillar Crawl Are you on the hunt for credits? Then have the robots got a task for you! The 'bots of the Nameless Island are recruiting Islanders to go bug collecting in the caves, crevices, and hollowed-out logs of the wilderness. The quarry? The (shudder - literally, the robots will shudder) doom-summoning harbinger bug. They describe these creepy creatures as fat, fuzzy, and rainbow-colored, with long, fluffy antennae that look like rabbit's ears. The robots describe these critters as so dangerous that Islanders should only hunt them in pairs. Should your team return successful, you both will be rewarded very handsomely for every caterpillar caught! The bugs are typically very docile and seem to enjoy soft pets, judging by the cooing and squeaking noises they make (especially to scritches behind their "ears"). Poke or disturb them however, and they may bite! Body parts bitten by angry caterpillars will swell up cartoonishly, and can only be treated by having someone else suck the venom out. Good thing you're traveling with a partner! The 'bots strongly recommend against keeping these little buggies as pets, but they're not your dad. N A V I G A T I O N |
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Fuck off - I got 'im. [ Duo dismisses their robotic baby sitters with a stern look and a less than friendly welcome. Of course.. he's none too pleased about being kidnapped to this place in the first place, but the pushy treatment sets the former Deathscythe pilot off faster than anything else can hope to.
He knows what he'll have to say in answer will probably disappoint the blond, but he's also not going to lie. ]
Trowa.. is the only one not here now, actually... [ There's a grimace on his face for a moment, but it doesn't last long. ]
What's the last thing you remember before you got the ocean dunk?
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Everyone is here? Even Heero and Wufei? We hadn't seen Heero in some time. We destroyed our Gundams and I was planning to return to space.
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Yeah. Sally, Dorothy, Zechs, Relena ... and Trieze. I have yet to see Trieze, though. [ that little detail is the most improbable as Treize Kushrenada is dead in their world, which he’s sure Quatre will remind him of soon enough. He’d thought the same when he’d been told the first time. ]
Yeah... I was out spacin’ and helping Hilde with the scrap yard and then ... I’m here. And Heero ‘n them are tellin me I was here before and then I was gone ... [ Duo stops; sighs, and shrugs his shoulders. It’s a lot. And a lot of things have happened since of a particular nature that he’s sure Quatre will probably pick up on soon enough. ]
Heero, Relena and I are posting up in a place not too far from here. I can take you to clean up and stuff if you want.
We can talk more about everything on the way or there or whatever ..
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If you were here before...has there been other people who were here and left and don't remember?
[Has Quatre been here before?]
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I ... never asked. [ he’s been busy, okay? Maybe not with bomb building or anything to that effect, but it’s still being busy. A man has to earn credits to make his way in this joint after all, and he’s only been staring at Heero Yuy for far too long for years now. ]
But I feel like Heero of all people woulda told me if anyone else had been here before other than me.
It’s been ... an adjustment. Though that doesn’t seem like strong enough words ..
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We've dealt with tough situations before. We can work through this.
[He is about to go in for a hug--because in this friendship hugging happens--but the itchy weight of his clothes stops him.]
And I think getting somewhere to some clean clothes would be a great first step.
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Yeah. I feel a lot better that we’re all showing up.. slowly but surely. Though...
[ Duo pauses, then, and gestures for Quatre to follow him. One thing at a time. First they would get Quatre clean and comfortable. Then they could visit the hangar - ]
Wing, Scythe and Altron came along with us. So after we get you cleaned up we should see if Sandrock showed up too.
.. Nothing has turned up wrong with Deathscythe in all my checks. It just makes me wonder what’s going on here that they give us weapons like gundams and don’t worry about it.
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Sandrock? All of them? Whatever brought us here rebuilt our Gundams?
[Quatre is more concerned about what purpose Gundams would have in this world.]
Is there a war we are expected to fight?
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Yeah, seems like. And not a thing I can find on Deathscythe is different. Even has my somewhat not-to-par repairs still in place from before the self-destruct sequence. [ Duo has enough memory to know exactly what condition his Gundam had been in prior to them deciding to destroy them to move forward into peace. Had Duo 100% wanted to do it? No. But he'd done it anyway in good faith for the future or.. something like that. Anyway. Long story short - it's more than slightly bizarre. ]
I don't know. Neither does Heero. [ Duo says it with unusual seriousness, casting a look over his shoulder to the other pilot with a little furrow in his brow. ]
I guess the best we can do is be prepared either way and see what happens.
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Do you think we can go there after we visit your house?
[He tries not to sound too excited--to urgent--but he doubts he does as good a job at it as he would like.]
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Yeah, Quat. [ Duo smiles in that soft way that’s reserved for his fellow pilots and a select few others. Of course, he’d show Quatre to the hangar right now if he wasn’t wet and sandy. ]
I figure if you weren’t wet and all that you’d wanna go right now, but ... thankfully with Relena and I there Heero’s got more than like. Eight in one body wash and one towel.
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A little part of him wonders if Trowa will show up, with everyone else being here, but then he tells that part to kindly shut up and not wish such things on his friends.]
Yes, I think removing all of the sand and...whatever else is in that water is safer, no matter how curious I am. Maybe we'll see Heero and Relena there.
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[ Duo would be happy to see Trowa - put at ease by the proximity of all of the familiar bodies and people. If they can all sort of live communally it might.. oddly feel like a less strict safe house and Duo is not 100% opposed to that, necessarily.
Still.. it isn't fair to wish people here and he knows it. ]
Maybe. I can always call 'em, too.. [ He smiles, softly, a little tension leaving his shoulders unbidden. ] I know this is probably bad but... I'm really glad to see you, Quatre..