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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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(Incidentally, he definitely parses Nein as 'nine.')
"And what about the non-guys?"
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"Not all of them are probably into that, but enough are." She adds a little wink.
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Matt chuckles, returning the wink with a quick grin.
"Well, if I've gotta be stuck anywhere I didn't plan to go, it sounds like it could be worse."
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"Last time my friends and I were in a pocket alternate dimension thing like this, there were angry magical golems and this giant toothed worm thing. So, yeah, I'm a little okay about the fact that they only maybe expect sex out of us."
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"Giant ... toothed worm thing?"
Totally beside the point, but would a toothed worm not be a snake? Or was it more ... segmented? Yikes. Matt moves on.
"Yeah, I did catch that drift." He shakes his wrist. "I even have a to-do list, which I guess is considerate of them."
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"It was intense. Anyway."
The less said on that one, the better. Moving along.
"The cards are weird and not... completely easy? But I guess once you know what you're doing it's easy enough to check them off. Get cool shit for it, too. Mind you!" She holds up a finger. "Not saying it's better than getting shit by our own free will and action, but it's kinda cool."
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"No, ah, I get you. It's ... you can appreciate something for what it is while still knowing it's not, you know, ideal."
A slight pause, as he ponders his own sexy to-dos. They all seem straightforward enough to him, but sex means different things to different people and that's trebly true for kink.
"What kind of cool shit exactly?"
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Like she had totally made the most of learning from Dairon, even though she hated the reasons why she had become a part of the Cobalt Soul.
She shrugs in response to the question. "Apparently, some of my friends have gotten their spells back. Other people have gotten enough food of certain types to be able to field a garden. We got a house. It's survival stuff, but the house is sweet and being able to feed people without expecting sex is nice."
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A small smile.
"No matter what, we always have ourselves, right?"
Which is, to him, a little bit more than having one's force of will and ego. It's the gifts of the universe: a body that converts oxygen to carbon dioxide, whose cells regulate and replicate. Tongue that tastes, skin that absorbs the world's manifold sensations. That's a bit heavy to say out loud, though.
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"Exactly, man," she says, reaching out to punch him lightly in the shoulder.
"Hey, you still need that extra towel?"
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"Oh, yeah, I would--anything that covers me would be great."
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"There you go," she says with a smirk. Then she looks to the golem (robot).
"Alright, buddy, I'm expecting a hell of a massage here."
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But he doesn't see it coming!!!!!
It takes Matt a moment to jerk his gaze up to Beau's face. His own is pretty bright red, in stark contrast with the towels draped around his neck and middle.
Recovering somewhat, he shoots her finger guns.
"Well--thank you. For the towel, and everything. I'll let you get to it, and I'll--"
Say something that's not "congratulations on your six-pack."
"--Catch you later."