TDM 001

[erkumods]

TDM 001: TFLU

( 1 ) After leaving the teleportation chamber, you are gently coaxed out of the hospital and encouraged to find a place to stay. Maybe you've had time to check out your A5 app. Maybe you're just settling in. It's cloudy, overcast, cold -- you'll want to seek out someplace warm. Also, your device is beeping. A lot. The tech on the island works, it just doesn't work right. You can't seem to send a message to the correct person. It's time for... Texts From Last Universe ( 2 ) What's this? Your bingo card has just been beamed to a stranger's inbox...?! ( sample A5 cards -- NSFW, may contain triggering content, please feel free to use/ignore as you see fit) ( 3 ) And now you're receiving messages from other users that they don't remember sending: Nice shirt. It would look better on my floor. 10/10 would ride it into the sunset. This user thinks you're attractive. u up? 🍆 ( 4 ) Once you figure out that the robots have been hacking your devices, it's no easy feat to track one down and demand they stop. "So The Augur wills!" they wail in a monotone. "So it is done!" Any attempt to actually contact The Augur and get back into the hospital will be met with beefy robot bodyguards, who suggest taking a gentler approach to fix your devices. If you know what they mean. Wink. (This is your overt kink prompt. Please label any threads accordingly.) Note: All prompts are optional. The theme for this TDM is "malfunctioning devices." They can be fixed by indulging in the squares on your cards. For the sake of the TDM, you can use one of the pre-generated examples or a wildcard from the kink list. This can be used as a free bingo square completion once you have been accepted into the game. Players are welcome to wildcard their own TDM prompts; we only ask that you try to stick to the theme. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● N A V I G A T I O N

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[smoulder]

[ you don't have to spread the misery! ]

Why would I talk to you about that when I don't even know you???
And no
Are you sure you aren't just hoping for a specific person?

[raucous]

( 😬 the most pity )

No, I'm just that good.

[smoulder]

[ stop he'll fite u ]

Of course you are
Looking forward to having you single-handedly save us all then

[apodictic]

[ being angelo is just being angrily miserable tbh ]

How should I know? People have been sending me weirder things over text. It is unacceptable.

I have verified that the person I need isn’t here. I don’t need to hope.

That being said, I have preferences. That shouldn’t be so difficult to understand. I would’ve entertained the question if you were, but then I have follow-up questions as well to see if we’re compatible enough.

[pancakechi]

Do they?

Which ones can you even possibly consider?

[warpedtour]

( fate. lol. nyx doesn't know about anything like that, it seems like such a farfetched idea. so, all he does is huff a noise in response.

he doesn't move as the other man moves closer, but he does just keep an eye on him, not letting his guard down, but not being overly defensive. at the gesture, he looks at the bow and arrows for a moment before giving his attention back to the man himself. allies are always helpful and he doesn't seem like he's bad news — at least just yet.

it's weird, of course, what the ai are asking them to do. whoever heard of such a thing? but, well, there are worse things to do. so, he shrugs a little then sticks out his hand. )

Sure, why not? ( what harm could it do? ) I'm Nyx.

[mcvillain]

I don't particularly care what your name is.

[McGillis refuses to cow, to her or to anyone else. In fact, he holds his head all the higher, in clear and pointed defiance.]

State your business. As I've made clear to some of your cohorts, I have no intention to quibbling with you, so long as you stay out of my way.

[raucous]

( oh ya. he's totally scared. )

Hey, it's a tough job but someone has to do it to save the purity of children such as yourself. There are things worse than fucking to make sure people have something to eat.

[smoulder]

I'm not a child

[ insert broody batman line i haven't been for a long time ]

Isn't it more childish to readily believe what you're told by the very things that kidnapped you?

[illicitly]

[Huaisang sighs heavily, shoulders slumping.]

I was in the middle of something really important.

[The Discussion Conference. Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji had not wasted the opportunity to search for evidence that Huaisang had given them by using himself as a decoy to keep Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen distracted with tending to his own 'drunken' state. Huaisang had done his best to restrict the movement of Nie Mingjue's sworn brothers as long as he could but his eventually had to release Jin Guangyao and hope for the best. Given the ongoing revelations about Jin Guangyao's treasure room and character and Qin Su's shocking suicide, Huaisang had to pretend to faint to protect his own cover. Of course, he'd continued to listen to everything happening around him but commotion had abruptly stopped.

And when Huaisang had opened his eyes, he'd been in an unfamiliar barren room.]

The Augur spoke to me, too. It said that performing certain acts here could bring us fortune.

[Which Huaisang could use a little of if this place had left to spare after they're finished doing whatever this place needs doing. He fully intends to play along with anything this strange place throws at him if that's what it takes to bring him one step closer to home. It's taken him ten years to close in this much and he's not about to let Jin Guangyao slip through his fingers after coming so this far.

He holds up his wrist.]

Do you know what this bracelet is? It keeps beeping.

[Maybe if they examine and poke at it as a pair, they can figure it out together.]

[smoulder]

[ cool, they have that in common. ]

Having preferences is one thing
But you're not really believing what those things told us, are you?

[raucous]

( 🙄 )

Who says I blindly believe it? Guessing you haven't done anything yet to say something so stupid. Find someone and check off a square then get back to me.

[apodictic]

I have tried a rather simple act of intimacy (read: handholding, est. 2 minutes with a blond?) and was duly rewarded by a robot with extra rations.

I’m not interested in hitting all the squares in my card, but there are ways to test it, if you’re feeling reckless. If not, there is always the option of being patient and observing results. That’s understandable.

If we are to continue talking, it’s prudent to exchange names. I am Lt. Angelo Sauper. If you don’t have a rank, call me Angelo.

[withinreach]

But you're stuck on Earth, with a bunch of humans who probably don't even believe aliens are real?

[smoulder]

[ mako is silent for a moment, thinking back to what he can remember of his "card"... yeah. yeah there's definitely nothing tame enough for him to risk testing out. but angelo makes a good point about observation. mako hadn't realized others may have simpler squares. finding someone also engaging in hand-holding should be easy enough.

anyway. the other's rank immediately puts mako in his place, even if subconsciously. ]

Nice to meet you Lieutenant, even if it has to be this way
I'm Mako [ sorry, he has no last name ]
I'm not part of the military back home, but I'm a detective in the police force

[mcvillain]

[Finally, Ruggie gains some ground, in the sense that McGillis shudders at those nips to his neck. It's a weak spot, a cursed vulnerability for sure, but he can't help it. Especially when he's bedding someone with such infectious energy. He's cute, he called it right from the start, and that sassy streak only endears him all the more. And especially that pretty please.]

Of course.

[Well, that didn't take much convincing at all. It might be fun to have a pet, he thinks. And certainly a pet as charming as this one. Shameless to the end, he rocks into Ruggie's grip, more than hard enough but greedy for whatever contact he can wrest from those dainty fingers.]

I told you before, and it remains true. I have no desire to hurt you. So what position would be easiest...?

[He asks that, but shoving him onto all fours and having his way seems most appropriate.]

[withinreach]

I'm guessing it varies. That's just some of them, I've got more. Did you want to see the whole thing?

[smoulder]

I'm not just going to pick up some random person and check off a square like it's a grocery list

[ especially because!! none of his squares are all that tame! ]

What did you get?

[bowned]

[ leon's smile turns sweet as he slides his hand into nyx's for a firm shake. ]

Leon.

[ he gives that hand a little tug, silently coaxing the other to stand and join him on the ground. they can't very well check off squares on top of rubble...

or rather, leon would hope not to have to. ]

Have you ever been with a man before, Nyx?

[apodictic]

It’s alright if you’re not. I provide my rank because there are other officers here, too. We may not be in our own worlds, but that’s no reason to give up on what is normal for you. Mine happens to be a regimented lifestyle and I am proud of it.

And where is home for you, detective Mako?

[blossomingviolet]

Well, I was thinking when the weather is a little better, that it may be worth trying to explore as much of this place as we can and see what information we can find on our own. There may be some clues to what could get us home as I, too don't want to be here too much longer as well.

Yes! I admit in the beginning I hadn't been fond of how they went about things but I guess you could say I warmed up to them and what they were doing to help others.

[withinreach]

[ He was a rebel too, but the Resistance is something else. ]

When I did go back, it just wasn't the same, you know? The universe keeps moving on with or without us.

[smoulder]

Yeah, I think I get what you mean

[ granted, it didn't always used to be that way for him. growing up in the streets, working more than 40 hours a week to support him and his brother, gambliing in underground fighting tournaments... his past is a far cry from the life of a detective that he lives now. but despite having been on the wrong end of the bars before, he has to admit the structure and order (and purpose) of being part of the force are things he's quickly grown accustomed to. ]

My brother and I live in the capital of the United Republic of Nations, Republic City
He's not here though

[ he'd checked. twice. ]

What about you, sir?

[grudged]

[Char doesn't let go of his hand.

It's not like it embarrasses him, or even that he wants to hold on. It's more like Angelo has, if only briefly, caught a comet in his orbit. He feels as though he doesn't have a choice, even though he doubts Angelo would insist. He feels as though that, if he did let go, he'd let go of that future promised to him. The future he doesn't want to see, but must, because he'd swore he face it no matter what.

Don't you hate me? he wants to ask. He's not the captain he'd been hoping for, not the man he'd been praying for. He's depressed, disappointed, and angry. He made that much clear. So why would he insist upon decorum? Was it simply a desire to draw closer to that legend? Maybe if he came close enough, he thought he could touch just a trace of that Char he knew. The Char that was most important, the only Char he would ever recognize despite the fact that there was no second coming without the first.

He's silent on the trip back. There's nothing to say, really, nothing he can do. Angelo decided to pull him along, so he's pulled, out of his orbit and forced down by gravity.

The hangar is strangely quiet, once they return. No one else lingers about, at least not for the moment, and that's probably for the best. His Zaku stands tall and proud, but next to the Rozen Zulu, it felt... small. Inadequate. Paling in comparison to that future, to the beautiful Rozen Zulu, nearly a match for its beautiful pilot. Especially with those deadly claws.]

YAMS-132... so that's your designation, huh?

[All stored mechs had basic info available, easily accessible from the device. No trade secrets, though; he'd have to rely on Angelo for that.]

It really does seem quite suited to you.

1/2

[raucous]

( lbr. they're probably mostly tame, he's just Too Pure™ )

What the hell do you think everyone else is doing? Nobody wants to live like this, but you do what you have to in order to survive. It's just sex, don't get hung up on it.