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

Comments

[monomachy]

Yes, actually, exactly one. But I think I can present you with an acceptable alternative.

[her username is probably something sneakily innocuous but definitely not just her name in greek because creativity is HARD ok]

[earps]

[ and wynonna's is probably something incredibly identifiable like the same one she's always had LET'S MAKE IT EASY. that or diana has figured it out like the smart cookie she is, which is also possible. ]

I'm listening

[ mostly because she's just exasperated enough by this whole situation to see how this plays out. ]

[monomachy]

[this is it, this is diana's moment to shine]

I'll give you a hint: it was a birthday present.

[earps]

[ well that can really only be one person, right? ]

holy shit
DIANA

where are you???

[monomachy]

Hello, Wynonna.

I'm in some city--it isn't Duplicity. Where are you?

[earps]

right outside the hospital
they basically kicked me out and told me to start looking for a place to crash

yeah, I’m pretty sure we’re not in weird sex Kansas anymore

[monomachy]

I received the same treatment. Charming here, aren't they? I'll come find you.

I always thought of it more as a weird sex New York, to be honest.

[earps]

I wish I could say I wasn't used to it
but it really feels like just another day ending in y

should I look for the lasso?

okay I can see how you would draw that comparison

[monomachy]

Sadly, I have to agree with you. And as it happens, I do have the lasso, so keep an eye out.

What about this place? Any thoughts on this Augur character?

[earps]

wow
don't threaten me with a good time

other than the fact that everything sounded like the inside of a fortune cookie?
no
but I guess we're supposed to learn by doing?
literally doing
again

[monomachy]

Do promises count as threats?

I wouldn't call it ideal, but it's a far cry from the worst thing that could have happened.

[earps]

threats can be good
or hot

I'm not thrilled that we've been up and dropped somewhere else
but it would suck a lot more without you

[monomachy]

I'll keep that in mind for the future.

I share that sentiment. Deeply. As unfortunate as this is, I'm glad you're here.

[earps]

where are you???

I'll come to you or find you or
there's no way this place is that big when we all woke up in the same building
I'm guessing

[monomachy]

I'm almost there. I may have gotten a little lost--I haven't mapped the island yet.

[And roughly 30 seconds later, that familiar lasso whips out from apparently nowhere, wrapping around a convenient part of the building where Wynonna is standing so Diana can make her entrance from the next roof over, swinging down and landing right in front of her.]

Sorry to make you wait.

[earps]

[ Wynonna's almost prepared to point out that even if she herself had come equipped with a full map of their surroundings, she'd still find a way to get turned around — but she doesn't even have a chance to reassure Diana to that effect because the recipient of her incoming text drops down in front of her less than a minute later.

Instantly, she reacts the only way that her instincts are telling her to — and that's to close the space between them almost completely, hands slipping up to brace on Diana's shoulders as she hoists herself up on tiptoe and nudges their foreheads together for a few lingering seconds. ]

God, I'm so glad you're here. [ Her thumbs stroke along the sides of Diana's neck, a subtly affectionate contact. ] The last thing I remember is being at the house and then... waking up to all of this.

[monomachy]

[Diana sends a silent prayer up to Hestia for how clever her lariat is, as it winds itself into a neat coil at her waist before she can even think to do it herself. This frees her hands to wrap around Wynonna's waist, holding her close and pressing her forehead right back against her. She takes in a deep breath, relief flooding her like a drug, and she rubs her thumbs in gentle circles at her hips.]

The feeling is mutual. [There's an indescribable tenderness in her voice. She doesn't know what she would have done if Wynonna wasn't here--lost her temper and torn the city apart until she found a way to get back to her and Frank, probably. But that's all been avoided, thanks to the simple fact that she's here and safe.] Same for me. [She huffs out a quiet laugh.] I never thought I was a deep sleeper, but I guess I was wrong.

[earps]

[ She only spares a brief thought to loving how much of a show-off Diana can be sometimes, mostly because she's just so relieved to have the other woman in her space again, scent and touch and warmth and close enough for her to lift herself using the Amazon's strength, her hands braced on Diana's shoulders, for a light brush of lips. ]

It's okay. We're gonna be okay. [ Whatever this is, whatever's going on now, they've been through enough for her to know that this is just something they can knuckle down and endure together, too. ]

Shit, I just realized... we remembered. We haven't forgotten any of it. The city, each other... I thought I was gonna forget everything when I left.

[monomachy]

[Wynonna's lips are so soft, so welcome against her own, and the last bit of tension in her shoulders melts away. Since the moment they met, being with her has been so easy, felt so right. It's hard to imagine living any other way, now.

She takes a deep breath, eyes half-lidded as she rests her forehead against Wynonna's.]

I've always... been so frightened of forgetting. [It's one of the very, very few things that has ever truly scared Diana. It may be the one thing about this place she won't question.] I'm so thankful that we didn't.

[earps]

Every time someone went home before, they forgot it all. Frank — he told me that he didn't remember a single second of being in the city when he went back to his own world. Maybe —

[ She's speaking from behind closed eyes, her hands instinctively smoothing over Diana's upper arms, the contact soothing her too as she initiates it, slow and gentle stroking that sweeps down and then back up again. ]

Maybe the difference is that none of us are home this time. We're all somewhere else altogether. And that's what's allowed us to hold onto our memories. [ Her eyes flutter open and she sinks back down onto her heels, hands slipping to grip fingers around Diana's wrists. ]

[monomachy]

[She falls into the rhythm of familiar hands skating over her skin, calmed by it. Her mind clears, letting her easily follow Wynonna's train of thought. This particular fear, maybe, is one she can let go of, for now. Or at least push to the back of her mind for a little while longer.]

That could be it. [She dips her head, pressing a kiss to the crown of her head.] The universe is a strange, strange place. It isn't so far-fetched to think that perhaps as long as we're together, somewhere, we won't forget.