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erku mods ([personal profile] erkumods) wrote in [community profile] ercookies2020-05-18 09:41 am
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TDM 001

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



theriomorphism: (Down - 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd say reach out to others first. See if any of them are both interested and maybe have an idea of where to set up camp already. It'd be silly to start a squabble over 'I found this first' if strange parties come across the same thing without talking to each other. Or if the building one group picks isn't as good as what someone else comes across. Pool information, then take action.

As far as I can see, we're not in any immediate rush other than to try to find a place to curl up before dark comes.
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, dark.

[Jon frowns and considers their surroundings again. He's managed to talk to a few people over the network, but he wouldn't know how to go about finding them: given the way their devices have been malfunctioning, there's no guarantee that any message he sends would reach its intended recipient.]

I don't suppose you've figured out how to make the devices more reliable in terms of sending and receiving messages.
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[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gave a quiet little laugh and a shake of his head, lifting a hand to rub at his hair.]

Not hardly. Tinkering isn't in my skill set. I'm lucky to be able to program an alarm clock. Hand me an instrument and I can make it purr, but give me something mechanical and I'm all thumbs. Outside of keeping a car running, barely, I'm a bit out of my wheelhouse.
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
After talking to the mechanical meatheads, I have a very sinking feeling.

[Talking to the robots had mostly been useless, but Jon distinctly remembers the card in his inbox and everything in the squares. That can't--that can't have anything to do with fixing things, could it? He also recalls the little speech he was given upon waking up in the hospital. He fidgets with the bracelet.]

Maybe ti doesn't matter right now. Have you run into anyone else... friendly?
theriomorphism: (Casual lean - Waiting 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I've come across a few people. They all seem like we both do, I suppose. Confused. Disoriented. Uncertain. But no one's been hostile. Which I wouldn't be surprised at, to be honest. Displacement leads to fear, and fear is usually covered by anger. I wouldn't it against someone for lashing out at the situation. It'd be only natural.

[He's a creature of nature, of course. He's seen wild animals react poorly to confusing situations. He has a closer connection to his own wilder nature, and maybe it gives him a little empathy in certain situations. Only certain ones, however. Humanity still befuddles him from time to time.]
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I talked to someone rather hostile, but I think that was mostly aimed at the network and not me.

[Catara seemed ready to destroy her device, among other things. Jon finds himself hoping she hasn't, if only for her own sake. Who knows what might happen.]

Did you--did they give you one of those cards?
theriomorphism: (Funny look - 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm? What card?

[Someone hadn't been fiddling much with his device. Not into mechanics at all, he'd only poked at it enough to silence the incessant beeping, then figure out that it was like a phone. He hadn't found the holographic capability, nor the ability to read his own stats. Or the bingo cards. Jonathan's going to have to show him.]
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He really isn't into technology. Jon moves closer.]

Just going to show you something...

[He reaches for the device and manipulates it until he gets Lucas's inbox to pop up. He has a card, too, and Jon feels heat rising in his face and promptly looks away before he starts scanning too many of the boxes. Seems rather private, even if... apparently they're not.]
theriomorphism: (Lounging - 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucas helpfully held his wrist out so that Jon could prod and poke at the device, watching which buttons he did and what menus came up. The scent of embarrassment rises, and he looks to see that, yes, there's a card in what is apparently his inbox. He looks over the squares, brows rising at a few of them; biting; leashes, collars; wax play; spanking. The box with fur in it had him quirking a brow and grinning, and he closed the screen and looked over at Jon.]

Thank you. And I suppose you know why we have these... cards? Did the walking pornbots give you a clue?
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jon would rather fall through a gap in the earth than discuss the purpose of the cards. He looks at the fountain, because it's easier than looking at the bright amusement in Lucas's eyes. Jon clears his throat. Get it together.]

They seem to have something to do with... making things work. They weren't particularly helpful beyond that, but they seemed to indicate that--that doing things on the card would make things stop going haywire.
theriomorphism: (Smile - Side 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so?

[Lucas couldn't for the life of him figure out how letting someone dribble wax on him could make anything happen other than himself and his partner having a good time, but then, he'd never been brought to a strange place by a robotic holograph before. Maybe anything was possible.

The amusement didn't dim as he noticed Jon's discomfort.]


What does your card say?

[Because who has privacy from a cat?]
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jon isn't sure he's ever had blood rush to his head so quickly, barring being upside down. He reluctantly opens his own inbox to show the card, featuring things like hair pulling, hands, possessive/leaving marks, hurt/comfort, consent play, and negotiation.]

There.
theriomorphism: (Distance - Distracted 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looked over Jon's card, thinking about the boxes on his own, then looking up at Jon.]

Is there anything on here you have an issue with? Something that, perhaps, you're morally or physically opposed to? Not asking to be a complete cad, love, just curious if the entries in the boxes are things that apply to each individual. It'd be a shame if someone were asked to do something they couldn't, or really didn't want to.
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jon doesn't know how to say he's not particularly interested in any of it, beyond in theory. Granted, some of the things on the list didn't seem so bad, and if they are calibrated to each user, then maybe--maybe some of them even make sense.]

I--well, no? Not in theory, anyway. They're... fine. Some of these, I guess, are a little much. I'd prefer nothing to do with blood or being messy or... branding or burning.

[Jon runs his left hand over the burn wrapping around his right. He could do any of the things on this card, he just doesn't know how satisfying it would be for him. More than that, he suspects it would just end up being a disappointment for any partner.]
theriomorphism: (Distance - Distracted 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, judging by the marks he sees and how Jon seems to cover them or touch them in an anxious, unhappy manner, he supposed that anything reminding him of however he got those marks wouldn't be a fun thing.]

I don't suppose you would. I myself don't particularly want to find myself with things inserted in my genitals. I like them as they are. Let's just hope that we're not required to do things that we find abhorrent.
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[personal profile] recordingends 2020-05-19 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
God I hope not.

[The possibility bothers him. He doesn't want to be forced into doing anything. There has to be some way for him to get around this, if it's required. The card makes it feel required, but he doesn't understand why.]

I don't understand how this is all connected to fixing things.
theriomorphism: (Questioning - 1)

[personal profile] theriomorphism 2020-05-19 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Nor do I. That seems to be information that someone, or someones, may be keeping to themselves. Or haven't seen fit to divulge as of yet. I hope the information comes sooner than later.