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

[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.

[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?

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.

[raucous]

( oh right )

Oh, I got a shaving kit and some untainted food.

[smoulder]

[ please Desist

but — it's not even as if mako has any real qualms about sex with no strings attached. he can see the practicality of it, even in a setting outside of erku, but there's enough stubbornness in him that wants to refuse to do as he's told. even now that he's part of the law, there's still a streak in him that will willingly disregard rules.

especially if it's against people forcing others in an uncomfortable situation. because he knows not everyone would see it as easily as he or gladio do. ]

You help out your way then and I'll help out mine
If there's any way to spare someone else who isn't comfortable about any of this, I'm going to find it

[raucous]

( and this is how people wind up getting into trouble. always looking for a way around things instead of just charging in headfirst (bc that's how everyone operates, right? right.) but, this guy isn't his responsibility, so he doesn't have to get the gladio special™ of getting lectured on said stupidity. )

Sure, make things harder for yourself along the way. Makes total sense.

[smoulder]

[ stupidity is in the eye of the beholder, it seems... ]

Sorry I'm not so ready to give up like you have

[raucous]

( well. only one of them is right and it's the elder. )

Ohhhh. You're a virgin.

[smoulder]

[ SOUNDS FAKE ]

Really? Name-calling?

[raucous]

( just bc he's beefy doesn't mean he's stupid!! )

There's nothing wrong with it. Weird that you automatically assumed it's an insult. Just makes more sense why you're clutching your pearls over having sex with someone to ensure survival for you or someone else.

[smoulder]

[ according to my flowchart it does ]

I don't have to be a virgin to understand not everyone can look at sex so simply
I'll do what I have to do, with others who have the same understanding
But that doesn't mean I'm not going to find an out for those who can't

[raucous]

( check it again )

No one ever said anything about you not being able to. Are you even paying attention to the conversation you're having at all or what?

[smoulder]

[ still nope ]

You mean the one where you've been repeatedly implying my desire to do so is foolish?

[raucous]

No, I mean the one where you've been fighting me acting like you're better than everyone who's just doing what we can to get by. You think you're the only one looking for something else? It's just other people aren't stupid enough to let others suffer in the meantime.

[smoulder]

I didn't say anything about letting others suffer
Actually, I've been saying the opposite

[ truth be told, they're actually on the same page here. just seems like they started reading on different sides. ]

You're the one who's been acting like someone who can't view sex here as practical is some kind of child
But go ahead
Tell me again how you plan on handing out shaving kits to help everyone out

[raucous]

You're kind of a pain in the ass, you know that?

( catch him outside, how bout dat?? he's gonna fite this idiot. )

[smoulder]

[ heh. for the first time since he's woken up in this place, mako actually smiles. ]

I do, actually
Thanks for noticing

[raucous]

( wtf. now he really wants to fight )

At least you're self-aware.

[smoulder]

One of my many charming traits
What's your name, anyway?

[ he figures he should know the name of the person who may or may not potentially come for his ass (ha) at one point ]

I'm Mako

[raucous]

In the right situations, it's not so bad.

( one of those being at least he knows what he wants. )

I'm Gladio.

[smoulder]

[ mako... knowing what he wants... hahahahahahahahahaha good one ]

If I ever grow up and need it, I'll look you up for a shaving kit

[ because, you know. he's a ~ child ~ ]

[raucous]

( lmao!! the fuckin audacity!!! )

Pretty sure it'll be a while before that.

[smoulder]

[ 😇 ]

More for everyone else then

[raucous]

( 🖕 )

In what way?

[smoulder]

If I'm not using it, someone else can, right?
Unless you mean to save one for me
How sweet