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TDM 013: BARING IT ALL
| TDM 013: BARING IT ALL |
00. Arrival 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. If you don’t manage to get away from them quickly enough, they may even usher you toward the Laid Bare Spa, where new arrivals will be offered free massages, a sauna, hairstyling, and their clothing may come up permanently missing. But you will be given a complimentary towel to leave with if needed! Feel free to explore the Island, though there isn’t much to see beyond what arrivals before you have helped to rebuild. 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 place to live in the now, whether a rundown apartment in the City, a tent on the beach, a bed in the barracks, or your own space at the House of Worship. Your inventory will be found a day later, wrapped up haphazardly and delivered to each person's makeshift home. I. THROW IN A TOWEL? Erku's new arrivals may be encouraged to seek out the Laid Bare Massage & Spa for some specialized attention and relaxation, but they and long-time inhabitants will also be offered a chance to earn credits. Anyone interested in earning robot wages will be tasked with being the resident towel person! You’ll stand inside of the room while the patrons are receiving their massages, hot scrubs, or relaxing in one of the saunas holding towels for them should any be requested. Or you may be asked to help with the regular cleaning of the Spa, wiping down all of the tasteful nude statues to free them of the grime and filth (or… other things) that builds up over time. You might even be asked to help lovingly clean the murals of nude patrons (that is to say, fellow Islanders) all over the Spa. But this is a job that requires a very specific uniform. Robots will provide you with your very own chiton or toga. The chitons happen to be very short, not covering nearly as much as they reveal, but the togas might be entirely too long. They brush or drag along the floor and what with being barely held together with the thinnest and most fanciful of ropes, who knows how often they might be untucked? Take care, please, or else the robots might pull you into being the next model for their latest mural portrait instead. II. GRIN AND BARE IT Erku’s resident mental health professional, Dr. D. Love of Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Therapy Center, has taken a keen interest in ensuring that the relationships of you Islanders are progressing in a productive, healthy, and open-minded fashion. And to ensure this, he’s tasked his robot staff to pay close attention to anyone who looks like they are having trouble with relationships with other people on the Island. And after months of so few (none) clients, these robots are very motivated to seek out people in need of their therapeutic assistance! Arguing with a friend? Telling someone to stay out of your life? Being a hermit who refuses to come out of your apartment? Accidentally bump into each other on the street? Make a joke at your friend’s expense? Playfully punch someone in the shoulder? Walk by someone you don’t know and not tell them hello? Well clearly all of you need help in repairing whatever may be damaging your relationships! Before you know it, you’ve been bundled off by the robots right to Dr. D. Love’s office and sat down to talk it all out. The fact that you may not even know the other person the robots think you need to work your troubles out with doesn’t matter. Dr. D. Love is here to make sure everyone goes home happy and satisfied. You may have to play along with this confusing farcical situation, even making up wrongs and slights you claim you have done to one another before finally coming together in reconciliation. The more you deny there is anything wrong, the more the good Doctor will insist you need even more help than they first thought. They might even have to send you into one of their Privacy Rooms and work out your frustrations with each other with their wide array of therapeutic sexual devices and supplies. III. BARE NAKED AMUSEMENT TOUR The trolley is making its rounds as usual with announcements echoing from the loudspeakers that it’s Bare It All Week at Six Flagellants Amusement Park and to kick it off there will be a grand concert at the Loudinus Outdoor Amphitheater that lasts all week long! Not sure what that means? Well, come to the concert and enjoy hours and hours of music played by robots who seem to have taken their songs right from the pop rock crazes of old. Whose old? Who knows. The music may not be completely to your taste, but something about it may make you feel energized and overly dressed. You might even feel the need to strip down until you’re not wearing anything at all! But don’t worry, the robots performing on stage will give you new clothes to wear by throwing skimpy, sexy underwear and lingerie right at you! How did they know your size? Don’t ask questions, just give into the urge to put it on while you rock out until it’s time for the trolley to take everyone right to the gates of the amusement park! Anyone dressed in less for this week will receive free entry, rides, and food and might even receive special prizes at various booths of sex toys, candies that act as an aphrodisiac (meant for sharing of course), stuffed animals, or even a free sex doll! Those are super hard to win from the ring toss, so you should really take advantage and enjoy all the perks of baring yourself for everyone’s viewing pleasure. N A V I G A T I O N |
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"I have heard of him," she admits. "A-Cheng and a-Xian have mentioned meeting him on their travels."
She recalls how his friend, Song Zichen, had come to the same place where the three of them had taken refuge in after a-Cheng's miraculous escape from the Wen.
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"I'm sure you'll meet the one here soon."
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As the door rang he walked over with a demure smile on his face, a small menu held in his hands, He gave a cute little curtsy as well. "Hello! Welcome to Meimei Maid Cafe. I'm Yaoyao ♥ .
I'll be your little sis.. Oh hello, Er-ge!" He beamed it was always a pleasure when Lan Xichen came to visit.
He noticed the other person, she was wearing white but felt familiar somehow.
"Ah, you have company as well! Welcome! Come in and sit and get warm. I'm Jin Guangyao."
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"Jin...Guangyao..."
The shock that registers on her features as she blinks and looks at him head to toe, then back up again.
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"I thought it best to get her warm and something to drink and maybe some dry clothes before I take her to the Unclean Realm to rest."
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"Jiang Yanli..." Then the fact that she was wearing white robes hit him.
Oh.
He gave her a low respectful bow, instead.
"Jin furen. I apologize for my appearance. This cafe is a special one. It serves the needs of a certain type of clientele, so that is the reason for the strange uniform. But yes, Please allow me to get you one of our longer dresses you can change into and I can make some hot food for us.
Does that sound amenable to you?"
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"How...long are the other dresses?" she asks.
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If she was from when he had thought she was from, she was going through a lot right now. He brushed some of his own hair from his face, on his right wrist there was what looked like a Lan ribbon tied around it.
"Don't worry, Everything will be okay. I know it must be overwhelming. Er-ge there are some towels by the counter, can you grab her some while I get the clothes?"
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"Thank you, Jin Guangyao." It is overwhelming and she holds onto her own hands to maintain propriety.
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"If you'd like to sit while you decide, there's a table behind you." Xichen's voice is gentle. "Or A-Yao can show you to the dressing room so you can change into whatever suits you until your clothing dries."
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It wouldn't do for her to do so before she got home. Then she could return the robe to Zewu Jun. She shrugs it off and folds it gently before holding it out to him.
"I will go with Jin Guangyao."
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"Allow me to take you to the dressing room in that case. You can get changed in there as well, there is no one else in the shop right now so it'll be private."
He led her to a back room, well lit with a rack of clothing, a vanity, and several mirrors. On the vanity, there was a small amount of makeup as well.
He stood in front of the clothes and picked out a few long maid dresses that he thought might fit. He also picked out his Jin sect leader's outer robes for her to wear over it. The added layers may help warm her after all.
"Jin furen, here. I picked out a few so that you can try on what best fits. These have fasteners on the front so it should be easy for you to dress. You can leave your wet clothes in that basket and I'll wash them for you. I'll be on the other side of this door when you are ready or if you need anything."
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Then she looks at the Jin sect leader's outer robes. Something must have happened to Jin Gangshan in order for Jin Guangyao to become sect leader. How else would he have those robes. She looks in the mirror and fixes and fusses with small bits before walking over to the door and knocking on it.
"Jin-gongzi," she calls softly.
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Guangyao opens the door a crack not looking inside.
"Yes? Is everything alright?" He asked.
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"Thank you, Jin-gongzi, for letting me borrow clothes."
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"Shall I go and make us some lunch? I have some chicken soup, steamed vegetables, and rice. All I have to do is heat it up."
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Something more familiar. Yanli sits up a little more.
"May I join you in heating it up?" she asks. "For just something to do and something familiar..."
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"Of course. Please come with me. I can understand the feeling. I think it's the reason that I tend to cook so often."
He led her to a large kitchen behind the counter. It was full of various machines.
On a large industrial stove, there was a large pot of chicken soup simmering.
"Let me grab the rice and vegetables."
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Machines that she's never seen before. Yanli trailed after Jin Guangyao and followed her nose to where the soup was. Finally ,something familiar besides the names of people that didn't look like the people she had left behind.
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"Do you mind preparing the vegetables while I get the rice ready? I want to make certain we have enough vegetarian options for Er-ge as well." perhaps she was like him where doing something mundane and familiar will help ground her a bit.
In the meantime, he was going to set the rice and stir the chicken soup.
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The knife, the board, and the vegetables are more familiar and she gave Jin Guangyao a grateful smile before nodding. She picked up the knife and began to chop the vegetables, expertly moving as her brothers would with their swords.
"Has...anyone from home come here? Besides you all?"
She furrowed her brow as she continued to prepare the vegetables.
"I mean anyone from my home," she amended. "A-Cheng. A-Xian."
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"I heard of Jiang Cheng being here before... and Lotus Lake has appeared to suggest the possibility. However, it was before my arrival. I don't know anyone else from Yunmeng Jiang who is here now.
I'm sorry, I know how much they mean to you. But the island is full of possibility, they may show up before long.
I have only been here two months myself, and the only ones from home were an acquaintance and a friend. The next month in, and suddenly Er-ge, Da-ge, and Huaisang had arrived." and the myriad of complications his life had taken since then. But that wasn't anything anyone else needed to worry about.
He set the rice into the fancy machine that apparently just cooked it.
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She paused when she heard that a-Cheng could've been here then continued when it was confirmed that he wasn't here.
"So the San Zun and Nie-er-gongzi are here. Who is looking after all of the clans back home?" she asked. "Zewu Jun had mentioned that...it would be as if time had not passed while we are gone."
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Not from his time, his stomach twisted with the thought of Jin Ling having to take his mantle so young. He really wanted to give him a few more years. He had wanted him to have a childhood, unlike his generation.
"I think it will be alright."
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Yanli stopped herself from speaking too much. She slowed her movements and stopped completely.
A-Xian. A-Cheng.
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