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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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Nice to meet you Yukari.
[If Yukari was expecting any sort of reaction from her name she didn't get it. Instead Pyrrha glanced around]
Oh! I think there's a bench over there, but can you walk with your new friend grabbing your legs like that? I don't mind carrying you if you need it.
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Yeah, I think I'm okay. [ another dull glare is given to the octopus at her thigh. ] It's only on the one leg, and I'd like to get moving before it gets any other bright ideas.
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[She gestures Yukari to follow as she heads towards the bench.]
You're new here, right? You must have some questions. I don't mind answering.
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You know, I think we should keep at least one of them.
[ yukari. ]
It'll make a great dinner.
[ YUKARI!!! ]
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... I guess the first thing I'm gonna ask is: what do you think I should know?
[ what did you want to know when you first arrived? what is something you wish people told you about sooner? ]
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[She can tell Yukari is joking so she will still go off the plan of prying them off safely. Pyrrha kneels in front of Yukari, but pauses at her question.]
Hmm I guess that... things will happen at this place that challenge what you think. Especially about relationships, but other things too.
Largely this place isn't out to hurt us, The Augur or whatever you want to call it seems to genuinely want this world restored. That doesn't mean you have to do what it wants though, or that you have to trust its intention are good. I just want you to know you don't have to worry for your safety every moment of the day. I was nervous my first few nights here for no good reason.
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...But it's not entirely safe, is it?
[ it's the first piece of the information that she clings to, though her tone is a little absent, what with her fingers getting twisted up in the cephalopod's tentacles as she concentrates on freeing herself. ]
and then I thought I tagged this but didn't x.x
No around when I first arrived some monsters came out of the water and attacked us. They were aiming for that central machine in the hospital though not really us. They still caused some damage though.
[That was at least he most extreme event that came to mind.]
It has been a long while since then though.
[Focusing on releasing Yukari now she places one hand on the bench to give her leverage while grabbing the creature with her dominant hand and begins to slowly pry it off.]
it happens!
... well.
yukari holds still as the creature is gently pried from her skin. quietly she rubs at the sucker marks left behind, wondering if she could heal it without being noticed. ...in the end, she decides it's not worth trying and instead turns her attention to the creature at her shoulder. ]
How long ago did that happen?
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Around nine months ago? I'm sure other things have happened since then, but that's the most dangerous thing I recall at least. The only thing that seemed to hurt them was intense light like from a fire.
[Needing to dispose of the clingy creature before it decided to cling to her next she went over to the ocean and gently tossed it in some distance before returning to help Yukari with the second one, grabbing her shoulder for leverage this time.]
When we're done here I don't mind showing you around if you want.
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—Please try not to ruin my sweater!
[ ...
that.
should not be a thing she's worried about, but. ]
...Sorry. [ beat ] So enemies here have specific weaknesses, huh?
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It's alright! I'll try to careful. I can't say the same for your friend here.
[She'd do her best though! She will just try to coax it off a little more gently.]
At least those ones did, but I imagine it varies. Especially if they're being pulled from other worlds as well.
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It... they bring monsters here, too?
[ that makes sense; if people can be brought over, why not other aspects of their world.
oh no.
ohhhh no.
nnnno, no no. ]
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That's just an assumption, and like I said we haven't had anything as big as that since then.
Even if something does happen, there are people who can fight them. I'm trained to hunt monsters in fact!
[She hoped that'd help put Yukari at ease.]
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however, she does relax a little, though she'll keep to herself her immediate worry about shadows and possibly nyx to herself. ]
I, um. I was on the archery team back home. Pretty good, if I say so myself. [ she takes a steadying breath. ] So... I might be able to help out in case something like that happens again.
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[She says this with a smile, not wanting to pry, but having a feeling she wasn't necessarily getting the full story here.]
Now let's see about getting rid of your friend, hm?
[Hoping that was enough to calm Yukari down she goes back to prying off the creature, doing her best not to damage the other woman's sweater. Once she had managed to pry it off she took that one carefully down to the ocean as well.
She'd return with a smile and sit next to Yukari.]
There we go all taken care of.