TDM 013: BARING IT ALL

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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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[moonspiracy]

[The heaviness of his clothes and armor is uncomfortable, yet he does notice someone waving at him. The face is familiar, yet it is not a face that belongs to someone he calls a friend.]

Yes. [Cassius nods, recognizing the other. He knows that the grumpiness of the Grandcypher's ill-tempered coffeemaker significantly grows when this man is around. A small, somewhat polite smile appears around his lips. He knows that gesture, a Fossildweller's kind of greeting.] This is where I say that it is good to meet you as well... [He shakes Lucio's hand shortly before letting go.] ...it is good to meet you. [He pauses briefly.] Maybe you can provide me with the information I need. [And boy, he needs quite some information at this point because he has a hunch that this isn't the Sky Realm anymore.]

Where am I?

[poopio]

[ ...Ah. Well. That's quite a loaded question already, but Lucio does want to aid him as a fellow member of the same crew and because the Captain has such fondness for the Moondweller. ]

You have washed up on the shores of Erku, a land under the efficient guidance of a super-computer, the Augur. In order for the land to flourish once more, we have been instructed by the Augur and its over-affectionate robot army to fulfil a card detailing many curious acts of intimacy.

[ He activates his device to show Cassius. ]

I have yet to derive how cages and tickling are to be used to create pleasure, so I am afraid my knowledge can only guide you so far. I also do not know if there any punishments for complete abstinence.

[ The island has its own unique ways of getting what it wants, and aphrodisiacs are always waiting hidden in good food, in the water, in the trees, in the plants... he's not even sure what to properly warn Cassius of first. ]

[moonspiracy]

[Cassius processes the given information silently, trying to connect the dots and make something logical out of it. But then again, Fossildwellers have never been known for their logic. He gazes at the device around Lucio's wrist, making note of the acts described on this card.

Fascinating? Absolutely! Completely illogical and without any proper explanation? Definitely! After a short moment of silence he finally speaks.

There is a lot to unpack here.]

I understand the certain encouragement to procreate. After all, for a land to flourish, life is needed. [His eyes narrow a little when he gazes at this 'card'.] A cage is indeed an illogical choice, yet, if the cage is large enough to fit two beings in it, it might be able to work. Needles, however.

[Finally he steps back a little.]

Is the Captain here as well?

[That would help a lot, actually.]

[poopio]

[ Lucio shakes his head, his expression faltering slightly. ]

I am afraid he did not accompany us on this venture. From our own world, only Beatrix, Eustace, and myself remain. You will find yourself well-accompanied once your paths cross.

[ Which is the best consolation he can provide. Cassius will never be alone in this world -unless the three of them were to suddenly leave. Hopefully, that won't be the case -or that they all leave together so no one is left to suffer the dregs of this island by themself. ]

And rest assured, procreation is only limited to allowing the land to grow and prosper. I have not seen any children come from such unions.

[ He's not even sure if Moondwellers are able to reproduce sexually, but he's just putting that out there in case it's a pressing concern. ]