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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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yukari should be nicer... she feels like she's telling herself to be nicer!! because!! he's been helpful!!
but.
she can't help the sarcastic: ]
What, like your apartment?
[ and then she scoffs, wrapping the previously offered towel around her like a cloak. ]
I'm fine out here. ... Wouldn't mind sitting down, though.
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But no. Rude's eyebrows draw together, displeased by the sarcastic barb. He lets it go after a moment, glancing around for somewhere comfortable to take Yukari, muttering a clipped: ]
Suit yourself.
[ A few shacks, meant for starter living, stand near the beach. That should do fine. It's close, relatively weatherproof, and far away from any sand or squid. He gestures with a cock of his head towards them, then sets off in that direction. ]
Should be somewhere in one of those.
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i mean.
yukari will feel bad about snapping so rude(heh)ly later, but right now there's just So Much to take in. she feels off her stride, uncertain, unwilling to completely grasp just... everything all at once.
giving the back of his head a suspicious look, yukari follows him, but stops just short of actually going inside. instead, she takes a seat outside the doorway; the rickety building shelters them from the wind well enough for now. if the chill starts to get to her, she'll head in.
right now, she seems wholly unbothered by it. almost like she has a wind affinity, or something... ]
Okay, what else?
[ how about an introduction??? ]
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At least she wasn't actively trying to kill him. ]
With the memory loss...
[ He thinks a moment. Rude lowers himself to sit next to her, looking out at the sea crashing against the sand. ]
It's more memory manipulation. They can make you think you're in love with someone, or married, or just really... [ What's a polite way to phrase it for Yukari's tender ears? ] Interested.
Everything's here to encourage intimacy. [ A shrug. ] That sums it up.
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where's the shadow she needs to beat up to get out of here??? ]
I can't believe this.
[ her ears are turning red, an embarrassed heat painting itself over her cheeks. ]
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Mm-hm.
[ Even now, he can relate. It's hard enough being fully grown and being here - he can't imagine how the procession of girls her age manage. ]
You don't have to do...everything. Won't go without food or shelter. [ He shoots a sideways glance at her, trying to gauge her expression. ] Might even get lucky and get sent back right away.
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yukari catches rude's look at her from the corner of her eye but she refuses to look back at him. there's a sick feeling at the back of her throat and all she can really do is just... stay quiet and let herself process this.
at least food and shelter would be taken care of. that's one thing she doesn't have to worry too much about... maybe? no, she'll worry about it all anyway until she's certain she's got a steady footing.
the silence stretches on and yukari watches the waves crash upon the shore. her arms wrap around her knees, but otherwise she doesn't let on to her true feelings. instead; ]
Yukari Takeba.
[ it's not the first time she's gone out into a strange world and had to find her way all on her own. she's got this. ]
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'Nice to meet you' still doesn't feel right. He gives a small nod of his head and a soft grunt. ]
...you want anything?
[ The spa resort is just a little ways away, and he's sure the robots will usher her off there eventually. In the meantime, that awkward offer is all he can really do. ]
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A way home?
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A tour of the place would be nice, I guess... Especially if you can show me where the dorms or apartments are.
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Right.
[ Rude pushes himself back onto his feet and brushes off his pants. Then, after a moment's consideration - who knows how she'll take the gesture - he offers her his hand to help her back onto her feet. ]
These shacks are options too- [ And he nods at the one they had been sitting outside of. ] Figure that doesn't appeal to you.
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yukari pushes herself to her feet, brushing the sand off of her skirt — and if rude lets his eyes wander again, he'll be able to notice that the slight injury the octopus had left behind... was completely gone. ]
Yeah, I'd like something that actually locks—woah!
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that could have been embarrassing! ]
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[ Rude lets out a note of surprise. He had glanced down briefly, noting the lack of any suction marks where her socks didn't cover, but before he could say anything about that--
His body moved on instinct. He grabbed her hand, naturally, but it didn't end there. Stepping quickly forward, his other arm snatched around her waist, stopping her from falling down by blocking with his chest. ]
Shit. [ It's not the most compromising position, but still pretty close. ] You okay?
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nope nope nope nope she does not like this closeness at all and her entire body tenses. ]
—Yeah, I'm fine. [ her voice is just as tense as the rest of her, and her ears start to go red. ] You can let me go now.
[ he's got two seconds before she steps on him!!!! ]
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No, not really. He knows danger when he senses it. Rude takes one of those seconds, looking her over to make sure she didn't twist her ankle or something, and then he lets her go. ]
Right. [ He takes a step back for good measure, too, clearing his throat. ] Uh...apartments?
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[ ew, weird person cooties, get them off of her...
she dusts off her skirt, self-consciously tugging down the bottom hem. later on yukari will pick out her apartment, but she's juuuuust paranoid enough to wait until she's alone before making up her mind.
especially after. that....]
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More's the pity. ]
All right.
[ He gestures off the beach, towards the road that leads back into the city proper. Once she feels ready, he leads on. ]
It's not a big place. I do a lap every day. Should be able to find something not terrible.