TDM 014: A DAY AT THE FAIR

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TDM 014: A DAY AT THE FAIR

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. HAY FEVER A new mode of transportation has made an appearance! From one end of the fairgrounds to the other, and even sometimes off the beaten path and into the wilds, robot-horse-drawn hay wagons shake, rattle, and roll. And, of course, what are hay wagons great for? Anyone fancy a roll in the hay? Anyone who is taking a hay ride will see their A5 card flash - and they will be given the option to trade one square for the vehicles square. (New players engaging in this prompt can call it a freebie.) But beware! The wagons roll at all hours of the day and night. At night, the spooks come out to play! Rides will be "haunted" by frightful spooks played by machines and your local Islanders. The 'bots will hire anyone interested to don their favorite slasher costume or ghostly garb. After all, everyone knows that fear and adrenaline are related to attraction, right? Just another thoughtful service provided by your generous benefactors. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● II. Acute Beef Poisoning How about an eating contest? Multiple competitions are held throughout the fair: hot dogs, hot dogs, pies -- just use your imagination! Of course, there's always the chance that you've been recruited to be "eaten"... So sit back and enjoy the ride. For those of you with an exhibitionist streak, all contests are held in front of an audience. Be careful, ye who eat here, because the pies in particular have been known to have the following effects (with a two-hour duration): Meat - A simple aphro pie; a character finds themselves craving a very different kind of meat. Apple - Temporary amnesia befalls those who've tried the apple pie. The effects can be as great as forgetting your entire identity or as minor as forgetting what you've had for breakfast. Cherry - Look upon the very face of innocence! All guile falls away from this character, making it impossible for them to lie. Strawberry - The compulsion to follow orders may be strong sometimes, but the strawberry pie comes with the compulsion to give orders instead. Blueberry - Oh no! You're looking a bit... off-color? The blueberry pie turns a character's skin blue for the next two hours. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● III. BRODEO Last but not least, try the mechanical contraptions of various sizes - equipped with equipment of various sizes as well! The objective of this game is to last as long as you can. Thirteen Hand Sam is the smallest of the mechanical horses. It has no attachments, but instead vibrates until the rider orgasms. Mechanic Mike is the second mechanical horse. With a modest six-inch dildo, it bucks its rider around until orgasm. For those who like a real challenge, the mechanical bull -- the Bonine -- is a two-person contraption that straps each rider in with their own dildo. They sit face-to-face on the thrashing machine, within touching range, able to encourage each other to come (and to lose) more quickly. Ride like you've never ridden before, or comfort someone in the aftermath of a job well done. ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● N A V I G A T I O N

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[nuvellity]

[ Oh thank the progenitor goddess, he knows who she is. She doesn't have to do that entire spiel of greetings I'm Constance von Nuvelle and I've been living in the church sewers for more than a year, you conspired against my family, prepare to--. ]

Long enough to ask for my pegasus back. [ And ask for the sun back, for an entire building, for several research supplies... ] I arrived here around ten moons ago.

[ Ten months of shacking up with Ferdinand and Edelgard. ]

Have you found a place to stay yet? I shall bring some supplies over.

[deerhearted]

[ To be fair, she's more than welcomed to if she wants. Don't want to get rusty, plus it gives Claude a pretty good show. ]

A long time, huh? Almost a year... And yet, I just saw you not too long ago myself. [ Absolutely no way Constance, House of Nuvelle, would pass up the chance on meeting with the King of Almyra, now would she? ]

Nah, no place yet. I've been covering as much ground as I can. I like to know what goes on around me, y'know?

[ And, y'know, find a deer or two. ]

[nuvellity]

[ Well, the last time Constance saw the King of Almyra was when he left Failnaught with Lady Edelgard. But do give her a call when the war is over and he wants to establish diplomatic relations with the reunited Fodlan. ]

I could ask Lady Edelgard if you could stay with us. But Lorenz might get jealous. [ Undiplomatic, but also true. ] Lorenz is here. Hilda used to be here. [ She sighs. She misses her greatly. ]

There are free lodgings at the apartment building. I can also turn a blind eye if you wish to sleep in the stables. [ It was the first place she decided to stay at when she got here, guarded by the fiercest of yellow raptor mounts. ]

[deerhearted]

Wait, hold on - Edelgard is here? And Lorenz too...

[ Lorenz was less of a shock, because hey he's still alive and all. But Edelgard... And Constance was friendly with her, too? The last thing he knew, Constance was... well, she didn't hate Edelgard but definitely wasn't warm with the enemy at all. She was a part of the Golden Deer, after all. Well, unofficially anyway... He still had no idea how the Wolves worked. But, anyway. ]

I'm glad at least Hilda is out of here, though it would be a lot more fun with her here. Maybe I'll see if Lorenz is willing to let this weary soul rest his head on the couch cushion. Stables are a no-go, mostly because hay isn't fun to sleep in.

[ It gets in his hair, OK? ]

[nuvellity]

Edelgard and Dimitri and Lorenz and Ferdinand and Dorothea and Linhardt and Ashe and Seteth and Flayn. [ Did she get everyone? ] There used to be more of us. [ And she's not sure if them not being around counts as them having left the island, and that they're somewhere safe. But she won't burden Claude with that.

She should change the subject. Constance looks around as she thinks. ]

Is that ride of yours safe? It won't force anyone to get inappropriately intimate with fellow passengers?

[deerhearted]

Dimitri too... [ That was quite a list. A lot of them are here. He's not really sure how to feel about them - especially since half of the list there are dead.

He'll come to terms with it later. The subject change is extremely welcomed...? He thinks. Her words are questionable at best. ]

Is that something that happens here a lot?

[nuvellity]

You need not worry about Lady Edelgard and Dimitri, they both strongly uphold the ongoing truce. [ Constance is grinning, giddy and this close to telling Claude why and how they uphold the truce. Please do not ask her. She will not tell. Oh but she wants to tell. Hey Claude, do you want to know who's greeting the dawn with who? ]

There was once a stage that will trap you until you perform a lascivious act. [ Don't ask Constance how she knows, but yes, it happened. ] That cart might be the same.