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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[freshtilapia]

“I guess it wouldn’t hurt to just follow you. It’s not like anything will happen if I leave this spot,” they shrug and move over to be by Molly’s side.

“Lead the way and all I’ll do is follow.”

[devilstongue]

He nods at that and offers a hand to help Fish up before they head towards the more civilized areas off of the beach. They head to a somewhat broken-up cobblestone street with half-collapsed white brownstone homes. Three of them still stand, though, right in the middle of the rest of the rubble.

"That's our place, the one with the placard on the side of the door. The other two houses are for a nice group of people people from our world that we didn't meet until we got here, and our wizards have their own house for their... wizarding."

He leads Fish towards the back gate so that they can step into the garden and then into the kitchen from there.

"I am not exactly a cook, but our big cleric friend might have made something..."

[freshtilapia]

"This... I assume having this place to live is because of the rewards from that sex card, huh?" Fish raises an eyebrow at the tiefling. "Must be quite a spicy household."

They chuckle and follow Molly in, through the garden and into the kitchen.

"As long as it doesn't have land meat, I'm so famished I could eat anything."

[devilstongue]

[ He chuckles and shakes his head a bit. Sure looked like they had a lot of fun here! ]

They're pretty lenient on housing... I think one of these buildings might only have taken a square or two.

[ Molly starts rummaging around the kitchen, opening the cold-cupboard to find a mushroom stew. He pulls it out (he's the worst roommate) and heats up the stove. (They finally figured out how to use it.) ]

There's a lot of people here, though. This house has about six people in it... [ He counts on his fingers again. ] Me, Veth, Caleb, Fjord, Jester, Caduceus... yeah, six.

and here I realize I should retcon a part of Fish's meeting with Fjord...

[freshtilapia]

That's plenty... is there a reason why so many of you live together?

[ Fish looks at him curiously as they wait patiently for the food. ]

whoops accidental format change

[devilstongue]

"We're all from the same team of assholes back home, so it made sense to stick together," Molly says, finding a spoon to stir the stew with. "There's also two other tieflings on the island that are not from the same world as us here. Even and Oran, I hope you meet them, they're interesting."

Re: whoops accidental format change

[freshtilapia]

"I see. Well, I suppose it's nice to know there are people I wouldn't find strange in this world," Fish shrugs, they might be a bit jaded about meeting new folk.

"You're a lucky one then that you've found your team of assholes."

[devilstongue]

"I really am..." Molly says thoughtfully, a small smile on his lips. He's not sure if he could have handled this thing on his own.

He keeps stirring the mushroom stew for a while and then gets some bowls, filling them up and handing one to Fish. They're Caduceus-made but Tealeaf-heated so they might be a little lukewarm.

"Do you run with a pack of assholes back home as well?"

[freshtilapia]

Famished, the merfolk takes a spoonful as soon as they’re served, and it barely registers to them that Molly didn’t do a good enough job heating the soup up.

“Mm… no. Not at all. I travel all on my own.”

[devilstongue]

"That sounds lonely." He's never been without someone around him that he trusts, be it the carnival, Yasha or the Nein. To each their own, though. Maybe it was what brought them joy. "But freedom means a lot of things to different people."

The stew is... bearable. Maybe.

[freshtilapia]

"It certainly has been lonely. But..." they shrug, "I get to forget about it when I've got someone warming my bed."

Now that they've got some spoonfuls in, it finally registers that the stew is a bit too cold.

"... you didn't spend enough time heating this, didn't you?"

[devilstongue]

[ That earns them a bit of a sheepish look from the seemingly confident tiefling. ]

I'm... not great at cooking. Do you want a sandwich instead?

[freshtilapia]

Fish laughs and shakes their head.

"Not a worry. Honestly, I should just be grateful I'm being fed."

[devilstongue]

"Next time I'll take you to the diner instead. Then I'm not the one responsible for possibly upsetting your stomach." Molly jokes, laughing as well.

[freshtilapia]

"Hm... well, I'll hold you to that offer if we do meet again, Molly," Fish grins.

((ooc: I can't think of where else to lead this - maybe let's say Molly fed Fish and Fish thanks him and goes off on their way to explore the island more? Unless you've got other ideas.))