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TDM018: TRICKS AND TREATS
| TDM018: TRICKS AND TREATS |
Uploading user data to environmental systems. . . please wait.  Augmentations c̴̦͋o̷͓̺̘̓m̸̮̈̾́p̸̻̃l̵̠̱̤̅e̷̢̧̺͐̃̽t̸͈̓ḙ̴͙̓͘. Proceed . . .? Y/N > Y  Your eyes blink open to the blinding glare of overhead lights and the sight of a pair of glassy mechanical eyes boring into your own. The face above yours moves like liquid mercury, forming an approximation of a figure that you recognize and trust implicitly: a friend, a loved one, a caretaker. Perhaps even a god or a goddess. From its lips fall the patterns of a language that is strange and robotic, and yet familiar to you: Welcome to the N̵̩̈́̓ä̶͇́͂͘m̸̠͒e̴̞̻̾ͅl̷̹̄͝ḙ̷̺͗s̵̳͊̀ṣ̵̱̚ͅ ̶̧͒̄Í̴͔s̵̡̛̺̍̓ļ̵̥͖̄͛͌ḁ̸̳̟̒́n̵̻͑́͗d̴̩͕̰̂̊̔ Darkness overtakes you once again. I. Arrival  When you awake, you find you have washed up on the otherworldly pink sands of an impossibly beautiful beach, the tropical scenery spoiled only slightly by your seasickness. New arrivals, waterlogged and covered in sand, 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, all is available for your use. Stake your claim on a place to live in the now, whether an apartment in the City, a shack on the beach, or a bigger space at the House of Worship with friends. Your inventory will be found a day later, wrapped up haphazardly and delivered to each arrival's home. II. Spooky Scavenger Hunt  Even with the Nameless Island reborn and open to your every whim, the robots still like to provide stimulating opportunities for people to get to know one another and earn some credits. But instead of the manual labor typical of the previous situation, they have engineered a scavenger hunt in honor of the Island's new autumn scenery! Islanders will find themselves pulled off the street, from inside establishments, and even from outside their own homes and paired with a partner. Their bracelets will be scanned and they will both find identical messages in their inboxes detailed they have 24 hours to find 10 randomized items on their list provided. Do so and bring them back (or take a picture if they are too big) to the Scavenger Station and they’ll receive a hefty reward of credits! Bonus Credits if they can show proof or pictures of the items being put to use before they turn them in. The robots certainly encourage the full scavenger hunt experience. The items can be found anywhere in the City. Sometimes in likely places and other times in a place you might not even consider (on other Islanders, for example?), although each team’s list will provide clues of where to look.
… and more! (Feel free to get creative! Items can range from silly to outright explicit.) III. Two Moon Film Festival  In order to promote the various community college classes available at the Library for Islander enrichment, the resident robots have cooked up a very special opportunity for Islanders to show off the new skills they have been practicing in their Amateur Porn classes to the growing Erku community: the Two Moon Film Festival! Everyone on the island, both new and old, gets a ticket for the festival itself. In the meantime, there are openings for pairs and groups to participate in creating the entries that will be showcased at said festival. Up for a creative challenge? Found yourself involuntarily signed up and unable to back out? One way or another, many Islanders are now entered into the film-making contest. New arrivals are encouraged to buddy up with Islanders who attended the classes, but anyone is welcome and encouraged to shoot their shot! Each duo or group that participates is to meet at the Library at sundown for their assignments: a genre, a line of dialogue, a character type or name, and a prop, all of which are randomized and different per group. You now have until sundown two days from now to create a short movie that incorporates at least three of the four items. Everything they need, from equipment to props and costumes, will be provided. Engaging and interactive VR sets can be programmed by helpful robots, and catering is available to help keep the crews properly fueled up. The punch and pie provided have the added effect of inspiring great bursts of creativity (and for a lucky few, horniness) in those who consume them. Following the deadline, all finished entries will debut on the big screen at Two Moon Film Festival, hosted by the Full Moon(ty) Theater. Chat up other contestants and the viewers before and afterward, laugh at the cringeworthy moments and bad acting, and aim for winning the Audience's Choice Award! All entrants to the contest earn one small reward of their choosing, while the winners of the contest will each receive one free BINGO-level request from the Augur! [ OOC: Shout out of thanks to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small} zunge for this prompt! ]Load Simulation . . .? Y/N READY: Simulation 1.1 Tenebrae Town  Your consciousness comes to you in the midst of a dense autumn forest. You haven't been asleep. You stand there, fully clothed, but perhaps not in your usual attire - perhaps you're wearing a belted tunic with trousers and leather boots to protect you from the cold ground, or a long and modest dress with an apron and a hood, hand-sewn in natural fabrics. The chill in the air and even the smell of the dirt and the trees are not like those of the Island. This place feels old, a strange energy crackling in the air. Some may recognize it as a very ancient magic. In the distance, colorful lights dance between the trees. Approach closely enough and they look like fairies, but they are always just out of your reach. Are they leading you somewhere? No - if you follow them, as they seem to bid you, they will only lead you deeper into danger: a snarling wolf, a sudden drop into a craggy ravine. They are mischievous, sometimes cruel little things. You'll never escape this forest by yourself. For as long as you are alone, the night is interminable - days long, it seems. Are you the determined sort, willing to choose a direction and continue walking no matter what, or will you give into despair of being hopelessly lost? With any luck, it won't take you long to find out that your only way out is with the help of someone else. Only by agreeing to work together will the dawn finally break, and your path into Tenebrae Town will become clear. Should you refuse, or never cross paths with another Islander? Maybe the wolves will take you in. OOC Notes:To accommodate our smaller community and split-setting environment, TDMs going forward will be open to old and new players for top levels! Please state in your subject line whether you are a TDMing a new character, or top-leveling with a character currently in the game! Voting for Audience Choice Awards for Prompt III will be held in November. Threads should be started by the time you submit your entries, but need not be finished in order to win! Entries will still be valid if they include characters who TDMed but did not apply to the game. ALL participants in the contest may handwave one small Augur reward request equivalent to an incomplete thread reward. N A V I G A T I O N |
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The moment his body can finally afford to relax, he turns his head to face the blank wall. If Cain doesn't go back to normal, he wouldn't know what else to do. On the other hand, if and once Cain does go back to normal, he wouldn't know what to do either. ]
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Cain quickly fell asleep, murmuring something unintelligible to Doppo as he tried to draw closer to cuddle. The good thing about this hug was that Cain really didn't have the strength at the moment to hold the older man like before, so the grip was quite easy to break.
Despite the stressful situation, Cain rested quite well, not responding to attempts to wake him until much later, when he finally opened his eyes again. What exactly had happened? He remembered the outfit getting stuck on him, but after that everything quickly became blurry. He did at least remember the overwhelming need and attraction to Doppo though, and that made him worry.]
Hnn....Doppo? Are you okay?
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He's keeping a grip at the sleeves that are clearly a bit oversized for him, absently making the assessment that if he were to scream into the fabric, it may just be muffled enough to not disturb his neighbors. He doesn't do that though and instead just approaches Cain close enough to maintain what he thinks is a respectable distance. ]
I should be asking you that. [ He eyes the outfit again with a frown, noting that Cain's actual clothing aren't anywhere to be seen. When he looks back to him, it's out of concern. Yeah, fuck that stupid scavenger hunt. ] ...do you remember anything?
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Kinda? I remember having the outfit on and then feeling well, like you know...after that it kind of becomes blurry. We....
[Well, it would explain why Doppo was so nervous, and why he was feeling the way he did.]
I=I'm sorry. I forced myself on you, didn't I? Please forgive me for the horrible way I was acting to you.
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The shower's that way, if you want to use it.
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Doppo...whatever happened, it wasn't your fault. You didn't hurt me in any way. Really, it's me who should be apologizing for not letting you go when you're still very uncomfortable...I don't know my own strength sometimes.
[At least he thinks that's what this is about. He wasn't going to reach out and touch the man though, that's what got them into this. But Doppo had mentioned a shower?]
O-oh, you have showers here? I'll admit, that sounds kind of exciting. I never really got to use one before...
[He should probably gingerly get out of bed and head over there, even if he was still completely naked. Sorry Doppo, he was used to that....]
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It helps to know that Cain doesn't blame him, but Cain wasn't in control. Doppo was, and even he couldn't hold himself back...so yeah, he still feels like he's the worst. ]
...agh, I'm no different from those sleazy guys that wouldn't leave women alone. [ Doppo often had to play the sober man
despite having to drink himselfduring those company outings, apologizing to whoever his inebriated managers may be getting too friendly with. It was something he would vent at his plants before he completely conks out for the evening. No plants to vent at here. Maybe he should get some...after he berates himself a little more in the form of screaming into his pillow. ]no subject
He put the clothes on that the man so graciously provided-(he hoped his uniform wasn't gone, it was something that also kept him connected with Arthur and the Central knights and he didn't want to lose it)- he walked back out to the room.]
Hey, thanks for the clothes, Doppo....are you alright? You feeling okay?
[He knew the man was distessed, though it wasn't exactly something he could understand. There was nothing in his mind that Doppo had done wrong. He didn't remember much at all, but he remembered that he liked and trusted the man.]
Are you sure I didn't hurt you??
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Doppo pushes the pillow aside, cheeks red from the screaming, looking at Cain with a look so confused that he's starting to doubt himself if the last half hour even happened. ]
Of course you didn't. [ Because in Doppo's eyes, he's the perp here. It's not unlike dealing with a drunk person in his mind. He's supposed to be responsible as the "sober" one in this kind of situation. ] It was my fault for letting this happen, especially since I was aware of what I was doing. It was my fault that I thought it fe-------- [ He clamps his mouth before remembering that the pillow is the better option and covers his face with it again. ]
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Wait, that's what got you upset? I mean, it's true I don't really remember anything that happened, but I'm confident in my own strength. Believe me, if I didn't want you to do something, I could've easily thrown you through a wall.
[He tried smiling gently back at the older man, peeling the pillow away from his face with small tugs.]
I liked doing that stuff with you. My only regret is that I couldn't ask you properly.
[There was time for Doppo to realize Cain's absolute shit standards when it came to partners later, because right now he had very good taste.]
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When the pillow is lowered, it reveals the predictably guilt ridden salaryman who just wants to sleep forever now. But it does help that Cain doesn't seem damaged by this...or not even appearing remotely repulsed. That's weird to Doppo. Why wouldn't he be? ]
I just...didn't want to take advantage of you. People who do that to others who can't control themselves are scumbags. They're the worst.
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You're not listening to me, are you? I told you already that I was more than happy to let you do those things to me. It's not taking advantage of me if I like it.
[Cain also may have had a different view on the whole situation than Doppo, but he wasn't going to let that stop him.]
Like I said, I think I have enough strength to at least reject someone. And Doppo, you are a kind and gentle person, so you would listen. But that's not what happened. And that means that's probably not what I wanted to happen. What if I kissed you again right now? Would you reject me?
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Excuse him for still questioning things. It's not so much that he refuses to listen to Cain or doesn't believe him so much as it's his own negative self-image. ] I'd ask if you had hit your head in the shower...
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Still, Cain laughed at the accusation.]
I'll admit that the floor did seem slippery, but I didn't slip and fall. I'm just telling you the truth. To be honest, I'm not really good at lying, nor am I fond of it either. And if it helps me make up the fact that you had to take care of me when I should have been the one to protect you, then allow me to continue saying it.
You're a wonderful man, Doppo. Your eyes are pretty, and I bet your smile would be too, if you'd ever grace me with one.
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Sorry, Cain. He's not exactly in the mood to smile.
You're just so stupid, that Doppo's actually weirded out by it.He'd sooner know how to respond if the other guy was actually upset at him. How can he word this...that Cain is fortunate that he wasn't with someone who would totally take advantage of that naivete of his and undoubtedly do worse things to him??? ]Did you forget that you've only known me for less than a few hours?! [ And this is putting aside the little jerking session they just had!! ]
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that's not what doppo was talking about you idiot.]Yeah? I mean, I'd like to keep being friends. But honestly, I've always taken a little pride in how I can try to get along with about anyone. So it's not too unusual for me to see you this way. Also there were some uh....different circumstances too.
I think you're very cool already. That makes me want to keep spending time with you. Did you not want me to...?
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The point. ]
...that's not what I... [ Doppo just covers his face again and lets out a groan. It's almost not unlike trying to talk to Hifumi when he's in his host mode; outright impossible to get his point across. ]
At least...let me apologize for kissing you. [ Yeah, his voice did go quiet at mentioning that too. ] I didn't have to do that but I...lost control a little bit there too. [ He bows his head from where he is. ] I'm sorry.
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But he still didn't get why Doppo was so insistent on apologizing.]
If you're determined to take the blame, the only thing I can say is I forgive you for an act you never committed. In return, just please take my apology as well. I was the one who forced the situation onto you and I regret it immensely.
If we both accept each other's apologies, then could we let it be? I don't know what I've done to make you trust me so little.
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It's not that I don't trust you... [ It's that Cain seems to be too trusting. The intent was never in question. After all, he'd like to think that if Cain was even aware what touching the "robes" would do to him, he'd keep his hands away. ]
I'll let it go if you're really okay with it...just be careful with who you talk to around here, okay? [ This could've ended way worse. Doppo hasn't been here long enough himself but there's no reason to not believe that a place like this would have people who won't be anywhere near as courteous as he has been. ]
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No matter what Doppo saw, he brightened up a second later, passing it off as nothing.]
Haha! Thanks for your concern then. But I've managed to handle myself so far; I won't make you worry.
And you know...I wasn't lying when I said I'd do it again. Honestly, I really don't remember that much of it, which is kind of a bummer.
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That is, until the other continues to prove that he really needs to bring up his standards. ]
Don't say you'd do it again if you don't even remember...! [ Doppo says this in a tone not totally unlike one he'd use on Hifumi, whose words have gotten a rise out of him on many occasions.
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Well I remember enough to know I liked it. Like I said, I don't mind doing that stuff with you.
I mean...it's fine if you don't want to! I'd still like to at least treat you to dinner or something.
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I guess if...you find yourself in a pinch like that again...
[ Y'know, touching stupid cursed horny things. ]
I... I'll help you out. S-since you're okay with me. [ He scratches his cheek. The way how this place operates really can flip the order of how conversations ought to flow. Basically, if Cain is indeed in need of that kind of company, Doppo will do whatever he can to help him work through that. Better than for him to stumble across a potential creep.
What does that make Doppo though ahhhhghghg he's going to have dreams about this, he knows it.]