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TDM 019 : ALL THE LEAVES ARE...

TDM 19


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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:

Everything is fine.

Welcome to the
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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. FALLING OVER YOU






The fall scenery and change in foliage continues into the new month. Leaves of red, orange, and yellow cover the trees and always seem to be falling, carpeting forests and dirt footpaths with the soft yet crunchy debris. Even the chillier temperatures don't seem to be going anywhere just yet. Maybe you need to head over to the tailor's or another clothing shop to get warmer outerwear. Or try the latest fall flavors at the Steaming Carafe Café. Everyone will get free hot chocolate that tastes like something warm, comforting...almost nostalgically familiar.

There is even a shifting in the Island itself, a new area opening for visits. Wetlands with canoes for easy travel shaded by a thick canopy of trees, including dozens, branches an array of colors as they slip into fall themselves. Take one of the canoes from the boathouse or take a seat provided by your friendly robot helpers and you will find yourself on a leisurely ride through the waters. The robots are especially insistent on you not taking the ride alone and will find someone else to ride with you (or more than one someone).

As you take the long route through the wetlands, you'll find two paths you can take, both lined with weeping willows to the point light filters through only when the wind blows. While Route A will seem normal and uneventful, taking Route B may find branches touching different parts of your body as you go. And you might even find those parts of your body suddenly begin to tingle with warmth and arousal. You may even move away from the willows to avoid the sensations, but somehow, someway, they reach out and continue to touch you.

The more you try to avoid it, the more insistent the willows seem to become. They might even seem to tug at you, as if to try and remove the clothing that blocks them from reaching your skin. And the warmth will spread across your entire body, leaving you all the more aroused and in desperate need of relief. Completing an auspicious act will alleviate the symptoms, but if you resist until you reach the final bend of the ride, you'll find a beautiful waterfall where both routes meet. Touching the waters nearest to the falls soothes some of the heightened arousal, but a skinny dip will remove it all together, if leaving you chilled and in need of a cuddle your ride buddies will hopefully be willing to provide.


III. HELLO, PLUMPKIN!





Along with the shifting foliage and cooler temperatures, pumpkins have sprouted all around the island! Some are attached to thick, twisting vines, others are randomly in places one might never expect. How did those pumpkins get on your roof? Or in your hammock? Did you put that pumpkin on your doorstep? A mystery has unfolded...

Until the robots request your help in Plumpkin harvesting! No, no, not pumpkins. Plumpkins These odd creatures feline in nature...if cats were fluffy on top and pumpkin on the bottom. They enjoy causing mischief this time of year as they toddle or roll themselves around the island, putting pumpkins in odd places or playing pranks that some people might even first believe are caused by cherub dragons. But while cherub dragons are generally benign and playful, Plumpkins don't care if their pranks cause trouble, injury, or anything else. They are as chaotic as they are adorable.

The robots will impress the importance of getting them calmed down and returned to their Plumpkin Patches and offer credits to anyone who helps in this round-up. Robots will even provide seeds that some Islanders may remember coming from a certain skull sunflowers. Plumpkins love these seeds and most will gladly follow anyone if a promise of more is there. Unfortunately, the supply is limited so you may just have to find a skull sunflower field and collect more. Do be wary of the potential effects of getting any of that sap on you...


IV. GOOD WREATH





The robots continue getting into the seasonal mood, decorating the Island in the colors of fall, even in the areas not affected by the changes. They even invite all Islanders to their Autumn Wreath Craft Show!

Wall to wall wreaths are lined up for display before they are taken to decorate the various doors, lampposts and shop windows around the Nameless Island and there are long tables where you can try your hand at making some yourself. There is a variety of supplies you can use, from different types of leaves, small dried fruits and vegetables, especially gourds, flowers (even skull sunflowers!), twines, ropes, and branches. Everything you could possibly need.

But you may find that some of the items you pick do more than reflect your taste in wreaths, but also have an influence on you in return.
  • Red Flowers with such thick and warm scents make you feel soft and relaxed, maybe even sleepy. But you can’t sleep just anywhere. You need physical contact with someone else to push you over the edge and your sluggish brain doesn’t care who it is. Hopefully you find someone willing to let you take a nap against their shoulder (or in their lap).
  • Orange Produce such as fruits and vegetables may find you feeling more energetic, inspired and productive. You have so many new ideas, whether it be for wreaths, activities, or sudden urges to just do something. Free climb a building? Kiss a random person on the street? Do more than just kiss them? Whatever inspiration strikes you, you can’t help but follow through.
  • Yellow Leaves come in so many different shapes and shades but all of them carry the same warming effect. As in, you become a little furnace to everyone around you in the chilly outdoor craft show. You may not feel it yourself, but others may gravitate towards you, basking in that warmth. Someone might even feel the need to press right up against you go get some of that heat for themselves.






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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.

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N A V I G A T I O N

noneforyou: (26)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-13 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
Xue Yang continued to laugh, holding another pumpkin threateningly.

"Money? I don't need any. This is for fun!"

And with that he let the gourd loose, aiming to hit this time.
desperatemizusaki: (36)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-13 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
"This isn't fun!" taking a chance he picked up one of the gourds near him to chuck it back, though he wasn't athletic or anything so he didn't exactly expect it to hit, but he sure did hope it did!
noneforyou: (63)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-14 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
The pumpkin was easy to dodge especially from the high ground, and Xue Yang ducked away easily. One of the plumpkins made a surprised yowl and quickly rolled out of the way as well, though it wouldn't have been hit even if it didn't move. Xue Yang reached out and casually rubbed its head, then turned back to Tamamori.

"Of course it's fun. You're even joining in!"

With that he lobbed another pumpkin down.
desperatemizusaki: (021)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-14 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
Tamamori covered his head again and drew up his knees. Who was this guy? Where was this? Was he in hell? Was he dead? Had he gone back in time so many times he ended up somewhere completely different?

"Give me a break! Come down here and see how fun it is!"
noneforyou: (51)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-16 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
Eagerly rising to the challenge, Xue Yang leapt from the roof and into the alley, landing the full-story jump with ease. Once there he picked up one of the still-mostly-intact pumpkins and threw it, at least not at full strength, directly at Tamamori.
desperatemizusaki: (10)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-16 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Did... did that guy just....

...

When one sees a human do something inhuman one can only react in a reasonable way. For Tamaori that was to gather himself quickly and bolt the opposite way. Minakami's journal could rot in hell for all he cared! It wasn't like it said anything that mattered in it... it only talked about the books he loved.
noneforyou: (93)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-17 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, now it was a chase. Xue Yang grabbed a couple more pumpkins (though really there were enough scattered around that he could have probably grabbed them on the way if he really wanted to) and took off after his victim, laughing.

"This is even better!"
desperatemizusaki: (096)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-17 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
"LEAVE ME ALONE!" it was more a cry than a yell as he stumbled and ran as fast as he could. This was worse than the Noh mask man!

Maybe.

He wasn't sure if he was going to die here or not.
noneforyou: (51)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-19 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Xue Yang didn't respond with words. Instead he took aim and threw a smaller pumpkin to hit one of Tamamori's legs in an attempt to knock it out from under him and make him fall. Not that Xue Yang couldn't chase him down until he was exhausted, but he wanted to catch him while he still had energy. It would be more fun that way.
desperatemizusaki: (026)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-19 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
It was a dead on hit and Tamamori went falling face first, hakama fluttering, and landing with a thud.

Why was this his life!?
noneforyou: (41)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-20 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
When his prey went down Xue Yang all but pounced. He quickly got on top of Tamamori, pressing him down with his body weight. The excitement had his blood pumping, which in turn had a certain part of him standing at attention. He didn't make any effort to make it obvious nor hide it as he pinned him down and tried to press lips and teeth to the back of his neck.
desperatemizusaki: (018)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-20 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
He screamed like a little girl.

"What was that!? What are you doing!?" the weird sensation to the back of his neck was scary, but then he was distracted by something else. Was that... against his back....

...

"What is wrong with you?"
noneforyou: (17)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-22 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Aren't you excited after that? A bit of fighting, a bit of chasing? It might even be on your list, but you won't get it marked if we don't fuck."

Now that attention had been drawn to it he pressed down deliberately and gave a drag of his hips. He gave another nip and then an actual bite, trying to leave marks on the skin.
desperatemizusaki: (041)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-22 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
"We're both men...." as if that was his only objection, though it was definitely not his only objection. Though Tamamori was a virgin by circumstances, it wasn't like he had any great opinion of the matter. But this was definitely not what he had imagined when considering what his first experiences would be. "And this is a street."
noneforyou: (12)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-23 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, and once you feel what it's like to get fucked in the ass you won't care."

About either of those complaints.

Xue Yang reached down and groped around a bit trying to get underneath Tamamori's pants. He was probably going to actually try to use lube, but it would be easier to have access to his ass first before he got his hand messy.
desperatemizusaki: (23)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-23 07:53 am (UTC)(link)
It really wasn't hard, he didn't wear any pants, his hakama was a skirt style, and even his underwear was a susoyoke that just wrapped around his waist.

"Why is it my ass getting fucked!? Even if you're a little cute, isn't this too much? This is definitely too much! I'm not ready for this kind of experience," though to be quite honest he was the sort that wasn't hard to seduce and get going, the right touches in the right places and he would mostly complain but hardly fight back.
noneforyou: (46)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-25 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Do you know how to fuck another man? You were acting like you don't, so I'll do it since I do. If you want to fuck me instead, get on top of me."

Not that he wouldn't have to fight for that position. Even though the garment was easy to get under it was still a bit unfamiliar to Xue Yang and he fumbled with it, but soon enough he had managed to get his hand against Tamamori's bare legs.
desperatemizusaki: (017)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-25 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah..." no he did not know, and he had no particular desires in actually putting anything in anywhere. Really, the thought was completely uninteresting.

Though, to be honest, shouldn't he object a lot more to being fondled in the street by a stranger!?

As he was about to decide to actually protest he felt a hand against his leg unexpectedly and shuddered.

"Ah!"
noneforyou: (07)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-27 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
"It'll feel good. I know what I'm doing."

Xue Yang ran that hand further up Tamamori's leg until he reached his target. From their positions it wasn't particularly easy to reach his cock, so Xue Yang went for his ass instead. He pawed at his cheeks, giving each side squeezes and rubs, a bit rough but not intended to hurt. Mostly he wanted to make sure Tamamori was aroused too before he went to sticking it in.
desperatemizusaki: (035)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-27 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
"We only just met-" but Tamamori was one of those men that only needed to be touched a little bit to start something stirring, and it wasn't as if he had tended to his business in the past several days....

But the street? With a stranger? Why was this happening to him!?
noneforyou: (17)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2021-12-31 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
"It's not as if guys are that different from each other. I've handled enough other men to know what you're going to like. Like this."

He reached past his ass and slid a hand over his balls, giving them a good rub before cupping them in his palm. Xue Yang spent a little bit of time caressing them, being sure to give some good attention, before he reached back and started nudging a finger inside.

After the fight and the chase, he wasn't inclined to use lube even if he was taking his time.
desperatemizusaki: (050)

[personal profile] desperatemizusaki 2021-12-31 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Despite wanting to prove this delinquent wrong, as if on queue he let out a sound he had never heard before from his own throat at the touch, and felt himself getting hard already.

"You're really terrible, you know that?"
noneforyou: (26)

[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-01-04 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"But it feels good, right?" He simply grinned and continued working, getting that finger inside and feeling around for Tamamori's spot. Most guys he'd had encounters with were really sensitive there, and stopped complaining about a cock in their ass damn fast once they understood what it could stimulate.

Plus he wanted to have Tamamori make more of those noises just to rub it in.