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TDM 020: FROSTED FLAKES

TDM 020: FROSTED FLAKES


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Augmentations
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Proceed . . .? Y/N

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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. Tropical Snow





The Augur hasn't forgotten your festive needs, Islanders!

Though the Island weather remains sunny and tropical, a powdery snow has begun to fall from blue skies, collecting into pristine piles overnight. Fortunately, unlike some other snowstorms Islanders might have experienced, this one won't freeze you. In fact, the temperature of the powder is perfectly pleasant, even though everything else about it is exactly as one might remember from white holidays past. It even sticks together nicely, making it absolutely perfect for snowballs, forts, and sculptures, and the 'bots encourage Islanders to enjoy this little treat from the Augur for the limited time that it will last. Even robots pelted by snowballs will chirp cheery encouragements.

It is, however, a little slippery… and a bit tacky. And sweet? Catching snowflakes on your tongue has never been so rewarding.



III. It Came From Above





In addition to the Island's traditional cherub dragon helpers, Islanders may notice a newcomer to the skies above: these zippy little drones, which flit about playfully and broadcast festive songs from Islander memories whilst they assist the dragonets in decorating the hospital and other public buildings in wintery colors and charming strings of lights. Make sure you mind your head, because the more mischievous of the drones have minds of their own when it comes to decorating sometimes! If you're looking a little dour, you might become the next surface wrapped up in lights and tinsel. Maybe even with someone else, for pleasant company of course!

Oh, and those mistletoe bots? They seem to pick targets at will, locking on and hovering overhead until their victim new friend gives someone a kiss. It's not unusual for a mistletoe bot to take a real shine to one Islander in particular, following them all day long.

If asked for assistance with a drone, Island robots will helpfully inform you that the drones make excellent pets! Just be sure to pick one that doesn't bite.


IV. Sticky Circumstances





The robots may have made a veeerryy slight miscalculation.

As time passes, the mysteriously room-temperature snow that blankets the Island begins to… well, melt. Except, it doesn't melt into water. What results instead from this well-meaning experiment is a slippery, sticky, sweet substance just like icing sugar… but everywhere. On the sidewalks, on the buildings, sliding in globs off the leaves of every palm tree. While it may taste good, and pests like ants are never a problem in paradise, it's quite a nuisance!

Robots will offer credits for assistance in clean-up, rewarding especially handsomely as the mess seems to gunk up their joints. With enough help from Islanders and drones, the mess could be cleaned up within the week! If an Islander would rather just enjoy their Island-wide slip and slide, however? The 'bots won't fault them.




N A V I G A T I O N

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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-03 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Xue Yang heads into the bathroom with Xiao Xingchen, looking as if he's trying to peek past that arm more to tease than to actually try to see anything. Once they're in the bathroom he quickly turns on the shower and sets the water temperature to one they've used when showering together before. Before he steps in he turns and gives between Xiao Xingchen's legs a deliberate look. ]

Do you need me to clean you out too, daozhang?

[ It's a phrase he's used before for both of them, sometimes when angling his ass towards Xiao Xingchen and sometimes directed at Xiao Xingchen's pussy, depending on how they've had sex that particular time. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-03 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen pointedly keeps his gaze ahead, feeling slightly indignant at Xue Yang's teasing. "Playful" is a strange way to describe this man, let alone in an earnest way that isn't the twisted sense one would expect. Still, Xiao Xingchen has no heart in playing along. Surely if things were really as they were, he'd be even more coy, and "reprimand" him for how uncouth he is...]

I can... take care of it myself, thank you.

[Maybe he would have agreed, shy after some weeks of them not doing what used to be practically a ritual. However, what feels right with Xue Yang is still far from what was before.

He doesn't think about how he hasn't said "no" there.

Once he's stepped into the shower and he has a moment to relax, all the tension leaves him. His hair slips out of its bun, falling down his back. Water cascades down his form, easing every sting and point of soreness it touches. Of course the water can't wash away everything, especially not all his troubles... but it feels nice for now.

Tilting his head back and letting the shower envelop him in its spray, a soft moan slips through his parted lips and he could forget about Xue Yang staring easily.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-04 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Xue Yang watches Xiao Xingchen for a moment before stepping into the shower behind him. It's not built to hold two people well, though they both fit: Xue Yang never bothered to upgrade it when it's always been fine for the two of them to be this physically close whenever they showered together.

He wraps his arms around Xiao Xingchen and places his hands on his stomach, resting his head against Xiao Xingchen's own. ]


Daozhang, can you feel it? Is it still sloshing around inside of you? Or has it all leaked out already?

[ If it weren't for the words and the seductive tone he uses to say them, this could almost pass as affectionate. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-05 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen is suddenly not alone again, and he shifts to allow room for the both of them to fit together. Every place their bodies touch feels hot once more. The muscles of his back tense slightly as it presses against Xue Yang's front, but he wills himself to relax some more, even as Xue Yang's voice sends a noticeable shiver across his skin.]

Still inside...

[The answer is more sheepish than he wants it to be, and he tries to reach down below Xue Yang's hands, his own touch meandering and unsure of how to start. He should suggest that they shower one at a time, but instead he says:]

You're n-not going to get clean like this.

[Neither will Xiao Xingchen, a bit more reluctant to slip his fingers inside himself while pressed against Xue Yang.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-05 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ Xue Yang gives a low hum. ]

I'll get clean after. You're the one in front, daozhang, so you can get clean first.

[ It's clear that he's saying it because he wants to enjoy Xiao Xingchen "cleaning himself out" while he watches from over his shoulder.

As if to encourage him Xue Yang gives a slight press of that stomach. As if, if Xiao Xingchen had been completely filled up, the pressure might have forced out some of the cum from inside of him. All in the name of "helping", of course. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-05 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen furrows his brow, confused at the motion... before he realizes what it's about. Flustered, he bumps back against Xue Yang.]

I couldn't hold that much inside inside me.

[At least... he thinks not. Hopefully he didn't tempt fate by saying that.

While nothing like this should be so embarrassing after sex, it's different like this. Sex is full of reactions he can't suppress, immediate need that he has little time to think of during the act. This requires more thought, with more consciousness of the man behind him watching.

Though he could tell the man to leave for now if all he's going to do is make this more embarrassing, he steels himself to act untroubled—it might be worse to appear so timid in front of Xue Yang at this point.

He needs to lean back into Xue Yang for balance, hand turned around to grip onto the shoulder behind him. Lifting up one leg, he angles his hips upwards so he can reach deeper inside. Normally, he could hold his balance on a single foot even while standing upon a narrow tree branch, but he feels as clumsy and fumbling as an ordinary person right now. The water could turn to steam on his face as his fingers dip inside, and he stifles a quiet noise as the tips rub against the sore, sensitized inner walls.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-06 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ When Xiao Xingchen actually positions himself to clean himself out, Xue Yang's breath stills, almost as if he's afraid of disturbing this scene. He remains steady and strong as Xiao Xingchen braces himself against him, and keeps his eyes glued on that hand of his.

He watches as Xiao Xingchen reaches inside, eager to take in everything about him as he touches himself. This isn't a sight he gets to see that often, and he wants to enjoy it to the fullest.

The only thing he does in reaction is murmur softly under his breath. ]


Daozhang...

[ He wouldn't be able to place the emotion in his own voice if asked. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-06 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Between his strained breaths, Xiao Xingchen lets out another huff in response. Xue Yang surely is enjoying this... but that should be irrelevant to what he's trying to do. If he's committed to what he's doing, he should finish it, no matter how much easier it would be to stop and tell Xue Yang to leave.

At this angle, he can move his fingers inside up to the knuckle. He curls his fingers against the walls to start scooping the mixed liquids out of him, trying to ignore how they squeeze down around him as he works. The water washes away the lewd mixture, and he pushes inside again, trying to not think too much of how he must look like he's fucking himself on his own fingers to the man who can see from almost the same point of view as his. After repeating the motion a few times, his head tilts back against Xue Yang as he whimpers, fingertips now running over the sweet spot that's been relentlessly stimulated throughout the night.

Just a bit more, to be thorough...]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-06 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, that's a good noise. That soft whimper that slips past Xiao Xingchen's lips stirs Xue Yang's cock even through his exhaustion. It's almost as good as the sight of those fingers disappearing inside of him, and Xue Yang wonders just how it feels in there after having been fucked all night.

Not even he's tried getting fucked for that long, and he can only imagine how sore and sensitive it might be. ]


Do you need help now, daozhang?

[ The offer is made before he can think about it, his voice soft and low. ]

Can you reach deep enough?
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-06 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen pulls his fingers out, water washing over them again. His first instinct is to reject it—isn't that why he said he'd take care of it himself in the first place? But his fingers are shorter like this, and he did usually ask for help before... and it shouldn't be that much left.

So this isn't just because he managed to arouse himself again already.]


Alright, I... might need your help. But be careful...

[He moves his hand out of the way, pressing more against Xue Yang and gripping his shoulder tighter as if to brace himself.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-06 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Aren't I always careful, daozhang?

[ No. No he's not.

But he shifts very slightly to get a good angle as he reaches down. When Xue Yang slips a finger inside he doesn't bother with a shallow touch to start out: Xiao Xingchen obviously would have handled whatever there was to be done there already. Instead he reaches deep inside and curls his finger to catch what fluid he can there, then slowly pulls it out. If anything, his touch is too slow. Though it seems like he's being helpful, he's certainly pressing against Xiao Xingchen's walls a little more than he needs to be doing to accomplish his goal. Little by little he scoops more liquid out to draw more reactions from Xiao Xingchen. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-06 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Indeed, Xiao Xingchen doesn't have to answer that.

But Xue Yang's fingers moving inside so quickly is unexpected, and despite his bracing himself, he feels the air pushed out from his lungs with a moan that betrays his surprise. As Xue Yang's fingers - a slightly rougher texture than his own - rub against the sore walls, they flutter more wildly than ever before, all too sensitive. When the fingers rub into that spot, he feels it far more than his own fingers, and even an "incidental" touch makes him jump and cry out as heat shoots through all of him. The leg he's holding up tries to find purchase on the slippery glass door as it trembles.

Despite his choice influenced by his arousal, he starts to doubt if he should let this continue. This is before they even have any aphrodisiac food for today, he notes with some panic. His body may never have any rest at this rate...

Of course, his body would try to again make that choice for him, and start trying to lower on Xue Yang's fingers. He fights against the impulse, but he can't stop his hips from giving a few quick, shallow bounces. His now-free hand flies to Xue Yang's wrist, holding it in a light grip, as if unsure if he wants to stop him of encourage him.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-06 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He loves the way Xiao Xingchen squeezes around him. Xue Yang has to decide if he wants to turn this sexual already, or pretend he's doing this just to be helpful.

The fact that he's having difficulty getting hard is what decides for him, and he wraps his free arm around Xiao Xingchen's waist to hold him steady. ]


It's alright, daozhang. I won't drop you.

[ His voice is sincere and mocking in equal measure. He lets his hand pause with Xiao Xingchen's hand grabbing it, but then he continues, working even more slowly now. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-06 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[The words are enough to incense Xiao Xingchen slightly, face burning enough to dizzy him. But as Xue Yang's fingers continue to work, he continues to squirm, breath quickening as the fingertips rub into delicate walls. The slowness could almost pass as a desire to be gentle, but even knowing that Xue Yang doesn't want to hurt him, he still knows better.

Still, it doesn't matter what Xue Yang makes of it.

For a moment, he considers taking Xue Yang's hand and pushing his fingers deeper inside, as fast as he would when using a toy. If Xue Yang wants to be so helpful, he could service him in that way. But there comes a point when Xue Yang is having too much fun at once...

Breathless, he murmurs:]


There, t-that... should be enough.

[He tries to pull out of Xue Yang's grip, pulling at his hand to take it out while he tries to get to his feet. It's not like he's being too inconsiderate—he can feel Xue Yang's lack of erection against him.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-06 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright, daozhang.

[ He lets his hand come back out, then wraps his arm around Xiao Xingchen to join his other for a moment. There's no particular meaning to the gesture. ]

That means it's my turn to get clean, right? Let's trade places then.

[ He stops holding Xiao Xingchen and starts to shift behind him so they can get around each other in the small space. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-07 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen lets out another scoff, trembling with his breath while he tries to steady himself as he stands.

Even if being held from behind sparks a different kind of warmth in him, he has to bat down those thoughts. As with many things he does, the affection isn't out of true affection—it only happens to mess with him when he's already out of sorts.]


Isn't it easier for you by yourself...?

[Still, he sidles around the side of the shower to stand where Xue Yang did. Perhaps it's only right for him to help when asked, even if this is all just benefiting Xue Yang further.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-07 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's less fun.

[ He gives a slight bump backwards of his ass towards Xiao Xingchen, grinning over his shoulder. ]

Like this, you can even stick your fingers in my ass while I clean my front if you want. Do you think you can get me hard?

[ It's hard to tell how much he's teasing and how much he's serious, but Xue Yang soon starts to clean himself off either way.

It feels a little odd to be stroking himself and not getting hard easily, but he's in a good enough mood that he doesn't mind it. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-07 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen gives a look back up at Xue Yang.]

I think that I will allow you a little more rest, for I would not wish to wear you down too much.

[Leaning against Xue Yang's back, his fingers sweep gently over Xue Yang's inner thighs as the water washes over them. Perhaps his usual nature keeps him from being anything close to harsh, but it could also help in not unintentionally arousing him.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-07 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ The laughter that meets that is easy, the carefree laughter that he's made so many times before. Xue Yang hasn't even thought about what it means to be this comfortable with someone, and on some level he actually doesn't want to think about it too deeply. But it's so easy to tease Xiao Xingchen a little and back off again, to say something and have it not mean much, to touch him or hold him just because it feels good to.

Even when he's too exhausted to get wound up again, the touch from both of them feels nice. Xue Yang slowly coaxes the excess of fluid from his cock and abdomen, letting Xiao Xingchen take care of his legs somewhat.

He doesn't want to think about any of it too deeply. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-07 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen smooths his hands against whatever else he can reach, absently tracing over the scars and the lines of his muscles as he moves downwards.

In the moments that pass in silence, his thoughts stray towards Xue Yang and the life that he must have lived. From Xue Yang's reaction to the question before, he certainly doesn't want to tell him any more about it, but Xiao Xingchen finds himself curious once again.

Maybe in time, he'll hear more. After all, he's not living with a disguise, but the actual Xue Yang, with less and less to hide.]


Is that clean enough? Most of it didn't end up on you, after all.
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-07 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ It pulls Xue Yang out of his own head, not lost in thought so much as slightly numbed to the idea of thinking entirely. There's something easy to just letting this be what it is. ]

Probably. Is the food ready now? It's nice in here; we should stay until we can eat.

[ Though he's already salivating at the thought of having the breakfast that Xiao Xingchen prepared for the both of them, and the excitement and renewed libido that the aphrodisiac in it is sure to give both of them. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-07 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen goes over how long they've taken so far.]

We may need to wait just a little longer. Here, let's do this then.

[Getting a little more clean while they're here can't hurt, even it won't last. After a night like that, he's fairly sure it got into their hair as well.

He takes some of the shampoo in a bottle on a little shelf in the shower and pours some into his hand. With a pleasant, invigorating scent, Xiao Xingchen can only hope that this isn't also full of aphrodisiac. Distributing it between his hands, he reaches up and slips his fingers into Xue Yang's hair, rubbing his scalp lightly as he spreads the light lather.]
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-07 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Xue Yang isn't expecting those fingers to go into his hair instead of Xiao Xingchen washing his own, and it suddenly occurs to him that they've never actually done this before. All those times that they've showered together he'd already be hard by now, and soon one or the other of them would be held up or pressed against the wall as they resumed fucking.

He's never really been attended to like this before, with the calm patience that Xiao Xingchen always has. The closest that he'd had was... back in the Jin sect, maybe? When he'd been forced to look a bit more presentable for one reason or another, and back then the grooming had been met with resistance at every step. Xue Yang has never actually... relaxed like this, for something like this.

Xiao Xingchen's fingers in his hair are gentle, soothing, and he wonders for a moment if he can doze off standing up in the shower. But what happens in the end isn't dozing off at all: little by little his focus slips, until it's as if he's disconnected from the world almost entirely. The feeling of Xiao Xingchen grooming him drown out everything else, even the feeling of the water cascading down the rest of his body. He's experienced something like this once before, but he doesn't realize it, doesn't remember it, and isn't even thinking enough to realize something odd is happening.

All there is is Xiao Xingchen's touch. ]
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[personal profile] blindforlove 2022-02-07 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Xiao Xingchen works the shampoo all the way to the ends of his hair, pleases with his own work as he looks over the wet and glossy strands. Combing out the lather to help wash out the hair, his fingers brush along his scalp to the hair behind the ears and down to the nape of his neck.

Satisfied as the shower washes away the last of the lather, Xiao Xingchen hums a bit as he picks up the shampoo bottle and starts the same process with his own hair. Even if this was his nameless friend, he wouldn't go out of his way to ask for help like this, and especially not after Xue Yang has... "helped" enough already.

As the pitter of the water drops against their skin continues, he's combing through his hair with his fingers when he notices something odd.

He asks with some suspicion:]


... Are you alright?
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[personal profile] noneforyou 2022-02-07 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Xue Yang doesn't react even once Xiao Xingchen stops, instead standing under the water motionlessly as if waiting for something. It's only with that question that his mind starts to process again, responding slowly at first.

Suddenly he blinks, eyes focusing again, and it takes him a moment to regain awareness of his surroundings. He's... in their shower, right, that's not a surprise. Xiao Xingchen is still behind him. But there's a weird, floaty feeling all throughout his body that wasn't there a moment ago, and he doesn't know where it came from or what it is.

He doesn't respond to the question because he didn't even really hear it in the first place. ]

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