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Test Drive Meme #3


Test Drive Meme #3
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION



Arrival



Part 1


You arrive in an unknown space, dressed in white clothes (player choice what kind of clothes, as long as they cover everything). Whatever was happening to you before no longer happens. It's like everything was put on a pause and you were transferred away from the situation without you realizing it happened.

The space that you find yourself in is one of these four options:

An empty landscape filled with snow and ice, almost like a blank canvas.
A field with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.
A sunny beach near an ocean that seems never ending.
A quiet forest with falling autumn leaves.

All of the spaces seem to continue endlessly. No matter where or how far you walk it almost seems like you're not moving at all. There are no animals here - just those who happened to wake up there at the same time, in the same place. Everyone is wearing the same kind of plain, white clothes.

Despite the possible rollercoaster of emotions you might be feeling, the place somehow feels familiar. Like somehow you belong there.

And it looks like you're not alone.


Part 2


After half an hour has passed the surroundings change as everyone is teleported into a room with all the other new arrivals, no matter what space they woke up in. It's a large place with plenty of seats to sit in and beverages to enjoy. Medical attention is offered to those who need it and the doctors here are very prepared for any challenging situations.

Here, in this room, everyone gets an answer to where they are and why. A hologram of a man appears at the center of the room, waiting to be heard. He brings a message on behalf of the leaders of Ellipsa.


The Message [ Click to Expand ]

Hello, my name is Olwen. I'm one of the leaders of Ellipsa as it currently is. I'm also one of the four who summoned you here.

Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here.

This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes.

We used to have plenty of people here who could control the powers of the four Seasons. We called them Seasonal Power Holders. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy you can read about later, we lost almost all of them. Now only four of us remain and the world is in chaos. We have done our best to protect the world, but we need more power holders to do that.

That's where you come in.

All of you have been assigned to one of the seasons. Whatever space you were in just now is what season you represent. You will learn different skills based on the season and those skills are going to help you save this world.

These powers don't interfere with your own natural powers. They use a new energy that has formed inside of you. It's harmless to your health, but it's vital to your seasonal powers. Your own powers should still work, even if the dark energy outside the city might interfere with them.

Unfortunately bringing you here wasn't as simple as it sounds. We couldn't do anything about how to keep you anchored to this world other than making a simple spell that helps with it. That is, you need to touch someone else who is not from this world ideally at least once a day. It will help you stay in control of your powers and boost your magical energy. If you don't, the consequences aren't very good. But as long as you hold someone's hand or give someone a handshake, you should be fine.

That's all I have to say about the situation. The staff of the Research Center will give you more information about housing and other necessary things. I will, however, promise that you will be sent home once the situation becomes better. That's the least we can do.


The hologram can be viewed in private in a separate room later, should someone wish to look at it again. For now, the staff of the Research Center hands everyone their new smartphones with their small flower lucky charms (the flower is anything the player decides). They're also told that the building next door is where everyone can find a room assigned to them with some of their belongings there and possibly even any animal companions. Those concerned about their mount-sizes companions are welcomed to the stables downstairs to see if their friends are there. The mounts are allowed to stay there until you find a place more suitable for them.

In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.

First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.

Second type of stands is for the Welcoming Committee that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.

Third type of the stands is for The In Touch Support Group that is led by the Otherwordly Ambassador, Kamisato Ayato. The pamphlets have contact information for businesses looking to help Otherworlders. They also focus more on the lore of the World and what they have discovered so far, as well as a guide on what to think about when preparing to venture out to the Segments.

Once you get your smartphone and necessary information, you're urged to go out and find your apartment. After that whatever you want to do is up to you.

Part 3


The building next door is where everyone can find their new apartments. As you enter, you're told by a friendly native that for the first two months you can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for you. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they have to have a job to support themselves.

All of the apartments are comfortable, two bedroom apartments with all necessary utilities. They are also completely soundproof. Sometimes the magic system, however, does glitch and you might find yourself rooming with a stranger. This is not the intention and the staff will immediately prepare you your own room if you ask them. But maybe having a roommate isn't all that bad?





Party in the Underground




Part 1


The center of Nightwake never sleeps and there's always something happening, but today there's a lot of excitement in the air all around the center and every district! Locals and those who want to help them (for 100 Moon Coins or a gift card of their choosing), are walking to everyone to offer colorful fliers along with free vending machine tokens. There's also colorful advertisement on billboards and posters everywhere around the city advertising all sorts of things like items, clothes, drinks and more.

Local businesses, stores and restaurants are also going pretty crazy with their celebrations of anyone walking in being their 50th, 100th or whatever customer of the day and the prize among other things are gift cards and more free vending machine tokens but they aren't even for that same shop or restaurant? They also offer people to spin all kinds of different prize wheels, spin roulettes, buying a certain amount of things from them, and taking part in eating and drinking competitions for a surprise prize. Someone even put these surprise prizes into the Gacha Restaurant's randomizer, so for a week, you can choose it as a total surprise there too. (The surprises can be even more vending machine tokens and silly things like cute keychains or a 5-in-1 avocado tool as some examples.)

You can't find any of these shops, restaurants and other places, that they are advertising, in the whole city. The locals, posters and billboards will tell you where you can find them. There's a new entrance in every district, where locals welcome everyone to the grand opening of the Underground Mall!

Some may even drop into a sudden hole in the ground on their way and fall (or slide) somewhere far away. Don't worry, there will be very soft and huge pillows for landing in your destination.


Part 2


The Underground Mall's upper floors give the vibe of a joyous mall with several restaurants and shops you won't see on the surface. The mall is definitely a must visit place for those who appreciate different fashion and exciting food choices. The party from the surface continues down here with various sales around the area. A good day for shopping!

For those who like games, there's a futuristic VR Arcade for you! This Arcade focuses on games that are played with VR goggles on. Even your regular DDR machine will now take you to dance in different environments and feel like you're dancing for your life or for an actual audience.

There are all sorts of vending machines lined up in their own, huge corner. You can find the usual ones with all sorts of different snacks, food and drinks, but there are also some with cake, cookies, mayonnaise, cream, flowers, engagement rings and other less usual but normal things. Nothing here is randomized, unless you choose the random option from the machine, otherwise you get exactly what you want. So pick your favorites or try something new, that sounds more or less good! You can find a machine that turns moon coins on your phone into vending machine tokens (or you can pay straight with your phone).

And, yes, you can find vending machines full of snacks and drinks all around the area too.

Then there's also an area for ufo catchers with all kinds of prizes like pokemon plushies and lots of other plushies, items themed to different season, plushies and other items themed to any fauna and flora from all around Ellipsa, puzzles, food themed items etc etc.

Moving inside the mall is done by escalators and elevators, but there are also regular stairs for those who prefer them.

The fastest way of traveling from floor to floor in the mall is by quick teleport nodes. You choose a floor you want to go to from the list of choices, much like an elevator and then you're transported into that floor's node within seconds. Unfortunately, they're still working out on the bugs in the system, so you may end up in the wrong place - including places that aren't on the list of choices.

Part 3


There's also a Poké Ball Vending Machine, so anyone who recognizes poké balls may have some idea what they could get here. The vending machine somehow has enough balls for everyone in Ellipsa but everyone can only buy one ball! The balls don't have names in them and no one can see through them, so even those, who know Pokémon will NOT know what they'll be getting from this vending machine as it is entirely randomized!

Are you ready to get your first Pokémon? What about being ready to see how you two get along? Everyone, who plays this vending machine, gets either a Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Pikachu, Eevee, Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Treecko, Torchic, Mudkip, Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Snivy, Tepig, Oshawott, Chespin, Fennekin, Froakie, Rowlet, Litten, Poplio, Grookey, Scorbunny, Sobble, Spirigatito, Fuecoco or Quaxly.

(And yes, ICly it is entirely randomized but OOCly you can decide which one you want your character to get... Of course you can rng the result too. More about Pokémon guidelines in the OOC Tips of this TDM.)






Welcome to Our Dark Side




The third part of the TDM is under this details cut as it has Content Warnings, including Cursed things, Organized Crime, Illegal Activities, Monster Forms/Body Horror, Attempted Murder, Experimenting on People

The Third Part of the TDM [ Click to Expand ]
Part 1

The lowest levels of the mall are only accessible by random quick teleport nodes around the mall (if you know you know is the motto with these). You can run into them on accident (they're usually hidden, but with so much traffic, the hiding place becomes visible) and they sometimes immediately just teleport people without any warning. The arrival can be in various places. A random shady hallway, in the middle of the floor, in a shady establishment and so on.

Anything that seems shady can be found from these floors. Even the local diners here are very weird and likely have illegal things on the menu. Clothing stores sell all kinds of clothes fit for thieves and assassins and the amount of weapons shops here is twice the amount than on the surface. Rumor has it there are also people trying to summon the devil somewhere around here, but that's still just a rumor.

One of the teleport node locations can take you to the front of a cursed vending machine corner. At first they look like ordinary vending machines, but upon closer inspection one may notice they are anything but ordinary.

The food vending machines are full of different "eatable" bugs with half-hearted warnings that they may or may not be poisonous (they didn't really check before putting them in the packaging), Mystery Food boxes (includes some very suspicious foods that don't look edible, but are actually alright in taste? But may contain some side effects like growing mushrooms out of your hair if you eat the mushroom ones), ones that is labeled Energy Drinks but all of them look more like creepy potions (they provide energy but at the cost of poisoning someone for 24 hours) and hyper realistic cakes that look like various body parts (the cake part is intentionally written in small print).

Other vending machines have various shark eggs (hatching them will provide a magical shark with little hands and legs that invades the first watery surface it finds and bites whoever comes too close - it does not belong as a pet, but one may try to tame one), Mystery Boxes (with anything from highly cursed jewelry to books that suck your soul if written into) and Cheat Slips (it's said these slips will let you master a skill immediately, but all it does is cause one's powers to go berserk for 2 hours).




Part 2


The lowest levels are also a place for a large Casino. While they do exist on the surface, this one is a little different.

The Casino (named just that, "The Casino") is divided into four different sections; All of them are dominated by an organized crime group. This is the only area of the underground they work together in peace and sometimes come to relax. They don't cause trouble for each other here, but they definitely can try to cause trouble for everyone who is visiting the place.

Losing in this Casino can mean being taken to the back rooms by whichever group's area you ended up losing in. They will offer to let you go if you can pay off your debt you made in the Casino, but they have other options of compensation.

Name: Diamonds
Game Area: Card Games (Poker, Black Jack, Craps)
Compensation: They will send characters on a criminal quest to either steal or sabotage something or even smuggle a (cursed) item into important places.

Name: Spades
Game Area: Roulette
Compensation: They will attempt to kill the character that lost in the quietness of the backrooms.

Name: Clubs
Game Area: Pool, Darts
Compensation: They will just make characters clean their casino area.

Name: Hearts
Game Area: Slot Games
Compensation: They will drag characters into experiments in a different facility.

You may also end up taken to the back rooms for getting caught cheating, although it may also end up in a congratulatory meeting for an impressive sleight of hand instead or an invitation to join one of the groups. How would you feel about a life of crime?




Part 3


Those caught in Hearts Group's Experiments will be subjected to series of tests. Mostly they're to check the characters' physical condition before proceeding. Once the tests are concluded, the character will be given a medicine (either via shot or a pill). This medicine will not show any signs of working for a while and characters are let go afterwards.

The same medicine can, however, later be consumed by anyone else in various foods and drinks (free samples, some restaurants, even some grocery store items), even in the higher levels of the Mall. The experiments were the final test before distributing the medicine secretly to the public. So your character may accidentally end up getting the medicine in other ways.

What are the medicine? Monster Form activators. They will awaken a monster form inside a character that will trigger under one of the (player) selected conditions: strong emotional reaction, full moon, near death situation or bleeding.

The form can be returned from by calming down and focusing on their sense of self, but there's a chance to go berserk, making this difficult. If characters go berserk, their powers will be a lot stronger, but they won't know who's a friend and who's a foe. Their form may also be a lot scarier than it normally is. They will likely only want to cause destruction around them or want to feed on humans.



MonsterDescriptionPowers
AlraunePlant monsters with a humanoid shape. They may have changes as simple as flowers growing in their hair or have complex body modifications such as roots for legs and long vines as hands.Pollen with status effects like sleep/poison/paralysis, control over plants, poisonous kisses, etc
GargoyleMonstrous humanoid winged creatures with horns on their head and stony hides.Super strength, tough skin, flight
HarpyHuman-bird hybrids. Anything part can be replaced with bird bodyparts, although the most common configuration is arms turned to wings and legs into talons.Flight, sonic scream, hypnotizing voice, ability to whip up whirlwinds
KelpieAquatic horses with a man made of seaweed and algae, covered in a sticky fur that makes it nearly impossible to get off if one is to ride them. Some may get a fish tail when underwater, although when out of water they have legs like any horse.Water breathing, illusions
LichUndead humanoids, they may look skeletal or simply corpselike.Raising the dead (into zombies/skeletons), necrotic touch
ManticoreBeastlike creatures with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion or dragon. They vary greatly, some sporting horns on their heads, or resembling a Chimera or Sphinx.Super strength, flight if wings.
MinotaurAnimalistic monsters with the head of a bull and the body of a human, although some variations exist in which there are different animal heads. Some sport hooves and a tail in place of legs. Super strength, overall size, super defense.
TaurThis refers to any number of creatures with a humanoid upper body and a lower body that resembles a non-anthropomorphic animal in the same sort of style as a centaur. This category includes things like Arachne and Naga, and other variations of such monsters.Varies depending on animal the taur is based on
WerecreaturesMonstrous, bipedal animals, the transformation of which is often (but not always) triggered by the full moon. Common variants are wolves and bears, although they can be about any animal. The Pooka would be one of the variations in the werecreature category.Depends on the animal the form is based on, but usually super strong/fast etc



This effect can either be permanent or temporary, depending on how the players want it. Temporary can be up to just one transformation under the conditions or several.






OOC TIPS


- Ask your questions related to the TDM here.

- The TDM is available only to friends of the mods and their friends. If you want to play in the TDM, please leave a note here to inform us who invited you over. We will get to you as soon as possible.

- Test Drive is open for current characters to make a top level as well. New characters can add TDM (or "New" or anything else) on their subject line to indicate they're new!

- Current characters cannot access the starting area again to meet new arrivals. They can, however, be at the Research Center when the newbies are teleported in.

- The TDM is game canon so anything in the TDM can happen for your character(s) in the game as well.

- Remember to add Content Warnings wherever needed!

- Smut is not allowed on the TDM. You can play situations leading to it, but if the thread is turning into smut, please move it to a private space such a post in your character's journal, or a locked post in the game's log community if you decide to app!

- Pokémon Guidelines:
• Anything mindblowing crazy that the pokedex has to offer for any of the evolutions doesn't carry over to Seasons. They're closer to anime variants where people can get flamethrower at their face and live (we still do not recommend getting a flamethrower at face)
• Pokémon gain experience points much slower, even if they battle one another.
• You may be able to find a vending machine with weird stones mixed in for stone evolutions. Strange.
• All start at level 5.
• More Pokémon may appear later in the game but for now it's just the ones mentioned.
More on all the available Pokémon here!

- Check Locations: City to find more areas to explore inside the city. Every place in the districts are open. The Underground Mall has been added to the locations page at the very end of it.

- Similarly, Locations: Segments is useful for outdoors adventures. You can find monsters to encounter on Beastiary.

- Minor NPCs page has been updated with the criminal organizations.

- FAQ has information on characters' smartphones as well as general things about the world that might be handy.

- Feel free to check and use out Questboard for additional prompts.



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generaldozing: (pic#16529650)

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[personal profile] generaldozing 2023-06-18 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
So should we call your glancing into the trash "treasure seeking" instead?
soligenous: (A world)

[personal profile] soligenous 2023-06-18 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
So he is alright....I do heal him. But -- you were asking about my hair? If it still can heal....?

[So already she is sensing that some things might not completely be adding up. Also that Cass isn't mentioning what happened to Gothel. Yet, at least. Rapunzel is trying to piece it all together, the context she does have. What she still wants to ask. There's a lot, already. At the least, her Eevee seems content in approaching the crocodile? and reaching out a paw, apparently wanting to play while the two women chat. Rapunzel is relieved to hear about Eugene, almost coming close to crying in her relief for a moment. She'd been so worried.]

Beyond Corona...? And here I was amazed at getting out of the tower for a few days. Let alone outside the kingdom! But, wait. Sorry, I haven't even gotten your name...?
embracingsun: (smile; ummmm)

[personal profile] embracingsun 2023-06-18 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
That's [Not something anyone should say about themselves but without knowing Nozomi's story, those would be just empty words, right?]--well, I guess I can't fault anyone for finding the bright side of anything. I'm Estelle Bright.

rottencactus: (25)

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-18 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Eh? Eh? M-My auntie-uncle??

[Oomph! He now has a shirt on him. It does kind of work like calming a bird, though. And the contact? Actually makes him feel better? Weird. He deflates a little.]

…If you know of a safe place …I-I um. I am in your hands…

[Otherwise he is at a loss and he does not like being alone in this strange place.]
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[personal profile] unactualized 2023-06-18 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Leona hears Sebek long before he sees him, because it is impossible to forget the freshman's seemingly perpetual lack of volume control even if he tried. The temptation to walk away and save himself the hassle is there, but Leona ignores it: He is still a housewarden even here, and Malleus will want his duckling back.

Ugh, the things he does...

He approaches Sebek from behind, but the last bit of muttering gives him pause. What did Malleus do? Did he pull something weird like Halloween again?]


Hey you.
rottencactus: <user name =__7__HR site =Twitter.com> (111)

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-18 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[It’s fine!!! He’s fine!!! His nerves are already settling back down. He won’t have a panic attack again like he did when he first got here.]

[Probably.]

[Froakie, to his benefit, seems to be aware of his trainers distress enough to make a few friendly noises, gently confirming with Eichi is saying. Mayoi is not exactly sure why any of this is happening to him, but he has decided one thing- that this small creature is little and needs his protecting and love and he will reach and scoop him right up.]

[Mayoi is already a mother of two back home, it’s fine.]


This place is so strange, it feels as though I’ve no choice to to accept what’s in front of me or else I might succumb to madness.

[So, he has a pet frog now, he guesses.]

…T-Tenshouin-san… if you would not mind a question from a lowly creature like myself …h-how long have you been here…? Is there anyone else…?
majimekun: (pic#15138138)

Part 3

[personal profile] majimekun 2023-06-18 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Deuce was running an errand when of course he came across Sebek. It was hard not to miss him with his build and distinctive looks and booming voice

Poor guy.

...should he ignore him and just sneak by?

No that would be terrible. Especially since Sebek is the only other first year year student here. So Deuce approaches him and clears his throat.]


Sebek.
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[personal profile] dreamsofwings 2023-06-18 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
More blood spilled. Reiner has no idea. Not as much for Eren as Levi and Hange have seen; only in his head, the future he hasn't lived but cannot stop (will not stop?), oceans of it he will never be free of. Even sliding into other realities hasn't changed that much.

Eren isn't actually all that good at talking either. He's good at half-truths. He's good at sliding away from things. He's still good at screaming, sometimes. Regular conversations aren't his strong point, and one like this is a terrible idea. That's why he asked for the restaurant, somewhere both public and still underground.

Underground, in a fistfight, he will almost certainly lose. He knows that and so does Reiner. Above ground, a lot of people could die if they clash, the lightning crash of titans, death, destruction.

Underground, Eren could do that anyway. But he's not actually sure he wants to give that information away. (Also Levi will never forgive him.)

He sees Reiner's eyes flick down to his mouth and he lets his lips curve, a lazy sort of smirk forming on his face. He runs his tongue along his bottom lip, because he absolutely can't resist the urge to push any way he can even when they can't just duke it out, then turns away. It's a tiny victory but it still counts in his head.

"Come on," he says, walking back to where he saw the restaurant. It isn't far. Reiner could leave, just ghost him, but he knows Reiner better than that.

The restaurant is near something called a food court (a what!), set up with a bunch of food places for ordering and a common area where people pick tables and eat. It's really the most public they could be, but Eren's not worried about people listening to them. No one here has context for their world, so anything they say can just be said.

He finally stops at the counter and glances sideways, looking for Reiner again, so sure he'll find him there.
cureofmanyworlds: (Nozomi - proud)

[personal profile] cureofmanyworlds 2023-06-18 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I’m sorry to throw that out to you, but I felt you needed to know.

It’s nice to meet you, Estelle!
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[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-18 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Taste some for yourself and tell me whether it's too sweet or too tart.

[ that's one of the best ways to determine how sugar-laden it might be, and there's no way riddle's going to find out himself. ]

Or are you scared of a random drink out of a machine?

[ is wanderer going to rise to the challenge? or scurry away like a coward? ]
roundandaround: Dancing. (can we? yes!)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2023-06-18 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Of course! [She beams at him and nods.] There's all kinds of cool stuff here! All over the city!
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[personal profile] vintagehardmedia 2023-06-18 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
I'm too young to be your mom, too old to be your brother...

So. auntie-uncle. Unless you've got something better.

[Clearly, Athena existed on a different plane from standard norms. But, seeing the teen calm somewhat, they lifted the shirt up a little to offer a warm smile.]

How do you feel about music? I found a decent record shop in town. There's nothing quite like vinyls, amiright?
Edited 2023-06-18 03:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] syckophant 2023-06-18 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Succumbing to madness? So soon? Haha, hardly anything has happened to warrant such a thing! But I suppose you've always teetered there, haven't you?

[Maybe he doesn't know. But he's sure it's close enough!]

I will accept questions for now, sure.

I've been in this world for... a bit over three months now. There were others from our home here too, although I don't think you'd recognize them... or rather, you might have recognized them, but I doubt you'd met them much- Ran Nagisa and Sazanami Jun of Eden.

Ah, but they're gone now. Probably for the best.
carrionmywaywardsun: (the devil I know)

Crow that Heralds the Red Rain | Exalted OC | Autumn (character already in-game)

[personal profile] carrionmywaywardsun 2023-06-18 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
A. The Dark Side - Part 1, cursed vending machines

[Crow is absolutely tickled to have a teleporter misfire send him to the underground mall’s dark side. He tries out a few of the cursed vending machines, mostly out of curiosity, until he sees one labeled CHEAT YOUR WAY TO VICTORY. Well, who could possibly resist? He taps his phone and fishes out the little ball the machine spits out, cracking it open immediately.]

A piece of paper? This is bullshit.

[Scarcely has he spoken, though, when the “piece of paper” kicks in and his powers start to go haywire. A hollow black circle inscribes itself on his forehead, blood dripping from what looks like charred skin. An aura of grey streaked faintly with purple erupts around him, blurring the edges of his form into shapeless shadow. At which point the plastic ball falls through his fingers to bounce on the floor, followed by the piece of paper.]

Motherfucker.

B. The Dark Side - Part 3, Clubs

[Once the cheating slip effect wears off and he’s able to get his anima back under control, Crow is heading straight for the Casino. First stop: Clubs, where he’s playing darts, lazily throwing bullseye after bullseye, taking bets on whether the next one will land in the center. It always does. A few of the people running this area don’t look very happy about his streak, but he either doesn’t notice or doesn’t care. In fact, he’s looking directly at you.]

One more makes ten in a row. Wanna bet?

C. The Dark Side - Part 3, Diamonds or Clubs (will roll with whichever you pick)

[Must be busy in the Casino, because after being dragged to the back rooms, you’re dumped in a well-appointed waiting room and left to stew until the boss is free to talk to you. Maybe you’re here because you lost too much. Maybe you’re here because you didn’t lose enough and your cheating caught somebody’s eye. Maybe you’re just real lucky and the boss don’t like that. Who knows?

Whatever you’re here for, you’re not here alone. There’s another man slouched in the waiting room, looking bored.]

Twitchy fuckers. What’d they get you for?

D. The Dark Side - Part 3, Spades (CW: violence)

[Maybe you got caught cheating at roulette, or maybe you lost just a little too much at the table. Either way, you’ve been brought to the back rooms for a friendly chat. While you’re waiting, a series of odd thumps and what might be a muffled yell emerge from a nearby room—presumably some luckless person suffering what terrible fate you’re about to suffer.

The door opens...and out steps a slender young man with black and red hair, dressed in black. Black boots, black ripped jeans, crimson t-shirt, black jacket printed with a rib cage and spine. There’s a streak of blood across his face and two black knives in his hands, wicked-looking things with serrated blades.]

They got you too? Well, they’re not gonna be anybody’s fucking problem anymore. Let’s bounce.

E. Wildcard

[OOC: If none of these grab you, feel free to DM me on Discord (ivoryandhorn) or Plurk ([plurk.com profile] ivoryandhorn) to discuss ideas. New and existing CR welcome!]
Edited 2023-06-18 04:00 (UTC)
rosehearted: <user name=amberblaze> (riddle17)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-18 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Asleep.

[ is. is that really it?

it's a struggle to take sebek seriously. ]


Together?

[ like. all of them???



maybe they really are dreaming. ]
rosehearted: <user name=amberblaze> (riddle38)

[personal profile] rosehearted 2023-06-18 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ the owl does a small pirouette on top of riddle's head, unconsciously acting on the other's behalf. ]

What am I doing here? I should be asking you the same thing, Deuce.

[ he narrows his eyes. ]

Have you been maintaining your studies? I assume there's a library here that you have been taking advantage of.
erschlagen: ("Bitch you're like a 4 on a Tuesday")

[personal profile] erschlagen 2023-06-18 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Rosen is quite good with his tongue. He might be having a bit of trouble with French but he’s ridiculously good with his tongue. After all, he gave Saya a thorough demonstration a couple of times before and he feels like it's high time for an encore.

A devilish grin curls onto his lips as he feels her lips travel along the underside of his jaw. He bares more of his neck to her in hopes of enticing her for a quick sip. Even though his darling little queen is a flower now, she’s still a Chiropteran at heart. It’s been awhile since he let her feed off him. While she is always free to do so if she pleases, she can’t really done so too often. Well, he plans on changing that tonight before hatching his fiendish little plan.
]

If I unleash him now, we wouldn’t be able have any fun later.

[He warns while tickling his fingers up along her spine.]

Now, now~! [He hums while still running his fingers along her back.] You know I’m a man of action, ma reine.
hynafiad: (012)

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[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-18 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Nessa glances over her shoulder as Clavell speaks up and she can't help a sheepish little smile at what he says]

I'm not sure I want to know how much all of this would have cost otherwise.

[in one arm she's holding a Sprigatito, that chirps out a meow in agreement. She carefully pets it on the head with a gloved hand] I don't remember them being this exciting where I'm from.
sangreine: flirty :: body (ascot defined)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-06-18 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's talented with his tongue, and she with her teeth, so they pair together like champagne and strawberries -- lovely on their own, decadent in combination. She's quite sure indeed that she can properly motivate him to improve on his French, since what few words in her native tongue he tosses her way make her shiver pleasantly. ]

I always have fun with you, mon préféré. [ He might have discovered that this means my favored one or, simply, my favorite. ]

[ Saya shifts closer as his fingers dance on her spine, her moss dress receding beneath his touch so that his fingertips are brushing bare skin, then the moss filling back in when his touch shifts. Her skin is for him alone, not for any passerby to get an eyeful of. ]


I do so like that you called me that. [ Her breath shudders just a bit against his neck. ] I daresay it might urge the beast in me to the surface. Starting, perhaps, with my fangs pressing into your neck until I can feel your pulse and taste your blood on my tongue until my eyes glow red-golden like your pretty butterflies.

...But if I do that, I won't want to stop. No matter where we are.
sangreine: happy (quiet time)

[personal profile] sangreine 2023-06-18 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
You always come up with the cutest names. Would you name mine for me? [ The Cyndaquil bounces several times enthusiastically. ]

[ She nuzzles the Oshawott and asks them: ] What do you think, hm? Dewdrop? Do you like it?
quecheugy: (Just take a breath)

[personal profile] quecheugy 2023-06-18 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe I would either- more so given the time I have seen some spend. Of course, some managed a few wins, too.

[A faint chuckle. He could guess that quite a few students would lose quite a bit of money at these- more so if they spotted something they wanted in particular.

Of course he couldn't miss a rather familiar pokémon-]
We've other games where I am from, but ones of chance always seem popular.

That Sprigatito seems very fond of you, if you don't mind my saying.
rottencactus: <user name =__7__HR site =Twitter.com> (108)

[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-18 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He should be offended by that, maybe, but he isn't because it's fucking Tenshouin. Normally Mayoi just refuses to be in the same room with this guy because of how utterly intimidating he is. He's right, and it's nice that his neuroses are confirmed to be rational.]

That does not instill great confidence in me for what's to come...

[He will say that much, at least. Anyway, he figured he was probably pushing his luck a little when it came to asking him questions, so he is surprised he complied. That's a victory and he cannot squander it.]

Three months... I see. [That confirms something he wondered about: This notion that time is moving differently back home. For Tenshouin to be missing for three months, the entirety of the idol world as they know it would be in chaos. If nothing else, his agency would be in a dire mess. As far as he recalled, Tenshouin was at the agency in very recent memory]

Ah ...I am aware of Eden, yes, but I do not know them well. [Obviously not, considering they're one of the big three.] M-More importantly...gone? [ARE THEY DEAD? please his heart can only take so much.]
hynafiad: (011)

[personal profile] hynafiad 2023-06-18 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
It seems a little forgiving, at least.

[there's also part of why she's kept going. If she'd kept losing, she would have stopped for sure] Though I wonder if that's by design or because they've given out all these vouchers.

[it's more a thoughtful statement than a question. She glances down at the cat in her arms then back up to Clavell curiously] You know what she is?
hometown: (overheard)

[personal profile] hometown 2023-06-18 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ As soon as he sees that glare, Reiner instantly snatches his hand away. He's not stupid enough to touch a woman looking at him like that, even if he did bump into her. He's about to apologize again—for the bump, for the first (apparently inadequate) apology, for his face, maybe even for his existence—when the stranger speaks.

And then he realizes this isn't a stranger at all.

Reiner stares, eyes wide, utter incomprehension etched onto his features. He knows who Mikasa is. He remembers her, of course, tailing her in their class rankings by only one spot. She was always at Eren or Armin's side, an oft-quiet shadow who could easily outshine everyone if she chose; a lot like Bertolt, in some ways. But the thought of Mikasa in relation to Bertolt only brings back Reiner's last clear memory of her:

"Bertolt," she'd said, perched on the Armored's shoulder, Reiner's hands the only thing protecting his best friend from her blades. "Give Eren back."

That Mikasa looked so different from the one standing before him. She was a product of loss and hardship, just like the rest of the people of Paradis. (Just like all Eldians.) This Mikasa is older, like so many almost-familiar faces, and she looks like she's actually known happiness. Like she's had time to experience life outside of those Walls.

Not that Mikasa looks happy right now. Quite the fucking opposite.

Reiner has his knife in his boot. No way he'd reach it in time, though. Why didn't he wear it on his belt? He's got his teeth; he can bite his hand, hope to transfer his consciousness into his body if he's not quite quick enough—

… But he's trying not to fight, isn't he? For Gabi, he's trying not to fight. He's trying not to start anything with his enemies. He's trying to keep Gabi safe.

Reiner takes a step back. Hands at his sides, slightly raised, almost as though he's trying to show that he's unarmed or trying to soothe an animal. ]


Sorry, [ he repeats, for want of anything better to say.

Pointless to apologize, really. He's done too much harm that he can never apologize for. ]
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[personal profile] rottencactus 2023-06-18 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't look at him with such pure eyes...he will burn to a crisp...]

Do you know where I can find a library...? Ah, and a place to purchase craft supplies.

[Priorities.]