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TDM 002 / MERMAY EVENT
A: Garden Level - CLEAN UP CREW
[WHUH OH YOU'VE DIED AND ENDED UP IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. A usually beautiful sight--this time it seems the water from heaven is spilling over! Watch your step or you might get a stream of ocean water cascading atop your head like a prop bucket.
The imps and cherubs are hard at work with a water pump tho!! They've got this, really. "Don't mind us, we're just--doing paperwork! Yep!! THAT'S ALL IT IS."
Reassuring. More alarming, you may have noticed that you've changed. Depending on your alignment, you may have more heavenly or hellish traits.............or just for May, you may have AQUATIC traits. That's not worrying!!
Well as some oldbies get teleported to the garden as well, maybe you can ask them some questions!!]
B: HECK-LING TIMES
[Now if you take the elevator down to Hell's Hotel, it's water free! However you may be IMMEDIATELY assaulted by some imps who try to jab you with a shiv. Standard hell greeting!! Maybe someone intervenes or maybe you can like, just punch them. The sheep imps ain't shit. The rest of the hotel is surprisingly nice though, and if you have a room assignment there, you'll find it honestly pretty accommodating.
BUT OUTSIDE? Oh buddy is it still flooded!! Some imps are working hard to pump the water out, but it has the added effect of creating whirlpools. Get sucked into one and not only will you be tossed and turned like laundry, but there's a chance a MEMORY will be tossed right out of you! This could be anything from forgetting your name, your bestie's face, where you live, whatever! Don't worry, the effect will wear off in a few hours, or until someone finds the memory and gives it back to you (in the form of floating seashells that will float near the whirlpools!)]
C: HEAVENLY SING-A-LONGS
[Take the elevator up, and you step in the luxurious Heavenly Hotel! And you may be IMMEDIATELY assaulted by sheep cherubs spritzing you with perfumes or colognes or dolling up your hair. They're here to serve!! Once you get rid of those pests though, feel free to explore the ludicrously divine amenities of the hotel.
OUTSIDE isn't nearly as flooded as Hell, though the local ocean has still expanded greatly, but instead there's a different problem...........there are crabs. And seagulls. And fish?? Singing. They're singing SO much.
You may find a chorus of sea critters at any point in Heaven abruptly bursting into a kiss-the-girl style musical, accidentally revealing a crush you might have, or a silly secret. Better hope passing angels and other residents aren't listening too hard! Of course you can just punt the annoying creatures away. Or eat them. That's an option too, sure. ]
OOC NOTES:
-All effects are optional and last as long as it's fun for you to play with them!
-TDM characters can have mermaid forms or not, up to you!
-This TDM is open to all! For now, you do NOT need to join the comm to play in it!
-Post questions for the mods here
-Remember, playing in the TDM does NOT guarantee your entry or app being accepted into the game proper later down the line!
-Apps open in June! Be sure to read the rules linked there and check the current taken list!
-For current players: TDMs count as game canon AND threads may be used for AC if you wish!
-Remember regardless of your alignment, you are free to travel to whatever level you wish!
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[ ....Is that really what's important right now, Wormmon....But Ken keeps that thought to himself, since this older boy is sticking up for them. Reaching down, he picks up his bug and watches the incident unfold.
The "incident" being the accordion player making a crumpled sound with it as the chorus looks at each other. Slowly nods. And bursts anew into their refrain. ]
Oh, do you wish to expel us so soon~?
We might narrate exactly what happened to the moon!
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I ain't too angelic not to eat you guys, don't try me! Plus that was COOL. If anything that should give me bonus points!
[huffs!! crossing his arms]
Sorry about all this, I think it's supposed to be endearing but like. Your mileage may vary up here, y'know?
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There's nothing cool about littering and leaving a crater!
[ Sung in perfect four-part barbershop quartet harmony. I don't know either man.
Ken isn't sure what to say, especially not with the singers in question still present, so he nods and averts his gaze. ]
Maybe we should - go somewhere quieter. To talk.
[ Yeah, to talk! It's hard to talk around the singing and that is definitely why they should go.
Wormmon, meanwhile, is staring at the wolfman with perfectly round eyes. You did WHAT to the moon....? You're THAT strong??? ]
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[HFFS. extending a hand to this new kid]
Yeah, let's bounce. I don't need a peanut gallery to explain what's going to you and your manworm. I can explain the moon thing too, without the commentary.
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[ Does he want to know about the moon thing? If it's anything like the sorts of things the choir raised for him, that'll be a sore spot -
But he can't deny he's a little curious...
In any case, let's get out of here! Taking Kaito's hand, Ken will gladly follow his canine savior anywhere doggo would like to go. ]
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Kaito will lead him away to a quaint little heavenly cafe, where they're immediately greeted with sheep cherubs. Honestly they look sort of like digimon themselves. They even give wormmon a booster seat, how nice. Enjoy some ladyfingers and tea! Kaito will shoo them away eventually.]
Okay, all THAT aside. . .
Cutting to the chase. You died! Welcome to Heaven. But it's like, temporary. You ain't supposed to be here.
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Ken, having a much less lovely time (they're Talking Shop), nods grimly. ]
The creatures where we arrived said the same thing.
[ He frowns. ] But I don't understand. Why did this happen? What does "not supposed to be here" mean? If I'm dead in my world, is my body still -
[ Are his parents dealing with another disappearance or another corpse, is what he's nervous about asking. But what he needs to know. ]
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[he'll take a cookie for himself too, completely unbothered]
As for how it happened, who knows! I was--[getting soul vored by a milf]--uh, talking to a friend at a restaurant when it happened. So like, could be anything.
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[ When he next exhales, it takes about half his stress with it. ]
Thanks. That's a big help.
It is?
[ Wormmon missed half the conversation because he was distracted by Food From Boy. ]
Mm.
Then, thank you!!
[ it is possible this worm is just vibing ]
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No problem! So see, nothing to worry about here, aside from the singing seafood, heh!
But speaking of weird stuff. Uuuuh, what's him--you?
[pointing at wormmon]
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....Am I, Ken-chan?
No, you're...he's....
[ Too many people wanting his attention at once!! Ken decides to focus on the stranger, in the hopes that answering his question will assuage Wormmon's fears. ]
Wormmon and I are partners. Our worlds are linked. He gained the fins when he arrived here, but he's a person, the same as you or me.
[ And people who have sparklewolf pelts shouldn't throw stones, but Ken's too considerate to say that. ]
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Okay so he's like, a tiny fairy or something, fair enough! Really after all the shit I've seen I shouldn't be judgin'. . .
[and he tilts his head]
Anyway, you good? A lot of people get kinda hung up on the being dead thing.
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[ Wormmon is content to just listen to Ken-chan explain the complicated things. He's not sure he follows, but if Ken-chan's saying it, it must be right. Ken-chan is so smart.
Ken, meanwhile, is expanding his thesis. It's strange, how at ease he feels when talking to this person, despite having only just met him. Something about him is familiar....But where....who...
Who is it? Why does Ken recognize this friendly, accepting attitude? ]
So long as no one misses us while we're gone, and we're able to see them again, there's functionally no difference between being here and traveling to any other parallel world.
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[says the guy that is Actually Dead and has no plans to return. He also just assume it's his natural friendliness and charisma helping the situation. Finally, someone he can reassure and not terrify with the whole concept of being in heaven!!]
You make it sound all scientific but yeah, you might as well think of this as something like. . .an extended vacation! Looks like you got sorted into heaven too, so that's pretty lucky. Not that hell's all that bad either but. Well, it's hell haha.
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....Right.
[ Wings and a halo. A Crest of Kindness halo, no less. Both signifying that he's been put into Heaven. Him, Ken Ichijouji, in Heaven. The Digimon Kaiser. According to someone.
Wormmon cuddles up against him as Ken stews. He can guess what Ken-chan is thinking, but personally, the little bug has no doubts that his partner's been placed exactly where he belongs. ]
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Thaaat was less enthusiastic than I was hoping. Is it all sinking in or something? I mean, that's natural, it's a whole lot to take in.
But wait til you see your room accommodations, I bet that'll perk you right up!
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[ ....Nope. Ken's still brooding. And picking what, of the many trains of thought running through his mind, is most urgent to voice. ]
--About that.
Is it possible for Heaven - to make a mistake?
[ He hasn't earned it. Not yet. There's so much he still needs to do! It doesn't feel like he has any right to be rewarded for his efforts yet, not when he'd caused so much pain in the past. He doesn't want to go to Hell....
But better that than be untrue to himself. ]
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Other than you guys being here in the first place, what kinda mistake?
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A person in Hell who belongs in Heaven, or....
[ You know...vice....ver....sa.....
....waitaminute, "here in the first place"? ]
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[he didn't mean to laugh so hard, but, welp. Instinctively he reaches out, trying to ruffle his head.]
Kid, you're like what--ten, twelve or something? That about right? What makes you think you've lived long enough to be condemned??
And that aside--it don't really matter much here, aside from some perks. I've got lots of friends down in Hell! It's not all that bad aside from like, the murder and stealing. But it ain't that much different from earth, eh? Haha!
Don't think too hard about stupid stuff.
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Well. Part of him wants to protest, to say that he's had plenty of time to make mistakes. To do things that he wishes he could do over, or better yet, undo entirely. But the rest of what this dog-person is saying -
Ken can't say he doesn't still have reservations about being labeled, or perceived as, an "angel". He can't say he doesn't want to know the reasoning behind that choice. But learning that can come with time. He tries a sheepish smile. ]
That's right. The world isn't clear-cut, is it.
[ That's what you took from what he said, Ken?
The bug, however, has started to shiver. Its eyes are wide. ]
The murder....and the stealing.......?????
[ THAT'S what you took from what he said, Wormmon????? ]
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Don't worry about it, Worm Man! Just use the buddy system if you visit down there, and you'll be fine.
[Always positive, this one. Ken may not be taking it...quite as well but he'll take it. The whole experience is quite an adjustment.]
But anyway yeah, that's about it. Turns out 'good' and 'bad' people don't exist--we're all sorted by a bunch of weird sheep that barely know how to keep the place running. Just make of it what ya will.
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Wormmon, however, seems entirely placated. ]
Okay.
[ He twists to look up at his boy. ]
You'll be my buddy, right, Ken-chan?
Of course. And we'll surely find others, like...
[ ....oh no....
....he didn't ask this dog man his name.... ]