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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!
Elevator blues and reds
[But there's a major obstacle to overcome first.]
[Not the being dead thing, he halfway doesn't care.]
[It's the elevator.]
[He stares at it, and then the girl, not particularly fazed by the relative oddity of that either.]
[Elevators though...]
Are there stairs?
[It's good exercise right?]
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[ They stare right back at the demon. ]
No. It's a long way down to Hell anyway. Not sure why you'd wanna take the stairs.
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["Too many assassination attempts make confined spaces a generally bad idea," is just a little too honest though!]
Did they screw up your paperwork too or are you preferring this? [Nobunaga prefers this, but that's not the point.]
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[ They point up. ] I've actually been assigned topside, but nobody's stopping you from going back and forth if you wanted.
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Have you ridden this enclosed box contraption many times before? [He... he even knows it's called an elevator. But there is no force, including death itself, that can make him stop being so very very weird.]
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[ It begins to dawn on them that this guy is either very sheltered or very old. ]
First off, this thing's called an elevator. Second, I've ridden elevators dozens of times and nothing bad's happened to me yet.
[ Says the green octopus person. ]
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[He is several centuries before elevators, yes. Super duper old.]
[And trying to think of the least awkward way to ask to ride with the person as a good luck charm since he does not believe in such things, but he didn't believe in demons or afterlife and now look where they are.]
May I travel upwards with you to the celestial realm to observe its properties in action?
[BEING WEIRD AGAIN.]
[Also he's just really terrified of how easily ninja could assassinate him in one. Tayrey's told him before that they're actually nearly impossible to infiltrate, and far more safe than the higher tech teleports, and yet... Also what are even the odds of ninjas right here and now??? Who knows, probably the heavens is more dangerous to him, than the elevator, but he doesn't want to try it alone!]
[He always tried to tell Tayrey not to avoid dangers or it would come up at inopportune times, and yet he completely forgot to do the same himself with elevators. Go figure.]
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Or maybe they got weirdly homesick for one of the weirdest responsibilities they ever had: manning the elevator. Sure, this one won't trap you on whatever floor you get off at just because no one's holding it for you, but a part of them misses standing in the corner and watching their friends try to conquer challenges. ]
Upwards? Sure, get in when you're ready.
[ They'll scoot over so the doorway's clear. Go on. Share an elevator with the octo person. ]
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[There's a small whirl of the cloak and in he goes!]
The last box like this I saw was all glass. But the ship it was on would regularly have traps and trick people. Even though people died on the stairs and haunted them [No really, they did!] I kept using them, because that way I wouldn't be trapped at least. Though I now realize my foolishness. I wasted the opportunity to have my second in command with me in it for familiarity's sake. She might be in the celestial realm too, she was originally from the stars, and generally uncorrupted of heart. But she also makes one hell of a demon. [He means that as a compliment.]
If you don't mind me asking, [The babbling is only partly nerves, he also does it when comfortable, so it's his masking the discomfort. Or attempting to.] What was your world like before here? Was it a lot to get used to?
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They don't really respond much to the over sharing. Occasionally they nod or hum in response, but it's hard to tell if they're actually listening or just kinda zoning out until he asks her about home. ]
Uh... I just moved to a new city before I wound up here, so... [ They are not a historian. Please don't make them have to explain everything, they are the least qualified to do so. ]
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Double readjustments then. How are you finding it?
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Not bad for what it is. Managed to get a job a little after arrival, the boss is real cool for a demon...
Heaven and Hell are almost the same, except one's really bright and the other's pretty shady.
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Interesting. Can't say I mind shady. It indicates where my left and right would be, but I'm still unsure about Klaus. [Always a wildcard that one.]
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[ Not to mention they are also kind of funny looking by Octoling standards, but that's not the point here. ]
Klaus? Never heard of that one.
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[Nobunaga definitely gets that, since he's always been the Fool of Owari and a giant freaking weirdo.]
Klaus Hargreaves is difficult to do true justice with words. I'm afraid it'll just be easier for them to find me than vice versa.
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[ You know, when you get dumped in with people who are either from another world or from the distant past. It's complicated. ]
O... Kay? Good luck finding the guy. People tend to end up here at random, for no good reason.
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Sometimes Klaus has tattoos, sometimes they don't. They like all clothes, dresses and skirts, or cowboy chaps, and pants that lace up on the sides. [Sigh. See? It's difficult.] Sometimes they can levitate, sometimes they can't. Sometimes they wears bright colors that could make a mantis shrimp jealous, and othertimes they go with monochrome, all black or white. They're gorgeous with striking green eyes, surprisingly gentle, but god help you if they get mad, but most uniquely they never walk like others, they're always one half step away from dancing or walking on air even when they're not levitating.
They were the leader of a cult, and a superhero as a child, but also generally on the shadier side, and have done things that would definitely be more comfortable in hell. And how pure can the partner of a demon king really be? So I really can't tell heaven or hell. As it is, Klaus doesn't stay dead usually. The goddess in charge of their afterlife kicks them out. We've both time traveled quite a bit. They could be here waiting for me, or maybe I failed them, so I'm here in advance, but I'll have to make it loud enough they can find me without trouble if, or when, they do show up.
My favorite part is their stories. They say the wildest things, the only things that make my own life seem boring, as if they're describing the weather or a normal shopping trip. Like the dying hundreds of times. They tell it like playing a game of ball. In that, there's only one Klaus, but it's so specific, it's hard to find in a crowd. They like karaoke? I don't know what that counts for. And their favorite movies are Velocipastor and Lavalantula. Like I said, not something to help with finding in a crowd.
[For whatever reason without noticing it, talking so much about Klaus makes the bat wings fade and horns soften. Well, he always said Klaus is his biggest weakness.]
Sorry for the rambling. I could talk about Klaus forever, but it'll still seem inadequate once you meet the real person.
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As they're stuck listening to this weirdo go on and on about his lover, Acht blankly stares at the view as the elevator starts passing through the clouds and wonders if hearing a stranger's life story is more or less awkward than seeing their old friend from school flirt with some inkling-turned-drone they just met. They can't even imagine how weird it would be if this Klaus guy was here too... ]
Uh... Yeah. I'll keep that in mind. [ They just nod and look at the door as the elevator enters a building...
... Ding! ] Whelp, here's our stop. [ The elevator doors open... Welcome to the Heaven Hotel. ]
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I'll see myself down.
[Because if it just plummets right now, he's embarrassed enough to accept that!]
[Oh wait last thing--] Ah... thank you.
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No problem... Hm. Don't think I ever got your name.
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Oda Nobunaga. Demon King of 6th Heaven.
You don't have to--
That is--
... [Yare yare.] I am unfamiliar with your people's customs or culture. You needn't stand on formalities or manners with me, ever. [Headtilt.] Though as a demon king you can probably understand why I'm never quite sure how to put people at ease. My job has always been to do the opposite. If I ramble too much, it's not because I'm trying to verbally trample, but I'm trying to lead by example. If I'm rude, and don't shut up, then I hope others will do it too. [He HATES admitting that, hates explaining himself, he just wants to do the thing and let others take it as they will, but he's learned from forcibly experience: it has to be done, might as well get it out of the way.]