TDM 002 / MERMAY EVENT

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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!

Comments

[megumin]

I see! So what you're saying is, that alcohol for you is the perfect beverage for when you want to go into battle! I've heard of this with some warriors, where it can actually heighten their battle lust and their senses.

[She had also heard some people argue they were the first potions, but she's still speculative of that herself.]

I've never had alcohol myself, so I have no way of knowing what effect it will have on me yet. Perhaps when the time comes for a pre-combat toast in a battle I'm sitting out? A manly duel between you and some false god or goddess?

[Hopefully not Aqua, but one can never know for sure what that woman will think. It seems Megumin is too caught up on the whole booze thing now.]

[konpeito_aji]

Absolutely. [No!!! THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL!!!]

Sake usually tastes the best after you've earned it from such warfare, and there's only one god I'll ever drink with. [Yato. His "boss." Because Yato is the arguably lowest-ranked god of 6 billion in Shintoism, so of course Nobunaga latched onto him instantly.] It doesn't always increase battle lust. Sometimes it can put people to sleep if they've been working too hard. The dragon in my army [Remember: HE HAS NO MAGIC IN HIS WORLD?! Yes. That's important.] is often pranked by the kitsune, and goes out after one cup. Well, the dragon is always in high gear, and has a heightened sense of taste for food [Aka: he cooks.] so he's more susceptible to such things. The kitsune incidentally can't be tricked. You can't trick a trickster. But don't rely on waiting to see what effect it'll have. It's definitely better to find out casually before you need to know.

The monkey becomes completely honest. It's the only way he'll drop his mask of manners. But if it increased his battlelust, the world would be long since destroyed. The only thing holding my right hand back from killing everyone and everything is me. [That's... kind of true.] Incidentally, he's the one who'd be in heaven. But if he got drunk on peaches, he'd get himself kicked out like Sun Wukong. [This is getting silly. Er... sillier.] Ranmaru gets cuddly though. So you really can't rely on it. He's a demon general in his own right, and has a kill count higher than many demon lords we've faced, but enough sake and he relaxes into a state of childishness.

My first friend completely drank me under twice in a row in our contests. He's an explorer of the stars and the dark spaces beyond, so it's small wonder he has such a high resistance. ["Resistance." More like... doesn't know when to stop.] But he's the one who never changes his tone no matter who's he addressing. He'll say things like, [SUPER DRAMATIC POSE!] "What do I want on my tombstone? Pepperoni." And then I forced him to explain both pepperoni and "commercials," and did put that on the marker for his death.

I'm not very fond of the western drinks, wine or ales. They're too uncultured and unsophisticated for me. [He is genuinely a big SAKE IS THE BEST AND WE MUST MAKE IT CONQUER THE OTHERS kind of dude.] But rum isn't bad. It's nice and sweet. It's a little associated with pirates in the future, I think more for its location than preference. But avoid absinthe. I drank it when Crichton died and I first met Tayrey. I don't remember much, but I remember the glowing green cauldron and that I vowed never again. [... Dramatic but there you have it.]