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

[outrageon]

[Oh, so there's someone Verosika doesn't want to see her like this?]

Well aren't you lucky a girl just got paid.

[Sliiiding her arm around Verosika's shoulders and tapping her nose.]

Come on, Barbie Girl, let's go shopping.

[succinainteasy]

[ just her ex, girl, who you definitely shouldn’t meet. keep thinking she is the perfect pop star and not capable of making bad dating decisions. ]

Lucky or in debt to?

[ when she boops her nose, she tilts her face until their noses nearly touch. not that she doesn’t appreciate the help, but something feels off. enjoy those pink eyes studying your face, bestie. ]

From the time I left until now, what changed, Vel? Not complaining, I like being pampered as much as the next bitch.

[outrageon]

[Velvet shrinks back just a little, batting her lashes, matching Verosika's pink eyes with her own.

She thinks about Asmodeus and the things he said, and about Greed and all that he said. And maybe she doesn't have the best of role models in the world, but at the very least, she's been listening to them.

So Velvet leans back in closer and quite deliberately presses her soft pink silicone nose to Verosika's very human-looking one and purrs;]

I've been working hard to get everything I want.

[Her eyes flick down, scanning all over Verosika, and then back up.]

Like I deserve.

[succinainteasy]

[ oh-ho, either someone gave her some trade secrets after she left or someone has been doing her homework. color her impressed, now she has to see how far she is willing to go to sell the bit.

hands on her hips, her eyes become half lidded as she draws up an eyebrow and purses her lips briefly. after each word that follows she leans a bit closer, ending with their lips so close that she can feel the warmth from her breath tickling her lips.]

Actions speak louder than words, baby, are you going to tell me what you want or show me?

[ tucking a fingertip under her chin, she angles her face and awaits the inevitable. ]

What do you think you deserve?

[outrageon]

[A little of column a, a little of column b— and a little of column c, too, being the influence of standing around in hell. Fake it until you make it, Angel had said, but then Greed had told her simply to be what she knows she can be. And she knows, she knows she can be a star.

She can make herself one. She can make herself anything she wants to be.

So as Verosika draws closer, Velvet keeps her breathing steady even as she has to wiggle her fingers to steel herself. She focuses on that feeling— on that desire, and answers;]

Bitch, I already told you.

[Velvet presses her nose harder against Verosika's, wiggling her face in a nuzzle— somehow both cutesy and condescending— and presses her lips close enough to Verosika's so that the succubus can feel the movement of plastic against flesh as Velvet mouths;]

Everything.

[And, pairing it with a comical hum of mmmmmwah! Velvet gives Verosika what can only be described as a smooch, like it's nothing to her. In this moment she convinces herself that kissing Verosika should be easy— that she deserves Verosika's affection.

Obsession makes a star pupil.]

[succinainteasy]

No you didn’t, that was vague as shit. Don’t subscribe to amateur hour, you’re better than that. I know you want to be a star, to be the top dog with your pretty little face splashed across every billboard in this fucking place.

[ she catches a lock of Velvet’s hair between her fingers and curls it, lips finding the ends so she can brush them against it. all the while she studies her like the predator she is, ever-calculating and sharp. ]

So tell me, Vel, what are the top three things you want most here? Don’t give some regurgitated bullshit someone else fed you, give me you in your own words. Make me feel something and maybe, just maybe, I can make it happen.

[ at the kiss, she jerks her head back and stares at her as if she were offended because she is—she calls that a kiss? watch and learn, baby girl, she is at the top of her game for a reason. one arm slides around her waist to pull her flush to her as her other hand tips her chin down so she can introduce her to a real kiss.

it’s a slow dance at first, mostly chaste and tame but she isn’t known for weak ass shit like that. very soon she deepens it, hardly giving her time to breathe before going all in via slipping her tongue into her mouth, letting it explore every little crevice that bitchy mouth has to offer before she moves away.

her teeth briefly catch her lower lip between them before she pulls back and smirks. then she uses her thumb to “fix” Velvet‘s lipstick and has the audacity to lick her thumb after, as if savoring a particularly intoxicating flavor. ]

Tastes like heaven and cherry chapstick.

[outrageon]

[Velvet lets Verosika kiss her without protest this time. It is, after all, what she's been after in this whole endeavor. It's what she deserves. When Verosika pulls away Velvet doesn't even rush to bitch and answer her questions, instead looking a bit confused when Verosika mentions chapstick.

A raised brow, and then she seems to realize something and begins to laugh.]

Oh! No, no, that's not chapstick.

That's just me, baby. That's just how I taste.

[Velvet bats her eyelashes, resting her arms around Verosika's shoulders.]

But if you really want me to get specific? I mean it when I say I want it all. All the fame, all the power—

[She taps her claw against Verosika's nose.]

All the you. See, I've been thinking, and I think I really didn't give you enough credit at first. I mean—

[A laugh, and she rolls her eyes.]

Girlfighting is so last year. Why would I let the people turn me against someone who could be such a... powerful ally?

[succinainteasy]

You didn’t lose your shit this time, I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. Color me impressed.

[ when her arms go around her shoulders, she draws a hand up to pick at the fabric of Velvet’s top idly. the want list is fairly extensive but nothing, at least in her opinion, that she can’t achieve if she actually works for it.

game recognizes game, after all. ]

All the me? What happened to wanting to be better than me? You were green with envy, baby, now you want to be besties?

[ it’s hard to tell what she’s thinking right now as she studies her, eyes squinting a tad, before she follows her good lead and taps a nail against her nose. ]

Make love, not war. You know I wouldn’t have wasted my time with someone who couldn’t hang, so I’ll bite. But we’re not shooting for the stars, we’re shooting for what’s beyond them.

[ and that, kids, is how I met your mother. ]

I want them screaming our names and fucking rioting when they can’t have us.

[outrageon]

Oh, Envy's mine now, too! Don't worry.

[Haha, she thinks she's funny.]

And hey, who says I can't be besties with last year's trends?

[Just because they're allies doesn't mean she's not going to bring that bitchy sass.

Still, Velvet's a bit surprised—]

Wait, are you serious? It's really that easy?

You're— just going to do it cos I asked?

[She stares with a brow raised, and clarifies—]

You're not gonna make me do some... big apology thing or something?

[succinainteasy]

You always did move fast.

[ she met that little twerp, but does she remember him? probably not. sorry not sorry, she likes the cooler brother more. ]

It’s only fair, since I’m already slumming it by standing next to you. As an angel— [ she clasps her hand over her chest, solemnly. ] —it’s my duty to take on charity cases. Or some bullshit like that.

[ the smile she gives her a little too sweet, but the way she raises her eyebrow speaks volumes. ]

You think I would kick my bestie to the curb? Wow, Vel. I’m doing it because it benefits both of us, when opportunity knocks in this shithole you answer. I’m a bitch but not a stupid one.

[ at the mention of apologies, however, she makes a face. hard to tell whether the emotion that triggered it is positive or negative. ]

For now? Let’s just say I’ve reached my apology quota for the day. I’m feeling generous, you’re welcome, girl.

[outrageon]

[Now that's more like it. That's what Velvet expects of Verosika.]

You really are such a bitch.

[Velvet reaches forward though, taking the ends of Verosika's hair and sighs.]

I miss your old look. Can we go shopping already?

Looking at you dressed like a Victorian orphan is depressing me.