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TDM 004: BACK TO SCHOOL
A: Garden Level - Fall IN!
[The garden is full of fruits and overflowing with milk and honey as usual, truly a paradise. But gasp, what's this? A PALLET CHANGE? Instead of the typical lush green, it's taken on more Autumn colors for AestheticTM. It's still pleasantly warm as usual though, for current denizens and newbies alike, and it's gosh darn nice to hang out in.
But speaking of newbies and passerbys! If you pop in, you'll find yourself landing in a pile of colorful leaves. But these ain't no normal leaves!! Depending on the color, you may experience the following:
Yellow- Get energized nerd!! Despite just dying, you're suddenly filled to the brim with joy, and far more amicable to the first people you see.
Orange- Ever heard of love at first sight?? IT'S HAPPENING NOW. You may become absolutely smitten with the first few folks that help you out of your pile.
Red- Or the complete opposite! You're filled with the POWER OF AGGRO and ready to argue or fight with whoever you see first!
Or maybe you fall in a pile of mixed leaves that give you a combo of effects, or nullify the effect so nothing happens! Up to you. ]
B, Hell Level: Spooky Scary Skeletons
[Down at the HellRaiser hotel, it's already practically halloween 24/7, but now even more so! The standard hellish hotel amenities are available--massages, hot saunas, all the booze and drugs you could ever want, room service, etc!
But the perpetual night life is where it's at. In celebration of the most unholy season of the year (citation needed), the clubs are HOPPING and playing music loud enough it could raise the (un)dead. . .literally! You could be walking on your way back from getting a burger, and skeleton or zombie bursts from the ground! They might attack you or. . .try to get you to dance with them. Weird. Either way, don't linger too long, or they'll try to get you to go back further into the depths with them. . .
Alternatively maybe you're just accosted by some normal party demons/imps and dragged into a club. Have fun!]
C, Heaven Level: The Holy Spirit Halloween
[Heaven-side, the heavenly hotel is its normal, pampering self, complete with every luxurious amenity you could imagine. However, it seems some parts of the hotel are decorated with more. . .demonic accents??
It's not just the hotel either. Outside, spot angels in all sorts of costumes, ranging from black cats to silly godzilla rubber suits. That's right, TIS THE SEASON, and it's the only time angels get to indulge in more silly ~sinful~ desires! Is this cultural appropriation?? Don't worry about it.
As for you, if you're not chillin' at a cat cafe or the gorgeous beach or a coffee shop, you may find a cherub stuffing you into a silly costume. When in Rome!! You may also come across huge golden depots full of costumes, so feel free to shop around! The cherubs within will also see to your every need, as if they're extensions of the hotel as well]
OOC NOTES:
-"Ash this TDM seems kinda half assed" i don't have any excuse this time i'm just tired
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[Nobunaga is all lit up with excitement now.] That's what I keep telling people! Do you know how many times I've seen the world end?!
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PFFT! You think THAT'S CRAZY, but what about WORLDS OUTSIDE OF YOUR TINY LITTLE CORNER? PLANETS with LIFE FORMS that could NEVER SURVIVE ON EARTH! DIMENSIONS with THEIR OWN LAWS OF PHYSICS! REALMS where NOTHING IS SACRED and ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
[ Jabbing his glass at Noubunga with... Okay, he still doesn't have a mouth but he sounds like he should be grinning from metaphorical ear to metaphorical ear. ] YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING, CHIEF?
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YES!!! [Nobunaga springs out of his seat, a little too damn intensely STILL, and at least doesn't try to touch the triangle being because he's really really rude as a Demon King, but he's trying to learn better about not doing things that make people jump out of their skins -- even if they don't have skin because they're a triangle.]
[Best worst part, even if he tells people about this, it sounds like an absolute drug trip. YOLO!]
Have you seen those places?! OF COURSE YOU HAVE! You're a spacer too, right? [What were Wayne's people called??? Ehhhhh doesn't matter.] Have you been to L-Space?! [.... A beat. What the fuck else would it be called?]
[WHO KNOWS?] Or the elongated inside of a wormhole? Is that where you're from?
[He should get back on his barstool, but he's kind of too hyped. Sadly.]
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And this guy mentioned an L-Space? Hm. Bill's gonna attempt to peek into Noubunga's mind for a moment. The power nerfing's made this ability iffy, but it's worth a shot. In the meantime... ]
CLOSE! I'm ACTUALLY from this dimension BETWEEN dimensions. A TRILLION YEARS OF EXPERIENCE hopping from ONE GALAXY to THE OTHER. I'D LOVE TO SHOW YOU AROUND but... YOU KNOW. We're kinda STUCK HERE?
[ This guy could be his next big break! If Bill can keep himself on Noubunga's good side, perhaps there's another chance at Weirdmageddon down the road... And this time, it might be in a dimension those meddling Pines will never know about!
Funny how the best things seem to come to you when you're slowly getting plastered, huh? ]
ow my brain hurts
[Sadly, he probably could rip a(NOTHER!!!) hole in time-space, and has a heavy surface level GUILT that he's not acknowledging because DEMON KINGS DO NOT FEEL GUILT - about dying from trying to do that, and then also probably causing a couple of wormhole fusions that at minimum landed HIMSELF here in weird paperwork shuffle land, but possibly 1) his best friend/spouse 2) his left hand general 3) his other best friend and second in command who's fighting with him now....]
[He slams both hands down on the bar.]
STUCK SCHMUCK!
MWahahahahahaahaha... [No, wait. He needs to get control of himself. He drinks the rest of his drink, still standing and tries to filter that intense BALL OF CHAOS in his head into one direction -> THE FUTURE! FORWARD ALWAYS!!! (see also: sounds of war drums, color red and... cavalry and a shit ton of guns firing)]
[He runs a hand through his hair backwards, thinking harder! He should NOT befriend the suspicious triangle demon IN HELL...]
[OOOOOOOOOOOOOR--]
You're going to just sit around waiting for SOME LITERAL SHEEP to figure things out?! They're the ones who messed it up in the first place!
[And a tiny imposter syndrome shadow voice in his head voices, "Wasn't that you? Who was trying to make a wormhole in L-Space despite the kugelblitz dire warnings you received four separate times?" And his OTHER headvoice (yes) just shushes it, with "No no, we can do this. I'm onto something! We can do it again but BETTER this time." With the original shadow demon making a giant X with their arms.]
First we have to stabilize Hell. Just enough that the Morningstars, plural, won't notice what we're up to. I know you'd think chaos would be the better route, but it's not, [GESTURES AROUND.] Like, yes, it is definitely too calm for normal Hell, but that's where they're from anyway. You stabilize it, it throws them off. [BRAIN: "False sense of security, allies, and then everything else you do on the side helps them think it's to THEIR goals!"] Then we build up Hell enough that it's so dependent on the others --
[He's tingly again, not quite shaking, but very fired up. Charlie kind of not disappointed him, but also SO CLOSE YET SO FAR --]
[He manages to drop his voice slightly, out of his normal booming general broadcasting to the whole army over the sounds of war and into well... conversational but it's good for hearing over the party.] and then they can't leave to stop us. And then, THEN we can go wherever we want, no relying on anyone else for jackshit. And the best? The best part?! [DEEP BREATH. HE MUST CONTAIN HIS EXCITEMENT -- and he's doing AN AWFUL JOB OF IT!] Every single person who gets here makes it even easier to leave! Shhhh-- [GLANCES AROUND. He is actually paranoid, but TO BE FAIR: when you risk destroying the multiverse just because you can't sit still for two seconds people kind of get on your case?!] and we can go take over all of their worlds.
[IS HE JOKING???? No. He's not. He might not have the same idea of what "TAKE OVER" means, but that's only because "sightseeing and improving everything and torturing those who get in the way" isn't different enough from most people's view. It's all a matter of what "improving" means. Which to Nobuanga, means letting people be happy and free to dance, laugh, sing, and eat candy, (not joking!) but he's also unfortunately KEENLY aware that sometimes he has to meet everyone else's demands along the way. In any event: FORWARD TO THE INEVITABLE FUTURE, but with time jumping because he can't wait patiently he'd die, or just never make it to the various things.]
Whelp, This is gonna be interesting. 1/?
Hehehehehehe.... I LIKE how you THINK, BUNGOU.
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ONE SMALL PROBLEM, though. [ How does he seem to be shouting and whispering at the same time? Is it a whisper spoken in a loud tone? ] I like the ENTHUSIASM, but you know it's not exactly smart to BLURT OUT all your plans in public, right?
[ Casually gesturing to the crowd of drunken patrons who may or may not be paying attention here. ]
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Luckily for US... I happen to know a place where NO ONE ELSE can snoop on us. Somewhere you can get to WHETHER YOU'RE IN DUMB SHEEP HELL OR NOT.
[ Now's Bill's chance to nab the perfect tool. A better ally than even Ford ever was. ]
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[Waves a hand vaguely.] I should stop pissing off Lucifer, but the imps are a little too cute with the stabbings, so it's not quite what I'm used to with assassination attempts. Not that I miss it.
[Bill however has learned no one needs to read Nobunaga's mind, he will tell them, it's just such a mess, he struggles to untangle it even for himself.] I'm listening.
[And ready to goooooooo.]
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Bill leans in and squints his eye. ]
How bout we TALK SHOP... IN YOUR DREAMS?
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Assassination attempts from childhood, lifelong PTSD, even when I do get to sleep, the only dreams are literal warzones so you'd get shot.
Got another trick under that bowtie?
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You say that, but I have CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS IN PEOPLE'S DREAMS. I could LITERALLY make the warzone thing a NON ISSUE if you let me...
[ The insomnia thing, though... He can't remember the last time he dealt with that, but the gears are turning in his own mind... ]
I tell ya what! You let me INTO YOUR MIND, I can take a STAB at WORKING OUT THE KINKS keeping you up at night, and THEN we can get down to business. Whadya say, pal?
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[THAT SURE SOUNDS LIKE A BAD IDEA -- Even to the idiot demon king!]
[Otoh; he definitely wants a mindreader and not PTSD nightmares. Otoh: he would prooooobably smack Crichton upside the head? And vice versa for sure. And Valdis? Would bite his dumb head off. Literally. Hellhound.]
I'm not saying no yet... but last time I was kind of reckless with my -- [Self, life, universe, history, soul, timelines, the literal fabric of reality etc. Everything, my partner said they'd give me radio silence for weeks if I ever do it again without warning. So bare minimum, I have to ask them first, because they're the only reason I can get to sleep at all.
Sorry B.C. a week ago, and you'd have had me. On the bright side, they still might say yes?
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[ Oh, come on. Don't tell him his plans are going to be foiled by this stupid "family" thing again?!
'Ok, keep it cool, Cipher,' He thinks to himself, 'there's still a chance to save this.' With that in mind he gives Noubunga a playful elbow nudge. ]
Oh, COME ON NOW, it can't be THAT BAD! What I'm OFFERING is gonna be great for BOTH OF US! Besides, what if that lover of yours GETS SENT HOME BEFORE YOU DO? How are you gonna sleep THEN?
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[BOTH HANDS ON FACE!] I just spent three months not sleeping! [An hour here and there while he dozed off simply because he hasn't 1) killed anyone in two years+ and 2) not truly been assassin-attacked also in two years+!] I go through withdrawal after a couple of weeks, and the first hour he was here I wanted to go adventure but they knew and made me sleep instead.
It's... it's pretty bad. I really hope I don't lose them again.
[A GROAN.] I still haven't even talked to them about how long they should be gone before I can just bite Greed and see what happens. [Shit he shouldn't say out loud, but maybe he hasn't really gotten enough sleep yet. Almost definitely.]
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1/2 JSYK Bill canonly breaks his own fourth wall like it's nothing.
Ugh... "OHANA means FAMILY, FAMILY means NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND." I GET IT, the movie's so POPULAR the MOVIE STUDIO won't stop REGURGITATING SEQUELS AND MERCH of it.
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But if this KLAUS GUY appreciates things THEY BARELY UNDERSTAND as much as you say they do... MAAAAAYBE I'll make an exception. JUST THIS ONCE.
DOES THAT SOUND FAIR?
[ Bill really wishes he had more control of the situation, but he kind of lost control over time after... Whats His Face. The Guy Who Shall Not Be Thought About Today. So he may as well play nice. FOR NOW. ]
Perfection lol
[But he shoots him double finger guns and smirks.]
Exactly. I don't think anyone loves thst as much as me, but Klaus does love chaos, so it should be fine!
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[ Fingerguns back. ] CAN'T WAIT to do BUSINESS with the TWO OF YOU!
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[At least now he's in a better mood? Yaaaaay...]
[And he didn't even have to kill anyone this time!]
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SAME HERE! [ With that, he turns around for a second to grab his drink from the bar... Okay, stare at the drink for a moment, comically extend his reach to pour it into the bar's sink, and yell at the bartender for a refill. ] HEY BUNGOU! How bout I BUY YOU A DRINK to celebrate?
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[Sits back down too!] Sake.
So is there much to see between the universes or about as boring as here?
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[ These bar stools aren't quite tall enough for Bill to comfortably sit at, so he's content to just float near the counter.
The bartender begrudgingly hands Noubunga a drink and shoots Bill a glare before setting the refill in front of him. Bill fingerguns at the guy as they turn to cater to other guests. ]
Remember what I said about ANYTHING BEING POSSIBLE? I WASN'T KIDDING! [ Takes a swig of his drink, probably freaking out any newcomers to the club. ] I MEAN, someone like you could FALL ASLEEP one moment and WAKE UP TO FIND YOU CONQERED A WHOLE DYNASTY. Or maybe you find a brand new MATERIAL that only THE STRONGEST WILLS can PERCEIVE OR TOUCH. Or maybe you just DEFY THE LAWS OF GRAVITY until you get nauseous. IT'S PURE CHAOS, BABY!
[ Fun to him, probably disorienting to the average joe. ]
So what about YOUR HONEY, BUNGOU? Can Klaus just MOVE THINGS WITH THEIR MIND or did they get THE WHOLE PSYCHIC POWER BUILD?
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[A small laugh.] I am fond of chaos, but no more dynasties. They're too much hassle to set up! Tie me down. Let's keep on the move. Maximum chaos and exploration. [Happy chirp!]
Oh Klaus? Is pure chaos. He's from a superhero family, but they're bad at it. But his powers don't translate across dimensions, so they keep changing! It's very very sexy. [Dreamy happy! Dork.] He can levitate too, which is really fun in uh-- [He's JUST BARELY sober enough to remember everyone begging him to learn a sense of privacy he does not have--] Everything! Action.
This one time we went to a vampire ball, and I had to have him leashed as my pet, as is the custom, but he decided to take his shoes off, and start smacking around the vampire holding another friend of ours as a pet! [Laughs! The shoes thing is important Bill.] A whole fucking room of vampire swingers turned on us and I'm just like, "I hope you know what you're doing..." and no, no they did not. That's Klaus for you. None of them tried to eat me that time -- I've had vampires drink me before, [Casually, like this is normal.] But they didn't want to risk sulfuric demon burns. [Thumbs up. Pretty much the ONLY time his Demon King persona worked to his actual favor.]
He's probably about as strong as a hellhound with it? It's kind of hard to tell, because my sister and him get along so well they would never fight.
But like I said, dimension travel, always changes it up. He's a good read on people too. Understands how to tempt them into chaos. Ahhhhh, Klaus is so smart too! They were already secretly smart, but now? [That he's sober.] I'm in awe of them. Maybe that's why telekinesis, right? The levitating thing is way more fun though! He has to meditate sometimes but -- [Laughs!] I cannot.
[And as always, this much talking about Klaus fades out his own demon tail, horns, and bat wings. Oops.]
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