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TDM 005: Ch-ch-changes!

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A, Garden Level - Autumn Celebrations!
[It may be November in the real world but when you're dead time is fake! So this week/month GARDENFEST is happening...........aka a bootleg mishmash of Oktoberfest and an Xmas Market. In general: PARTY TIME.

Drinks! Foods! Bad singing!! Drunkenly built gingerbread houses! You're thrown in a festive identity clash of imps and cherubs in the garden playing music that doesn't match or shoving drinks at you. Don't worry, if you don't want a mug of beer, it might just be gingerale! Anyway sorry you died but PARTY PARTY JOIN US JOIN US--]

B, Hell Level: ICE to meet you!
[Down at the HellRaiser hotel, the hellish amenities await your every need, but spooky season is over. Aside from the usual, er, allure of Hell, it also seems to be slowly freezing over. Ruh roh. It's not much now, but occasionally you may be hit by a teeny tiny icicle as you explore, awww. Other times it's a whole fucking STALACTITE crashes down on you. Better dodge or hope someone pushes you out the way!! Look out for slick sidewalks too!

Otherwise, hey have some fun in Hell!! Go to a club, get some drugs, go to a casino, win and get mugged!! Ever have a drink made out of literal MAGMA? Go on, try it!! Slaps hell's cobbled brimstone you can fit so much chaos down here!]

C, Heaven Level: Spice, spice, baby.
[Heaven-side, the cherubs are ready to welcome you and give you the VIP treatment!! Massages! Manipedis! Lavish outfits and attention! You can raise your hand and just get a fucking cat sat on your lap! Truly, this is bliss!!

Oh, but it's also cozy season in Heaven! So along with the best fits for the chillier weather, There are an assortment of beverages being offered by angels for you to sample (CW Mind Manipulation):

Apple Spiced Latte- Tasty and earthy! But you suddenly feel more subservient.
Cranberry Spiced Latte- A bit tart but it works. This might make you sassier than usual.
Stuffing Spiced Latte- There is no effect. Why would you drink this you monster.

For the TDM you can find small cherub-run kiosks with these drinks on any level you prefer! If that's not your cuppa joe, feel free to explore the beauty of Heaven per usual! The beach! Boardwalk! All the cafes!! Whatever heaven should have, you can likely find it.]

OOC NOTES:
-I KNOW THIS TDM IS BIT LACKING SO TBH FEEL FREE TO PULL PROMPTS FROM OLDER ONES TOO, DO WHATEVS
-This TDM is open to all! You do NOT need to join the comm to play in it!
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[fuuuucking ancestors in the stars of course there's kids on the beach. At least, Leona's pretty sure this is some kind of kid and not another cherub. Doesn't smell like one, anyway.]

Uh-huh. Real nice and vacationy.

[He lets out a long, grumbling sigh through his nose. Don't immediately yell at the kid, Leona, she didn't do anything...]

You lookin' for someone?

[Hell has literally frozen over, which is part of why Idia Shroud is out of his (well-- his friend's) room. And it's a good thing, too, because it's a riot seeing Hellions keeling over left and right trying to keep themselves stable. That's enough entertainment for an afternoon. Physical comedy is kind of evergreen tbh?

Idia's got his tablet in hand, trying not to lose it over a particularly ridiculous fall. Oh yeah, that one's going in the cringe compilation. Man, that guy even looks like--]

Vil? Is that for real--

[Idia doesn't exactly shuffle closer so much as lean in more, not wanting to risk the fucking shame of it all. It'd be like ignoring a Message in a Souls game-- that's disaster waiting to happen.]

(No way... Did I just... catch Vil Schoenheit slipping?? IRL??)
(Maybe I should post this.)

Edited 2024-12-15 04:11 (UTC)

[ Beetlejuice doesn't let go of his tail. ]

Oh, good! You're home! Do you have a moment to talk about The Lord?

[Leona stares at Beetlejuice with as much concentrated hatred as he can muster, which is apparently a lot.]

You've got three seconds to get your hand off me.

[Considering Yuugi was around 19, this was fair.]

No, no, you don't have to go with me, Jonouchi! I'll be okay by myself. If you want to you can, but I can take care of myself!

[For once.

Finally.]

[ The ghoul smiles up at him, utterly unflappable. ]

Listen, there's a party at The Devil's Nest tonight and everyone's invited--especially you, newbie.

Heh! [Surprisingly- more because of how easily it comes, with a grin at that- there is no argument from Jonouchi.]

Hey, don't doubt tha'! If ye got dragon stuff, I bet y' can pack just as much punch! If anythin', I'd be more worried abou'...

[It is at this momemt that Jonouchi realizes something. It's easier to forget about after the Virtual World- the puzzle, after all, didn't manifest in there.

But this isn't VR. It's...well. Not real life, but at least real afterlife, and they showed up in their clothes so...]

Wait...

Aw geeze yer actually alone ain'tcha..! Th' other you ain't here at all is he..!!

[A CHRONOLOGICAL ERROR HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED-]

[did he just—]

Hey.

Are you even listening to me?!

The other...?

[Yuugi looked at him like he'd been punched. Seriously, that was a wound he didn't think Jonouchi was going to bring to the surface, to rip open and spill his guts across the ground for everyone to see.]

I...

Jonouchi, of...

[He was actually alone. Alone.]

Of course I...he went home, remember?

[Went home.

Because he still couldn't bear to think of him as dead, even after all this time. For all that he said to Kaiba and others, in the grand scheme of things, he really was just a hypocrite, wasn't he...?]

It starts around six and goes until everyone is unconscious!

[ Finally, one finger at a time, he releases the other man's tail. However, he was far from done spreading propaganda. Leona would feel something poking the top of his head. If he were to look up, he would find a second Beetlejuice hanging from the branch above him by his knees. He's shoving a scrap of paper with direction scibbled on it toward him. ]

First drink is always free! And hey, you're pretty, I'm sure you could score a a few more after that!

[Strangely shaped as his face is, Jonouchi wears his emotions on his sleeve. The instant Yugi gains that look, that hurt, hury look, Jonouchi feels as though he's been doused with cold water-

And while his hair isn't out, it certainly seems to have lost its life, the griffon standing there and freezing immediately. 'Went home', Yugi says- it's plain to see Jonouchi is not comprehending this.

Went home, went home, went...] Th...Th' hell do y' mean w...

Went...

[He doesn't accuse him of lying. It's Yugi. He wouldn't lie like this, joke like this, and the emotion on his friend's face is frankly too raw for it.

Impossibly, a thought clicks. It...it can't be though right? It can't...]

....Yugi...what's your las' memory...?

[He doesn't even realize how small his own voice is.]

[He's not...why is he so confused? The confusion hits Yuugi like a punch to the gut, but he rolls with the punches.

He's good at that.

Smile to hide the pain, smile to hide everything. So long as everyone else is okay, then he's okay.

Really.

Look, he's smiling. It's not a real one, and it doesn't reach his eyes, but he's trying.]

Graduation. I was getting ready to start university.

[He paused.]

Is that not...what you remember...?

[It should be impossible for someone with black feathers all over to go white, but the mood is there. He's standing, but he's limp, as he says as clearly as he can-]

....Yugi we were on th' end year break b'fore third year.

[He chokes, and he doesn't need to be a seer to connect a few more dots.] I...we...

Yugi I'm 17, y...If you r'member grad...

[No. Wait, he reels it in. He reels it in and refocuses, trying to calm down.] I...

[Hah. Haha...

He isn't calm at all.]

You're...from the past...?

[He didn't even think he'd be able to run into people from the past. But if that was the case, then how the hell were they both dead? That didn't make sense.

So wouldn't that mean that Jounouchi was a different Jounouchi than the one he knew? Because Jou most definitely didn't die. At least. Right before third year. There was Battle City, but...]

No. You can't be...I would have remembered if you died then.

I...Shouldn' I be askin' th' same in r'verse, I-

[And of all the things, That thing, with death, is what snaps him out of the gloom. With a yelp, his feathers fluff.] NYH-

I-

I ain't dead..!! Y- Yeesh Yugi yer righ' here you oughta know tha' for yourself if yer right in front 'f me! We all got pushed ont' th' same weird ruin trap!

[.....Right??!?!!]

I mean, aren't we both dead? We're in Heaven! Clerical errors or not, we're still technically...

[Wait. The thing he brought up. The--

Wait.]

Ruin...trap?

What Ruin trap?

[Hm. That, is a good point. He actually has to think about-]

Huh, yeah, like when Ra w's still fixin' me up after Dark Malik I guess...

[What was that mutter just now!?

It doesn't matter, probably. What matters is. Uh.] ...You don' r'member..?

...Did we get our heads wiped after 'r somethin', y' at least r'member the part where we were in India at th' time righ'?

India?

[Okay, what even was this? Why's he talking about India? Why's he talking about Ra (what even was that?), and...]

Why would we be in India? I...

I can't say I remember any of that, Jonouchi. Where would we even get the money to go to India?

"What...?"

Yuugi turned around and...well, would you look at that. There were several imps at the pachislot machine with his earnings. Their grubby hands grabbed at the tokens even as their eyes focused on Kaiba's...

Maw.

His laser.

"Hey! That isn't for you!"

He yelled, and the Imps chittered out a laugh at him. The kind of laugh that screamed 'And what the hell are you going to do about it?!'.

He felt something warm, itchy in the back of his throat.

"Cut it out!"

AAAAAAAUHHHH!

[He just burries his face in his hands, the reason for the gesture soon making itself known.] We DIDN'T, it was a prize..!!

M-aaaaAAAN..! I manage t' win somethin' cool and it's some spooky magic brainwarp crap tha's not fair dammit...!!

[Because clearly, if he can't remember it, then given how wild it was that he happened to win a vacation for That Week Exactly, the thing that is wrong is Not dimensional!

...Right? Yeah. He's going with it.]

Maurice shrugs his wings.

"I dunno...I've been here a good while now. I don't exactly know what happens...if somebody comes and gets you or if ya just...poof!"

He splays a hand and motions it to pantomime the possible poofing.

"When I died I was pretty dang sure it wasn't an accident."

I...

You...won...us a trip?

[Yeah, something's not right here. Nothing's lining up. Still, he can't exactly play along, but...

He can comfort?

Yeah. He can do that.

(Better than to think about what he said earlier, right?)]

I'm sorry. Hey, at least it's over now, right...?

Ugh, yeah, we all kinda hoped it'd be a nice break fr'm th' arguin' too, jus' my luck fuckin' Haga made friends w' my sister....

[Uggggghhhh...]

I mean I guess for you yeah, but now I don' even get t' have a heads up on what that ruin's even all abou'...awww...

[It's not like he'd have gotten one anyway..!!!] Mngh, well, at leas' somethin' is familiar. ...Kinda...

[Can't really forget about the whole 'He Went Home' bit, unfortunately.]

[Yeah, sorry, Yuugi's kind of still rolling at one particular detail that is...

Just.

What.]

Haga made friends...with who?!

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