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!
-As a reminder, THIRD CHARACTER APPS are now street legal!
-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!! 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

Pomni | The Amazing Digital Circus

[ghostinacolorfulshell]

[Arrival]

[Christmas? Was this another adventure? Because it didn't feel like one. Was she finally free? But everyone had said she'd died? Could you die in the Circus? Pomni could be found having a breakdown in the middle of the party. From one hell to another she could be found quietly sobbing to herself.]

Heaven Bee

[broasis]

[Beach beach beach!! It's like the Scalding Sands but with the ocean waaaaaaay closer! The sand is beautiful too, like glistening like gold beneath the sun and reflecting off the sparkling waves bright enough that he almost wishes his sunglasses would sunglass a little harder. But being partially blinded by the beach and all its splendor is what has him unawares of who exactly he's stumbled upon and is... offering him this beverage...

Though the voice is kind of familiar.]

Thanks, but I don't take drinks from strangers!

[Shading his eyes, he squints at said stranger, his brows bouncing up over the rim of his glasses in surprise once he realizes--]

Leona?! [Azul, Idia, Vil... and now Leona? Are they slowly getting picked off one by one, or--] They got you, too?!

[effortaverse]

[Bemused by the presence of Kalim, Leona lets of a chuff of a laugh through is nose. A little rabbit, but no snake? That will be interesting. A pain in the ass if he gets too involved... but interesting. Kalim off the string, what will he do?]

Haven't had to. Can't catch a whiff of anyone...

[He crosses his arms, and rephrases;]

Nah... that ain't right. Comin' outta the hotel, I definitely smelled seafood...

[that's not a very nice thing to call Azul...]

[effortaverse]

And here I was, about to be offended.

[He really wasn't. However, he could tell by scent that the guy in front of him was Kalim, which is kind of an unfair advantage.

...Well, if Kalim's not gonna take this drink, Leona's gonna carefully balance it on the fence nearby and then cross his arms.]

I already heard you were here. Ain't my fault if you didn't hear the same.

[fairestqueen]

Is that so? An exchange of sorts, then?

[He's curious, especially given he knows next to nothing about this place.]

How does that work?

[broasis]

Wh-- you did!?

[Hopping on over to join him, laughing all the way. Where most people would think to keep their distance, Kalim has zero qualms getting up in Leona's business--]

Who'd you run into? Nobody told me you were here, yet! [But then he notices the horns.] Whooooa. You got horns like Malleus! You look so cool!

[effortaverse]

[For a moment Leona is surprisingly calm, doing very little beyond leaning back an inch— and then Kalim implies that Leona is anything like Malleus and his expression sours.

Grasping Kalim's ears in one hand to keep him in one place—]

Oi. Don't even think about reaching up right now.

[He puts on a smirk, though, trying to move past the rush of anger with a warning, as if he's completely in control of the situation.]

I can't speak for that lizard, but I bite.

..And anyway, I ran into Vil.

[fairestqueen]

[It's no easy think to seem imperious when you've just fallen ridiculously, but Vil does his very best.]

Azul Ashengrotto. Why are you here? No - never mind, that's not important. Help me up.

[broasis]

A-aah--

[That's such a weird feeling!! He hasn't had his ears gripped yet.

On top of that, nobody outside of his siblings would ever even think to manhandle Kalim like this! Leona better be glad they're not on Asim property or else he'd be walking home sans hands. Not that Kalim cares that much, his first thought isn't even to retaliate! Instead, he simply whines and pleads, reaching up to hold onto Leona's wrists and tug them down a bit to relieve the pressure on his skull.]

H-hey, c'mon Leona, relax!! I wasn't gonna-- [He was totally gonna.] --touch'em, I swear!!

[effortaverse]

[He's like a little kid... Well, not that you could grab Cheka's ears this way. You can grab his tail, though, and as mean as it is it's still pretty funny...

Anyway, Leona lets go, but not without rustling his hand through Kalim's hair between his ears. He does not believe for a second that Kalim wasn't going to touch the horns, but he does believe that now he won't.]

Who went and gave you these, anyway?

[By which ofc he's asking— is it part of the Heaven schtick?]

[broasis]

[He's a baaaby how could you be so cruel to him. He pulls his ears down to smooth them over, bottom lip puffed out in a pout while he situates himself.]

Uhhh, these guys? I guess? [Sorta waves around at... the area they're in? Surely he must know what he means. The cherubs and stuff.]

I'm an angel! A rabbit? Angel? For some reason? I dunno what that's about, but it's pretty cool, right? I've got, like, a thousand foot vertical leap. [Aaand he thought that was pretty funny. So funny he's smacking Leona on the arm about it. Sorry, guy. Once he wears himself out with that, he wipes his eyes and moves on to patting Leona on the back now--]

You look just like... yourself! Just, you know. With really cool horns! But... [Stops to looook behind him.] ...shooooouldn't you have wings? [Literally Kalim and all the rest of their classmates that are here do...]

Ooh, or is it that you figured out how to hide them already? Can you show me? I really miss laying on my back.

[effortaverse]

[Why is he touching him??? Leona looks around as if to see if anyone else is witnessing this bullshit, but to no avail.]

Aren't you supposed to be a second year?

Mm... Then again...

[Leona looks Kalim over... no, that would be beyond his experience for now, wouldn't it.]

...Yeah, no, I don't care enough. Teachin' you anything's gonna be a pain in the ass.

[broasis]

[He's always been a touchy guy, he's just not had much time to get touchy on you Leona. Now he's comfort seeking in the presence of people he considers friends and sorry, but.... you're on that list.]

Ah, c'mon! It's not like there's a class on hiding new limbs! Or even old ones!

[effortaverse]

And look at that... Not a lick of what you said sounded like my problem.

[Leona's tail starts swinging left and right with every touch...]

[broasis]

Seriously?! Is it really that hard?!

I mean, I guess it must be if even you can't do it.

1/2

[effortaverse]

[effortaverse]

...Yeah, I ain't takin' your bait, either.

[grumble.]

I ain't your maid or your pet snake, Kalim.

[broasis]

[Damn, he's good. That would have worked on a lesser man.

Fine. Let's try a different angle. How does Ruggie get Leona to do anything? Hmm, hmm, hmm.

Aha!]

...You don't have'em, do ya?

[If he doesn't, Kalim can just leave him alone-- which would have been the case if Leona had just said so in the beginning, but noooo. He wanted to do this the hard way. If he does have wings and he's just choosing not to show them off, well... then Kalim knows what lengths Leona will go to to stay lazy and he can learn from that.

Either way, he's not done here! Nobody says "no" to Kalim Al-Asim without leaving with a SIGNIFICANT headache-- just ask Jamil!]

[luckydragonsfoot]

An' they're real..?

[Jonouchi sounds curiously awestruck.]

[grumpface]

[A white-and-gold angelic Husk will wave a hand in front of the newcomer's face.]

Hey, you there? Need a drink?

[luckydragonsfoot]

[What was Jonouchi doing?

Something with his cards. He's pretty intensely focused on them, which is kinda wild since it's not like anything special is going on and it really isn't like those cards are anything special.

Needless to say Marik scares the heck outta him.] NYHHHH!-!

[AH-] GEEZE WHERE TH-

Oh, Marik. [oh its you] Nh- I dunno how t' fly! I ain't even sure how you took off so easy! You were gone b'fore I could even think about it...

[vroomkeeper]

You don't know how to fly?

[ Said with an incredulous look at Literally All Of Jonouchi. Then he's frowning and moving to try and rap his knuckles against Jonouchi's cards. Normally he's all for anything involving Duel Monsters - in fact, he's filing away the knowledge Jonouchi has a Deck with him for later use - but this is urgent. ]

Put those away. We're fixing that.

[ Behold, the man whose mere presence caused hardened criminals to quake in fear! Bow before the authority in his voice when he insists: ]

Now.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Nyhh- of course I don't know how, I've had wings f'r like a couple days man, been too busy enjoyin' 'Christmas 2'!

[But yes, okay, he is packing the cards back into his pocket,

Not quite bowing but they can work on it,]

...what are y' gonna do though, y' just...flew, didn't y'?

[vroomkeeper]

That's what it looked like. But my brain was engaged the whole time.

[ He taps the side of his head. ] Analyzing the process. I'm always thinking, Jonouchi. Never forget that.

[ A little smirk, and, with the absolute confidence of someone who always gets what he wants, except for those times when he doesn't, which don't count: ]

I can teach you to fly.

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Jonouchi just stares. Maybe he believes him.

Maybe he has no idea what the fuck Marik is talking about.

mysteries]

...Kay.

[Alright fuck it he has nothing better to do, even if he kinda just cut things short with the cards.]

...What's step one then?