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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.]

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A) Garden
[Time is fake. Kieran could have sworn that it was April but now it's November without him realising. How weird.

However, considering Kieran's hair is still a writhing mass of red-purple variants of Hydrapple (making him look very similar to a teenage gorgon), a weird hiccup in time is the least of Kieran's worries.

So Kieran is just going to ball. And by ball, I mean just awkwardly stand to the side of the party, holding his cup of ginger ale as he looks nervously at the imps and cherubs.]

This is so weird...

[He reaches up to tug his hair and winces as one of the Hydrapple heads bites down.]

Ow! Sorry! Uh... Sorry me? Do I apologise to myself?

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B) Hell

[Dragons are weak to Ice. Grass is also weak to Ice. Meaning the cold weather is absolutely repulsive to Kieran at the moment. The poor country boy isn't used to the cold and will absolutely park himself in front of the nearest fire, wrapped in the biggest blanket he can find. This isn't so bad when he's at the HellRaiser hotel but on days where he's forced outside he might be found trying to sit in front of a bonfire full of partying imps or, even worse, climbing on top of the magma supply in a bar.]

It's so cold...

[He sounds almost like he's in a trance. But no, he's just cold. You may want to get him out of the way before he gets himself in trouble... or get him out of the way because he's in YOUR way!]

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C) Heaven

[Heaven is so much nicer. Kieran understands why he's not Heavensent but it's nice being able to use some of Heaven's amenities when he's bound for eternal damnation. It's still cold but the drinks here are good.]

Mmmmm... Stuffing spiced Latte. Reminds me of home, ya know.

That's not what I said. I said please watch where you're leaking. You're getting apple syrup everywhere.

Well, it's not everywhere. It's just around me...

That's not the point! Someone is going to slip! Or get stuck in that stuff!

[Kieran ignores the poor cherub and continues to drink. He may or may not have had a Cranberry Spiced Latte already.]

Edited 2024-11-07 09:22 (UTC)

[Mingling with the general populace is usually not on her list of things to really do or deal with, but it's not like she has much of a choice here. And, well, sometimes there's interesting things like whatever this magma drink nonsense is. She might be slightly annoyed she hadn't thought of it, but it certainly gives her some ideas on how to take and run with this at some point.

Her distraction over thinking about it is rudely interrupted when she sees someone doing something entirely stupid. Normally she'd let this go to see what hilarity comes from it, but she's fairly certain that will cause some contamination and bitch and let's just not, maybe.

Even being as small (by Hell standards) as she is, she's pretty good at getting onto things to make getting to taller stuff fairly easy. And immediately goes to grab for the poor boy by the back of his neck to forcefully try and tug him off of it and onto the floor.]

Are you stupid? [Great start.]

[Being a child, Kieran is also incredibly small and he's not exactly heavy. He's not thinking, much less ready to put up a fight. The young man gives a small squeak as he's pulled back and is thrown to the floor.]

Ow! Hey! I'm not stupid! I'm just cold...

[Kieran and all his Hydrapple heads look up at the woman indignantly. Then he looks around.] A-ah... hey. Where am I?

[Good thing, too, because she's fairly certain getting into the magma source is probably not a great idea.

Though his reply and those heads get a loud huff from her and her arms crossing over her chest with her head tilted at him.]

Diving into literal fucking magma is a pretty stupid way of warming up, more like becoming charcoal for a bit. [... And he really didn't know where he was? Jeeze.]

You're in a bar, muppet. And do me a favor and keep those snake beasties calm from me because I'm not really in the mood to be pulling things off of people right. Just saving their asses, evidently.

Edited (is2g I know how to spell snakes) 2024-11-07 11:01 (UTC)

W-wowzers! A bar? Like where people drink alcohol? [When did he get here? Kieran looks around with fresh eyes, ignoring the chill for a moment so he can take in their surroundings.] I'm surprised they let me in here...

Oh! Sorry! I don't really know how to control them. They've gots a mind of their own.

[Kieran reaches out to his hair and gently pats it. The serpents hiss but droop down, the heads going down to nuzzle against their owner.]

Uh... Thank you for saving me, miss...

[Give her a second to hide that laugh into a snort behind her hand, he really did not just say wowzers of all things.]

Welcome to Hell, kid, no one actually gives a fuck what age you are because you're already dead so why bother? Generally keep a watch on your drink and probably avoid the drug depots unless you know what the drug'll do. [Why is she even giving him advice? Eh. Not like she has anything better to do as she reaches to grab her martini of all things off the table where she was before she had to go playing hero.]

Some Medusa-shit, huh? Whatever, just not keen on getting bitten by someone's wayward hair, not that it'd probably do much... [She's dead. Not like she can die from much outside of angelic steel. It's probably fine.

Oh right, names. She might as well since it might work in her favor in the future for some kind of weird clout, who knows.]

Velvette~ Or Vel if you're too lazy to use the full name, I guess. Wouldn't get used to people saving your ass from yourself, though~

I guess so... but... that's crazy. [He'll probably give alcohol a miss but... at the mention of drugs he'll exchange looks with one of his Hydrapple heads.] I wonder if Calcium would help me get stronger.

[Because Pokemon drugs. Oh wait, he is talking to someone now! Focus!]

Oh! They don't really bite. They're just sticky... they drip apple syrup like a real Hydrapple.

I'm Kieran! Thank you, Velvette! I'll try be more careful... just... ugh... it's just so cold, you know.

Ehhhh, is it? You don't really age in Hell, either, so you never know if the person that looks like a kid really is a kid or was a kid and now has been around here for like one hundred years. It's pretty wild. [Aging is stupid, what's the point?

The mention of calcium with drugs merely gets a head tilt out of her, she just... she won't touch that one. Let him figure it out the hard way or for the depots to tell him to get out of here for some basic bitch shit.]

... Apple syrup? The fuck is a Hydrapple?

Kieran, huh, got it. Well~ It's usually not icy and cold down here, so not sure what's going on in that regard. Shouldn't last too long, though, since generally most of us don't bother with a whole lot of clothing. [She hadn't really noticed the cold too much until she almost got hit by one of the falling ice chunks, but whatever.]

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O-oh... that's right. I'm dead. Aging is what you do while you're alive... [That... really sucks how he'll never grow older. At least, until Hell and Heaven sort their paperwork out! Still, it's a depressing thought and Kieran's eyes go dark for a bit. Thankfully, his hair nudges him, making sure Kieran stays focused and can answer her questions.]

It's a Pokemon. Uh... a kind of monster from where I'm from. It's a bunch of dragons that live in a giant apple. They look like my hair but usually they're green.

[He shudders and pulls his jacket further up his body.] They don't do so well with the cold... so maybe that's why I'm so affected by it.

[... She should not feel some kind of way about him suddenly deflating like that, UGH.] You're not permanently here, just until the clerical idiots sort things out. Unlike some of us. [Leave one Hell to go back to your Hell is actually pretty funny in a way.

A... Pokemon? She vaguely recalls some kind of monster game that had weird creatures like that, but it wasn't something she ever paid much attention to. Weeeeird.]

A Pokemon. Dragons in a giant... apple... You know what, I'm not going to question it as I feel all that's going to happen is I'm going to get a headache by the end of it and still not understand. [Better to just drop that, right???]

Because they're generally cold blooded creatures like normal reptiles, right? [Dragons are mythical creatures as far as she's concerned, so at least she can kind of understand the logic behind it.] And it could be, who knows when it comes to this place, but maybe go find yourself a fire that isn't a magma fountain or some more layers until this shit blows over?

O-oh! S-Sorry. I didn't know you were like... dead dead. [Kieran, please, stop.]

That's fair. There's a lot to talk about Pokemon. And Battling. And Pokemon Battling. Hydrapple is just one of hundreds! [Special interest, unlocked!

But yes. It's a reptile, and Kieran nods at that.] I wasn't planning on climbing into the lava. Just next to it... where it's warm...

[Warmmmmm. He wants warm...]

What? Don't apologize for that, I'm quite content in the Hell I was in, actually. Can't age, have the power to basically influence all of a ring's social media and clothing? I don't have any problems with it. [Others might, but she's doing pretty well in her little ~~neon~~ castle...]

Battling. So you're basically doing cock fights but with other kinds of animals that evidently are weirdo versions of actual animals. Got it, sure, that's fine. [Everyone has to have one! But it sure is not hers.]

Aaaare you sure about that? You were climbing up to the top of it pretty quickly. [Normal people might just curl up against or around it, not into it, Kieran!!!!]

O-oh! Okay! That does sound really cool... Wowzers... You sound like you were pretty powerful.

[Kieran pauses before he nods. He supposes that's what it is at the end of the day. Not that he knows what a cock is but he'll definitely ask and totally not get scarred by an imp later :)]

Uh... No. I'm not sure. I don't remember coming here so... [He absentmindedly tugs the loose strand of hair, which makes the attached Hydrapple nip him in response.] W-well! I'll just have to make sure I stay warm and not get into a situation like that again. Ahaha...

Mhmm~ One of a few with the title to match the power. [Not that it matters here as she has to start over, but that's entirely irrelevant. Oh this poor boy is going to learn the hard way and she's honestly not even going to warn him about any of it.

Better to learn by your mistakes anyway, right? Right???? ~~No, Velvette, that's just sadism.~~]

You'd probably be better off staying at the hotel under covers or... something... and lock your door so you can't get out until you consciously want to or the cold fucks off. [WHY ARE YOU NOT REMEMBERING WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHILE STONE COLD SOBER, KID??????]

Mmm... You must miss it. Going from the top back to square one is rough. [He can relate, somewhat. He's... still not over his defeat from being Champion. He's not sure what's going to happen once he gets back from this place but he's an Ex-champion now...]

I guess so. Guess I'm just not used to it. Back at the Blueberry Academy, we usually left our doors unlocked. [Anyone could come in at any time and that was just normal.] Aw man... I better find some like... more blankets and food then before I get too cold again. And maybe something thicker than this outfit.

Pros and cons to it. Sure, I miss the getting whatever I want at the wave of a hand, but I don't miss the dickhead and the pissbaby. Not like I don't know how to regain power anyway since it seems like this place functions on the same principles as mine did. [Claw your way back up would be her thoughts on it, not that she's ever really had to deal with anything that would knock her down enough pegs to be threatened. The bonuses of having business partners, you generally get the protection that comes with it. ~~Especially when one of them is a paranoid weirdo that has cameras everywhere.~~]

Left your doors unlocked? That's some small town shit and hilarious given how Hell is. A thicker outfit, huh... [Give her a moment she's tapping her chin as she thinks through what to even go with here. Probably something simple, really, just to keep him from doing something dumb again.]

Hood or no hood? [No, she will not explain.]

... Yeah. That's fair. I miss my friends but there are certain people I really don't care for. [Drayton, why are you the way you are?

Kieran almost asks if Velvette is going to claw her way back up while she's here or take it easy but is distracted. He gives a sheepish laugh and twirls the lone Hydrapple head.]

Yeah... My school is isolated and I'm from an even smaller town. There's a lot of big city stuff I'm gonna have to get used to.

[The boy blinks blankly but answers.] Uh... hood?

[A young girl watches in confusion as Kieran fights off his own hair - or snake hair? Raphtalia's not really sure at this point. Is it trying to eat him?]

A-are you okay? Is your hair attacking you?

[Does she need to stab it - she briefly glances around but doesn't see a weapon in sight.]

[The Hydrapple is just trying to stop Kieran from pulling at it. That hurts, you know. When he hears Raphtalia, both Kieran and the other Hydrapple heads all turn to her, all of them sporting the same surprised expression.]

Oh! I-I'm fine! [Kieran looks at the young girl and gives her a reassuring smile.] I kind of grab my head a lot and I guess the Hydrapple don't like it since it's their necks. It doesn't hurt! It was just more surprising.

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TDM 005: Ch-ch-changes!

Kieran | Pokemon Scarlet/Violet | Hellbound

HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME /j Also we in Hell baybee

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