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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Katsuya Jonouchi | YGODM AU (x2 - See Prompts!) | Heavenbound

[luckydragonsfoot]

SPIDER-JOU, SPIDER-JOU

[[OOC - This Jonouchi is from a fanfic where, as one might guess, he gets to be spider-man! A spider-man? Doesn't matter. He's from just after his version of Duelist Kingdom, but the timeline is pretty messy in his reality; also, he's only 15 right now.]]

[Arrival]

NYYHHHHH...!! WHY!!!

[Forget the errors, forget the being dead thing. Jonouchi Katsuya is tackling that later. Right now he's looking himself over in clear panic- incredibly uncaring of the fact that he's got the mask of his spider-suit in his hand. Everything else is covered by his clothes, jeans, hoodie...

But the part he's panicking over is. Well. Everything else.] Did somethin' go wrong after they beat Pegasus..!? This ain't fair man I finally got a real meal and sleep..!!

[What's not fair? BEING A SPIDER ISN'T FAIR! It's not unlike a certain other spider- but unlike That one, Jonouchi is...well, for starters pretty obviously just a young teenager. There's a lot more fluff on all those limbs too, and all of it is black. Or at least that weird dusty black you see within the pearly gates.

He grabs at the fluff making up his hair with far more than two hands.] Nhhhhhhh...c'mon, this can't be happening...a Spider..!?

[Oh, one other thing might stand out with the kid having a crisis though.

He's got a halo. That kid's Heavenbound.]

[Heaven - DRINK, DRINK, DRINK-]

Alrigh'...I'm takin' that one!

[Well, Jonouchi's gotten over his crisis it seems, even if he keeps jumping at his own arms. All things aside, now that he's been assured time and time again that they'll Totally fix this soon just take advantage of the perks- and well, it's Heaven so like, Awesome- he's found his way before the sample drinks.

....He's pointing at the stuffing spiced latte.] I remember Mokuba talkin' about that stuff! He said it's bread 'n stuff, how can I not see what a drink made of it tastes like! Bet it's like a smoothie!

...A hot smoothie!

[CHUG IT.

THREE.

TWO.

O-] AUGH IT'S NASTY-

[NETWORK - UN: luckyjacket]

oh man ive never had a phone this fast fuck yeah

haha textings so weird tho i had to redo that so many times

how does anyone do this with toebeans or whatever

SKEIN-VERSE JOU AKA 'Ra's Favorite'

[[OOC - This is Jonouchi as he is in the most recent portions of 'Skein' an incredibly long AU fanfic that went from a simple FemKaiba AU to a whole mess of lore and nonsense. The short of it is, this one's been through a wringer- and at the moment, is 17!]]

[Arrival]

Th' hell do y' mean none of 'm are here!?

[At the moment, an angel is having an argument with the cherub explaining the whole System Error thing going on. Whether he's had his freak out over that yet is...in the air. At the moment, Jonouchi looks more like a weird 'pastel' shadowy griffon, wings and all- though there's lines of gold in his eyes- which were otherwise red- and if one looks they can see a similar line in other places. The palm of one of his clawed hands, the side of his head...a lot on his feet...

There'd probably be more if not for the jeans, shirt, and red coat.]

Well, it looks like the system only had trouble with you is all! Huh, wonder why that is...

[As the cherub looks over their clipboard and hums, Jonouchi just...

Squawks. Genuinely squawks.] Th- Th' only- But Yug's got that whole-

[And then pauses, as if something just interrupted him. No one said a thing though. Still, he manages to frown despite having a beak.] ...nah wait, I guess that wouldn' count...

C'mon though, I can't stay here, that weird french guy's goin' after 'm...!!

They'll probably be alright, it's fine!

Ooo, or maybe, [chimes the local imp,] They'll end up here when that french guy get's 'm!

Don' even joke about that!!

[Heaven - Decisions, Decisions...]

Huhhhhh...I mean, I was gonna go for a cola or somthin', but I guess with weather like this...uhhh...

[Hand hovers over the apple spice...He pauses...

...Grimaces.] Er. Nevermind. Maybe...

[Over the Cranberry...p...pause...] ...Aw c'mon what th' hell...

[Stuffing...]

...Nah I don' need t' see how that one ends actually...

[WHY AREN'T THERE NORMAL DRINKS AIN'T THIS HEAVEN!?]

[Network - UN: redeyes]

aw heck yeah it wasnt taken

i didnt think heaven would have phones and shit but here we are this is awesome

i mean the kidnappin part aint but

anyway hey anyone here play duel monsters i still got my deck!!!

< un: WantsToBelieve >

[swordarc]

Oh! I play!

[Finally, someone else who knows about Duel Monsters!]

I used to be able to play against my brothers, but they aren't here for some reason.

[(Why aren't IV and V here, III knows they died too!)]

[luckydragonsfoot]

yeah smth tells me it goes back to that whole clerk error or whatever

Cool tho! You got your duel disk or nah

it doesnt super matter but

yknow

[swordarc]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't an error for me. Things were getting pretty bad in my own world.

I hope any clerical errors get sorted out for you, though.

[He's pretty much accepted dying by now.]

...I don't have my D-Pad, if that's what you mean. I probably wouldn't be able to use it anyways, since the gauntlet part wouldn't be able to fit on my arm now.

[That was built for human arms, not weird arm-wings!]

i'm so so sorry

[luckydragonsfoot]

nah dont think like that man

if the big guns say its a goof take it get outta here when u can

uh

the heck is a d-pad

is this a girls thing that seems like a weird angle

<DragonMaster>, THE OBVIOUS PROMPT

[firstrateduelist]

You'll have to take a trip down if you want a real duel.

I don't back down from a challenge.

[He's playing it cool but actually, Kaiba's brain is absolutely activated at the idea of someone to play His Game, His Favorite Card Game, with.]

[luckydragonsfoot]

o shit were doin this in

H-E-🏒-🏒

oh finally the censors up here have been so (」°ロ°)」

AW YES THE KAOMOJI ARE IN THIS THING

right shoot

dude tell me you got a duel disk here

i mean im good with a table but

it just aint the same... ლ(¯ロ¯"ლ)

[firstrateduelist]

[Wait.

Kaiba squints at his screen, frowning. This level of idiocy can only be achieved by one person. He lets his eyes flick over the username, looking closer at it--

Oh, god damn it.]

If I did have a duel disk, how do you propose we'd share it, idiot?

Just get to the right hotel. I could use the amusement.

>> ACTION....

[luckydragonsfoot]

we wouldnt bc wed have two disks duh???

already omw tho u dont have to tell me twice (✧∀✧)/

[And sure enough he sure is already going to the elevator! Heaven's forced a pile of nice clothes on him, sadly (??), so he's not really feeling himself. Between that, the flamey hair, the ash-black fur-feathers...well, he sure doesn't look himself.

But, toward the elevator he goes, sun-disk halo spinning happily behind his head. His duel disk is already on his arm!]

Spide-Jou: drink drink~

[injusticeborn]

[ Someone Jonouchi has no way of identifying suddenly slings an arm around his shoulder as if they're old friends. (Though his demeanor is that of a guy trying to sell ya something,,)

...Well, ok, there's clues. His hair is white like Ryou's, if a different texture and pulled up, and he's got a pair of suspiciously familiar not-horns sticking up... between two pairs of actual-horns that are probably a more recent hell-ish addition.

But otherwise, he's shorter and better built than Ryou. He's much darker too - and he has a sprinkling of iridescent-white SCALES across his dark check bones, which... might look hell-induced but they're really not. His reptilian red-glowing eyes are only half due to hell's influence - normally they look weirder! But yeah, he's definitely a hell-raised. ]

Ironically, the good shit's down in what these losers call "hell". C'mon, lets get you out of this dump~

[luckydragonsfoot]

[It's a hell of a contrast to Jonouchi, truly. There's not a single fleck of blond left- and adding in the sweater, he isn't even really Dressed like normal either.

But there's no denying the kid's voice, and god knows anyone intent on trolling will catch the sound like a shark catches blood.]

Ny-h-!

[He doesn't quite Jump, but that might be because his spider sense isn't blaring. So he...he's PROBABLY safe right, yeah, probably-

....

oh god is this what being hit on is]

Ahahahhahahaaaa- [How many arms can he use to escape- He's not trying super hard to do it, but he sure looks baffled. There's even a blush under that black spider fluff!] N- Nice try man but there ain't no way I'm old enough for a bar crawl, I-

[wait hold up

That Voice

Let him squint. Pause, jaw hanging open. That.]

....B'kura...??

[injusticeborn]

[ Sure enough, the salesman-grin sharpens in amusement. ]

H-haha! It's hell, you think anyone cares about that?

... [ Wait.

A pause as this Bakura does his own reassess, letting Jonouchi's extra arms remove him. ] ...So, wait - what's with the questioning tone? I've barely changed.

[ HM. Something isn't adding up! His grin quickly shifts into a confused squint back. ]

I was able to recognize you, and you're a giant spider now for some reason! Hell, you didn't even try to hit me - what's up with you? [ He scowls at the cup still in Jonouchi's hand. ] The fuck was in that swill?

[ CLEARLY JONOUCHI IS GRAVELY ILL. ONLY EXPLANATION. ]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Like ten differen' kinds of bread, pretty sure.

[Gross, anyway.

...When u wanna sound cool but also you hate booze-] Well-

No, but-

[Oh look a distraction, namely Bakura himself!] Barely changed? Y' went from ghost white t' Hawaii vacation man, what happened!!

[...........beat.] ...also are you like...shorter, I can't tell...

...'n we've been through this, I hit y', yer goin' through a wall, it ain't pretty.

SPIDER-JOU—Heaven

[sado]

[ Sure this couldn’t get any worse for him, but it sure looks like it does when a giant silhouette looms over him from behind. It probably doesn’t help that she decided to roll up to Heaven in her uniform and mask, just adding to the give me your lunch money factor. Rather than immediately go after him, this wall of muscle instead points a finger at him and laughs heartily at his misery. ]

Heh! More like soggy ass feet! That’s some bad luck, man.

[ When he chokes on the drink, she pats at his back to help him get the vile concoction down, then scratches at the back of her neck with the same hand. ]

These guys are assholes up here, don’t drink anything you don’t make yourself or you could get the shits! .. Oh? Hey, look at that mask! Are you a fighter? I’m always lookin’ for someone to spar with.

[ Annnd she flexes. Which makes her look even bigger. SIGH. ]

You wanna go?

i love the spider stats they're like 'what do you mean tEN TONNES'

[luckydragonsfoot]

[To his credit, he doesn't initially flinch at whoever's behind him. If his sense isn't blaring, it's Probably Fine!

Probably.] Blecchhhh Heaven's s'pposed t' be nice stuff ain't it..? Why'd they make this...

[He's still coughing a bit as he's smacked on the back. He can take a good solid hit, spider-men are made of rougher stuff!] Augh, thanks man, I think it was tryin' t' glue itself in th...

[He has now perceived Noi.]

Uh. Heheh- Mask? What ma-

[Oh fuck is he seriously still holding his mask out in the open HAVING SIX ARMS IS THE WORST!]

...Oh.

[He adjusts fast. Let it never be said that he turned down a spar after all!!!] ...I mean normally I'm only s'pposed t' wear this while fightin' bad guys, but heh! Yeah, I'll throw down! Sounds fun, super strength really took the thrill outta that y'know?

[NOW HE HAS TO HOLD BACK AND THAT'S HARD NOI IT'S HAAAAARD]

Skein!Jou -- Heaven

[puzzleshounen]

[Nearby, you might see someone flitting around the tables, chubby-cheeked and looking with wide, sparkling eyes at all of the refreshments that are lying around.

He looks mostly human, strangely enough. His wings are large and black, with red heart-shaped gems lining them. His tail is long and winding, and seems to curl like a cat's with excitement, even as his wings are vibrating with joy.

It's like if Yuugi Mutou -- young Yuugi Mutou, at that -- ended up with the traits of his Ace Dragon, Gandora.

He doesn't seem to have noticed you, yet, though, Jou. He's too busy trying to keep his wings from knocking things over.]

[luckydragonsfoot]

[It is a testament to the nature of Jonouchi's automatic thought process, that he sees Yugi's hair and starts with a warning before anything else.] Heads up Yugi, don't trust the lattes..! They're all full of weird...

[hey wait yugi wasnt here before] ...stuff...

[It has Clicked.] Yugi!?

[The fire of his hair leaps in excitement, bouncing against his weird sun-disk halo. Jonouchi comes over immediately, grin as wide as his face.] Yugi!! They were tellin' me you weren't here, holy shit man..! You...

[hm something seems weird abt his best bud but that's probably nothing right] Heh, looks like y' got t' keep your face, unlike me..! Did y' see any of the others though? How long 've you been here?

[Might it help if Jonouchi gives Yugi a minute to talk???

Yes.

That isn't happening though.]

Arrival lololol

[ahew_kha]

[... That is squawking. And while she hadn't really intended on getting involved with any of this, she's kind of curious to see what's going on now. Even if she's pretty new, herself, outside of having been pushed to Heaven to make sure she got a coat since evidently the cherubs squawked at her the second they saw how little she had been wearing. And took the liberty to braid her hair for her, too.

Slowly she blinks while listening to the conversation before deciding to raise her voice and clear her throat as she does so.]

It's not worth arguing with them about any of it, it won't get you anything other than a headache. And it would be better if your friends didn't end up here, wouldn't it? [She already knows she's turbo dead, but she's heard that others aren't and she likes to run with the assumption she's just one of the weird outliers in that particular moment.]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Nyyyhhhh...I mean 'f it's an error or whatever then it ain't like we'd really be dead righ'...? More like...uh...

[He trails off, partly because he's just now taking in Kisara herself. Gurl....you're a blue eyes whaaaat...]

...Hey, so like...d' you know the Kaibas 'r somethin'..?

[yes this is where his brain went]

[ahew_kha]

Some people here actually are dead, so it's not exactly that cut and dry?

[Oh, he's trailing off and she looks a little confused as to why he is, tilting her head somewhat to regard him and to silently ask him a question of "what's wrong?" but luckily she gets the answer fairly quickly.

Which consists primarily of her slowly shrugging with a small smile.]

I can't say I've heard the name "Kaiba" before, so I don't think that I do? Should I?

[luckydragonsfoot]

Nyyyhhh-

W-Well...I definitely ain't! So...

[So there!! He crosses his arms, pouting a bit. Ah, well, anyway-]

Huh, maybe 's somethin' else then...y' look a lot like his dragons 's all, wild c'incidence...

I keep reading it as Skin not Skein

[mochi4head]

[Kieran is all for minding his own business but he can clearly see that this guy is distressed over his friend. It must be nice, having someone care for you that much. Even though Kieran's a little jealous, the mostly normal boy with Hyrdrapples in his hair ends up walking over to the... pastel birdman.]

Uh... If it helps, they're working on putting you back to where you're not supposed to die, right? So when the situation does get resolved, you'll be back with your friend and you'll be able to help him with the... uh... Fench guy.

[What even is a French?]

[luckydragonsfoot]

Mannnn... I guess if we're goin' right back to th' same time sure, but that doesn' make it any less crap...

[He predictably misses where the confusion on the French guy is.] Yeah I kinda f'rgot his name already...probably fake, dude was suspicious as hell...

[He takes in the kid. Awwww, cute hair.] ...You doin' okay too kid?

[Damn even the children are getting mis-death'd...]

[mochi4head]

Yeah... That's fair. It doesn't make waiting now much better... but at least you don't have to go right now. When it gets sorted, it'll be sorted properly!

[That's the hope, anyway! Kieran nods.] We're almost the same age... [Guy has to be like, what, three years older or something? Kieran hasn't hit his growth spurt but he's not a kid! He's a baby.] I mean... yeah. I'm fine! Just getting used to things. Sorta scary, knowing that if things weren't different I'd be bound for hell but otherwise it's okay. Haha...

Uh... I'm Kieran. What's your name?

[luckydragonsfoot]

Exactly!!

[And...wat-] NYH- For real!? Y' look as old as S- [WHOOPS don't say that-] Kaiba's kid brother! How old are y' then!?

[Well, age aside.] Mmn....Jonouchi Katsuya. Er...yeesh, sucks about th' destination, they're seriously sendin'-

[kids-] Uh...You there, huh...