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

[vroomkeeper]

A duel as friends......

"I'd love that." Marik looks around, determined to make this happen, because Yuugi wants it to happen, and he wants everything Yuugi wants. That's what being a friend means. "Look, here's a table."

There are cherubs sitting at it, but that's okay, he can fix that. Marik heads over and begins to drag the table towards Yuugi, leaving the two cherubs blinking in their chairs. One is still holding a hot drink of its own.

HE FOUND A TABLE, YUUGI! HE'S DOING EXACTLY WHAT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY BECAUSE THAT MAKES HIM HAPPY TOO.

[puzzleshounen]

Ah...

Those were Cherubs. At the table.

They were just sitting there, minding their own business, and Marik was just dragging a table for them to play on without thinking about whether or not others were sitting at it.

How absolutely thoughtful of him!

But there were only two chairs! Don't worry, though! Yuugi's got this covered; see, he grabbed two extra chairs so that everyone can sit at the table together!

[vroomkeeper]

"Hey!" pipes up one of the cherubs. "What in the ding-dong blazes do you think you're doing!"

"Such language, Carl," says the other. "Gauche."

Marik, meanwhile, is so excited to begin Dueling. He hurries to help Yuugi with the chairs, too, though from the way he's setting them up he hasn't realized Carl & co. will be joining them.....

[puzzleshounen]

Well, the more the merrier, right? If Carl and co. want to join them, then that would be great! Everything was better with friends.

(Yuugi no.)

"Oh!" Yuugi smiled, as though this entire thing was normal. "We're going to be playing a game! Did you want to join us? I hope we're not bothering you!"

(OF COURSE YOU'RE BOTHERING THEM YUUGI PLS--)

[vroomkeeper]

"Tag Dueling, you mean?" Marik loves this idea because it was Yuugi's idea. He hurries to get Carl's chair.

With Carl in it.

"Come on over, sir!"

Carl gapes. Carl bleats, dismayed.

"They're lettin' baaaaaaa-d people into Heaven now!!"

[puzzleshounen]

"Marik isn't bad at all!" Yuugi insists, big wide eyes looking as though someone stabbed him.

"He's my friend, and he came into Heaven because he has a good heart!"

Yuugi, please stop. You are gonna hurt yourself.

[vroomkeeper]

"Then why am I being cherub-napped?!"

Marik pauses, concerned. If Yuugi says he's good, then he's good.....but if Carl says he's bad, then he's bad......

He looks over at Yuugi. What should he do.....? Is he good or bad?

[puzzleshounen]

"Because he wants us to play together!"

Look at that smile, Carl. Can you say no to that? Look at the wholehearted way he believes in his friend!!

"Marik is a good person and he belongs here!!"

[vroomkeeper]

When presented with this flawless logic, Carl hesitates. He feels like there's a retort to be made, but it just isn't coming to his little sheepy head.

"Aw, c'mon, Carl!" encourages his friend, dragging over the final chair and taking a seat. "They're being nice enough to invite us. Isn't that proof enough that they aren't that 'clerical error' everybody's talking about?"

"Er...."

"And don't you get REALLY competitive at bingo night....???"

".......Ugh......"

Marik, eager to deserve Yuugi's belief in him, tucks Carl into the table. "Here, I've got spare cards," he offers. "You can both borrow from me."

Let's see.....What to throw together for these gentlemen.....

The cherub who'd invited himself over gets counterfeit Exodia. Nice and easy to play - just draw cards and stall until you win. Carl....

....Marik gives Carl burn. BUT YUUGI SAYS HE'S A GOOD PERSON. THESE ARE JUST THE CARDS HE HAPPENS TO STILL HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION.

[puzzleshounen]

Wow, Marik really does have everything! It's so cool that he has extra decks and was even able to deal the others in.

Golly, this was going to be fun!

Not just fun, but a game between friends, both new and old.

Games brought people together, after all, and it made Yuugi giddy, enough to leave him bouncing up and down with his wings and tail vibrating in joy.

"Thank you for joining us, guys," Yuugi said, "This is gonna be so much fun!"

[vroomkeeper]

The outside world has all sorts of incredible inventions. Right up there alongside every form of vehicle ever? Cargo pants. SLAPS MARIK. YOU CAN FIT SO MANY TRADING CARDS IN THIS--

Carl the cherub looks doubtful of that, flipping through his stack of cards in a manner that SHOULD be anatomically impossible with little hooves but ssssh. "What is this game, anyway?"

Marik snickers. He and Yuugi are doing SUCH a good deed today. They're teaching the most important life skill a person can possess.

"Duel Monsters," he proclaims. "Yuugi and I will play a game first so you can see how it works. Then we'll do a tag battle, and then a free-for-all. This will give you the ultimate Duel Monsters experience."

A grin at his friend, for whom he may be showing off a little bit. "Isn't that right, Yuugi?"