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TDM #13
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The Lobby.
- When you open your eyes, there is quite a lot of beige to take in. The unassuming walls of the room you've found yourself in are barren save for a single motivational poster directly in your line of sight. An illuminated sign above an open door on the far wall reads 'lobby exit.'
"Welcome," chimes a polite, synthesized voice. "I'm happy you're here." A moment later comes the clarity of the situation: you have died and so has the world you came from. "This is Amani, your new reality," continues The Peacekeeper. "Everything will be fine."
At least you aren't the only one here, you'll soon find out, as others who are just as confused and concerned as you are might be mingling on the main hub's first floor. Hopefully, you find a familiar face among the crowd. If not, that's all right. You'll get to know quite a few people very well soon enough.
- If you're one of the unlucky few whose death required a bit more intensive re-coding to maintain stability in the simulation, you'll instead awaken on a bed in the infirmary. Everything is strikingly white save for the occasional string of vines with lavender growing in bursts to help keep people calm. Whether or not it works seems to be on a case-by-case basis.
While there is active medical staff, the voice of The Peacekeeper is also there to explain the situation in a more delicate manner to these individuals. It's already stressful enough having to have gone through such a violent death, after all!
If characters want more questions answered, they'll need to speak to The Peacekeeper directly. But first, it will encourage socialization in the main hub and hopefully, you'll find someone you recognize to make taking things in a little easier.
WHAT
The thirteenth Amani TDM!
WHEN
September 20th, 2023 (and until the next TDM!)
KINKS OF THE MONTH
★ Tantric Sex
★ Body Worship
★ Cuddle Fucking
★ Electrostimulation
★ Quirofilia
★ Body Worship
★ Cuddle Fucking
★ Electrostimulation
★ Quirofilia
WHAT'S YOUR DTF STATUS?
If the main hub and its features don't appeal to you, that's perfectly fine. This is the perfect time to configure your Digitized Technical Friend or your DTF status. A DTF is similar to a dæmon from His Dark Materials in that it is connected to and a reflection of a character's soul. These DTFs take shape accordingly and are projections similar to the NPCs. Think of them as your own personal Clippy except less annoying. Hopefully.
Once that's set-up, there are other locations of the main hub to investigate! You can visit the training grounds, music lounge, library, and onsen. Also, feel free to leave an offering for the resident deity of sleep (Hypnos) at his shrine! You can even visit The Peacekeeper themselves on the second floor. They're always happy to have visitors! They're also conveniently where you might place a complaint about that status of the main hub and its amenities. Even if you do complain, The Peacekeeper will encourage others to set off and find their own place to live out in the simulation.
Granted, the housing market in the afterlife isn't exactly robust. It doesn't help that every place you find has a leaky roof or broken window. No, unfortunately, that will need to be fixed the peaceful way. If you'd like more lighting or even cozier clothes, simulation inhabitants are reminded that 'peaceful interactions' are very important!
It might be a good idea to stick close to someone you know, for now, since even the smallest amounts of intimacy might see subtle changes occurring where they're staying. Perhaps that broken window is now fixed, the grime and dust seem a little less, or the floor doesn't creak quite as loud.
Larger changes, however, will only come after demonstrating more powerful peaceful interactions. If you want new hardwood floors or a fresh coat of paint on the walls, you're going to have to demonstrate how well you 'get along' with others against them first.
BASKETS OF PEACE
"Hello, inhabitants," speaks The Peaceekeper, "have you had a check-up recently? While we don't have to worry about disease here in Amani, your sexual health is still important in so many other ways!" It was recently suggested that perhaps they haven't been the most mindful in terms of encouraging inhabitants to have healthier sexual habits. No time like the present to work on correcting that oversight though.
How? With a gift basket, of course!
Each inhabitant - either new or established - will receive a gift basket full of fun things to try. Each one includes (but is not limited to):
How? With a gift basket, of course!
Each inhabitant - either new or established - will receive a gift basket full of fun things to try. Each one includes (but is not limited to):
- ★ Male and female condoms (flavored and unflavored)
★ Edible lubricant
★ Erotic dice + erotic card game
★ Bottle of wine
★ Heart-shaped bath bombs (aphrodisiac-laced)
★ Bondage lace eye mask + wrist/ankle bindings
TRIPPING OVER TROPES
Due to the influence of Dirk Strider and Rose Lalonde both, The Peacekeeper has learned about an interesting phenomenon known as 'fanfiction.' It has studied the topic intensely for the last couple of days to try and learn more about its literary significance amongst the multiverse. It is an interesting insight in some of the inhabitants' cultures and what 'tropes' appear to be more common depending on the circumstances.
Unfortunately, such an influx of information sees the AI running Amani a bit more distracted than usual. The simulation - at least for a few days - is a bit more prone to glitches as a result. Only these aren't the usual ones like a hole in reality someone falls through and ends up somewhere unexpected.
No, these ones are as if the NPCs and inhabitants both residing in the simulation are having their pathways forcibly rewritten. It isn't very obvious, at first. Perhaps you're feeling a bit clumsier than usual and need to chase after a rogue piece of paper carrying on the wind that leads you running right into your current crush. Or maybe something gets unexpectedly spilled on you and the person you like is suddenly offering the shirt off their back (and leaving them shirtless, of course) even if it's out of character.
Finally, inhabitants might really start to catch on when whatever dwelling they enter there is only one bed. Have roommates? Too bad, looks like you might have to share for a bit! Oh, no, how unfortunate... However do you think this scenario will end? The Peacekeeper knows since, well, it's the one unwittingly writing inhabitants into these romance trope scenarios.
Thankfully, it will snap back to 'reality' within a few day's time having learned that, as with most good things, fanfiction should be taken in with moderation in mind.
Unfortunately, such an influx of information sees the AI running Amani a bit more distracted than usual. The simulation - at least for a few days - is a bit more prone to glitches as a result. Only these aren't the usual ones like a hole in reality someone falls through and ends up somewhere unexpected.
No, these ones are as if the NPCs and inhabitants both residing in the simulation are having their pathways forcibly rewritten. It isn't very obvious, at first. Perhaps you're feeling a bit clumsier than usual and need to chase after a rogue piece of paper carrying on the wind that leads you running right into your current crush. Or maybe something gets unexpectedly spilled on you and the person you like is suddenly offering the shirt off their back (and leaving them shirtless, of course) even if it's out of character.
Finally, inhabitants might really start to catch on when whatever dwelling they enter there is only one bed. Have roommates? Too bad, looks like you might have to share for a bit! Oh, no, how unfortunate... However do you think this scenario will end? The Peacekeeper knows since, well, it's the one unwittingly writing inhabitants into these romance trope scenarios.
Thankfully, it will snap back to 'reality' within a few day's time having learned that, as with most good things, fanfiction should be taken in with moderation in mind.
FRUITS OF FALL
Last year, there was an emphasis on apples but there are plenty of other common fruits to be found growing throughout Amani. Due to The Peacekeeper learning about tropes though, some of them will have a temporary effect in that vein on any inhabitant who eats them.
And what are those effects, exactly? Well...
And what are those effects, exactly? Well...
- ★ Pomegrante » Usually a fruit associated with femininity, eating this will actually see your concept of gender be a little more malleable. Characters will suddenly see new sliding scales in their DTF's menu that allows them to decide how feminine, masculine, or in-between they'd like their physical forms to be!*
★ Blackberries » Eating a handful of these berries will see someone's personality flip on its head. Those usually happy-go-lucky and bubbly will now be morose or upset about every little thing. Thankfully, it doesn't last long... even if the damage to your relationships from your unexpected shift in mood might. Oops.
★ Peaches » Often used in modern text language as a sensual symbol, this fruit will see someone swap kinks with another individual in the simulation. Get ready for some really confused boners, everybody!
★ Grapes » These fruits are meant to be a shared experience since just one person can't be expected to eat a whole bunch of them; however, eating a grape at the same time as someone else will see you sharing more than just a meal. Now, you're sharing experiences in one the most intimate ways of all - by swapping bodies and all that means.
SEXY STAMP CARD
If you're wondering about these 'peaceful interactions' that keep being mentioned or what the kinks of the month are for... Here's your answer! Upon arrival, all characters will receive a digital copy of their very own sexy stamp card.
Completing peaceful interactions (i.e. kinks) will reward characters with stamps that they can turn in for re-gains and many other things! While the example one here is the standard issued card by The Peacekeeper, players are more than welcome to customize it how they see fit. Have fun with it!NOTES
Completing peaceful interactions (i.e. kinks) will reward characters with stamps that they can turn in for re-gains and many other things! While the example one here is the standard issued card by The Peacekeeper, players are more than welcome to customize it how they see fit. Have fun with it!
★ *While this effect of the gender sliding scale will be opt-in entirely and only temporary, it is a feature that inhabitants can purchase in the future with stamps if they'd like!
★ We are currently at 30/40 slots taken! Anyone wishing to claim a character must have an invite from someone currently in the game and follow the proper rules in place to be accepted into the community!
NAVIGATION
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"Snrk," the woman snorts at that comment though. "Well, hey, I'm not opposed. Men do tend to be easier, in my experience, but I enjoy the female form as much as the next bisexual."
It's said casually, of course, but it's true. The hand on her knee isn't overlooked either but she... Wow, huh. It's not often that Rosie feels out of sorts enough to not be in the mood to escalate things but she isn't. A bit of flirtation is fine, sure, but for now: "And I enjoy helping women look pretty as they can so here-" A lick of her thumb and rub of it against Lavinia's face to fix that eyeshadow as she leans in.
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"Well, I came to you because you seem rather good at it, so you are succeeding there, if nothing else. Have you seen what Doll brought?"
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"I haven't yet, but is it something more. Uh. Vintage?" That's a nice way to say 'old,' Rosie.
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"Oh, no. It's all lingerie. She seemed rather pleased with the designs that she had come up with. She really has a way with clothing." Lavinia can only imagine the sort of time it takes to get so good, and even then with such skill it must take ages for some of the more delicate designs.
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"Oho!" she comments though, at the mention of lingerie. "I might have to try on some, then. I've never been good at making clothes but wearing them is a different story. Especially the risque." She switches colors on the palette to now blend a couple of of them together with a 'hm' as she does. Yeah, that looks good.
"I actually dressed a little more modestly than usual," she admits. "Just... didn't want to overdo it, I guess? Try too hard, maybe." A rare moment of sincere vulnerability, it seems. Her regained memories though of trying too hard in Victory Road - only to get nowhere and be wanted by seemingly no one - are still fresh.
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Like more women.
Still, those who are here are wonderful, including who sits before her. Lavinia makes a soft hum of understanding at the confession. "I don't think you could have tried too hard, necessarily... but it is a good idea to err on the side of caution for something celebrating a birthday as well. All the attention should go to the hostess."
Guiding her hand blindly, Lavinia picks at the corner of her own short nightgown for example. "Besides, there's still fun to be had even in more modest outfits, I think. There is a charm."
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"And I think there can be too. I like the saying 'undress to impress,' personally, and when there is something to it almost being more attractive to not show everything you've got right away." While she can rationally recognize this, well- "Unfortunately, I'm way too impatient for that nonsense most of the time."
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Whatever form that takes. She won't pry.
"But you really would look nice in anything, I think."
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At that compliment though, the woman snorts a little. "I don't know," she offers, "I'm no Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack or anything, but- Thanks." Would Lavinia even get that reference? Probably not though she supposes it doesn't need too much context. Either way, she gives a small lookover and satisfied hum before nodding once.
"There, I think you're done."
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But she's not here to interrogate the poor woman. It's just something she'll keep in mind, unlike the Marilyn Monroe comment, even as she leans over to find a mirror so that she can see Rosie's handiwork.
"It looks fantastic. You would have been a favorite of a coworker of mine, Roberta - she was a makeup artist, you know."
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"Oh, yeah? I enjoy doing make-up, definitely, but never thought of it as more than a hobby or anything! Just glad it came in use." Because what good is what she can do if not for the gain of others, in the end?
"What's your world like, anyway? I know we got all kinds here, after all, and I like hearing about them."
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"Well... In some ways, it is very much like this place in some respects. A bit more coherent, of course-" No spaceship next to the 1970s Russian apartment building, for example. "But similar enough in all the little ways that matter."
Grocery stores, apartments, people going about their lives... Sometimes the differences almost seem superficial, no matter where she's gone.
"The most pressing difference would be that most of the major cities and towns are not directly on the land like this place appears." Since, well. It's a simulation. It can only *appear* one way, really. "Of course, there are small rural settlements that are like that, and I have heard that some countries have unique geography which helps keep them in place, such as Kjerag. Yet most are not." Putting the pillow down into place, she leans back against it.
"Most places are nomadic cities - entire cities and pieces of land upon massive machinery which can move them from place to place as needed."
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"Oh, huh," the blond muses, considering what she describes. "People are nomadic where I'm from but not places. Not exactly, like- There a cruise ships which can, I dunno, hold as much as a small country it feels like. But that's temporary and for the novelty of it. To have your entire life be picked up and moved on a whim sounds... interesting." Strange, was what she was going to say, but that's not quite fair. Different, certainly, but not as strange as some other places.
"Was where you were from like that too?"