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You've seen this before. The thought strikes suddenly, during whatever it is you were doing. Having an important conversation? Running away from home? Dying in the midst of a fierce battle? Where ever you are, one things is true: you're certain this isn't the first time you've lived through this. But upon realizing this, that's when it happens. Like someone hitting rewind on the VCR, you're back where you were ten minutes ago. And it happens again. And again. And again--Until finally, something is different. A door stands in front of you. Will you go through it? Nothing else seems to be working, so this might be your only chance.
Upon opening the door and heading inside, a strange feeling overwhelms you. It's comforting and warm, like being enveloped in a soft, heavy blanket. You hear a voice murmuring in your ear, but it's unintelligible.
And in the next moment, you've appeared in a laboratory, surrounded by the unfamiliar yet worried faces of people in lab coats, speaking in a foreign language that doesn't sound so foreign to you anymore.
Nanjikan Research Laboratory
There isn't much time to process what's happening before characters are ushered out of the arrival room. They're passed between a medical and a psychiatric team, checking them for injuries and psychological trauma. Their every need is met: food is offered, injuries are tended to, and questions are answered. "You're in a country called Nippon on a planet called Gaia," they explain. "You were brought here because you became aware of the timeloop... we'll explain everything."
Orientation Nanjikan Research Lab, Tokyo
Everyone is brought to a large auditorium, where dozens of other people looking similarly out of place are seated around them. The scientists and doctors from before file on stage, thoroughly explaining the situation. What they experienced back home was a timeloop. While the loops in their home worlds are smaller and likely to resolve on their own, the fact that such a small amount of time is being repeated is what makes them so dangerous for those who become aware of it. And they've been working around the clock, checking adjacent universes for others who've become aware. While the technical explanations may go over the heads of most, that's not the reason they were all brought together like this.
And they continue to explain: their own world was trapped in a year long loop for decades, if not longer. Through the use of an ancient form of bonding magic, they bound their world to the present flow of time, allowing it to progress past the timeloop. Or at least, that's how they thought it worked. In truth, it appears to be magic capable of distorting reality itself. But by the time they realized this was the case, they had already begun the process of rescuing others from similar worlds using that very same magic.
Until they find the means of resuming the flow of time back in your home world, you'll just have to make due with this one. But not to worry, because Nippon is fully committed to taking care of the refugees!
A Place to Call Home Tokyo, Kanto
Once orientation is over, characters will be given one of three options for housing. Housing will be paid by the government of Nippon until they decide to move elsewhere, with NRL providing a stipend for food expenses.
In lieu of providing transportation, all refugees will be granted an unlimited rail pass that they can use to travel all across Nippon!
For those bound for Nihonbashi, be careful not to board the train too late at night. Because on Friday nights, the Loop Line's final train of the night is a party train! Every train car is quickly set up with its own theme and decor, with this week featuring a high school romance car! Upon passing through, passengers will find their clothing magically replaced with (potentially ill-fitting) school uniforms! If they want their original clothing back, they'll have to gamble for them, and hope they don't lose whatever clothing they've got left. The train will loop endlessly past the same station until sunrise, so hopefully they weren't planning on an early night's sleep.
In Little Edo, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and refugees will be encouraged to visit one of the many shrines populating the district to receive a Spring Blessing. Of course, it's just an ordinary fortune that happens to come on sakura-pink paper. But for the refugees, the power of Kizuna will cause whatever fortune they receive to come true. And these fortunes are distressingly specific, ranging from "Don't flirt with the cute girl at the tea shop, she'll break your heart and your wallet" to "That new restaurant you tried last night gave you food poisoning, hurry home!" Are the fortunes coming true, or are they somehow reading the future? How mysterious.
In Yoshiwara, it's spring cleaning season for the dorms! And not just any cleaning. It seems some residents have been complaining about strange laughter in the walls. As a professional comes in to flush out the cause, residents will be warned to keep an eye out for the tickle mehehe that will be trying to hide in closets and under futons. Sure, they're harmless. But unless they want to wake up with a furry new bedmate, they should consider grabbing a broom to help clean up.
NRL Time Refugee Support Network
Once they've received their housing assignment, all refugees will be given small handheld devices called magi-tech communicators, or magi-comms for short. They're heavier than a conventional smartphone would be, but far sturdier, and powered by the ambient magic that flows through the city. They don't need to be charged, but they won't work outside of cities at all. Upon booting it up, they'll find a message linking them to a special channel for refugees.
#nrl_time_refugee_support - online
Oops! Looks like the new camera feature was already recording! Thankfully, this is the only time an accidental video will occur. Videos and photos are still lacking full color, appearing to be slightly sepia-toned, but otherwise lacking in color variety with a very poor resolution. But hey, better than nothing!
Current characters will be allowed to upgrade their current magi-comms at no charge!
Use the following code for your top-level if you'd like! This is how network communication will look for characters in the game until more advanced magi-tech comms become available for characters.
Stamen And Pistil
Life in Tokyo is finally getting back to normal after the bizarre influx of ayakashi late last month, and just in time for cherry blossom season! All around the city, streets are lined with trees filled with pink blossoms, as shops begin selling special, limited edition items to ring in the new season, and the people break out the picnic baskets to drink beneath the blossoms.
But pretty flowers aren't there only thing that spring brings to mind. Spring is the season of love in Nippon, and as the new arrivals are sure to find out, that theme is something the people of Nippon take very seriously.
Hanami Happenings Little Edo, Tokyo
Those looking for a good way to spend their day and enjoy the nice spring weather should look no further than Little Edo, where most of the city's cherry blossom trees reside. Nearly every corner is painted bright pink from the colorful petals carpeting the landscape. And beneath the shade of these beautiful messengers of spring, it's customary in Nippon to hold gatherings with friends and enjoy drinks and merriment in a practice known as Hanami.
One of the largest parks in Little Edo, sitting at the foot of a rather beautiful shrine, is where most of the refugees will be invited to join a special Hanami being thrown by the people of Tokyo, to honor the refugees for saving the city last month. Large blankets are spread out beneath the trees, with free bentos, sakura-themed snacks and treats, and no shortage of tea and beer for anyone to come and drink. It seems even the officials are looking the other way should someone below the legal drinking age of 20 decide to take part.
In fact, one vendor seems particularly interested in having the refugees try their new sakuramochi-flavored beer. With a mild hint of cherry blossoms in every sip, it's the ideal way to enjoy the Hanami season. And unlike normal beer, with it comes a special property, as those who drink it will become more relaxed and friendly, creating a warmer atmosphere beneath the cherry blossom trees.
Towards the end of the day as the sun begins to set, a special ceremony takes place, where a new cherry blossom tree is planted in honor of the refugees. There, an official speaks on behalf of the emperor, who was unable to attend, but wished to extend his gratitude to the refugees. However, the moment the plant is in the ground, to the shock of the crowd around it, it spontaneously begins to grow before their very eyes, until it's become a fully grown and towering tree, bursting with pink blossoms. It'll be the talk of the town for the rest of the month, as the citizens come to see it as a sort of blessing of behalf of the refugees.
Flowers of Evil Little Edo, Tokyo
While the city has mostly returned to normal following last month's madness-inducing pollen incident, as it turns out, jubokko pollen has left a lingering effect on a number of the cherry blossom trees in Little Edo. These trees are easily identified by the red blossoms growing among the pink ones, their petals refusing to fall no matter how strong the wind blows.
However, unlike the jubokko's pollen, these petals carry a very different effect. Anyone who stands under the shade of these trees will feel an irresistible urge to confess something. Once enough confessions are made, the red petals will gradually wither and fall, removing all enchantments from the tree.
But even among these enchanted trees, there's one that's even more different from the others. While most people will only see an ordinary cherry blossom tree, those who are prone to feelings of bloodlust will see it for what it really is: a tree covered entirely in blood-red petals. Those who see its true form will be struck by feelings of inexplicable terror, and will be unable to explain why. Not even leaving the trees sight will calm then down -- but some comforting words or physical affection from someone they've bonded with will quickly calm them down.
Dick Festival Kanayama Shrine, Tokyo Outskirts
While most residents are celebrating the spring season under the cherry blossoms, a different sort of celebration is taking place at the Kanayama Shrine, located just outside of Tokyo on a tall, narrow hilltop that juts out of the flooded landscape. It's time for the annual Kanamara Matsuri, and all refugees will find themselves invited to the little island to see the festivities. And what sort of festival is it, you may ask?
Why, it's the Festival of the Steel Phallus! According to legend, there was once a plague of a type of ayakashi that was known to live in the genitals of humans, whose vicious bite caused the birthrate of a certain city to drop down to zero. To combat this, an afflicted young woman asked a blacksmith to forge a steel phallus in order to break the ayakashi's teeth, freeing her of the curse. It's said the original phallus remains enshrined in the innermost chambers-- and in honor of this most venerated dildo, a festival is held every spring to celebrate sexuality and fertility, all leading up to a procession in which a giant steel phallus is paraded around the island.
(And no, I didn't make this up.)
Refugees visiting the shrine will find no shortage of phallic-shaped foods and merchandise. Outside of the wide array of oddly shaped dildos to choose from, in terms of food, there are stalls selling lollipops, popsicles, sausages, grilled squid, octopus balls, cream-filled dick waffles-- but there's more at work here than a simple theme. Those who choose the popsicles will find themselves with a temporary oral fixation, causing an urge to have something between their lips at all times. Now, is this a naughty trick, or merely a marketing ploy to sell more popsicles? It's hard to say.
But the real treat is inside the shrine itself, where a single dildo stands tall among gilded offerings and flowers. The inner chamber is only ever put on display once every few years, and for good reason. Anyone whose eyes fall upon the majestic phallus will become overwhelmed with a desire to fill or be filled - which might just be why viewings are done in groups of two or more, the outer doors of the shrine closed behind them for privacy. There's a nice pile of pillows and no shortage of lubricating oils available, so why not get into the spirit of the season with a friend or two?
OOC Notes
Welcome to Jikan's April TDM! The TDM is considered game canon, and also serves as the intro log! That said, whether you choose to carry threads over to the game or not is up to you!
• Current players are more than welcome to top-level, or take prompts from the TDM and use for their own logs! This may change in the future depending on how busy TDMs become.
• CRAU characters may start regaining their CRAU memories one month after the TDM. However, vague feelings of familiarity are allowed between previous game CR! For more on this, please read the FAQ!
• You do not need to sign-up for housing! Choose whichever style you prefer. Roommates can be chosen by the characters or can be random. If you want to switch housing later, your character has the option of moving at the beginning of each month.
• Feel free to get creative with what sort of gambling takes place in the Loop Line prompt. Gambling is otherwise illegal in Nippon, but is pretty common on Friday night Loop Line parties.
• Despite everything, Kanamaru Matsuri is considered an all-ages event!
Please leave any questions about the TDM prompts in the thread below! General game questions can be directed to the FAQ!
Apps are always open!
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[As he feels Dionysus shifting inside him, he moves one of his own hands down to his stomach, brushing past Dionysus' -- and also feeling the way his stomach is sticking out, stretching to accommodate just how much if him has been filled. He never imagine he'd find something like that so arousing, his cock twitching as yet another moan falls from his lips.]
Y-You're so big... it's amazing... nng!
[Even feeling that shallow movement has him throwing his head back with a breathy cry. It's so good-- does he want to try not to come so quickly? Or just let it go? He's not sure, but he's certainly enjoying himself right now.]
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Gorgeous, man, simply...mm... stunning.
[They've barely started and Ranpo already looks so debauched. The wine god likes drinking in the sight of the smaller man's slick on his belly, the bright flush of his skin, the pleasured twitch of his nail. He wants to see and hear more.
Dionysus doesn't warn Ranpo before he draws almost completely out, then sinks slowly back in, angled to grind against his prostate. He savors the tight clench around him for a moment, then starts to settle into a steady pace, taking his own pleasure now as he fucks him. His hand brushes against the head of Ranpo's cock, but he doesn't grab him yet, letting it bounce against his fingers with his thrusts.]
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[Any thoughts of trying to hold back go out the window with those thrusts, and with just the barest brushing of his hand against Ranpo's cock, he comes once more, spilling over Dionysus' fingers and onto his own stomach. He cries out his name again, no doubt loud enough for everyone outside the shrine to hear him, and hear just how good Dionysus is making him feel.]
[But even after that, it doesn't end with that release. He can feel himself trying to squeeze around Dionysus' cock, but he's so big, all his muscles can do is continue to twitch and contract with every thrust. The result of which feels like the longest orgasm he's ever had, leaving Ranpo panting and calling Dionysus' name with every thrust.]
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You're doing great, man.
[The tight squeeze around his cock has Dionysus' brow furrowing with concentration. He could get lost in the pleasure pooling in his gut, and for a moment he does, curling in close to Ranpo to press his face into his cute ears. His voice is barely a whisper as he asks an important question;]
You want me to come in you?
[Then before he lets him give an answer, he teases his chin up so he can press a kiss to his lips. He's indulgent, grinding his cock as deep as it can go as he claims Ranpo's mouth, shivering in pleasure at being so enveloped in his heat.]
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D-Dio... nysus-san... please-- nnn!
[With Dionysus so close, Ranpo's arms find their way around his shoulders, clinging tightly at the feeling of being so full. And yet it feels like he's trying to push even deeper inside him, with Ranpo encouraging it even as he feels himself squeezing tight around his cock. All thoughts of where they are and what comes after this have completely left his mind, thinking only of Dionysus and the pleasure he's giving him right now.]
[And of course, even through that haze, he can't help but feel a surge of something akin to pride to see how much pleasure he's giving Dionysus in turn, his eyes practically transfixed on his expression.]
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The thrust of his hips starts to stutter. His cock throbs, aching for release, and a shudder runs through his body as he feels the pressure build. His hands grabs onto Ranpo’s hips, pulling them hard as he rocks into him, and holds him against him.]
Oh, Ranpo…
[The god groans, pressing his face into the smaller man’s shoulder as he huffs, trying to wrangle some control back.]
You feel so... good...
[He can't get the control back. Dionysus rocks into him once more and grinds before an involuntary jerk shivers through his hips, pushing himself as deep as he can. His cock pulses, and then, finally-- a wave of relief washes over him as he comes, his cock pulsing as he spills spurt after spurt inside him.]
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[He's almost forgotten how much he's being bent right now, one leg still trembling as it slowly shifts down off Dionysus' shoulder. But for the most part, he's gone still -- still holding Dionysus close, and still panting and moaning out his name. With just how filled he is, he could practically feel it when he came inside him. He feels like he could stay like this for hours...]
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[From the outer doors of the shrine comes a knock. And suddenly, those voices that had faded into silence when their world became just the two of them are much louder than Ranpo remembers, as one of the monks speaks directly outside the door. "Yes, next couple, step up please!"]
[They've got a minute until the door opens, what do.]
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Dionysus lifts his head, his skin shimmering with the thin sheen of golden sweat, and he gives Ranpo a lopsided, but pretty chaotic, smile.]
Looks like the nap and cuddle has to be saved for next time, huh?
[He looks down between their bodies where he's still buried in Ranpo and his cock gives one more interested twitch at the sight of the younger man covered in come and his legs spread around his hips. Alas, he has to shift instead, easing himself from Ranpo's body and leaving a gold smear of jizz on his inner thigh.
At least one of them had the forethought (?) to keep some of their clothes on. Dionysus grabs the sides of Ranpo's kimono and yanks it closed, covering him up. He doesn't have enough time to tie the sash (and also has completely forgotten about his fundoshi), so he instead just loops it under Ranpo's back and wraps it around him like some mummy wrap, then hoists him up into his arms.
The god is still naked, covered in a Jackson Pollock painting of lube and come.
He sees the predicament.
They're out of time.
He sorta dangles Ranpo a little.]
Hey, man, can you grab my robe for me? You got free hands.
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A-Ahh... right.
[He reaches out to snag the robe, but rather than do the logical thing and offer it to Dionysus so he can try and wrap it around himself, he instead pulls it up over himself and lays against Dionysus's chest, hiding under it.]
[...he figures out of the two of them, Dionysus will be less embarrassed about walking out half-nude and covered in jizz.]
There should be a bath somewhere... in one of the buildings behind the shrine, where the monks live. W-We can wash up there.
[Naturally it's not open to the public, but is anyone really going to say no to Dionysus in all his glory? Nope.]
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Fortunately, the god is very used to scandalizing populations and casual nudity, so when the temple doors open and he's standing with his cock hanging out and his arms full of kimono cocoon, he just gives the line of couples and the monks a brilliant smile.]
Hello! Thanks for the fun time, yeah? I'm just on my way.
[And thus he marches out towards the baths with his bare ass out, walking right past the monks and the lines of couples to the back of the shrine. It's fortunate that the nature god has little in the way of modesty, since it does take him a few moments to find the right building. At least Ranpo's treated to a nice cheerful, hummed song while he's hiding.]
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[The tail sticking out from the bundle of clothes is sure to get a few glances, but most are too struck by the sight of Dionysus himself to say much. It's not until they're inside again that Ranpo finally pokes his head out from the fabric, cheeks still flushed from embarrassment, even if he knows he wasn't seen.]
...I think I forgot we were still in public.
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It's nice to see Ranpo's cute face again and he smiles down at him when he pops his head out from beneath the cloth.]
Bit of a rushed ending there, yeah? Well, I hope they're jealous!
[That's one positive way of looking at it.
Dionysus finds the bathing room easily now, though he loathes to let Ranpo go, crouching in the front dressing room so he can easier brace the smaller man against his thighs to 'undress' him again.]
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[But he's also grateful he isn't being set back down to stand on his own, because uh--]
Say, think you could help me wash up? My hips are still kinda sore, and I think my leg is asleep.
[--he would fall boneless to the floor if he tried to stand right now. He's gonna need a good soak to help him out.]
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What kind of lover would I be if I didn’t take care of you, man? Already on the agenda.
[Really, he has pride to preserve as a loving partner. The god’s as gentle as he can manage to be getting Ranpo out of the kimono again, but he has to appreciate his handiwork a moment as he lifts him up again. Look at those nice hickeys.]
Man, you’re gorgeous.
[He can’t zone out and just admire all day even as much as he’d like to. He hums to himself again as he carries Ranpo off to the washing area.]
I didn’t hurt you too bad, yeah?
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Hmm, well you did kinda bend me like a pretzel... I should probably stretch beforehand next time.
[Ranpo just casually doing radio exercises before a fuck, it's fine. But clearly it doesn't bother him too much, to already be thinking of next time. For now, he's just enjoying this closeness, resting his head against Dionysus' shoulder as he's carried around, aimlessly reaching up to play with a few strands of flowering hair.]
But everything else felt reeeally good. So if I have to walk a little funny for a day, it's worth it!
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[Although Grecian youths were always pretty physically fit, Dionysus usually hung out with those who might have physical ailments too, so he’s used to adjusting. He makes a note to be gentler next time.
But Ranpo does get a kiss on the head as the god starts the shower, testing the warmth against his hand until he’s satisfied at the temperature. He starts first with wetting the smaller man’s thighs, where most of the mess is.]
The walking funny is a thing you’ll get used to, too. [He’s going to just ask, since he’s been wondering—] Was that your first?
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[He closes his eyes with a pleased hum, trying not to think about the uh. Mess swirling the drain. He should probably avoid another round in here, or he might just need to be carried all the way back to Nihonbashi.]
Not my first, but-- I guess I've never really gone this far with someone before?
[Tentacles don't count!! and he's pretty sure Caesar didn't touch his ass that night they drunkenly hooked up? Pretty sure, at least. Still actively trying not to remember it.]
Was I too obvious?
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He rubs Ranpo's thighs as he washes them off, massaging some blood flow back into them and hoping to ease some of the ache from the stretch.]
Obvious? Eehhh, well, I noticed a few things, yeah? It's okay, man, I'm over a thousand years old. Inexperience is just a stepping stone before experience.
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Gee, I guess I'll just have to build up some more experience with yo-- ow, careful! That's sore...
[His poor leggys?? No more booty for today.]