PLOTTING POST ✨ Stationary

[avalonmods]

QUICK NAV: LOGS ⚔️️ NETWORK ⚔️️ MEMES ⚔️️ OOC ⚔️️ NAVIGATION This is the plotting post! Ask questions in response to this comment HERE. Click here to view top-level comments only. The actual event log will be posted on May 17th and suggestions for how your characters will attempt to persuade the Fisher King to cooperate go here. Please use this post to plot with your fellow players and ask questions ahead of the event start.

 

CONTENT WARNINGS:

• 1st Prompt: --
• 2nd Prompt: Insects/mosquitos.
  
• 3rd Prompt: Potential for adulterous behavior in one curse option only (flort curse)

With everything prepared, a party is organized at the Malous's village. Any who come to make the journey to Bermuda Station are provided with a small tincture of super strength. It will only last for a couple of hours, so it's best to be mindful of the time while searching for the Fisher King. You can drink it early, but there is a bit of travel before reaching the entrance. And.. be mindful of what you touch. Super strength via potion has no off button, so there's a very good chance that you're going to shove a pal through a wall or break a delicate object if you aren't exceedingly careful. (Note: Characters who canonically have super strength will have a better shot at controlling this through experience, but may still struggle with getting the exact level right at the player's discretion.)
Characters who show up to the Malous's village are also given a small ring with a fragment of hourglass coins embedded into them. This will protect them from being affected by time and space fragments that may appear within the station. You must be in contact with the ring to receive its protection, which is specified as instructions when given-- wear it and keep it on you, as if you lose it, you'll need someone else to make contact with you to get out. It's hard for them to explain exactly what that means without you seeing it, so that's most of what you're given. Once everyone is ready, a handful of the Malous lead everyone out on the marsh rafts piloted by giant sea horses that pop up periodically to squirt water at anyone who talks shit about them. Characters are warned not to touch them despite that they are very friendly, but are not given details as to what will happen if they do. It is spring time and these sea horses secret hormones that tends to mess with everyone a little bit differently. Male sea horses release pheromones that tend to make people hyper emotional at whatever it is they are feeling and make it impossible contain. Fear, love, anger, sadness, confusion, horniness-- it'll go from a 1 to a 10 within a matter of minutes after contact. What? It's a great way to get in with the lady sea horses.. which incidentally have hormones that are designed to get the males ready to hold their babies, but in other creatures tend to induce a sex swap that lasts about 3 days-- so you'll probably be stuck that way even when you get back for a little bit if you touch the lady sea horses. Player's choice which you touch. (OOC Note: Please bear in mind that disrespectful misrepresentation of gender will not be tolerated if you choose to do the sex swap prompts. Otherwise, please have fun. Only play what you are comfortable with, as always.)
	As long as you follow instructions though, it's a quiet trip, if a little long and tiresome. Just out of the Unnamed Marshes, almost to the edge, there is what appears to be a sand bank with a single sign with a picture of a train and a large glass entrance that looks almost like a subway station-- well, behind the giant side of the sleeping Falak, anyway. Now is the time to take those super strength potions and push what's probably a small fraction of the world-eating serpent aside to get down into the station. The Bermuda Station is an underground railway station that can be used to go to and from other worlders beneath the oceans, without disrupting the worlds' ways of life. It uses magic to counteract any underwater pressure, so when people wash up on the shore in another world, they don't get the benz or any
other kind of ocean-inspired ailments (besides maybe dehydration if they don't get to the shore fast enough). The station itself is entirely see-through, so you can see Avalon's lake and creatures swimming around it. The station itself has a ticket booth, but as it's not operational during the time freeze, there's no one working there. You're welcome to explore anywhere you'd like... there's even a convenience store, so you can pick up a snack while you're down there if you've got any penchant for lock-picking to get in. Following the railway down, there's about a mile before you get to the end of the Avalon side of the rail. There is a train sparking out of existence about halfway through its length at the end of the tunnel... but getting there will be a challenge on its own. All around you spark pieces of life from other worlds- frozen like photographs of memories from different worlds, and they seem to change to reflect whoever is closest to them at the moment, but immediately freeze again after a second. Make sure you have your fragment of hourglass coin on you, or you too will find yourself frozen in time the second one of your own pops up and the only way to be unfrozen is if someone else with their piece still with them is in contact with you. Within the station also reside timosquitos, which are large insects with a long, needle-like mouth that feed on leaked time magic within the station. They've since taken over with no one around to shoo them off, and are happy to fly around attacking anyone who dares to threaten their new territory. Bug spray isn't very effective, so you better be ready for some magical combat. Don't get pricked either, as they have a fear venom contained within those tiny teeth that make you hallucinate even friends as terrifying entities. At the end of the train lies the Fisher King, having touched the frozen time to still himself once more, but in doing so having doomed the Unnamed Marsh. The real trick now is figuring out how to get him free from his frozen time and back to the fairy queen willingly as he did put himself here on purpose. Submit your ideas here on how to proceed. The event post will still go up on the 17th, but an additional follow-up will be posted after May 21st with whose idea goes through and what happens with the Fisher King depending on player-submitted ideas and thoughts on both; 1. How to free the Fisher King from the time freeze, which he will willingly try to induce whether he's held or not or 2. What your character may try to say to convince him to cooperate or 3. If your character has some other means of getting him to Elphame against his will.

 

Didn't head out to the Bermuda Station? Don't worry, plenty of people did! With King Arthur encouraging everyone to help, it's left Camelot a little vulnerable and that oh-so-helpful criminal element that auctioned off the hourglass coins? Well, they're here to get some G and are terrorizing the citizens of Camelot with dark magic. They're reasonable people, they only want half of what you've got-- so they're holding people at curse-point and making them show their bank numbers, then having them transfer half of that to them... or suffer one of the following curses:  Tickle: Character, regardless of whether they are normally ticklish or not, will feel the sensation of being tickled all over their body until they are assisted by either a siphoner or drink a counter-curse potion. Does not wear off.
Midas Touch: Don't want to hand over your virtual Gold? Greedy with a capital G. Now everything you touch other than your natural body will turn to gold-- and that includes living beings. And clothes. Flort: Your character finds themself flirting with anyone they speak to, even if they don't want to. Even if they're really bad at it. Even if they're already taken. Embarrassing.

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OOC Notes: If you don't want to participate in any part of the event, you don't have to. Your character just didn't do the thing that triggered it, or didn't run into criminals. Yay. What luck. My browser just closed itself and wiped out the entire formatted post and my text saver didn't bother to save it right before I was about to post it but it's 1am so it's not bolded/colored right now. Sorry. Will fix later.

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Now then.. for your convenience, a little form for plotting:

<br /><b>Player:</b><br /><b>Contact:</b><br /><b>Character:</b> | @username<br /><b>Familiar:</b><br /><b>Magic Disciplines:</b><br /><b>Event Plans:</b> What are you interested in doing? Do you want to make a top level or are you just tagging around? No idea what you want to do but you want to do something? Whatever it is, say it here!<br /><b>Other Notes:</b> Anything else you want to add?



Event log will be posted on the 17th.

Comments

Questions

[avalonmods]

[hellescape]

because Zagreus is nothing if not good at causing problems.... how feasible would it be for him to try protecting the Fisher King? He'd be more interested in hearing out his side of the story and sympathising with him, especially since he also isn't convinced why he should be handed over to Elphame.

[avalonmods]

I think in this case, since it's otherworlders on this mission, you would wanna plot it out with other people to determine that! I would check out anyone who comments here to see if they're willing to let him chat or if it would be feasible to get him away from the group for a moment to do so. Then let us know. :)

[hellescape]

Makes sense, thank you! I'll let you know by the 21st in case it impacts anything with the follow-up progression.

edit: OKAY after getting some plotting comments back it looks like the consensus is to let Zagreus talk to him/other characters also want to try talking to him 👀 Let me know if you need any more detail!

[morns]

So... how murderable are these criminals and how many murders is it gonna take for a gang to get pissed off at whoever is murdering their goons...

[avalonmods]

One murder is gonna get the gang on your scent if you're secret about it, but more than one they'll get more clues and start coming after you!

[morns]

ahaha oh good. no possible way this could go wrong 👀👀

edit: just saying but i am not at all opposed to the gangs tracking Kitkat down. she'd definitely just go for violence with anyone trying to fuck with people / herself right now so... 😔 Totally up for having some consequences happen there.

[mayoninofukucho]

How big are the timosquitos?

[avalonmods]

The main body is about a foot and a half, while the nose extends another two feet from that.

[mayoninofukucho]

Wow, that's a little too big to smash between one's hands... time to bring out the big guns!

Fisher King Convincing Suggestions

[avalonmods]

If you have questions, ask them in the questions section. This is for solutions only. This section is not being checked until they're due, so if you ask a question here, it won't be seen until it's too late.

[mayoninofukucho]

Hijikata is pissed at the Fisher King, so he's not interested in giving him the white-glove treatment...

1) If everyone with a ring forms a long line from the entrance of the Bermuda Station to the end of the train that ought to counteract the time freeze throughout, right? That way a couple of strong (ideally still super-strengh-enhanced) people at the end of the line can just lug him out (ideally handcuffed; Hijikata can help with that) and take everyone they pass with them, so there'll be a growing drove of ring-wearers surrounding the Fisher King.

2) Hijikata won't try to convince him, he'll simply threaten him, along the lines of "You either come with us peacefully and plead your case to Queen Elphame, or I'll take you there in pieces so she can decide where to bury you next". (Maybe don't let him lead the negotiations...) Edit: After seeing Zagreus' idea up there: Hijikata would let him talk to the Fisher King first! If he can get him to come willingly, all the better. He'll probably glower in the background, though, and interfere if the Fisher King looks to be getting Zagreus on his side with a sob story.

3) Hijikata has a few Land of Maidens totems in his inventory, and he'll offer one up in a pinch, but he'd rather call on anyone who possesses the direct totem to Nicnevin (so the people who fulfilled the lock task to Queen Elphame's satisfaction) to facilitate that part of the mission.

[avalonmods]

I am commenting this here and then linking it to everyone else who commented so that we can get a little more info and work out any further questions!

OKAY! So, based on reading the solutions of those who went, here's what we've got: He'll fight at first until someone manages to calm him down enough to talk. It looks like Izumi, Zagreus, and Emet-Selch will be spearheading that and will gain the following information out of him:

The Fisher King CANNOT die because of his curse and has been alive for thousands of years, with everything dying around him. His wife (who he doesn't speak of very fondly) cursed him for what he claims is one mistake and he has paid for it a thousand fold, he just wants to be at peace. A past Fairy Queen, the current one's mother who had been slain by Crusaders who had managed to get into Avalon around the time of the Forest of the Felled's creation, had managed to excise his soul from his body until he had been raised by Ardyn who he refers to as "That accursed fool." He went to the Bermuda Station so he could lock himself in time, where he would technically not exist in any meaningful way if he remained stuck there. He did not realize that his curse would maintain its effects beyond the time freeze, even if he mentally was not there. He doesn't really understand what the Calamity is (or much of this new time- tf is a social media) enough to be able to answer why Queen Elphame might want him, but if she is as powerful as her mother, he will come willingly after being spoken to, as long as Izumi, Zagreus, or even Emet-Selch despite that this is a little bit his fault stick around to transport him because he doesn't trust Hijikata and Century Egg (he definitely refers to them as "ruffians" in more than one grumble) not to torment his already tormented soul. Rinea and Walter don't seem like they were going to be too rough with him based on player responses, so he'll probably be neutral toward them.

That said, he does not trust any of them enough to use the Trusted Totem per Walter's suggestion, so they will have to use up one of Hijikata's Land of Maidens totems. Anyone participating in the event can have witnessed the interrogation / what happened, but basically everyone who commented anything in regards to the solution/result has been included in this post and will be considered the party that captured him for game history.

Any more questions / details you would like to work out? Let me know ASAP! I'll respond as soon as possible. Taymod's hiatus is over and feeling fresher so shouldn't have to wait too long for info. 👀

[emet_sulk]

Emet-Selch would like to know if the death magic some of them have would suffice to put the Fisher King at peace, if he really desires such a thing. At least, that's the power he had before in his own world. Surely they could make something work here.

His reasoning is that this power of rot must stem from some kind of death magic. The concept is similar.

[angel_of_death]

Walter would be on board with assisting with any Death Magic needs.

That and escorting the Fisher King to the Queen of Elphame to make sure no Unseelie try to make off with him.

[avalonmods]

To overpower the curse to remove his soul from his body again, it would take multiple death mages to separate his soul from his body. The body will still remain on this plain, as a corpse and hold the curse active. So now I must ask, would Emet-Selch attempt this before delivering him to the fairy queen or ask if they can do so after?

Also to the others involved: would there be any interference with Emet-Selch's attempt?

[emet_sulk]

He doesn't want to inadvertently anger a fae queen so he will be in support of bringing the Fisher King to Elphame first. But he also knows fae can have their own agenda so he will want the death mages (and anyone else) prepared to act in case something unexpected happens. He can't discount some old revenge plot after all. The current queen might continue on from where their mother left off.

[avalonmods]

Good call. They will be permitted to attempt it by the queen, as it actually makes her move a much less controversial one (she hopes) by not having his soul present within the cursed body. The death mages doing it would only have run into trouble if they didn't bring the Fisher King to the Fairy Queen first, so good job! Queen Elphame will not assist the death mages she needs to reserve her power for the task she will be attempting with the tournament winners from June's TDM (to be announced tonight). This can be accomplished if at least 5 death mages participate, and Queen Elphame will provide them with access to her mother's study to find the spell that she used. The study is covered in dust and spider webs, the furniture protected beneath sheets, in a largely untouched corner of Nicnevin's palace. There will be guards present, so attempting to access anything other than books and desks will not be permitted.

[emet_sulk]

I will make an OOC post to recruit Death Mages for this endeavour o7 I'll report back as soon as I can, is there a hard deadline for responses?

[avalonmods]

No hard deadline but we are aiming to have the event plotting post up tonight after some delays so the sooner the better so that everyone can get the information clearly in one place.

[emet_sulk]

Final list of death mages:

- Emet-Selch
- Hijikata
- Walter Dornez
- Thanatos (Hades game)
- Cleveland

[avalonmods]

Thank you. For your kindness, the Fisher King states the following as his freed soul leaves the room with the Fairy Queen, never to be seen again:

"Come to think of it, Guinevere had it last, didn't she...?"

Well ain't that frustratingly vague.

[hor]

lmk if y'all need horus to fill the last spot /o/ i'll pull him out of the tournament and let him do this to help with death mage needs if you can't find 4 more on top of emet-selch.

[mayoninofukucho]

Oh man, the Fisher King's fate does suck... given that he assumed being frozen in time would render his curse inactive Hijikata will get off his case for the most part! He'll simply provide the totem and leave the transport to the kinder people the Fisher King is willing to go with.

Should any death mage support be needed afterwards to help separate the poor sod's soul from his body again he'll do what he can, but if Queen Elphame has got that sorted, all the better.

[avalonmods]

It very well may be needed!

[mayoninofukucho]

Emet can count on Hijikata! You guys can consider him dropped out of the tournament to facilitate this.

[emet_sulk]

1. If people really think the Fisher King is this dangerous, he would suggest getting some kind of bindings and wrapping them around without directly touching so as to avoid being frozen in time. Then just cinch the rope or chain and somehow get an hourglass coin touching the Fisher King to unfreeze him. If the rope/chain doesn't work then he will suggest Light mages construct a light box to move him with.

I can't remember if the rot effect would effect otherworlders or not, but if it does then I guess they'll have to drop an hourglass coin through remotely.

2. Emet-Selch would firstly apologise for his part in reviving them and then ask why the Fisher King has decided to hide here. How he would persuade would depend on the answer. He may not even persuade at all if the reason is good enough. But an attempt would be made to convince the Fisher King to at least move somewhere that isn't inhabited even if be refuses to go to the Elphame.

3. Have someone with the relevant totem use it to bring the Fisher King through. Otherwise just drag him through sheer, raw strength?? (Probably a terrible idea.)

[avalonmods]

Further info after responses have been gathered!

[currysseur]

Izumi doesn't have much in the way of ideas on how to get him out, but she'd like to suggest an honest conversation with the Fisher King to try and convince him. 😔 If they explain honestly how dire the situation is, maybe he will want to help protect the multiverse too. Look it was this or talk him into an Act Off and who wants that

Century Egg, on the other hand, doesn't see why they can't just kill or incapacitate him and drag him back to the faerie queen. 😭

[avalonmods]

Further info after responses have been gathered!

[groundzeroes]

If the Fisher King doesn't agree to come willingly-- and assuming touching him is dangerous bc of the rot and all-- maybe some kinetic magic users can use telekinesis to bodily lift him and get him to someone with an Elphame totem? 😂😂 Rinea (silvergarden) would not spearhead this solution herself but she could/would help out with it kineticwise.

re: Zagreus chatting with him-- Rinea is softhearted and would want Zagreus to give it the ol' college try first, but would panic if zagreus tries to let the Fisher King stay there (watching the marsh die is sad :( )

[avalonmods]

Further info after responses have been gathered!

nik.

[currysseur]

Player: Nik
Contact: exits / exits#8071

Character: Kate Galloway (morns) / Izumi Tachibana (currysseur)
Familiar: Bean Nighe / Miho, a lioness
Magic Disciplines: Kinetic & Siphon / Light & Bargaining

Event Plans: Throwing these two together because I'm not planning to do much with them since they've already done a lot this month! So these are only gonna be threads if people want them to be.

Kate will not be going to the Station because she's dealing with her canon update / grieving her brother, in incredibly healthy ways like getting into fights with criminals. There may be a murder or two, I can't guarantee there won't be.
EDIT: ok so Kate will be doing some murders and probably getting into trouble with the gangs as a consequence, if anyone wants to do anything with that...

Izumi on the other hand will be going to the Station and ending up turning into a guy for a few days because bishounen Izumi is a great agenda and I intend to promote it.

Other Notes:

Kate's lucky she isn't getting hit by the hyper-emotional seahorse because it was very tempting

Character: Century Egg (fellsound)
Familiar: Warrior Spirit
Magic Disciplines: Dark & Death

Event Plans: Egg will, of course, be on the trip to the Station. He may or may not be hit by the sex swap, but TBH he's such a pretty boy I'm not sure anyone would notice. I don't plan on having him hit by the timosquitos but I'm definitely up for him encountering people who are! As usual, he'll probably just go with the flow on what to do about the Fisher King. He may make a suggestion but it'll be a pretty brief moment of piping up. He's learning ok 🥺.

And then, when he gets home, he's gonna get hit by the flort curse because Tay said I could. And because it's funny.

Other Notes:


Character: Rosa Rivera (inkbled)
Familiar: Canary bird. :3
Magic Disciplines: Healing & Blood

Event Plans: Rosa is another who won't be going to the Station, and will instead spend her time living life the way she did back home: escaping from criminals. If you want to enjoy a yakety sax style getaway with a tiny ball of pink, she's ya gal.

Other Notes:

[phoenixwiz]

Player: Mari
Contact: mariscorner, Mariposa21 #4257

Character: Harry Potter & phoenixwiz
Familiar: Rose the pink Pygmy Puff
Magic Disciplines: Kinetic / Elemental
Event Plans: Harry is going into the Station since he has been meaning to follow through with handing over the Fisher King to the Fae Queen ages ago. The poor guy won’t get with the sex swap (I can’t imagine him freaking out over being a girl temporarily) or get attacked by timosquitos (I have been bitten by a couple in the past) but I’m okay with him trying to help people affected by them.

Could definitely be the one getting flirted because why not? Or he will might roast or freeze some criminals’ behinds because I could.

Other Notes: Does anyone want some roast timosquitos or criminal popsicles?

Toshirou Hijikata | Gintama

[mayoninofukucho]

Player: Schmittchen
Contact: This journal or schmoechen #2732 on Discord!

Character: Toshirou Hijikata | mayoninofukucho
Familiar: Crow Tengu (Arashi)
Magic Disciplines: Elemental & Death

Event Plans: On The Journey There I'm tempted to have him accidentally touch a female sea horse to bring out his canon female version, but this will depend on whether I can gather enough official art and screenshots of her to make icons! If I can't I may go the male seahorse route, that'd be fun too since he's usually rather emotionally constipated (at least for certain emotions). Otherwise he'll handle things well (keep his ring on, only drink the strength potion at the station, etc). He'll avoid The Sting of Time by fighting those giant mosquitos with fire (he's not taking any risks with those)! If he gets his way they'll simply haul the Fisher King out of there, whether he wants to or not.

Other Notes: Nothing else on the agenda!

Zagreus | Hades

[hellescape]

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE ON HIATUS THIS MONTH so no plotting with 2/3 of mine but this is definitely an event Zagreus will stick his nose into... smh

Player: Candace
Contact: PM, moonsilver, moonsilver#4734
Character: Zagreus | hellescape
Familiar: Mort II, heir to a fearsome but cuddly legacy of mice
Magic Disciplines: Elemental & Blood
Event Plans: As mentioned here, Zagreus sympathises with the Fisher King and doesn't understand why he needs to be brought to Elphame as a solution in the first place, so he will try to talk to the Fisher King and potentially even try to protect him if he's concerned he'll be mistreated. it's not his fault he makes things decay 😢 decay isnt so bad anyway 😢 yall are just mean 😢

That said, if you're proposing a solution to the Fisher King, please let me know by the 21st if your character would let Zagreus talk to him, if they're Done with his nonsense and would just try brute forcing him to get out of the way, etc etc. so I can let the mods know! Sorry he is a problem child... he is just like this. Ardyn can add it to his Funny Moments Compilation at least

Other Notes:

[mayoninofukucho]

Hijikata, while totally fed up with the Fisher King trouble, will let Zagreus talk to him for sure. Hell, perhaps Zagreus can even win him over to see his point of view (if you'd like them to debate about it a little), because Hijikata's view of the fae is also not entirely positive!

[cantgetanyworse]

Player: Fiona
Contact: DM any journal, hardtostarboard

Character: Jane Porter | cantgetanyworse
Familiar: Fischer's Lovebird
Magic Disciplines: Healing / Dark

Event Plans: She's trying to avoid trouble for once but will end up getting mixed up trying to push back against the criminal element taking advantage of things in New Camelot. This is going to be an opportunity for her to flex her Dark Magic a little, which she hasn't done much of, so I'm eager for some opportunity for her to do that ;D

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Character: Poison | writtendestiny
Familiar: Atheris Hispida
Magic Disciplines: Alchemy / Cognitive

Event Plans: Also staying back and will be dealing with the criminals as a matter of necessity once they start being a nuisance. Based off some of the annoyances that the wisps had her dealing with she's going to be mixing up something that can be tossed at the criminals to apply a bright stain to their clothes/skin/hair for around 48 hours. Will put up a network post for this! She isn't much of a fighter though despite that big knife she carries around with her sometimes, so if she gets into trouble she's going to need someone to step in for her.

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Character: Thanatos | inevitablerest
Familiar: Three-headed hellhound
Magic Disciplines: Kinetic / Death

Event Plans: Thanatos will be begrudgingly going to Bermuda Station and honestly the only reason for this is that someone needs to be around to attempt to reel Zagreus in when he starts being... himself. He's not going to be thrilled about it but what else is new honestly. Than is very much a 'straight man' when it comes to awkward situations so I'm all for having him being on the receiving end of someone's emotional outburst or having to grab someone out of a time-freeze!

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Character: Red Wine | judgementor
Familiar: Purple Dumpling
Magic Disciplines: Elemental / Blood

Event Plans: Bermuda Station, GO! Red's the type, so he'll be going. He's going to get into some trouble and end up having some emotional outbursts, because I enjoy embarrassing him. Otherwise, he's fairly handy with a sword and can deal with the timosquitos in short order if need be! He's all for dealing with the Fisher King the way he should have been dealt with in the first place and he will fight anyone who tries to facilitate an escape.

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Character: Mogget | themogget
Familiar: Gore Crow
Magic Disciplines: Animal / Light

Event Plans: Why is he at Bermuda Station? God only knows, but he's there. Mogget can cast hard light shields so he will be around making himself useful by making sure people don't get attacked by massive insects or that they don't just go blundering into time-freezes. He will also get drenched by the seahorses for talking shit about them because apparently he never learns.

Other Notes: A GENERAL NOTE... I will be trying to put up top-levels for everyone :D

[currysseur]

slides rosa at jane

and possibly egg or izumi at red

[cantgetanyworse]

yes good

My prompts are gonna be suitably ridiculous I think.