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TEST DRIVE MEME 001 (#2)
HAPPY HEARTS HOTEL
You wake up in a padded box. It rocks, gently, as though suspended in mid-air. You begin to stir, confusion or distress pushing you to try to sit up — and then the air begins to smell sweet, and you fall back asleep.You wake up in a padded box. For a moment, you are beatifically calm. You don't know how you got here, or why, but that isn't really all that important. You don't need to know where you are. You're just... here. And here is a wonderful place to be.
But there is a niggling suspicion growing in the back of your mind. A suspicion that here is not somewhere you wanted to be. That it is not where you're supposed to be. You remember... chasing a white rabbit (or was it a person)? A mirror? Bright light, and green ivy crawling over your skin... Before you can worry too much, the box jolts, and then settles, and after a long moment the walls fall from around you to reveal —
A hotel lobby?
"Welcome to the Happy Hearts Hotel and Casino," says an attendant behind a desk. "We're so pleased you could join us for our grand opening gala. We have your room keys and Empathies here, please make an orderly line and we'll hand them out once we've confirmed identities. After that, feel free to explore the hotel! We highly recommend starting with the casino. Everyone's a winner here in Happy Hearts!"
Is this normal? It doesn't feel normal. And hey — you could swear you had shoes before!
I. THE CASINO FLOOR
As you pass through the entrance to the casino floor, an attendant passes you a small bag of chips. The casino is loud and bright and filled with games of every kind — you want to play poker? They've got a table for that. Sabacc? There's a table for that, too. Slots, pachinko, and bingo are just a few of the other games on offer. The attendant in the lobby wasn't lying, either — everyone who plays wins. Everyone, every time.
Servers wander the floor with trays of shotglasses full of multi-coloured liquids, offering them to every Oyster "Compliments of Her Royal Highness." If you're expecting alcohol, though, you'll be surprised — these drinks are teas made of the distilled emotions of every Oyster in the hotel. Each colour of tea corresponds to a different emotion, and as soon as you take a sip, you feel overcome with that emotion.
Servers wander the floor with trays of shotglasses full of multi-coloured liquids, offering them to every Oyster "Compliments of Her Royal Highness." If you're expecting alcohol, though, you'll be surprised — these drinks are teas made of the distilled emotions of every Oyster in the hotel. Each colour of tea corresponds to a different emotion, and as soon as you take a sip, you feel overcome with that emotion.
JOY — the distilled essence of happiness, this tea makes even the most rough and tumble of Oysters giddy with happiness — for a moment. The effect fades into a general sense of contentment and affability after a few seconds, and that itself fades away slowly over the course of twenty minutes.
ANGER — this tea, anger in liquid form, can make the most even-tempered of Oysters ready to absolutely blow a gasket. For twenty minutes, anyone who drinks this tea will find themselves much more easily annoyed, frustrated, and all around irritable and snappy.
SADNESS — distilled sadness is a potent tea, capable of turning a stoic, stalwart Oyster into a blubbering mess in moments. Events that may have previously only been a minor disappointment become the end of the world, every repressed unhappiness comes to the fore, and for twenty minutes, any Oyster who drinks a sadness tea can hardly keep themselves together.
II. MAKING WAVES
If gambling isn't to your interest, there are many other areas of the hotel to explore! For the moment, only The Pool Of Tears and the Pig & Pepper Buffet are available for Oysters to peruse, but the staff assure anyone who asks that the other facilities will be open by the next day. Unfortunately, that means no one can buy any swimsuits from This Elegant Thimble, but the staff aren't going to kick anyone out of the pool for jumping in in their clothes!
There are four main attractions to The Pool of Tears: the pool, the jacuzzi, the wave pool, and the lazy river. The water is always just the right temperature, clean and clear and refreshing. It feels as if the sun shines down from above you, warm and comforting. Scattered through the pool area are clusters of modern lounge chairs, just waiting for someone to come relax in them. The Pool is, in a word, serene.
But not for long. The waves generated by the wave pool begin to get choppier, and larger, until it becomes clear that the generator itself is malfunctioning — too late, however, to avoid the tsunami that crashes through the whole Pool and leaves it flooded. Thankfully, no water escapes into the rest of the hotel, and the hotel staff work quickly to rescue those trapped in the Pool and drain the flooding — but you better hope you can tread water until they get to you!
There are four main attractions to The Pool of Tears: the pool, the jacuzzi, the wave pool, and the lazy river. The water is always just the right temperature, clean and clear and refreshing. It feels as if the sun shines down from above you, warm and comforting. Scattered through the pool area are clusters of modern lounge chairs, just waiting for someone to come relax in them. The Pool is, in a word, serene.
But not for long. The waves generated by the wave pool begin to get choppier, and larger, until it becomes clear that the generator itself is malfunctioning — too late, however, to avoid the tsunami that crashes through the whole Pool and leaves it flooded. Thankfully, no water escapes into the rest of the hotel, and the hotel staff work quickly to rescue those trapped in the Pool and drain the flooding — but you better hope you can tread water until they get to you!
III. EAT ME, DRINK ME
The Pig & Pepper buffet serves lunch foods from across all different cultures, offering something for everyone, and some things you've never even heard of.
On offer with these lunchtime dishes are cookies and biscuits and scones of all kinds, held on tiered trays with signs that proclaim Eat Me! in delightfully whimsical calligraphy. Nearby, hotel staff man a small booth for doling out cups of fruit waters from large pitchers, which have Drink Me! painted playfully on their sides.
It takes a while to feel the effects — perhaps you've even left the Pig & Pepper by the time it happens — but those who eat the cookies and scones inevitably end up growing in size, whether a few inches or feet, and those who drank the fruity water similarly shrink. Eat enough and you might strain the ceiling; drink enough and you'll be the size of a thimble! It's not permanent — if no one else can help you figure out how to get back to normal, the staff certainly will — but it's definitely inconvenient!
On offer with these lunchtime dishes are cookies and biscuits and scones of all kinds, held on tiered trays with signs that proclaim Eat Me! in delightfully whimsical calligraphy. Nearby, hotel staff man a small booth for doling out cups of fruit waters from large pitchers, which have Drink Me! painted playfully on their sides.
It takes a while to feel the effects — perhaps you've even left the Pig & Pepper by the time it happens — but those who eat the cookies and scones inevitably end up growing in size, whether a few inches or feet, and those who drank the fruity water similarly shrink. Eat enough and you might strain the ceiling; drink enough and you'll be the size of a thimble! It's not permanent — if no one else can help you figure out how to get back to normal, the staff certainly will — but it's definitely inconvenient!
IV. WELCOME HOME
Maybe you just want to be alone — well, that's what you have your room key for! Oysters room on the second and third floors of the hotel, one to a room. You were assured your room would be exactly what you'd always wished for — and for some, that's right! It's exactly as you would have decorated it yourself. But for others, their rooms are totally wrong. A grizzled cowboy can't have a pink room! Hotel staff are firm, though: every room is exactly as its owner wants it to be. Search your feelings, Oyster. You know it to be true.
On each bed are the Oysters' personal effects, minus weapons, as well as a towel folded in the shape of a heart, and a single foil-wrapped chocolate. If eaten, the chocolate is delicious, and incites a feeling of tender warmth in Oysters — not lust, but a desire for closeness. Why spend time in your room, when you could go find a new friend in the casino?
On each bed are the Oysters' personal effects, minus weapons, as well as a towel folded in the shape of a heart, and a single foil-wrapped chocolate. If eaten, the chocolate is delicious, and incites a feeling of tender warmth in Oysters — not lust, but a desire for closeness. Why spend time in your room, when you could go find a new friend in the casino?
Welcome to the (second!) first TDM of Happy Hearts, a new panfandom roleplaying game here on DW! If you have any questions, please direct them to the first comment on this page. Happy playing, Oysters!
© tessisamess
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"I guess I should start with saying that...this body is that of Mo Xuanyu..but the soul inside of it is not. So if you are going to ask me who you are suppose to take revenge out on..your guess is as good as mine." Because it is his..He saw the looking at that arm and he knew what the question was before it was asked. He had the same ones after all.
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"W-w-w-w-wait a second," he shakes his head, trying to make sense of things. Why he'd known so much about the Lans, why he could so easily call his bluff, why he didn't know much about Mo Xuanyu at all... it didn't seem at all possible, but...
"This body belonged to Mo Xuanyu," he repeated, hand on his own chest. It'd changed yes, to match the spirit that inhabited it, but...
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Not bitter. But he knows he probably has to prove it by telling the one thing that only he would know. "If you want further proof, I can tell you about the time we gave up our golden core and the multiple days of misery that was."
He really doesn't want to have to go into that detail but just the fact he knows it should be enough.
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And if the claim itself wasn't wild enough, he knew about the golden core as well. A secret that should only belong to him and the Wen siblings. He crawled halfway across the cave toward the other, waving and making shushing noises.
"Okay! Alright! Shush- that's-!" he sputters, shaking his head. "How can we both be Wei Wuxian?! A-and why would you bully yourself?!"
Okay, so if the situations were reversed, he absolutely would have done the same thing... but even so!
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"So in this place, anything is possible. I never would have believed any of this if I didn't already encounter two Lan Zhans in this world. I'm not going to justify that second question with an answer. Because you already know the answer."
Picking on himself..was the highlight of his day. Even if it did go a little south after awhile. "Honestly..who better to push my buttons then..myself?" Watching the reactions from outside the body is something he never thought he would expect to do. He will say..his original face can make some pretty interesting facial expressions.
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"Two Lan Zhans?" he echoed. Was that why that man from before had looked so familiar? There were just enough differences to be sure it wasn't Lan Wangji, but so many similarities it was hard to be certain.
"Yes, yes, who better," he accepted it with a resigned wave of his hand. He would've gotten a kick out of it, if he hadn't been experiencing it. Still, why had he bristled so much at the comments about Lan Wangji? They'd been wildly inaccurate, first of all. And he was pretty sure he wouldn't have thought to joke about flirting with Lan Zhan, of all people, in the first place.
"You picked some creative buttons to push, I'll give you that much. I'd never have thought to make such wild accusations about Hanguang Jun," he laughed.
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Mo Xuanyu being considerably shorter with all his hair up in that high..now very wet..ponytail. And of course a completely different facial and body build. In truth he had it a bit harder when dealing with the people from this Wei Wuxian's world..since he really didn't look like himself anymore.
"Also..not wild accusations. For the record..our memories are not exactly in sync either. But I figured the overall feelings would be. I knew mentioning such things about Lan Wangji would get you riled." He learned a lot from the other Lan Wangji. Their timelines and actions have some pretty spectacular divergences.
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Memories seemed to be the worst possible option, given that his felt so jumbled after reviving, but surely it was the same for this version of himself too? He'd heard stories and crazy theories about such things, but he'd dismissed that long ago. Thinking of all the choices he'd made and wondering if one might have led them all down a different path... it was useless to waste time on, no matter how tempting it might be.
And yet... here was proof of it. Could the past be changed? Could there be a world where things had happened differently? Where fewer people he cared about had been hurt?
The thought of Lan Wangji allowing anyone at all in his bed seemed utterly absurd, the man was pure as the snow and twice as fragile when it came to anything even remotely erotic or flirtatious. He couldn't help laughing out loud, nearly falling over at the thought.
"Please! I was only concerned for Hanguang Jun's reputation!"
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"It seems that regardless of what happens, the ultimate path is still the same. We turn to taboo ways, we die, we come back in.." He looks down at himself then looks over at the other. "Well..somewhat the same."
He puts his hands on his hips and looks around the water covered room. Doesn't look like he will actually get to enjoy the pool anytime soon but he's pretty sure he's had enough water to last him at least a few days.
"I'm ready for a drink..of something not water."
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"Mm," he nodded his acceptance, even if he didn't like it. He could hardly call his own logic into question.
"The only change is the appearance then?" he puzzled. "I mean, it seems you'd have a much easier time hiding who you are. Even I didn't recognize myself."
Wei Wuxian finds he's once again in agreement with himself though, as the thought of a good drink to help all of this go down easier would be a blessing indeed.
"Or tea," he adds, not wishing to experience that again anytime soon. His lips twist into a crooked smile, "Tell me they still serve decent drink here."
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"The sad thing is..I didn't realize Lan Zhan knew until after.." He did some pretty shameless things..But all because he was trying to get his ass out of Cloud Recesses. "Well, it doesn't matter. I should have really known he wouldn't have been fooled so easy."
"Don't get me started on the tea...or the cookies. In fact, unless you eat it at the restaurant, avoid consuming anything. Especially in the game area." He starts trudging through the water towards the exit. He would like to somehow get some dry clothes.
"Follow me. There is a shop around here to get some dry clothes. They won't be what you are used to but at least we won't be wet and freezing."
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"That or we're not as good at pretending as we thought," he sniffed, then gave a crooked smile. No, that couldn't be it, of course. But ugh, the thought of having purple lightning to look forward to was as unpleasant as it was expected.
"Jiang Cheng seems ready to chase down anyone just for using a couple of papermen," he groans, following the smaller Wei Wuxian.
"Ah-! Wait, wait, so Lan Zhan knew from the start and let us act a fool?" it was worse than he could have thought. Just how long had he played the part of Mo Xuanyu, acting crazy and spouting nonsense before Lan Zhan admitted he'd known?
He made mental note about the food and drink, having experienced one earlier, and had no desire to repeat that anytime soon.
"I've noticed a lot of strange clothing styles... so there's nowhere to find anything like back home?" while some of the clothing looked comfortable, others looked downright strange. He was happy to play along and try something new, either way.
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"Yeah..and he's every bit as pissed off as he was all those years ago." His back aches just thinking about it. "Oh..and be prepared. Jin Ling has a dog." The shudder is obvious as it runs straight down his spine.
Oh the things he did...act a fool is putting it lightly. "I don't know how long he lets you believe your act was good but for me it was a pretty long time. I thought for sure by playing off the fact Mo Xuanyu was gay that I would be able to get kicked out of Cloud Recesses." Oh the regrets...
"I'm assuming Mo Xuanyu was gay in your world too." He stops and realizes that it might not be the case. He slowly turns to look at the other. He'll have to answer the clothing question later.
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"Even Jin Ling has a dog?" he winced. He'd thought purple lightning would be a problem, but a dog now too? Did nothing good happen after he'd revived? Or was it all just a string of bad luck?
As if that weren't enough to wrap his mind around, there was the added bit about Mo Xuanyu he hadn't known. If that were true... certainly someone would've mentioned it to him by now? He'd known Mu Xuanyu was thought to be mentally ill, that his family had been disappointed in him, bullied him to the point he'd thought the Xianshe was a good idea.
His mouth starts to form an 'o' of understanding as a few things begin to fall into place, namely how this Wei Wuxian had such knowledge of Hanguang Jun's sleeping habits, details even he wasn't aware of. And it makes sense... it's not like the Mo family would be forthcoming about it, but also... wouldn't Mo Ziyuan have taken every opportunity to bully him and hurl insults if that were the case?
"That... I don't know," he crossed his arms, trying to think if he'd missed some detail, but he was sure he would have caught it, especially if it were a well-known fact, as the other Wuxian said.
"I played the fool, true enough, but no one mentioned anything about Mo Xuanyu's preferences," he explained, "there was barely anything to piece together from what was left of his room."
He put a hand to his face though, feeling as if he would regret asking, "I... just what did you do?"
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"heh..well..where I am from he was gay and being cast off and shunned by his family is what made him crazy. Sooo..you would have known." Just his luck.
As for the question, he resumes trudging through the water. "I'm going to need a drink before we dive into that if you really do want to know how shameless we are."
He pauses at the exit and talks to the staff that are already trying to keep the water from drenching the whole area. He indicates the one behind him had some clothing that got washed away in the waves and asks that they be found and taken to his room when they get a chance. He smiles and talks with each of them briefly before waving as he heads down the hall towards the shop. He has made every effort to meet all of the staff in the hopes that eventually it might lead to information about this place. So far they aren't terribly forthcoming but it doesn't hurt to have a few allies in a strange place.
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"Mmm," he agreed, "I know he was cast out from Jinlin Tower, but it seemed to have more to do with his lacking cultivation skills... but I don't think his family needed much reason to treat him so terribly."
He doesn't have to try hard to imagine the depths they might have sunk to. After all, if he were trying to play the part of Mo Xuanyu, knowing that, trying to get himself kicked out of Cloud Recesses...
Wei Wuxian gives a short nod in understanding and follows along to the shop. He nods politely in the right places, of course, knowing just how useful local information can be.
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"Yeah his family wasn't made up of very nice people. But I imagine you already experienced that. Between the family and the servants that are all too eager to also cast blame they were pretty awful people." Not that they necessarily deserved to die but he didn't do that, the arm did. So he got out of most of the curse without even lifting a finger.
He leads the way down the hallway towards the boutique, using that towel to try and wring some of the water from that long ponytail once he is done drying his body.
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"Right, right, it's as you say," he agreed. Though it was frustrating that neither knew how he might take care of that last curse mark, but he was sure he'd figure that out in time. For now, he was a little more preoccupied with taking in the sights.
"I hardly expected Lan Zhan to show up so soon though," to think he just happened to be nearby. Luck was never on his side, was it?
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"He was mostly around to make sure the disciples were okay. They were tracking some pretty powerful spirits. They are talented kids but they still have a lot of learning to do."
He tried to help them learn as much as they could while in Yi City and he was proud of how quick some of them caught on. But they are young and it shows.
"I don't know how much of your future you want to know..but the first fierce corpse that we summon is Wen Ning. That was probably a pretty big tip off and brought every big cultivator running." It had shocked him to see the man considering he should have been nothing but ashes.
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"Mm, they picked up hints quickly enough. I only had to point out the strange arm once before one of them caught on," he agrees. He'd been surprised enough to see that even the Lans now used his spirit luring talisman too. What a strange welcome it'd been.
As he was lost in those thoughts, he had to stop mid-step once his other self mentioned Wen Ning. That couldn't be possible!
"Wen Ning?!" he couldn't help his outburst. Wen Qing and Wen Ning had been little more than ashes, scattered to the winds. How was Wen Ning the first summoned?
"How is that possible?"
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He doesn't even fully understand how that happened, and it's one of the biggest mysteries as to how that kid was able to hammer two nails into Wen Ning's head without him acting out. He had some very strong helpers at his disposal.
"When he showed up he was wrapped in special chains that wouldn't come off and he didn't have his consciousness. He was being controlled by two nails in his head. But he still came when I called so enough of him was still and recognized his original master."
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"Xue Yang?" he sniffed. He'd heard little to nothing about the man, not since they'd left him in the Unclean Realm and he'd escaped during the Wen's attack. He'd seen the aftermath of Song Lan's run-in with him, while they'd stayed with Wen Qing, but if he never had to see that smirking brat again, he wouldn't regret it.
"Mm, he's not just any fierce corpse, but for him to be treated like that..." he was going to have to start keeping a list of all the people to pay a visit to when he returned.
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He'll never forgive him for what he did to Xiao Xingchen..but there isn't much he can do about it either. The brat is dead and so one less bad guy to deal with. "I don't know much beyond that honestly..I arrived here shortly after dealing with him."
So the rest of their future is a mystery that only the one Lan Wangji knows. "I wonder how dangerous it is for us to find out about our futures..."
One would think it wouldn't be a great thing to do, but also..if it could keep them from making past mistakes it might also be beneficial. He spots the shop up ahead and points at it. "Everything is free so just pick whatever you want."
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He'd been plenty of trouble already. It was a pity they hadn't arrived in time to stop his slaughter in YueYang, but to hear he was still making a nuisance of himself for this Lan Zhan and Wei Wuxian... ugh.
"I hadn't even met face to face with Lan Zhan after being revived," he admitted, "so anything at all seems helpful."
The longer they could stay out of sight, the easier it would be to find out more information. If he was constantly ducking hostile forces, it sounded much more difficult to figure things out.
He followed himself to the shop, giving his smaller self a skeptical look, "I did say I was revived just the other day, not that I was born yesterday."
Everything is free? Ha! Like he'd fall for that!
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Apparently currency means nothing here, which is also why it doesn't matter what you do in the casino. Since the money is meaningless..they don't care if you win lots of it. It makes playing the games rather boring.
He wanders in and tries to look for something simple just so he can have something dry on his body for going to the bar. Of course his go-to is black so he is migrating to the racks that have a lot of black and red in them.
"At least we don't have to rely on Lan Zhan to buy everything for us."
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