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fable mods 🌿 ([personal profile] fabulists) wrote in [community profile] fablecottage2023-03-05 05:25 am
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TDM #3

fable test drive meme #3
// away with the fairies
In your land, there may be stories of the Fae taking people away. Perhaps you haven't heard of the Fae at all, or perhaps you are more familiar with them than others. No matter how well acquainted you are with the Fae, everyone around you has experienced the same fate tonight: Being taken by them. Partially, at least. For they did not want to kidnap anyone from their home and take them away from the life they knew. In a small jar of fairy dust, part of your soul was taken in the night and brought to a magical village by the name of Fable.

On arrival, the Fae release you from the jar before waving their magic wands, and materialise this taken little part of you into a brand new you. From here onwards, your new life begins, shared among all sorts of magical creatures. Here, you will be allowed to grow, thrive and enjoy the bounties provided to you by these mysterious and wonderful creatures. In exchange, they ask for a share of the magical fruit that you grow in your garden, donated to their dragon overseer in exchange for rewards. After a briefing on your new life, you understand things as best as you possibly can. Now, it's time to settle into a brand new cottagecore life.

Welcome to Fable.
// arrival
Now that you are a resident of Fable, you have a brand new cottage, a garden, and a few tools to use! There's not an awful lot in your cottage, though: Just a cardboard box, a lamp, a cassette tape and a single bed. Fear not, though! By participating in friendly tasks, your cottage will look great in no time.

Something sparkly catches your attention before you realise it's a message board, advertising an array of tasks for bonus fruit. Did this thing appear out of nowhere just now? That must be the case, since you can swear it wasn't there a second ago. The board may inspire you to go out there and mingle. It seems that the monthly tasks are geared towards friendliness to welcome this new season!
picnic party
// spring fling

At long last, the snow covering Fable has finally melted! While Spring hasn't made its full appearance yet, there are definitely tell-tale signs of its approach thanks to the greener grass and the days feeling longer. Some of the anthropomorphic animals who live in the neighbouring region of Limerick - such as rabbits, birds, sheep, fawns, mice and squirrels - have gathered in Fable to introduce an incredibly sweet welcome to the warmer weather.

The woodland animals, who work together like you would imagine them doing in a Disney movie, have arranged a picnic! They've got plenty of baskets, cups, blankets, plates and cutlery to give out - not to mention food created by both themselves and their Faerie friends! (They wash their paws, promise.) Just be careful on which you choose to eat, because consuming fairy dust can do strange things to Fable residents.
// let's have a picnic!
There's an incredible flow of magic in the air that fills you with the urge to get out there and enjoy the sun with some company. It's a beautiful day for a picnic! Fable has an assortment of hills and fields to lay down a blanket and relax on. Some of the more quiet spots can found be down by the river or under the willow trees. Inside of the basket gifted to you by the animals, you will find plates, cups, cutlery and freshly picked flowers!

There's plenty of food to go around for all dietary requirements! The animals and fairies have certainly gone all-out - so there's no need to feel guilty for stacking your plate high. The food prepared by the animals cause zero effects, but the food prepared by the Fae is cooked with magic and fairy dust which might cause some interesting changes to happen! Choose wisely!
// springtime celebrations
Across Fable while the weather is beautiful and bright, there are assorted outdoor activities available to participate in, especially while the picnics are on!

Near the areas where people are dining and socialising, there are swinging seats that fit two people, an assortment of musical instruments laid out for people to play, outdoor grills and ovens in case anyone wants to cook or bake some goodies for their picnics, and arts and crafts supplies!

For participating in any of these tasks, you will receive flowers or shrubs for your garden and pieces of outdoor furniture for your cottage! Feel free to leave a comment here to redeem these once you've written 5 tags in your thread! Since our TDMs are considered game canon, if you choose to app, these rewards will cross over with you when you join the game! Woohoo!
If you choose to partake in some Faerie food, you may find yourself feeling quite interesting!

The flower cupcakes look rather nice, don't they? The icing is in the shape of a flower! These sweet treats will make you feel extremely brave and sociable! You can't recall ever wanting to talk and mingle so much!

The flower punch is being served in several flavours, topped off with flowers floating in your drink for decoration. With every sip you take, no matter the flavour, you will want to share happy thoughts and feelings! Be warned, though: If you drink too many glasses, you'll feel a lot of sad feelings come to surface - ones you that might be trying to fend off or forget about. Comfort from another person is the remedy, however!

A slice of fruit pie still carries that warm feeling over from Winter! With all sorts of fruit flavours to try, there are pie slices for all tastes. Eating one will inspire you to compliment someone! That warmth from within is flowing right out, so much that you can't resist saying all these nice words.

A slice of cake will overwhelm you with the incredible taste of perfectly balanced vanilla extract and lemon zest! It will also make you incredibly affectionate. Depending on how big the slice is that you eat, it might make you feel very affectionate indeed. (Winky emoji.)

flittens
// purrfect gardening

The sunny weather looks so nice and refreshing that you may feel inclined to go out of your cottage and visit your garden. Except ... your garden is looking pretty barren at the moment, isn't it? You have your fruit trees, plenty of soil plots and fresh green grass, but no flowers.

While contemplating how empty your cottage garden is, you notice something appear beside you.

"Mrrrrrrrp?"

Oh. It's a cat. Actually, wait, it's ... several cats?! Where are they all coming from!? All of them have fairy wings in an assortment of different colours, and it looks as though they're very interested in you for some reason. The cats nuzzle your legs and around your ankles, which inadvertently causes the fairy dust in their fur to rub off on you. The shimmering sparkles coming off the kittens may not give you a second thought, until you move one of your feet to notice that there are flowers growing behind you when you walk!

"Mew! Can you make the flowers grow faster, please?" Did that cat just talk?! Actually, if you've been here for a while, this won't be a surprise at all. These purring kitties are all rubbing by your feet still.

"That Winter lasted for too long ... your gardens are so empty! Please grow some flowers for us to play in ... pretty pleeeeeeease?"

Against your better judgement, you decide to listen to the kitties. They are pretty cute and convincing, after all. But whether you know it or not, there are special qualities to these flowers...!
After a briefing from the Flittens, you understand that all of Fable's cat fairy population have been visiting the Fable residents to request big flowering gardens to play in. It's a win/win situation, though - since your garden will no longer be barren and empty!

The flower that grows is one that matches you entirely! Whether it's the colour of the flower, your personality or the flower's meaning - the flower that grows is an essence of who you are.

The Flittens have a very important requirement for you once you have grown flowers in your own garden: They want you to visit your neighbours and grow flowers in their gardens too! According to the Flittens, it's "boring" to play around in the same type of flower. They want big, colourful gardens to frolic and play in!

Flowers grow when you walk around barefoot on grass, or handle soil with your hands. When you feel happy, they will sprout and grow all around you! Maybe even in your hair if you're feeling extra happy.

The second important thing to note about these flowers is that their pollen has magical properties! When you have a neighbour visit and they grow their flowers in your garden, inhaling the pollen of these flowers will heighten your interest in them! Their flowers you grow smell so sweet - the aroma is very inviting! You're curious to learn more about where they're from, who they are, and you may even feel inclined to invite them to dinner or offer them tea from your cottage. The longer you stay in their presence, the stronger the pollen's effect! Just how much are you going to learn about this person?

After 24 hours, the flower growing magic will be over, but you'll wake up the next day with a bright beautiful garden and hopefully a new friend or two...!?
Welcome to Fable's third TDM!
We're excited to have you here, and hope you enjoy the prompts!
To familiarise yourself with the setting, please take a look at the arrivals & premise page!
We would also appreciate it if you could have a look at the rules as well.
As a general note, the TDMs are considered game canon!
Which means all rewards for fruit & furniture can be used in the game if you apply!

New arrivals have a cottage, a network device, the clothes on their back and a single item from home.
To view the locations, NPCs and more information about the game, please visit our full navigation!

If you have any questions that you have not seen answered in the FAQ, please ask in the FAQ post. Thank you!
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[personal profile] cervusaurum 2023-03-20 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Flower language? Well, you're just going to have to teach me to speak it because that's one I don't know.

( Claude gives her a charming smile. )

Would a busy lady like you have time for that?
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[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-20 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Rooting out the other members and factions who were with Heisenberg mainly. It's an entire administration change with the original CENTCOM no longer in existence. Ronan has been doing a lot of the work. There's also the matter of reaching out to the other groups in the other Skydoms.

[A low exhale as all those headaches come back to mind.]

Otherwise we're still carrying out our missions, though we've also been granted extended vacations and leave time. As I said, the moon is no longer an immediate threat, but the Otherworldly Beings are more active than before. The enemy may be different, but the Society's mission to protect the skies remains the same.
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[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[The litten that had followed Ilsa here bumps its head against her back, but it's not like she was going to refuse!? So insistent, these kittens are...!]

I was thinking the same thing, actually. I'm not very good at planting things myself, however, but I'm sure it isn't that difficult?

[She did, after all, manage to pot these!]
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[personal profile] veardant 2023-03-21 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ tighnari recognizes that look - that confusion and concern. he felt it himself, when he first learned about all of this. ]

Well..

[ he doesn't want to tell cyno. he really doesn't. cyno's only going to worry, only going to be fruitlessly angry, but.. tighnari must be honest with him. he'd expect the same from cyno. tighnari glances away, staring at the grass as their seat gently swings. ]

We were put into teams and made to play games against one another. Many of the games were cruel, and punishing, both physically and emotionally.

[ carefully, tighnari tugs down the cowl-neck of his sweater further, revealing a series of burn scars ringing his throat. ]

Most recently, I was forced into a shock collar.
neunkugeln: (060)

[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She's still convinced that this is all a dream or something, but she'll play along.]

It would seem that way for a lot of us. Perhaps that's why we were brought here... The number of times I have heard someone tell me to "take a break", only to not listen...
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[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Of course... if not for these moon people, then there always has to be something else, doesn't there?

She does huff out with something of a laugh, though there is some frustration laced into it. Having all of this information and not being able to do anything with it...? It's going to take her a while to finally get over everything she's heard, if she ever does... and there's the very sudden wish to wake herself up from whatever this is and return so that she can help.]


An extended vacation, huh? It sounds nice, but... is anyone taking advantage of it?
inceptor: (128)

[personal profile] inceptor 2023-03-21 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, right…he’s still getting used to introductions being, like, a thing people do. ]

Oh. You can call me Ren.

[ No “nice to meet you” or “what’s your name” in return. He’s gotta offer that up on his own!! Even if he was more used to introductions, this wouldn’t have changed. ]
flamekthunder: (ϟ 183)

[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-21 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Some of it was mandated.

[A wry grin.]

So we were all forced to for a while. Cassius in particular went on to do a tour of ramen stalls....

[And he makes a face.]

He ate so much he was forced on a diet.
Edited 2023-03-21 02:36 (UTC)
neunkugeln: (015)

[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Mandated vacations... She supposes that's the only way to make some of them take those vacations. Especially if everything had been in tatters after all of that, and she's about to say as much when...

...

....?

Ilsa balks at him.]


You mean that he ate so much that he got chubby?
flamekthunder: (ϟ 240)

[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-21 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Uuugggh please don't remind him... He just rubs his temple at the memory.]

Round as the moon... I had nightmares for a while he was so huge...
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[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[...

....

Round as the moon...

Ilsa tries to picture the image in her head, and honestly...? She can't at first, but the longer she stares at Eustace, the clearer it becomes... until it does turn into nightmare fuel.....

.....

But after several moments, Ilsa bursts out into laughter beside him instead. She laughs and laughs and laughs, so much that the swing rocks and she has to set her drink down before she spills it.

Sorry, Eustace. Give her a moment...]
flamekthunder: (ϟ 035)

[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-21 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He's still trying to purge that memory from his brain now that it's resurfaced when he suddenly hears Ilsa laugh. It takes him a little by surprise as he turns to stare at her... And then stare at her even more with how hard she's laughing.

What in the world—]
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[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just a little more...

Her laughter does die down eventually into smaller, more winded giggles as she tries to catch her breath, and she wipes a finger against the tears that had formed in the corners of her eyes.

It isn't just the image that his explanation conjured, but—]


It was so awful that you had nightmares about it?
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[personal profile] dancinglight 2023-03-21 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[She simply listened to him speak, watching as the guitar made it back into his hands somehow. She tried to keep a straight face, but eventually let out a light, hearty laugh in response. Looks like the culpret had already fleed the scene.]

Maybe I wasn't the star of the show after all? It seems like they want to here more.

[No, she's not holding back chuckles behind her hand. Okay, maybe she is.]
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[personal profile] dancinglight 2023-03-21 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tsubaki couldn't blame her for that. It was an odd shift of events.]

Twelve help me... I often hear that myself. There was too much going on back home to take a break. It's not easy when everyone wants you to help them with everything. Taking it easy is not as easy as it seems.
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[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2023-03-21 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, we are in a world with fairies now. Someone might be!

( but not her. a mind would be a terrible thing to read as an idol anyways. )

Hm... In my city, it's not uncommon for musicians to just pick a place on the street and start performing, honestly. My city is full of music for this reason!
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[personal profile] cheerfuldays 2023-03-21 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. In fact...

( shizuku points to the daffodils claude is growing. )

Daffodils primarily represent new beginnings and rebirth, but they can also mean respect or unrequited love. Other meanings will vary culture to culture, however.
flamekthunder: (ϟ 240)

[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-21 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Just something of a disgruntled look.]

You should have seen him. [Well. She will but that's besides the point.] He was like this—

[Gesturing with his hands just how...rotund Cassius became.]

And it was all from ramen, Ilsa. Ramen. He just kept eating and eating...

[...His memories or his nightmares who's to say.]
flamekthunder: (ϟ 183)

[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-21 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[....WHY.]

I have nothing to play.
neunkugeln: (060)

[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-21 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[She snorts out loud again, but this time, she lifts her hand to cover her mouth.]

And no one stopped him? You all just let him do that to himself?

[JUST HOW MUCH RAMEN DID THEY LET HIM EAT—]
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[personal profile] indolentaxe 2023-03-22 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Must be nice to be taller than 5'0". :T

Hilda, for her part, goes to the counter and chats up the fae barista a bit, all smiles and charm. It's clear that she's something of a regular, and a well-liked one at that.

After a bit she turns back to him, suddenly frosty again.]


What do you want?
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[personal profile] indolentaxe 2023-03-22 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly? I think we've earned it.

[Her tone is light and breezy, but the sentiment is uncharacteristically honest. Hilda's of a similar mind as Claude--the war and its aftermath have been taxing, mentally and physically and emotionally. Being here in this fairy wonderland, even with its occasional weirdness and requests for help, has been a welcomed break from it.]

Lucky you, missing out on the cold and snow. Not my thing, personally.
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[personal profile] flamekthunder 2023-03-22 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Isaac and I tried, but by the time I saw him he'd already gained weight.

[Ah. Now he's looking at her with narrowed eyes.]

You didn't help him, either. In fact you and girls were with him for a while and put makeup on him.

[Which, he's not actually going to judge because Cassius seemed to enjoy it as startling as it was to see. But he gained weight under her watch, too!!



With the way he's going about this one would think he was talking about their own child—]
neunkugeln: (051)

[personal profile] neunkugeln 2023-03-22 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Me!?

[She blinks, eyes wide in alarm, at him and she points to herself with such surprise that it jostles the swing a little.]

I bet it was Hellcat's idea. I find it hard to believe that I would have allowed it to get so far.

[She is the responsible mom!!!]
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[personal profile] dendrosprout 2023-03-22 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Collei doesn't know how to play an instrument, Cyno! That's required for being a musician.

She nods in response to his question.]


They have. And now that you're here, I feel even better.

Have you met up with Master Tighnari yet?

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