fablecottage | TDM #2

fable test drive meme #2

// 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 magical creatures from all walks of life. 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, in order for their dragon overseer to reclaim his own magic and find his missing siblings. 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. Most of the village shops are currently closed due to the bad weather, so it seems like socialising with your neighbours might be your best shot at finding something to do.

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. Perhaps the board will urge you to find some fellow people who are in a similar situation as you. It seems that the monthly tasks are geared towards togetherness due to this being the month of love!

love is in the air

// an arrow through the heart

When the 14th of February rolls around in Fable, every creature across the realm seems to be full of love! The villages all across the realm have many loved-themed attractions for the occasion. There are Fae folk giving away cookies in the streets, mysterious Cherubs flying around with bows and arrows that might make you suspicious, and a general sense of happiness and warmth can be felt all around.

Of course, Valentine's day is for more than the love shared between romantic couples, though! All kinds of love are celebrated on this day - platonic love, familial love, romantic love, and every other kind in between. To celebrate this romantic holiday, the Fae have poofed some attractions up into Fable including an outdoor café, a magical carousel and an evening firework show! When the fireworks explode, they explode into hearts! Isn't that sweet?

// merry-go-round

In Fable's town square, a magical carousel has appeared! As you take a closer look, you notice that the wooden horses seem to be alive...?! If you stare and linger for too long, the Fae may pester you to go and ride it! If you succumb to the wishes of the Fae (or decide to ride it out of your own accord), everything will seem to be pretty normal to start. The horses move up and down while music plays, giving a pretty novel carousel ride experience.

Then, suddenly, the horse you are riding will turn around to look at you...!? And then say: "Seems the two of you are getting along just great! Now, we'll take you on a date!" Uh, what!? Before you can ask questions, you realise that the horse you are riding has detached from the carousel, and it is now taking you to a new location with the person next to you to set you up on a date! Both you and the person riding the horse adjacent to you will be taken on a fun date spot by both of these horses. It seems to be far out of Fable, too! The horses will take the two of you for a fun time out in Kanshi! Known for its famous flower gardens and pink foliage, it makes for a wonderful date spot. Once the carousel horses deliver you, they tell you they'll come and pick you up...! On one condition. The condition is that you must either play 20 questions, truth or dare, go out for a meal or make flower crowns for each other. Simply whistle to call the horses back afterwards. Have fun!

// complimentary candy

Care for some candy? Although, you're pretty sure these are cookies ... In any case, there are several fairies flying around Fable with trays filled with complimentary candies! Upon first glance, they just look like a regular plain heart, but once they're picked up, they will tell you something you really need to hear right now. Something to warm you from the inside out!

Once you consume one of these candies, you won't be able to resist complimenting other people as well. The more you eat, the more compliments you'll give!

Uh oh, there's trouble in the air ... Mischievous Faerie Cherubs may shoot you in the heart with an arrow today! You won't feel it, but the momentum of being struck might make you wobble a little.

Red arrows will give you strong feelings of lust. Oh, my. When did everyone here get so attractive...? You feel like you're on fire. Better go somewhere private if things get heated between you and another.

Yellow arrows will make you feel like sunshine today! If you're usually a grumpy grump, you find yourself filled with inexplicable joy. It's probably contagious!

Pink arrows will fill you with so much love for the people you care about. It's like the holiday spirit of Valentine's has hit you full force! You really want to do something to show someone you care about them.

White arrows will give you a case of the hiccups that can only be cured with a kiss! You know the cure, but nobody else does (unless they've been affected too.) What will you do?

viva festivale!

// a feather hunting festival!

After a fun time on the 14th, you feel as though the Fae must be all partied out by now during February. Surely they can't still be partying this month? Wrong! They certainly are! You awaken one morning to discover that music is playing in the distance. If you feel intrigued enough to go and investigate, you will notice multicolour paper decorations lining the streets along with lots of bunting.

Any questions you may have will be answered very swiftly when a peacock bursts out of nowhere, wildly shaking his feathers! "WELCOME TO FESTIVALE!" He says, and before you can open your mouth to speak, he continues:

"One and TWO! Three and FOUR! Your hips! They do not move! They do not hear the music! They do not DANCE! Dancing is not done with your feet, but with your HEART!"

You still don't follow.

"Your heart cannot DANCE while you are lonely! Therefore, you must complete my scavenger hunt to make some friends! You must team up to find the magical feathers I have hidden! Bring the feathers to me, I will reward you with furniture! And you will reward yourself with friendship!"

Okay, you think you get it now. After reading the peacock's directions presented on a wooden sign, you are given the opportunity to participate in a scavenger hunt! What's there to lose, especially if there are prizes to be won?

Each feather will appear when participating in a different activity!
The activity involves gathering a material and doing something fun together in Fable's locations!
The material seems to be relevant to the type of furniture you want, too ...

Red feathers can be found when collecting stardust in Qijue! In order to assist with this task, a little bit of magic will temporarily give you feathered wings! Once you have gathered stardust from the sky and swapped a meaningful story, a red feather will appear! This feather can be swapped for a random piece of star furniture and its DIY recipe!

Green feathers can be found while gathering glowing moss in Limerick! In order to assist with this task, a little bit of magic will temporarily transform you into a tiny fairy with a moss pouch! Once you have gathered moss and danced together, a green feather will appear! This feather can be swapped for a random piece of moss furniture and its DIY recipe!

Blue feathers can be found when diving for seashells in Villanelle! In order to assist with this task, a little bit of magic will temporarily transform you into a mermaid! Once you have gathered some pretty seashells and played two truths and a lie, a blue feather will appear! This feather can be swapped for a random piece of mermaid furniture and its DIY recipe!

Purple feathers can be found while gathering blossom petals in Kanshi! In order to assist with this task, a little bit of magic will temporarily give you fairy wings! Once you have filled a basket with petals and shared an ice cream, a purple feather will appear! This feather can be swapped for a random piece of cherry blossom furniture! and its DIY recipe!

Once you have hit 5 comments each in your thread (10 comments total), you will be eligible to redeem your furniture and recipe! This is to guarantee the prize in case threads get dropped or fall incomplete. Reply here to do so!

Welcome to Fable's second 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.
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There's a joke in Snezhnaya that you'll kiss anyone if you pull second shift as guard. Do you know why?

( Childe's eyes don't sparkle any longer because he lost that in the Abyss but his lips do tilt up in a smile and he wonders if Thoma will get remotely close to the answer or if he'll be so comically off that it'll make Childe laugh. )

Uhhhh...

[Thoma looks like he doesn't get it nor should he get it. Maybe he'll fathom a guess, because this definitely sounds like a military joke to him and he's hardly expecting to get the answer right.]

Is it because you'd have to be kissing someone's butt to take the late shift in a place as cold as that?

[HE'S SORRY CHILDE HE DOESN'T GET IT...]

Almost. It's because you'll kiss someone's ass to get out of it. I guess Inazuma doesn't have the same sense of humor. You'd think that a place full of youkai would know how to laugh. That's not too bad, though. I'll make you a soldier yet.

( Childe, for his part, is laughing a little and he motions his hand a bit toward Thoma to encourage him to tell him something amusing. )

Come on, tell me something funny and I'll tell you about how two Fatui wandered off post to pick berries.

[He's just going to smile and nod at the soldier thing...no no no he does not want to do that, he is perfectly happy cleaning and cooking and gardening. Sparring is fine, and heck fighting is fine when necessary but not as a solider-!]

You want to hear a joke? Well...I can't say I know too many, but how about story instead? I've got a good one.

[He smiles and sets his arms akimbo, only leaving the position to use his hands to speak.]

I was once wandering down the road towards Inazuma City, and I noticed a hawk diving at me suddenly. I had to use my spear to block it, but I accidentally hit it so it flipped right over the top of me and backwards right into a Tenryou Commission samurai that had been traveling back to the city not too far behind me. It must of hit him because I heard him cry out in surprise, and he ran up to me to stop me. I asked him if he was okay, and thankfully he said yes, but he was going to make a formal complaint about me! When I asked why, all he said was...

[Thoma pauses only briefly, for dramatic effect:]

Well, you flipped me the bird.

[He grins at the Harbinger. Ah? Get it???]

( Childe laughs harder than he's laughed in a long while and it takes a few moments before he can breathe again. He can see the whole thing taking place right down to the bird and the stiff-faced samurai of the Tenryou Commission. Maybe they do understand jokes in Inazuma. )

I don't know if I can outdo that one but one time, two Fatui had a camp set up right near the Chasm in Liyue. Well, I guess they'd eaten through their rations or were just bored or something because they both go off to pick berries and when they come back there's a fire in the camp, two hilichurls, and their superior asking for a report. Know what they did?

( Childe waits a moment for effect. )

They gave a report...on the quality of the berries.

[He's very pleased to get such a good laugh out of Childe, having to fight it to stop himself from laughing along. Listening to his companion tell his, he wonders if this story is half true- hilichurls tend to take over people's camps if left alone...]

Oh, goodness. I can see why you have your hands so full as a Harbinger...

[He responds with a smile, amused at the idea of two Fatui soldiers being that dumb. He can see why Childe's amused with it.]

But, I have to come clean with you. My "story" was really just a set up for that final punchline. That didn't actually happen to me, and you can modify it any way you want to make it fit when you tell it. You just have to make it sound believable until the end, hehe.

I've been cheated. I told you something that absolutely happened, Thoma, and you told me something that didn't even happen at all. They say we're the ones who lie. I'll report you to your superior.

( Childe wraps his arm around his middle and laughs, obviously amused by it. It is a truly funny game, poking at someone like Thoma, but only if done in small doses. )

Of course, if you want to work out something between us there's no need to report you to...whatever commission it would be. Does Inazuman law even apply here?

I'm pretty sure it doesn't.

[He gives Childe a wink, but please friend, do not think that means you can break the law here too-!]

Besides, I'm pretty in with Ms. Kamisato, so I'll be able to dodge any rebuke that might come my way, hehe. [His hand comes up to his chin while he thinks.]

But, I guess you're right though- I did tell a little fib, so I'll have to make it up to you. How about I treat you to dinner sometime? I could show you around a little bit so you're more familiar with the place.

That sounds like a completely fair trade. Do I get to ask for the dinner any time I want or do we have to set a date and time?

( More teasing, if only because it's fun to tease Thoma. It's all good-natured ribbing and not the sort of wordplay when you're dancing on the edge of a knife and trying to assert a position of dominance over the other. He can do the latter easily enough but being able to just be himself for a little while is nice too. )

I wouldn't want to interrupt your busy schedule with Miss Kamisato.

Hehe, well, our schedules aren't quite so jam-packed like they used to be, if you remember.

[And honestly, that's been nice. Nicer than even he expected, in more ways than one. Thoma hopes that Childe gets to enjoy his time off from Fatui work as well- when he was in Inazuma, he genuinely seemed like an alright guy rather than the dark, frightening and dangerous Fatui that the organization has managed to make for themselves.]

So anytime would work for me! Though...now that I think about it, this is starting to sound more and more like we're about to get another task on the bulletin board done.

[Go on a date.]

Look at us, crossing things off lists that we didn't even intend to indulge. I think I'm making you a soldier and you're making me a commissioner attaché. I guess we can teach one another new tricks after all.

( Maybe he can treat this place as a holiday away from the Fatui - except that he has to keep his eyes open and his ears sharp. If something happens that he needs to report back to his superiors, he needs to remember it, but he doubts Thoma has anything of interest to the Harbingers. He can just talk to him man to man. )

Hehe, I guess so. C'mon, what's stopping us from going somewhere to eat and catching up now? Even if it's a "date", that doesn't mean we have to treat it like something romantic.

[Nothing wrong with hanging out with the homies right?]

It's not like we have much to do anymore. Even I'm finding that I've got a whole bunch of free time nowadays.

You know, that's a fair point. A date is simply two people meeting one another to do something. You don't necessarily have to be romantic with one another.

( Childe is more than willing to accept that definition of it because Thoma is, unlike most people, actually interesting to him and not because of his connections. He's genuinely just fun to talk to. )

You could show me around a little more on the way?

I'd be more than happy to! C'mon, let's go. There's a particular place I've enjoyed since I got here...

[Thoma will lead Childe off into the village for food, who knows what trouble awaits him in his future...]

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