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π–˜π–†π–‘π–™π–‡π–šπ–—π–“π–™ π–’π–”π–‰π–˜. ([personal profile] saltburntmods) wrote in [community profile] draino2025-01-04 08:00 am
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π“π‡πˆπ’ πˆπ’ 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 β–£ JAN TDM





JANUARY 2025 TDM: IMMORTALITY


Welcome to SALTBURNT, a panfandom smut/thriller game based off the film Saltburn, where characters are encouraged to indulge their deepest desires. The money never runs out and the liquor never stops pouring, so you may as well indulge from the bounty. Of course, things are rarely what they seem, and the manor itself seems to have a consciousness of its own. Throw parties, trash the house, engage in youthful merriment, but remember β€” dangers come out at night, and no one, no matter how rich you are, is safe from demons lurking in the shadows.

Threads can be considered game canon, provided the players agree. Players can also start fresh upon acceptance into the game. In game characters can post to the TDM directly, using Β« NEW CHARACTER/IN GAMEΒ» in the header. There will be a spot below for new characters to link their toplevels for easy access. Alternatively, prompts on the Test Drive can be used for in game logs.







WELCOME TO SALTBURNT


It's the hangover more than the light streaming in through half drawn curtains that wakes you up, your brain rattling in your skull, your mouth dry and cottony, your stomach churning with whatever it is you drank last night. If self preservation is your strong suit, you might turn over in bed and see a few painkillers laid out for you on a silver dish, accompanied by a glass of water. If it isn’t, stay in bed and wallow β€” eventually a maid will be in to tear your curtains open, saying, "Breakfast is served," and scurrying out quietly, invisibly. Breakfast? Maybe it’s normal for you. Maybe it isn’t.

You're drawn from the room, either by the mystery, or an undefinable urge that could be supernatural in origin, or could be your hunger catching up to you. It's almost nostalgic, the walk to the dining room β€” have you been here before? Were you drawn up to this estate in a car? Haven’t you done all this already? Maybe you mosey around a library, maybe you run into your suite mate in your adjoining bathroom. Regardless, seemingly all hallways, covered in priceless artworks and ancient relics from times long past, lead to the dining room, where a comically long table houses the Balfours and their many guests, some who seem just as disgruntled and confused as you. No matter. "Breakfast will be out in a minute," they say. What's that?

EDIT SEPTEMBER 2024: For those who have attended breakfast with the Balfours before, a change in routine might come as a shock, given how rarely they stray from form. However, as of September, the menu has been redone by some guests in the manor. In place of the self-serve style breakfast, there is an elevated menu, including: a self-serve juice bar, with pitchers of various juiced fruit and vegetables, shaved ice, coconut water, green and black tea syrups, potted microherbs, sliced whole berries, and finger limes. There is also, naturally, liquor and champagne available. Guests can make their own drinks, or ask the allocated staff member to serve them one of the "specials" if they're feeling adventurous.

That said, these are world class chefs, so the gold is really in the menu:
THE EGGS

𝐓𝐇𝐄 π‰πŽππ“π˜: one runny boiled egg shelled and recoated in edible gold leaf, seated on a throne of fried bread soldiers, plated with whipped butter and italian parsley.
𝐄𝐆𝐆𝐒 ππ„ππ„πƒπˆπ‚π“: vinegar poached eggs with hollandaise foam on a bed of toasted freekah and baby spinach.
𝐄𝐆𝐆𝐒 π’π‡π€πŠπ€π’π‡πŽπ”πŠπ€: two eggs poached in a ramekin of pureed tomato, served with a crispy grilled cheese cut to dip.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 π’π˜πƒππ„π˜: french omelette with a light cheese filling, topped with crushed potato chips and chives.
πŽπ„π”π…π’ ππ‘πŽπ”πˆπ‹π‹π„π’: fluffy scrambled eggs in brown butter, served on sourdough.
π’ππ€ππˆπ’π‡ 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓: mini-quiche made with caramelized red onions and jamon pata negra ham.
𝐄𝐆𝐆 πŒπ‚π’π€ππƒπ–πˆπ‚π‡: bacon, egg, cheese and sausage breakfast muffin that tastes weirdly like it was made at a popular chain with golden arches.

THE SWEETS

❖ momofuku's "cereal milk" ❖
❖ fette biscottate with a sour cherry jam and peanut floss ❖
❖ a warm cinnamon bun served with a shot of espresso coffee for dipping ❖
❖ a macadamia-marzipan croissant with a wattleseed and burnt-honey filling ❖
❖ poffertjes with a liquid nutella injection ❖


If you want to leave, you’ll have to tell Giles, the housekeeper, who will arrange a car for you that mysteriously, or perhaps suspiciously, never arrives. Unfortunately, confronting Giles about it is near impossible, as he’s as good at being invisible as the rest of the house staff. Of course, there’s no reason why you can’t just walk out. The front gates are easy enough to jump over, even if the walk towards them gives you a strange sense of foreboding, or just outright discomfort, as if the ground itself doesn’t want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they can’t make the jump, no matter how physically able, or desperately wanting. Still, a strong person could continue on, over the fence and into the lush English countryside. The feeling doesn’t dissipate, though β€” this sense of wrongness, almost sickness, like a weight on your back. Walk into the evergreen, carry on, but the strongest will make it perhaps a mile or so before the weight of dread and paranoia brings you to your knees, and then to your face, flat in the middle of a dirt road. What were you thinking? Is this really better?

Wake up with a hangover, in a bed, the curtains drawn, the maid saying, "Breakfast is served," before scurrying out. The painkillers are there, just like you remember. In fact, it’s all exactly how you remember, as if you never left an imprint the first time, or any mess you made was cleared away while your back was turned. Walk to the dining room, find everyone there eating away at their breakfast.

"We dress for dinner," says Portia, with a kind, if discerning smile. "Black tie."




8-BALL

CONTENT WARNINGS: drugs, nsfw.

In all 700 (and change!) years of Saltburnt's existence, never has the new year been rung in with anything less than a bang. Similarly, the manor is a bustle of activity in the post-Christmas week, setting up predominately in and around the Operating Theatre. Formally, all guests are welcomed to celebrate on the 31st of December leading into the new year by a fancy, handwritten invitation, delivered individually by Giles. BLACK TIE, the invite says. LET'S MAKE IT A GOOD YEAR, DAWG.

Upon arrival, it's plain to see the Operating Theatre has gotten a glow up since last visited. The amphitheater stairs serve as a dramatic entrance to walk through, the main floor usually designed for holding cadavers for dissection instead replaced with a dance floor. Everything is black, white, and as silver as surgery tools, the room seemingly a great deal larger than when it was last observed β€”Β though, maybe that's your eyes playing tricks on you. Don't worry about it!

Celebrate instead, ringing in the new year with loud, Eurodance music and American rock, bodies dancing together for one last hurrah of 2006. In true Saltburnt fashion, there's a snack spread on the organized operating tables β€”Β Vietnamese spring rolls, glass noodles, Prosecco jello shots to go with the tall flutes of champagne passed around on silver plates. Additionally, there are some silver platters circling the venue full of tall mounds of white, powdery cocaine, already spliced into lines for convenience. The name of the game is indulgence, as ever, getting one's worst habits out of the way to make room for better, healthier choices in the new year.

For the last hour of the year, a mock time ball in the shape of an magic 8-ball is set up in the center of the room, slowly inching up as time ticks down. At 11:59, the ball reaches its zenith, much more rapidly moving the other way as the countdown starts. Once the countdown drops to the 10s, everyone in the room is pairing up in couples (or trios?) to kiss at the strike of midnight, loudly chanting the last five numbers in chanting succession, 3, 2, 1, and happy new year!

Several things happen at once, following your kiss, or the strike of midnight if you're more of a lone wolf. Firstly, everyone's clothes disappear, left completely naked in the theatre. Any fabric they might think to dress themselves in will miraculously disappear once they put it on, and any attempts to escape the room are likewise barred, doors unopenable for the time being. At the same time, the 8-ball which reached the bottom of its stand rolls over, presenting its windowed side to all who look upon it β€”Β and all who look upon it will see one of 20 different instructions.

For a fun game, roll a d20 and see what you get!



































Naturally, the doors only permit you to leave after achieving whatever challenge the 8-ball gave you, where you can run nakedly back to your room and find some clothes, saying goodnight to a wonderful year. Any and all party poopers uninterested in taking part will be let go an hour or so post midnight β€”Β approximately when it stops being funny.






NEW YEAR, NEW ME


CONTENT WARNINGS: homophobia, misogyny, implied grooming, cultural insensitivity.

New year is a time for new beginnings, and it's no surprise that many resolutions involve the bettering of one's self. Exercise and eating healthy are all usual suspects, but what if you could take a little something that did it all for you, effort-free? New Years Resolutions the easy way β€”Β try ReSculpt, an organic supplement using exotic kinds of sea kelp, as provided by Portia's personal life coach SHAMAN LEAF, for making a better you. Fat melts away and wrinkles smooth out, complexions clear and muscles strengthen, all with the help of this miraculous product! Simply apply the topical ointment on yourself, and watch a new and improved you emerge β€” even those of you who wouldn't choose it willingly can take part, as it's stocked in every bathroom, in the shape of an ordinary lotion bottle.

Of course, it doesn't only effect your looks. The road to a better you requires a full makeover, changing you from the inside out. Be the son your father always wanted, or the wife your husband deserves β€” become a better partner, a better housewife, a better soldier, a better friend. Whatever any of that means to you, whether changing your style or the people you're attracted to, this magical lotion seems to clear it up and straighten you out, turn you into a true, decent member of polite upperclass society. Even Portia in the days following New Years appears younger, nearly like a girl in her teens thanks to the power of ReSculpt. On your journey to self-improvement, you might feel inclined to sign up for Shaman Leaf's 12-step guide to proper English behaviors, including lessons in etiquette, fine dining, lovemaking with respectful hands-on accompaniment, and a suggested sizable donation on towards Shaman Leaf's travel fund. All of it concludes in a graduation for the enlistees in the form of a debutante ball.

Not to worry if you didn't take the course β€” all are welcome to witness the caterpillar become the butterfly in this re-introduction to society in one of Saltburnt's many exemplary ballrooms. As opposed to the more carefree party that welcomed in the year, the debutante ball is steeped in the premeditated societal structures of an aristocratic family, everything proper and regal by design, complete with huge, expensive dresses and expertly tailored, starch-collared suits. Luckily, ReSculpt will see to everyone conforming to the expectations of society, without complaint. Unluckily, the side effects seem to kick in at the debutante ball.

Step one: paranoia. Is this who you really are? What happened to the person you were a few days ago? Where did everything that made you who you are go? Dread creeps in, a discordant note, a cold breeze. Step two: touch repulsion. The dances at the ball are all respectful, leaving plenty of room for Jesus, flirty little wrist touches and soft, careful hands β€” and you're disgusted by wanting more, confused by it. Consumed by it? Scared of it. The sick touch of skin on skin is as offensive as it is arousing, like gripping ice cubes in your hand and flinching at the numbing, burning pain. Step three: hallucinations. You turn in a dance and the hand that slips into yours is more bone than flesh. The ballroom itself seems to grow more decayed than decadent, ghosts and horrifying faces spliced between the crowd, all looking at you, angry and disturbed. Is that face looking back at you your own? Can your friends tell you from a doppelgΓ€nger? Who even are you anymore?

And finally, step four: rehab. As it turns out, Shaman Leaf is not actually a good guy. That is, he's not a guy at all but a pΓΊca, here to unleash a humble amount of chaos and then quickly skedaddle while the iron's still hot, escaping with mischievous shapeshifting behaviors through the closest door, galloping to the forest. Though his exit from the premises doesn't clear up the effects of ReSculpt, it's nothing a little week spent very fashionably in rehab can't clear up. Going cold turkey is the only way to remove it from your system β€” and you do want to remove it from your system. A depleting supply will force you into withdrawals regardless, in the form of continued paranoia and hallucinations, acting hot and cold with touch, alternating between your true self and ReSculpt self, fevers, nosebleeds, puking, and blacking out. A good detox for the new year.



DIRECTORY


sink: (pic#)

[personal profile] sink 2025-01-07 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Silco isn't put off by the rambling; he did just watch this man do drugs, after all. He's a little tense beneath the touch of that hand, however, and deeply skeptical at being called sexy: he's short, scarred, and old, and that's just for starters.

Most of his approach was to finally meet Iggy in person instead of just stalking him and sending servants to his room. He now completely regrets it, and for that reason, as well as the insulting pity of "peer pressured", he shrugs off the hand, goes over to the party favours of cocaine, and after briefly studying the clean straw provided, snorts a line.

He shocks upright immediately, sniffing, his good eye watering as the pupil dilates amidst the fire of his other eye. It isn't unlike Shimmer, which he injects into his eyeball but always seems to flood his sinuses regardless. A full body shake-shudder, an indrawn breath, steadying himself. Mouth pursed as he waits for the effects.

"If I do die," he says consideringly, "I have no doubt my daughter will kill you." Sorry in advance.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-07 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Iggy's barometer for 'sexy' is admittedly pretty odd. Sure, he appreciates the taut flesh that's frequently on display around the manor (there's a bunch of gorgeous immortal vampires walking around for crying out loud) but the thing Iggy really appreciates above else are people who have a uniqueness to them. Silco's harsh angles are beautiful to him, aesthetically.

But he wasn't asked to explain, and would do so poorly even if he were.

He watches, then whoops with joy. Laughing silently he sidles closer.

"Yeah? That's cool. Is she here? Will it hurt? If I die, I bequeath all my stuff to my bestie, Cellar. She'll know what to do with it."

He beams again, just as happy as can be. "But you're not gonna die I bet. You look fine! It's great, right? Like your brain turns all the way on. Oh, some people get horny. So don't be alarmed by that."
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[personal profile] sink 2025-01-08 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
He's so much. Silco elects not to answer any of those questions, focusing instead on the surge of power in him. He feels strong, and smart, and yes, like perhaps it would be fun to fuck around.

Physically, he's gone all still and alert. Gives a baring of is rabbity upper teeth that is perhaps supposed to be a smile, or a snarl, and he zeroes in on Iggy. "Are you one of those people?"
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-08 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Iggy looks at Silco curiously. Shit, maybe he is about to drop dead. But then he smiles (?) and Iggy relaxes. As much as he's able to with how much coke he's done, anyway.

"Oh yeah," he enthuses. "It's part of the appeal! Not that I really need help in that department - I'm a very sexual person. Sensual, too. I think it's my Libra rising. I just like things to feel good, you know? That's why, uhm."

The briefest pause to sniffle.

"That's why it was so nice to get a spa day. Although everyone likes a spa day. We should have more. But, yeah, I like to be touched."

A far more impish smile spreads across his face. "You can touch me if you want to."
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[personal profile] sink 2025-01-09 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Silco does want to, which is terrible. He's takes a step forward, and then another, backing Iggy up like a tango, hands coming to press flat on his chest.

"I told you," he says smoothly, "I don't know what you're talking about." Silco has never done anything nice for someone in his life β€” well, not unless it was necessary to reach something he wanted.

He pushes Iggy back into a wall and peers up at him, eye gleaming. Acknowledging the spa day would mean acknowledging how much the Secret Santa gift meant to him, when it was just β€” socks and cologne from a stranger, nothing personal. So they're done talking about that, and instead Silco slides his hands over Iggy's chest and down to bracket his hips. "Do you often through yourself at nasty older men?" he asks, a smile in his voice that isn't on his lips.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-09 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Iggy backs up, but he looks very pleased to do so.

"Right, sorry," he says. He's not fooled, but he's willing to play along if that's what Silco wants.

His back thumps gently against the wall. Iggy looks down at that unnatural eye and thinks that it's really quite lovely in an unsettling sort of way.

His grin is puckish even as he casts his gaze demurely downward.

"Yeah, but with you I mean it," he says. He lifts his hands and places them gently on Silco's shoulders before sliding them to his back, inviting him closer. Iggy leans down to brush his lips over his throat.

"I like nasty."
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[personal profile] sink 2025-01-10 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Silco wanders his hands over the planes of Iggy's pretty, skinny body some more, exactly the type of man he'd seek out in those depths of Zaun places that are somewhere between a brothel and a dive bar, on only the very loneliest of nights.

He doesn't believe it for a second, of course. With you I mean it whispered in every man's ear, he knows exactly the type. It doesn't bother him to be lied to, not when he's this coked up.

He tips his chin welcomingly, allowing Iggy's exploratory nuzzles right up until he doesn't, and catches the side of his face to pull him into a kiss. Pairs it with a drop of his other hand, directly between Iggy's legs to squeeze interestedly.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-10 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Such decisive action from the wiry man isn't unexpected - Iggy's starting to get an impression of Silco and is not unlike that of a few high pressure businessman he's been with. Those men, he's found, are either very explicit in their control, or they want to be absolutely humiliated. Iggy is betting on the former here.

He kisses back, lips parting readily. Whatever else he might be thinking, he's genuinely horny. And considering his life so far in the manor, making out with an intense older man at a party is one of the more normal things he's gotten up to. It's nice.

He rocks his hips forward, pressing himself against Silco's hand. A few slow grinds and his dick stirs awake. His hands grip Silco's back as he tries to map the inside of his mouth with his tongue.

When he pulls his face back his lips are red and his colour high. He grins again.

"Yeah?"
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[personal profile] sink 2025-01-11 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Technically Iggy isn't wrong; Silco swings both ways when it comes to control, but — as with the high pressure businessmen Iggy has encountered — he has little interest in giving up control to a stranger unless it's structured transaction. Since Iggy isn't on the clock, as it were, just a pretty young man responding sweetly to Silco's aggressive touch, he's getting the other side of that coin.

"You like that." Not a question; the answer is right there being pushed into his palm, and Silco doesn't stop feeling out the outline of it, pleased. "Good."

His pupils are dilated, the one on the left a fiery orange but just as fixed on Iggy's blushing face. Just how horny does cocaine make a man? He plans to find out; he has no intention of letting Iggy touch him, or really of doing more in public than this, working him up firmly with his back against the wall.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-11 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like you." This isn't a lie, although Iggy knows it's not something anyone takes seriously when he says it. He slips a hand up Silco's back to trace a finger along the line of his shoulder, neck, and then to try and do the same to the sharp edge of his cheek.

The thing about doing massive amounts of cocaine is that getting turned on isn't the problem - it's getting off. Iggy is well aware of this, having had quite the hungry nose back home, but Silco might be working at his dick longer than expected.

Iggy's stance widens, trying to welcome Silco closer still. His hips lift and fall, and he wraps his arms around Silco's neck and tugs, licking his way back into his mouth, wishing to breathe him in, to consume and to be consumed. Every nerve in his body feels alert and sensual at the same time.

"You can do anything," he says when he breaks to breathe.
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[personal profile] sink 2025-01-16 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a lot to be given all at once, and Silco stills, turns his face and nips the palm that's cupping his cheek. "Concerning," he says. They're in public, they barely known each other, and they're both on drugs. Though he doesn't take his hand of Iggy's cock, so. Maybe not as concerning as his tone implies.
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[personal profile] dead_tongue 2025-01-16 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Iggy blinks, pupils still huge.

"Why is that concerning?" he asks with genuine puzzlement.