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MARCH 2025 TDM: RENEWAL


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 โ€” 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 ยซ NEW CHARACTER/IN GAMEยป 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 (THE REMIX)


CONTENT WARNINGS: drugs.

For once, it's not the pounding hangover that stirs you awake. Oh, it's still there, like little shards of glass being shoved through your skull — but your dry, cottony mouth should be the least of your concerns. When you turn over, it's clear that the glitz and glamor of your room has been ... well, neglected, as of late. The sheets are musty, the furniture covered in layers of dust that sets your nose off, the nightstand decorated with a glass of stale water growing a new bacteria culture. If you're looking for room service to cure your headache, you'll have look elsewhere for painkillers โ€” the maid has very generously left you a more traditional form of medicine. A neat little bag of white powder rests at your bedside, for those that need a little extra pep in their step. Don't say the help never did anything for you.

Unfortunately, that's where the perks of your accommodations begin and end. If you thought you had the room all to yourself, think again. Maybe it's a stranger snuggled up to you in bed that first clues you in. Or maybe it's the mattresses laid out on the floor, sleepover style. Complaining to the maid that enters won't get you very far. "We apologize for the inconvenience," she says, clearly a rehearsed script she's had practice delivering. "We're in the middle of repairs. Guests will have to share four to a room." Ask her again, and mumbles out a mousy apology, before scurrying away. Guess you'll have to rock-paper-scissors to see who gets to claim the bed.

Eventually, your curiosity or hunger (or anger) wins out. Entering the corridor, "repairs" suddenly seems like an understatement. A putrid scent sits in the air, maids scrubbing at bits of guts stuck into the carpet like chewing gum. No one looks up from the frantic cleaning as you stroll down the corridors where you might find yourself ending up in the twists and turns of rooms, lost in what they offer. Regardless, seemingly all hallways, covered in priceless artworks that have been ripped from the wall and ancient artifacts knocked down from their rightful places, lead to the dining room in all of its cobwebbed disrepair.

There, Giles ushers guests onto the lawn. "Breakfast will be served outside today," he says, tight lines around his mouth. Traditional gingham blankets have been sprawled out on the lawn, protecting your legs from the thin layer of snowmelt still on the ground, as you're nudged together and urged to share amongst yourselves. Open up the wicker basket to a strange assortment scrounged together last minute by the kitchens: champagne before noon, lobster salad sandwiches, fruit cakes, artisanal cheeses, apples that look questionably rotten, and old Valentine's Day chocolates in plasticky heart boxes to polish it off. Do those taste spiked to you? It's a good thing it's still a crisp day to cool you off, once you start feeling a little warmer under the collar.

For those of you attempting your daring escapes, 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 doesnโ€™t want you to leave. Those more sensitive or fragile might find they canโ€™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 doesnโ€™t dissipate, though โ€” 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 cocaine is there, just like you remember. The strangers in your room are there, just like you remember. In fact, itโ€™s all exactly how you remember, as if you never left an imprint the first time. Walk to the estate lawns, and find everyone there eating away at their breakfast.

Welcome to Saltburnt, esteemed guests. Enjoy your treats while they last.




CUPID'S ARROW STRUCK ME

CONTENT WARNINGS: possible sex, violence, a/b/o themes (pheromones, mating, heat/rut), breeding, body transformation/body horror, aphrodisiacs.

They say all is fair in love and war, but making war instead of love is a tiresome sport. While the help mops blood from the floorboards, the Balfours have kindly arranged for a (very belated!) Lupercalia celebration. What better way to distract yourself from your pesky mortality, if not with the life-giving act of sex? Just ask the Ancient Romans.

For those guests who like to watch (we see you, voyeurs), the lawn's knolls offer a perfect viewing. There, you can participate in a hunt of a more innocent sort. Sprinkled throughout the lawn, hidden in flower pots and tree alcoves, are brightly colored plastic eggs. Pop them open, and you'll find hidden trinkets inside. Those lucky enough might win a new pair of Tiffany's diamonds; some, to your annoyance, explode in your face with glitter and confetti. Others contain chalky conversation hearts, stamped with their own sayings. Some lean more innocent, but there's no mistaking the X-Rated hearts in the bunch.

Whether yours are PG or NC-17, they share one thing in common: you're compelled by the spirit of whatever heart you munch on, whether it be embodying its mood or acting out its instructions with a partner.

For those guests who are a little more daring (helped along by the chocolates that might have you feeling bolder than normal), Jonty has agreed to lend his expertise to leading a hunt — of sorts. With his expert knowledge on nature, HALSIN has been appointed to lead the charge alongside him, calmly watching over those who take an interest in signing up. By the edge of the forest, volunteers are divided into various groups and given all they need to transform. Masked hunters browse through an assortment of flogs, bindings, collars, leashes, and riding crops for the pleasure (or pain) of their captured prey. As for guests who draw the short end of the stick? You're the prized catch of the day. You best run, rabbit, and hope the wolves don't catch your scent.

PREY is, at least, given the mercy of a head start — we're not complete animals, here. Stripped naked and vulnerable, with only a mask to protect you, the only goal on your mind is to outlast the hunters. It's all in good fun, at first. Women and men alike are dragged laughing and kicking by their ankles, a reward for their captor to do with as they please. Eventually, the thrill in your stomach turns to dread, and the dread turns into a cramping ache that leaves you gasping on the forest floor, unbearable pain wrenching through your insides. For a horrifying moment, you're certain your bones are going to split apart from your flesh. You burn and burn and burn with no relief, caught between your desire to run and your need to fill the emptiness within you.

HUNTERS aren't immune, either. There's something animal within you, clawing for escape. Instincts overtake all sense and logic, leaving behind the natural, predatory drive to claim. Participants gradually lose themselves in their roles, reduced to nothing more than a mess of base instincts. Your fellow hunters, perhaps once friends, are nothing more than competition to you now; you snap, violent and territorial, at any who cross your path. Your senses grow stronger, scenting the sweetness of your prey on the wind, single-mindedly chasing their trail.

Think that's the worst of it? Think again. You might become so absorbed in your role that your body follows suit, transforming before your very eyes. Furry ears sprout, tails emerge, fangs descend, claws sharpen, mating glands throb in your throat beg for attention, your anatomy grows new changes to accommodate your fun, compatible mates smell especially enticing — all determined by the mask you don, now trapped in your new form.

Happy hunting, dearests. Don't let your prey be the one who got away. You never know who might get to them first.






A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME


CONTENT WARNINGS: nsfw (exhibitionism, ritual sex, orgy), dubious consent via magical compulsion.

After a debauched weekend, the Balfours eventually get sick of cleaning cum and blood off of their expensive Tuscan curtains courtesy of their guests' constant animal urges, and search for a solution. It starts with a magic pull in the pit of your stomach one night, guiding you further into the woods, back to where it all began. The further you step into the darkened forest, the more that feeling unspools, until you find yourself at the base of an altar. Branches and flowers decorate its sides, but it's the whorling sigils that draw your eye. To even the most educated eye, they're indiscernible, like nothing you've ever seen — yet they seem to soothe you, as if you know this is where you were meant to be.

Gentle hands from servants shed your clothing. The night air is a balm on your overheated skin as countless hands paint the same symbols ritualistically over your stomach, your chest, your neck, imbuing you with a sudden overwhelming burst of ... something. Something ancient and powerful, a vessel for magic growing root in your belly. Regardless of gender, they name you LORD or MAIDEN as they step aside to form a holy circle, watching you with reverent stares.

As a Lord, you don't know how you know, but you're aware you must choose your Maiden from the crowd. Maybe it's your mate, if you've taken one; maybe it's a stranger, inexplicably calling to you. But the magic leads you to them, unable to deny the call, as you bed them on the altar for all to see. Others around you do the same, pairing off or joining couples with wandering hands, smudging lines of paint in their ecstasy. Upon completing the rite with your chosen (or several chosens), magic releases itself into the land like a ripple, urging on the fertile beginnings of springtime. Trees sprout full leaves. Rose bushes come into full bloom. Those who suffered transformations come back to themselves, losing all of their animal features, and regaining their minds.

To fully embrace the season's change, you're invited to the lakeside festivities that follow. Several fires flicker warmly, dancers in various states of undress beckoning you to join them as they twirl themselves around. Some call for you to leap over the flames, showing you how it's done with a bit of drunken grace. All guests are urged to "purify" themselves in the spirit of rebirth, starting with your fears and hang-ups and rancid vibes. Choose a sentimental item to sacrifice, and release yourself from the bad memories attached, by feeding it to the flames. Or pen those letters you can't bring yourself to send, pouring out those emotions you've kept inside, and watch the pages burn away the baggage they contain.

Be careful with them, however — those letters are delivered to rooms the very next day, airing out your dirty laundry to their intended (or unintended, oops) recipient. You might even find they've been left in very public view, carelessly strewn onto the dining table or hung up in the corridors, for anyone to read. Those text drafts you also never meant to see the light of day? Fired off to the person you thought better of sending them to. Did you mean for those to stay private? Too bad, so sad. Part of purification is making amends with yourself and your loved ones, so get to it if you want to clean your dirty soul.

More of a "wash that guy right out of your hair" kind of person? Come join the communal bathing in the lake, where you're encouraged to give your neighbor a helpful hand. Is it just the moonlight, or do they look much more irresistibly beautiful? Whatever the case, pouring a palmful of water over each other seems to wash away old pains, whether physical or mental. Scars begin to fade as complexions become brighter. Your anxieties melt away until you can't remember ever having them. Festering grudges disappear. You are well and truly free for the night, unburdened by what came before. Nothing can hold you back.

If you're not looking to get your toes wet, you can participate in love fortune-telling at the seed planting and flower-making station. Individuals are paired off and led to a patch of garden where they can plant new life for the upcoming season, encouraged to write down their intentions and hopes for the upcoming spring, and share them by burying them alongside their seed. In another area, supplies have been left out to twine together your own flowering wreaths, which are then sent to float in the lake. Whoever picks up your wreath is rumored to be your soulmate, and if you didn't believe in them before — you do now. As if struck by Cupid's arrow, you fall head over heels for them, no matter how you felt about them before.

As you sip on tea and munch on sweet dumplings, be sure to make your final stop the Wishing Tree. Ribbons hang from its branches in delicate pastel colors, each of them bearing someone's desire. Blank scraps wait nearby, encouraging you to write and share your own. Who knows? It might just come true.



DIRECTORY


rakta: (pic#17423691)

[personal profile] rakta 2025-03-08 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lauralae enjoys the thrill of the run.

It feels the perfect balance between fear and pleasure, her body burning with need even as she feels the uncertainty that comes hand in hand with someone chasing her, someone wanting her, someone coming to claim her. It is animalistic, it is deadly, dangerous, and it makes her skin flush even as she forces herself to focus on the path in front of her. The forest is as familiar to her as the room she has claimed in the mansion, and she will not permit herself to falter.

Still, when she skids to a halt and sees a familiar figure, tall and attractive and more than she could express wanting, she feels like she might start panting. Marazhai is handsome, and strong, and it calls to her in a primal way she doesn't want to spend too long trying to put into words. Even as her instincts pull at her to keep running, her own desire has her wishing to bare her neck in submission.

He comes towards her, and she bares her fangs, as if it will stop him. ]


Cousin.

[ Her eyes are glued to him, dark with want and wild with the hunt. ]

Would you have abandoned the hunt if you knew?
agoniser: (pic#17515515)

i am SO sorry this took so long

[personal profile] agoniser 2025-03-18 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Itโ€™s a magnetism that heโ€™s never felt before, and itโ€™s strong enough that he doesnโ€™t question it or recoil from it like his normally well-ingrained instincts would demand. Itโ€™s easy to justify awayโ€”this place is simply like thisโ€”but itโ€™s not even that complicated. Itโ€™s as basic as how he would never leave other hunts unfinished for how they slaked his soulโ€™s hunger. Itโ€™s just a different hunger now.

And naturally, heโ€™s pleased to see her bare her teeth in response. ]


Hm? Would you want me to?

[ He tosses the question back to her as he steps in closer. Each step feels as careful and calculated as a dance, but heโ€™s measuring her reaction too. If she stands her ground, heโ€™ll close that distance quickly, and if she steps away, heโ€™ll direct her to back against a tree. Her focus is on him, as it should be, so perhaps sheโ€™ll miss it. ]
rakta: (pic#17423691)

DWWW

[personal profile] rakta 2025-03-18 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is no denying that the two of them are pulled to each other due to their kinship, even without the magic of this place aiding them; Lauralae likes him, even without the urge to touch him overwhelming her. She likes his height, the way he speaks, that he calls her cousin, that he accepts her - and she likes what they do with one another, likes how they can find excitement even if it leaves them aching once done.

Dark eyes examine him, drink him in, and she tilts her head, not quite turning her back to him. Not giving him the surrender he might want, despite the power she has to please and pain him, twinned. ]


No. I welcome you, you know this.

[ Even as he pushes her back, she watches him, her expression set, motionless, careful. When her back is to the tree, she tilts her head up to watch him, her fingers flexing with the urge to grab at him.

Her heart is racing. She wonders if he can hear it. ]


I know what pleases you.
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[personal profile] agoniser 2025-03-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ The answer pleases him, and it shows easily in his expression. Strange, sharp, and alien as he may be, Marazhai still isnโ€™t all that difficult to understand. Heโ€™s shamelessly honest, even if that comes with a darker edge than most. ]

That you do.

[ He purrs out the words, dark and low as their steps slow until her back is against the tree. His figure cuts off other ways to move as he steps in after her, just naturally imposing from the sheer difference in stature and the intensity he always seems to carry.

There is something more in his gaze, though. Itโ€™s a hunger thatโ€™s not quite the same as his bright-eyed enthusiasm for the usual pain she offers. It thrums through his veins impatiently, and he wars with the impulse to feastโ€ฆ But Lauralae is certainly one of the few thatโ€™s earned a piece of his rarely given respect.

Not that it presents itself typically, though. Especially not at the moment.

He grabs her waist as he leans in, not quite pulling her close so much as holding her in place. Even that touch feels correct in some strange way, and he hums out a low, thoughtful note to notice it. ]


I can feel the thrill of itโ€”the hunt. [ Itโ€™s not quite her heart racing, but close. The psychic equivalent, maybe. ] It burns hot through you just as it does me.
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[personal profile] rakta 2025-03-22 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The way he speaks, voice low, deep with the echo of their shared desire and his natural timbre makes her shiver, something flush running through her. Lauralae has always found such things attractive, has always wanted to bend to someone who could inspire such within her - the awe and fear of power, the desire to have more, the knowledge that she could be handled and moved. The mingling of fear mixed with the burn of desire that made her feel strangely untethered before now.

He is large and imposing, and she is small and slight, but she knows she could break away if she wanted to. She has her cursed hands, for all that he enjoys it, and she has her magic returned to her. If she was truly under threat, she could turn into a spider and disappear into the undergrowth, never to be seen again... But she is not under threat.

The pleasure burns at her.

Lauralae does not try to move from his grip, does not do anything but gaze at him, her tongue flicking out to lick her lips. She can almost taste the shared want in the air, and it makes her eyes flicker closed for a moment as she breathes in and out with sharp breaths. She could bare her fangs to him, threaten him with her bite, but she thinks he would enjoy that all the more. ]


It does. More than is usual.

[ She is a wild animal. ]

You have me caught, cousin. What will you do with me, now your hunt is won?
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[personal profile] agoniser 2025-03-30 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Though Marazhai has the same dark tastes as all his kin where heโ€™d find a thrill in someone shrinking away from him, itโ€™s much more alluring to him personally when they hold steadfast. Itโ€™s what had drawn him to the Rogue Trader, and itโ€™s a facet thatโ€™s not quite as rare in other species as heโ€™d assumed, if the residents here are anything to go by. So, his attention on her mouth, how her tongue flicks out teasingly.

It's the delightful, near dangerous tension between them. Both of them are strong, even if it presents in different ways. He has no doubts that she could get him to heel if he stepped over a line, butโ€ฆ Finding out where that line might be is part of the fun.

So, the question is what breaks that tension. With a sharp, almost harsh laugh, he closes that last little distance between them as he leans down to her neck. His action feels set, but he still savors the smell of her skin briefly, for it feels just as sweet as fear might brush against his mind. ]


Need you ask?

[ That low, rumbling voice is in her ear, but only briefly. When he finds a spot that feels especially soft (a mating gland, perhaps? He wouldnโ€™t know it for what it is), he bites. Itโ€™s not a deep bite, but itโ€™s possessive. He draws a hand away from her waist, but itโ€™s only so that he can hurriedly start to pull at simple fastenings of his pants. The hunters might be clothed, but barely. ]

Iโ€™ll not let anyone else have you. Youโ€™re my quarry alone.
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[personal profile] rakta 2025-03-30 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The bite bursts into her like some kind of aphrodisiac, and Lauralae moans for it, tilting her head to grant him all the space he desires, with no hesitation. She could play the game of acting as if she is against this, as if she does not welcome his attentions, but it seems foolish indeed. She wants him, yearns for him, her body seeking out his touch with no hesitation and no pause, and denying herself is a waste of the moment.

He has won. He has caught her. Why ruin that novelty with pretend that neither of them want?

Careful hands reach out to help him, the pain of her touch tempered by medication, and she shifts, wiggling a little to try and get him close to her as swiftly as she can. Her need for him is impossible to ignore, flooding her with delight and an intensity that makes her weak in his arms, desperate for him - wanting all that he has to offer, wanting more of his bite, his harshness, the ache of pain that brings such delicious pleasure. ]


I do not want another. I seek only you, cousin, if you will give me it.

[ A shift of her body, and a hand on his neck, nails digging in. ]

Bite me all the more. Claim me.
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[personal profile] agoniser 2025-04-02 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ That moan sounds perfect. Itโ€™s as viscerally satisfying to his ears as the sweetest of dark, Drukhari pleasures, and he can think of nothing else beyond wanting to hear it more. Irrationally, he feels as if he could be sated forever by that alone. The sound of her moan, the taste of blood on her tongue, and the feeling of her hand working in tandem with his so that his pants are pulled away enough to free his cock. He doesnโ€™t bother with taking them off fully, not yet, since it feels too hurried and desperate to bother. ]

Gladly—

[ Itโ€™s practically growled out, and he hardly needs the encouragement. The difference in stature makes it difficult, though, so it calls for a change in position. He bites at her neck again, softer as if thatโ€™s a warning, then pulls back just enough for his hands to slide from her waist to support underneath her ass as he lifts her. Itโ€™s truly as easy for him as if she weighs nearly nothing, arms not even trembling from the effort.

It's easier for him to deliver the biting affection this way, certainly. The bites from her neck trail down, sharp on the clavicle, then softer, but not insignificant on her breast. He murmurs out melodic sounding syllables against her skin that are his native tongue, presumably, but itโ€™s a short thing. ]


I should have tasted you earlier. Magnificentโ€ฆ

[ He sounds almost wondrous as his mouth drifts further to bite at her nipple, but the sharpness there is quickly followed by a more soothing swirl of his tongue around it. ]
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[personal profile] rakta 2025-04-02 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Pushing and pushing, she seeks out more of this, the drag of his teeth over her skin and the bite of the wound, the harshness of it. She wants to be able to feel the wound, to touch her fingers against the bruises and pain of it, to remind herself of the ache when they are apart, when they're no longer in such a twisting intimacy. The notion of sending him a picture of it, of her own fingers, dark and twisted, digging bloody nails into his markings...

Whimpering softly, she chases the taste of him, chases the sensation of how it feels to be so under his control. It's a shift in their coming together, different to their time before, licking her lips and trying with little success to rock her body against his and seek more and more from him.

(It is also painfully arousing his strong he is, able to lift her, move her, mould her, put her where he wants her and use her so simply).

Arching her back, she pushes her breasts towards him even as one of her hands dig nails into his arm, breathless as she licks her lips. ]


Will you mark me so? Let me take the pleasure with me, when we part?

[ Voice soft, she watches him. ]

Must I earn it from you?
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[personal profile] agoniser 2025-04-08 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her eagerness just drives him in turn. The taste of her sweat and blood might as well be a wine for how intoxicating he finds it. She yields to his sharp teeth and strong hands so easily and sweetly that not for the first time, he wishes that he had more Drukhari pleasures at his disposal.

He doesnโ€™t dwell on it for once, though. Itโ€™s merely a passing fancy, since it feels ridiculous for once to yearn for it when he has her in his arms. She asks for more, and though he thinks he could make her begโ€” ]


Not tonight, dear cousin. I would not deny you nor myself.

[ He murmurs it lowly like a promise, but the implication is there. Another night, absolutely. But now, he acquiesces easily, since the mutual impatience makes anything else seem like too much of a wait. Instead his focus is finding a soft, tender part of her breast. Itโ€™s there that he bites, and this one is sharp enough that itโ€™ll absolutely remain for longer. ]

Each time it throbs and stingsโ€” [ Marazhai lowers her just a bit as he cants his hips up. He can feel the heat and slide of her sex, but he doesnโ€™t try to enter her just yet while he speaks. ] I would hope you are as wanting as this. That perhaps you may even call me to you for more, and I will gladly give it.

[ He huffs out a hot, yearning breath against her skin before he laps his tongue against the little wounds. He spreads the blood across his teeth like heโ€™s a creature that needs sanguine pleasures, but itโ€™s purely macabre, hedonistic enjoyment for the moment. His eyes flick back to hers, and the question is almost comically polite for him, butโ€ฆ She is a small thing, even if she enjoys pain as he does. ]

How much of me would you take, Lauralae?