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Rest and Relaxation: Aquafir Resort

Attention Voidtreckers. You are all in need of rest and relaxation. Shortly arriving in World#5562102024. Please see your Safety Control Aparatus for further information. Don't forget your suncoins and all Voidtreckers must wear their SCA.

As the train rattles out of the void they will see a large dome almost floating in space with brightly coloured signs directing traffic to the correct entrances. It lowers into what can be only described as a voidcraft carpark, where crafts of different shapes and sizes have settled before them. Their SCAs will beep as the doors open, and there will be a map of the site that will lead them to a grand manor, the height and length of many great castles of different worlds.

Inside the lobby is a help desk, and whether they ask at it or figure it out, there are a multiple of peculiar metal pillars with holographic screens right at the front of the entrance, with the words 'WELCOME. NEWCOMERS, PLEASE REGISTER' visible on their screens, as well as spoken.

These are the registration points, and putting on their colour-coded bands and registering them and their SCA will initiate a quick biometric scan, and a screen to approve them.

"Welcome to Aquafir, please enjoy your stay! Map data has been downloaded to your SCA."
And just what can they find and get up to? Bring up your SCA's brochure and maps, and discover all of the facilities waiting for you.

[ Welcome to Aquafir ]

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EVENT BASICS: The OOC post. Event runs for Merriment 22 to the evening of M24 (August 12th- August 17th). Voidtreckers are taken to a dome-shaped resort planet to stay at Aquafir. The train will be staying with them, so characters can go back there/stay there as they please.

Everyone must wear the bands given to them that signify their ages. Yellows for ages 0-12, Green for 13-17, Black for 18+. Everyone has 30 suncoins to spend.

The amusements are as follows:

MANOR: In the East Wing are spas, manicure/pedicures, hot baths, hookah lounges, a bar to smoke at. In the West Wing is a bingo hall and casino, as well as intimacy rooms. These can be pillow cuddle rooms, places to dress up in animal costumes, and also rooms for sexual encounters. The latter rooms can only be accessed by people with black bands, as well as the casinos.

CABINS, EATERIES: The cabins are near to the manor. Voidtreckers are assigned rooms based on their train-cabins. Ideas of cabin interiors can be found here! Make adjustments as you please. There are eateries such as hog roasts (all types of meat), a Pizza Palace, and a fancy cable car ride around the compound. You can also have meal kits, to cook for yourself.

PLAY ZONE: Split into four zones: yellow tag is a giant fun house with multiple ballpits to get lost inside; green tag are obstacle courses, imagine Ninja Warrior; black band has a proper fitness gym, as well as its own arcade. Everyone gets ball pits.

There's also access to an arcade everyone can visit, and there's the Dance Dungeon, a VR experience where you dance to defeat monsters. Sounds like practice for some folks on the train.

SWIMMING PARK: Found in the west There's indoor and outdoor pools, large twisting slides and also deck chairs for lounging on. There's shallow kiddy pools, and also some fake 'caverns' that lead deeper underground into spots where you can suit up, put on a breathing mask (no oxygen tank necessary) and ear plugs for decompression sickness (or handy press-on clips, if you don't have ears) and go for a dip.

EVERYTHING ELSE: To the east is a large forest with amusements inside, an art tent near it (free to use, with sketching, painting, and sculpture work available), as well as a fishing lake (boats can be rented for 1 suncoin). There's hills for picnics and also small platforms for lounging on, or for using their telescopes at night for stargazing.

SHOPS: Given this is more of a holiday park, what can be bought is limited. There will be tourist t-shirts, shorts and sundresses with the name 'Aquafir' on them somewhere, as well as swimwear. There's sunhats, teddy bears, some food and/or alcohol hampers suitable for different species. A better list can be found here.

PAMPERING: THE MANOR. A sizeable establishment, there is plenty to be found inside the main establishment of Aquafir. Separated by an East and West Wing, the manor provides a few forms of relaxation and entertainment separated from the main attractions.

○ In the East Wing are the spas and baths: massage beds, manicure and pedicure services, facials, skincare therapy; mudbaths, saunas, hot baths and tanning salons, and even ice and lava pools. ...for particular species that like to visit, you see.

• There are also smoking rooms, by a few meanings. Some are simple relaxation rooms where people can take in soul and mind healing scents, close their eyes and let their emotional and mental traumas slip away. Or, there's an enviromental bar for sitting down for your standard smoke, and yes, drinks are available.

○ And then there's a hookah lounge for visitors, with a few recreational drugs that can be ordered from a menu, depending on your colour band and what your biology can handle. Don't worry about the second-hand smoke knocking you out when you enter: faint see-through curtains cover around the different seating areas, ensuring a minimum of the smoke escapes, as well as draping beads that help contain it. Because some stones can just do that/

• In the West Wing is a different type of indulgence... gambling, and bingo. Only bingo is available to all colour-bands, while the gambling floor is for black band holders. Lighted in the proper aesthetics and musical numbers, the chance to win more suncoins is available to the daring. Card games, slot machines, and every other 'just legal' form of entertainment can be found around. Will you try your luck?

And don't worry, there's prizes in bingo, too. Tickets can be bought for a suncoin, and a whole array of prizes, from giant teddy bears to sports equipment can be won.

○ Beyond the gambling and bingo rooms are the Intimacy Rooms. These can be rooms for hanging out, with lush seating areas and sound systems, and access to minibars available for a suncoin and the right band (soft drinks for yellow, alcohol for black). A couple come with animal outfits, for whatever reason. Likely fun, given the face make-up kits and the reminder warning them that this is a room for yellow tag activities, and there's even a couple of rooms stuffed with pillows too, like this. Also, a ballpit room.

• But not every room is just for friendly cuddling. There are black banded rooms designed for sexual encounters, with rooms offering a range of experiences for couples (or more)! This ranges from protection and a private space to more intense experiences. The helpful staff will talk anyone through the services offered and are there to make sure everything is completely consensual and fun.

Each of these intimacy rooms have a price to use- a sun coin per person for an hour. Each of the zones require an arm band to be scanned before you can enter so adults can enjoy their more adult fun knowing that the kids are safely lost in a ball pit somewhere else!

REST AND FOOD: CABIN GROUNDS

○ Exiting the manor brings you out onto a multitude of paths and choices to pick. Don't worry, for you always have a map on your SCA. But the closest to reach are the cabin lodges. Sitting in rows but not too close together, they allow privacy, but also next-door neighbours. The interior is comfortable, with Voidtreckers arranged in rooms by their train cabins and cabinmates. And for those who share in a double room still do, having a space entirely to themselves.

For less than human species, there are accomodations that may be useful for them resting up, and whatever they need to move around. Disabilities are also accounted for.

○ While there is a cafeteria in the hotel itself, or the opportunity to pick up free cooking boxes, there are also a whole array of eateries that can be found around the compound. From hog (and alien meat) roasts, to pizza buffets, and the unmissable cable car restaurant that leads guests around the whole compound with stunning views, there is plenty of delicious food to be shared with good company.

ENTERTAINMENT: PLAY ZONE

Welcome to the Play Zone, home of fantasy and fun! This hub is split into four zones by colour tag, and there's plenty to be found if one explores. Chirpy music plays the most sugary tunes from the main 'courtyard' of this cutesy kingdom town, where one can approach the bubbly-labelled Sweet Tavern, the drinks it serves with names such as 'Sugar Rush' and 'Pink Power'. The food is predominantly sweet based with ice cream, waffles and milkshakes. There's also a stand serving different types of cotton floss! For all kinds of mouths and teeths.

But what about inside the castle itself? There are four draw bridges from the courtyard leading to the four zones that correspond to your colour bands. And they are...

○ The yellow zone leads to a plethora of rooms down its many corridors, with most of them containing - ball pits. So many ballpits, with all the trimmings one can hope to come with them. It's strange though, you will find that it's easy to get in, but once you are in ... it's much harder to find the exit. Whereabouts are you in the ballpit? Wasn't the slide over here? When did it turn jungle-themed!?

This is surely to be the kind of fun to keep the kids occupied for hours.

○ The green zone has more teen-themed adventures. Including trampolining, a foam based obstacle course and of course drop slides. There's also a chill out zone with video games, bean bags and places just to lie down and ride out that sugar crash or snuggle with friends.

○ The black zone also has a ball pool as well as a gym with exercise equipment and some video games for those who see gym equipment as an insult to their concept of fun.

○ Topping it off, the fourth drawbridge leads to an arcade. A whole host of different games can be found here. Some will be familliar and some not. Some are single player, some team games and some are multiplayer on the merit that you need eight arms to play it.

○ Connected to the arcade is the Dance Dungeon. Fight monsters, discover secret passageways and disarm traps all through the power of dance! Level up, be ready for new songs to drop and keep on dancing all the way to the final boss.

A mix between an escape room and a dance mat this game can get addictive. Using simple VR technology teams are transported into many different story lines where saving the day requires some killer dance moves!

It's a lot of fun and open to everyone, though yellow banded guests will need a chaperone!

OUTDOORS: SWIMMING AND NATURE

You could lose yourself for days inside the Play Zone, but hopefully you don't. For there's more to explore, from the Shopping Cabins littered around, the Art Tents where everyone of different skill level can join in with painting, pottery and more; the Lakes are wide and beautiful, ready for fishing or taking a boat on, and still, even more...

○ There's the nature walks, a large dense forest with trails and even an adventure playground for those with yellow bands- though it has a more exhilarating area for the older kids. For everyone else there is a more challenging woodland scramble course.

○ But going farther in will lead you into what's known as the Jungle Jog, where everything becomes more green than brown, and there's no telling where your feet will touch. It's humid, wet, and all that's available here is to get lost, though there are teleport points. ... if you can tell that they are by the green moss growing over each of the metal poles. But don't worry, they'll still work.

Waterfalls can be found, old rickety (in appearance) bridges, a cliff to climb, and even for those who venture far and deep enough, a cave...with a ballpit inside. The perfect recreation of everything to be found in any realistic jungle setting. This area is for all though those with green and yellow armbands will need chaperones. A black-banded guest can supervise up to three green banded guests in this area though yellow banded guests will need an adult each!

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For those who aren't into jungles however, there's the Swim Palace, and do we have pools for you. The centrepiece of this is not just a piece, but pieces. There's a outdoor pool complete with fountain and five lane slide. This is surrounded by a terrace that holds small splash zones and spots where you can lay out on deck chairs. Twice a day the area comes alive as enthusiastic hosts lead whoever is around in Aqua Disco!

There's plenty to do inside too from the large family pool that hosts floating courses or smaller inflatables. The wave machine happens often and is always a lot of fun. Upstairs hosts a kid pool and a basic swimming pool for learner swimmers.

For adults who would rather swim without all this chaos there is a black-band only pool with lanes for serious swimming. Or perhaps water polo is your thing? Plenty of games to be played in the sports pool on the third floor. Above that are the slides, from twisters to straight drops and everything in between each lands in a specially designated landing zones. Finally on the top most floor there is a quiet pool that remains open even after dark, for moonlight swimming.

• There's also cavern entrances around the Swim Palace, which lead down into underwater walkways, as well as spaces for deep-diving. If you cast your gaze above in the free-swimming areas, you will see the ground floor swimming pools, the hazy sight of swimmers above. But this is for the people who want a more sea-like experience, with masks for one's nose and mouths, to allow them to breathe despite the lack of oxygen.

NIGHTTIME: A MOONLIT NIGHT

There's no forced sleeping schedules here in Aquafir. When the night comes, so do the stars, as well as a shift in entertainment. Visit the many eateries around the compound, gather around and make a firepit close to the cabin lodges. Or, if you're still looking for some fun and excitement...

○ Inside the manor's courtyard, it becomes a fun show. The central stage is active from early evening with a kid friendly mini disco (open to all, get those action dances ready) followed by family friendly entertainment. Guests will find the first night there is a magician, the second a talent show that all are welcome to join in, and the third night is a musical show about a magical squirrel. The night ends with a more serious disco and of course, karaoke.

○ For those wanting more intense entertainment there is an underground nightclub for black banded guests, and also a specially designed green band only nightclub, serving soft drinks and allowing the teens to let off some steam.

○ There's also no missing the countless bike and walk paths around, and the few hills dotted around. The hills are perfect for stargazing at night, and there's even a few nearby platforms for observing the stars through telescopes at night. And it's your lucky holiday - you don't have to pay to use them!

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"I don't get why people say not to put it on pizza." Pizza was good and all, but with the cost of it and the limit on their coins, Vegeta is only having it after he's already filled himself at one of those all-you-can-eat places. It's not his fault they didn't put a limit on it. The pizza afterwards was just to eat to enjoy.

And maybe not realizing he's getting into dangerous territory with that comment.

Cassie sighs. There are some food debates even she's tired of.

"It's not that it ruins the pizza," she says. "Pizza is hard to ruin. It's just that there are better options. Ones that actually make the pizza better instead of being carried by the food it's sitting on top of."

She has very clearly had this discussion before.

Edited 2021-08-14 01:17 (UTC)

Vegeta's already stuffing half a slice into his mouth as she answers, chewing on it as she explained. Especially that first part. "That's what I said! The woman keeps telling me I can't put everything on it I want." In saying that, it was food, and 'more' was the only option for a Saiyan. "It still tastes fine."

"I mean, it's not that you can't, so much as it is, like...why would you, when you could put anything else on it?"

Cassie shrugs.

"I mean, none of the debate on it means anything. The shittiest pizza's better than the best meatloaf. But still."

Beat.

"Now, if you're putting sour cream on a burrito, then we'd have to fight."

Hold on. "What's meatloaf?" It sounded delicious! After all, a loaf meant bread, right? So was it meat the shape and size of a loaf of bread? How couldn't that be good?!

"It's...a loaf of meat," Cassie says. "Mixed with whatever else you've got lying around for filler. It's not terrible with the right sauce, I guess. I think it was invented during the Great Depression to stretch people's food budget?"

She shrugs.

"I'd rather have pizza, though."

Oh. "So it is exactly that I thought it would be." It most likely is not, Vegeta mental image still seeing it just as a chunk of meat, though maybe somehow stuffed with Cassie mentioning 'filler'. Like a chicken or other bird, right? He's already chewing on that second half of his pizza piece, relaxed back in his seat and still turning over what she said. "Great Depression?"

And that was... "That's..." He trying to work out through the context of her statement. It had something to do with food, somehow at least. "A stronger emotional state rather than typical depression?" Emotional eating was a thing, right? He's heard humans referring to that when upset. And also something about stretching out food. Then again, he has noted that humans don't seem great on sourcing their own food supplies. "Humans really should learn to hunt more." Everything was just easily provided, at least from the human side Vegeta's used to seeing. If a Saiyan was hungry, they killed something and ate it. Or foraged for plant based food. If it wasn't supplied to you, you went out and got it. Simple.

"It was a time when the economy imploded," Cassie says. "People lost their jobs, didn't have money, times were hard. My great-grandma talked about hiding money under her mattress because they didn't trust the banks. I think some people ate rats or armadillos if they could catch 'em and were desperate enough."

Huh. "I see." It's really not even in a field Vegeta has knowledge on. As a child he focused mostly on training, and while he was also training to be king one day, and Saiyans had their own economy, that would had been later schooling for him. And once on Earth, well, that was Bulma's issue, not his. He guesses he can understand the issue... Or maybe not. He's gone from prince, to enslaved, to trophy husband. Honestly, money had never been an issue for him, either having it, or without it.

Grabbing another piece of pizza, Vegeta does resist just instantly inhaling it for the sake of just eating, putting it on his plate instead as he focused on another part. "Armadillos are those armored looking animals, correct?" Considering it a moment later. "Think I killed off a species that looked similar to them..." It was awhile ago. "They weren't that bad."

"I'd guess they'd taste like...I dunno, pork?"

She shrugs. Then clears her throat. She's moving past the species extinction thing as something best not talked about.

"You find a lot of 'em dead at the side of the road if you drive around down south. Their armor isn't enough to protect from an entire truck."

"I would say more like, well, not an animal humans know. And it's extinct now. Unless it was exported to another world." Vegeta mulls out, then thinking for a moment. "You were talking about the armadillo animals, weren't you?" Oh well, he lifting his new piece of pizza up to take a bite out of it. Look, it would come up sooner or later considering you're with Trunks, Cassie. Vegeta may not speak about it much, but everyone from their world that was here knew about his history.

"...Yeah, I was."

Vegeta offers a shrug of one shoulder. He's not ashamed of what he had to do to survive, though does understand that humans seem to think eating other intelligent beings is considered 'bad'. To which he would point out that when you were starving you did what you had to.

"I do want to try this meatloaf still." Though meat with mixer does sound a little similar. "Sounds like hamburger steak."

"It is, kinda," Cassie says. "You seem to have your heart set on it no matter what I'd tell you, though."

"Earth has a lot of food options, I like trying new ones." Vegeta is not picky at all, he will eat anything that he could digest fine. He had favorites, but he was also curious to learn what new options there were, and maybe see if he can find stuff similar to what he had grown up with. "Cheese was a good discovery."

"Couldn't have pizza without it."

Well that just opens another range of questions. "Even the sweet ones?" Vegeta had heard there was sweet ones here. Could cheese be sweet? He tends to see it mostly as a savory item. Though there was cheesecake. Oh, "Does that mean those hawaiian pizzas are sweet?" That makes sense, he's had plenty of meat that's had a sweet coating on them, and pineapple was fruit. So a sweet pizza, right?

"I mean, pizza pizza isn't sweet," Cassie says. "I guess some places also sell frosted dessert pizzas that are, like, cinnamon flavored or whatever. But those don't have cheese on 'em.

"But Hawaiian's just regular pizza that has something sweet on it. Some people like the contrast. I think it's not bad, but I'd never order it when I could order something else."

Vegeta huffed for a moment. "I would say it's just a bread with toppings on it, but I've already had Bulma yell at me how I'm wrong about that in the past." Even if it was! But no, apparently pizza was 'pizza'. Which Vegeta doesn't totally get. He accepts it, even if he's not sure where the line was always drawn for it.

Earth food could be confusing at times.

"Yeah, I'm with Bulma on that one," Cassie says. "You've gotta be at least a little precise with your definitions. A bagel with cream cheese on it isn't a pizza."

"Isn't there a pizza bagel though?" He thinks he's tried one of those, during one of those 'try this!' moments of Bulma finding new stuff and making him test if he likes it or not. Really, if it was food, he was going to like it. It's just that Vegeta liked some better than others. "Does that mean it's the cooking process that requires it to become a pizza?"

"There is, but it's not a pizza," Cassie says. "Just a pizza flavored bagel."

A brief pause and a wry smile.

"A very important distinction."

There's a long pause from Vegeta.

Before he finishes off the last of his slice, muttering as he chewed. "I still don't understand humans." Really, they just made no sense sometimes. Most of the times.

Wiping off his mouth then hands, Vegeta offered a nod to Cassie. "Thanks for the food, Cassie."

"Hey, don't mention it."

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