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etrayamemes2026-02-06 01:36 pm
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TDM 012
Event Summary
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Premise: A horse-loving bot has devised a way to transform people to have horse features in order to participate in horse-themed activities and engage in speed-dating.
Tone: Lighthearted, silly, absurd
Objectives: Go to the Fairgrounds either transformed or not and have five dates.
❬ ARRIVAL ❭
Arrival has gone as expected. Newcomers awaken in a sterile hospital bed in a clean, white room to the hum of machines under the unnatural lighting common to well-kept institutions.
The door swings open, revealing a hallway that stretches out ahead of them adorned with photographs of romantic scenery in snowy weather. There’s commotion from outside, but the lobby has a welcome table with treats and refreshments. Today, there are oat cookies, carrot cake, apple cider, and a bowl of sugar cubes.
Helpful companion bots also await at the welcome table to distribute bouquets of flowers to newcomers.
The door swings open, revealing a hallway that stretches out ahead of them adorned with photographs of romantic scenery in snowy weather. There’s commotion from outside, but the lobby has a welcome table with treats and refreshments. Today, there are oat cookies, carrot cake, apple cider, and a bowl of sugar cubes.
Helpful companion bots also await at the welcome table to distribute bouquets of flowers to newcomers.
❬ LOVE IS A HORSE ❭
It starts slowly. If you are somewhere less central, you might not even notice it at all until it’s taken over Etraya. They look like love letters, handwritten on pretty, perfumed paper and stamped with wax seals. They are not for any particular recipient, but they espouse love for horses. There’s drawings, facts, copies from books, poems.
Soon, bills are posted around town advertising a wondrous machine purported to bring you closer to love in this romantic season.
A bot is stationed directly outside the hospital next to this purported machine. He introduces himself as Ser Equus Esquire the Third and is dressed in excellent quality riding gear. A banner above the machine calls it “The Love Finder”.
Should you step inside, the dial will be adjusted and the switch will be flipped. The machine will transform the target into a horse or horse hybrid, and transport them to festival grounds.
Soon, bills are posted around town advertising a wondrous machine purported to bring you closer to love in this romantic season.
A bot is stationed directly outside the hospital next to this purported machine. He introduces himself as Ser Equus Esquire the Third and is dressed in excellent quality riding gear. A banner above the machine calls it “The Love Finder”.
”Any who step inside shall soon learn the true meaning of love!” reads the sign board beside it.On it is a dial and a switch. The dial is labeled, but covered with a bit of tape and maxes out at 100. The switch is unlabeled, but it’s clear enough that this executes the desired level of whatever the dial is set to.
Should you step inside, the dial will be adjusted and the switch will be flipped. The machine will transform the target into a horse or horse hybrid, and transport them to festival grounds.
Note: How horselike you are can vary greatly. Everything from simple Umamusume ears and tail to centaur to full on horse— Or something awful and in between is fully acceptable. To access the event, it is not necessary to step into the Horsifier Machine. You can simply find the fair grounds on your own.
❬ HORSIN’ AROUND ❭
Whether you are transported there or find your way by yourself, a sprawling, elegant backdrop is here to meet you. In front of the wintered Louvre, the grounds stretch out to give plenty of room to roam and explore. There are tents set up with dressing rooms for an outfit change. It’s all finery and frock, regency era costuming befitting of the mood. There’s food in stalls, all served as dainty bites on toothpicks or in little paper wrappers to mind potential mess. Overall, it looks like a medium-budget Brigerton themed county fair.
Activities and trials have been laid out to help Etrayans understand the true meaning of love. Ser Equus Esquire the Third would like you to complete three activities to prove that you have fully explored the ways that horses can teach us to love.
It is not strictly enforced who does what part of each task, though someone with no horselike qualities may find it more difficult to pull a carriage or carry someone attempting to do archery.
Activities
Activities and trials have been laid out to help Etrayans understand the true meaning of love. Ser Equus Esquire the Third would like you to complete three activities to prove that you have fully explored the ways that horses can teach us to love.
It is not strictly enforced who does what part of each task, though someone with no horselike qualities may find it more difficult to pull a carriage or carry someone attempting to do archery.
Activities
- Carriage Rides - Take a jaunt through the park with your companion leading the way. Love is about trusting another to lead sometimes.
- Brushing and Braiding - With an assortment of materials to assist, fancy up your partner! Love is helping others look and feel their best.
- Racing - Push yourself to your limits! Love requires focus and dedication.
- Horseback Archery - Hit targets while galloping on horseback (or in horsearms). Love is working together for goals that cannot be accomplished alone!
- Trail Riding - Explore the less trodden paths together in the woods. Love is about discovery and adaptation.
- Dancing - Either mounted or astride, teach or practice moves together. Love is about being able to move in tandem.
- Saddling & Dress Up - Get fitted for a saddle or find some new clothes to match your partner. Love is finding what fits!
- Barrel Racing - Run in clovers around placed barrels. Love is coordinating and avoiding hazards together.
- Jumping - Run and jump hurdles of various heights. Love is about carrying one another sometimes!
- Desensitizing - Use all sorts of objects to help desensitize your partner! Love is about being able to stay calm when things get tough.
- Feed and Treating - Share treats with your partner. Love is about nourishing one another!
❬ OFF TO THE RACES ❭
Speed play dates! Once you are dressed and fed, you will be presented with a stack of Speed Dating Cards. Turn in three of them to prove you have understood what this was all trying to impart upon you, and Ser Equus Esquire the 3rd will allow you to change back— If you like. You are welcome to stay like this for the duration of the event.
Speed dating cards have a suggested topic at the top ranging from everything as simple as “Colors” to “Ideal Date” to some truly strange ones like “Warcrimes of Insects”.
Otherwise, they expect you to rate your companion like so:
🐎 Make My Heart Race 💘
The code for this can be found below and edited to your liking if you wish to make in-character date reviews. Please feel free to change any particular rated stat to suit your preferences!
Speed dating cards have a suggested topic at the top ranging from everything as simple as “Colors” to “Ideal Date” to some truly strange ones like “Warcrimes of Insects”.
Otherwise, they expect you to rate your companion like so:
My Date With Cidolfus
Activity: Swan boats
Topic: Carrot-based foods
Green Flags:
✅ Dad
✅ Good at flirting
✅ Amano design inspo
✅ Dad
✅ Good at flirting
✅ Amano design inspo
Red Flags:
🚩 Not over his celibate bro
🚩 Maybe not actually a dad?
🚩 Not over his celibate bro
🚩 Maybe not actually a dad?
Equinity
❤️❤️❤️❤️🩶
Manners
❤️❤️🩶🩶🩶
Humor
❤️❤️❤️🩶🩶
Chemistry
❤️❤️❤️❤️🩶
Conversation
❤️❤️❤️🩶🩶
Overall Rating
❤️❤️❤️🩶🩶
❤️❤️❤️🩶🩶
The code for this can be found below and edited to your liking if you wish to make in-character date reviews. Please feel free to change any particular rated stat to suit your preferences!
no subject
Yeah. That's it.
[He's looking for a place with enough privacy to change, but he's not even sure where he's going. That and he looks ridiculous with the flannel on this way.]