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Welcome to the Current Test Drive for The Revival Project!

This game is a spin-off from the closed The Drift Fleet game. For more information about the game, including more details on the setting, please check out the FAQ here or the premise here.

A thread on the TDM will be required for all applications. Please view the FAQ for information about how this works. Any questions about the game please direct to the comment section of the FAQ as well.

If you are a Drift Fleet alumni bringing your character from the game, please label your character as 'DFAU' on your top level. Also, keep in mind you have complete flexibility on how your character comes here. They could be taken before endgame, after endgame, two years after, one year before, etc. It's up to you! If you want to completely restart your character, they're not considered DFAU anymore and won't need the label.

So go! Explore Agra 10! And, as always, HAVE FUN!

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Fall in Temba and Sh'Ka

Fall is a season that, in temperate climates like that of Temba and Sh'Ka leads to great changes in the land. Of course in both cities that change is often peeking out amid the occasional dustings or drifts of volcanic ash, but with each of the light fall rains, it's almost as if the memories of the eruption that ended the summer are being washed away. Each city, though, has its own new challenges to face.

Temba seems almost peaceful, breathing out a sigh of relief after its near destruction. Just southeast of the city one finds signs of the damage in greater evidence. The recent lava flows have taken out large stretches of vegetation, replacing them with fresh volcanic rock left bare at the surface. In some places there's even residual heat given off, especially closer to the volcano that now rests as an unending reminder of what was nearly lost. Meanwhile in the city itself the plants that would normally provide a natural abundance outside of the domain of the greenhouse seem to offer scant pickings, perhaps a result of the intense heat of the summer.

Meanwhile in Sh'Ka fall proves to be a threat, though in a new way this year than in any before. The danger derives from the Blood Vines near the train station. Apparently ash-rich soil only feeds the vampiric plant, and its spines are larger than ever as its vines lie hidden under the mounds of ash, ready for any unsuspecting prey.

Explore ~~the city~~ Temba!

Here's a map of Temba and a bit more description of some of the buildings here.

Despite having been protected from being destroyed by the volcano itself and unlike Sh'Ka not having been buried in vast amopunts of ash, Temba still suffered notable damage from the earthquakes that came with the volcano's eruption. Previously restored buildings were damaged and others entirely caved in on themselves leaving them beyond any hope for restoration. The streets and paths are even worse to traverse than they used to be but for what it's worth water and electricity are still working. Most of the time.

Needless to say, exploring is more risky these days as buildings may still cave in without warning and seemingly solid roads may crack open to drop anunsuspecting wanderer into underground caves left behind by the quakes.

And yet the city can still be explored. If you are lucky, you might even stumble over The Deep End, the bar located on one of the mid-levels of the tower residences in one of the residence towers. Unfortunately no bright neon signs can lead you there, but it does exist.

Now what's happening with the hangar?!

A while ago, the ships vanished from the hangar and as of now no one can say why exactly that happened. Now your character may snotice that the map still indicates a hangar, but going there has them walk straight into- A force field? And a massive one at that. It's notably larger than the hangar building used to be and by no means translucent. Instead, your character will see a reflection of the city around. Or much rather the rubble and empty area around the location. What's going on here? Do you investigate the strange case of the missing space ships and now also missing hangar?

Try the network!

The network is back up! Upon arrival, your character will have on their person a small, handheld communications device. Maybe they know exactly how to use a computer, smartphone, or tablet, and immediately blast out a text or video trying to figure out what's going on. Or maybe they're not so tech-savvy after all, and everyone is about to get a lovely shot right up your character's left nostril.

There be storms...

These power-altering storms keep ravaging parts of the planet every once in a while. No one truly knows where they come from or what to do about them yet, but one of them appears to be approaching. You have the option to find shelter in one of the buildings to wait for it to pass. Unless, of course, you rather feel drawn to investigate.

Should you step inside the storm, or even get lost in it, it will show ghosts of people you know and those you don't. It drains you of any super-human abilities and tries its best to keep you from getting to its origin. Are you going to try anyways? Or are you going to chase the whispers of people from your past? Maybe you will simply find yourself calling for help or stumble across another lost soul in need of assistance.

More information can be found here.

Wildcard!

You're welcome to use any previous test drive scenarios or previous game events as a basis for a thread/situation, or simply make up your own! Keep in mind that you're currently stranded on a planet with only basic necessities, but there is enough food and fresh water. Creature comforts, however, seem to be distinctly lacking. Quite unlike a gathering of potentially dangerous creatures to encounter. The setting is yours to explore and have fun with!

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She shrugs. “Yeah. Bad experiences, I guess.” She tries for a weak laugh, nervous. “They get judge-y and stick you with needles. I think I just scraped myself when I faceplanted, so, on a DIY first aid mission.”

"I prefer to avoid using my needles except for when they are truly warranted."

Though she isn't going to deny the judgy thing.

"It wouldn't hurt if I looked at it, woudl it?"

If only because she talked herself into this mess, she relents. “If you really want to see dried blood with mud over it?” Never mind that any medical professional has seen worse on an hourly basis.

"I've already had to patch up gaping stomach wounds," she says with a shrug. "And cleaned an exam room someone spilled blood packs in. I can handle a little mud."

And she moves to a nearby cabinet, opening it up to take out some sterile wipes.

“So, there's issues here that cause gaping stomach wounds?” Cool, that's reassuring, awesome, this is super, she loves life right now, it's so carefree. This seems like a great, safe place to be stuck in. “I'm trying to keep all my organs inside me.”

"No, I believe he arrived with it," she answers.

Which, given his attitude, hardly seemed shocking. Though that was unfair to think. Though he was so much of a brat.

"Sit down," she suggests as she also gets out some clean gauze, in case she needs to deal with any wounds.

"I've grown a bit used to addressing the more common injuries around here."

“Slightly better, I guess. Not for him, sounds like it sucks either way for him.” No one goes 'yeah I'd rather get a stomach wound there than here, the scenery is better, so are the vibes'.

She sits though, as instructed, and pulls off her sweater. Where there's some arm scrapes as she described. Her legs took some damage too, but she lacked pants (the perils of a short skirt), so that's less surprising.

“I like common more, too.”

"Yes, it definitely seemed to suck for him."

But Hargrove was quite a bit of a harsh, loud, and angry young man. So the vibes when he was around wasn't helping anyone.

Once the young woman bares the skin Tae immediately leans in to start cleaning things carefully.

"If you'd like, we look not too far off in size. I have some extra leggings you could use while you're here. Just to help a bit. Not a lot of clothes to help make things easier for women in skirts."

Tae herself was clad in a very short and simple dress, which she apparently using even when working in a hospital. Helped when you didn't wander around outside as much.

"Common's easier to treat while we build up our capabilities."

“That'd be great - thanks! I'm guessing there's not.. clothes shops here?” She's been doing a lot of running, not a whole lot of looking (only some). Hence her current predicament.

“Have you just been here a while, or were you a doctor in your home too? I mean, assuming you're not from this place either.” She'll probably make her brain hurt thinking about it too long, but it's fine for now.

"There's a place people refer to as the 'alien target' and there is a machine called a replicator that will make things for you a certain number of times each month," Tae explains as she carefully cleans the wounds. Nothing that looks like it really needs a proper bandaging though.

"But there was this sports day thing a few months back, and I used the points I built up to buy clothes."

A lot of clothes. Some for work, some not. Listen, Tae was a clothes horse. Not much of it really goes with the whole cheerleader vibe of course. Her stuff is more punk than that, but she can offer something to the newcomer. What she's wearing can't be comfortable full time.

"I've been here a bit, but I'm a properly trained doctor back home. I have my degrees and credentials from a very lofty university in Tokyo. Even have my own practice and work in medical research. So the good news is that I really can tell you that I don't think an infection is likely. If you have any other concerns I can address those as well."

Note to self: Look for Alien Target next.

“Bummer I missed a sports day; I could have been an extra cheerleader for everyone.” That's about where her sports skills start and end (although, she could probably bullshit her way through gymnastics since cheerleading is so similar in terms of movements needed).

“Whoa, that's — really cool.” She means it too. The woman clearly knew what she was doing, but degrees and credentials plural? Hell yeah. But she pauses for a few seconds, unsure if she wants to actually say more, though eventually she does. “I ... don't think any of my recent issues that aren't scrapes from being too eager with the running are going to be found in any medical books.”

It's a very good note.

"There were plenty of non-sport sports, so you could have gotten tokens for clothes and the like. But I did lay in quite a supply, especially since unlike the guys there aren't a lot of women around to swap clothes with if you get bored with something."

So yes, she could help Chrissy a little bit without really undercutting her own ability to be comfortable. Not that she was ready for winter. That she'd have to plan for.

"It's a pretty normal thing, women in medical research. Though I guess I did impress people by leading a program at the age I started. So yes, sort of cool." Once she finishes cleaning another scrape she moves on to the next. "But you'd be surprised what medical books have in them. Do you want to talk about your recent issues? Maybe I can help."

Tae, she likes you already.

She does laugh some at the comment about the clothes swapping. Because yeah, a large enough chunk of her closet back home is stuff she's still borrowing from her friends. And they still have stuff of hers.

“Well, want might be a strong word.” A weak attempt at a joke trying to calm her creeping anxiety. “I wouldn't be opposed to more detailed advice about headaches, nightmares, trouble sleeping, auditory and visual hallucinations.” Yes, she knows that's a lot. “School counselors can only do so much.” She was working with what she had at the time.

As well she should. Tae's generous at times. Though she probably wouldn't want that little detail getting out.

She finishes tending to the last scrape she can find and moves to sit down. To consider the list of issues.

"I have sedatives I can give you. A young man is helping me test them but I believe I have reached the proper dosage for baseline individuals. I should be able to calibrate it for you. It's a liquid, and I try to flavor it to be pleasant. Headaches we can address with pain medication. As for hallucinations... That's a bit more complicated. Those medications are beyond my normal scope of compounding."

Counseling of course sounded like an important approach to that and once more she lamented the lack of therapists here.

“Honestly, I don't mind a lack of flavor or even a bad one; that's what chugging water and rinsing with mouthwash after is for.” She shrugs. “Plus, whatever they call that cherry or grape flavoring in medicine that I'm used to tastes worse than the medicine itself probably would. Great for overdose avoidance, absolutely terrible for wanting to take it when you need it.” She's just saying, a middle ground would be great.

"Braver than some adults I've known," she admits with that response. The girl deserves applauded for that.

"You've got a practical response to medication and I really respect that young lady. Here."

She reaches into a drawer, sorts some things out, and pulls out a little baggie of light blue pills.

"To help you sleep. One pill a night. No More than one pill. They've put bigger people than you out."

"It's not hard to be a bigger person than me. Might start with half." Not that she wouldn't love to be passed the fuck out, since that is one of her issues, but being passed the fuck out also means nightmares?? She'll have to figure out how to get sleep without nightmares, without sleep depriving herself even more. All of her problems seem to be putting her in catch 22s all over the place.

"Sorry in advance that you're probably going to be seeing me like a barista sees a regular customer at a coffee shop."

Well now that is a joke that is worthy of a little snicker. Of course it's not meant as a joke, but Tae shakes her head.

"Trust me on this. It will fit your needs. They are a deep sleep good for reducing awareness of nightmares. We dream every night. Always. It's the memory of them or not that affects us. These, though, reduce impact of it. I've tried it with... a specific sample group that I know the efficacy of."

A barista? Well, there's a solution for that.

"I take bribes in punk clothes, high heels, and meal deliveries."

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