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FALL TEST DRIVE MEME

FALL TEST DRIVE MEME
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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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Trust me, I've been making soups and stews go a long way for a long time before Radley showed up to improve the dining experience. I mostly ask because while I've never requested people pay for what we cook up, I know some of us need more calories to keep properly fit, so I usually ask them to help out in some way. Dishes or harvesting or cooking.

And if cooking isn't your skill, that's totally fair.

[Tommy had never wanted to inherit a Diner, but he kept it going and did his best to keep people fed. Would have been doing better heading into the fall too if they hadn't had that volcano and had been forced to take just about every bit of preserved food down into the Warrens. Now he was scrambling to catch up in hopes the winter wouldn't be so lean that he'd basically be living on Depression era rations for himself to make sure everyone else got enough.]

[ That's fair, and Steve does eat enough for eight, if there's food in abundance. He'll just eat less if need be - it's not like he'll die. When the hunger becomes a distraction, then they can worry. ]

I could harvest. I could probably hunt, if that's something we do.

[ But he doesn't know which of the creatures out there are edible, so he'd need a second person. ]

I'd need a weapon. Left my shield at home.

[ He's not gonna explain that, either. ]

[Welcome to the food needs team. Tommy has been working his ass off for four years to make sure he could be vaguely fed and still not starve anyone else. He's not going to stop now. He'll make sure even a cap sized appetite is addressed, somehow. Helps that he has more hands at the greenhouse now, including Sonic. Two speedsters harvest faster than one.]

Harvesting helps if you take agricultural, but since you're less squeamish than some people, hunting would help the most. If you're into fishing find Noctis, if it's just hunting, you'll want Gladio or Link to be your guide. As for a weapon, near the Security datapoint there is a place with some alien guns that you'd be able to use if you took the datapoint. Don't shoot them without it, that goes poorly.

Or, you know, you could talk to Tony. We don't have vibranium but I'm sure if we talked to the Agrii to ask for a suitable metal, he could whip up a temporary shield for you. He's got to know the balance of that thing by now.

Great.

[ Except Tony was the one who told him that he doesn't deserve the shield in the first place, so he can't exactly ask him to make a new one. So, he's not gonna say that, and also, he still doesn't know it's not his Tony. ]

Guess I'll go look for the security datapoint. What do Gladio and Link look like?

[ He's not squeamish at all and if there's such a thing as winter here, then they might need to collect hide as well for when it's cold. He doesn't know how to tan anything, but surely someone does. ]

Seriously? Guns over shields? That's a weird choice. You're going to make Tony pout, Cap. You and your Tony on the outs in your world?

[It's not all that uncommon for them back home, so it's probably not shocking.]

Gladio's big and with enough muscles to almost make you jealous. And tattoos and scars. Link is small, blonde, and he will likely be running away from you. Or anyone. Doing weird things. That's just who he is.

What?

[ Wow, that obvious, huh? He looks a bit sheepish. ]

Yeah, we fought over some legislation and then some personal stuff. Haven't talked in awhile; don't think I should be going asking him for favors first thing.

[ But yeah, okay, maybe talk to Gladio, maybe cut Link some room in case he wants to skitter away. ]

I'd prefer a shield, but I don't need one. And I just wanna make myself useful.

Oh

[Legislation that Steve and Tony had been on the opposite sides of and left unsure feelings and all of that? Oh, Tommy knew what the equivalent of that was back home.]

I'm hoping that doesn't mean you guys had something like the Registration act. Lots of bad shit happened around that back home too. Sorry you guys had to deal with it. But if it helps, Tony Stark here is definitely from a world closer to mine I think. I think he's the same as me and Billy, he's slightly less sure. But he recognized us first thing.

[Because that was something you got to learn how to balance here. How to deal with people that were kinda sorta yours but also not. Like, neither of their Peter Parkers were the one Tommy knew. Go figure.]

Maybe you can borrow Gladio's. Bigger than your shield though.

Oh.

[ There's something - completely isolating about finding out that Tony isn't the one he knows, but relieving, too. But then - is Bucky the one he knows? Is there anyone else here?

There's a lot going through his mind right now, and it's probably just showing all over his face as he tries to school his features. He's grateful to get to talk about something else. ]

Well, if we're both gonna hunt, maybe I should get a weapon outside of that, so we can take a trip together.

What kind of storage space is back there?

[ Meaning, how much meat are they expected to bring back at any given time? ]

[Well, the Bucky wasn't of Tommy's world, so hey, higher chance of it maybe? Probably for the best. Imagine how Steve would react to meeting a Bucky who had started working with Steve when he was basically a kid, rather than someone he had grown up with.]

We'll be able to store whatever is needed. I process a lot down into jerky, which is perfectly fine to work into soups and other things in the winter. Sometimes I borrow my brother to flash freeze things. And we've got other means. Hell, Gladio brought in multiple bantha one time. So I'm not worried about volume, not for now.

Great. Then I'll make sure to bring in as much haul as I can.

[ Well, enough that it's sustainable to grow them anyway, he has no idea how it might change their feeding patterns. He doesn't even know how the animals survive around here. ]

...You know, if you ever found yourself on my world, I think our Wanda would really like to meet you.

[Tommy scoffs at that. He knows better than to believe it.]

Maybe. But Wanda and Vision aren't always interested about the idea of kids. We had a pair of them here once. The Vision, he... He cared. He painted Billy and me birthday pictures actually. His Wanda didn't care as much.

[She hadn't been ready, or perhaps even interested, in the idea of children. Billy and him had called her their aunt, and she had about broken down even to learn about the fact. But that Vision had been so happy to have them. To have family. And Tommy had loved the guy. And it didn't even matter.]

Maybe she wasn't ready.

[ He says that immediately, because when they'd met, he doesn't think Wanda would've liked the idea. He thought of Wanda as just a kid herself.

But now? Now that she's in a relationship with Vision and her biggest worry is whether or not they'll make it work.... He really thinks that she will. ]

But I guess that's not worth speculating about.

How long have Wanda and Pietro been on the team, for you?

[He's not touching speculation because it hurts whenever Wanda or Vision lets him down. So he intends to just take the other thread and run with it.]

About as long as our version of Captain America. They, along with Clint and said Steve were the second Avengers team, after Pym and Van Dyne and Banner and Thor and Stark retired. Not that anyone seems to leave long. We've got a saying back home. 'Once an Avenger, always an Avenger'.

Hell, people have been on the team again even after all the conflicts.

Sounds a bit like ours.

[ Even though it hurts right now because he's in that conflict time of his relationship with the Avengers.

It's something he doesn't really want to think about, either. ]

But I'm. Happy to hear that.

You would be I guess. That's just sorta the cap thing to do, right? Be excited that things are going well. You're a leader sort.

Guess you'd know that, if you've met multiple of me.

You've been here awhile. Mind if I call you, if I have questions?

Me? Call Me?

[Sure, Tommy's usually happy to offer himself as a font of knowledge to people. But this is.. This is a Steve fucking Rogers. That's, like... Wow. Cap, asking him shit. That's going to take a little bit to process, given he always thought it was more people like Clint that actually thought Tommy was good to talk to. Okay, got to process that.

And it's been, like, three hours (and also only about five seconds) so it's processed and he's fine with it.]

Yeah, sure. That works for me. And dude, I've met more than just multiple of you. I've met... Well, it would probably make things awkward to explain the other Captains I've met that were variants or in other ways related. So I'll just leave that one on a hook.

If it's urgent, text it. I'll be able to respond faster.

[ Well, Steve knows he has a certain gravitas but he also just feels like just anybody, and Tommy's been here a long time, so of course he wants his advice and help getting his bearings. He'd couched on Nick the first time who set him up with an apartment and a whole wardrobe, judging by how nothing fit Steve's body.

In any case, he blinks at Tommy's response but he's always quick to resolve it. He'll have to get used to that. ]

Great. I'll probably text.

Do people on your world get uncomfortable when you get a call? That started happening on mine.

[ He just wants to follow etiquette! ]

Yeah. People's SI Phones start ringing and they just stare. But for me it's less that I don't like calls and more that these things keep up a bit better with my typing speed and I can get back to you faster?

Not that most people can keep up in return.

Oh, yeah, sorry. I've been told I text like an old man.

[ At least he stopped signing his texts. Look Tommy, he's ancient, please give him a pass. ]

Would it make you more comfortable if I tried to talk faster?

Plenty of people here text like an old man, and by some metrics, you sorta are, Cap. I mean, you're literally older than my grandfather. And by that I don't mean Ultron, of course.

[He doesn't know HOW much before Grampneto Steve was born, but he was certain it was before.]

Not sure you could talk faster. Put those fingers to work, Cap.

Oh? Oleg? Yeah, he should be a lot younger than me.

[ He has to dig in his memory for that one since he's pretty sure he'd only read it in a file. Not really like Wanda to talk about her past like that, and not like Steve to ask.

He does try to talk a bit faster, but it's minimally faster. ]

I was born in 1918. Not sure if that holds true for yours.

Oleg?

[Oh right. Steve’s Wanda isn’t… Man, that messes with his mind.]

I mean, no. Not Oleg. I meant Erik Lehnsherr. Magneto? Do you guys not have Magneto? Damn I know there are some worlds where mutants aren’t a thing but geez, that’s a lot. I guess if there are no mutant abilities in your world…

[That would mean Erik was dead. Because… Shit. That’s dark. Excuse him while he feels more than a little big sick.]

1922, in my world. And my grandfather, or I guess adoptive grandfather or whatever, he… I guess he didn’t survive in your world probably. If there are no mutants. He was Jewish, you see.

[If anyone can fill in that blank, it’s the guy that fought in World War II]

My family is sorta complicated. I heard from Vizh that in worlds like yours he has different creators too. Apparently if there was a me in your universe, he’d be able to call Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Thor legit grandparents. It’s hilarious.

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[ He's about to break the news that he doesn't know Magneto when - well, Tommy breaks some more news to Steve and that makes things all the worse. ]

I'm sorry, Tommy. I hope he survived. Maybe he's Oleg's father - Wanda's a bit young for her dad to have been around during the war.

[ It's not like he knows Wanda's whole genealogy. And he still doesn't even know what a mutant is. ]

--Thor didn't do that much. Ultron was mostly Tony and Bruce's. Guess Thor helped with Vision's - birth.

No. That's... No.

[So he just has to accept that somewhere out there things are weird. And he just takes it in stride.]

You'd be surprised at how young Mags looks, but that's not important, really. It's fine. I'm not even properly from your world so yeah.

[Still, he's sorta amused that Tony might be a relative in another universe. He'd drive the guy up the wall.]

Guess you see now how different our versions of Earth can be I guess.

FALL TEST DRIVE MEME

I go now to my sleep

goodnight~ sweet dreams!

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psa afk from tomorrow thru sunday!!

And all our hearts go with you

<3

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