FALL TEST DRIVE MEME

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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!

Thread ideas:

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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Comments

[butterfly_kiss]

Billy has mentioned a brother, so I would assume yes.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Oh, great. Maybe I'll drop by the hospital and bring you lunch, if you're all busy.

[butterfly_kiss]

[She smiles appreciatively at that.]

You and Radley are going to spoil me.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Just because we're here doesn't mean we can't do each other little favors to make things easier.

[butterfly_kiss]

[Oh what a charmer. Tae chuckles and shakes her head.]

You, Mister Rogers, are a gentleman of the sort I very much appreciate. It shall be a pleasure to have you around.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Count on it.

[ He smiles at Tae. ]

I'm not keeping you from anything, am I?

[butterfly_kiss]

Hardly. I was coming here for lunch anyway. And you did save me. I'd be paying if we had money.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Well, I appreciate it. What's available here?

[butterfly_kiss]

Depends on the day. Usually some soup, some salad, some fresh fruit. The rest depends on what the chefs are doing. Sometimes it's things like seasoned poultry with a bed of something like rice. Sometimes it's something grilled. It varies a lot.

[pursuitofcappiness]

That sounds pretty great, actually.

Guess I'll get to see. And I've gotta earn my keep.

[ He can tuck away a lot, but he also doesn't mind being hungry. ]

[butterfly_kiss]

Trust me, you'll find a way to earn it. Now eat up. Tell me if you need more. You seem like you'd refuse it out of principle.

[pursuitofcappiness]

[ Ooh, she's got him dead to rights. ]

Only for as long as you're eating with me.

[ Otherwise he'd just feel rude. ]

[butterfly_kiss]

[Tae smiles. She knows how to nurse a cup of tea for hours.]

I think that can be arranged.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Great.

[ But he'll still refrain from eating as much as he usually does. These are lean times. He can eat on a ration. ]

Well, seems like everyone's adjusted pretty well.

[butterfly_kiss]

[They are, but that's more due to the volcano and how it hit their supply stocks than before of him. Given time, who knew what they could achieve again.]

It depends if you mean that physically, or mentally. One is true, the other is very much not.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Oh. Well, everyone seemed fine to me so far, but. Maybe that's just because everyone's been so friendly.

[ And putting on a brave face for the newcomer. At least they're nice. ]

[butterfly_kiss]

I'm sure you'll find the squirrely sorts with time. Most of them are young.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Well, I've been told I'm an old soul, all of you seem young.

[butterfly_kiss]

An old soul?

[She laughs at that. The man hardly seems like that to her.]

I think you'd fit in just well back home.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Really? Tell me about that. Home.

[butterfly_kiss]

You've never been to Tokyo then? It's... bright. Energetic. But the people our age and older are more... reserved. Like age means you have to give up your color. It's not true, but they act like it anyway.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Not for a long time.

[ He'd been to Seoul semi-recently, he'd thought Tokyo might've industrialized like that. ]

And honestly, if you didn't tell me you were a doctor, I'd've thought you were much younger.

[ It's also partially the way she styles and holds herself. ]

[butterfly_kiss]

[A long time? How interesting. She raises an eyebrow and tilts her head to consider it.]

Better not to assume a woman's age, or if you do, to revise it down.

[pursuitofcappiness]

Oh, well. You're definitely a whole lot younger than I am in any case.

[ He clarifies: ]

I would've been a hundred this July.

[butterfly_kiss]

[That's intriguing. She stares at him.]

My dear, you don't look a day over seventy.

[And the look in her eyes says it's a joke.]