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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!

✧ Premise ✧ FAQ ✧ Rules ✧ Test Drive ✧ Taken ✧ Reserves ✧ Application ✧
✧ Map ✧ Devices & Network ✧ Data Points ✧ Ships ✧ Flora ✧ Fauna ✧ Supply Requests ✧ Calendar ✧
✧ Activity Check ✧ Player Plot Suggestion ✧ Player Contacts ✧ Player Permission Code ✧ Hiatus ✧ Drop ✧
✧ Navigation ✧

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“Yeah - hi. Not a ghost or zombie, don't worry.” Hilarious. She's already used to people being surprised to see her.

“No, but I can see how you'd think that. I haven't been here a super long time.”

"Zombie's also a thing?" Max asks that only one part sarcastic, two parts, 'Yeah, that sounds about right.'

"So, you're not dead. I'm not dead," Max sighs out. "I want to be happy about that, but I'm just," she breathes out, "really worried about everyone else back home." She does reach out to touch Chrissy's arm and make sure, curious inspection, nothing rough.

“Yeah.” She agrees, about the worry; she gets it - everything sucks there. She got a recap. Also with the touching, she gets that too - she'd poked Steve when he thought she was a ghost. So, she doesn't really know Max, but she knows everyone from Hawkins probably needs a hug and some therapy, so she can offer a hug, which she goes in for a quick one.

“I had no idea what a mess was back home.”

They probably all need hugs, and therapy, but Max already choked down the therapy bit and came out more caustic from it. Their counselor tried, but impending death changes views, for sure.

Hugs are not something she's accustomed to from most people, but when Chrissy goes in for one, Max returns it, briefly. It actually felt secure, and Chrissy feels very real.

"Yeah. Giant mess," Max agrees, eyes flickering everywhere as she still absorbs all of this. "I have to ask. Did you come here before anything bad happened?" She doesn't want to say 'before you died,' but that's what she means. What does Chrissy know?

It's true. She can relate to that at least, the school counselor was not enough for their issues.

“You mean before I started hallucinating clocks and spiders and other things, and then got trapped in a mental nightmare with a cosmic horror? No, came after that; I know I'm like two seconds from dead.” Max might be somewhat tiptoeing around it, but she's not.

“You?”

Max bites the inside of her cheek, body tensing as Chrissy's words bring back the chimes, the visions, angry memories.

In theory, that should make it easier to talk about, but Max still only says, "Same." Pause.

"Just don't tell anyone that, yet. I want to handle that." And make sure Billy doesn't learn. At least, not until she's on her way out of here to go back.

“Secret's safe with me.” She promises with a nod, before pausing for a few seconds. “I just hate that you know what it's like, too.” Which is an understatement, really.

What a thing to be able to relate to someone else with, jeez. It couldn't be something nice, or fun? No. Had to be this.

"Thanks," she actually means that.

It is an unsettling thing to share with someone. Speaking of.

"I'm sorry I didn't really reach out to you. You obviously needed help. I walked away too easy."

Max would be very glad to share a fun thing, though. Like a sleep over.

"Don't do that to yourself. There's nothing to apologize for because you didn't do anything wrong by not reaching out. You started high school a few months after losing your brother; a random cheerleader barfing up her lunch in the bathroom shouldn't even cross your mind as something to tackle after that, let alone the other hells you all went through trying to save our reality as we knew it, a hundred times over."

God, that group of people. That often reckless, but much more brave and smart and resourceful group of people. Taking on problems they shouldn't have to but doing it anyway. She wishes she would have been able to have been there with them doing that; she told Robin she wished she could have been there so that she could have made probably some of the best friends to have.

"I pushed away, kept myself tuned out. Tried," Max points out. "I saw you come out of Ms Kelley's office. You might be right it was random, but looking back.... I just wish I had tried harder. We could have saved you."

Here, they have another chance, though. Chrissy can still be apart of their group.

"I was already dead when you saw me." In the sense that she might as well have been. Not literally of course. "I don't think anyone could have done anything by that point. There's already enough regret going around about it." She doesn't like being dead back home, but what she likes even less is one of the younger kids carrying that kind of guilt about it. "I can also see you and Billy are really good at being stubborn, so there's probably no way I can talk you out of it." Look, she had to give up trying to tell Billy the flayer shit wasn't his fault because he was possessed.

Max opens her mouth to argue, but stops. Partly because she had been there, and look at how that ends. But also because Chrissy brings up Billy.

Max breathes out and darkly chuckles. "Like brother like sister."

A beat, "I get it, though. I was already being hunted at that time, too."

If she knew how much the Mindflayer had scarred Billy internally, how much guilt it left him with, she would have wished she had done more to Vecna than just rip at his throat to get free. She might also go to Billy now, instead of wait.

But right now, she's getting to know Chrissy.

"You know.... Vecna's not here. We could just, do something fun."

If they ever manage to completely kick Vecna's ass, it's probably going to be very satisfying for them back home. Years of his bullshit and loss said bullshit caused being finally rid of. That and just .. the weight off the collective shoulders of the whole of Hawkins.

“We could. Actually, I owe Robin a real girls night sleepover experience, complete with music, nail polish, snacks, shenanigans we never tell boys about because we're too cool, and so on. I could use some planning help.” Sounds like a good team up to her.

Max wants that, so much, even more now. So badly it's hard to focus on the people here and now, to not think of going back. But nothing changed with Chrissy here, or Billy. So maybe she can excuse it, just for a moment.

She perks up at the mention of sleepover.

"We deserve a sleepover. Definitely no boys," Max agrees. She grins. "I only have one song on my tape, but I can help find some snacks and nail polish in this place." Someone has to have at least nail polish, right? And she can hit up Tommy at the diner for snacks.

“Apparently there's a thing here that can replicate stuff for you, but it's only got a certain number of uses per some period of time or something like that - haven't tested it yet so not sure of the other limits.” Translation: She is going to fuck around and find out. Hopefully with good results.

“What's the one song?” She knows what it's probably for, but might as well find out what Max considers her favorite song.

"Kavinsky mentioned that when I went scavenging with him," Max perks up. "We should test it out. See how much it can handle." Something just fun. They all sort of need that.

Max's smile brightens. "Kate Bush. Running Up That Hill."

A beat. "What's your favorite song?"

“We should.” They probably can't break it, so it's fine?? They got this.

“That's a good choice. Mine is Uptown Girl, because sometimes I really am that predictable.”

Max chuckles to that. "You know where it is?" If anyone does break it, it would be them, but Max is also likely to get the hang of it, too.

"Uptown Girl?" Max repeats. "It's an okay song." At least that is still music.

"Sure. We can check it out now if you want?" They might as well, she figures, while they're talking about it.

"At this rate, we could have a Hawkins karaoke night with these songs." Just saying.

"I would rather be doing that than...." So many things. "You know. Let's go."

Max laughs, but looks unsure about that one. "If we can find a microphone. I guess we could."

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oh hello feelings punch

Yeahhhh, same here

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