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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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When she shows up, well... Sorry Max, but you're going to have to fucking deal with the hug that Robin is giving her. Because the last time she saw Max, the girl was in a hospital beg.

"No. Lots of people use the hotel. A number of us from Hawkins specifically, and the two Hylians, and the lady, Lark. Come on, there's the fourth floor. I don't know if anyone is up there. We should be okay. Watch yourself, the steps are taller than you're used to."

Robin hugs her, and Max stiffens at first, but when Robin's hold doesn't go too tight, and the atmosphere doesn't darken, she returns the hug. Like when Chrissy hugged her, it feels nice.

Robin mentions the Hawkins group and Max stops and has to ask, "Billy?"

See, even asking about Billy doesn't tell Robin if Max is pre or post Starcourt. No, scratch that. Max actually not immediately squirming out of a hug probably answers that. They know each other, so definitely after Starcourt.

"Yeah. Billy. He... Time isn't the same for any of us. So far as I know, none of us are even from the same day, though Steve, Eddie and I are closest in time to each other, though Chrissy isn't far off. Which is why I'm asking you what day it is. That tells me just how much you know."

Because hey, Robin would love it if Max is from, like, 1987 and can tell them that it all ends okay and no one else died and Max herself got better and yeah, it all hurts but she's hopeful. Robin's gotten a little too used to briefings though. First Billy, then Chrissy, and hopefully not Max.

"No, I mean, he isn't here, is he?"

She sighs.

"I guess March 1986 doesn't tell you everything. Let's get up to the fourth floor."

"If by here you mean in the hotel, then no. He avoids Steve and Eddie pretty religiously as far as I can tell," she says before starting up the steps.

"And March 1986 is more or less my concern. Except for Billy that fits all of us I suppose. From what I've put together he's from literally just before... Well, the very end of Starcourt."

Before his death. Probably not even minutes before it. Which was bad for him. Hard to live here knowing you're dead. Eddie seemed to handle it decently enough with Steve around, and Chrissy was just trying to live her best life.

"Before he dies?" Max goes for the punch on that one, and closes her eyes.

"Guess we have something in common."

Max sighs. At least he's not in the hotel. Small blessing.

"Yeah, just before. Like, after he's in his own right mind again thanks to El."

A tiny window of time, which was an important one. Before he said sorry though, and Robin doesn't know that fact.

"We probably have a lot in common."

She's racing up the steps as quick as she can without tripping. But there's this low key anxiety that's probably radiating off of her.

"Yeah, I guess we do. I'm hoping that you've got good news."

"I don't," her voice deadpan and hollow.

"I have a couple things in common with Billy."

She almost feels bad, because she can feel the stress rolling off Robin, but she can't say what the future holds for any of them.

That's what she's scared of, Max. That you have things in common with Billy. And that's not something she'd wish for.

Robin's trying to hold people together with both hands and lately it's not going the best. She wished there was still some rum left. Of course she used it all. Like a genius. But saving the world had mattered.

"Here," she says, her breath a bit strained when she reaches the landing for the fourth floor. Damn she hates these steps. "We'll just look for the first room without personal effects in them."

Sounds like Robin might need some help, support, or maybe some fun.

Right now, Max wants to get this conversation over.

She opens rooms, and at the first with no items, she waves Robin over.

"Here."

Yes. On all of those. She has to manage the boys to make sure they don't fight, he gets to be Steve's confidant about his new boyfriend, and come on, there's this whole thing with her not knowing what to do to help people here.

"Here," she agrees as she goes through the door and closes it behind them.

"Okay. Um... Last thing you remember?"

"Like I said. Two things in common with Billy," Max repeats before she just gets to it.

"El showed up all badass and kicked Vecna's ass for a bit." Breathe in. Breathe out.

"Then she lost." She tries to recount this as matter of factly as she can, but Max's voice cracks.

"Then Vecna had me and was seconds away from breaking me."

Two things. No, Robin doesn't like that.

"We didn't know that," Robin says honestly as she leans against the wall. "About El. Not at the time. And I..."

She bites her lip.

"I'm sorry. I tripped. On the stairs. Going up to the attic. The vines grabbed us, all three of us. We were... They were choking us. I delayed us all. I'm the reason you had to hold on so long. The reason Eddie..."

Robin blames herself. It was her fault Max got so badly hurt. Her fault Eddie... Robin blamed herself and she didn't say that to Eddie because he would ignore her words anyway. But Max almost died, and Robin owed her an apology.

"I'm sorry, and I don't think I'm ever going to get how you look in your hospital bed out of my head."

"Now you know. El helped me quite a bit."

Max shakes her head, voice going thick. Just like Chrissy told her, she tells Robin, "Don't. None of this is on you. It's not on you Vecna's an asshole. His choices, hunting people down, killing them, breaking every limb...that's not on anyone butthen, i'm just glad you're not dead. He showed me images of that.... Of hurting you. To weaken me."

She blinks, dread filling her. "What happened to Eddie?" Because if he doesn't make it out of this.... He needs to stay here. Will she ever see him again? And - "What about Dustin? Wasn't he with him?"

Hospital bed? "What? But I'm alive?" She doesn't sound too thrilled about this, but there's a small note of hope.

"Billy doesn't know about any of this, does he?"

It was good to know. El and the Byers and Mike had shown up days after everything went down, but it was good to know.

"I'm still sorry," she says, her voice weak. If she hadn't fucked up then Max wouldn't have had to do it all alone. But now Max is hitting an important part and Robin winces.

"Steve and I are the only ones here who live," she says, her voice a whisper. "Or were. I think sometimes that Steve maybe thought that wasn't true before I showed up. But Eddie... Well, I guess he should be the one to tell you. But Dustin's okay, he hurt his hip. And Lucas's arm got broken. But the rest of us are... as okay as we can be."

Robin doesn't know if now is the time to explain that Max absolutely had to have died for a second, because of the gates. Is it right to put that on her?

"You're alive. And Billy doesn't know about what Vecna did you do. Steve and Eddie apparently made that choice before I showed up, and I don't think it's my place to explain that to him. Though I did tell him a lot more about what was going on in Hawkins. Tried to give him some answers, since neither of the boys thought it might help him to process his own pending death if he knew things. I told Chrissy what I could."

Steve and I are the only ones here who live.

Max feels heavy hearing that. She's tired of death, and Eddie doesn't deserve that. Her eyes glass over as she slumps down to the floor.

She processes. Dustin is mostly okay.

Her face scrunches up. "What happened to Lucas? Why...? He should have been safe in the Creel House." But when are any of them safe. Something always goes wrong.

"So...Hawkins is safe? I'm not thrilled about being in a hospital bed," she would be less thrilled to know about the coma part, "but maybe it's worth it."

Max frowns.

"How did Billy take that? He doesn't like not knowing things."

"Jason Carver happened to Lucas. He's also partially responsible for what happened to you. Broke your headphones apparently."

So Max never got the music to get her out either. Which was maddening at the very best. Because there were so many things that meant they had failed Max, but no one had expected it to be Jason to fuck it up so badly for them.

"Hawkins is... not good. We tried. Apparently we failed. Vecna has to still be standing, and since you died for a few seconds, the gates tore open. Nothing crossed over, but Hawkins is sort of in ruins. They're playing it off as an earthquake, and of course Eddie is being blamed."

Which is such bullshit. Everything went wrong and she hates it so much. They tried so hard, and they hadn't had enough people to carry it all. Part of her wonders if she's the only one who blames herself, or if Steve does too. When Hopper 'died' and Joyce left, Steve was basically rendered defacto adult and there just hadn't been enough resources.

"Billy... didn't take it well. Knowing there was so much he didn't know. I couldn't tell him everything. It was so much at once. Chrissy wanted to know it all, know it immediately, but Billy's life was destroyed by it in so many different ways that it just overwhelmed him."

She frowns and pulls out her walkman and looks at the headphones; they seem in tact.

"Carver should have stayed out of it. What about Erica?"

And then she hears it was all for nothing. Hawkins was still ripped open. Max rubs her face with a hand as she processes that. Not good.

"How can they blame Eddie for an earthquake? I get how they can't handle what actually happened, but that's a little out there to blame Eddie. The only thing he's guilty of is being a loud nerd."

Max's chest tightens when she hears about Billy. Overwhelmed - sounds right.

"Can't blame him on that. It's a lot, and really out there. I didn't even believe Lucas when he first told me. I thought he was trying to mess with me."

Yeah, they are intact at this moment. It's a myster of all mysteries.

"Erica got a little hurt too from Andy but she will be fine. And we'll figure it out. We have to figure it out."

Of course she can understand how stupid it is that the earthquake was blamed on Eddie. But no one made sense.

"A lot of people left. But even those that remain blame Eddie. And we couldn't even..."

Couldn't even bring him back. Robin wants to cry. Needs to cry.

"We'll figure it out. And you'll get better. And we'll make sure Eddie's name is cleared."

Yeah, she's just going to clutch her walkman tightly and close to her because it seems to have a lot of bad luck.

"I guess common sense is not necesaary if you waste all your time playing sports," Max hisses. They had no place interfering like that. If she had only been conscious, not dealing with Vecna, maybe she could have done something. But there is no point worrying about that, and she knows it.

Max can only feel remotely hopeful because she has no idea she's in a coma, and Robin sounds strained, like all of this is taking a huge toll.

"Of course I'll get better," she says with a frustrated tone, insulted anyone thinks she might not.

"I'm alive. That's better than I thought I would get."

Luck was really something Robin never would have believed in before she learned of the Upside-Down. Now she doesn't know anymore.

"It's more the religion thing," she says with a wave of her hand. She hadn't been raised with that so she didn't really get it beyond in an academic sense. "Guess he won't make that mistake again."

So many people were 'missing' now.

"I know you will. You're strong, Max. So when you do, and you're all healed up, we're going to finish the school year and make Steve take us all on a serious vacation, okay? You're going to get a lot more for you than just being alive."

Max just isn't taking chances with the walkman, not now. She's already heard from Tommy the one here was damaged, and now she learns the one back home might be okay, but her headphones weren't.

"That explains the stupidity," Max mutters sarcastically. It does, but doesn't. It's not a good excuse for it, at least. She frowns, "What do you mean? Won't make that mistake again?" He sounds dead, and while she doesn't consider that a big loss, it's still another death. It still kind of sucks.

There's a brief flicker of a smile.

"Yeah. We should take a vacation. Somewhere far away from Hawkins." She hears waves in her ears when she says that, then sighs. She cares about her friends, wouldn't leave them, but misses the beach.

"But...you know, while we're here," her eyes flicker away thinking of Chrissy, Eddie, and most definitely Billy, "we should still make the most of it. While we can. Because Eddie, Chrissy, Billy...they can't go back." She'll never see them again after this.

"Jason's... People died. These tears from the gates, they're worse. They... Lucas said Jason sort of just burned up."

IT was a miracle Lucas and Erica and Max had all gotten out of it. A fucking miracle. Enough to make Robin believe that something out there was looking out for them. Which apparently turned out to be El.

"Somewhere with sun and a beach? Can I argue for Oregon? I always wanted to go. The forests, the culture, the peacefulness? I don't know if the beaches there are of any quality though."

While they're here, they really needed to. Robin smiles and nods.

"That's sorta the goal. We're going to make the most of this. Steve's looking out for Eddie. I'm doing my best with Billy but he's stubborn. And I'm trying with Chrissy. More hands on deck couldn't hurt. I'm guessing you'd prefer Chrissy over Billy."

She'd probably be guessing wrong.

Robin explains what happened to Jason and Max's eyes widen. There was a gate in the trailer park.

"Robin...has anyone heard from my mom?"

California might be too painful, so Max just agrees, "Sure. Oregon. As long as we go in summer."

Max grows more solemn as she listens.

"How about both? I like Chrissy," at least the bit she's spoken to her since arriving, "and there's no way I'm not helping with Billy. Not after he saved El, all of us, and died. Besides, I know him. He's stubborn, and he's not used to this. Being a part of anything. Someone trying to help. You're going to need all the help you can get. And I'm stubborn."

"I don't know Max. I haven't heard that someone has gotten in touch with her yet," Robin said with a sigh. "But it's not like we've had a lot of time to figure it all out. I mean, barely any time at all."

And there's little she can do to give more comfort than that. Other than... "You know, Dustin apparently got an offer from Eddie's uncle to go to their trailer for stuff, so it's likely there wasn't a ton of damage there. Pretty sure Family Video is gone though."

Which she shouldn't be surprised about because she's not allowed to have a job long term. There wasn't much she could do about that though. They should just look for other answers, after Vecna. Now she has nothing to do but try and offer some comfort.

"Oregon in the summer. Deal. Steve can drive. And Jonathan. Nancy. All of them. And... I would have thought maybe you didn't want as much to do with Billy. I've been doing what I can. He's... a lot more complex than I ever knew at school."

She's not about to explain why she found that out. She's not outing herself, or Steve and Eddie, and definitely not Billy.

"He is stubborn though."

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