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!

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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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Comments

[playingtough]

Of course he’s a dork. But he’s nice and a good doctor, too. Billy has the scars to prove it.

The verbal near-fighting was draining on him too. He’s used to fighting, but physically. Not this. Not pacing and yelling and having no way to get it out of his system. The storm is too strong outside, so he couldn’t leave Max here to try and go to the civic center or for a run. But right now he stays, hugging Max so close like he never did back in Hawkins or San Diego.

"Trust me. I’ve fucked up enough by myself without needing an extra push my shitbird of a sister." He finally pulls away and looks off to the side as he blinks the last of the tears away.

"You’re staying here, at least for the night. I don’t know how long the storm is gonna keep up or if it’ll get worse."

[madginger]

She would hate to know he's scarred up so much. Like either of them need visible reminders of what happened. As for Kaplan, Max might just have to meet him, but no one gets to replace Billy Hargrove.

Everyone from Hawkins has hugged her at this point, and Max doesn't think she has been been hugged this much in her life and it's been all a few days. She certainly isn't going to stop Billy until he's done. She does squeeze him a for a second, eyes shut tight, then he lets go and she steps back.

"Yeah, you know how to fuck up like a pro," Max smirks, it's not untrue, but not meant to be unkind, "But this time, I'm going to try to help you." Try because they both know she is going to lose her temper with him, and slam something at some point. Still, Max wants to.

Considering how broken Billy seems - never mind they're both vulnerable or anything like that - Max had been prepared to offer to stay the night, using the storm as an excuse, of course, but Billy beats her to it.

She opens her mouth, closes it, her eyes drift to a spot off to the side and she shrugs, "Sure. I'll take this spot on the floor." She looks at Billy, partially smiling as she adds, "Out of your pacing path."

Max takes off her jacket to ball it up into a pillow, then tells him, tone serious but matter-of-fact, once more, "If I wake up, it's not you, but I don't want to talk about it. Not tonight." There have been enough trauma confessions.

[playingtough]

On fucking up, he’s sure a lot of people would agree. They’d probably have more to add to that, too. He doesn’t say anything about it though, choosing silence for the moment.

Instead, Billy busies himself by fixing up the linens on the bed. He leaves the pillow and the regular blanket while taking the tinfoil one to lay on the floor.

"I don’t pace at night,“ he told her and then pointed at the bed. "You’ll take my bed tonight. If the storm is less or gone tomorrow, I’ll take you to Robin at the hotel to get you set up."

With the bed fixed up, Billy goes over to the fire. From the stack of logs next to it he grabs one to toss in. It’ll keep them warm through the night for certain. "Don’t worry about waking me up."

He thinks for a moment, then goes over to the mantle of the fireplace. He takes a little medicine bottle and tosses it towards her.

"Try one of these. Tae gave me them to help me sleep and something about anxiety. They should help."

[madginger]

Okay, she's very tired, but not tired enough to insist, "I'm not taking your bed. It's your bed. I have no problem sleeping on floors!"

Robin! Max's eyes widen and she tries to fiddle with the device she was given, only to realize, "It really doesn't work in these storms. Great. She's going to fret. But yeah, you can take me to the hotel in the morning."

She catches the bottle, and stares at it, then peers at Billy. She shakes the bottle.

"You first," she insists and tosses the bottle back.

[playingtough]

"Shut the hell up!" He matches her volume, turning sharp as she insists on the floor. "It's just one night and after everything you've been through, it'll be good for you!" He huffs hard at her, almost like a damn bull getting its temper up.

But he settles while she works at the device, intending to try and message Robin. "Yeah, they don't work. I should've mentioned that." It was the last thing on his mind with their yelling at each other though. Sibling bonding Billy supposes.

"Take the bed, Max," he insists, firm but not yelling. The bottle shakes in his grasp when he catches it. This time Billy walks over. The cap gets unscrewed and he shakes out two little white pills before returning the cap to it's place. "One for each of us. Take the bed and I'll take my dose first."

Compromise.

[madginger]

Max opens her mouth, ready with venom, but stops short, "What I've been through? At least I'm still alive! What about what you've been through?"

What stuns her the most is when he offers to take one of the pills if she just takes the bed. At least he's aware she was going to insist he take one.

"Okay, but you take yours first and take the pillow. I have my jacket. I don't need it." She offers the pillow out with one hand, and puts her hand out to take one of the pills. If he can compromise, she can, too, and not yell about it, while she's at it.

[playingtough]

She may not have meant the venom in her words, but Billy feels it. It stings, if only because it feels like its his fault he's dead and she's not. The blue eyes darken and he shoves the pill into her outstretched hand.

It's not like he wants to die. Billy wanted to fix what he had done and save the others. Death just happened to be part of that process. There's no way for him to stop it.

"Whatever," he bites out rudely.

Once she has the pill, he snatches the pillow and snags his Walkman before laying down on the floor. Thankfully it's not too cold because of the fire and he pulls the crinkly blanket over him. Billy's tired. Crying, feeling angry, and all of the pent up aggression just wore him out quicker than he figured it would. He hates it, but there's nothing to do about it until after the storm in the morning.

"Night."

[madginger]

She definitely didn't mean it like that. It meant she was more concerned for his well-being over her own, for now, at least.

Max is pushed to take the pill, he says whatever like that, and Max's eyebrows furrow. "Whatever?"

She looks at the pill, and watches him. He lies down, but first, "Not yet. You're going to let me see you swallow that pill first, Billy." She still holds onto hers.

[playingtough]

Of course she didn’t. But leave it to Billy to take things the wrong first and act on it before listening. The foil blanket crinkles and crunches as he gets situated. The pill hasn’t been taken yet.

He turns over onto his back to flare up at her. There’s temptation to snap and say no. To tell her to shut up and go to bed but he doesn’t. Billy just gives her an angry stare before showing the pill in his hand.

"We take it at the same time," he tells her. "And show under our tongues that we fucking took it." That’s a Neil technique there.

[madginger]

This whole meeting half-way thing is going to take some time. That shouldn't be a shocker.

He turns back, and Max almost expects him to argue with her, so his words surprise her, again, but it feels like compromise, enough. The part of her that still doesn't trust Billy considers tucking her pill in between her teeth and cheek in case he tricks her, but she stops. That's not going to help them, is it?

"Okay. We show under our tongues, and the sides, in our cheeks. And I swear to God, Billy, if you don't take this dumb little pill with me, I'm going to have trouble trusting you again for a while. You get that, right?" It is such a small thing, but it represents more than that, for her.

She shows the pill in her hand, then pops it in her mouth and watches to make sure Billy does the same - she hasn't swallowed, yet.

[playingtough]

He's still trying to get better at compromising but Billy knows he’s doing well enough. There’s obvious progress, even if the blond doesn’t recognize it all the time.

Her words only make him scowl more. But it was true - if she couldn’t trust him now, it would take forever to build it again. If he was going to be better like he said, Billy wanted to start with his sister of all people.

Billy shows his and nods with some of the scowl melting from his face. "I get it."

He shows the little pill and pops his in to swallow. Then he opens his mouth to let her inspect. It’s swallowed, nothing hiding against his gums or under his tongue.

wrap as discussed

[madginger]

They might have work to do still, but Max more than sees the improvement.

Billy scowls, and Max just stares at him, unrelenting. Her expression eases up when he swallows, and shows her. Her lips quirk up, but it isn't until she swallows her own pill, opens her mouth and shows Billy under her tongue and her gums, that she actually smiles, almost laughs. It feels silly, but it's necessary.

Max's smile doesn't last long, but there's a tinge of gratitude in it, even if she doesn't say 'Thanks.'

"Night, Billy."

With that, she curls up in the blanket Billy left for her and drifts off. For probably the first time in eight months, Max sleeps through the night. Maybe it isn't just the pill that allows her that peace, either. She feels a slither of security she hasn't had in a very, very long time.