WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME

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WINTER 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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Winter in Temba and Sh'Ka

What says winter more than snow?

Lots of snow.

MORE snow.

Indeed. It's snowing. A lot. From one day to the next both Temba and Sh'Ka are covered in snow and especially in Temba these masses of snow may even collapse some of the more damaged buildings, so be careful where you seek shelter.

But the Agrii are trying to help and we all know nothing ever gets weird or wrong when the Agrii decide to help their He-Rows. Two small, vividly colored snowblower drones are doing their best to clear paths along the most used streets of Temba. It looks like one of the Agrii has used their years of observing frustrated He-Rows shovel and magically melt snow wisely. Unfortunately these little drones, despite being equipped with large googly eyes, don't really see what they are doing and while clearing out one street may end up blocking five others as well as the doors to buildings.

And if it isn't the snow itself or the little snow drones blocking you in, there are still the prevailing dangers left by the earthquake that are now well hidden under snow. Huge cracks in the ground are now perfectly camouflaged, so be mindful where you step. You may end up in an icy underground cavern without ever having meant to end up there.

In other areas the cold has a value for a time. The much diminished flood plain soon freezes over enough for skating, until it too ends up in a layer of snow. But that's more easily brushed aside so maybe you can do something with that? Or perhaps it's just better to stay inside, where there is heat and perhaps other people avoiding the heavy blanket that covers Temba.

Sh'Ka is also covered in snow as mentioned before, but it lacks the little snow-blowing helpers sent by the Agrii. So here the paths between places will have to be those you forge yourselves. At least Sh'Ka doesn't have the same issue with ice caverns just under the surface, or with buildings collapsing until the weight of winter's most predictable weather system.

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.

RETURN OF THE SHIPS!!

Yes, they are back. Though you may not be aware of it, the ships stored in the hangar have been gone for quite some time, but they have been returned very recently. In a way, at least. What used to be a group of nine smaller ships has become a very shipable pair of brand new, notably larger space vessels and you just may feel compelled to enter one of these two ships to take a look around. The glitter dispensers await you!

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

imagine her interacting with House from House MD

[cactusy]

Okay, hold up, how common is all of this? Could I go get pizza right now if I wanted?

honestly these two in a room with House debating medicine and glowering when House flirts? lovely

[butterfly_kiss]

Trust me, I wish we could do just that. However we are currently bond onto the ships, and we didn't get any choice in this. They used some form of musical coercion to lure us here onto the ships. So no pizza oven, no ingredients, I didn't even get to pack up my emergency supplies.

god, right... I think she'd find his ~edginess annoying but i want this so much now

[cactusy]

Musical... coercion.

[She honestly could just end it there, because she really does want an explanation on that front. But the lure of pizza, even potentially shitty, disappointing pizza, is strong. So.]

Got any idea how long this is gonna last?

[There are very many practical reasons to want to know the answer to that question, but ingredient access is at least in the top three.]

[butterfly_kiss]

Honestly, I can't be certain it won't last forever. I have no data either way. And these Agrii don't strike me as exceedingly bright. They may have helped save us from a volcano, but it was the local plants that did most of the work.

And yes. Some music started playing and I couldn't help but come here. I am not pleased with it.

[cactusy]

["Not pleased" is an understatement, for Shaw's part.]

Stuff like that happen a lot?

[butterfly_kiss]

Honestly, I don't know. I've only been here a year. There are those who would answer it better. Doesn't make me less annoyed.

[cactusy]

A year sounds like a pretty long time to me. But what would I know, I've only been here a couple days.

[butterfly_kiss]

There are plenty that have been here far longer than I have. Perhaps they can give you some context to it. All I can say is that I'm far beyond pleased.

[cactusy]

[Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh.]

-- Which flavor's the best? The spicy one's pretty okay, I guess. It's no wasabi, though.

[butterfly_kiss]

For a meal, I mix chicken with a hint of teriyaki and some peanut butter, and an even smaller hint of mixed vegetable.

It's almost like a very basic stir-fry.

[cactusy]

[Huh. Mixing and matching them - now there's an idea.]

Not "almost" in the sense that it ends up depressing and makes you regret all your life choices? I'm used to the good places in Chinatown; I'm a girl with discerning tastes.

[butterfly_kiss]

I mean, it's still a semi-solid meal. Suitable for hospital work but hardly counting as proper fresh food.

[Really, regret sounds about right.]

I admit we don't have anything like Chinatown in Tokyo, but we still enjoy things like this from time to time. And I miss it.

[cactusy]

I went to Tokyo a couple times for a job; you guys have plenty of your own good stuff, too. Kidnapping alien buggers don't know what they're missing.

[butterfly_kiss]

Clearly not. I am given to understand from others that their favorite flavor is 'peanut butter'. Almost makes me want to curse George Washington Carver.

At last they don't seem to be an allergen.

[cactusy]

Okay... I guess that's good or whatever, but you get that it's also weird, right? Non-peanut peanut butter?

[butterfly_kiss]

Oh trust me, I get that it's weird. There are countless things in this situation that are weird.

I suppose this place requires some adaptability.

[cactusy]

[Adaptability. It's something she's always prized; something she's always been good at. And honestly, she can get behind aliens existing; that in and of itself doesn't strike her as too crazy or too confusing to be believed. But.

They used some form of musical coercion to lure us here onto the ships. They'll get in her head, just like Samaritan had. Apparently it's open season on Sameen Shaw's brain.

She makes a small, strangled sound that's half-grunt and half-laugh.]

Yeah. Sounds like it.

[butterfly_kiss]

You want weird? My chief medical assistant is a witch. I'm teaching him what I know so that he's better prepared to spell wounds and illnesses better. And the other doctor on the planet is a virologist who is basically always wearing sunglasses and keeps guns because there have been so many monster-like things that we have had to evacuate and deal with threats before.

[Okay, that's a poor description of Wesker, but she doesn't know it.]

[cactusy]

Where'd he get the gun?

[#priorities!]

[butterfly_kiss]

Honestly, I don't know. It isn't the one the security datapoint provides I think. Perhaps from home? Or perhaps he makes them as a hobby.

[cactusy]

Other people got to keep their guns from home?

[butterfly_kiss]

People seem to come in with something. No rhyme or reason to it to my knowledge. I had an extra coat.

[cactusy]

I don't care how cold it is, I'd rather have a gun.

[butterfly_kiss]

I can't access the security rooms of the ship, so I cannot say if there are weapons here.

[cactusy]

It's... a security room; what else would they have?