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

iii. Storms

[madginger]

[Max at least knew better about the storms, now, but they came on fast, sometimes, and she found herself in one before she knew it. She knew to ignore any possible people she didn't have confirmation were in fact on the alien planet, and to ignore anyone trying to get her back out into that downpour, but sees someone else from another shelter go out into it and sighs.]

[She leaves the shelter of the building across the way and yells out, while flailing her arms above her head.]

Hey! You! It's probably not real!

[bevvitched]

[It took Daniel a moment to notice Max, but he stopped when he did, glancing back and forth between her and the direction the specter of Iliya had gone. Daniel trusted him, wholeheartedly, without hesitation, so he believed that if Iliya needed him, it was something important. But also- he had to admit that something didn't feel right, he just couldn't figure out exactly what.]

What? What are you talking about?

[madginger]

I've seen things out here, too. [Max shakes her head.] But it wasn't real. Just something trying to lure us into the storm.

[bevvitched]

But-

[He didn't finish, looking towards where his friend had disappeared to, again. Instead of heading in that direction though, he reluctantly moved towards Max.]

You're sure? It- it looked so real.

[Real enough that he'd absolutely sworn it was Iliya before.]

[madginger]

I know. [ Max nods her head, recalling some of the visions she's seen herself. ] But it's never really them.

One time it actually was a real person. But that person's actually on this alien planet. You sure the person you saw is?

[bevvitched]

[Daniel was experiencing a lot of doubt right now, but it wasn't really directed at Max. It was just...because of this whole situation. He was also starting to get the impression that this storm--or something else--had fucked with his head. It was not a pleasant thought.]

I don't know... I haven't been here long, so he might be, but- Iliya's my best friend, I couldn't just... [ignore him. But-]

Why would something want to make us see people who aren't here?

[madginger]

Drag us further into the storm? Not really sure why.

Back home if I was seeing visions of people, it was because a being from another dimension was trying to break me down and make me vulnerable. It might be something like that, too.

[ Sure, expect total stranger to believe that one, but after the premise of alien planet, is Vecna really that more far-fetched of a story? Yeah, Max is still dealing with that, too. ]

[bevvitched]

[He made a thoughtful noise for a second while considering that first point, but then-]

What the fuck. Why would something want to do that?

[He believed it way more easily than might be expected. Because he was also dealing with a being from another dimension back home, coincidentally]

[madginger]

You'd have to ask the storm that.

[ Max shrugs. ] But if you think about it, there are no good reasons for it.