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WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME

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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"Great timing as usual, I see," a voice comments dryly from somewhere nearby, but if the newcomer hasn't been able to get his footing- or find his feet, then a hand grabs at whatever flailing arm there is to help pull him out.

"-huh." The turtle boy pauses once he gets a good look at whoever the Agrii has brought in now, swiping some snow off of the poor guy's hat before tucking his hands into the pockets of his winter coat.

Fang is happy for the assistance and grabs the hand. Once his strong tail is free, he uses that to bounce out of the snowdrift.

"Thanks," he says. "... Whaddya mean about the timing? Do these guys normally dump people in snowdrifts the size of small mountains?!" He had just barely absorbed the information from the Data Point and had started to walk off to process it when he had fallen in the snowdrift.

Donnie shrugs. "Well no, not normally. But they do seem a little ignorant of weather inconveniences," he sighs. "I got dropped into the dead of winter coming straight from summer and let me tell you, it is not a fun shock for a turtle."

"... Yeah, I can imagine," Fang frowns.

"... So about this thing they want us to do. Are they planning to pay us for all the work?" He folds his arms. "I'm no altruist. I don't take on charity." But he realizes he'll probably have to work for free just to get back home, and that is both an aggravating and frightening thought. He doesn't like not being in control of a situation, not at all.

"Yeah, no," Donnie replies with a dry laugh. "I doubt they'd understand the concept of payment. There's...a lot they don't understand, really."

He gestures towards the diner. "You look like you'd freeze if we stand out here any longer, let's go grab some coffee. But anyway, frustrating as it is, the Agrii, as we know them to be, seem to have some preconceived idea of heroes and have decided that is the solution to the problem they otherwise have not been able to figure out for generations now."

"You got that right," Fang grumbles.

He does perk up at the sight of the diner. "You're on." But he snorts at this comment. "Heroes, eh? Do they even really know what a hero is? I'm the furthest thing from one of those."

Tucking his hands into his pockets again, Donnie nods, leading the way. He laughs as Fang replies.

"My guess is their dimensional kidnapping search engine has a very broad set of descriptors that it's looking through. My pal here has his arch nemesis of all people here, so...yeah, hero's definitely up in the air. That's not even counting the vampire who tried to eat me."

"Vampires.... Arch-enemies.... I'd love to see what their search criteria really said," Fang scoffs. "And apparently we show up with nothing?! I had a hoverbike that I don't see around here now. Not to mention my gun." Which is just a fairly harmless popgun (unless one is hit in the eye by the cork).

"Nothing? Really? I didn't think they left people completely empty-handed. Unless they counted your hat," Donnie shrugs. At least the snow's been cleared towards the buildings, so he isn't knee-deep in it once they get to the diner door.

"... Maybe it fell out in the snow ... ?" He glances back at the snowdrift, wondering if he should go back to look. He'd feel better having the gun, even if it's really fairly useless and causes more problems than it solves.

Donnie pauses as he considers. "Possible. I had to do some digging for my tech-bō. ...if your stuff is fireproof I could solve this problem pretty quick."

"Fireproof?" Is a cork fireproof? "... I'm not sure about that. Maybe I'll just go back and poke around a bit...."

He goes back to the snowdrift and searches through it until he pulls up a popgun. "Here we go." He looks surprised it's really there.

"A...cork?" Donnie looks at him oddly, but volunteers nothing further as the purple...creature goes back into the snow. No thanks, he'll wait over here where it's not up to his knees.

Once Fang's found what he's looking for, Donnie squints. "...is that a toy?"

Fang scowls. "No, it's a genuine weapon! I've used it on my hunts." Now how effective it is on them is another matter. But at least it worked well during that weird ... fighting tournament he got into once....

Somehow the turtle manages not to laugh, though his mouth twists as though very much wanting to. "Uh-huh. Well, cool, you found your toy so let's go inside already," he says, turning to open the door. Winter clothes or not, it's still stupidly cold outside.

Fang doesn't protest the continued calling of it a toy, instead just rolling his eyes as he heads inside. He has to admit, this is way better.

"So what kinda grub do they serve in here?" he wonders.

"I think they try to emulate standard Earth food, not that I know if that means anything to you."

Donnie strolls over to the back to go grab a couple mugs for coffee. He hopes he's not expected to make anything more complicated than that although he can manage a sandwich at best if really necessary, but otherwise, he's just providing some hot drink.

"That should work out fine," Fang says. "I'm guessing it's not the aliens runnin' the place."

Coffee is a good starter and he takes a mug.

"Nope, just us. Once we're down here, we're pretty much left to our own devices," Donnie says as he wraps his fingers around his own mug, soaking in the warmth before he takes a sip of coffee.

"At least the food should be pretty good then. Do these ... uh ... aliens ever step in and try to make food?"

Fang starts to drink too.

Donnie thinks about it. If they have, he can't really recall. Sure hasn't happened so long as he's been here, anyway. "Not that I know of? Although I think I heard something about them having some fondness for peanut butter."

"... Well, that's not so bad. Maybe."

Or maybe he'd feel differently if he knew just how much they loved it.

"Could definitely be worse," Donnie agrees as he warms his face with the coffee steam.

"... So how many people have been shanghaied?" Fang wonders.

"Less than fifty. Maybe even less than thirty. I haven't checked lately," the turtle teen admits. "You could always check for yourself, unless you lost your tablet in the snow too." Maybe he should have thought about asking that earlier. Eh well.

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