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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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“I'm real, yeah. I'd say you get used to it here, but I'm still deciding on that one.” And it's honestly pretty low on his list of things he wants to spend fucks to give on, so, it may just forever live in a state of 'don't care how used to it' he gets. It's just living in a state of 'this sure is a thing I guess'.

“I haven't seen anyone else from home here.” Before she can ask, if she was even wondering.

"You are, sadly, yes, real. Which means this," Cheryl waves at the spaceship and alien situation around them, "is also, all too real." She sighs.

List of priorities - get a warm shower; try not to miss Toni, too much.

"It's best my beloved Toni isn't in this place," Cheryl says with a shake of her head. It hurts, but it's also not something she wishes on anyone else.

"So," her eyes roll down, then to Jughead, "what exactly do Riverdale outcasts do in alien spaceships? Do I at least get a laser gun to shoot people with?" She would prefer her bow and some arrows, but will make do.

“If anyone's going to be the first one to break their way through time and space and aliens to find someone, it's definitely going to be Toni looking for you.” She's too much of a determined, fierce person to ever take any bullshit from anyone, but especially the kind of bullshit that would separate Cheryl from her.

“Now that there's two of us, we can set new precedent and decide what Riverdale outcasts do in alien spaceships. As for weapons, you could try seeing what access exactly comes with using the security datapoint, so maybe; I'm the wrong person to ask about that one, because that's not my expertise.”

Cheryl's smile tightens just to hear that, and her eyes flicker to the ground.

"Yes. My TT would do that for me," she says, voice a little sad, but touched.

Cheryl breathes out, and attempts something a bit more chipper as she reaches to take Jughead's arm in hers.

"Not just Riverdale outcasts. Serpents." That solidarity means everything to her, right now.

"What is your expertise?" Because that could be useful knowledge.

“Exactly; who else but Serpents were going to be cool enough to show up to space first as far as people from home?” No one, that's who. “What do you last remember from home, anyway?” Also probably useful knowledge, speaking of.

“But, communications.” Look, zero people should be surprised here.

"Funny," she puts out her arms and turns to show the Serpent insignia on the back of the jacket, "I was just inducted to the Serpents and got this lovely jacket."

A beat, then she nudges Jughead. "And you, Jughead? What's the last thing you remember?" Because maybe that matters, in some weird way? Or, he asked, so she's going to make sure she has the same knowledge.

"I was hoping you might shock me, yet," Cheryl teases him, smile evident on her face.

As far as times to get dropped into space, there definitely could have been more chaotic times to leave home. Which may or may not be saying much. “I have a few months after that.” And since it's always one thing or five being an absolute dumpster fire at home, he'll just leave that one there unless she asks about it. “People here are from all different times and places, so you know, just making sure I haven't completely lost my mind yet. This time.”

He returns the smile at her teasing. “Nope, sorry, I've had enough surprises here already so I'm taking predictable things where I can.”

There might have been worse times, in which she would be less prepared for the cold, and possibly dealing with the entire friendly abduction. After some of her experiences, while Cheryl is annoyed, she isn't scared. She can handle this, mostly.

"You haven't lost your mind. This is happening," Cheryl insists, before her eyes roll up, then around.

"Unless I lost my mind, too."

She laughs. "You being predictable. Who would have seen that coming," she quips dryly. "Guess I'll have to pick something."

Some might say that was up for debate with him even before this place.

“No one, obviously.” You know, only just everyone would have seen it coming. Which he knows. “At least there's a decent selection of options.” No one would be thinking there's too few, anyway. “Which also reminds me, how much of these ships have you seen?” He can show her the rest of what she hasn't seen.

They would say the same about Cheryl, and right now? Cheryl isn't too sure.

"As in everyone...." She says that, but still gives Jughead a smile. Whether it's friendly or not is up for debate.

"I've seen the amethyst shores. Seems it is nearly a whole flying town, though." She is a bit new. "I hope you have something interesting and new to show me."

“As in everyone, yes.” Look, he already knew it, so he's okay with agreeing here. “If you want sad and depressing, there's always the food dispensers in the diner areas that give you stuff in either tofu or toothpaste textures. For not sad and depressing, there's messing with the replicator but that only lets you use it a few times before it shuts you off for a cool down period, or the other areas of greenery around the beach area. There's also a training center area, and they tucked a bar in here too, so there's also that.” There's more, but, that's probably the most notable selection of stuff she hasn't already seen.

The fact Jughead is a good sport about it gets a more genuine smile from Cheryl. Look, she can be mean and self-centered, but this is Jughead, not some stranger, and he's rolling with the punches. Aside from that, he's about to be her new favorite tour guide.

"Oh," her whole body seems to perk up. "Show me this replicator. We'll start there. Then the training center and greens."

He's so good at rolling with the punches here that it's already literal (step one: accidentally sneak up on someone. step two: they get surprised and punch you in the face. step three: reply with something like 'yeah that's fair' and start talking about other things. step four: find out there's actually a town with crazier problems than Riverdale and it's in rural Indiana, at a time where Reagan is also still president. new concern for the whole midwest unlocked, thanks Robin.)

“There's also mini data points here so you could always touch one and see what happens. And switch if you think it sucks.” At least that's easy enough to do regardless.

Yeah, Cheryl will stick with Riverdale level insanity, thank you. She's more accustomed to it. She's already unlocked the horrors of rural Indiana, and all she can handle is the cheerleaders are bored. The rest of it can stay in Hawkins.

"You will have to show me those, as well. I will sample whatever sounds useful." If it helps pass the time until they figure out how to get home? Then she'll do it. She might - just might - even try to help out with the situation. If it gets them home faster. And sure, that's the only reason.

He'll start leading them in the direction of where she wanted to start checking things out. “If it's not immediately super useful, it probably is later, so ... there's that.” No quick fixes or easy answers even in space and other planets, apparently, so she might find herself doing a lot of sampling of things. “I guess it could be worse — it could be boring.” Haaa.

"Oh, boring is the worst," Cheryl tosses out. She would claim she doesn't know what to do with boring, but that would be a lie. She would start her own sort of trouble.

She does give Jughead a once over, then tosses out a 'is that a compliment or a condescending gut-punnch' comment of, "I'm starting to see what my cousin sees in you."

That sentence and ones like it are usually closer to the latter, so that's his default assumption for it. Which, if the case here, he's probably just the one lucky enough to be the closest person to give snarky comments to in the midst of Cheryl's annoyance at being here. It's not like it'd be the first time he'd let her lash out and not hold it against her. “That can have a lot of different answers, so you might have to elaborate.”

"The fact that I have to explain it to you is part of why I might not be so inclined to see Betty's view," Cheryl remarks with an eye-roll.

"But if you must have it spelled out for you," she takes his arm, "Jugjug, you're being helpful, and kind." Cheryl sounds far more serious when she says that, expression a soft smile. "It means a lot to me. Considering," her eyes roll to the ground, "this is a shocking situation. Even if we've been through worse." Back to Jughead.

"It helps."

“It's more that it's on the list of sentences that I don't expect to be followed by anything positive, so I was also giving you a chance to redirect your annoyance at alien planets at the next closest thing if you needed it.” A small shrug.

“And I definitely wasn't going to leave you to figure out everything here by yourself, for a lot of reasons. There's been worse we've been in, yeah, but this is easily one of the weirdest, so as long as we're both here you'll always have at least one person to get into probably mostly necessary trouble with or help get you out of it.” He gives her a quick smile.

Maybe, yes, she's used Jughead has a punching bag in the past, but now they're serpents, together, and they both know Jughead wasn't responsible for anything last time. The whole event didn't leave Cheryl with the best taste in her mouth. But that doesn't mean she won't use him as a punching bag at some point.

"I don't need to redirect my annoyance at you, if that's what you mean. As for the alien planet situation, surely we can find someone better to take my complaints to. I want to save all my wrath for whomever that might be." Best not to spend all of it too early, not that Cheryl is ever lacking in sharp words or wrath.

"It is weird. Gets weirder to know there are people here with superpowers and magic," she tilts her head at Jughead, wondering if he's as curious about how real any of that is like she is.

“If you do find someone like that, let me know.” Not so he could complain too, but he'd just be curious who she found. Because he sure hasn't. But if anyone could, she probably could.

“Once you hear about some of the weird places people come from, that part actually makes sense.” Meaning it makes sense in that those worlds would have things like that, and makes sense that they'd be more likely to end up in a place like this. “On one hand, glad we don't come from the strangest place — on the other, a little mad we don't have powers like that.”

"If I find them, I won't need to tell you. You'll know when you hear me yelling at them." She will in fact yell at them until she's hoarse, slapped them, or she's finally out of energy. Whichever comes first.

"You would want super powers." Cheryl shakes her head. "You want to be more of an outcast? Pass for me."

He concedes that first point with a slight nod, because ... yeah. She would. He would hear the yelling and possibly something exploding. Fair enough.

And to the second thing, yes, he would. “You say that now, until you realize how much we all need a fast healing factor or being immune to injury to begin with.” That's at least something that would be practical to have around. And their track records aren't awesome there. “Then there's the million other less practical but more hilarious ones.”

Cheryl studies Jughead, silent, for a moment. She's thinking about it.

"The only power I want is to bring people back from the dead," she finally admits, more solemn, then tone back to incredulous, "But it doesn't matter. None of it's possible for us, anyway."

Or that one. It makes sense she would say that, and really, no one could blame her for it.

“No but we do have these, which kind of count. Sort of.” He is of course talking about where they've finally arrived, the place where the smaller copies of the data points are as well as the replicator.

WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME

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I want it on record that I 100% did not type the last sentence here with a straight face bc L M A O

Also on record - I laughed reading it!

we all know I'll never touch a canon point past s4, but apparently will make meta s6 jokes in tags

it's a thing of beauty, allows me to do the same

do you even play a character from this canon if you don't shitpost a little?

Probably not, lmao!

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