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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[blossomingginger]

"Wait...the snow collapses? Wasn't snow bad enough?" Cheryl sighs with dramatic annoyance to hear this.

All the same, she offers a smile. "Cheryl Blossom." She points to herself. "And I like the way you think. Could I walk with you for a bit? Or could you point me in the direction of some place at least warm?"

[work_wife]

"Yeah, it can. There's a whole thing about the physics of it that you clearly don't want to hear."

But hey, Robin can be a hero for a change. And she smiles to herself.

"Robin Buckley. I'll show you to the diner. I'm already on my way there and it's warm and there's food."

[blossomingginger]

"I just meant...there are sinkholes, underneath, to add to the problem," Cheryl counters, wryly, but not without amusement.

And yes, Cheryl is used to saving herself, but someone to help right now is very welcome.

"Food is warmth - both very appealing in the moment." Cheryl turns to Robin and points out the most important part, "And you have the stick."

[work_wife]

"Yeah. They formed with all the earthquakes that came from the volcano," she says with a shrug. Like that's the most normal thing there is.

"I do have the stick," she agrees with a nod. "Come on, stay close. Step where I step."

[blossomingginger]

"Great. So there's also earthquakes here," Cheryl just sighs like she is the most suffering right now.

"Of course. I will follow the leader. Probably the safest thing I've done since getting here."

[work_wife]

"There haven't been since then," Robin promises. "And that was int he summer."

Geez, don't be so dramatic.

"Have you done anything since you got here?"

[blossomingginger]

Dramatic is how she breathes and lives.

"Hopefully they stay quiet for a while, then."

Cheryl shakes her head. "Other than be cold and get an update from a fountain? No."

[work_wife]

Yeah, that's sometimes good, sometimes bad.

"So yeah, haven't done anything. Come on, stay close. I'm not going to get embarrassed with another falling in a hole episode."

Though this time she could argue she'd had a buddy.

With a careful jab of her stick Robin starts her way toward the diner.

[blossomingginger]

"You. Fell?" Cheryl asks, pointedly, eyes intent on Robin. "As in into one of these dark, cold snowpits," she gesture to the ground, hands splayed out, body posture screaming no, "and...obviously, you got out. How?"

How long was she left with snow possibly toppling on top of her. Look, this is horrible to Cheryl. She's been under ice before, having fallen into Sweetwater River. It doesn't matter how it started, it was a terrifying experience, and this reminds her of it.

[work_wife]

"There's a reason I'm carrying the stick," she points out, but damn that's a question.

"Felwinter came to get me. He can sorta kinda fly? Float? Something weird and gravity defying," she says, like it's nothing. Like it's nothing. But it's something. And she hadn't taken it well.

[blossomingginger]

"Got it. Get a stick." First chance she gets, Cheryl will either find one, or use a pipe from one of the dilapidated buildings - anything. She is not looking to end up in a hole.

"People here can fly? Color me green," Cheryl mutters, so very envious. Flying could really come in handy right about now.

[work_wife]

"I mean, there are people here who seem to have super powers? I hear that there's this guy that does magic," Robin says. "He works at the hospital."

WHich is probably useful, right?

Robin keeps her advance toward the diner, each step taken only after poking the ground there first.

[blossomingginger]

"Actual magic?" Cheryl has to ask with true disbelief. "I mean, I guess if aliens are a thing, superpowers and magic users aren't that far off from fiction, anymore." Wait until she meets the talking turtles and hedgehogs.

Cheryl is agile enough she steps exactly, and only, where Robin stepped, following her footsteps deftly.

"Next time, I'll be the one with the stick, and you can follow me." That's how you repay kindness, right?

[work_wife]

"Actual magic," she agrees. "But that's mostly my reaction too. Aliens? Yeah. So magic, sure. But I already saw monsters, so I guess I already had a foot in the door."

Talking turtles and hedgehogs were definitely weird too, yeah.

Though she has to chuckle over the idea that this stranger would do that.

"You sure my friends haven't already gotten to you?"

[blossomingginger]

"What kind of monsters?" Cheryl asks, tone confused and worried. Monsters too?

"Who are you friends? You're the first person I ran into." Which might explain why Cheryl feels indebted.

[work_wife]

"The sort that eat you with too many shark teeth," Robin admits with a shrug. She didn't like to think about it. "The people from Hawkins are my friends. Mostly. Billy's complicated."

But she keeps them moving forward.

"Sorry your first meeting was so awkward. Is so awkward."

[blossomingginger]

"There is almost always one of those 'it's complicated' friends." So Cheryl says, but when she rethinks that, instead of realize she is that friend with Archie's group, her conclusion is, "I have an entire group of those back home, in fact."

There's a soft chuckle.

"Not at all. You're helping me. That doesn't have to be awkward. Unless you're making it awkward now? Are you?"

[work_wife]

Really, there is. Billy Hargrove was a stupidly complicated guy that didn't want to talk about how complicated he was and it could be tiring.

"If you have a whole group of them, then maybe you are the friend," Robin corrects with a smirk. Because she can do that math.

"I'm not sure if I'm making it awkward. People tell me that I make things awkward. I'd be rambling if it wasn't so cold."

Because she always tended to ramble around beautiful girls. But really, it actually is just too cold for that bullshit.

[blossomingginger]

"I most certainly am not." She is, but that would require Cheryl acknowledging a few things, or feeling a level of closeness that allows her more self-awareness with this new person. Too new.

But Cheryl's expression softens to the awkward bit.

She reaches over to touch Robin's shoulder. "You're not making it awkward. The snow beat you to it." Her sincerity gives way to a more playful tone.

[work_wife]

Yeah, that reaction? She most certainly is. But Robin's not going to argue about it right now. Instead he smiles at the other woman over her shoulder.

"It keeps doing it though. It's the super power of the snow. My weakness. Stupid snow."

[blossomingginger]

Oh, that's a lovely smile, Cheryl finds herself thinking. Of course, she has Toni, she scolds herself, but that doesn't mean she can't enjoy the company of another pretty person, no? They could end up being friends, maybe.

"Does the snow thwart most of your first meetings? When you fell, is that how you met some people?" Cheryl questions, genuinely curious.

[work_wife]

"I met a few people the first time with that, yes," she admits. "Like Felwinter."

The guy could fly. It had been shocking.

[blossomingginger]

"Well, neither of us has had to pull each other out of a snow hole, so I would say this is a far better start," Cheryl offers up with a pleased smile.

[work_wife]

"I suppose it is," Robin says as they approach her target building. "You'll manage I think."

They both will, given a chance.

[blossomingginger]

"Of course I will." Cheryl smirks with pride, as if there was never any doubt she would.

"And you will, too." She turns to look at Robin as she adds, "Or, you can always ask for my help. I owe you." And never let it be said Cheryl Blossom didn't pay her debts, even on an alien planet.

"A building," Cheryl says with some relief. "Not quite civilization, but acceptable in the circumstances."