Spring 2025 TDM

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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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Spring in Temba and Sh'Ka

Spring is a wonderful time where the world wakes up and plants come back to life and animals return from hibernation or migration. Which means the cities are coming back to life. All over both there are young shoots slowly reaching to the sky, enjoying the light and promising to be lush and lovely in the future. Those with sharp eyes will see small creatures that look like dancing mushrooms or spear armed berries. They are shy around new people, though, and likely will seek somewhere to hide away from those who look for them.

There are also frequent rain showers out of sunny skies. The rain is warm and refreshing in a way that brings to mind glacial rivers and fresh mountain springs. It's pure, perhaps purer than anything you've ever experienced back home. They bring life and growth, but also hope. The buildings around the city almost seem cleaner after showers pass, and the sky a little bluer.

In Temba great flocks of sheep like creatures with glowing wool rove over freshly paved streets, pausing here and there to graze. Bright and colorful birds fill the trees as well, moving through the area like they belong. Once or twice you might even see a small mushroom or berry seeming to... ride them? What in the world is going on there? Perhaps someone can answer that question for you, if you wish to ask. Meanwhile in Sh'Ka there is a very different sort of outburst of life. In the area known best for its stone trees there are now flowering vines slowly working their ways up the monstrous growths. They smell faintly of honeysuckle and cucumber, and the local Deleons seem to very much appreciate their presence. The quarry too seems to, slowly, be filling up with clean, fresh water. Maybe, in time, a new lake will form. For now enjoy the chance to splash around if you wish.

Explore the city Temba!

Here's a map of Temba and a bit more description of some of the buildings here.

The city streets of Temba are in large part relatively newly paved and sturdy. Some areas that seem less traveled may show signs of a large machine currently working on doing new work, which is a good sign of progress. Unfortunately the buildings around these roads are not always in as good of condition. Some look like they could topple at any moment. Better to be careful and perhaps avoid walking into places that don't look very stable. But the intact buildings have running water and electricity, so you'll probably be okay if you stick to those.

And yet, in spite of old damages, 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. Or perhaps you won't wander so far from the fountain and you'll find yourself in the Diner, or checking out the mostly intact and increasingly decorated space of the Hotel where many He Rows live. Or, if you wander a bit farther northeast you might run into...

Explore the Ships!

He Rows new and old can make use of the massive hangars in the northern part of Temba to access the shuttles that will carry you up to the currently orbiting Glitter Food and Peanut Party. When He Rows are off the planet, these serve as their homes, their bases of operations, and their vessels all in one. Each He Row has a room assigned to them on their ship, one only they can access. There are also spaces for workshops and labs, for cooking and growing things, and even, shockingly enough, a large green space with trees, grasses, ground covers, and even a large lake with sand leading on toward it. It shares a wall with the fake aquarium that makes up a wall of a bar like the Deep End. So it's a great place to go swimming provided you remember to wear something. All in all there is a massive ship to explore, and maybe you'll even meet your crew mates there. Plus the view of the stars from the dome in the middle of the green space is breathtakingly beautiful. Perhaps even the best view of stars some people have ever had the chance to see.

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...

One of the first things a new He Row learns about upon arriving on Agra-10 (by means of touching a tempting glowing orb) is about the energy storms that ravaged and damaged the planet. The brave work of past He Rows in the Fall of 2024 has led to the diminishing of these storms. But just because the machines that were creating and sustaining them have been shut down does not mean that the last gusts of their power cannot be felt from time to time.

The weakened remnants of these power-altering storms blow over parts of the planet every once in a while. And sadly one of these last gusts of misery seems to be approaching. You can tell from the darkened sky and the flickering of electronics. You have the option to find shelter in one of the buildings to wait for it to pass. Unless, of course, you are caught unaware.

Should you wind up 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 shuts down all technology and magic in its area. Are you going to seek the relative peace of the indoors? 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. One thing is for sure, this micro storm won't last long, no more than an hour at most, but it will be an experience like few others for the time that it is there.

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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Marisa Hoarfrost | Dragon Age OC [Non-MC or Canon Character Related]

[hoarfrost_pirate]

A. Last Frost of Spring
Angry frost mage plus dropped into a fountain plus remember that anger equals an almost unseasonable swirl of powerful winds and painfully biting snow and hail swirling around the fountain in the middle of Temba. Listen, she didn't sign up for this, and she was going to protest it any way she could. Which in this case meant an angry woman in full armor with a glaive whose blade was frosted over with ice, glaring at the swirling blizzard she had kicked up. The localized weather event was a full fifteen feet in radius, and the woman glared at it like she could freeze it into a full column of ice with time.

Who knew, maybe she could.

"You cowards send me back right fucking now! Or come fight me!" the woman bellows. "You do NOT just make me leave my crew behind!"


B. Bars For The Win
Okay, she's cooled off. Metaphorically speaking? Maybe even literally given she's sitting in the bar with some of the layers of armor off and resting on a table nearby. Already she's found one of the stiffer alcohols and sips at it with consideration. Though it should be noted that her weapon stays close to hand, ready to be caught up should she need it.

That said all she does when she hears footsteps behind her is refill her glass.

"If you're here to complain about property damage, fuck off. If you're here to drink or gamble, come on over. Though you better be supplying the cards. Or dice. And rules. Something tells me people here don't play blind man's bluff. Or serve grog."


C. These Are Ships?
Wandering was in her nature. Perhaps that's how she made it here. Wandering and pressing buttons she shouldn't. But damn, what a trip it is. Nothing like a woman who has a deep set of feelings about the stars and the universe stepping off of a shuttle and looking around a gleaming metal ship. Or wandering into this big open area with a dome and seeing a proper fucking starscape.

"Leviathan balls, that's... They look so close."

How could there be so many stars so close when she was just in a place where the sun was out? What was going on here?

"What the fuck is this place?"

[ikanteven]

Chidi was wandering with his beer, looking for an empty table, when she looks at him and speaks to him. He turns slightly, then realizes she truly is addressing him, and looks back at her.

"Me? I was just looking for a place to sit."

[hoarfrost_pirate]

The woman turns fully to look at him. And when she looks, she looks. The whole slow pan up and down.

"Oh no, you should come sit over here. Keep a woman company."

[ikanteven]

Chidi suddenly feels afraid. Afraid to sit with her.

And afraid to say no.

Why does he have a stomachache again?

"Oh, um. Sure."

He slides into the seat across from her and sets his beer down.

"I don't tend to drink often, but this place is kind of a lot."

[hoarfrost_pirate]

Yeah, ruined cities and empty bars that have barely any options were indeed a lot. She even glances over at the neon sign, some wonder in her eyes. But then she takes another cup from the table and pours a tall, stiff shot of the biting alcohol she had and pushes it to him.

"Raise your glass and drink to your health. We'll probably be dead tomorrow."

A classic pirate toast.

Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo | Detective Conan

[mysteryfreak]

[ They just keep getting younger and younger... or do they? ]

Alarmingly, there's a seven year old out by the fountain. Having gotten ahold of a notepad and something to write with he sits quietly and writes in several notes. He's remarkably calm for his apparent age.

He hears someone coming and stores the notepad away in his jacket pocket and put on his best innocent little kid face.

"Hello!" He greets with a bright smile, standing up from the fountain's edge.


[ Try the Network and Hide your identity. ]

Shinichi cannot afford for his identity to get out. He downloads the communication datapoint the second he sees his real name on the network and scrubs it out, changing it Conan Edogawa. Hopefully no one had a chance to see the name 'Shinichi Kudo.'

He's not happy that anyone he didn't know could know his real identity but he'll still go through any means necessary to keep it hidden.

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Hi! I'm Conan.

[ he greets the Network Feed.]

I just got here and wondered if anyone might have seen Shinichi-niichan?

[ He knows they haven't. He's Shinichi Kudo, but he needs to know if anyone had caught a glimpse of the name before he scrubbed it out. ]

They sure seem to

[butterfly_kiss]

Don't mind Tae. The doctor is just focusing on getting from point A to point B with some work. Okay, well, she stops once she hears a voice and sees a young child. She doesn't even think, she just softens her expression into the sort of smile a doctor reserves for children as she approaches.

"Good morning," she greets, resisting the urge to curse out the Agrii where it could be seen and heard for bringing in the youngest child she's seen yet. This wasn't right.

[mysteryfreak]

He keeps his innocent smile on his face, his blue eyes taking in every little bit of information he could glean from her appearance alone.

"Good Morning!" He offers with a cheerful smile. "I just got here so I don't really know my way around, can you help me, please?" He lays on the little kid charm as heavy as he can.

[butterfly_kiss]

She was never expecting a child to be that good at deceit in such a way, so she took it in stride for now.

"Of course. Are you perhaps hungry? There is a place here where people make food."

Younger and Younger

[3wingedangel]

((OOC: Let's see what the logic-minded Conan thinks of a man with wings, LOL.))

Out on patrol, Sephiroth has to pause and do a double-take. What on Earth.

"Hello," he says.

One large blue wing sprouts from his right shoulder, while two more are coming from under his coat, one each just above his hips.

"Did you just arrive?"

[mysteryfreak]

((Thanks, he hates it.))

A look of shock flashes over Conan's face. He wasn't expecting... that. If those are cosplay wings, they're very convincing. He shoves all the skepticism to the side a moment and offers the man an innocent look.

"Mm!" He gives a sharp nod. "Sure did."

[3wingedangel]

"Hm." Well, this is a ... disturbing situation. Aside from his anger over a young child being brought here, there's the problem that he ... really has no idea how to interact with children.

(Although honestly, if he sees how intelligent Conan is, they may get along quite well.)

"I can show you where you may eat and take shelter, if you would like."

And someone will surely have to watch the boy as a guardian, although right now he has no idea who would be best-suited to that.

David Haller // Legion (FX)

[quadrophenia]

a. Spring
"AAAAAAAH--!!...?"

The glownies scattered, tripping daintily across the cobblestones at the sudden outburst from amongst them, spreading across the square. Not too far--the gentle trickle of the water was still there, in the middle, with fresh sprouts crowding around the base of the fountain, making the air smell green and crisp, and the sound had stopped.

David had bolted upright, the scream tearing out of him before his eyes had cleared, all of the momentum still crashing through him enough that he couldn't stop his adrenaline from begging, "Help...me...?" even as he peered around at the serene animals. He was sitting. He was outside. He had no idea what those things were, but the day was bright and beautiful. He searched the unfamiliar skyline, squinting up into the sun that wasn't there a second ago, then the alien streets that spread out around him, and into the eyes of the nearest sheep-thing that still watched him, chewing languidly. He raised a hand with a slanted smile, voicelessly offering, 'Hey,' and startled with his hand still raised as a tiny face leaned out from a tangle of the animal's fur and shook a stick at him.

Directly in front of him, between his feet, hovered yet another orb. Or maybe the same one, different in the sunlight. David raised a lip at it, then carefully leaned in, one hand raised to tap a finger against it like a fish tank, plink.

He was used to the voices.

b. Explore
It was so, so quiet here. Even at Summerland, isolated, middle-of-nowhere, the community was a constant, warm buzz, and if David reached and listened, he could still hear the city, he could hear all of those people. At first, he didn't recognize what he was hearing. It was as though his ears had popped, everything around him a little dampened and murky, but that wasn't it. He could hear, still, the rustle of the grass, birds calling, the constant drip of water off of the eaves from a recent shower. It was just that buzz that was gone, for the first time in his life. There should have been a peace in that, freedom from the thing that had been haunting him for so long. Like he had been living in the heart of the city next to the rattle of a constant train and hum of jostling traffic for his entire life, and was just placed in a wide, open city that didn't even know what a car was. Was that his own blood, rushing in his ears? That was definitely his heart. It kept going faster. It probably shouldn't be going that fast. There were too many beats, all out of sync. The pebbles around him rattled nervously.

By the time he was pounding on your door, he was frantic. Sweating, hair in his face, hands shaking and neck strained, and he wasn't knocking, he was demanding. "Hello?" Bang, bang, bang. "I know you're in there. I can hear you." He had to brace his hands on either side of the door, tipping his head forward to rest against the cool wood before it exploded, before something in there burst from trying to listen. When the door opened from under him, his eyes flew open, wide and so blue, pupils narrowed to a point. He needed to know, "Do you have any waffles?"

B

[doubled_speed]

"Dude, seriously?"

When the door opens it's to a man with snow white hair, impossibly green eyes, and a mind that to someone with the right sort of gifts had to race in a painful way. And he looked slightly annoyed.

He'd just been cleaning the diner's kitchen, he hadn't really expected there to be pounding at the back door.

"You're clearly new. There's a front door, it's partially glass. It opens up into the main dining room area. You could have just used that."

But he's stepping aside and gesturing for the guy to proceed him through the kitchen, already pointing at a door out into the dining room.

"We don't have traditional syrups. I've been experimenting with cooking down a local fruit for a thing, it cooks off the alcohol. You're welcome to try that. But yeah, I'll get the waffle iron heated up. You're lucky I got the thing replicated because those Hawkins kids have a thing about waffles."

[quadrophenia]

New was one way of putting it. New to this kitchen, sure, new enough that David's eyes rolled wildly to try to assess as much as possible as quickly as possible while this guy left him shaking at the door. New to the city and the whole planet, probably, that sounded like it was probably, situationally, subjectively true. New to weird shit happening, absolutely not. The problem was, in the realm of weird shit, David had no idea how to interpret what was really happening, and this guy talking at him like it was all so normal and he was supposed to know that the restaurant with no customer base was functional, or what made a kid a Hawkins.

David, still breathless, trying to listen to the warning whisper in his ear over the ragged sound of it, went, "Uh-huh." Play along, dummy. "I'll try anything. Big syrup fan, can't really do it wrong." That doesn't mean anything, mega-dummy. He did slide into the kitchen when he thought he wasn't shaking too much, keeping his back to a wall and eyes on the waffle chef.

[doubled_speed]

"You really can. All that artificial stuff sucks," Tommy notes.

With David in Tommy closed the door. And then, well, he's across the kitchen in a superhuman burst of speed, opening a cabinet door and pulling out the large waffle iron. And again moved in the blink of an eye to set it on a counter as well as a number of mixing bowls that a normal person might swear appeared from nowhere.

Superspeed, always fun to deal with for strangers, right? Tommy liked to get it out of the way quickly, to shake off any nerves.

Spring

[3wingedangel]

Out on patrol, a panicked scream would always get Sephiroth's attention. He flew down on all three blue wings, prepared for a fight, and then stopped and blinked at the scattering Glownies and one confused man.

"... Are you alright?"

[quadrophenia]

That was a stupid question. David was on his ass, in the middle of the street, one hand planted in animal pellets and the other still raised to the sphere that had helped itself to his brain, and now he was seeing angels. Unfortunately, he only had an equally stupid answer, and had to say, "Yeah. Man. Cool," because while all of those things were happening currently, they didn't really feel like they had happened to him. After a beat, he ventured, "Have you seen my girlfriend?," because that would at least make this seem more real and help him orient in reality. He started to raise a hand, flat in the air like he could display how tall she was to give the angel some context, only that didn't really work from his position and if he committed to the gesture, the angel would think she was three feet tall. "She's very pretty," he offered instead. "You'd think, woah, that's a girlfriend, if you saw her."

[3wingedangel]

Well, at least he looked more alright than Sephiroth thought he'd be from the sound of that scream. He had assumed some life-threatening animal attack was happening. But he would certainly be pointing the fellow to some hand sanitizer.

He had to smirk at these very unhelpful descriptions. "I would, hm? Well, I haven't seen any newcomers lately except you."

Abigail | OC

[quicksmiles_nimblefingers]

I. Arrival
Open. Standing. Water. Talk about the most impossible thing ever. Okay, no, not impossible, because it's literally here. Literally happening. And the teenaged girl that has arrived in the fountain is completely delighted by it. She splashes around in the fountain, laughing and not seeming bothered by how her jeans and shirt were getting wet. At least she was smart enough to have put her leather coat off to the side, rolled up and tucked into a... Is that a yellow helmet with a pink visor? It's like a motorcycle helmet but if it was way more complex, and it's got stickers on it and some painting and signs of really good air filtration systems.

It probably belongs to the young woman even now playing in the water, splashing it everywhere. People should probably be careful getting close enough to be in the splash zone unless they really don't mind getting damp. Because she's not going to notice she's about to splash someone until it's too late.

II. A Girl Walks Into A Bar
"Wow, lamest club ever."

Which was probably not fair to say given the place was, clearly, not a club. But there's Abby anyway, walking into the Deep End, helmet tucked under her arm. She moves around like she belongs in the place, smiling to herself and letting her eyes dart around. Not casing the place. Nope. Not at all.

And then she sees it. The first flicker of fish through the wall. Her eyes go absolutely huge and she lunges for it.

"No fucking way! Fish!? There's a whole tank of them! Look at how cute they are. Oh man, so cool!"

Probably not smart to be right there, hands pressed against it, fingers tapping excitedly against the glass.

"Fiiiiishies! Come over here fishies! Let me seeeeeee you."

III. Network Text
Hey, how are people supposed to find their way around this place with only a handheld? Overlay maps on HUDs are SO MUCH BETTER. Though I guess it's nice that I'm not having to deal with CONSTANT ads. Like come on, I'm a kid. I don't really want to meet sexy singles in my area. Corps are just weird with how they advertise. Though I guess you don't have corps here. SO WEIRD. Also, like, what I heard about your storms sound so tame compared to the ones back home. Or maybe they were worse before? Because it's all ruins. How come no one just made underground cities? It's the clear choice. Especially with good filtration systems.

And why are there no chat rooms? There should be chat rooms. At least there's no school. School sucks. Anyway, does anyone have any cupcakes around? Oooh, or bbq meat on a stick? Wait, fall of a civilization. Right. Oops. Forgot. Guess this place just looks enough like an abandoned colony on 4DAPT1V3 that I forget it's not gonna be like home. Less people for one thing.

Ran Mouri || Detective Conan (Case Closed)

[oneechan]

[Did Someone Say Dangerous Encounters?!]
Ran Mouri didn't see the point of waiting around at the fountain. It wasn't like she was going to find any answers to her unexpected arrival if she didn't go looking for them herself.

Ah, was she always like this? Sonoko was usually the sort to take charge, or, thinking even further back, Shinichi was the one to suss out when something seemed off. Though, looking around..."off" didn't even begin to describe it. Was she in a city? The wilderness?

Just as she began to get her bearings, a violent gust pushed her forward several steps, and she had to firmly plant her feet to the ground to brace against it. An arm quickly rose to her face, shielding her eyes from any flying debris--but as she lowered it, a cold surge of disquiet rippled up the back of her neck, setting each of its hairs on end. In the corner of her periphery, she could've sworn she saw-- "Sera-chan?"

No, that couldn't be right. As soon as she blinked, the road was empty. Besides, it wasn't like this was Tokyo...but, still...

"Sera-chan!" There was no harm in calling out, was there? "Sonoko!" She cupped her hands around her mouth as she threw her voice into the distance. What were the odds that she was alone in this strange place? Unless this was all a dream.

[Network Entry]

[The weather had evolved from an intermittent gust to a full-on gale at this point; but Ran was a teenage girl, after all, and teenage girls can manage mobile devices in even the most dire of predicaments.

Her hair kept whipping in her face as she activated the video feed. Her voice could scarcely be heard with the wind beating against the speaker...or was the signal weak?]

"Is anyone out there? Am I dreaming? I'm trying to find safety in this weather, but--"

[She starts, and pivots to glance behind her--what was that she just saw?! She turned back to the screen, her expression pinched with worry.] "I just got here. I'm lost and--well--I won't be any trouble! I just need to get somewhere safe so I can call someone." ['Someone' who, Ran? You haven't the faintest.]

Network

[3wingedangel]

[A man with long silver hair and three blue wings appeared on the screen.]

Where are you? I'll come and get you.

[oneechan]

[There's no hiding how Ran is taken aback by the man's sudden appearance, but she manages to quickly recover, and turns her device to display her surroundings. It's a non-descript location, as far as she can tell, but in the not-too-far distance, the fountain she awoke at is apparent.]

Thank you. Though-- [She can't help being on her guard a bit; if he was an official or some sort of public servant, wouldn't he have identified himself?]--ah, no. Nevermind. Should I wait here? Stay put?

[3wingedangel]

[He's relieved to see the fountain in the image. It shouldn't be too hard to find her.]

I'm coming now. If there's a building you could step inside, that would be safer for you.

Dangerous Encoutners

[quicksmiles_nimblefingers]

Seriously? Was there someone mad enough to be out when weather was happening? Good thing there was a brave young woman who had not yet managed to find shelter herself (because, like, wow, this place was SO COOL) around. Though the young woman is in a fully covering yellow helmet with a not-quite-transparent pink glass front. Probably glass. Maybe glass.

But there's the young woman, seeing someone shout their head off. Poor thing. Must be sick from storm badness already. No helmet or anything! Abby's really a hero, if you think about it, for rushing to grab her arm.

"Come on, we've got to get inside!"

With the storm taking out the electronics in her helmet her voice has to sound SUPER strange, especially with the manual filter still helping keep her air purified. But that's a matter for another time. Right now her goal is trying to get this girl inside. Maybe it will be okay.