Summer 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!

Thread ideas:

- Explore the city! There's a map here and a bit more description of some of the buildings here. Most of the buildings are run down and have clearly been abandoned for years; fortunately, the water treatment center appears to be working, but power is intermittent and unreliable. The hotel seems to be the most crowded, but you might want into what appears to be an abandoned storefront and find someone else scavenging or even sleeping.

- There are spaceships! That's right, there are currently several small spaceships grounded in the hangar. They appear to have power, but only one ship will let you enter. (For test drive purposes, the ship that will let you enter is up to you, so just pick whichever name appeals, and go for it!) The other ships won't open for you, but it might be worth poking around the one that will...

- Do you hear a storm? A giant, power-altering storm has been ravaging part of the planet for a month. It shows 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? More information can be found here.

- Can you hear me now? 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.

- 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...



code bases by tricklet

Comments

[sinistral]

[Loki why are you even friends with this asshole?]

You mean you didn't time your entrance for the most dramatic effect?

[dothelokimotion]

I have always made an exception for you.

[sinistral]

As you know I do, for you.

[dothelokimotion]

[ and the corners soften, just like that. ]

You know I would have come sooner if I could.

[sinistral]

I know.

[The softness is noted with a small, pleased smile.]

I'm more surprised that they didn't grab us together. I was on my way back to you when I woke here.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki blinks. ]

I heard nothing out of the ordinary.

[sinistral]

[Weird, tbh.]

How long have I been gone from you?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki shakes his head. ]

It felt like mere moments.

[sinistral]

[He frowns in reply; that's concerning, to say the least.]

So they've a command of time then, as well. I've been here a few days.

[dothelokimotion]

Is it the Atroma? Or a copycat?

[sinistral]

A copycat, from what I've scraped together. There's precious little useful information.

[dothelokimotion]

[ his lip curls in derision. if that bleeding heart Vash hadn't stopped loki from killing those puppets, this mess may not have occurred. ]

Business as usual then.

[sinistral]

[That's two of them in favor of the bloodshed, honestly. Stupid idiot do-gooders ruining everything.]

Until we can turn it more to our advantage, you mean.

[Which is business as usual for them.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ he smirks. ]

Of course.

Do you have a plan?

[sinistral]

Right now? Gathering what I can in information and supplies. Making a defensible space to use as a home base.

[All behaviors Loki might expect, given the life they've led since leaving the Fleet. He's too little of both to make a move against anything yet, so preparations it is.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ that's wise. he didn't expect leaps and bounds from a few days. with the atroma, it's best to manage expectations. loki moves closer to him, voice pitched low. ]

Are you all right?

[sinistral]

[He turns a little more toward Loki, his own tone similarly lowered. There appears to be no one within eavesdropping range, but he still doesn't trust this place that much.]

I was concerned, when I discovered we'd been separated.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki telegraphs his movements, his hands cradling bucky's jaw, thumbs smoothing over his cheeks. loki considers asking if he doubted loki, if he thought loki would let him go.

he doesn't say that. ]

I am here.

[sinistral]

[Touching is still a thing he approaches cautiously, but with Loki it has become almost normal: a part of their lives, a part of the life they've had since leaving the Fleet. As such he welcomes the touch, leans into it, eyes on the other man's.]

I hate only that you're trapped now with me. A cage suits you not.

[He never doubted for a moment.]

[dothelokimotion]

It doesn't suit either of us.

[ and it's unfair that they're caught in one all over again. loki sighs. ]

But we will pull it apart.

[sinistral]

From the inside.

[As opposed to one of them outside this place, breaking in. Still, they will make it work.]

As much as I didn't want them to get you, I am glad that we're together.

[dothelokimotion]

[ his lips curve upwards. ]

That's quite the admission.

[sinistral]

Does it surprise you so?

[The sentiment, or the fact that he's expressed it?]

[dothelokimotion]

No. But it rings in my ears nicely.

[ his thumb strokes the edges of bucky's face before he pulls back. ]

[sinistral]

Never doubt the esteem I have for you.

[The feelings between them, ones undefined by words but important nonetheless.]