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The Revival Project Mods ([personal profile] trpmods) wrote in [community profile] revivalprojectooc2021-06-13 03:25 pm
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Summer Test Drive Meme


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!

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Hot Summer Time!
Summer has arrived and you know what that means: It's time to head out and spend some time at the beach, lounging on its bluish, almost purple sand, going for a swim or gathering some of the fat, green lobsters just wandering around the beach. They may be tasty, but remember that their pinch is toxic. It won’t kill you but it will definitely have the pinched body part swelling up and itching like a bad wool sweater.

If hunting for food isn't what you came here for, then sunbathing is always an option. Even if the color seems odd, this sand, also, likes to go literally everywhere.

Simply hopping into the water is also rarely a bad idea. This close to the coast there are no harmful creatures in the water, so whether you brought a swim suit, hop in fully clothed or have no care in the world about who might stumble over you naked, Agra 10's ocean is yours to play in.

Explore the city!
Here's a map 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. What used to be stores or places to live in lies in ruins, but there may still be something to scavenge among the rubble. Do you want to risk a swim in the flooded area that has turned into a deep lake that has yet to be fully explored; or does it draw you to some of the more prominent and partially restored buildings, such as the hotel, the hospital or the amphitheater.

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.

Visit the spaceships!
That's right, there are currently several small spaceships grounded in the hangar - Or what remains of them. It's painfully obvious that these ships have crash-landed not too long ago and were taken back to the hangar for repairs. You were assigned to one of them and its doors will open for you and let you enter if you wish. (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 as neither of them look as if they will be leaving anytime soon that doesn't really matter either way.

Maybe look around anyway. Or try your hand at some repairs?

Try the network!
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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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-21 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Humans in armor are not friends? But it was very correct that he was very vigilant given his line of work.

"I suppose I could understand that. I am sorry for bad experiences. But I promise I'm not that sort of human."
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[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-06-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
"What sort of human do you think you are, then?" She tilts her head to one side slightly. She's willing to entertain his response; they're not on her world, and it's not his ancestors who murdered her daughter and burnt down the Father Tree.
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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-22 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"A friendly one who likes yoga," Florida offered. Then he twisted just enough to put his helmet on the hook on his hip. Helps to not have to hold it. "And knitting. Oh, and acoustic guitar!"
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[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-06-22 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
There's a pause, and then a bit of a laugh from Moonshade. "I don't know what any of those things are." He's picked cultural touchstones to define himself by, things that are very much of his worldd.
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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-22 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Well how else was he supposed to define himself? A professional soldier fighting for the very survival of his species but also part of an illicit military organization experimenting on effectively sentient beings? Yeah, he's not going to mention that.

"Well yoga is a form of exercise. Knitting turns yarn into clothes. And an acoustic guitar is a musical instrument."
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[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-06-22 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Is knitting similar to weaving? I know some about weaving, though I'm not as experienced in the craft as some are. Lark knows much more about me; she might know about knitting, too. But...all of those are things you do, not who you are, don't you think?"

They don't really give her a sense of what kind of person he is, what she can hold onto in future dealings with him.
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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-22 11:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Knitting is like..." Florida considers it all for a moment, "like weaving but with bigger thread and you do it with two sticks rather than on a loom. But if someone here knows about it, I'll happily talk to them."

And maybe yarn bomb her, because that could be amusing. But her point is a valid one. Sad that he can't distract her like that.

"Well, I'm cheery?"
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[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-06-22 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Always a good thing to see." She nods, finally stepping in just a little closer, examining his helmet and armor curiously. "Your world must be more like Echo's or some of the others instead of mine."
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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-23 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Echo huh? Interesting to hear. But not one that is immediately obvious to him.

"Well I can't rightly say how one would describe my world. But from what I heard from that glowing orb, defensive gear might be for the best."
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[personal profile] holtfinder 2021-06-24 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Most of the city itself is relatively safe enough." Relatively. But Moonshade's used to living in the wilderness without armor. Clearly this Butch isn't.
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[personal profile] the_informant 2021-06-24 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Relatively is all he needs. So long as it's better than the war, he's fine. And, you know, not full of aspirin.

"Well, I've been wearing this armor so long I'd feel naked without it."