Summer Test Drive Meme

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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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Luke Skywalker | Star Wars

[hisfathersimage]

Hot Summer Time

Luke doesn't mind sand and doesn't mind using the Force to safely collect food, so he's down on the beach collecting lobsters into a crate to euthanise safely and painlessly for food later. He's careful about which ones he takes, nothing young, nothing pregnant or with eggs, conscious to not upset the ecosystem balance.

On occasion, he stops to peer into tide pools and then just sits there, looking into them, apparently lost in thought.


Explore the City

The natural reaction for any Jedi Knight in a new situation is to immediately find the highest thing possible to survey from and then recklessly leap from it back to the ground, or find the deepest place to go and use their lightsaber to navigate their way there. Luke isn't at this stage in exploring yet, he's still on foot and scrambling over ruins, occasionally lifting hills of rubble with a gesture to look under them or pass by. He tries not to just throw things, since the presence of the other residents isn't always immediately apparent but accidents can happen...


Network

At the very least, Luke is comfortable with holo technology and variants thereof. He can manage the screen fine and get himself properly in view. "Hey, I know there has to be others out there. Would someone mind sending some directions for where I should be checking out first? Like... where the Jedi are would be a great start?"

Network

[holtfinder]

The woman who answers the network post is not human--she has long, pointed ears and large violet-brown eyes and seems amused by the question.

"The Jedi have a building they call their temple; you can find it by going west from the fountain in the dead middle of the city. It's the best place to find them; Ezra or Obi-Wan are probably around there. You're from the same world as them?"

[hisfathersimage]

His eyes go almost comically wide when she speaks. Her appearance is clearly not the cause of this shock. "Obi-Wan Kenobi? Ben's here? I don't know anyone called Ezra, but I know Ben, Obi-Wan. He was my guardian."

He doesn't mean like a legal guardian. He means literally.

[holtfinder]

"He's here--I met him at the howl. We discussed his Jedi powers and my Sending and how some of my people have magic that resembles the Force. At least on the surface."

She's sort of excited to have another Jedi around. As a group, they've proven the most receptive to the telepathy her people use as easily as speaking.

[hisfathersimage]

"I have no idea what the howl is, but if he's here... I need to find him. You said to head West of the fountain? I'm sorry, I didn't think to ask your name. I'm Luke. Luke Skywalker."

Explooore

[deal_me_in]

Jedi aren't the only ones who like high perches and jumping from them. And neither are they the only ones who like poking around places. Even after being here for months- no, was it a year now? Yeesh, how time flies! -Cayde still finds new things to do.

In this instance it happens to be getting hit by a rock as he springs down from the upper floor of a formerly multi-story building. A startled "Aw-hkk!!" accompanies the crunch of shattering rock and clatter as the Exo gets knocked off balance and goes sprawling down the other side of a rubble pile.

[hisfathersimage]

"I'm sorry!" Luke goes flying (not literally), jumping over piles and scrambling to get to the poor person he's accidentally walloped with flying debris. "I didn't sense you, I am so sorry!"

[deal_me_in]

The hooded head that rises as the figure pushes himself to sit up from the slight incline is most decidedly not organic. True he probably might not ping anyone's Force senses the way a person or a creature would, but closer study could possibly pick up some kind of living energy to him.

Cayde rubs at his head, scowling a bit. "Oh no, it's fine- didn't almost get my head taken off by flying debris." He rolls his neck, making to dust off his leathers as he tried to get back on his feet. "Actually I would be very upset if that happened."

[hisfathersimage]

Given even droids have their own unique signature, Cayde registers easily enough now that the surrounding plant life isn't choking his presence.

The fact that this person is not organic doesn't really matter. He still offers out his left hand to help pull him upright, if he'll take it. "I would be too. Upset. About taking off your head. Which wouldn't mean much to you. I really am sorry."

City

[hadthehighground]

Obi-Wan had felt a presence. One that was familiar and yet not at the same time. It drew the Jedi master out of his usual spot where he would normally be meditating right now and out into the ruined city.

What he didn’t quite expect though was the flying debris. The Force alerting him to it as he approached. The rocks suddenly halting in midair with the motion of his own hand and setting them down again.

“It’s usually considered quite rude to be throwing rocks about without a care for where they land. Especially for a Jedi.”

The chiding is gentle, meant to get the young man’s attention rather than entirely scold. Was he a Jedi though? There’s not much else he could be. Not with the way he felt in the Force.

[hisfathersimage]

Luke spins on his heel, eyes going almost impossibly wide. "B- Ben? Is that-?" He knows it is. he doesn't know how he knows. This man is far too young to be Ben. Isn't he?

"I- I'm sorry. I didn't think there was anyone around."

[hadthehighground]

That name causes Obi-Wan’s face to soften. It all but confirms his suspicions as there is only one point in his life where he uses that name. Even though he didn’t truly know the young man in front of him. Not yet at least.

“A Jedi should always be aware of their surroundings, especially in unfamiliar territory. But considering the circumstances, it’s understandable.”

Folding his hands in his sleeves, he steps closer with a warm smile.

“Hello Luke.”

[hisfathersimage]

He doesn't know the man, but he probably knows those big, blue eyes.

"Ben!" He half jumps and half skids down the rubble and there's an intention to just sort of fling himself into Ben's arms for a hug, because it's an almost familiar face in an alien and uninviting territory. "You're not dead!"

Network

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ezra tries to pay attention to the network and new people as they come and go, and he hasn't missed that there's another very bright presence in the Force in Temba, either, so it isn't long before he replies to the message asking about the Jedi.

"I'm one of the Jedi. I'm Ezra. Padawan Ezra Bridger. Where are you exactly? Give me a few minutes and I'll come meet you."

He could track the other man down with the Force, sure, but asking does save time.

[hisfathersimage]

Luke is quiet a moment, just looking. Staring a bit. Then he snaps back into focus. "Hello, Padawan Ezra. I'm Jedi Luke Skywalker. I'm at the fountain, but I'd be more comfortable with you coming out here if you could tell me you're not going to get into any sort of trouble."

From locals, wildlife or his master.

[ezra_of_lothal]

Ezra startles into a laugh that he hopes sounds normal.

Jedi Luke Skywalker.

He knows who Luke is. He knows several members of Luke's family. (He wonders how much Luke knows about some of them.) But Luke, and Leia, and their mother are already here, although he has not yet heard Padme give the twins a last name, out loud. He worries about what's going to happen to Padme and her children - more than befits a Jedi, he's aware.

This place is very strange.

He keeps a grin on his face. "No trouble, not from Master Kenobi, if that's what you're worried about. He just doesn't pay as much attention to the network."

[hisfathersimage]

"Master- Obi-Wan Kenobi? He's here?" He lights up, again, very un-Jedi like, but he's simply not been raised to hide these things. "But- Okay. Sure. He's here." Makes no sense, none of this does, just go with it. "In that case, I'd appreciate it, Ezra."

Summer Time

[no_applause]

Padme is taking some time for herself while the children are napping, leaving them in their droid's care for the time being. Her bare feet crunch in the sand as she walks towards the waves, a bag over one shoulder. She pauses when she sees the young man at the tide pool. A newcomer, perhaps?

She smiles, "Hello."

[hisfathersimage]

Luke stirs from his contemplation of some kind of little multi limbed thing that's cleaning itself in the tide pool and up to see... No, not Leia. Just amazingly like her. It takes him aback a second before he smiles at her, head cocking slightly. "Hello. Are you here for the tide pools?"

[no_applause]

She tilts her head a little, regarding him curiously. She's never seen him before, and yet she feels like she knows him. He bears a strong resemblance to Anakin... And she can see a bit of herself and her parents in his face... How?

Pushing that aside, she shakes her head a little. "No. I'm just here for some sun and to enjoy the water a little. Taking a bit of a break for me." She pauses, "I'm sorry, have we met?"

[hisfathersimage]

"I don't think we have." He has that same sense of familiarity, but he can pin point why. She looks like Leia. She doesn't have Leia's obvious fire burning just under the surface, but the resemblance is strong.

"You remind me of a princess I know." He says it softly and fondly. "I'm Luke." He offers her his hand, the gloved right hand.

Network

[foundlingfather]

Din tends to not respond to the network too often, unless it's something important. But the word 'Jedi' filtering over the feed, definitely catches his attention. Din's yet to have his brief encounter with Luke back home, so Luke is a completely new face to him.

"There's four Jedi in the city. Obi-wan Kenobi, and three students. Obi-wan's been working on setting up a temple in the middle of the city."

[hisfathersimage]

Mandalorian.

Huh.

"There is so much in your statement to unpack, but instead I'm going to go with, you're a Mandalorian?"

[foundlingfather]

Din's helmet tilts, and he raises a hidden eyebrow

"I am, yes. The only one in the city, aside from my foundling."

[hisfathersimage]

"Huh. I heard your people were almost as rare as mine. Which I guess doesn't mean anything here. Never mind." He looks slightly sheepish. "You have a foundling as well?"