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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✧ Premise ✧ FAQ ✧ Rules ✧ Test Drive ✧ Taken ✧ Reserves ✧ Application ✧
✧ Map ✧ Devices & Network ✧ Data Points ✧ Ships ✧ Flora ✧ Fauna ✧ Supply Requests ✧ Calendar ✧
✧ Activity Check ✧ Player Plot Suggestion ✧ Player Contacts ✧ Player Permission Code ✧ Hiatus ✧ Drop ✧
✧ Navigation ✧

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Comments

[miouniverso]

Like a telephone? [ but he can see her... like in the television. So it's a television-phone?! ]

This is amazing!!! [ Luca lifts up his communicator, moving it around to poke and prod and see more of it ] How far away are you? Can it communicate even in space? [ he heard they can go to other planets and there are ships that allow them to travel through space - so these communication devices would be great for that, much better than a phone ]

Can it teach you things too ? Like the pearls of light? [ oh yeah, he is super excited. Good luck with that! ]

[small_compromise]

A...telephone?

[Not something she's ever heard of, it seems. But seeing Luca so enthusiastic gets a smile from her.]

The ones I know of back home can. I'm not sure what the range is on these. They don't seem to reach outside the city yet. Since we can talk to each other, I'm guessing you're in Temba somewhere like I am.

Pearls of light..? Do you mean the data points? I guess you can learn some things on these devices. There should be buttons. There's one that brings up the map to the city, and one that has names of the local plants and animals...

[miouniverso]

I'm near the beach, yes! [ Luca looks around, while still holding the communicator, as if wanting to find her and have some idea of how far away she truly is.

But after he turns to the small screen once again ]

That's amazing, i can learn so much!

How is this place like? Do you like it? [ the animals and plants, sure, but Luca is very curious about the city and the other people living here too ]

[small_compromise]

I see! I am a bit far from there. I'm in the city itself, by the main square. See?

[She turns her own communicator about to show him the area around her, the hotel front, the fountain...]

There's a lot to learn even without these too. Just looking around... There's so many new things to see.

It's...quiet. And I guess it's all right. Most of the people I've met have been nice. It's very different from what I'm used to, but I guess it's not that bad. I just miss my brothers a lot.

I'm so sorry, DW never sent me the notif for this!

[miouniverso]

[ Luca immediately goes "ohhhh" as he sees the city, absolutely amazed at this sort of technology.

Once the video returns back to the girl, Luca quickly nods to let her know he is listening to her words. But then she mentions missing people and...

well.

His smile falters a little ]

Oh... have you been here long? And- can't you call your family with these things? [ the communicators ]

*fistshakes at DW* It's okay!

[small_compromise]

Not too long. There are are people who've been here much longer.

[She's hesitant there, shaking her head as she tries not to look too sad about it.]

No. I don't think these have the range. It won't even work outside of this city to the next, and that's on the same planet.

[miouniverso]

[ UHHHhhhh ]

B-but everyone will be worried...! [ his mother is going to FREAK OUT. What if she decides to head to genoa to find Luca? The thought is somehow a lot more worrisome than anything he has thought about thus far ]

I need to tell my mother I'm fine!

[small_compromise]

I know... My brothers probably will be too...

[If they aren't already. She hoped they didn't get into any trouble trying to find her.]

There are others here who've been here longer. I don't know that anyone's been able to go back on their own though...