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Opening Test Drive Meme


TEST DRIVE
Application FAQ | Taken Characters | Reserves | Application


Welcome to the first Test Drive for The Revival Project!

For those who do not know, this game is a spin-off from The Drift Fleet game, which is shortly closing. For more information about what this game is about, please check out the FAQ here or the premise here.

The TDM for the first round of applications is NOT required but is highly recommended. Really this is to see the interest level in the game as well as to have everyone interact on the new planet and with the new experiences offered here. There will be a post in the TDM where questions can be asked regarding the prompts/settings. We're keeping this loose though so go ahead and have fun with it. Any questions about the game please direct to the comment section of the FAQ. 

If you are a Drift Fleet alumni, please label your character as 'DFAU' on your top level so we know. 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! The only option not allowed is to completely restart your character (because then it's not DFAU, is it?) 

So go! Explore Agra 10! And, as always, HAVE FUN! 

*ATTENTION! RESERVES ARE NOW OPEN!*
*ATTENTION! APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!*
*GAME OPENS AUGUST 19th!*


WHALE COMB PARTY


In the square near your arrival point, one building seems to be in fairly good repair. It’s large and stark white on every wall. Unlike the other buildings, all the lights are on and the windows looking out are intact. That alone would make it remarkable but it’s hardly the most noticeable thing once you step inside the open doorway.

Hanging against one wall is a piece of fabric that has ‘WHALE COMB!’ painted on it in drippy, fluorescent pink letters. A smiley is painted underneath it right on the wall with three eyes and long fangs. The fangs drip down all the way to the floor and the eyes are just a blob of paint, but whoever left it seems to have been trying, here. ‘US THANK THEY!’ is written beside it, barely legible. On every other wall is ‘EAT’ in various sizes and colors. They thankfully don’t drip as much as the smiley since, beneath them, are tables upon tables of food.

There are meats, fruits, root vegetables, and even what might be a sweet dessert of some sort as well. Bowls are full of them, apparently a welcome dinner for the Agrii’s new heroes. At the very least it will give everyone a quick crash course on what is edible around here. But some of it might have … adverse effects:

- People chomping down on the striped meat all seem to get very drowsy a few minutes later.
- The red fruit that looks like a giant cherry is the equivalent of a few shots - the more consumed, the more drunken this party is getting.
- There is a bowl of weeds that have small, daisy-like flowers all along the stalks. This tastes like chicken and gives the eater a sudden burst of energy that will have them running around the room like they’re being chased.
-There are a collection of drinks, some made from the red fruit, some that are clearly water, some that taste like a less-sweet lemonade with no effects, and then there's a blue one that tastes like an especially dark beer. People drinking this will find themselves incapable of lying for a half hour.

Of course, no way to know any of this before you chow down. So dig in and enjoy the show!

 

LOST AND ALONE


They said don’t go into the forest. If the noises there weren’t deterrent enough then the thick trees and lack of paths should have been. Yes, you’ll need food. Yes, both meat and many fruits are in the forest. But maybe you should have gotten some more information before heading in.

Congratulations: you went into the forest and are now lost. You can’t hear the murmurings from town, nor can you see any of the lights that might be flickering on and off in the city. How are you going to get back into town? How do you make sure that the creatures here don’t attack you? You probably don’t have any weapons, so you’d better figure something out quick.

Or, maybe you’ll get lucky and run into another foolish person wandering around out here. Try not to attack them - unless they attack first.

 

MILES TO GO


The first thing every survivor needs to find is shelter. Not long after your arrival at the fountain, it’s getting darker now and, even if the night is short (you’re about to find out it’s not!), you don’t want to spend your first one out on an unfamiliar street. Distantly you can hear a sound like a wolf howling through an elephant’s trunk. It’s loud and alien. Maybe you want to find somewhere to sleep a little more quickly.

Right away there are two pretty solid options that will do nicely for the night: an abandoned hotel-like structure and some empty stores.

The hotel structure seems to be the most popular option for others. Its large, overgrown lobby leads you to the staircase and over a dozen floors of rooms in varying conditions. Despite it looking as though no one has set foot in here for decades, the stairs and floors all are secure. The rooms that have doors on them open up to dusty rooms that all have a bathroom (of sorts) attached and long, narrow bed frames. Figuring out a mattress will be a challenge but at least this is a safe place to sleep. As long as no animals laid claim to this room before you got in...

But let’s say the room in the hotel doesn’t work for you. Maybe the room is too small for you. Maybe you don’t like the stairs. Maybe you want someplace private to separate yourself from the rest of these strangers and to think quietly about what to do next. Either way, the other option is any number of abandoned stores lining the block where you arrived. The glass doors and windows of many are broken but there are just as many intact as well. The rooms are all large and empty, as whatever wares inside were either taken or dissolved over the years. There may be a counter or two that will get you off the ground, though. With all this space, you’re bound to find something to sleep on.

Unless someone else got there, first...


code bases by tricklet

stillgotmyleftarm: (bucky barnes)

[personal profile] stillgotmyleftarm 2019-07-22 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)

[More common sense than Steve, okay.

Not like that's overly hard to accomplish.]

Sam, [he repeats, looking the guy over, but... seems reasonable enough.] Bucky. [He holds out a hand, because that's just polite.] Let me guess - you're from the version of things where I fell from the train and got myself a shiny new metal arm and a head full of cobwebs.

unbearablynaive: (take my flesh)

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Vision snorts and pulls Wanda into an embrace, kissing her lightly and then again with a little more passion since they're alone.]

I will not leave you alone on our first night in an abandoned city, Wanda. Nor will you have to sleep on the floor directly, unless you should prefer it.

[There are a couple of countertops that could conceivably hold both of them, or they could quickly gather up some of the aforementioned leaves and vines to make a little nest out of.]

I could just float to sleep, but that would leave you cold, wouldn't it?

[He nuzzles her neck and inhales her scent. This might be the last time he smells her preferred shampoo for a while, and this is an entirely different kind of situation than they've been in before, and yet...part of him is excited to deal with the new challenge. It's not fair that they've been ripped away from their comfortable, happy life, but between seeing some old friends again and the stimulation of scavenging around a ruined civilization to helps its people rebuild he's intrigued.

Besides, he brought the most important part of home with him. She's in his arms.]


I don't know how long we will be here, but I am glad you are here with me.
unbearablynaive: (actual smile)

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles fondly and gives her opposite shoulder a quick pat. Sleepy Nat, huh?]

It's a far cry from protein gels and dried potato substitute, is it not? All we took for granted before, we will have to rebuild from scratch.

[He pauses.]

But I find I do not mind so much, if I have my friends with me.
unbearablynaive: (caped crusader)

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He exhales in a huff, glad she accepted the hug, at least.]

That does not allow you to properly process grief, Viv. If you continue to avoid doing so, the force of it will hit at a time you may not be able to control, which could seriously compromise you.

[He lets go, though he remains close, and his tone and gaze both soften again.]

Though your arrival in a ruined alien city is hardly the proper time to do so, regardless. Once you have adjusted to the new circumstances, would you consider revisiting the subject with me?
Edited 2019-07-22 15:56 (UTC)
unbearablynaive: (pursed lips)

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Loki gonna Loki, no matter which version.

He blinks, taken slightly aback.]


The fashion sense would necessarily be different, coming from a different world. But my voice patterns are based directly on one of my primary programming sources - I'd hate to hear that your version sounds more like Ultron.
unbearablynaive: (talking with hands)

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[He nods.]

At home, no, nothing quite like this. It is not my first time on an alien world, however. The last time it was for the supposed entertainment of our hosts, but this one at least seems to need our help without knowing how to properly ask. If we do help them, we may be able to return; I believe it is worth the attempt.
doubled_speed: (I'm Quicksilver Fast)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, you're an Avenger. We're more than just a name, right? We're a team, and you're definitely team.

[There is probably a lot of stuff that went with Sam's denial of being an Avenger. Tommy didn't know the complications, so he just moved past them.]
morphogenia: (So I talked to genevieve)

kamala khan | marvel comics | open! - prose of brackets are both fine btw.

[personal profile] morphogenia 2019-07-22 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
a. whale comb

Food is a tricky subject for Kamala. On one hand this is a time of crisis. God can forgive her for picking something with alcohol or unclean in general because she truly doesn't know any better. On the other, some of the people are acting super weird here. She can't be sure if that is because of the food or not. Kamala hovers near the spread and decides to just start asking people about it. Sometimes it's easier to let people think she's dumb enough to be a food snob when they're clearly trapped in some horror-survival game than get into the religious stuff.

"Have you tried any of this stuff?"

b. miles to go

There are spooky howls. Kamala knows she can handle a boss battle even in this weird place. The issue is where she's supposed to rest in between. She's not even remotely prepared for this. Kamala will be wandering around the hotel structure as she tries to find safe place to sleep. She'll probably hit up the stores too as she continues to psych herself out of picking a place to sleep.

Talk to the clearly freaked out teenage girl? Please?
unbearablynaive: (wait for now)

Whale Comb

[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-22 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Now there's a face at once familiar and distant. He hasn't seen Sam Wilson in some time - unlike some of his other friends from home, they hadn't really talked much in the Fleet, and there's no guarantee this is even one of them.

Heck, Sam might not even know him, if he's from early enough back home. So he nods and taps the cluster of orange grape-like fruits.]


One of these fruits seems to have an intoxicating effect, but I am not yet certain which one. The rest are harmless to a human's digestive system.

Sam Wilson, unless I am mistaken?
unspangled: (Default)

[personal profile] unspangled 2019-07-22 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eye him all you want, pal. It's not like he's going to turn into a bald eagle or something. (We hope.) ]

As a child, yes. [ He seems to be insinuating something. ]
doubled_speed: (Default)

Whale Comb

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If there is one thing that Tommy has done at this 'party', it's tested the food. All of it. The nap the meat put him into had been pretty nice, if weird. The excess energy of the weeds had been stupid. He definitely didn't trust the blue drink, and the cherry-like things he had suspicions on.

But that made him the perfect person to comment on everything. He turns to look at Kamala and grins at him with a face that clearly evokes the Maximoff twins, Wiccan, and most definitely Magneto can he help that he inherited his grandfather's brow?]. The white hair definitely helps with those impressions too.

He turns, sipping still at the lemonade-like thing, and considers the young woman asking. And then he lowers the glass and his brow scrunches up a bit. She's familiar. Why is she familiar looking? Damn, he's bad at this.

"Everything. Don't touch the blue drink. May taste like lager, but I think it's a truth serum. Rude, slipping that in there."
unspangled: (Default)

steve rogers | mcau | dfau

[personal profile] unspangled 2019-07-22 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
lost and alone

[ He still doesn't like the woods. You'd think, after the European Front and seventy subsequent years of being dropped into every conceivable kind of wilderness or urban location, he'd get used to stomping around through the trees. But, nope, Steve is definitely not the world's biggest fan.

He's got one fucking knife on him and a whole lot of pent-up frustration, though, so whoever it is out there making noises in his vicinity had better watch out. ]


miles to go

[ He took a gander at the empty storefronts, thinking they might be a safer place to sleep in than some hotel without proper recon. But there's little shelter from the elements and he can't get over the big, glass windows. Or at least the ones that are still intact.

So, hotel it is.

He finds a room that hasn't been turned into the modern version of Wild Kingdom, swipes a blanket and pillow from another room, and settles down on the bed furthest from the door. Anyone looking for a safe place to sleep had better keep looking. This particular room is occupied by a grumpy ex-assassin. In fact: ]


Keep walking, pal, [ is what he offers to the first person who peeks in the door. ]


wildcard

[ got a better scenario idea? or just something completely different? toss it here. ]
passingthrough: (Curious - Wondering)

A

[personal profile] passingthrough 2019-07-22 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Kitty turns to get a better look at the girl speaking to her. She doesn't recognize her from either of the other worlds she's been pulled into or from home, but that's not so surprising. Kitty—or a version of her—might look familiar to Kamala though. The hair is a little different and her uniform is blue, but lower cut than her counterparts usually go for. There's a familiar "X" on the belt though. Aging is complicated for a number of reasons but she did finally make it out of her teens into year early twenties.

"Not yet. Not so interested in our abductor's hospitality. But it'll probably come to that." This isn't her first interdimensional prison rodeo. She didn't starve her way through the others.

(OOC: Kitty is from Earth-295, Age of Apocalypse, where they tended to write all the non-X-people out of the arc. She mostly knows Avengers from CRAU. And it was back in 1995 so pre-Kamala. I linked a technically non-canon image, but they had the oddest coloring choices for her in AoA. Like maybe the apocalypse is when she decided to have strawberry blond hair instead of brunette. So many color corrections have been done to so many icons. Oh, and she won't have the claws/gauntlets on her forearms since the weapons would have been confiscated. And I am decades behind on comics so I have no idea if Kamala would recognize her or not, but last I heard Kitty was leading the X-Men or at least one team of them so I wasn't sure!)
doubled_speed: (Default)

Miles to Go

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seriously, what is it with people and choosing the hotel over the shops? In Tommy's estimation this place looks more like somewhere that you're going to get axe murdered, which is really sad. He's not big on being axe murdered. Watching it on the big screen, maybe, but being offed himself? He'll pass.

Still, that doesn't mean he isn't poking his nose around. Seeing the state of the place, maybe poking to see who is there. And yeah, seeing a single woman in a room working diligently makes him consider.

Why not be a friendly not-even-remotely-neighbor? After all, what else is he using his super-ish strength for? Nothing, that's what.]


Hey in there. Need some help?

[He may only be a teen, but he figures helping a lady is always proper. Of course how he's going to take that lady being one of the most badass in the world is another question entirely.]
doubled_speed: (Default)

Around Town

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[What gets him isn't the guy with a mopey dark look that almost makes him think of his twin brother. It isn't the wandering around looking like he's lost because they're all lost and it definitely isn't that Tommy's just bored and looking for attention. No, it's Kosmo. A fluffy blue puppy? Definitely Tommy's kinda interaction there.

Of course he approaches with little warning at all. That happens when you're capable of super speed. Just runs up, a blur of light and color until he stops very suddenly and with the hugest grin, right beside Keith.]


Sweet looking dog, man. What's it's name? Can I pet it?
doubled_speed: (Default)

Lost and Not So Alone

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is going to be his day, isn't it? Tommy doesn't know it yet, but this really is going to be his day. Wandering in the woods because he got bored, mostly but not quite lost, and getting jumped by a variety of versions of America's Ass.

At least Tommy isn't a fan of trees either. And this time he made sure to make plenty of noise as he's tromping through the woods. Not like he can't just run away from most threats to his life. Superspeed does have its perks.

Mostly, though, he's minding his own business, trying to juggle a few of the tastier root vegetables that he'd managed to dig up. You can even tell, because there's dirt under his nails, which he does not appreciate.

All in all, he's definitely not ready for a frustrated guy with a knife.]
vivision: (inquiry)

Aaaaaaaa

[personal profile] vivision 2019-07-22 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Viv enters the scene as she usually does - floating, and coming in straight through a wall. She has been in the Whale Comb building before, then left, and is now returning.

She's been searching - for people she knows, people to work with, and people who need help. At the top of her list, though, are her teammates, the, champions. But truth be told, she finds it unlikely she will run into any of them at this point.

Clearly, she was also wrong. ]


Kamala? [ Assuming she's out of costume, Viv calls out her name. (If she's in costume, she'll get a "Ms. Marvel" instead.) Kamala hasn't exactly given away her secret identity, but from Viv's tone - about as excited and hopeful as her voice gets - its obvious she knows. ]
unspangled: (Default)

[personal profile] unspangled 2019-07-22 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, this Steve is more of an Asshole of America, but there's enough room to get creative in the description that America's Ass might work. An armed Ass, though, because. Yeah. You just don't go anywhere unarmed if you can help it. It is not the HYDRA Russian way.

He stops and listens at one point, while Tommy is performing his juggling act, and then moves in that direction. ]


Who's there?
seeingscarlet: (witch; 009)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-22 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She kisses him back with equal passion. If someone happens to be looking out a ruined window, well, they can just avert their eyes. She needs this as much as he does, and no one can really blame them. It's a stroke of luck that they're still together at all.]

I need to hold you, [she murmurs, tipping her head back and moaning softly as Vision nuzzles closer.] I need to feel you close to me.

[She is significantly less excited than he is about this particular challenge - struggling to get by like they undoubtedly will here is something she thought she'd left behind her. But she hasn't left Vision behind. There isn't a world where he's waking up without her to find himself alone on an alien planet with no hope of getting home beyond looking for Marsiva. She could survive - it would hurt like hell, but Wanda's lost everything once before and it hadn't killed her. But she'd never wish that on Vision's poor gentle heart. He will not know heartbreak because of her if Wanda gets any say in it.]

I told you once I could survive anything as long as you were with me. That never changed, Vizh.
doubled_speed: (Come On You Can Laugh)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh man, a familiar voice, that's totally awesome. He's already met Captain Rogers earlier, agreed to even help him. So it's probably cool to assume Cap will carry somethings, right? Right. So Tommy, genius that he is, heads toward the voice.]

Just me again. Found some potatoes. Maybe? Or are they yams? But they're purple. Can potatoes or yams be purple?
seeingscarlet: (snark; 204)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-22 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You are probably faster than my brother, but I think you have had more practice.

[Sounds like he's a mutant, right? And the white hair had been a side effect of Pietro's powers, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything...but then again she might also be staring at her other self's nephew.]

I'm Wanda, but not the Wanda from your version of our world. [She thinks he's probably guessed as much, but it still feels rude not to introduce herself.] The Atroma liked our worlds a little too much...it looks like maybe the people here do too.
doubled_speed: (The Fashionable Twin)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Years more practice, in truth. And... a special sort of training. Which he would prefer to never think about ever again. Something this Wanda might get better than his own soul-mother ever would have.]

I'm Thomas. Tommy really.

[He doesn't offer his last name because really, that will only complicate things. To an insane degree. Because yeah, this isn't his Wanda, and he doesn't want her to think she has any reason to connect to him other than the similarities to his uncle.]

You look a bit different from the Wanda Maximoff I've met. You're younger. Which isn't a bad thing. Uh, nice to meet you?
morphogenia: (Be at peace)

[personal profile] morphogenia 2019-07-22 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Every bit of his look screams Maximoff to Kamala from the white hair to the confident grin. She doesn't need to be an expert on superheroes to know who this is. It's something of a relief. He's been at the superhero game longer than her. Maybe that covers surviving in a weird new world. For now she's just happy to get any advice.

As usual she logs everything including that brow scrunch without ever questioning it. It'll come to her later that might mean something. "Oh good to know." She smiles in relief. "Uh, anything else? I don't drink or eat pork so is there anything like that in this stuff?"
doubled_speed: (Gotta Take This Call)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-22 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Longer is such a relative term, Kamala, such a very relative term. But yeah, it's hard to not look like a Maximoff. How it took everyone so long to come to terms with who he and Billy were is a mystery.

Probably because retro-reincarnation was weird.

Still, the don't drink or eat pork makes Tommy pause. Surely that means something. Orthodox Jew? Do they drink alcohol? He doesn't remember.

"Uh, so I don't know where the meat comes from, but the cherry-like things? I had like two dozen of them in a few minutes and got that brief, thirty-second tingle I always get when I drink a few beers. So probably avoid that?"
tempredmental: (Surprise Sword!)

1/2

[personal profile] tempredmental 2019-07-22 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, so... running up on a guy that hasn't really toned down yet from being hyper-aware due to a lot of fighting was probably not the best idea... Especially because Keith was usually pretty hard to sneak up on. But that was also usually by people who weren't that quiznakking fast.

He might have screamed a little...]