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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

doubled_speed: (Doing What You've Got To)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Trust me, it's better than the things I did growing up. So yeah, it's just your average teenager with superpowers stuff.
outstandingbalance: (pic#10580761)

[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-24 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She huffs at the question. He might be surprised by her experience with wilderness survival. Red Room training was... rigorous.

However:]


No. Not like this. I mean, a bit like this. The kidnapping. That part's familiar. And the food you can't trust.

Same pieces put together a different way.
outstandingbalance: (anelosimus kohi)

[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-24 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
It's not all for me. There's a lot of people around here. Not all of them look like they've got what you'd call survival experience.

[And there's something like safety in groups. There's risks too, but Natasha's math leans toward the benefits at the moment.]
doubled_speed: (Default)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
]Yeah, well, survival experience isn't much needed when there is a grocery store down the road, so he gets it. Hates it, but he gets it.]

And you do? Well, I'm not going to argue.

[He moves to scoop up a whole armload of fallen debris. Simple enough.]
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[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-24 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[She looks away sheepishly.]

I did too. I think it was one of the fruits? And something Thistle ate put her to sleep.

Whatever it was, I'm glad I didn't have more. [At least the worst she did was drop a glass of water before she could levitate it to herself. This time.]
doubled_speed: (Leave Me Out Of This)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Really, something about a fruit that was weird? Strange. He didn't know that was a thing. He hadn't felt anything weird.]

The blue drink had a truth serum or something. I couldn't lie. It was awkward.
brooklyn_boy: (smirk)

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-24 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Steve perks up almost instantly. A list. Yeah, that is a good action item for them all to work on, actually. And having something like that put in front of him makes Steve feel a little less in the air. Besides, Vision seems like he's enjoying the idea of this.

Steve can't help but find that contagious.

"Yeah. Teamwork is gonna be critical." He grins, teasing. "I mean, until you mentioned it, I didn't even think about soap. Imagine where that would have gotten us."
tingmoonshadowpowers: (You Really Have No Clue)

[personal profile] tingmoonshadowpowers 2019-07-24 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Rayla nodded.]

Everyone's got somethin' they can do. They just need ta figure it out.

[She headed into the room, then. It was a little run down, but the one they were in ended up having two beds. What luck!! Rayla glanced at the two beds for a moment. They didn't look... great... but she'd slept in the woods on the ground, so this was nothing. She looked around the room, deciding for a moment.]

I'll take the one by the window.
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[personal profile] tingmoonshadowpowers 2019-07-24 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[The young elf looked thoughtful for a moment.]

I think yer right. If we can figure it out, then gettin' home'll be that much faster.

[She looked over at the food now.]

Have you tried anythin' of what they're servin'?
brooklyn_boy: (smile)

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-24 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Steve smiles and heads into the room to start grabbing the larger pieces of debris. Serum muscles ain't just for looks.]

I don't know how clean we're gonna be able to get this floor, but we can work on it.

[ He laughs humorlessly and shakes his head. ]

Can you believe part of me misses the cramped room me and Buck had? Even the tiny bed. At least there was a mattress.
subject_f: (is that some fuckin cup noodle i see)

[personal profile] subject_f 2019-07-24 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I. I know.

[ Take a breath. Follow her in. The room is terrible, but at least she isn't going to have to share a bed with a stranger. ]

...they're awful, so that's fine, because it won't make much difference.
brooklyn_boy: (what)

Fanboy is so cute <3

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-24 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Steve sees the other person and has to blink to make sure it was really just one guy instead of three. Christ, he had to be drunk. Or drugged. Maybe he shouldn't have been so confident with what he was eating, before. Seems to have bitten him in the ass as he weaves a little towards Billy and accepts the help he's offering.

"Yeah. Yeah, somethin' I ate...I think it's not...agreein'... Should be fine soon. Prolly."

He smiles at Billy and offers a hand. Right in front of his face.

"You seem'ta know me. 'm sorry, I dunno you..."
tempredmental: (I Uh Well IDK?)

[personal profile] tempredmental 2019-07-24 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Uh... not really sure. Coran called him a cosmic wolf, so, that's probably it. I found him while my mom and I were stranded on a space whale in a quantum abyss. Something he was in crash landed, and, when we went to investigate, we found him.

[So... normal... what...]

Something about this place, though, made him small. He's actually pretty big already back home, but he's already two years old there. Here, he seems to be back to being a puppy. I'm not sure why.

[He shrugged.]

I never saw anything like him back on my Earth, either. ["My Earth." Keith had been through this dimension/universe/reality hopping before.] We just have shades of white, brown, and black... I've heard 'blue' used, too, but yeah. Same. Just another shade of gray.

[But, yes... Keith was a human name because Keith was human... well, half-human. But he grew up on Earth.]
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that sells it, the guy is clearly an alien. Or so Tommy thinks until Keith keeps going. Space? Cosmic wolf? Quantum abyss? Things like that make no sense. Just like the thing getting younger by being here.]

Wait, you're from Earth? Huh, cool. I mean, you sorta look human, but I guess I figured that having a freaky wolf meant that you weren't. How'd you get to space?

[Space isn't something Tommy's as interested in normally. Can't run quickly in space. Enclosed ships going to get you every time.]
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[personal profile] tempredmental 2019-07-24 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... yeah. Born and raised. My dad's human. I take after him a lot like that. But, he said I look a lot like Mom, too. I guess that's kind of hard to see sometimes past the fact that she's like seven feet tall and purple.

[Welp. What even was Keith's life?]

As for getting into space, well... that was something I always wanted to do. I got the chance when I joined the Galaxy Garrison... except I managed to get myself kicked out. [Not his proudest moment, really.] But, I found a strange energy source out in the desert not far from where we were, and tracked it down. A couple other cadets were with me, as well as my mentor in the Garrison, and we found a massive robot lion, and that carried us into space and through a wormhole to a planet called Arus. That's where we met the Alteans, and they helped us find the other four Lions... and we'd been exploring space and fighting off an evil empire in the process for the past... uh... [Give him a second... he had to figure this out. Between the abyss, jumping through wormholes, converting between Earth time and Altean time, and then the time slippage caused by tearing holes in the fabric of reality during a battle, it was hard to remember how long it had been.]

Three years? Four years? Though, everyone not involved with our team says it was seven. We lost time somewhere... though, I technically lost less time because of the whole quantum abyss thing. If I count that, then it's been five for me.

[Confused, yet?]
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doubled_speed: (Come On You Can Laugh)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Strangely enough, Tommy has literally no problem with the idea of Keith implying his mom is an alien. Gets a bit harder to be phased by that when you've met people who are blue and furry, or when someone who has a dad who is an android, and hose future brother in law is a hybrid of two different alien species.]

Huh, sounds pretty interesting. Strange, but interesting. Honestly, not the most complicated shit I've ever heard of. In fact, it's almost simple. For instance? My soul-mom had me, like, less than a handful of years ago. Except I'm eighteen. Fun, right?

[He does get up and back away a few steps, grinning.]
tempredmental: (Confused Staring in Armor)

[personal profile] tempredmental 2019-07-24 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Keith stared at Tommy for a second, and then smirked.]

So, you're familiar with the idea of time being all weird, huh?

But, uh... 'soul-mom'?
doubled_speed: (A Lot To Think About)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, yeah, I guess I'm familiar with weirdness of time. One of my friends was a time traveler fated to be the worst time-traveling bad guy in, well, history.

[Explaining Iron Lad v Kang or Immortus was a hard thing. In fact, Tommy just crosses his arms over his chest to consider how to explain it.]

Dude, it might be best to not even try. Let's just say I was reincarnated, into the past, because previous me died and a demon got exploded by my mom's magic. Now, take that headache, multiply it by about thirty, and then consider if you really want to know more.
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[personal profile] tallasaking 2019-07-24 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
"... You're right. They would want to know how they controlled us." Tyrion murmured, as he looked around. "It might be. I would not put it past them to avenge themselves on us from 'beyond the grave'."
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[personal profile] morphogenia 2019-07-24 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Kamala jumps at the sound of another voice. She slowly turns around to see some dude in the shadows. He sounds nice enough so she doesn't bolt immediately.

Her heart is racing as she replies nervously, "Not really? Uh... no offense shadow guy, but I'm a teenage girl from Jersey in a survival game. This is going really badly for me." She's still alive so okay maybe not. Kamala is going to be dramatic about this because it is scary!!
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[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-24 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Ha. Natasha does snort, but she's not about to argue if he's lending a hand.]

Thanks. I won't say clearing out the kindling is a survival strategy, but it'll make staying here a lot more pleasant.
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[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-24 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I can imagine it.

[Natasha misses her captain's quarters too, but she's not one to dwell on what's missing.

Or who.

Not yet.]


We don't need to be able to eat off the floor. Just not trip over vines in the middle of the night.

We'll work on the mattresses.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-24 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I meant, do you have all those survival skills? I mean, I do, but only when it comes to being in a populated area. You know, the streets.

[Which may be an implication that the kid spent some time living on them, or at least in a bad area.]
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[personal profile] wearingthestars 2019-07-24 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
He nods and rubs at a temple. Maybe he should sit too. The room doesn't feel as still as it did a little while ago.

"...I'll keep you company."
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[personal profile] wearingthestars 2019-07-24 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head quickly. Well...maybe more like him than his current voice. But not a carbon copy or anything.]

I don't think so. Does that means he's not your primary programming source?