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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

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[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-30 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
That's the idea, at least in the end. If it makes more sense to bunk up more than that for some reason, we can work with it.

[But she's going to want to have her privacy with him before long. That goes without saying.]

We arrived separately, but ran into each other fairly quickly. It was good to find him here too.
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[personal profile] outstandingbalance 2019-07-30 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Some people I know, at least. Some of it's—some of it's hard to explain. The Vision is here. And Wanda." People who should be dead by the time she and Carol met. A fact she's sure isn't lost on the other woman. But if there's a fight to have, this is a hell of a team to put together.

Somehow, that's not a reassuring thought.

"I have the feeling they won't be the last, either. Whoever these Agrii are, they seem to have quite the guest list in mind."
wingmans: (Dowitcher)

[personal profile] wingmans 2019-07-30 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Like flying. Being on the edge of the sky.
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[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-30 11:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Wanda steals one last soft kiss before they head off into the night. She can stay calm in Vision's presence, push down her fear and sadness and how emotionally overwhelmed she is a little longer. She finds excuses to touch him, both real and accidentally-on-purpose, and Vision gets more chaste kisses to his lips and cheeks by the time they're done.

It feels strange - she hasn't worn anything other than lingerie to bed in at least a year and here she is wondering whether or not to even take off her coat. Finally Wanda decides only to shed her gloves. Even then, she stuffs them into her pockets, old instincts from Sokovia in case they need to make a quick escape.

Does she want to lay on a pile of leaves and vines? Absolutely not, but the floor's not any better and what she really needs is Vision's arms around her.]


You are my home, [she tells him softly, taking his hand in hers and raising it to her lips. Her eyes don't leave his as she kisses his knuckles and guides his hand to her cheek.] I am yours, Vision. Take whatever you need from me.
seeingscarlet: (girl; 131)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-30 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
This is not the first time I've been kidnapped. I thought we were finally safe but...it looks like someone found us again.

Last time we were in a fleet of ships. Not so big as the Enterprise, though. Natasha was even a captain.
wingmans: (House Finch)

[personal profile] wingmans 2019-07-30 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ okay. he had been kidding. ]

So what, we're playing tag with aliens?
seeingscarlet: (snark; 142)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-30 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
[surpriiiiiiiise it sucks]

I guess? Nothing seemed strange. One minute we were home on Naviadna and the next we were here.

I'm sorry they got you too.
wingmans: (Eleonora's Falcon)

[personal profile] wingmans 2019-07-30 11:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ he frowns. ]

It's fine. It looks like they're collecting a set.
seeingscarlet: (concern; 040)

[personal profile] seeingscarlet 2019-07-30 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
I wonder what they expect us to do that they can't. It looks like this world had more technology than we do at home.
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[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-30 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that is almost a challenge, pal. Steve smirks and ties up his jacket-bag so it can strap onto his back and not spill things. Hands need to be free for hunting. Soldat definitely won't remember, but Steve had wanted really badly to be a boy scout when he was small. The closest he'd ever gotten was an old handbook that was probably from the year Boy Scouts started. Still, it had hunting tips in it and Steve might not be Nat but he knows how to sneak.

"I assume your knives were all taken." No one has any weapons on them. Not the most helpful for getting fish or meat, but there are rocks on the ground. Steve kicks around a few until he finds one that looks like it might have an edge. He tests it on his finger and. Well. He has butter knives at home that are sharper but it can do in the right hands.

He offers it to Soldat with a small shrug. "I'll manage with a big branch," he says, already eyeing one he can break off a nearby tree. Blunt force is more his speed than precision slashes anyway.
brooklyn_boy: (Angry)

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-30 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve's eyes narrow as well, just at the 'Freak' comment. He might not be 'mutant' but he knows acutely what it's like to grow up with the world looking at you like you're a mistake. He wonders if the Steve Tommy knew ever shared those stories.

"You're not a freak," he says firmly. "You being special doesn't make you less or more than anyone else. You have powers which give you additional responsibilities and different experiences than others. But that doesn't make you a 'freak'."
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[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-30 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Good?

[He raises an eyebrow at that as though to say 'that's it?']

For right now I think we have plenty of room for everyone to have their own space. Some people are settling in the abandoned shops or...whatever they are, down below.

[He frowns.]

I hope both are protection from those energy storms...
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[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-30 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve turns and for a second thinks he's seeing something. Even before the end of the Fleet, Hux had been gone for months. Steve had taken care of Millie and had taken over the Bishop with it's crew of four. All because he'd lost both the captain and first officer within a few weeks.

But no. Here he was. Steve grins wide and drops his plate in order to walk over to Hux and grip his shoulder.

"Hux, sir!"

He pauses then, realizing that this might not be a Hux that knows him nor the Fleet. He takes his hand off but keeps smiling.

"...It's Steve. Do you remember me?"
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[personal profile] deranged_practicality 2019-07-30 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Isabella frowned. "A governess is a woman put in charge of a child's education and upbringing until he is old enough for a boarding school." Or for a girl, until she was considered too old for education, and did Isabella had Thoughts and Opinions on that. "It is not a woman governor."

Though that was a splendid idea. For someone who was not Isabella and actually liked politics.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-30 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a freak? Tommy laughs. Come on, are you seriously? Tommy knows what he is.

"You're wrong. I'm a freak in a lot of ways. That's just what life is."

And he takes it in stride, turning back around to guide by looking forward because he doesn't need to see Captain America being weird about it.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-30 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"He or she," Tommy dismisses the idea of only one gender going off to boarding school. "And yeah, there are women governors. And senators. Women in politics tend to be a bit more reasonable. Sometimes. Sometimes they're stupid."

What? One of Tommy's best friends is a woman far more capable than him who would tear into him if he was anything but a feminist.
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[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-07-30 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey!"

Steve steps forward and grabs Tommy's shoulder to stop him and hopefully have him turn back.

"You know how many times growing up I was called a loser or a sissy? I had to fight everyone just for them to think I wasn't a waste of space.

"Even now there's people who think the only reason I'm worth anything is because I got that serum."

He squeezes his shoulder tighter.

"You're not a freak. You're different, sure. But that is what makes you special."
doubled_speed: (Sounds BS to Me)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-30 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve touching him? Oh man, that almost gets Tommy to swing at him. That isn't something Steve should be doing. He doesn't have the right and he doesn't get it.

"You don't know what you're talking about," Tommy counters. "You don't get what it's like to be a mutant. You don't get what it's like to exist because of magic and demons. And you definitely don't get what I went through so don't think you know whether I'm a freak or not."
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[personal profile] deranged_practicality 2019-07-30 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"He or she," Isabella accepted, with a smile. "You come from a country that is more enlightened than my own with regards to women. Women do not even have the vote where I am from, despite our best efforts."

Suffrage and the rights of women was one of the few things beyond naturalism that Isabella was willing to throw her political weight around; especially so that younger generations of women would not have nearly as much trouble as she did.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-30 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"We've had a long time to get that in line," Tommy sighs and shakes his head. They were fucked up, and women still aren't even getting a chance.

"Less than a hundred years of women voting," Tommy shrugs. "Like... maybe another 5 or 10 years before that."

But yeah, this is like meeting a woman from the past. Which she totally sorta is.
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[personal profile] deranged_practicality 2019-07-30 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Things do get better with effort," Isabella said. "Even in my own lifetime, I've seen changes. It doesn't mean we should stop pushing, of course."
doubled_speed: (Come On You Can Laugh)

[personal profile] doubled_speed 2019-07-30 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, the system usually can use some good pushing," Tommy agrees. And damn if he doesn't really respect the lady. More power to her, even if he doesn't know her. Which...

He offers a hand out to her. "Thomas Shepherd, but people call me Tommy."
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[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-30 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so? They do seem to be involved in a great percentage of significant events from the past decade or so, I suppose.

[Six years, for the most overt of the Stones' effects. Decades, for their influence in general, with the Tesseract being recovered by the Red Skull in World War II. A decade seems like a reasonable compromise of time.]

There are at least three on Earth, from my last memories of the place.
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[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-30 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[The Vision holds out his hands to indicate the surroundings.]

Survival, followed by convincing these Agrii to send us home. Helping them, if that is the way to do so.
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[personal profile] unbearablynaive 2019-07-30 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[His eyes get a soft expression, as they tend to when he thinks of Wanda.]

We'd just passed our first anniversary.

[It had been a good break from...everything, really, and he's grateful for it.]