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Opening Test Drive Meme

TEST DRIVE
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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...

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No, those don't sound like a good idea.

[But they can give him fruit in a pinch, and that's good to know. It won't do much in the long run, but in the short term she thinks they can work with that information.]

We'll have time to start foraging in the area. Hopefully the fact we found things we could more or less eat means there are other options in the area.

[See, this is why they need people like Nat. People who will think through the information they got. Tommy just tended to go with what worked.]

There's the forest. Could have food there. That's what all those survival 'reality tv' shows say, right? Too bad there isn't, like, instructions or anything. Lazy if you ask me.

[While wilderness survival isn't her forte, she's familiar with it—and there are worse people you could have worrying about your logistics and support.]

That's the idea. Might be a steep learning curve, but we'll have to start collecting what we can unless the Agrii turn out to be remarkably generous.

[And even if they are, Natasha doesn't like relying on it.]

What? Kidnapping us isn't generous? I mean, technically they took me out of Jersey, and most people would consider that a movement up in the world.

[No one can sass Jersey quite like a Jersey native who moved to New York. It's like, a rite of passage.]

So this is your first interdimensional alien abduction?

[Not that Natasha is exactly old hat, but twice seems like a lot for something like this.]

Yeah. But not my first abduction. Last time was apparently an inter dimensional cosmic horror entity. I apparently lost, like, six months or something.

[And that is just a void in his mind. One moment he'd been in a warehouse, the next it was several months later and he was at a party. Life is weird. You get used to it as an Avenger.]

[That's not reassuring. Natasha's not sure what it is, but it's not reassuring. Just how common is it being ripped across space and time by some aliens or... cosmic entities?]

All right. So you're not a complete rookie. Good to know.

Oh no, I don't remember any of it. So effectively new. But I know what it's like to live out on the streets a bit, so I'm somewhat useful here. Name's Tommy, by the way. Tommy Shepherd.

[Not that it matters much, but it does allow him to imply names could be exchanged.]

[Hint taken.]

Natasha Romanoff. Nice to meet you, Tommy. We'll see how much of your street smarts will help you in space.

[Okay and in a blink Tommy is back by the door, eyes wide, clearly a touch of tension in his shoulders.]

Black Widow? You're The Natasha Romanoff aren't you? Geez, why are there so many, like, movie star versions of the Avengers here?

[See, this is where experience comes into play. If Natasha hadn't met other versions of people she knew before, other people who knew her—or of her—who she'd never heard of, she might be put off balance by the reaction.

As it is, she gives him a dubious look.]

I won't ask what you mean by movie star versions. [She's pretty sure it's beside the point.] You're not from one of the universes with angry bird people or something like that, are you?

[Oh no, she is going to get explanations of 'movie star versions.' Because it's kinda scary.]

Angry bird people? I mean, archangel gets angry. And David said they were in a universe once where there were multiple harpy Kates, but I wasn't there. But no, I'm just a mutant.

And Movie Star Versions means you guys are, like, movie star attractive? Maybe you should act.

Same one, then.

[Or reasonably close to it. Or rather, not exactly the same one. But the same enough that Tommy knows Kate's story about the versions of herself with feathers.]

Are you really going to tell me that Captain America where you're from isn't attractive?

I mean, he's not that... Well, he's broader. And sometimes so clean cut that it's like... It's trying to sexualize a Ken doll? I mean, I imagine people still consider Stark hot because he gets a bit of action. A good bit.

[Listen, there really is a difference. And he seems to be amused at the ideas of Captain not being attractive. It's about scales, Romanoff.]

What do you mean, 'same one then'?

[Natasha goes back to clearing the floor. If they're going to have this conversation, she might as well keep her hands busy.]

A while back, I ran into Barton, but not the Barton I know. He had a girl with him, Kate. She mentioned having some experience with reality hoping in passing.

[Also, that Natasha and Clint had been a thing. That was weird.]

[She met Kate? Tommy can't help the briefest smirk. Yeah, she must have been so prepared for shit. Weird stuff happened to Kate.]

Hawkeye and Hawkeye. Sounds about right. I bet there was too much purple between the two of them. Kate's a friend, sounds about what her and David told me after.

[He does go back to starting to clean up again.]

He's a good man, I guess. But he gets into trouble. Which I guess makes him like most of my team.

She seemed capable. And like she managed to keep her Barton in line.

[Imagine Clint being the one who had to be kept in line, of all the boys on her team. Natasha shakes her head a little.]

You know, you say we're the movie star versions, but she was cute. And your Clint didn't seem any less attractive than ours.

[Yeah, Hawkass was like that.]

But he's a good shot. And a bit of a con sometimes. Still, made stealing from him that much more fun. Especially since he was in his ninja-drama phase or whatever."

[Oh, yeah, he definitely grins at the idea of Kate being cute.] I don't know, she's a bit more than cute. And Hawkeye tends to be injured enough that he doesn't look great all the time.

Not really my type.

[Ninja drama phase. Weird that part carries across both universes when so much else is different.

She gives a slight shake of her head.]

This going to be strange for you?

[What's not really her type? Him? Kate? Whatever. Doesn't matter. But he chuckles at the idea of this being weird.]

Nah. Me and the other you don't really interact. It's just... Well, one of the most badass non-powered people in the world. You and Hawkass make other people realize they can be more if they aren't more than human. That's cool.

[Either one, really. Though she meant Kate.

His comment after that is strange, though. Unexpected, maybe. She didn't get into this to inspire anyone. If she's a badass, it's because she had to be. Originally just to stay alive, but after that to do the work that matters to her...]

Well, I'm glad you approve. Hopefully I'm enough of a badass to keep us alive on an alien planet.

It's hardly my place to approve, right?

[But yeah, he's certain she can do that. Tommy's just a bit more concerned about keeping his siblings alive.]

Or disapprove. People make their own value or something.

Most of the time.

[Or they try to. Tends to be more of a work in progress than anything, until it isn't.]

So you know about me, some version of me. I don't know anything about you, other than that you're fast and need extra servings at dinner.

"I mean, that pretty much sums me up," Tommy shrugs as he finishes clearing up the biggest chunks in his area. There's another brief moment where air rushes from the room and back in as Tommy carries his load out, and then he returns, looking around to see what else he can help with.

"I'm from another version of Earth. My name is Tommy, I go by Speed, and I'm a Young Avenger. I've got a twin brother, sorta, and that's really all there is to know. Yanno, without making things awkward."

If he told anyone, he supposes Natasha would be safest, right? Anyone keep secrets better than Black Widow? Probably not.

"Young Avengers, huh?" She nods. That's not entirely new to her, but it's strange. It's still very strange. In her world, there were barely Avengers half the time. Every so often they'd pull things together in time to save the world. They even had a couple years there were they were training. They were organized.

Then the Accords hit, and that mostly fell apart.

Natasha shakes her head once, then shrugs. "Well, Tommy, I'm not sure how you sorta have a twin brother but it's good to know. In case I ever run into him."

Among other reasons.

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