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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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I guess we go exploring.

[ but how that'll change anything, sam doesn't know. especially since they're limited. ]

I just need to get close enough to read them. We should be able to find what they used to bring us here. And why they didn't use it to leave.

[Whether or not it will have power is another story, though.]

You think your powers would work?

[ humans are one thing, but aliens? ]

[She just gives him a flat look. Can and have, thank you very much.]

Why wouldn’t they?

[ sam shrugs. ]

How would I know? If they're aliens or robots, their makeup could be different.

If it has a mind, I can read it. I've learned to see the similarities better.

[It's not like the first time she saw an alien mind. Or the second time, when she's tried to control the Hulk and failed miserably.]

They can't be very far, but everyone is so...so loud. And we all have a right to be upset, it just makes it hard to feel outside this room.

[ hmm. ]

And outside?

[She shrugs. There were other things on her mind when she'd woken up here, like finding her husband. And crying, because damn it, why can't she just be left alone? Every time she finally finds happiness someone has to swoop in and ruin it.]

I need to look around more. And I think it would be best to take a small group, just in case.

Who do you have in mind?

I think it sounds like a mission for the Avengers.

[ his brow furrows. ]

I'm pretty sure the Avengers broke up?

What do you mean?

[Wanda tilts her head at him, confused. There are certain things everyone had decided Wanda would be happier not knowing about - what was the point in telling her about the Raft, or about Thanos? There's nothing any of them could do about it.]

Because of the accident? [She remembers that much from Calibrations. Vision is accidentally going to hurt Rhodey, but would that really be enough to break everything?]

[ sam pauses to stare at her. she didn't know and no one told her. he's not exactly sure how he feels about that. ]

No . . . Not because of what happened to Rhodey.

[Wanda looks resigned but not surprised.] Because something's coming.

[She's known it for a while. There were points in their time on the Fleet where some of the others had started acting strangely. Natasha's very firm insistence that everything was fine in particular had been terrifying in its own right. It didn't take a telepath to see through the lie.

No one can keep secrets from her very long if she wants them. It just never seemed worth the argument over something that couldn't affect them anymore.]

Are you all right?

[ sam shakes his head slowly. ]

I don't know about what's coming. But I can tell you that things didn't turn out well for the Avengers. There was a schism. Between Stark and Steve. Two sides.

[ a pause. ]

They jailed us.

What?

[Wanda's breath catches and she goes pale. There aren't a lot of tangible things that she's afraid of, but that? That's definitely near the top of the list. There will always be people who look at her and only see a weapon. Or a monster. And when they're in power...well, even she can be left helpless. There are reasons she and Pietro hadn't been able to escape Strucker until the Avengers' attack...]

[ yeah. sam is less traumatized but he's not a fan of being hauled to prison without a trial. being shot without attacking. you know, the things that regularly happen to black men. ]

Stark and his team did that. Before that, he had Vision keep you in a penthouse suite and didn't let you leave.

But they were friends, we were all...

[They'd taken her in when they had no reason to. What could possibly have...?]

He didn't tell me.

[She has a tendency to fidget with her rings when she's nervous or upset, and if Sam follows the movement he might notice a ring that's not her usual style at all: a wedding ring.

Uh-oh.]

[ sam glances at it, but doesn't say anything. ]

Yeah. I got that part. And I think that's a discussion you need to have with them.

I was never planning to go home if we got a choice. I think everyone knew.

[One really has to pity her poor fingers with the way she's fidgeting. She just doesn't know what else to do with all this nervous, trapped energy. How can she get angry at them when all she wants to do is run to Vision and hide from the entire last 12 hours?]

[ sam frowns. ]

Even so. You should have gotten everything you needed to know. Not half a picture.

Sam...

[She sighs deeply. Might as well get it out if they're putting everything on the table. She doesn't know what he expects from her or why he's telling her this now. It's already been a very long, trying day.]

Vision and I got married a year ago.

[ he suspected as much. dryly. ]

Congrats.

[ no accounting for taste. ]

[Look, okay, Sam missed some things, but the dry tone just makes her feel even worse. Wanda rubs her hands over her face. She thought she was being considerate, not...not a complete idiot.]

I wanted to be a good friend. I didn't want to force my way into someone's head to see what was wrong.

You shouldn't have to.

[ they should have told her the truth. not . . . pretended it never happened. is that what sam is expected to do? pretend rhodey didn't fall out of the sky, pretend they weren't carted off? pretend tony didn't use sam's friendship to kill bucky?

it's disturbing. ]

You weren't the bad friend, Wanda. You deserve to know the things that happened in your life. Whether you talk to them about it now or not, it's your decision. That's all.

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