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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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[Nah, see, Wanda's reality warping was a lot weaker than Billy's, but that's just life.]

Right, you're not a mutant. Still, it's weird to think of it that way. And here I am, twin to effectively a reality stone.

It's a little weird to imagine a place where there are other people like me.

You said he is here? I think between us both we could help you.

[That and she really does want to meet him.]

I suppose, given you're here, you really don't need to, right? Because she isn't. So you're, like, top Wanda here.

[Only Wanda here. But then she asks about Billy and Tommy doesn't sigh. He's restrained enough to pull that off. Because of course Wanda wants the favorite son.]

I don't know if he's around. If you see a guy that looks like me but with black hair and looks like a sap, then yeah, you're meeting Billy.

[It's more that it was still an adjustment to get used to living with other people with powers. On Naviadna she and Vision were still unusual, but at least most people just assumed Vision was a particularly stylish alien.]

I'm not 'top Wanda.' [Not from everything she's heard. Not by any stretch of the imagination.] But I mean that it was nice to meet another telepath on the Fleet.

There must be things only Pietro understands.

Hey, Un-

[Whoops. Almost said that. Nope.]

Petey gets something, yeah. When he isn't busy being angry. Guy needs a chill pill.

Petey?

[Give her a minute to stop laughing. She can just picture her Pietro scowling and scoffing something about Americans.]

He is going to be even worse if you call him that.

[Oh yes, Uncle Pete doesn't like it when he does that. Advantage to them being so fast, sometimes he can get away with it. He smiles at her, loving how she just seems so bright when she's amused. Must be where Billy gets his smiles from.]

I know. Last time I did, he got a bit miffed. Pietro has no chill.

Oh, he does. Sometimes he has too much chill, and never when you want him to.

[She seems to have a bit of a sad air about her when she recovers from laughing. She misses him terribly, and the little illusion charm Loki had given her isn't in her pocket where it should be.]

I used to get so angry...he would flirt at the worst times.

[Damn, that sounds pretty accurate for Tommy too. But honestly, it's the 'he would flirt at the worst times' that makes him laugh. Because wow, he's literally heard that complaint about him.

Apparently he managed to really live up to his family.]

I mean, our Pietro? He's not as bad, given the wanting to set a good example for Crystal, his daughter. He tries.

[Wanda's eyes widen, stricken, and for a moment she can't speak around the lump in her throat. The other Pietro has a daughter? Her Pietro could have had a family of his own if she hadn't been so damn careless?

They never talked about the future much; tomorrow was never guaranteed and after the experiments, it just seemed like a pipe dream. Wanda had tried her best not to think about it. Marriage and families aren't things Avengers get to have. It had taken a push from Steve for her to even get her head around the idea of being able to marry Vision.

She looks down and away. It's been two years, she is not going to cry in front of a complete stranger, but all of these what-ifs hurt.]

...I wish I could have met her.

[He knows that look. And he knows that tone. He doesn't know what it means though. Still, he moves before he thinks. Moves and is there, hugging her tightly to him. Comfort, Tommy's shit at giving it, but frankly?

Maybe he can fill in the blanks, because he's lost people before. He's seen people who have lost people. And it hurts. So he just embraces her and tries not to make it awkward. Which of course it is.]

I mean, maybe you can someday. Just because there are no mutants doesn't mean there isn't an Inhuman royal line. She's great.

[She feels guilty almost crying on him, but she's not going to turn down the hug. It's been a long, extremely emotionally trying day and it's probably going to be a long, sleepless night.

But Wanda knows a conversational out when she sees one, and to save them both she's going to take it.]

Inhuman?

Geez, now you've got to ask a hard one.

[But he does keep holding her, because what else can he do?]

So, mutants are what happens when humans evolve naturally. Inhumans were the results of an alient race experimenting on our ancestors. Sorta similar, sorta not. They get powers too, if exposed to this weird mist stuff that can, frankly, kill mutants. So, yeah. My world is sorta weird?

[Looks like they're playing Hug Chicken then, because Wanda still needs a minute to get all of her masks back in place.]

So...a little like me. But if they exist in my world I've never met them.

I think there is one more magic-user in my world? I heard he was on the Fleet with us before this but I haven't met him either. It was...nice, to not be the only one on the Fleet.

Well, I hope you have someone to talk to here.

[At last He let’s her go. It’s... time. To give her space. To pretend he isn’t desperate for supporting her. For her attention.]

My money is on Dr. Strange. He’s like that. Nice and all.

[She's smiling by the time he lets her go, that same kind of smile Sam gets when they're joking around. "Strange?" That's just bizarre enough that she believes it.]

I am not the only one with powers here either. You're here too.

[Their powers are different, of course, but even spending time with Kitty and Kurt had been helpful.]

I wish I could promise you extra baked things, but I am here if you need something.

[Yeah, well, Strange is just that. And a Sorcerer. But that's just how things go, isn't it?

Still, Tommy's feet shuffle and he doesn't look at Wanda. This is so awkward. At least for him.]

I... uh, yeah. I'm here too. Where you are. We are both here. Definitely a thing. And it's not like I need baked things.

I usually make too much when I'm stressed. And I'm sure you could use the extra sugar.

[She'll chance a tiiiiiny step closer.]

Are you all right?

[This wouldn't be the first time someone's been awkward around her. Kurt hadn't known what to do with her for months - she was dead in his world.]

[Yeah, he notices that approach. His fingers card through his hair, and it's a nervous motion.]

You just... I don't know, you sorta remind me of my mom. Well, she'd offer me tea too.

[...ah. That makes sense. Now it's Tommy's turn to be hugged.]

I'm sorry. I just...I don't want anyone else to feel like they're alone.

[Oh woah, not another hug. But Tommy isn't going to move away, not get her upset. She doesn't deserve it. Not how awkward he is.]

Alone is my inherent state of my being.

[Is there a touch of bitterness in his voice? Maybe.]

[Where is his twin in all this? Maybe they're just not as close as Wanda was to Pietro.

It's hard to imagine.]

You don't have to be alone here.

[The issue was that he hadn’t known Billy long and by the time he had... they didn’t have that bond. But he really doesn’t know how to talk to her. So similar. But not even the same. She doesn’t have kids. She has no reason to care.]

You’re only saying that because I remind you of Pietro.

[They are harsh words that aren’t deserved at all. Defense mechanisms. Habits he is too used to.]

[He'll feel Wanda stiffen, but she doesn't let go.]

Because I know what it feels like to have nothing. I don't want someone else to feel like that.

[She can’t keep him here. But he lets it happen.]

Why are Maximoffs always so stubborn?

[The words are a whisper. And is that... a touch of self deprecation? Nah. Can’t be.]

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