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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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The wolf does that? Best dog. Me? I only, yanno, run several times the speed of sound.

[Faster than should be humanly possible. But they've covered that he is weird.]

That's still something. [Keith looked somewhat impressed. He'd seen some pretty interesting abilities in people since leaving Earth, even finding a few of his own through the Lions, so the idea that someone could be that fast wasn't entirely a stretch. He glanced down at the pup for a moment, made a quick small gesture with his hand and then stepped off about ten feet.]

Watch.

[He nodded to Kosmo, who wagged his tail and took a few steps like he was going to run, but then disappeared in a flash of light. Almost instantly, he reappeared by Keith, already mid-leap to be caught. Keith laughed as he stumbled a little from the force of the pup jumping into his arms like that, but he was used to it now.]

See? Teleporting.

[He chuckled.]

I wouldn't try it now while he's a small pup here again, but, back home, when he's bigger, he can teleport people with him as long as you hold on to him.

[The small wolf was clearly proud of himself, wagging his tail fiercely as he licked at Keith's face.]

Interesting... Wonder how I compare with him for speed.

[He outruns his brother, who is a teleporter. So he's genuinely curious.]

[Keith shrugged.]

I haven't timed him.

I mean it is also about how long a teleport takes and how far he goes and how soon he can go again.

[May be fun to race the dog. Really fun. And maybe the dog-wolf would like it too.]

It seems pretty instantaneous. I mean, he's pretty good at it. If you tell me where to stand, I can probably get him to stay here and then teleport to me if you wanna try.

Maybe sometime. But with the food situation, I can’t risk wasting too much energy right now. Rain check?

[Which he will ABSOLUTELY cash in.]

Sure, yeah.

[Keith nodded a bit.]

What's up with the food thing, though?

[What does he mean 'what is up with the food thing'? The answer is pretty obvious, right?]

Food is for energy? I need it to run?

Well, I mean... yeah. I just... [Keith shrugged.] Nevermind. You made it sound like it was some like special thing to do with your speed... whatever.

There is. I need, like, tons more food than normal people. Several times more food.

[It makes him tired to think about it. All the effort he's going to have to have to keep things going. His body can't stop easily.]

But I'll do my best to keep things going. I'm just talented and durable.

[Keith let that sink in for a second, and then nodded.]

Gotcha... I guess that kind of makes sense.

[Oh, but... no. Tommy. Don't brag. Keith narrowed his eyes, clearly not impressed.]

Right. Sure you will.

[It's not bragging. It's just a absolute statement of fact.]

Dude, one has to be durable if they're going to crash, with no protective coverings, at over 700 mph.

[Okay... he'd give him the durable part of that.]

Sounds to me like you need to make sure you don't trip.

Yeah, well, that's what the faster brain is for. Noticing things that could make me trip. And the agility? For avoiding things to cause tripping. But when you're fighting robots almost as tall as parts of the New York Skyline, you have to, you know, run the risk.

[Keith absorbed that surprisingly well. In fact...]

You have giant robots, too?

Yeah. Sentinels. They like to kill mutants. Or protect them. it really depends on who is in control.

Mm. That sounds like a problem.

Does control switch often?

[Far too often. Last he checked it was some authority that didn't like Mutants. Which sucked for him, as a mutant.]

It can be miserable, but they explode. So I guess how often it happens doesn't matter so long as I'm around to protect people.

[That last part got a softer look from Keith, and he nodded.]

Yeah. That's the important part. Making sure others are safe.

[Huh, maybe this kid isn't half bad. Tommy considers him briefly, then shrugs. Stupid smile, looks a bit like his brother's.]

That's what heroes do.

Heh... I guess. Never really thought of myself as a hero before. [Or that anyone else would think of him as one, either. But, here he was... having just saved Earth from an alien threat and everyone back home thought he was a hero. He still didn't. He'd just been doing what he thought was right and protecting those he cared about.]

Funny how that works out, though.

[Tommy shrugs. Nah, it isn't funny. He didn't have much of a choice. But he lets it go.]

You do a lot of hero stuff then?

[Keith didn't think it was funny in a humor sense, either... more like funny as in strangely coincidental, but he shrugged at the question.]

Kinda? It just sort of happens most of the time. We essentially started an uprising against an oppressive alien empire and I guess that looks heroic to the people we're helping set free. To me, it's just the right thing to do.

Please tell me it wasn't the Kree you fought.

[Which wouldn't be strange, given the fact that the Kree tended to mess stuff up back home.]

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