Opening Test Drive Meme

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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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Comments

[wingmans]

[ nope. ]

After Steve broke us out of the Raft.

[outstandingbalance]

Shit. [Natasha missed that one; she hadn't been arrested at the airport with them.] That makes this a little more complicated.

[wingmans]

Complicated or not, I rather hear all of it.

And not one that leaves out important details that I don't "need" to know.

[outstandingbalance]

All right. I'll tell you, if you want to know the whole thing.

[Natasha knows when surrender is the better option, and he has a very stubborn and very specific look in his eye.]

But if I tell you what happened, there's no going back.

It gets complicated, there and here.

[wingmans]

[ dryly. ]

I got kicked out of the states by Iron Man. If it gets worse, it gets worse.

[outstandingbalance]

You say that now.

[A deep breath. Have it his way.]

Thanos is an alien warlord. His goal was to wipe out half of life in the universe. The Chitauri were his. He was trying to collect these stones—one of them was the one in Visions head.

[wingmans]

[ sam nods. ]

So what happened? Did he succeed or . . . ?

[outstandingbalance]

He did. That was five years ago.

[There's more to choosing not to tell people about that than just sparing their feelings. Sam insists, so she tells him. The same way she told Steve eventually.]

We think there's a way to undo it. Thor tells me it worked, but I don't have the details on that and so far as I've seen, he didn't make it here.

[wingmans]

[ five years. sam's kind of glad to have missed it. or it'll come up on him. still, he's not going to get bogged down right now. one thing at a time. ]

Okay. So a lot happened.

[outstandingbalance]

A lot has. And that's just back home.

[It gets worse.]

This also isn't the first time a lot of us have been kidnapped by aliens.

[wingmans]

Who is us, though? Who came along this trip?

[outstandingbalance]

Me, Steve, Wanda. Barnes. Tony's been through a couple of times, but I haven't seen him or Thor here.

[She pauses, her jaw shifting sideways briefly.]

You. Though I'm guessing you don't remember that.

[wingmans]

[ he shakes his head. ]

Pretty sure I'd remember my encounter with the third kind.

[outstandingbalance]

Less Spielberg than you're picturing and more reality TV.

[wingmans]

Reality TV with aliens? How does that work?

[outstandingbalance]

Aliens kidnap people and lock them together on ships, then watch while they cultivate in intramural relationships and functional alcoholism.

[Or whatever coping mechanism a particular person might prefer.]

[wingmans]

So basically Big brother in space. I'm kind of disappointed.

[ like. that's lame. especially for aliens. ]

[outstandingbalance]

From time to time, they'd throw out a plague or world ending catastrophe.

[wingmans]

One that's probably engineered, I assume.

[ sam mulls over this. ]

This isn't the same aliens though, is it?

[outstandingbalance]

No. These ones seem a lot less sophisticated. But... seems like they saw the broadcast.

[wingmans]

So basically. We got kidnapped by your fans?

[outstandingbalance]

Something like that. [She shakes her head. Some hairs aren't worth splitting.] Someone who thought they could use people like us.

[wingmans]

[ someone. that doesn't tell him much, but it's clear natasha doesn't know either. too many unanswered questions. ]

And that's all we know so far, huh.

[outstandingbalance]

The quick and dirty version, at least.

[Natasha nods slightly, a subtle affirmative.]

It's good to see you.

[wingmans]

[ he smiles, toothy-grin. ]

Likewise. I bet you had your hands full with these idiots.