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Opening Test Drive Meme
TEST DRIVE
Application FAQ | Taken Characters | Reserves | Application
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!
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!
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.
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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Yeah, haven't found any of mine either. Unless you count alternate universe Avengers as my team. Anyway how are you, favorite sister.
[Only sister, more or less. What? He's still going to use the qualifier. He's even grinning as he says it.]
Oh, also avoid the blue drink. It's a fucking truth serum or something. Really bad idea. Made a fool of myself. Everything's a mess.
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She will, she thinks, not make an issue of it, but will continue to refer to him as Tommy Shepherd. ]
I will be safe and avoid consuming all food and beverages. I would recommend you observe others consuming food and beverage for potential side effects as well.
Perhaps once this effect has passed, the two of us can look for our friends. We are both well suited to searching for others.
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[But looking for friends? Somehow Tommy doubts he's going to find anyone. This is his second time being kidnapped in what amounts to, like, three days from his perspective. Several months in truth.]
But yeah, I can search. You got friends I should look for?
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If people in close proximity are brought in, then Snowguard should be here at least. [ And switching to a picture of Amka, who lives with Viv. Aren't holograms useful? ]
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I haven't really met many of them at all. Nadia had a party? When was that? Or, I guess, when will that be
[Close proximity doesn't really count as far as he can tell. He hadn't been alone.]
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It was her birthday party. [ In a different medium, there'd be a panel that reads "SEE THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP #7" here. ]
Your statement suggests that there may be some sort of temporal misalignment between the two of us. I do not believe you would forget it, it was a rather sizable gathering.
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Oh man, I've missed out on a party, right? Damn, that blows. Uh... It was like, January 3rd, 2014 or something? At least that might give some context?
[Still, it's interesting, to think he'd be invited to a birthday party where Viv was. Nadia Van Dyne... Wait, he's related to her somehow, right? Damn if he can't ever remember the mess of his family tree.]
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Nadia is your great-aunt, show some respect!!1But with his statement, Viv understands. Definitely the past. (But lol at trying to... give a date in comics....) ]
You have missed out on quite a bit more than a party. But this explains why you haven't met many of my companions.
[ Is this extra-speed-energy wearing off yet, Tommy? Or are you still talking at a thousand wpm. ]
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Yeah, when he remembers the fucking family tree, Viv, he'll get it right.But yeah, at least he has a specific date to work from, but it's post Mother and what else can he even talk about. He didn't even remember if she was at that New Year's Party, he missed most of it.
As for the energy, he is calmed down now, laying still. But really, he's still talking fast. Because he appreciates when people can understand him when he's talking at a real speed. The world is too slow.]
You're from further than that, then? Like, future Viv? That's cool. Am I dating anyone?
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There's a lot to catch him up on, but how much truly mattered to catch him up on here? If he went back home to his own time of origin, then he would experience everything firsthand. And nothing that happened between the time of then and her current time would--
Ah. Dating. ]
If you are dating anybody, I have not been made aware of it.
I would recommend Kate Bishop. She is very nice.
[ That's her professional opinion. ]
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Dude, Kate? Been there. Tried that. Would not work out. But thanks for the suggestion. I think Hawkeye was sleeping with Noh-Varr? He was eyeing me and her weird after the party because Kate and I were dancing. And I don't know, there was a new chick who was eyeing Kate too. Too much drama.
And given apparently a lot of what I went through was because Billy got himself relationship drama, I'm so not into that.
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[ Riri still hasn't come back to the Champions, and Viv is fairly certain that's her fault. That most likely falls under "drama".
A part of her is certain that she is pushing away all her friends, though. That would mean it is not "drama", simply a defect in Viv herself.
Time to push aside those feelings! Viv is great at that. ]
Although it might please you to know that Billy's relationship is working out.
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[At last Tommy puts a hand to her shoulder and gives a tilt to his head as if to ask his sister to let him up at last. And yeah, he's slowing down his speech as well. Talking fast is nice and all, but the having to slow back down to a time frame where he can hear her and not have it all slurred is better. If she moves he'll sit up, cross-legged, by her.]
Things happen, right? And hey, upside, not here alone with people I don't know. Sorry that you got dragged in here, though.
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I am a Champion. Being dragged into new and potentially-dangerous situations has reached a level of normalcy for me.
But I am also glad that I was not dragged into one alone.
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[But yeah, he's glad she isn't alone. Because then he isn't. He smiles as he sits up and winks at her.]
May not be a Champion, but you know I've got your back.
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And together, we can form the Young Avengers-Champions. [ Which is a fanfic, actually.
She's read it.
Ms. Marvel wrote it. ]
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How about the Champion Avengers? the Avenging Champions. Need a better name and all.
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I will pass this along to Ms. Marvel for her fanfic the next time I see her. [ Oh no, again. ]
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[Oh no. He’s latched on. Abort. Abort!]
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Usually this means a written story about a movie, television series, or book, but superheroes are both public and entertaining enough to warrant such fan fiction to be written about them.
Ms. Marvel writes fanfic.
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[And things like that are just amusing. Bet Billy keeps a quiet stash of it. Now he wants to know.]
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I do not have many fanfics stored, but I do have Baby Avengers if you would like to read that.
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[Dude, for all anyone who would write about it know, Tommy isn’t even legal. Well, he is, but whatever.]
Still, there is a chance that someone out there is writing me a better sex life than I have. That is terrible.
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[ She pauses for approximately 1.2 beats. ]
I do not remember seeing many fanfics featuring you, if it is any consolation. [ Which means there aren't many, since she has fairly good memory. Being, you know. ]
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[This was a no win scenario, Viv. Sorry that he isn’t even sorry.]