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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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Delta doesn't miss the observation and mimicking; it's almost as fascinating to him as his behavior is to Phalanx. There's a mystery here, and no mistake.

He bites back a smile at the surprise, though. "Are you referring to the flavor of the fruit?" Because it really isn't what one would expect to look at it, at least not if they're familiar with what a real persimmon tastes like. But if it's something else that seems not right, he's curious about that as well.

The "mm!" that they first respond with at least sounds like an affirmation, so Delta is probably on the right track. Putting the thought into more specific words is a challenge, however.

Phalanx rolls the fruit around and around in their hands--including putting fingers obliviously right into the open spot they'd just bitten out of its skin--inspecting it from every angle.

"Flavor. Taste. Tasting like..." They're concentrating on the words, trying them out as they string them together. "Like. Like... less. Taste like less taste."

He looks pleased at the explanation, in fact. Goodness knows he's worked with systems that were worse at communicating themselves before, even if this is a person and not a system; it's reminiscent of teasing the answer out of a complex mathematical equation.

"You have tasted something that looks similar before, and expect more flavor?"

He doesn't have a lot to compare it to, himself. Fresh food was rare in Proles, and artificial flavors abounded. All he really cares about is that it isn't spicy enough to cause him physical pain (which is any level of spicy, he has terrible tolerance).

"Expect more flavor!" Yes, that's it.

Phalanx looks terribly pleased with how this conversation is going, finding the right words and everything... until they take another bite.

They still look surprised by the taste, but their expression is now shifting more towards dislike, doing more thoughtful chewing than swallowing.

"Let me see what else is available." Delta rummages through the other foods he's gathered so far and comes up with a handful of different berries. These are at least flavorful, although they're a random assortment.

"Would you like to try some of these instead?"

Somewhere between leaning to look at the berries in Delta's hand and looking up with a pleased nod, Phalanx's eyes have shifted from fathomless back to a friendly, average blue.

"Like to try some of these instead." Phalanx borrows the words, but uses them as a definite-sounding answer.

In a way, interacting with Phalanx is like a logic puzzle, except the prize is that another kidnapee gets to eat food and have a place to stay if he solves it. Delta's happy to try his luck, because he knows what it's like to be in a situation where everything is strange.

He hands over the berries and munches on the first fruit himself. "You will likely need to decide what you would like to eat and then seek it out. We may have to gather our own food for some time."

He tilts his head to one side, watching Phalanx with the berries. "I believe the room next door is empty, if you would like to stay there."

Phalanx's hands do look terribly dirty, and they did get their fingers all over that bitten mark on the fruit, but maybe if Delta avoids that part it will be fine.

With the berries cupped in one palm, they focus on picking through them, trying each different kind one at a time. These all seem to be much more pleasing than the first fruit had been. They murmur happily to themself at each new taste, while listening to Delta explain things.

When Delta gets to the matter of the next room over, Phalanx looks up in a random direction, like they might be able to see it from there.

"Stay?"

Delta has, by design or trick of fortune, an excellent immune system. Either way, he's not willing to waste any food.

"Yes. It would be a good idea to claim a place so you can sleep, and to have a place to keep anything you wish to. That is, if you require sleep. Do you know?"

Phalanx's body looks human enough, but who knows?

They answer in a very conversational tone, almost musing. "Keeping... staying... sleeping. It's not easy."

And after each type of berry has been sampled, they begin to get distracted into sorting the rest of them into piles in their palm instead, grouping by color.

Delta glances over to the sleeping kitten in the corner. Yes, sleeping isn't going to be easy for him in this place, even if he does finish with the vine-hammock he's working on before he feels the need to collapse. He's never liked sleeping alone, and only having one cat instead of the usual two is going to feel lonely.

Even so, he's grateful for that much.

""Nevertheless, it would be better to have a place to do so than not."

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