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The Revival Project Mods ([personal profile] trpmods) wrote in [community profile] revivalprojectooc2019-07-10 09:02 pm
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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! 

*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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waterwhip: (heartened)

[personal profile] waterwhip 2019-08-27 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
While she seems a little disappointed at the lack of recognition, it isn't surprising. Steve doesn't look like anyone she's ever seen before, and she's visited every corner of the world at this point. At least, every corner of her world.

At the very least, his assurances perk her up a bit. She smiles at him, reaching out an open-palmed hand for Millie to sniff when her curiosity over the cat becomes too much to handle.

"I could help you!" she offers out of the blue, latching onto the idea as soon as she voices it. In the absence of her friends, maybe his team would benefit from her skills. She wants to help the Agrii, in spite of the fact that they kidnapped her, but if there's a group of people working together to keep everyone safe, then surely she would fit in with them... right?

Katara looks up at Steve with an earnest expression. "I'm a bender, and a healer, so I'm useful in teams!" It doesn't even occur to her for a moment that he might be ignorant of bending, but she quickly remembers that he's not from her world and shakes her head. "I can show you."
brooklyn_boy: (smile)

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-08-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve's smile grows bright at her enthusiasm even if he has no idea what a bender is. "A healer is absolutely useful. There's no medicine or anything that we can recognize so you're gonna be really popular."

He gives a small, apologetic shrug then. "I'm afraid I don't know what a bender is, though. Do you mean bending metal? Or ... Spoons?" He heard that was a thing. A psychic thing? He's not sure. "That could be interesting too!"
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[personal profile] waterwhip 2019-08-28 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Metal? No, no. There's only one person in the world who can bend metal, and that's my friend Toph. I'm a waterbender." It's not so surprising, really, that he doesn't know what a bender is (and she has no idea why people would even want to bend spoons), so Katara shimmies past him into the hotel's hallway. "I'll show you!"

Once there's enough distance between them that Steve won't get splashed, Katara pops the cap off of her waterskin. With a sweeping gesture of her hand, a stream of water flows out of the pouch like a sinuous liquid snake. It loops into a ring and then twists into a figure-eight.

"Bending is using your chi to manipulate the elements. Where I'm from, there are four kinds of benders: earth, water, fire, and air."
brooklyn_boy: (Default)

[personal profile] brooklyn_boy 2019-08-29 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve's seen all sorts of magic. He's seen Wanda's and Loki's and even the technological wonders of The Vision. But this looks like art to him. His eyes go wide as he watches it spin and twirl. It's beautiful and he can't help but be impressed.

"That's amazing. And you're able to heal with the water, too?" Or maybe that's the chi. Different universes work in all sorts of ways so anything was possible.

"Can all benders do that?"
waterwhip: (amused)

[personal profile] waterwhip 2019-08-29 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing the way Steve's eyes light up when she bends, Katara gives an extra little flourish by freezing parts of the ice into glistening crystals, making the stream look almost draconic with an icy crest running down its back. It feels good to show off a bit, to share her bending with someone who's never seen it before. As preoccupied as she's been with the small matter of saving the world, it's been easy to forget just how fun and satisfying it is to bend for no purpose than the bending itself.

"I use the water to encourage your chi and speed up healing. It's... kind of complicated, and I was more focused on learning to fight, but I know enough to handle some pretty bad injuries." Like Zuko's lightning wound, the big idiot. What was he thinking, jumping in front of her like that? Shaking her head, Katara takes a breath and focuses on the push and pull of the water.

After a moment, she melts it all back down into a steady stream and funnels it into her pouch. "Only waterbenders can heal. I've never heard of any other kind of bender even trying." And frankly, she couldn't imagine it working if they did. If the Air Nomads had any secret healing techniques, Aang didn't seem to know about it.