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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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[He'd make a crack about letting in kids, except that a) the Vision is still by far the youngest and b) Peter Parker is still in high school anyway.]

Ah, that is good to know, then; we should be well-equipped to help out the residents of this place, if most of us are used to working together on a team. May I ask what your specialty is?

[Billy smiles, holding up his hands and letting them light up with a blue glow that might be a little familiar, if not in colour in appearance.]

Magic. I've never got to work with you before, but I've worked with Wanda. And Cap.

[And a younger copy version of Vision modeled after the destroyed remains of the previous one, but that's a downer, let's not mention that one.]

[Oh, now that's just fascinating - it doesn't quite have the same feel as Wanda's abilities, but then, he wouldn't expect it to, especially if this one is from a different timeline.]

I can see why you would have, yes. I prefer the term energy manipulation to magic myself, but as it is your ability you may call it whatever you like and I shall try not to get it confused with any other types of "magic" people may have.

[There had been a lot of them in the Fleet, all with completely different kinds of magic. It could get confusing for someone who liked to catalog things logically.]

Did yours come from an encounter with an Infinity Stone as well?

I guess...reality warping is closer to the truth, but magic's usually easier for people to understand.

[As though reality warping sounds any more plausible.

He shakes his head, brow furrowing a bit. An Infinity Stone??]

N-no, they came from my mother. I guess. Or just...happen stance mutation, I'm not really sure. Did- when you say 'as well', do you mean that's how Wanda...?

["Reality warping" might sound implausible, but it's enough to make several pieces of information click for the Vision, especially along with "mutation". He might not have mutants in his version of Earth, but he had been on a ship with several of the X-Men back in the Fleet (and he'd be deluding himself if he didn't admit that Kurt was part of the Wanda Maximoff Appreciation Society, okay).

So he nods.]

She and Pietro were experimented on with the Mind Stone by Hydra, which resulted in their powers. The Earth I'm from doesn't seem to have mutants. [Yet, anyway] I admit I'd be fascinated to compare the two sets of powers, but that's hardly something I could ask someone I've only just met.

Woah. That's...some serious- How did HYDRA even get their hands on--?

[Maybe that's diving a little too much into the history of a world he's not from. But messing with the Infinity Stones? That's something he didn't think was even possible.

Billy shakes his head quickly, trying not to seem too overly eager.]

No- I wouldn't mind- if you wanted...sometime.

The short answer is that they infiltrated SHIELD, and the longer one has to do with Loki.

[Which is, honestly, all on its own, probably enough of an answer. Something too crazy to believe? Was Loki involved? Well, there you go.]

I'd like that very much. There are any number of practical reasons to know the general strengths of those of us who will be working together. [A smile tugs at his lips.] Does your world's version of myself also have the ability to phase through solid objects, fly, become very dense, manipulate electronics, and fire energy beams from his forehead?

[There's a definite knowing look at the mention of Loki. What hasn't he dipped his fingers in, no matter the reality. God of Mischief can't be changed.]

He does, yeah. All of that. Not quite the same fashion sense though. Or the accent. I like it though.

[Loki gonna Loki, no matter which version.

He blinks, taken slightly aback.]

The fashion sense would necessarily be different, coming from a different world. But my voice patterns are based directly on one of my primary programming sources - I'd hate to hear that your version sounds more like Ultron.

[He shakes his head quickly. Well...maybe more like him than his current voice. But not a carbon copy or anything.]

I don't think so. Does that means he's not your primary programming source?

One of two. The one I prefer to identify with is Mr. Stark's home assistant program, JARVIS - the most advanced AI made entirely by humans without outside influence by the time Ultron came around, and partially destroyed but salvaged enough to give me--you wouldn't really call them memories, but impressions of the work he did over his many years of activation.

[Yeah, it's basically memories.]

Combined with the parts of Ultron that originated from a digital scan of the Mind Stone and then integrated into vibranium-enhanced synthetic tissue, well. Here I am.

[That's...definitely different. And Billy face makes that much evident, blinking in surprise.]

A lot more Infinity stones in these stories than I was expecting.

Is that so? They do seem to be involved in a great percentage of significant events from the past decade or so, I suppose.

[Six years, for the most overt of the Stones' effects. Decades, for their influence in general, with the Tesseract being recovered by the Red Skull in World War II. A decade seems like a reasonable compromise of time.]

There are at least three on Earth, from my last memories of the place.

...That's probably not super safe.

[Billy winces a little, wondering how much longer they have before someone (Thanos being the number one contender) decides to assemble them.]

I imagine not.

[He touches the yellow stone set into his own forehead, which glows briefly.]

In fact, before our little space adventure, I was the bearer of the Mind Stone. When I arrived it had been replaced by an elaborate fake, though they prevented me from learning of it until a great deal of time had passed.

[He'd suspected, though. How not?]

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