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Winter Test Drive Meme

WINTER TEST DRIVE MEME
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Welcome to the Current Test Drive for The Revival Project!

This game is a spin-off from the closed The Drift Fleet game. For more information about the game, including more details on the setting, please check out the FAQ here or the premise here.

A thread on the TDM will be required for all applications. Please view the FAQ for information about how this works. Any questions about the game please direct to the comment section of the FAQ as well.

If you are a Drift Fleet alumni bringing your character from the game, please label your character as 'DFAU' on your top level. 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! If you want to completely restart your character, they're not considered DFAU anymore and won't need the label.

So go! Explore Agra 10! And, as always, HAVE FUN!

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Winter in Temba and Sh'Ka

Winter has arrived on Agra 10 and with it its cold temperatures, sharp winds and, you guessed it, snow. It starts slow and gentle in Temba, but even such gentle snowfall tends to build up and over the course of a few days of constant snowfall, the city has been covered with a white, roughly knee-deep blanket - Unless someone actually remembered to keep some of the paths clear.

And it still keeps snowing.

Over in Sh'Ka, a similar picture has been painted. But being situated within all these tall trees paints a somewhat different picture. A more icy one. All the by now leaf-free trees are covered in a thick layer of ice, as are Sh'Ka's stone-carved buildings. The wind here is harsher than it is in Temba, which has been comparably wind-free.

Please try not to slip and hurt yourself while marveling at either city.

Explore ~~the city~~ Temba!

Here's a map of Temba and a bit more description of some of the buildings here.

Most of the buildings are run down and have clearly been abandoned for years; fortunately, the water treatment center appears to be working, but power is intermittent and unreliable. What used to be stores or places to live in lies in ruins, but there may still be something to scavenge among the rubble. Do you want to risk a swim in the flooded area that has turned into a deep lake that has yet to be fully explored; or does it draw you to some of the more prominent and partially restored buildings, such as the hotel, the hospital or the amphitheater.

If you are lucky, you might even stumble over The Deep End, the bar located on one of the mid-levels of the tower residences in one of the residence towers. Unfortunately no bright neon signs can lead you there, but it does exist.

Visit the spaceships!

That's right, there are currently several small spaceships sitting in the hangar. Not all of them may be around when you check out the building, as one of the pilots may be using one of them to fly over to Sh'Ka. But there should still enough of them around for you to inspect and maybe wonder about. However, only one of them will open its doors for you. Do you dare to step inside? Check out the protein paste or maybe even meet one of your crew mates?

Try the network!

Upon arrival, your character will have on their person a small, handheld communications device. Maybe they know exactly how to use a computer, smartphone, or tablet, and immediately blast out a text or video trying to figure out what's going on. Or maybe they're not so tech-savvy after all, and everyone is about to get a lovely shot right up your character's left nostril.

There be storms...

These power-altering storms keep ravaging parts of the planet every once in a while. No one truly knows where they come from or what to do about them yet, but one of them appears to be approaching. You have the option to find shelter in one of the buildings to wait for it to pass. Unless, of course, you rather feel drawn to investigate.

Should you step inside the storm, or even get lost in it, it will show ghosts of people you know and those you don't. It drains you of any super-human abilities and tries its best to keep you from getting to its origin. Are you going to try anyways? Or are you going to chase the whispers of people from your past? Maybe you will simply find yourself calling for help or stumble across another lost soul in need of assistance.

More information can be found here.

Wildcard!

You're welcome to use any previous test drive scenarios or previous game events as a basis for a thread/situation, or simply make up your own! Keep in mind that you're currently stranded on a planet with only basic necessities, but there is enough food and fresh water. Creature comforts, however, seem to be distinctly lacking. Quite unlike a gathering of potentially dangerous creatures to encounter. The setting is yours to explore and have fun with!

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The anxiety doesn't go unnoticed. Cal doesn't know the reasons, but he senses it's from something more than just the uncertain situation. He tilts his head curiously as the man stops there just before the doorway.

There's no recognition nor concern that colors the young man's features. If there's anything associated with face or name, he doesn't know it. His smile is genuine, as warm as the invitation of the open door to the diner. "Nice to meet you, Bruno," Cal says with a nod.

It takes a cautious moment for a small smile to find its way on Bruno’s face, which is followed by a nod of grateful acceptance and the man finally stepping out of the cold, muttering a “Thank you.”

The diner is an odd place. At least it’s certainly not something Bruno has ever seen before. Even the most obscure of his visions don’t come close and he looks around both wondering and curious.

“It’s… Very empty here.” He points out after short while. Is that a good or a bad thing?

Cal lets the door close behind them as he enters after Bruno, letting the warmth quickly reclaim its space from where the cold had tried to usurp it. "Yeah, it is," he admits as he nudges back the hood of his poncho, letting BD-1 hop onto a table.

"There aren't a whole lot of people here," Cal explains as he goes to check the fire. "The city's been abandoned for years, but the Agrii haven't given up on trying to come back to it. Unfortunately it's not so simple, so they figured they can bring in people that can help them out. They're...not so great about asking first."

“What is everyone doing? To help.” Bruno asks while busily poking at some of the items on the diner’s counter, clearly avoiding to look at either Cal or his little droid. Not that he ha s any illusions to be of much help, but knowing what might be expected of him… Yes, he would like to know that.

The more quiet inspection of the counter comes to an end, at least for the time being, when Bruno picks up the salt shaker, easily figured out what it is and exhales with notable relief while pouring some of the mineral into his palm just to anxiously toss it over his shoulder. A little luck can’t hurt, right?

"Mostly we've just been fixing up places around the city and things we need to get by. You know, looking out for each other." It's also at least helping with fixing up some of the city, but they all know it's not the problem they'd really been brought to deal with.

BD-1 trails Bruno from afar, sticking to tabletops as he watches the man curiously. He tilts his head as the man tosses salt.

"There might be coffee in the kitchen, or tea," Cal offers. "Preference?"

Looking out for each other. Yes. That part makes sense. More sense, even than why anyone would have been brought here to begin with. From the sound of it, everyone just may be doing their best?

Bruno has been running his fingers along the edge of the counter thoughtfully when Cal brings up the potential presence of something warm to drink, which earns the young man Bruno's attention. "Coffee? I know how to make coffee!" Is his initial reaction. Maybe a somewhat excited one. He may not be able to cook actual food, having been scavenging through the kitchen of his home while no one was around, but coffee? That's not something someone leaves leftovers around of.

So without awaiting any further words from Cal, Bruno is off to the back of the diner where very obviously the kitchen is located and starts trying to find what he needs. "Just leave it to me!" He exclaims, not yet aware of just how unfamiliar most of the tools and devices in this kitchen will be turning out for him.

It's the first Cal's seen the man so eager, a sudden enough shift in gears that the young Jedi blinks before chuckling a little as he watches Bruno bustle off towards the kitchen. "-oh, okay then!" he says.

He looks at BD-1 at the droid's inquisitive borble before casting a glance back towards the kitchen. "I hope so, anyway. Let's... just check in on him."

And that's a good call on Cal's end, for once he enters the kitchen, he can't miss the older man looking utterly lost between tools and devices that, in his opinion, have little to do with any form of meal preparation he has ever witnessed. At least the pans are recognizable. and the spoons.

He does his best to hide his confusion by opening a random cupboards only to be met with a blender. For a solid moment Bruno considers the blender, then exhales and slowly closes the cupboard again before raising his brows in Cal's direction, expression almost pained. "I don't understand your kitchen."

Cal offers a sympathetic smile. "It's okay. I'll be honest, I don't know my way around here all too well either. That's not even counting the strange appliances." He steps further into the kitchen, looking around as he tries to remember where things are.

"Try that cabinet there," he says, pointing towards one at the end behind Bruno. "I think that's where the coffee is, anyway."

So Cal isn't the one normally working in this kitchen. Which could be either a good or a bad thing, depending on how protective the regular cook is of this place. Though this isn't a thought Bruno spends too much time or energy on, opting instead to follow Cal's directions and checking the indicated cupboard. Inside he finds a couple of containers, each labeled with both text or little pictograms. At least finding the one containing the coffee turns out easy enough and the familiar scent has Bruno smile with some comfort.

"Got it." He announces, then opens some more cabinets. "Now there must be a kettle here somewhere. Can't make coffee without boiling water!" Unfortunately there is no chance he will recognize any electric device any something of potential use.

By now BD-1's poked his head into the kitchen to see what all's happening. He starts wandering about after Bruno, trying to get a view of whatever's inside the cabinets as the man opens them.

Cal happens to glance over just as Bruno begins to close one of them. "Oh- that one," he says as he catches a glimpse of one such device.

"What? This?" Bruno returns with a wondering look while pointing at the device in question, then pulling it out of the storage unit to look it over, turn it around not without effort and eventually holding it out in front of him, comparing the kettle to BD-1.

No. Not quite the same. He thinks.

With that decision made, Bruno shrugs an "Okay." and turns to fiddle with the kettle while heading to the backdoor of the diner he has spotted earlier so he can fill the kettle with nothing other than snow. Because snow is water that just has to melt.

BD-1 tilts his head as Bruno looks between him and the kettle. Wait- does he think he's on the same level as a kettle?! The droid's antennae dip as he gives a disgruntled blorp.

Cal smothers a laugh at that as he casts his little friend a look and a shrug. Clearly wherever Bruno came from, he's not used to technology. And then both of them are looking after the man as he turns and heads out the backdoor. The Jedi blinks. "-Bruno?" he starts, but after a moment just lets him be. At least the guy seems certain of his steps, so Cal will leave him to it. And it's not like Bruno's wrong...

Once he feels satisfied with the amount of snow stuffed into the kettle, Bruno returns inside, humming cheerfully as he holds the kettle in his arms which soon is placed on top of the stove top, which at least he realizes as a place intended for cooking. Only that he kneels down in front of the oven next, opens it up and hums thoughtfully.

"You don't happen to know where the fire wood is kept?" He asks, turning his head to look at Cal.

"I think there's some stacked in the main room," Cal answers first, stepping over to the oven then. "But you won't need to start a whole fire for this. Here-"

He opens a small panel just above the kettle's base to pull out the cord stored inside. "You can just set it there on the counter. This end? See those holes in the wall there? -don't stick any bare metal in there, by the way, or else you'll get a shock. But you can plug this in, and it'll serve as the power. Like...an internal fire. It'll all be kept to this device though."

"Wha- Wait. What?" Bruno's confusion is entirely on Cal as the young man reveals the kettle's power cord an starts about holes in the walls and internal fires. That seems worth a worry.

He casts a wide-eyed look at the power outlet. "You have fire in your walls?!" That can't be normal. "How isn't everything burning!"

"-electricity, actually," Cal clarifies, trying not to wince at the man's obvious confusion. "It's...all contained and connected through wires. I'd show you but I'd rather not break anything here to do it. Sorry, I know it's really complicated."

He steps over to see if Bruno will relinquish the kettle so he can demonstrate what he'd explained earlier to sets it down and plugs it in. BD-1 jets himself up onto the counter beside it, tweedling before he turns his head aside to start projecting a schematic of the kettle, trying to be helpful. "Ah, BeeDee, I don't think-"

Bruno isn't any closer to understanding this electricity, but he doesn't put up much of a fight when Cal takes the kettle to demonstrate the workings of these internal fires coursing through the walls of this building. Which still feels wrong and doesn't exactly put Bruno at ease.

The little droid hopping up on the counter gets a concerned look from Bruno and he backs away for a moment with a little shriek when the projection starts. But as no sudden flames erupt from BD-1, Bruno falls immediately silent and his attention is glued to the projection now hanging in the air and so much like his visions, yet somehow clearer while at the same time so much harder to understand. Somehow feeling drawn towards it, Bruno raises a hand in an attempt to touch the projection, hoping - hoping it doesn't feel like moving sand. "I- I'm not the only one seeing this...?" He asks, hesitantly.

Cal sighs and shakes his head, however still looking fondly at the little droid. He watches Bruno recover, nodding then. "No, anyone can see it. It's a projected holoimage. We fixed this kettle up some time ago, so BeeDee's got the schematics- how it's all put together- memorized."

Nothing but air as Bruno tries to touch the image. As his hand interrupts it, the image follows the curves of his hands and fingers where it meets, but otherwise remains where it's displayed.

The way the image displays on and around his hand has Bruno stare at it maybe a little longer than strictly necessary and when he pulls his hand back he first looks at his hand, then carefully rubs his other hand over and around it. But he also tries to nod in a way that's reassuring. He's fine. Not at all bothered by this little hooting kettle's inner fire magic.

The smile he tries of offer is a strained one and he ends up gesturing vaguely at the kettle, the projection, the droid and the entire oven. "Is- Everything here like- this?"

Attempting to be reassuring, Cal sets a hand on Bruno's shoulder, his smile apologetic. "If everything had been maintained, then yeah, I think a lot of it would. At the moment, most of it isn't. I know it takes some getting used to, though. You're not the only one who's been surprised by the technology."

BD-1 beeps and lets the holoimage vanish, then hops as he turns about, wandering over to the kettle where he eyes it before reaching a foot up to tap it its button to turn it on. Boop.

Edited 2022-01-30 22:13 (UTC)

Bruno watches BD-1 interacting with the kettle in away that makes as little sense to him as many other things in this place so far and he lets his shoulders drop when Cal places his hand on one of them. Why can't he just go home? Why does he have to interact with all these people he doesn't know in a place that is as frightening as it is confusing?

"Why can't we leave?" he eventually asks even though the glowing orb has already given him the answer to that question.

Cal doesn't need to sense it to know how scared and confused the poor man is. Everything had to be extremely overwhelming, not to mention frustrating.

"...someone wants to keep us here," he says, leaning back against the counter, unable to keep a frown from forming as his brow furrows. "They're linked to the storms that are keeping the Agrii from returning home. And unfortunately they don't mean any good for our being here, but the Agrii genuinely do need help." He sighs. "And I know it's not fair, but until we figure out a way to get to the bottom of things, the best we can do is look out for each other."

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