Winter Test Drive Meme

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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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Comments

[owneroftheworstroom]

Because few things are simple. Things are complicated and filled with judgement until you retreat to a corner where no one will ever bother looking. That Tommy decides to not leave him alone? That's at least mildly irritating, causing Bruno to make a face and his voice and hands to become more erratic.

"Who are you and why does it matter? Obviously it's your gift and- That's nothing to be bothered by."

[doubled_speed]

"I'm Tommy, you didn't answer my question, and what the hell man? Like, everyone figures it's weird when they get here if they aren't from my world."

So yeah, this was super weird, and that made Tommy SUPER intrigued.

[owneroftheworstroom]

“It’s not weird.” Bruno argues with a little snarl, then stops to turn to Tommy, face serious, if not even slightly angry, even. “You’re special, that’s all. Don’t let anyone call you weird!”

And that said, he’s back to stomping to the hotel. Though he has one more advise to offer: “Just forget you ever saw me!”

[doubled_speed]

"You're not like most people specifically because that's something you genuinely said," Tommy said, frowning. He's been called far worse than weird for his powers.

Though he does follow the guy.

"My memory doesn't let me do shit like that."

[owneroftheworstroom]

"And I said it because it's true." But people hate the truth, that part is beyond any question. Which is another truth Bruno can personally attest for.

They finally reach the hotel, where Bruno stops to cautiously put a hand against the door and risk peeking inside. Of course he doesn't miss Tommy still following him even though he tries his best to not look directly at the young man. He is VERY busy with peeking through this door, you see?

"Look," He says. "I don't- I haven't--" A pause, followed by a small sigh and Bruno finally steps into the building and out of the snow. "...I know."

[doubled_speed]

Huh, weird guy, but Tommy definitely liked her.

The hesitation over the door made him smile though. Tommy just pushed past and into the lobby.

"Come on, it's warm inside. You like higher floors or lower? I'll find a room for you. Be careful, the steps are a bit tall."

[owneroftheworstroom]

The inside of this so-called hotel is a strange place. Certainly nothing like any of the houses Bruno has ever set foot in. Somehow a lot less inviting, colder and- Devoid of people. The last part at least is very much fine with him.

He looks over to the stairs and shrugs. "Oh, I don't mind some stairs." His tower has a lot of those. And their amount may even have increased over the years, yet Bruno never really counted anyway. "I think I prefer as high up as possible." And as difficult to reach as possible.

[doubled_speed]

"Ah, then you're going to get to maybe floor ten before the stairs aren't safe," Tommy said, heading for them. "They're fallen in a lot of places."

[owneroftheworstroom]

"Tenth floor, you say?" Bruno repeats the info in a tone that can be interpreted as intrigued, but also contemplative. "That's pretty high up. Lotsa stairs. No one in their right mind would want to climb that far..." And yet Bruno is already on his way up, leaving his words as suggestion for Tommy.

[doubled_speed]

Yep. Really high up. Tommy laughs and is happy to follow the guy.

"You're definitely not like other people here."

[owneroftheworstroom]

“And that’s a bad thing.” Bruno assumes with a short wave of his hand. “Look, we can’t all be perfect fits.” And this is something he knows by experience.

[doubled_speed]

"No one here is a perfect fit to anything," Tommy answered. "Just makes you more interesting."

[owneroftheworstroom]

Bruno throws his hands up in a gesture of exasperation and shakes his head in a needlessly resigned way. "You're only setting yourself up for disappointment, kid."

They are maybe three floors up when Bruno suddenly stops to step out of the stairway and into the hallway to cast a look down the line of mainly identical doors set into cold, grey walls. The floors below have looked just the same from what he remembers of the few glances he has gotten. He turns back to Tommy with a shrug and an unspoken question on his face before pointing at and then returning to the stairs while simply declaring. "Further up!"

[doubled_speed]

"Dude, I'm a speedster, the world literally doesn't move fast enough around me. I'm always disappointed."

He followed the man quietly on his search for a room, but wasn't surprised that this level didn't suit him. Still, super intrigued. Most people didn't like a lot of stairs. Cayde clearly didn't mind, and Lauri-Ell, but who else? He didn't know.

"What do you think is disappointing about you?"

[owneroftheworstroom]

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