Sunmmer Test Drive Meme

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SUMMER 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!

Thread ideas:

Summer in Temba and Sh'Ka

Summer is a growing season, which seems to be going into overdrive this year. Instead of the gradual growth of plants that one might expect over the seasons, plants are starting to grow with an intense energy, and once clear paths in both cities grow choked over with vines, undergrowth, and even new saplings by the day. It might be wise to find some way to clear those paths as you go.

For those that are in a more summer and sun kind of fun, there's always the beach to the south of Temba, where the sand and surf welcome all comers. However here too there is a lot of growth going on, with new reeds and shore grasses rising up, serving as a great place for fat green lobsters to hide and pinch at the unwary.

Or maybe it's better to explore the buildings these days, with how the plants have taken over everything. However one might well find that less commonly used buildings and ruins have their own plant problems. Some are overgrown with fruitbearing vines, and others filled with wide swaths of various forms of mint. Good news there is that the glownies seem to have gotten free, or others have arrived, to feast upon the mintsplosion.

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

[nightmare_scientist]

"Potential acidic or toxic water qualities." Wilson purrs through sharp teeth as his thumb adds further pressure on Dustin's throat. "But this is more vital to find out. Don't worry, I will make this one quick and painless. For the most part. You'll be unconscious before you bleed out! Just one little cut at just the right place-" He announces cheerfully and the sharp claw of his thumb touches Dustin's skin. "-like so." And Wilson pulls his claw across Dustin's throat-

But the sharp appendage doesn't break any skin. While Dustin may feel the pressure of its tip well enough and sure, there is a red mark, something- SOMETHING prevents the claw from actually cutting open Dustin's throat.

Wilson is left positively bamboozled. "-wait. What? How?!" His hand shifts from Dustin's neck to his shoulder, pushing him back but at the same time still holding him. "What was that? What did you do?!"

[quark_assassin]

Too late for bargaining. This doesn't stop Dustin from trying, desperately grasping for something that will divert Wilson's curiosity elsewhere.

"--Water composition! Fascinating." He's babbling. This is humiliating, but he won't have the chance to feel embarrassed for himself if he's dead. Dustin breaks into a cold sweat. "I've developed test strips before, you know? I-I could--I know a guy, he's worked with the local flora a lot, we could talk with him and figure out a good source of lit--Gak!"

Wilson's claw presses against Dustin's throat hard, making him choke on whatever other drivel he was about to spew out, and immediately he knows this is the end. There was so much more he wanted to do with his life - have his own research published, sell his own patents, crack the secrets of his abilities and figure out what happened to his birth parents - you know, normal regrets for a 16-year-old staring death in the face. All of that potential, wasted. Dustin squeezes his eyes shut and waits.

...And waits...

Realizing suddenly that he's been holding his breath, Dustin shakily exhales. It comes out through his mouth instead of the hole that should be in his windpipe. His eyes blink open.

At first he thinks this is a joke - one of Wilson's 'tests' that has been taken to a deranged extreme. But it sounds like the shade is just as baffled by this outcome as Dustin is. His body is boneless as Wilson shoves him, yet in spite of everything, he can't stop the toothy, almost hysterical grin that's splitting his face. Taking credit for this would be the most effective solution to any further problems here, and it would be so easy. However, that would require setting up a lie, which Dustin will not do. Instead, he plays on something that he can't directly prove yet but is still entirely plausible: That the Agrii got involved somehow.

"...Guess I'm more useful alive than dead after all, hmm?" he mocks, unable to stop himself from somewhat copying Wilson's lilting tone of voice.