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!

Thread ideas:

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. The cold is also causing some of the Shadowpaws to be drawn to the inhabited buildings of Temba in search for shelter. The further away from the library one is, the more likely it gets that they may share one's living space and bless anyone else living there with nightmares. The area around the library remains free of the shadowpaws thanks to the mothcats residing there.

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?

The two currently crewless ships are open for anyone to step inside and have a look around, maybe even use for a nap.

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

[quark_assassin]

Dustin assesses Link's answer with a critical, but level stare. Doesn't feel like he's bragging. He's got that same tone as Felwinter, too; the sort of voice that's blunt but earnest, which Dustin finds he appreciates very much. If only this guy would just...more reliably answer questions in a way that was useful for both of them, he'd be satisfied.

"Okay." Dustin nods once. "Methods?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link looks at Dustin, head tilted to the side. Is he wanting tips?

"Look for landmarks. Watch where the sun is. Watch the stars, when it's dark." It wasn't difficult, really. As long as you remembered where you've been, and where you're trying to go.

[quark_assassin]

Dustin continues nodding along, staring at a point past Link's head as he thinks. The question had been more of an assessment rather than a way to compare notes; if this newcomer had said something along the lines of 'I know how to use a compass' or 'I've gone camping with a GPS before,' they might have a problem. Having people show up that aren't quite so reliant on technology is a surprising boon, Dustin has started to realize.

"And if the sun doesn't move the way you expect it to, or the stars aren't the same?" he follows up, arcing a heavy eyebrow. Both of these points are relevant here; the sun at least rises and sets in the correct cardinal directions, based on his comparisons with the map, but the day length being so much longer could throw off more precise calculations of distance traveled or time remaining before having to turn back. The night sky is also, obviously, quite different. Dustin should know - he's on this rooftop tonight to continue his stellar observations, almost a year in the making by now.

[newmemorywhodis]

"...Learn new stars," Link says.

Which was something he was going to have to do. He hadn't been here long, but the difference in the night sky had been immediately noticeably upon nightfall. He'd looked up, and realised the sky was no longer a familiar place.

But he'd had to learn the sky once before, after waking up on the plateau without a memory to his name. It had taken a little while, to realise which patterns of stars could be connected to his place on the ground.

But he'd learned. He could do it again. Would do it again.

[quark_assassin]

"Easier said than done," Dustin remarks with a sniff, folding his arms. He might sound skeptical - and he is, although that's kind of the default state of being for him - but he's made up his mind at this point. If anyone else in this horrible alien wasteland could figure out a way to navigate through the impenetrable forests surrounding Temba and Sh'Ka, this guy is definitely on Dustin's short list.

To that end, Dustin continues. "Have you ever worked with star charts before?" he asks. "I could jumpstart your observations with mine, but they're incomplete. Won't be fully fleshed out until summer."

[newmemorywhodis]

"Star charts?" Link says, because no - he has not worked with them before. At least, not that he remembers. Would a star chart be something like the drawings of constellations he saw on the walls of some Sheikah Shrines?

[quark_assassin]

Dustin blinks once, then lets out a tired sigh.

"...Yes," he murmurs, his patience visibly waning. "Diagrams of the night sky that show landmarks and movement of celestial bodies for different times of year. They're not that complicated."

[newmemorywhodis]

"Useful," Link says, nodding to himself.

He'd gotten by without a star chart back in Hyrule - eventually he'd had the Sheikah tower map, so it wasn't something strictly needed. But he can see how one would be handy to have, if you didn't have any other kind of map already.

[quark_assassin]

Well, at least he seems to understand. "Yes," Dustin repeats with a curt nod in return.

There's a long, somewhat awkward pause.

"--Well?" he cuts back in, face flushing red with both irritation and self-consciousness. "Do you want them or not?"

[newmemorywhodis]

"Yes?" Link says, tilting his head to one side in mild confusion. "You said they weren't finished."

Which had given Link the impression that Dustin didn't want to share them just yet. Had that impression been wrong?

[quark_assassin]

"I'll send you what I have," Dustin says with a dismissive wave of his hand, plopping into a sit next to his campfire. He grabs a stick to agitate the coals a bit. "It's a good start until I complete my winter and spring observations. Check your inbox tomorrow afternoon."

It only takes Dustin a moment of consideration to realize that this might not be enough.

"...On your communications device, I mean," he sighs. "The one you showed up with? Do you know what I'm talking about?"

[newmemorywhodis]

"Yes." The curious little device was no Sheikah Slate, but Link had managed to figure his way around it eventually.

Although he didn't really do much actual communicating on it.

He fishes the device out of his pocket. Holds it out towards Dustin. See? He has one. Although there's maybe one thing he still needs to clarify.

"Inbox?" The term wasn't one he was familiar with. Was that a kind of rune?

[quark_assassin]

It's a start. "Here," Dustin says, reaching out to take the small tablet from Link's outstretched hand (which feels like as good an invitation as any). "I'll show you."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link allows Dustin to take the tablet. He stays silent, as he watches Dustin work.

He might not be completely unfamiliar with devices like this - but he's by no means an expert.

[quark_assassin]

Dustin does not stay silent. "So your personal inbox can be accessed from here," he says, swiping and tapping his way across the screen. "You have a few options for how to send your messages, which mirrors the options available on the public network. You'll see a list of recipients that can also be accessed from..."

And so on and so forth, for about thirty minutes. The fact that Dustin has the Communications expertise and occasionally derails to point out hidden functions, which someone without it wouldn't understand anyway, does not occur to him; the information from this data point is so thoroughly integrated in his memory by now that he doesn't see it as alien anymore. The rest of his extremely detailed overview is probably helpful, though.

Finally, Dustin takes a breath and pushes the communicator back towards Link. "Does that make sense?"

[newmemorywhodis]

Link listens attentively, to the entire thing. Even the parts that he seems to understand in the moment - and then once the explanation finishes, that understanding is gone.

Taking back the device, Link nods. Yes, he does understand - forbidden Communications datapoint knowledge aside. The explanation has at least given him a pretty good understand of how to use the communicator - more than he'd be able to figure out on his own anytime soon, at least.

[quark_assassin]

Dustin arcs an eyebrow.

"...Good," he says tentatively, although he doesn't sound or look convinced. His experience of people reacting to his explanations has generally been either abject confusion or 'yeah I've got it' but they actually have no idea, and he's assuming that Link is sitting in the latter camp. At least his ignorance probably won't have any really serious consequences.

But he's been prattling on long enough - it was already getting dark when Link crested the rooftop, and now the sun has properly set. Dustin's prime viewing window is quickly running out. "So, you'll get the charts that I have in your inbox," he explains, picking up where he'd left off thirty minutes ago. "Later. Need to do my observations for tonight. You'll have them by morning."

[newmemorywhodis]

Link managed to get...enough. Not all of it, but enough.

"Thank you," he says baking his communicator. And then, because it just so happens that Link also agrees that this conversation has gone on long enough - he gets up. Says, "Bye." And then starts to climb back down.