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SPRING 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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Spring in Temba and Sh'Ka

Unlike last year, spring doesn't leave the He-Rows dealing with piles of pink glitter. The vast amounts of snow are still present to some degree here and there where the snow has been piled up especially high after the recent blizzard. But life has been returning to both cities with grass and flowers growing more vigorously in Temba while in Sh'Ka the especially tall trees are sprouting their leaves.

The native animals of both cities become more active again as well and especially the birbs residing around Temba's beach produce a noise that can be picked up even in certain parts of the city. Would it be wise to disturb them?

And while the weather has clearly turned warmer and the sun shows notably more presence, spring remains comparably wet. Strong showers of sudden rain are very likely to surprise an exploring He Row when they least expect them.

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 and power has been restored to be reliable. 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 proven to be home to verious harmful creatures; 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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I didn't know them well.

[Which is just a thing. Though he raises an eyebrow.]

You trying to bond with me?

[ Steve blinks, not used to being asked that so directly. ]

No?

[ But, he guesses that they both have absentee parents so... ]

Maybe?

[ But he really hadn't been trying. Just sort of commenting. So actually... ]

I don't...I don't think so? But I'm not not trying to bond? [ His head hurts. ] I don't know, man.

[Tommy just smirks, because man, the guy just being so off guard is sorta funny, thanks.]

It would be hard with you to keep up with it. I had two sets of absent parents for a long time.

[ He shrugs. ]

I started being left alone when I was about ten. My dad travels for work and if my mom doesn't go with him, he tends to catch bad cases of infidelity. I see them maybe three times a year now when they come home to be disappointed in me.

I don't know about keeping up with you, but I guess maybe I know a little how you might have felt?

Fuck. I woulda appreciated Frank not being home except for three times a year.

[That would have made life more pleasant.]

Yeah, maybe. Just... I'm glad you didn't have it as bad. Disappointed ain't that hard. It's, like, just how life works.

[ Steve shrugs. ]

I guess. He's a big rich success though so 'being a fuck up' hasn't been his dream for his only kid.

[ Still, he wasn't abusive, so that was better, he guesses. Just would have been nice if they showed up when he was in the hospital, any of the few times.]

I guess your experience was more than just neglect. That sucks, man. I'm sorry.

[Tommy shrugs. He doesn't really talk about it and it's probably better that way.]

Dude, I'm a literal superhero. My life is awesome.

[And he lies well too.]

[ Steve snorts. ]

Yeah, I know a superhero back home and her life blows. Probably still blows, actually. Just with a few moments of not-quite-so-horrible in between the trauma.

[Ouch, that is accurate. Don't see him like that man. Please. That's just rude.]

Wow, I'm sorry she's going through that shit.

Would have been nice if she was able to like...I don't know. Have some sort of childhood. But yeah. Not in the cards, I guess...

[ Steve didn't know El that well, really. But still...no kid deserved what she went through.]

So. Did you have all that speed stuff when you were a kid, too? Probably made gym class a breeze.

[Stop talking about him through her dammit. He shakes his head.]

Nah. I'm a mutant, sorta. We develop in our teens. And people aren't exactly pro mutants.

They aren't? Why? It seems really fucking cool to have superpowers.

[ He thinks for a second and then snaps his fingers.]

Ha. Jealous. That's probably why.

Yeah, but they like powers of the sort they can get, not the sort people are born with and grow into. And, you know, race shit.

[But yeah, guy got onto it quick.]

Man. Racism, sexism, homophones. People just want a reason to shit on other people. It's stupid. Even in other worlds people just have to find something to make stupid in-groups and out-groups.

Dude, I get it. Like, a lot.

[He gets issues with most of those things, though most people only see him as white. So, you know, advantages there even if it's also sorta shitty.]

Well, that shit isn't a problem here. Though I admit, some words still sound the same.

That's good at least, that things are better.

[ The last part though makes him frown, confused. ]

Some words...sound... Dude, I am not sure what that means. Like are they still using slurs but they mean something different? Because that's still not cool. My friend Robin gave me like, a whole talk about being careful with words.

No, you said homophones. That's words that sound the same but have different meanings. Like bury the hatchet and berry bush.

What? [ It still takes a second for him to figure it out. And then he smacks a hand against his forehead. ]

Shit. That wasn't it, was it? Homo...Homophobes? That must be it.

But actually, that bury and berry thing is fun. Homophones, huh?

[Yeah dude, it was. Tommy just smirks. This dude is a fucking hoot.]

You're going to be an interesting addition here.

[ Steve smiles in return, glad for the compliment. ]

Thanks, man. I sure hope so. Not like I have an option, right?

Not really man. Sorry. Welcome to this place, hope you can be content with it. Find your happiness or whatever shit.

[ Steve snorts again. ]

Thanks, Tommy. I'll see you around.

Ha! That's another one! Sea, see, C! Dude, I am crushing this...

[ And he'll probably have a list of twenty as he walks back toward the hotel. ]

Si.

[He smirks and then is gone. Diner time.]

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