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November Test Drive Meme
Test Drive Meme #6Whether you plan to app or not, anyone is welcome to use this meme as a way to try out the setting, test out a character for future app cycles, or just for fun. You may also borrow ideas from this meme’s prompts for use in the main game.
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Scenario A: No Rest For The Weary
Sleep is a brand new concept for the world, but there are still some hiccups that need to be worked out. As one gets tired, their eyes get heavy and the lights around them begin to slowly dim to mentally prepare them for rest... or, sometimes, the world forgets about those reminders. When this happens, it's not unlikely for someone to abruptly pass out on the spot when reality remembers they should be more tired right about now. It's an easy thing to overdo!
With these bouts of narcolepsy becoming an increasingly common problem, some of the more mischievous creatures of the world have begun to take advantage of it. If someone is unfortunate enough to fall asleep while outside, they're at risk of getting a new makeover from one of the wild painters, or shiny trinkets snatched by curious feathered dragons. There could also be something large and hungry roaming the area, or they might fall asleep in a precarious position. With so many ways for things to go wrong, it never hurts to bring a friend along when you're out and about.
There's also a very rare, very unusual occurrence where sometimes a person will fall asleep in one place and wake up deep within the tunnels of Mementos... but maybe it's just a case of sleepwalking? Although it is strange that no one ever seems to see it happen.
Scenario B: An Ode for a Gentle World 2: Electric Boogaloo
Whenever rain and lightning flash outside the electronics of the world begin to awaken. Though often unreliable thanks to their reliance on the weather, the few non-sentient machines in the world certainly have their uses. Trains carry people from place to place, and the computers offer a selection of programs for both work and play.
The jukebox in the Heavenly Blanc provides hours of "entertainment", for as long as the current storm ends up lasting. Music is something that's already been introduced to the world, but it seems that this time it's tried to put its own spin on things to questionable results. The songs it plays are, at first, the same few pop songs that have been taught to it, sung by an androgynous and generic-sounding voice. By the end of the first verse it starts adding new instruments - and it's apparently unsure of what does and does not count as an instrument. New lyrics have been added as well, featuring verses that are as likely to be random strings of nonsensical words as they are to be exact conversations that have been overheard tuned to fit the song. These new remixes are loud, confusing, and completely awful to listen to, only growing more chaotic as the track drags on.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to force the jukebox to turn off, and volume stubbornly turns itself back up every time thunder booms in the distance. But it does have a karaoke version, if you're into that.
Scenario C: Gotta Catch ‘Em All!
Poké Balls are the hottest new thing to hit the market! Try your luck at Shibumenosaki's gatchapon machines and you might even win yourself a Master Ball, the only ball with a perfect-catch guarantee*! The economy is fake and everything is free, so what do you have to lose besides your dignity?
Once you have your favorite Poké Ball, all that's left is to use it! The "using it" part may be much harder than the "getting it" part, however. There are several different species that currently roam the world, and though some of them can be quite docile, others range from feisty to downright dangerous. It might be better to start with a small bird before trying for a vicious finned dragon. Even if you succeed in catching a dangerous species, there's no guarantee it'll want to listen to you without a great deal of convincing. If you want to be a good trainer, you have to put in the work for it!
* 1/8000 odds, perfect-catch is not guaranteed, Shibumenosaki UA is not responsible for any harm caused by the use of their products
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the look on her face suggests she just might, but arashi shakes her head. )
Sorry, can't say that I do. ( a bard though...? well, he's got the look down for sure. very western. ) If I see anyone with particularly special looking lyre though, I'll let you know. ...Actually, is there like, anything that sets it apart? Is your name on it or something?
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but for now, he just smiles back!]
A name inscribed—no, but a name it does possess! Der Frühling, of wood and string, and flowers with to dress. Two cecilias upon the arm, a favoured bloom of mine; and 'neath the bridge a turquoise stone, with power it doth shine.
It's quite distinct! [did he just bust out a full poem for her to describe his missing lyre? yes. yes he did. please clap.]
Oh, but I have a name as well. You can call me Venti! And to whom do I owe the pleasure, o kind and altruistic maiden?
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( she says its name very carefully, by the way. )
I definitely can say I haven't seen anything like that here, at least not yet. I've been told this world likes stealing things from our homeworlds though, so maybe it's just a matter of time... ( ..... ) I try not to think too hard about all that thought. ♪
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But a world that likes to steal, you say? What foul behaviour for a world to have. That said, it would somewhat explain my arrival here. [like, aside from the "how" part, but at least he kinda has some idea of why he might be here now.] What else can you tell me of this world? It seems a little, ah... incomplete?
[they may or may not be standing next to the void right now, so. yeah.]
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Ahaha, yes... Viridi-san said it was a "primordial void" - it doesn't have all of the laws or, well, attributes our world... Worlds would have, I guess? But it like, changes and builds itself every so often... Like, hmm... We recently got a second shrine.
( in a way. )
I wish there were a way to force things to occur, because like, I'd totally love a spa or a hot spring or something like that... We have the bathhouse, but that's so not the same.
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How troublesome indeed... well, if it at least has some of the pleasures in life established, I suppose it can't be all that bad. Like a tavern! Surely even a primordial world like this must know the importance of good drinks among good friends, yes?
[if there isn't a bar he'll riot]
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There's a coffee shop that serves alcohol. ( Or drinks that get you drunk like alcohol, it's all the same to her. ) Hmm, since you're new... Let me treat you, Venti-chan ♪
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Ahhh! What a warm and charitable welcome! Of course, it would be rude to say no to such a generous offer! Please, lead the way!
[free drinks free drinks (be thankful there's no currency here or he'd be running up arashi's tab into the thousands)]
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she'll lead the way as requested though!!! man the void sure is fun-
it won't take them long but in the tiny meanwhile: )
I'd ask if you weren't a little young for all that drinking nonsense, but I'm not one to judge a book by its cover. ( she knows all about that (: ) Besides, it's not like there's any real laws here... Or restrictions or anything like that. You can do pretty much anything here, I think.
( regardless: no one take that as a reason to app tartaglia and engage in a little Technically Legal Because It Isn't Illegal Murder )