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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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[If he can down one whole glass per minute... that's 360 drinks! He'll just have to do it quickly. You know, before Zhongli stops him from giving himself alcohol poisoning.]
You'll have to keep up the pace, too, then! Drinking alone is no fun, after all. Surely the great and powerful Rex Lapis still remembers how to hold his wine?
[He is absolutely trying to get Zhongli drunk.]
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Perhaps one sip at a time would allow you to appreciate the flavours better, [ he suggests evenly. ] You know very well that I prefer to take things slowly.
[ Very slowly. ]
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It wouldn't hurt to go a little faster for once.
[c'mooooon]
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[ - as if the two of them, when placed in each other's vicinity, don't degenerate into a pair of teenagers. ]
I must keep my composure to clean up the pieces of yours.
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[He sighs, hopping onto the bartender's seat to finally pop the cork on one of these bottles. It's no dandelion wine, but it smells fine enough to him—he pours them both a glass of it.
Then, he raises his glass to the air.] A toast, to new beginnings and old friends!
[Be those beginnings Liyue's, or perhaps the weird new place they've found themselves in. Ah, if he drinks to both should he drink twice as much? It doesn't matter because he's already chugged the whole glass.]
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Still, he tries to be an acceptable sport for his long-time friend, raising the glass with only a smidge less enthusiasm (albeit tempered by his calm personality). ]
To new beginnings and old friends.
[ True to his word, he takes one sip and sets down the glass, eyes trained on Venti just in case he immediately passes out... or something. Mortal bodies are a lot more breakable. ]
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The glass is completely empty when it touches the counter again, though. He can't stop Zhongli from taking his time, but one of them is getting drunk tonight for sure.]
Ahh, not bad! A little too much on the sweet side, but I'd give it a seven out of ten at the very least! Hmm, let's see... maybe this one next?
[... and he's pouring glass #2, not even thirty seconds later, but look—he can fill the glass now as long as he still waits a minute to drink it, right? Right!]
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Hm, [ is all Zhongli says, noting that the minute hasn't passed yet. He makes no move to stop Venti from pouring his second glass, but the sharpness of his amber gaze seems to be intent on drilling through Venti's back. ]
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Ah, but he can feel that heavy stare boring into his back, not unlike a stone spear being slowly driven into the earth...
He decides to wait out the full minute.]
Come to think of it, it's Zhongli now, isn't it? Zhongli... foresee, agree, debris, guarantee, rhapsody, absentee, lemon tea—hmm, yes! I do decree I like this one much more! [do you know how hard it is to rhyme with Morax?]
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What exactly that entails may be worse than Venti's worst nightmares... such as being prevented from drinking wine for a whole week. ]
It does have a certain meaning. [ Zhongli takes his second sip of the wine at a little more than a minute into their short break. ] Do you remember the friend who once accompanied me at the Guili Plains?
[ Guili - Guizhong - Zhongli, of course. That's one of the many layers of significance to it. ]
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A friend from the Guili Plains—ah, of course. That was before they'd both been crowned as archons, before they'd met at the war's end, but it would be difficult not to know Morax without also knowing of the companion he'd cherished so dearly.]
Yes indeed! A good meaning for a good name—and I'm sure that she would feel the same. [And, in a way, not unlike how a certain bard's face came to be the Anemo Archon's, almost as many centuries ago. Immortality breeds a strange brand of remembrance, as if those lost may too be made immortal if only their names and faces could be carried on throughout eternity... but the winds still blow, and even the mountains erode with the passage of time. Alas.
This time, Venti decides to humour his friend with a delicate sip. A toast to old friends—and to older friends, wherever they may be.]
... Oh! And Venti! Zhongli, Venti—you hear that? We're syllabuddies!
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It seems we are.
[ The Archon Wars are but a distant memory for most immortals, but for Rex Lapis, each goodbye is still as vivid as a fresh wound. How did Morax survive all these years with all these things engraved into his heart?
That is a story for another day. ]
I suppose I will have to reprise my old role of keeping you in check, hm?