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June Test Drive Meme

Test Drive Meme #2 New Locations Scenarios Comments
Welcome to Tabula Rasa's Test Drive Meme! This meme will be structured the same as an event or intro mingle so you can get a feel for how the game will be after it opens. Anyone is welcome to use this meme whether you plan to apply or not, and we will not be policing what characters or canons choose to play on here. Use it as you'd like and have fun!

Please note that none of the locations and changes described below will be included in the game when it opens. To help create an accurate impression of the game, we have included several imprints suggested by prospective players from the TDM Imprints Submissions. These prompts and locations are only for the TDM. A new arrangement of imprints will be picked when the game opens, which will likely look completely different from the TDM. Please keep this in mind when applying to the game in the future.

As this is our second TDM, you can find more detailed descriptions of the TDM-only locations on TDM #1. Feel free to use prompts from the previous TDM as well if you missed out on it!

Threads from the TDM may be used as samples on your application. TDM samples must be 2 threads with different characters, each with at least 5 comments from your character. Responding to other players on the TDM will also be part of an AC bonus, so we encourage anyone who plans to app to tag out to other players as well.

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New Location: The Fendt Hope Library
Across from the USJ dome stands an enormous six-floor castle. The entrance boasts a large open room decorated with hanging bird cages, colorful teddy bears of varying sizes, and books. Many, many books, filling shelves that line every wall of the room. Traveling further within, there are hundreds of rooms and hallways arranged almost like a hotel, except every room is its own miniature library. Each room has the same layout, including a desk with a lamp, a round table with chairs in the center, a ladder, and rows of shelves on every wall. Teddy bears have been placed around each room, some of them sitting in chairs or on top of shelves and stacks of books. Many of the rooms feature large square windows with gold curtains drawn.

On the first floor near the entrance is a small tavern-like area with a bar, also surrounded by bookshelves on all sides. There are several wooden tables with chairs for guests to sit, though teddy bears have been placed in some of the seats. A large person-sized bear is seated behind the bar. The only shelf that isn't full of books is instead filled with old wine bottles.

There is a staircase that goes down to the basement, where more hallways and library rooms can be found. The basement rooms are much dingier with gray stone walls and no windows, though otherwise look the same as the other library rooms. Notably, the doors in the basement rooms can only be locked from the outside.


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Scenario A: Think Positive!
The world has been filled with many things - animals, plants, people, objects... and among those objects, something has stood out. Objects that demand a greater purpose, to be filled with energy that they cannot themselves create. They have not gone unnoticed, and so, too, does the world notice. Machines are more complex than blocks of metal and plastic. Lights are more than wire and glass. What is it that breathes the life into them that people have come to expect?

Finally, the answer has become clear. Anger, disappointment, frustration: these are all feelings that have been poured into these lifeless objects. Energy, such as electricity, must surely come from those emotions.

That isn't to say making electricity is a simple task, or one that can be so easily controlled. A strong emotion can be quite shocking, but that strength must be maintained to power something for more than a few seconds. But you don't want to be electrocuting everyone you come into contact with, either, so with a bit of coordination, a group of people will have much better luck than one person by themselves.

A crowd in the Heavenly Blanc is enough to make the lights flicker, and you might even be able to get the jukebox going. The music sounds a bit strange, with titles and lyrics that almost seem jumbled together from several different songs, but a tune is still a tune. The lighthouse arcade is especially lively, machines buzzing and blaring with noise the moment anyone steps in, though you'll need a friend or two to play along if you want it to get the game to start. The games, too, seem like a bit of a jumbled mess - or maybe Initial DANCE Taikoaster Versus is just ahead of its time.

Most electronics will now function, provided they have the energy source to do so. More advanced functions may not work correctly, such as long-distance connections. The more complex the device, the more emotional power you'll need to use it.

Scenario B: Take A Look, It's In A Book
With the addition of a another library, books have become an important feature to the world's landscape. Words that were once a jumbled mess have been reformed, arranged into something that can now be understood. Unfortunately, there is still a lack of content to fill every book in the world - most of them are identical copies of the same few books, though there may be slight variations between copies.

Geography contains an accurate map of the known world, including detailed descriptions and sketches of important landmarks and buildings. Any observations that people have made thus far have been noted here, including a few direct quotes. It also describes some of the flora and fauna, though it doesn't go into much detail beyond where they can be found. Each copy has a chapter at the end titled "The Rest Of The World" containing hundreds of blank pages.

Regional Pokédex is a bestiary of all the creatures currently residing in the world. There are only 5 entries, with the rest of the book filled with the same image of a large question mark in a circle at the center of each page. Some of the copies of the book use different names for the same creatures, but the first four entries in each copy describes fireys, jellyrabbits, ghowls, and the Eiffel Tower in the style of short observational notes. The average height, weight, and footprint shape of each creature is also listed. The fifth entry has no title, but lists the average height, weight, and approximate footprint shape of every single person in the world as if they were a single species. The descriptions on this page are much more disjointed and contain wildly different information across copies, but all of the entries list observations and physical details of individuals that have arrived in the world.

Questions Vol.1 is a book of questions. Every question about the world that someone has voiced thus far has been listed somewhere in this book. Some questions are detailed and specific, while others are single word questions like "sleep?" There are no answers provided, but some of the pages have handwritten theories underneath that vary between copies. All of the theories match what people have discussed among themselves so far.

Drinks is a recipe book. It lists several recipes for simple drinks one can make with water, alcohol, coffee beans, and tea leaves. Nearly all of the recipes have an alcoholic variant, even when it doesn't make sense. Each recipe includes step by step instructions on how to prepare the ingredients without electricity. This book also details everything people have observed about the world's water supply and its relaxing properties.

Scenario C: Lucky Buns
Luck might seem a simple idea on the surface: if you have good luck, good things happen to you, and if you have bad luck then bad things happen. Where, however, does luck come from? Everyone has different ideas and different superstitions surrounding the concept. One such superstition is tied to rabbits, which is like a fluffy, tentacled creature that swims quietly through the air. A rabbit's luck is tied to its feet. However, touching this particular creature's feet tends to sting and hurt people. On that basis, then, touching the jellyrabbit's feet is clearly bad luck, and so anyone who has felt that sting will experience other forms of bad luck. Whether this comes in the form of trips, falls, getting lost or similar kinds of misfortune relies entirely upon what one's individual idea of bad luck is.

Conversely, touching other parts of the creature must be tied to good luck. Many people do quite like to pet soft and fluffy creatures, after all, so it's only natural that doing so would gift them with good luck. Perhaps they might find things more easily, meet people with similar interests, win games of chance more often, or find a $100 note in their back pocket - money might have no meaning here, but if this is what people consider 'good luck', then that is what will happen.

Once a streak of luck, good or bad, is triggered, it does not wear off on its own. It can only be replaced by luck of an opposing nature, or removed entirely by touching one of the other local creatures.

The creatures' tie to luck is not immediately apparent. Once people learn and understand, however, the information will soon find its way into a copy of the library's Regional Pokédex.
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[personal profile] shitmagnet 2020-06-29 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Hnh. [Frank cracks what looks like the first smile he's cracked in a while before nodding. He's not overly expressive, but where there had only been pain and loss and grief in a place surrounded by children's toys, he's warming up to the idea that there must be some light at the end of the endlessly long, pitch black tunnel.]

I don't think they'll mind. [If he doesn't intimidate the fuck out of them by simply standing there staring silently. He taps the spine of the book against his palm and clasps onto it while boots pad quietly across the carpet to relocate the bears from the armchairs to the floor.

He doesn't fit any definition of a gentleman, by any stretch of the imagination, but he only sits after she does. There's something a little stiff about his posture and his eyes don't stay on the book on his lap for long stretches of time, always flitting up at the slightest noise. But the more time he spends in the library, the better he seems to trust his surroundings, and the more at ease he looks.]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-29 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Let's see. I'll get more volumes of this book. (His worry immediate concern is the books. What else could they have revealed, and whether their previous conversations where there. Could they hide or destroy the ones that say too much, if any?

Ren wasn't too pressed at how Akechi reacts to his words, it's just how he is. The rules of this world are unknown and so are its dangers. He prefers to know these before wishing for them to be here, becoming powerless as they are... Even when he misses them deeply.

He has been looking between shifts, searching through all the main points of this world that could be easily spotted and approached upon arrival.

He spends possibly a minute or two gathering the volumes to bring back to their spot.)


Let's see if we have said too much.
Edited 2020-06-29 03:30 (UTC)
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Library

[personal profile] koopacrusher 2020-06-29 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
When told to go ahead and take the book, Bowser obliged without complaint. He read the first few pages, before finding the rest to be empty and rapidly flipping through them until he decided the book was of no use to him and returned it to its previous location. "It's the same as all the other ones," he said to the one who'd reached for it.
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😘

[personal profile] bachagain 2020-06-29 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
I better! Part of it was our... well, right now it's just me, so... My song! If I forgot it, I'd be in real trouble.

[ he'll just go along and forget everything else instead

except maybe maybe not raihan, who's already putting himself in leo's good books as a fellow person who enjoys the novel. even if the novel includes chaotic, directionless remixes that even he wouldn't touch.

which-- even better. he shifts a little closer to the side of his seat facing his new conversation partner, as if paying more attention. ]


Didja like it? Without all the extra bells and whistles and totally weird chords. You already know I can't take credit for any of that, which is probably a good thing!

[ probably ]
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[personal profile] facultative 2020-06-29 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't understand anything she's just said and he doesn't know what it means that he doesn't. He likewise gives her his full attention.]

I haven't see you since you walked away.

[He'd been waiting for a call or anything and instead they get this when they don't have a choice.]
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[personal profile] bachagain 2020-06-29 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ nisha is truly a wonderful host... leo gives her somewhat of a grateful, playful smile for the tea, as he leans forward to peek at the cup's contents and give it a gentle blow while fiddling with the arms of the bear in his hands. ]

Sure it is! I mean, maybe a little less relaxing if the tea's gross, but it's not like I'm a super expert on that stuff either.

[ but wait. he fiddles again with the other leo's paws, outstretching one oddly to make it seem as if the stuffed bear is pointing at her, and: ]

Mm, but, forget about me for a sec! Is this your first tea party? It is, from the sounds of it! And if it is, what's going through your head right now is more important, since I've done this before. Are you relaxed? What're you feeling? Maybe nervous about the tea, huh?

[ ! ]

Don't worry! It definitely looks fine and-- [ sniff ] smells fine, so it must taste fine too. ♪

[ he was tactlessly honest at the beginning there, though he doesn't mean it maliciously... he at least seems to genuinely think that her first time tea'll end up tasting good, because she Tried. ]
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[personal profile] facultative 2020-06-29 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't have the same natural armour of a shell, but Anakin's more than capable. "I'm a pretty decent fighter for starters." And there was the laser sword hanging from his side with its own power source in a world where power sources weren't that consistent.

"Bet I could do more than you at any rate." He flashes a cocky grin.
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[personal profile] shitmagnet 2020-06-29 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
Frank has to do a double-take because he's never seen a Koopa before. Of course, he's seen a few turtles, but Bowser doesn't fit neatly into that category. He tears his gaze away when he realizes he's been staring just that little bit too long.

"Right. Mostly empty pages?" Frank clears his throat. "Are you... from here?"

[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-06-29 10:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Cole doesn't do so well with having to be normal, unfortunately. But he's trying. He tilts his head as he looks up at Frank.]

Is that what they do to you?

[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-06-29 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Did he answer it wrong? Maybe he meant bigger?]

Skyhold is in the mountains, between Ferelden and Orlais. In Thedas.

[It sounds like he's talking about a real place and not a spooky metaphysical one, alas.]

[personal profile] theforgottenboy 2020-06-29 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Is it bothering him? He tilts his head as he thinks about it.]

Sometimes. Yes. Sometimes it can be nice, to be seen. I can be frightening, but no one here seems like they're scared of me.

[Not yet, at least.]

But it's harder to help when people can see me. Sometimes they try to help me instead.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-29 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
(Even with the mention of people being scared of Cole, Ren doesn't react badly. He can only imagine he's some type of ghost?)

Maybe you can try to find your own new way of helping people.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-29 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
(Ok, not from his universe whatsoever. Much like a few others.)

I see. I am not familiar.
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[personal profile] memorate 2020-06-29 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's pointless unless you doubt your own skills.

[ If he had followed the instructions, which Cloud will take his word for it, then the result will likely be the same. There's definitely something else going on here... ]

Make me something sweet and legal.

[ Somehow, this is as embarrassing as asking for a glass of milk in a bar. ]
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[personal profile] memorate 2020-06-29 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ In his wild momentum, Cloud brings down his blade on the arcade machine, heavy steel cleaving right through the poor thing. Thankfully, Legion managed to avoid that strike, but then just as Cloud is about to attack again, he freezes when he hears the robot speak. ]

--w-what? Did it just talk?

[ ??? ]
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[personal profile] memorate 2020-06-29 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends.

[ He hasn't found anything of importance to him, such as a sustainable lifestyle, but there's nothing to be gained by moping around. Is he worried? Yeah. But as long as he hasn't given up, there's no need to bring the mood down. ]

I found a place that wasn't there before. Looks to be some kinda library.

[ On the inside, anyway. The mansion looked somewhat ominous to Cloud before he went in. Must be another lingering memory... ]
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[personal profile] memorate 2020-06-29 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Recording devices? Monitored? This kid sounds on edge... or maybe Cloud's just too used to being watched over by some evil corporation. Monitored or not, he'll still do whatever he's going to do. ]

Let 'em watch. I don't have anything to hide.

[ But who could be watching them? That's the curious part... ]

What makes you so sure that we're under surveillance?
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-29 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
(Sweet and legal. He wonders - if everyone comes from different places, there certainly is a discrepancy between what legal really means. That's a thought to be discussed later - right now, he has decided what to give the other.

Thankfully, most of Sojiro's blends were here as well. Panama Esmeralda Geisha had sweet aftertones and a floral aroma, which he enhanced with some sweet syrup.)


Here. (Said as he presents the cup to the other.)

Are you friends with Tifa-san? I have seen you here before.
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[personal profile] koopacrusher 2020-06-29 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Bowser nodded to indicate that most pages were indeed empty.

"No I'm not from here. The world I come from actually makes sense." Some sense. More sense than the one he was in, at least. "Unless worlds where libraries come out of nowhere and all the books aren't even halfway finished are worlds that make sense."
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-29 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
A proprietress never shares her business secrets!

[But he's right, in some respects, Tifa will give him that, so she merely concedes with a sigh. There's no point in arguing when she's already let him off with a warning, but she will tuck that idea away for later. There were some recipes in the book that Cloud had given her, so she'll have to come up with ways to spice them up for the minors around here.

For now, her posture tenses ever so slightly when Ren sits next to her and she finds herself between the two of them, this odd stiffness still lingering in the air. Her gaze flicks between Ren's book and Akechi's pen.]


There's a lot... [She doesn't know where to start.] I think the first thing I noticed was the sign outside. It's like it took parts of Seventh Heaven's and mixed it with something else.

[Another sigh.]

My bar has—had a jukebox and the exact same pinball machine. And... upstairs?

[Tifa's expression drops, her eyes falling to her hands clasped together on the counter. It's a lot harder talking about Seventh Heaven than she thought it would be.]
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[personal profile] koopacrusher 2020-06-29 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Bowser seemed to growl then. "Really? I've taken down entire armies. I've fought people who can take down entire armies and I've won. I've held things so powerful they can grant wishes, and I saved the entire multiverse once. So unless you can top that, dibs are still mine," he said, pointing at the front of his shell.

"And if you're such a good figh-" Bowser said, before stopping himself. He would've challenged Anakin to a fight, but he lacked his powers. He didn't know exactly what would happen if he tried many of his attacks; for all he knew he might not even be able to shell dash. "Nevermind."
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-29 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tifa's shocked at first when he snatches the paper back, but her initial surprise is washed away, and she makes no effort to mask her vexed expression when he threatens her. She may look nice, but she isn't about to sit back and let this man talk to her like that? Especially after giving him his paper back.

She sits forward in her chair and waves a stiff finger at him.]


I wasn't going to, but you know, you should thank people for returning your things.
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-29 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[She holds the book in a way that makes it easier for Cole to read, turning it just so and resting it on the arm of the chair. She, too, inspects it, as if waiting for something to happen, but she's met with disappointment when nothing does.

Tifa is far more interested in learning more about what he'd just described than the mundane details inside this half-finished book.]


So was this something you could see? This tapestry... It sounds kinda neat! I think I'd like it better than reading a bunch of words, too.
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-29 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[His uneasiness hasn't escaped Tifa's notice, with her paying more attention to his mannerisms than the rest of their surroundings as she takes a seat, but only after giving the giant bear next to it a gentle pat on the head, as if to thank it for surrendering its spot.

She opens hers to the first page, where a photo of that gaudy tower – the so-called Eiffel Tower, according to Damien – plasters half of it.

Her nose wrinkles, but she continues to watch Frank, and when he looks up again, she'll ask—]
You okay?
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-29 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's something. It's that new building that just appeared out of nowhere, huh...

[It's odd that things seem to keep reappearing without warning, like someone is making the effort to build these overnight, and no one has an explanation for the phenomenon still. Tifa hasn't had the chance to check it out yet and has only observed it at a distance from the bar's front patio, but it definitely didn't look like a library from the outside.]

Looked more like a haunted house to me.

[Said with a nervous laugh. Not something she'd be interested in looking into, so she's thankful that it's a less spooky alternative. More importantly—]

Were there any books in there explaining what this place is?

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