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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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mightdoriya: (Lizardy)

[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-05 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Love is probably a strong word, but...well, he can maybe see where someone might be amused by them. Personally, he's been giving them a wide berth because they definitely tried to pull his head off his shoulders, once.]

Yeah, they...don't seem to understand that humans don't exactly work that way...I'm glad you got away in one piece.
forethinking: (2. I'm not a phantom)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-05 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
(While it's fair that Akechi chose to have Ren decide how much to display, he also is a much better person with words. It was never really his job to explain the Metaverse, but the job of his talking not-cat, which he is definitely not bringing up to the table.

Everything they were saying, however, is only educated speculation from their own experiences. This world seems to not react as such. The only thing they can do is try to put the pieces together and come up with a survival strategy in an ever-changing world. Much like the lights being activated by emotion when they weren't before, there's no telling how things will go. All they can do is be prepared.)


It's not the same, we have tested.

(His handgun in his inner pocket performs the way it should - a realistic model gun. He poked the heart at the tower, nothing happened. The creatures roaming around are not like the enemies they have encountered in their path.)

We're just trying to understand how similar or how different it is.

(He mentally celebrates, apparently him having a hideout seemed to have been completely overshadowed by the explanation of the Metaverse.)
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[personal profile] shitmagnet 2020-07-05 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
The real places? [He doesn't seem to understand that these various landmarks have come from somewhere else. He thought it was always there, frequented by the people or possibly non-people who have originally been living here.]

You mean this- cafe isn't real? [His gaze shifts from left to right almost awkwardly before he gives her a sort of wary side-eye.]
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-07-05 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about it. It's natural for me. I'm a spirit of envy, so... can't really stop it. Why do you think you're the first one to come chitty chat more than a few seconds? I'm not usually great conversation.

[She smirked, giving him a little wink. As awkward as this moment was, this was kind of her in a good mood. She was a fraction more open, and genuinely a little amused that her envy was having an arguably positive effect.

...assuming the kind of music currently playing was a positive effect in anyone's mind.]
forethinking: (manga 5)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-05 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
What year were you?

(Just out of curiosity.)
forethinking: (joker 20)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-05 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
(100% that kind of guy!

The one type who likes to help no matter what, being sucked into an unexpected, ever-changing and unknown reality included.)


You'd have to speak to Tifa-san about that part.

(After all, she's the older of the two. They've made an agreement to manage this place, so he can't agree to something without running it by her.

Music, though, huh?)


Is that what you used to do?
starshower: (059)

[personal profile] starshower 2020-07-06 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[The why's of the hideout will come back around later—Tifa hasn't forgotten about that—but right now, she agrees with Akechi that their first priority here is to find out as much about this place as possible, if this is to be their new home, however temporary or permanent. However, it does take her a moment to put together what they're telling her, about cognitions and some collective unconscious having an effect in some way, but in the end, she shakes her head again.

Things were much easier when it was just a cute little café and bar hybrid, but she isn't going to give up on these two just because it's a little difficult to wrap her head around and fully understand.]


This place doesn't operate by any rules.

[Her hand idly wraps around her wrist, where her materias shimmer in the light. She's tested them, and to no one's surprise, they were useless. To her, that isn't normal.

At any rate...]


If you two are gonna be going around gathering info, then you need to quit being so cagey.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-07-06 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Goro merely hums impassively, again making a point of not looking toward Ren. That's something they'll discuss later, and of course, he won't take any blame for it. Instead, he focuses on her first point, shaking his head as he sits back and brings his hand to his chin.]

"Doesn't operate by any rules," you say? I don't think that's correct. They're merely not the rules we're used to having as indisputable fact.

For example, gravity is still a constant force, but fire doesn't burn or cause pain. Most bodily necessities seem to have paused, for lack of a better word, and yet physical injuries can still be inflicted, and appear to heal normally.

[He holds out one hand, palm up, as if offering Tifa his evidence.]

Just because they're not the laws of our world doesn't mean this place is lawless.
mightdoriya: (pic#13093447)

[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-06 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know, I mean...you're doing a pretty good job of keeping me engaged.

[Izuku laughs a little, because yeah...he's way past the point of this being awkward.]
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-06 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
First year. I'm studying to become a licensed hero at U.A. Academy.

[Which is, you know. A bit different from your usual English and History for sure...]
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-07-06 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? And now you're making me wonder why that is? Masochistic streak, or are you the kind of heroic soul out to save everyone maybe? Or perhaps you're just naturally sympathetic.

tch... bet it's easy for you to make friends.

[Ding, and away she goes!]
forethinking: (joker 1)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-06 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
(Going around interviewing people is not in the plans - at least not for Ren.

He'll probably have to explain his reasoning for trusting her to Akechi later, knowing fully well he'll just call him foolish. Ren is a good judge of character - or so he considers, and so far, Tifa has given him no reason to think she doesn't belong to the category, specially with all the time they have spent together so far.

And his friend starts talking, unsurprisingly bringing attention to his unquestionable intelligence. Ren is used to it.)


Anyhow.

(Discussions over who is right over the rules of this world, or lack thereof, is not the point of this conversation.)

I am sorry we interrogated you like this, Tifa-san.

(And he means it.)

I'd like to keep working with you and exchange information as we move forward. Is that ok?

(Please say yes.)
mightdoriya: (pic#13093406)

[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-06 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't always that way. I'm not the best in social situations, usually...

[It's more that his friends found HIM. And he and Katsuki...their relationship is complicated, but it's Getting Better.]

I don't think it takes a special kind of person to be kind, though.
forethinking: (manga 3)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-06 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
Wait. Did you say "a licensed hero"?

(Confusion. Just. Confusion.)
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-07-06 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Akechi is right, she knows that, but it's all so unnatural to her that there's some small part of her mind that denies it all vehemently. Sometimes, it still feels like this is one very long, very strange dream that she's yet to wake up from, or maybe this is some twisted mind game that Sephiroth is playing on them. It wouldn't be the first time...

She takes a sip of her coffee at last, and while delicious, it leaves a bitter aftertaste.]


It's fine. We all just want to know what's going on, right?

[Tifa looks between the two boys again and smiles for both. Curious teenagers, they are. Something else is up with them, but that's something better saved to be discussed another day. For now, her mind is elsewhere, wondering if what they're saying about this shared cognition of their hideouts is true.

Her red eyes move to the book in front of Akechi before they fix on his own.]


You'll tell me if you find anything else out, yeah? About anything.
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-07-06 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
You're a kid. Kids grow out of that sort of awkwardness. But you've got friends, so definitely a leg up on me. [Grunt.]

Kindness is a lot rarer than you might think in this world. But that's my experience talking.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-07-06 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, [he agrees smoothly, mirroring her smile. He'd say so anyway even if she weren't Ren's friend. That boy really does make friends so easily, doesn't he...?

For now, he slips his notebook into his inner jacket pocket and rises to his feet.]


Well, I suppose I had better keep at it, then. A detective's work is never finished, you know.

[A wink and another smile for Tifa, then he looks to Ren.]

I assume you'll be here if I need you?
forethinking: (joker 15)

[personal profile] forethinking 2020-07-07 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
(It's interesting to make friends in a place nobody knows anything about them. He wonders if it would change if people did, but he reckons things will continue as ordinary as they can in such in a reality in construction. Neither him or Akechi are very interested in revealing too much, he imagines.

The corners of his lips lift, almost happy at how this meeting is concluding. It could have gone a lot differently, with how upsetting the subject appears to be for Tifa and how intrusive they got. Instead, it's ending on a friendly note.)


Yep.

(A nod and then he exits the booth, a graceful hand offered to Tifa so she could do the same.)

Let's go, I'll teach you some coffee basics.
mightdoriya: (pic#13093390)

[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-07 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Izuku definitely feels like he's going to be awkward forever, but that's probably not true.]

No, I agree with you on that. Kindness isn't strange on it's own, but it can be rare to find sometimes. Especially in a situation like this, where we've all been displaced from our homes with little explanation as to why.
mightdoriya: (Dabi)

[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-07-07 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Izuku nods, tracing the rim of his glass with a finger. He's encountered a handful of people already who have no idea what the hell he's talking about, so it's a bit less of a surprise now to be met with the same confusion.]

Where I'm from- the version of Japan I live in, that is- people are born with abilities we call "Quirks". They're like superpowers, in a sense. Because of that, Heroes and Villains started to make themselves known over the centuries, and by now being a Hero is a profession the same as being a doctor or a fireman is.
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-07-07 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tifa returns the smile with her own to Akechi, warm and genuine. This may have been one of the strangest conversations she's had to have been a part of since she appeared here, but that isn't something to hold against either of them. It's questionable, maybe, that they're being so secretive about their own world, but it's not like Tifa was very forthcoming either.

At any rate, she accepts Ren's offered hand with mild surprise, grabbing it as she slides herself out of her seat.]


Sure! [Then, to Akechi:] Make sure to come by anytime! Don't be a stranger.
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-07-07 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm? Oh that? Yeah, they're stressed. Stressed people are more likely to obey their baser nature. But I'd say it applies all the time regardless. [Shrug]

And I think people are just good at appearing kind for other to see. There are expectations, but deep down, they're selfish.
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[personal profile] memorate 2020-07-09 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
Not sure, but I found something you might be interested in.

[ If there were any educational books, he certainly hasn't come across them. Then again, he hasn't read every single book there is... it's best to leave that kind of thing to the bookworms. Maybe that Ren kid is someone who loves to read.

Still! He comes bearing gifts, of sorts. Reaching for the other stool beside him, a bag of his belongings, he takes out a peculiar recipe book and presents it to her. ]


Not... that I'm saying you need help with your job...

[ His kind gesture quickly turns into a somewhat awkward moment, because he just now realises that she might already know these recipes, or maybe she'll think he's trying to tell her that she's a bad bartender. ]
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-07-10 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[That isn't what she thinks at all. Her hands grab for the book, tentatively, eyes darting up to meet his before she takes it, clear surprise setting in across her features. The name on the cover makes it obvious what it's about, and his comment—awkward as it is—draws a laugh out of her.]

Well, I'm definitely not as good at it here...

[She has to laugh at the weird situation. It's the only way they'll ever get through it. She opens it and flips through the pages, taking a glance at each one carefully, until her face lights up with a smile. The gesture is beyond thoughtful, and she's sure that a thank you wouldn't be enough to tell him how much she appreciates it.]

I think I might actually be able to make these. [Tifa rests the book in her laugh, peering up at him through her lashes.] What do you say we try making one? You and me. I'll teach you!

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