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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] gitgudprincess 2020-06-26 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hornet doesn't notice the bear investigation, too busy flipping through the book at an increasingly rapid and frustrated pace. This only raises more questions. Perhaps that is the point? With a title as vague as that, it could mean anything.]

"I haven't noticed anything of the sort—"

[Right on cue, her finger catches on a page and she pauses as she sees something absent from the rest of the book thus far— handwriting. It stands out against the printed word, enough for her to glance over the question it's written under, and then look again to confirm what she sees. She holds the book up.]

['Who are you, and where have you taken me?' followed by a small, messy 'What? I don't even know who you are!']

"I asked this question."
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-06-26 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
AUGH!

[Books, books everywhere. An annoyed blonde head popped out from underneath the crush of them, still holding onto one of the ones she'd been reading. She had seen strange creatures around, nothing she recognized, but the thought of searching the library had dawned upon her.

By the time a certain someone had happened along, she'd remembered why this was Patchouli's thing and not hers. One hand gripped a 'regional pokedex' but at the moment she was puling out and knocking books off of him with... well, her look was usually annoyed.]


If it isn't the town busybody. You're supposed to read the books, not help us wear them or sleep under them, you know.
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-06-26 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'd been sitting next to the jukebox barely noticed by the patrons for the last three hours, topping off her coffee to justify her presence here. Decaf. She didn't need any help with her mood. The lights flickered from the argument and she just glared.

The jukebox? It played, steadily and unbeknownst to her. But it was all music like this for some reason. The power that was coming off of her was steady, seething just a little bit, but its intensity was a constant bubble of jealousy. A tiny skip in Fogerty's drawl came when the glass went scattering, and she just set her glass to the side unfinished before starting to pick shards out of her hair.]


Oh just peachy. Everyone's having a great old time getting into it today, it seems. Tch.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-26 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
(Oso bounces back quickly. That's the spirit, for sure! The effect of touching the ears will be under close observation by Ren - the mystical powers of jellyfish must be checked.)

Let's go back. I have a library to reorganize!
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
(He has already been through this conversation and the initial shock of the mixed cognition, so Ren hummed, head saying yes.) It's partly familiar. It's apparently a junction of the Cafe I lived at and a bar in another place.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-26 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
(He nods, opening the notebook on the last pages and the books in front of him.) They say different things.
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-26 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
(Oh, he did not expect to see her, specially when his confidence is tainted with the stream of bad luck that has been following him around... But she's being helpful, and he attempts to stand up, accidentally stepping on a book or two.)

I'm having a bad luck day.

(To say the very least.)
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[personal profile] bridge_princess 2020-06-26 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Bad luck day, eh? Welcome to my existence for a day.

...

[Life was not a constant comparison contest of who sucked more, Parsee. Only, don't actually tell her that. She believed it was. A frown and she reached to help pull him out before holding up her book.]

How bad's bad luck, though? Getting buried in books... I'm wondering if there's an imp of some sort running around the library.
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[personal profile] zenryokubatankyu 2020-06-26 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yessss he's hyped about jellybunny lore. The lore. He snorts.]

That's the most silly thing to get excited about~ don't get too enthused about working, kiddo. You'll start to hate it when you're my age.

[....Probably. But he snickers, folding his arms behind his head.]

Let's go then~!
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[personal profile] koopacrusher 2020-06-26 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe it wasn't" the Koopa King said in response to the defensive remark, "All I was saying was that I was impressed. With the whole situation putting everyone in this new world without warning, I'm pretty mad, too. Everyone here's gotta be pretty upset to keep the power running, and I don't blame any of 'em. I blame whatever sicko decided they should take everybody's powers and throw 'em into an empty world where reality doesn't work right."
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-26 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tifa's reaction is pleasant, surprised at the fact that she isn't the only one who happened to drag someone else along to this world. If anything, it warms her expression and she shakes her head in response to Akechi's question.]

Not at all. He's been helpful in more ways than I can count.

[Then, her gaze moves to Ren.]

He's something of a coffee expert, unlike me, but if you visited him plenty, you probably already know that!
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-26 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I like to think it's a little bit of both.

[She swells with pride and brings her hands up over her head of a stretch before relaxing them again. It's been another long day, but all of that work is worth it when customers leave satisfied... if she can even call them that.

Her fond gaze scans the near empty café.]


I used to run a place just like this, except it was just a bar! Seventh Heaven, it was called. Guess you could say I've got some experience under this belt.
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-06-26 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, potentially provoking them into fighting them instead isn't exactly what Izuku had in mind...and the moment the two level their gaze on him, Izuku goes momentarily rigid as he forgets what he was originally going to say.]

A-ah! We, um...your argument- or more specifically the energy from it, I think- overloaded the power in here and caused a light to blow...we're worried it's going to get worse if you continue.

["Excuse me? Mind your own business! Honestly the nerve of you children," spits "Debra".

Only one of them is a child, but hey.]
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-06-26 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
His coffee is wonderful when he has the materials to make it properly. Curry, as well.

[Where's his curry, Ren? Figure out how to make some for him.

He rests his elbow on the bar, chin in his hand as he gently swirls the drink with its straw. His expression is very carefully crafted into the most pleasant form it can take as his eyes flick between the two of them. So if this is the woman Ren's been helping out...]


Ah, I seem to be at somewhat of an advantage now, don't I? Regarding introductions, that is. It's a pleasure to finally make your acquaintance, Tifa-san. My name is Goro Akechi. I take it this is your bar that's been merged with Leblanc?
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-26 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[It wouldn't take a crowd to light up Heavenly Blanc with Cloud walking through the door. His announcement sees that the neon lights flicker a little brighter when Tifa hears him, and her smile brightens when he takes a seat on his usual stool at the bar. Today had already been a fantastic one, with the electricity rebooting itself and the entire place lighting up, but there's something to be said about the relief she feels now that it's quieter, and she can relax with him a little.]

None so far! Everything seems to be working as intended... except for the jukebox. The music is kinda funny.

[The notes sound all jumbled, like it's trying to make one song out of many. She comes out from behind the counter and joins him, taking up the stool beside his.

He'd been gone for a while, out looking for ways to keep himself busy with a job made for a mercenary... or something. She's offered up stuff at the bar, even if "business" can be a little slow and there's no pay involved, but she knows how he can be.]


So? How'd it go out there? Find anything?

[A job? Monsters to hunt for food? Money? Anything???]
zenryokubatankyu: excuse me? did you just call me a " buff dude "?? The proper term is "Muscleman" , you piece of shit (Gets the best of me)

[personal profile] zenryokubatankyu 2020-06-26 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
....Ohohohoho, excuse the fuck outta you, Brrrrrrenda? PTA Meeting go tits-up today? Don't talk to me and my boy like that.

['My boy'. He hardly knows this kid he's allied with, but.]

Alright, ya jazzed-up wine mom --and associated simp. Listen to me, because I'm going to tell it to you straight since you just flat out dismissed the other explanation. You either calm your ass and your husband's ass as a unit, or you get out unless you want a lot of pissed off people running you out because someone's widdle argument bwoke da wights.

[He crosses his arms.]

These lights run on emotion and 'flagrant bitch' makes them explode. No one else is being this way. So knock it off.

...I'm an adult, by the way.
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[personal profile] starshower 2020-06-26 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's certainly something that colours Tifa's expression with surprise. What an odd statement to make, and her curiosity gets the better of her.]

Huh? You didn't? What do you mean by that?

[How does someone know that they can't read? Had he never picked up a book before? Asking directly seems kind of rude, so she'll allow him room to elaborate as much or as little as he wishes to...]
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[personal profile] forethinking 2020-06-26 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
(This, he knows Akechi isn't faking. He did learn well from the man who took him in when he first stepped into Tokyo.)

Most of Sojiro's coffee blends are here.

(He informs Akechi, knowing that Tifa has no idea who he means. She does know he didn't own this establishment, so, it's an easy deduction at least. Calmly, he sits in front of Akechi and gestures for Tifa to sit as well. It would be nice to just talk for a bit before they go do the dishes... And with that thought, he notices the drink.)

He's forbidden as well, Tifa-san. He's 17.

(He says with a grin, more than happy to display the other's age and take his drink away.)
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-06-26 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Not at all.

[Goro doesn't seem all that concerned about being caught in this particular crime scene. He simply gives the stranger a pleasant smile as he tucks the knife away into his jacket.]

Given the content of these books, I thought it only prudent to start investigating more thoroughly in search of recording devices. Surely you can agree? As a detective, I simply cannot overlook the fact that we are being monitored somehow.
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-06-26 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...he guesses that is true, they do know. And it looks like whoever this fellow is, he isn't particularly concerned about what others are doing as long as it isn't affecting his work, there. Which is peculiar on it's own, to say the least...

His curiosity is piqued too much for him to not ask, even if he has a feeling that it would be better if he left him alone, probably.

"What is all of that?" Izuku questions carefully, folding his hands in his lap now that he's glass-free.
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-06-26 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[What an anxiety enducing life collectors in his world must lead...Izuku can't imagine not having his own special cards kept behind several layers of protective hard casing just in case someone looks at them funny.]

Oh! So, you're a professional player, then? That's really impressive...I'm more of just a collector myself, but I admire anyone who is able to actually use the cards too.

[Like is it dumb to have so many cards but not play with them? Maybe, but Izuku doesn't mind much. He's always enjoyed having them more than anything, and it's not like he has much time to play these days as it is.]
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-06-26 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fine, yeah! Just...surprised.

[Anyone would be, since normally a blown lightbulb just sort of fizzles out without exploding and showering glass everywhere. Fortunately it's not a lot and it's just one of the lights, so they're not plunged totally into darkness. Izuku carefully brushes a few pieces of glass off the table and into his hand to throw away as well, glancing up when Ren addresses him again.]

Oh, thank you...you didn't have to.
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[personal profile] simulatio 2020-06-26 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Only two so far.

[Goro waves a hand in a wordless "be my guest" gesture if Anakin wants to rip it open, pleasant smile reaching his eyes.]

I was advised to refrain from making a massacre of them, after all, and there are quite a few.
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[personal profile] mightdoriya 2020-06-26 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Izuku frowns, though he can't say he blames her for being annoyed. He's not exactly happy about being covered with glass either, but he's assuming maybe those people just didn't realize how the energy in here worked yet...

He's quick to get to his feet and help to get the glass picked up, some pieces falling haphazardly from his own hair as he goes.]


It looks like the arguing stopped for now, at least...

[He hopes.]
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[personal profile] karappo 2020-06-26 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, okay. He can't exactly argue with Osomatsu on that point. You can't be thrust into blank white nothingness only to pop out on the other side to...a weird mishmash of things without assuming the world isn't at least a little bit fucked up. The end of it, though?

They've brushed up with the "end" more than a handful of times, yet they're somehow still here. He fails to see how this is any different than any of the other weirdness they go through on the daily, but leave it to Osomatsu to just be okay with that regardless.]


Leaders, you say...

[Karamatsu muses, like he's ACTUALLY considering that to be an option.]

So what, then, would be our next move?

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