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June Test Drive Meme
Test Drive Meme #2
New Locations ▲ Scenarios ▼ CommentsPlease 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!
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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.
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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Of course, he's just sitting there when two idiots near the counter get into an argument. He rolls his eyes, letting out a small 'tch' of annoyance as he listens along, humming. And tthata's when he hears 'POP' and something falls into his hair. What the--
And then a green-haired kid, who was sitting nearby, asks if he's alright.]
Uh. I dunno. There was a pop. Something broke, right?
...I'm kinda scared to move.
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Izuku nods, reaching up carefully to his own hair to feel around to make sure he brushes away any minute pieces of glass.]
The light, up there. Some glass fell just now.
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Why'd that happen? Looked fine when I got in here. Is this whole place just falling apart? Nothing hit it.
[He wants a refund.
He hasn't bought anything.]
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[Izuku is carefully brushing his clothes off as he asks that, making extra sure he didn't leave anything. He feels bad leaving the glass just...here, but he also doesn't know if anyone is going to bother coming to clean it. It doesn't seem like this place is owned or anything.]
I thought for a while it was maybe just faulty wiring, but...the more people that come in here, the more erratic it got. And then those guys started arguing, and the light ended up bursting. I know it sounds crazy, but it looks like the electricity in here is related to us, somehow.
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[He was kind of daydreaming and contemplating if he could snag any alcohol in here, but he was pretty sure he noticed some flickering.
Osomatsu pats at himself, listening along.]
Wh-- really? I didn't sign up to be some kind of power generator... [He hums, thinking, before he frowns.] Then those assholes should stop their bickering!
[POP. Another light pops behind him.
....He smiles, entirely innocent, before he accidentally cuts himself on some of the glass.]
OW okay I earned that--...
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Izuku jumps in spite of himself when another light bursts from the outburst of emotion, though he's not sure if it's from those two or Osomatsu specifically, this time. If nothing else, it proves his theory correct as he reaches out thoughtlessly to brush some of the glass off one of his shoulders.
There are also some napkins nearby on the counter too, so, let him just hand over some of those since Osomatsu is now Bleeding.]
No, it's fine...I don't know if this is something we'll really be able to help anyway. I'm surprised more of these lights aren't broken by now, honestly...
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Osomatsu puts the napkin over his hand, frowning softly.]
Maybe we should try to break it up? They probably don't know, right? They don't know. If we let it keep going, everything's gonna pop and then we'll all be in the dark, and also there'll be glass everywhere, and that's ass. Unless you think we really can't.
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Izuku glances over to where the argument is still in progress, likely about nothing important...and every so often right overhead, the lights whirr ominously and go brighter for a moment before dimming again.]
We could try. I just hate to think what it might do if a fight broke out in here.
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This is kinda lose-lose. If we interrupt, might be a fight, though I'm pretty sure neither of us wanna throw down so it'll be one-sided. But if we let it go, there might be a fight anyway at this rate. Your call, kid.
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Careful to place his hands on a part of the counter that isn't glass covered, Izuku pushes himself to his feet.]
Come on, we should do something. Maybe if we explain what's going on they'll understand.
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You got it. Let's see if they're willing to listen to us.
[He keeps the napkin over his hand, though, being very careful around the glass. Noooo more cuts for him, no thanks. He makes his way over to the couple arguing, and he clears his throat.]
'Scuse me? Both of you.
[They're...not listening.]
Hey, couple. Lady and guy.
[Still nothing. He frowns.]
Hey, world's bitchiest couple, listen up! I mean you two, the ones who don't get invited to parties because no one wants to put up with Debra having downed like, 3 bottles of wine before the party actually started because work was such a downer today, and Richard over here ain't got no sympathy 'cause his secretary's got bigger--
[.... Now they're paying attention. He pauses at the intense angry stares his way, and then smiles.]
Finally. Welcome back to Earth.
[He did good.]
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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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['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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Izuku can just see the rage flash in the woman's eyes, and by now any ire she held for the man next to her has been transferred elsewhere. It doesn't help that the power is very much starting to surge again, and Izuku because of that can't stop himself before he takes a step forward in the hopes that Osomatsu will stop...saying words.]
We aren't looking for any trouble, by the way! We just wanted to let you know before it happened again.
[Well the woman is like, practically seething, but Izuku trying to temper it has at least done...a little to soothe the tension in the air. At this point, it's her husband that is starting to tire of the eyes on them both, and before she can snap back he takes her shoulder and mumbles something about them leaving.
She huffs, turning her nose up before stalking off with him as Izuku feels his soul leave his body, his knees turning inward as he sags.]
They left...
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Osomatsu smirks, seeing the rage be transferred onto him. He knows how to piss people off, at least, that's for sure. Hate me. Hate me with all your being, Bitchzilla! Then Deku steps forward, and the smirk drops a bit. Nonetheless, the associated simp with the lady remarks on the eyes on them, and they march off, as Osomatsu laughs.]
Don't let the door hit ya on the way out~!!! Get counseling!
[He smiles genuinely back at Deku, snickering a little.]
Yep. Sometimes you just gotta make it clear when someone's being a jerk, and then they get the picture. That's how it is in this world~
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Izuku brings a hand up to the side of his head, his fingers nervously threading up into his hair.]
I guess I'm just not that...bold.
[He won't mention that some of the stuff Osomatsu said was far ruder than anything Izuku would even allow himself to think (and he's not sure he even understood half of it, but).]
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[He snickers softly, smiling a bit.]
Don't worry about it, 'kay, kid? We did good. With that, the lights should be saved. Now we can relax~ and we can chill out, get drinks, I can get a beer, you can get...a soda because you look underaged...all that good stuff.
[Osomatsu is an asshole, but at least he's a lovable one.]
Even with the anxiety outside. I'm surprised everyone's taking this so well, honestly...I've been kinda on-edge myself.
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Yeah...I guess I'm used to strange things happening, though not usually this strange.
[Strange as in a Villain with a weird Quirk, not....all of this.]
If we're a team, I need to know your name. I'm Midoriya Izuku.
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[It's easier when there are five other guys to share in the strangeness burden.]
Oh, you're from Japan too! Matsuno Osomatsu, pleased to meet'cha, Izuku-kun~.
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Matsuno-san, then....
[Japan. Izuku wonders...]
This is going to seem like a strange question suddenly to ask, but...do you know what a "Quirk" is?
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....A 'quirk'? Like...something weird about you? Quirky?
[He raises a brow.]
The way you said that kinda makes it sound like I should. Should I?
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[Because nobody else so far other than Katsuki has any idea what a Quirk is, or what he's even talking abuot for that matter.]
"Quirks" are what we call the special abilities that people are born with, passed down from their parents. Like...being able to breathe fire or levitate things. It's like having a superpower.