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TEST DRIVE

JANUARY TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé. A beautiful city with beautiful people. The place you call home. It's a wonderful home, isn't it? With everything you could possibly ever want right at your fingertips, why would you ever want to leave?

In honor of this glorious city, the residents of Recollé are preparing for its annual Founder's Day celebration…you'll help out, won't you?

I.
Recollé Square is bustling with activity today and several residents are working together to pitch a large tent. Others are working together to decorate the fountain of the founders with flowers and streamers. Children and dogs run through the area and there's song in the air as everyone works together.

Are you one of the people helping with the streamers? Or perhaps you're holding the ropes of the tent taunt so it doesn't blow away? Hey, maybe you're catering the whole event to feed those hard workers! The choices are endless…but you might want to catch those balloons that are starting to float away!

II.
Meanwhile in Chata, business is booming as everyone crowds the parking lot of Freshens trying to fight their way into the store. You really should have thought to buy your groceries much sooner. Everyone knows that Founder's Day is one of the best potluck days and, weather permitting, picnic days. Are you having any luck getting into the store? Is that the last rack of ribs? You better hurry and snag them!

On the flipside, shop owners in Chata are busy setting up food stalls and merchandise tables in preparation of the main event. The smell of sweets and spices fills the air and you can't help but follow your nose to check it out. The vendors are all friendly and happy to give away samples of their goods in the hopes that you'll be back in a few days' time. Or maybe you're one of those vendors hoping to attract customers for Founder's Day. Do you have all of your supplies? Your permits? Is that teenager trying to steal apples from your produce stand? Everything's a little chaotic in the days before Founder's Day.

III.
The work doesn't stop there. Over in Tisse it's party central with flashing lights, sound tests, and a festive atmosphere that says the celebration's already started for several businesses. The line for Expressive is out the door with customers eager for their Founder's Day special. Be careful, you might have to finagle your way through the crowd. Throughout the day you may hear music and mic tests coming from the Atrium as the local schools work together during their dress rehearsal for the Founder's Day Pageant. You might even have an insider's look if you're one of the students in the pageant or one of the stage hands helping with last-minute set design, costume alteration or any of the other countless things that could go wrong.

The employees at the boutiques inside the Towers are bustling as well, swapping their floor displays and handing out flyers and coupons to shoppers to encourage them to come back for their big sales. Maybe you are one of those employees and now you're dealing with some wicked papercuts, or maybe the smell of butter is seeping into your clothing as Flix opens its doors to an early marathon of historical films depicting the life and tales of the city.

Tisse is most certainly the busiest of the districts today, but there's still so much to be done!

IV.
Most important of all, back in Tribunal Terrace residents will find Mayor Mayer out and about today which may seem unusual. The Mayor tends to stay inside City Hall keeping the city running from there, but today he's speaking with someone handling a large truck. People passing by may hear some scurrying from inside the truck, the sound of claws skittering on the metal floor, and…is that clucking? No, wait, now it's the sound of hoofs clomping and the whinny of a horse.

What's going on in there? Maybe you should investigate and ask around. Employees working for the Mayor will only give you a strange look in response, and the Mayor himself is unavailable for commentary…but it can't just be your imagination, can it?

Upon further examination and questioning residents will be told that these are horses for pony rides for the kids on Founder's Day, but that doesn't stop all of the weird noises. What on earth is going on?

BONUS.
Despite the festivities and the light-hearted mood of the city, it's still winter. Like all winters prior, it's chilly enough that you'll need a warm coat outside, but the storm season has passed. Instead, today in all districts there's a light flurry of snow falling, snowflakes gently twirling and landing on your shoulders and in your hair. It's not enough to stop the work, but it may send several people to crowd inside coffee shops for a hot drink or shops to take a break from the cold.

Bet you weren't expecting that influx of business, were you?

And later…much later, in fact, those carrying cell phones or tablets will feel a jolt from the device. A closer look will reveal that a new application has started to install itself on these devices, but you can't seem to open it right away. That's a bit odd, isn't it? It might be wise to check other devices in the city to see if the application's installed itself. Upon further investigation, though, you'll find only a handful of residents have the app installed. The app pops up on any public computer you may use but fades away the moment you log off.

Strange, strange, strange. Once it fully loads on your device, you'll find that the app, Retrospec, appears to be a social media app with the option to friend people, share statuses, pictures, videos and more. Those sections are currently blocked out, however. Take some time to fill out your profile if you'd like; that portion of the application seems to be the only one that can be accessed currently. All other social media (Facebook, Twitter, and regular texting) are accessible, but the app itself stubbornly remains on your own profile page.

Welcome to the

recolle test drive meme! All characters will be begin in-game AU'd as Recollé residents. You may use any of the above prompts for ideas or make up your own depicting your Recollé AU! Prompts do not have to be set in the districts listed above. You can review our list of locations for what's available. Please note that TDM threads can be used as samples, can be kept as game canon if both parties agree, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. (Additionally: we will not be allowing TDM threads to be used for memory regains.) Write as many or few prompts as you want, tag around, and have fun!

As a reminder: as per our app rules, please try not to reference other characters in your threads or in your AUs if that character isn't being applied for! Our favorite example is as follows: if an Elsa from Frozen is being TDM'd, we ask that the player not reference her sister Anna by name unless an Anna is planning to TDM and be part of the same AU. Elsa can reference her younger sister in threads as much as she'd like if she has a sister in her AU, but we ask that names are not specified without having that character TDM'd and without the player's permission. Please also remember that posting to the TDM does not equate a reserve, which open on 1/18.

The January 2017 TDM directory can be found here. The January 2017 Workshop can be found here. The mod questions comment is here.

Our overflow post can be found here.

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[And since Dani was more likely to tolerate these shopping trips with her sisters then their parents, she's tagging along reluctantly. Probably also hoping she'd actually be convinced to wear a dress. She's got a portable game system in her hands and frowning.]

Emi...Can't we go back now?

[ Émi plans on getting her into a dress somehow, and that time will be soon... Of course she had to bring her game system with her. ]

Not yet, we need a few more things.

[Probably helps that Dani knows she has to sing in the Pageant. But as usual she's dragging her feet on it. At least the song had been chosen or else she'd still be debating on it!

The game system had been snuck along because she's just not a shopper.]

Like what? We've been here like a hour and there is a billion things you are getting...

We still need to get your dress.

[ Well, she decided to let her keep it in the end, she didn't want to deal with the hassle that would erupt. ]

Do I have to wear a dress for it? Can't I be different for this one? Please?

[A whine but she's serious. Her protests came up often when parents were not around. Trying to be herself and what they wanted her to be was hard.]

No, Dani. We have already discussed this, maman and papa have made it clear that you need one.

[ That's still not going to get her anywhere. But Émi will find a lovely dress for Dani... ]

[Going to sulk a bit now, game going in her pocket.]

I don't even want to do this even though maman and papa insist it's good for me. Because it's dumb.

It's not. Now, behave yourself, or I'll have your games put away where you can't get them.

It is too! I don't want to sing for the pageant. I' only doing it because they want me to sing. Not that good anyways.

[Because she thinks she's not good enough and would rather be playing a game instead or running around.]

Did they ever make you do this stuff Émi?

Now I know that's not true. I've heard you sing.

[ Everyone else thinks she can sing very well. Especially Émilie and her parents. ]

Yes. It's not that bad.

[ She liked the attention. ]

Nuh uh...I haven't won any time I've sung so I'm not that good.

[Probably more to that then just her singing. Either way, she's at least keeping up although still pouting about the dress.]

What did they have you do? I can't remember.

I've sung too, back in France. Just not at this particular event.

[ She is immune to pouting. ]

Really? How well did you do?

[Well..if that's not going to work, maybe it's time to ask questions!]

Well enough to get a reward. Why, if I wasn't already heiress, perhaps I would had become a singer or a model.

[ Nina had a shot at that, but... screwed it all up for herself. ]

Oh wow- Maybe it's good to get back into it because then there is another thing just in case. Better to be prepared like papa] likes to say you know?

[She's trying so hard to get out of something..but at this point who knows which she's attempting.]

You still need to do it, you're booked and everything.

[ Yeah, nice try. ]

Dang it. Can't say I haven't tired.

[She's giving in for now. She'll pull up her hood for now.]

Would rather pick my own stuff though. Did they book you for things without asking?

[ Where did she get that hood anyway...? ]

Sometimes. I suppose not as much since I turned 18...

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[Because Dani's a little shit and hides hooded shirts under her nicer clothes. At least she gets away with it when it's well hidden or looks nice with whatever else she has.]

Because you can tell them and mean that you don't want or need to.

Something to look forward to when you turn eighteen.

[ She'll be weaned off that eventually, or grow out of doing it. Émi is certain of that. ]

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