repeter | JANUARY 2018 TDM

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JANUARY 2018 TDM

TEST DRIVE

JANUARY TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé...

What do you mean the city's behaving for once?

I.
The large opaque dome enveloping the entire city continues to stand tall and firm, though this may be the first time you've noticed the dome itself rather than believe it's simply an eclipse effect. Faintly reflective in appearance but blocking the outside world, the dome still allows the warmth of the weak winter sunlight to seep through. It isn't hard to breathe, and the flora and fauna seem to be responding just as naturally as always. But the city of Recollé is pitch black except for the light citizens shine themselves.

The dome stretches incredibly high over the city, but anyone who can get close enough to it will find that they can briefly see themselves in the surface. Upon touching the dome, it appears to be smooth and almost rubbery in texture despite a shell-like shield appearance. Soundproof and unable to provide clues to what's happening outside of the city the dome is also harmless for those who wish to touch it and examine it, causing it to bounce a few times under light impact. However, do be careful not to trigger its defense mode! Should anyone attempt to damage the dome itself, it will light up with a bright, sickening blue color for three seconds before delivering a shock to its attacker and rendering them unconscious for an hour. Perhaps you'll get lucky and you'll only deal with the too-hot-to-touch surface that self-activates when the dome is threatened, or the spikes that appear at the source of impact. The dome seems to have a temperament of its own. It may be best to treat it the way you want to be treated.

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Going about your normal day, the darkness seems endless aside from whatever light can be shed via flashlights, cell phones and interior lights inside buildings. However, as you wander the streets of the city, under your feet a swirl of yellow light appears before darting ahead, bouncing and bobbing its way over snow and concrete to create a clear path for you. It's a little convenient to have a guide to follow, but you're not the only one. Others around you are following their own lights and they all seem to gather right at the entrance of the old subway station. Perpetually under construction for as long as you can remember, the station appears to be wide open for anyone who ventures in.

The light will guide you for roughly twenty-five feet before it dies down again. You're allowed to turn back, of course. There's nothing stopping you...except for the vine that suddenly snakes along the ground and wraps around your ankle, hooking onto you and beginning to drag you further into the tunnels. Now would be a good time to start calling for help.

III.

Back in the city itself, it's hard to say who, exactly, is to blame for the first hit. People are minding their own business and moving on as if everything is perfectly natural as usual. However, in addition to the hustle and bustle small barrels appear on every street corner with an assortment of colored guns. The moment you step up to investigate one of these barrels it becomes a little more clear what, exactly, is happening here.

A bright red, green, or blue dot appears on your skin as the laser light hones in on you. Someone's decided to make you their next target in a city-wide game of laser tag and you have precisely ten seconds to run. For anyone tagged by the guns, a confetti-effect of red green and blue dots will appear all over you lasting for up to fifteen minutes before you're back in the game.

Will you grab your weapons and join the game? Or will you dodge as long as you can?

IV.
As the evening sets in, there's a smell in the air. It's not the usual winter-y scent of peppermint or warm soup or anything like that. No, you soon realize that the smell is buttered popcorn and now instead of the barrels of laser tag guns there are carts containing popcorn machines, bottles of soda, candy and more. These carts don't move and they do not seem to be manned by anybody so feel free to take as much as you'd like! At precisely 7pm, the street lights dim a little and the dome above you starts to...glow? It glows and a picture stretches all the way across the sky as a movie begins to play for your enjoyment. Maybe it's the first of the Galaxy Fights series, or it could be that crazy archaeologist turned fortune-hunter Kentucky Smith. The movies will rotate one after the other for the rest of the evening until 7am when the street lamps come on, but for now grab some blankets and a good seat. There's always time for a movie with some friends.

BONUS.
Of course communication to people outside of the city is still out of the question. Of course it is. There are absolutely no signs of that changing anytime soon no matter how many times you call or text or email. Snail mail is nearly impossible and don't even think about videochatting.

On the other hand, it seems as though the powerlines above are beginning to spark, pulsing in patterns of a bright blue color visible to the naked eye. What's up with that? Trying to get a closer look will only reveal a thick, crackling sort of energy that is surely not dangerous in the slightest and is nothing to worry about.

The energy won't leave the powerlines at all, but instead the next time you use your phone for anything a song activates instead. It's loud and it can't be shut down, but once it ends you may find yourself in a video chat with a fellow Retrospec user. Say hi!

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, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. Share a few minor details of your AU, tag around, and have fun!

For current players, please remember that TDM threads can only be used for bonus points, not regains.

Please note: you will need a reserve to apply, and current characters must have full AC posted at the time of their reservation.

Your January TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here!

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[here is a link to my plotting comment! Her name is Manami Wells, or Mana, and she's 21 going on 22 in her final semester at the University.]

I.

[Mana often woke up early in the morning, so having it dark out wasn't too out of the question. She continues about her morning routine, combing her hair and brushing her teeth and eating cereal as one does, but the longer time went on, the longer things seemed to just... not get any brighter. Confused, Mana peeks out the window -- nothing unusual out there besides the darkness, everything seemed to be functioning as normal and no one seemed to care, just using their phone flashlights and other tools to get about with their day. Humming in curiosity, she gets dressed and sets out to investigate.

A bus ride and a bit of walking later, Mana hits the edge of the dome. She squints at the semblance of herself she could see in the material, poking it a few times and blinking as it bounced back against her fingers. Huh.]

I'm still dreaming, right? There's no way I'm actually looking at a giant dome surrounding the entirety of the city.

II.

[Mana had followed the lights to the tunnels much as many else had, peeking in and taking a few steps forward before ultimately deciding it would be a rather dumb idea to venture in an abandoned, possibly dangerous subway system armed with nothing but her wits and her phone light. So, she turns around to make her way back out, but not before a vine curls its way along the floor and wraps around her ankle, giving a quick tug to send her flying to the floor, phone skittering a few feet away. With a cry of alarm, she grabs onto the nearest anchored object, holding on tight as the vine attempted to drag her further in, now without even the comfort of a light to guide her.]

Help?!

[There were plenty other people that had wandered in, someone had to be nearby to save her...!]

III.

[Well, this day was certainly weird enough, so why not add some laser tag? She wasn't particularly busy with anything, so she settles herself around a corner and behind some boxes to keep hidden from the passersby, aiming her gun through a gap between the boxes and shooting people down as they passed, enjoying the sounds of them groaning in anger as they were temporarily put out of commission.]

Heh...

IV.

[This day just had to end as bizarre as it started, didn't it? Well, she was just gonna roll with it, she supposed.

Mana had pulled up a chair near one of the food carts on the University campus, reclined back with a bag of popcorn on her chest and a soda in her hand, staring up at the movie playing in the sky above the town. She wasn't quite sure how the sound was so crisp given she had no idea where either the movie or the sound was being projected from, but ah well. Who was she to question anything going on today? It had to be some sort of elongated fever dream.

Anyone that comes up to the stand will get a wave and a gesture to join her if they wanted, all with a kind and enthusiastic smile.]

Bonus.

[Well, she had wanted to check her school email, but instead she was staring down at the face of someone else, and she blinks a few times before holding up her free hand to wave slightly.]

Uh, hi...?

[What is Shintaro Kisaragi, recent college dropout, doing on the University campus?

Well...that would be a long story. He looks tired and just so Done with whatever horrible things have happened with him today.

But he finds himself staring at Mana––scratch that, actually, he's staring at the can of coke in her hand.

Don't...mind...him...?]

[Mana stares back, curious. It takes a moment to realize exactly what he was staring at, that being the coke in her hand rather than herself, so the slight amount of anxiety that had started to creep up in her shoulders eases off. She was a trusting person, yeah, but someone staring at you without saying anything is enough to make anyone feel a tad wary.

He looks like he's been through hell and back today though, so she feels sympathetic. Maybe he was thirsty? That'd be the only reason she could figure he was staring at her drink so intensely.]

They're free from that stand right there. They're all over the city, for some reason.

....Forget it.

[He looks away from her with a tired, annoyed expression.]

Nevermind. [SIGH.]

[Wow?? What did she do to you, man. Did you want the one she was drinking or something? Mana crosses her legs and and leans forward to put her elbow against her leg, resting her chin against her hand as she stares at him. She was missing out on a lot of the movie, but ah well.]

You look like you're having a bad day.

...Yeah. [Curt, isn't he?]

You got the last one. Figures.

Oh! Sorry. I mean, I'd offer it to you, but y'know. My mouth has been all over it.

Guess that's just the icing on the cake of a bad day, huh?

...I didn't say I was asking for it in the first place.

[An even bigger siiiiiiigh.]

Can't even enjoy a coke. [He'll look up at the movie being played above, emitting a low growl.]

Is it just me, or does this town suddenly feel way weirder than normal...?

It's always been an eccentric place, but having a giant dome with a movie projecting on it is pretty weird. I feel like I'd be freaking out about it more if I hadn't kind of entered a sort of zen state about the whole thing.

You'd think we'd be seeing it on the news and stuff, but nope. No one's concerned about the giant dome. Just another day in Recolle.

You're eating popcorn.

[You're part of the problem, here!!!]

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