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?

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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.

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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?

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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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

(ooc: workshop comment is here! Charlotte is a small town girl turned university student and part time security guard! She's a little two-faced but not as much as her canon counterpart!)

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[ Charlotte's bored on a shift, and while she normally wouldn't be taken by curiosity over a little trailing light, the more it pesters her, the more she wants to follow it. So she abandons her post briefly to track it down, stopping at the subway. Really, the subway that's been closed since she moved to the city? She rolls her eyes. ]

Well that's not creepy at all.

[ She shines her flashlight into the entrance, not seeing anything suspicious. Maybe she should investigate further! It's her job as a security guard to make sure the perimeter is safe, right? And she's brave! Totally brave. So she follows the light until it finally fades and looks a little disappointed at the destination. Nothing of note here either. Was it a prank just to get her to leave her post? She angrily turns around and starts trekking back when that vine lashes out and grabs her by the ankle. ]

Eeeee! Eeek, gross!! [ She kicks at it while it starts to drag her. ] Help me! Oh, somebody help!!

[ She's just a poor defenseless maiden after all. ]

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[ Charlotte nearly runs into one of the barrels on her way to the store. She blinks at it and double takes at its contents, wondering what the big idea was. They're promoting guns in this city now? That's not safe at all. She's looking around, wondering who to complain to about this, when a green dot appears on her arm. ]

Huh? What's thi— Oh no you don't!

[ She takes Personal Offense to this and quickly slides out of the way of the green dot. ] What's the big idea?! Who taught you that pointing those things at a lady is okay??

[ She isn't even sure she's spotted the perpetrator, but she sure is giving them a piece of her mind. ]

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[ By the end of the day, Charlotte's kind of exhausted from all the running around. She's kind of relieved she doesn't work tonight. It's as if someone's granting her wish of relaxing at home and doing nothing but watching mindless films when she smells that popcorn and sees the screen unwinding.

But Charlotte's also a social person. So as she walks through the University campus, she grabs herself some (light) snacks and then finds someone who looks approachable and interesting. Either a hot guy or a sweet girl. ]

Hello~! Mind if I watch with you? Tee hee.

Bonus.

[ Well the sparking had been weird, but not enough to deter Charlotte from her usual Instagram Modeling. She's on her bed in a nightie when suddenly her phone goes off and plays that obnoxious song. She shakes her phone as if that will help. ]

Ugh, what is that awful music? Stop it alrea— Oh. [ Suddenly she's staring face to face with another person. And she gets a little red in the cheeks. Modeling to faceless strangers is one thing, but seeing another person up close is... too intimate, okay?! ] W-what are you staring at?!

Edited 2018-01-18 06:05 (UTC)

[ Sakichi hears a cry for help, so he answers. He's a straightforward sucker like that.

He rushes into the subway, the light from his headlamp falling on Charlotte and the vine ensnaring her. That is clearly not normal vine behavior, but there's no time to ponder it when this poor innocent woman is being dragged away. ]

Hold on, ma'am!

[ He hurries over and stomps on the vine below her ankle, halting its pull on her. Next, he tries to pry his hands under the vine wrapped around her, loosening it for her hopeful escape. ]

Oh, thank you!

[ She exclaims before anything is even done. At least someone's heard her and is coming to the rescue. What can she say? She sees the merits in the damsel-in-distress role.

But now she needs to focus on that vine. It stops dragging her for a minute, so she can focus on kicking her leg free, hopefully without also kicking her rescuer in the face. ]

I'm almost free! Just a little more!

[ Yes please don't kick him in the face?? But it isn't really the time to protest if he gets jabbed once or twice, so he focuses on wrenching the vines apart at least another inch. When it feels like they're as loose as they'll ever be, he shouts: ]

Go!!

[ Meanwhile, unbeknownst to him, another vine snakes toward his leg... ]

Charlotte | Fire Emblem: Fates (Conquest)

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