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.

II.
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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[AU information is here! tl;dr he's a transplant from the country that keeps getting distracted and not enrolling in university like he'd planned. Pretty much looks the same except no fox ears/tail and some light freckles on his cheeks and nose.]

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[Kaden has seen eclipses before, but never anything quite like this. It's dark, almost like it's nighttime; even with the total solar eclipse he'd seen once before, it wasn't this dark out, and it's lasted way too long besides. At least his phone has a flashlight built in, and that's what he's used to light his way as he sets out from his apartment.

He hadn't quite expected to encounter a wall blocking him from leaving to go out to the forest, though. At present, he's inspecting it and the brief reflection of himself that appears when he steps close, but if you'll get close enough he'll turn to talk to you, too.]

Hey, since when did we get blocked in? I've never seen anything like this, have you?

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[The strong smell of popcorn is what has lured Kaden onto campus grounds tonight, curious and more than a little hungry. Campus isn't usually this covered in free-take-one food, though, and like any good young twenty-something living on his own, he's not going to turn down freebies.

There seems to be something wrong, though, as he's investigating every cart.]

Man, none of this stuff is very healthy at all. It's all greasy or full of sugar... But free food is free food, I guess.

bonus.

[With the natural light of day blocked by some weird dome thing, Kaden has been using his phone's flashlight when necessary. Unfortunately, it's a huge drain on his battery, so he doesn't want to use it any more than possible. He's found himself in a relatively well-lit area and is going in to disable the flashlight when suddenly, his phone is blaring a very loud song that he hadn't queued up, and the poor guy ends up so startled that his phone nearly bites it on the sidewalk. Luckily, his reflexes are pretty good.

It's actually a pretty cool song once he gets to listening to it, though, and by the time the video chat pulls up at the end, he's grinning from ear to ear.]

Oh! Hey! Did you hear that song, too? Pretty cool, huh?

I did! ♥

[Felicia giggled at the stranger. She had been grooving to the song that had suddenly started blaring from her phone as she was finishing up her evening routine-- the towel she was using to dry off was still draped around her neck, her long hair was tied up into a sloppy bun.]

Do you think we can get those Retrospec guys to add it to the app? I wanna listen to it next time I'm lifting!

Yeah, maybe! I mean, all we have to do is ask, right? Er, if there's a way to ask, anyway...

[For a second, he looks confused, because he'd never really noticed a way to put in requests. It's shrugged off pretty quickly though, and he's right back to smiling. This girl looks nice! Working out, maybe?]

I don't think we've met before! I'm Kaden.

[Gym bunnies are always found at the gym, which was where Felicia incidentally was in that moment!]

Mine's Felicia. [She grinned.] Even if this is a funny way to do it, it's great meeting you, Kaden!

Yeah, nice to meet you too!

[He pauses a moment, tilting his head and looking at what he can see on the tiny screen. Yep, definitely at a gym.]

I wonder if it's malfunctioning or something. I haven't seen my phone go on the fritz like this before. Or maybe the developers are just wanting to help us make new friends!

I haven't either-- but, is an excuse to make new friends really a bad thing?

Not at all! It's kind of fun, not knowing who you'll get. And you seem nice!

Movie food isn't usually very healthy.

[She comments from nearby, sitting in a foldable lawn chair and bundled with some jackets and blankets, in prime position next to the refreshments stand with a good view of the movie up ahead.]

Yeah, I guess not. Maybe if I find some without so much butter all over it...

[He moves to dig through the paper sleeves of popcorn, frowning as he inspects each one, but still talking over his shoulder as if someone speaking to him out of the blue isn't anything out of the ordinary. ... even though he'd started the conversation, shh.]

What's with all this, anyway? The dome was kinda weird, but it's like everything else turned into a party.

[Well, they're on a college campus, what's the point of college if not to have random weird campus conversations?]

Oh, you're actually bothered by the dome? Everyone I've talked to today has been acting really nonchalant about the whole thing...

[This is his life, these are his choices.]

It doesn't really bother me, it's just weird. How do they put something up like that without us noticing it? It's so big you'd think we'd see construction crews or something, and there's no way they could just put it up overnight.

Wha?

[His voice is slightly muffled owing to the fact that there's enough popcorn crammed in there to comfortably serve several people. With some great effort, Gar eventually swallows his mouthful whole.]

Yeah, it's great! This is the best thing this city's done so far!

Haha, they've even got deep-fried Snickers!

[He appears to be dual wielding said candy bar, one in each hand.]

Deep-fried-- Man, they'll deep-fry anything... But if I come across any, you can have them!

[The fact that this guy can fit so much popcorn in his mouth at once is astounding, and it makes Kaden want to try! It's almost superhuman or something.]

How do you fit that much popcorn in there at one time?

Hard work and determination.

[Gar demonstrates by inhaling one of the Snickers bars whole.]

Aren't you gonna grab anything? It's all free!

Wow, really? How long do you have to work at something like that?

[Inhaling food is... something. Chewing is supposed to be important, but man, sometimes there's something you just really want to dig into. He can respect that.]

Too much sugar will keep me from being able to nap later, and too much butter will give me heartburn, and it's just not healthy. But maybe there's a bag of popcorn somewhere that doesn't have too much on it...

What.

[Gar stares flatly.]

...Dude, you sound like you're a 50 year old man. How old are you, man? You've gotta be like, 30 at most.

Life's too short to be worrying about sugar and butter! Actually. Life's not too short not to eat as much of it as you can. C'mon, loosen up.

I'm 22!

[Kaden blows some hair out of his eyes and grins.]

I take very good care of myself, inside and out! If I didn't, I wouldn't look this good. It's really important to think about your health while you're still young, or you're going to end up with bad skin and hair.

[Gar's eyes drift upwards to where his locks of hair have already spontaneously dyed themselves permanently green overnight. Then they drift down to his cheeks covered in masses of freckles.]

...Yeah, I don't think I'm thinking about that stuff much anymore. ...Or ever at all.

Are you telling me you worry about what you eat all the time, 24/7? You gotta be joking, bro. There's so much stuff to try out there and you're just gonna eat like, carrots all day, 'cause you wanna be... I dunno, pretty?

We're young! ...Well, I'm young, you're kinda old. We're young-ish, you gotta have fun while you can!

Kaden (Kaden McShanagh) | Fire Emblem: Fates (Revelation)

Yay Revelations Friend!

HOORAY HELLO

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