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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] repeter2018-03-17 08:46 pm
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MARCH TEST DRIVE

TEST DRIVE
MARCH TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé...

To infinity...and beyond!

I.
Wake up, get up, get out there, Retrospecters! Today's a new day and with the roads in place thanks to the efforts of Retrospec users, several locations may be explored. With Pesgare three hours south by boat, Respatrum an hour east and underground, Bosuma two hours west through the Recollé Woods and Magatus seven hours north from the city, visitors may come and go to explore the regions and their points of interest.

The travel may take some time and the scenery will change around you as you go. Those same monsters from before continue to lurk just outside of the city and on the path to these locations and wild flora sprawls over various pathways. Take some time to study them if you'd like.

And speaking of study, along the way you'll find various road signs and warnings along the way including giant man-eating frogs, fire-breathing horses, severe flood warnings and more. In addition you will find large directories in the middle of the road pointing you in the directions of the four locations.

However, you'll also find these helpful guys who just want to do a good job and will get to work on these new roads! But wait, shouldn't they be working on some of the unfinished pathways and not the main ones? How do you stop these crazy things anyway? You may have to find a way to subdue the jackhammers or direct them to a new location. Good luck getting them to listen over the noise.


II.
Then again, with these pathways open now you may find yourself already in one of these new districts and very, very far away from your home. One minute maybe you're driving along, listening to your favorite road trip playlist as you prepare for Spring Break and the next you'll realize a wrong turn has lead you straight into the heart of a snowy mountain. Has this forest always been here? This seaside village is way too crowded!

No matter which of the areas you end up in, it will be up to you to find your way out and back without a map on-hand. There's a good chance you can find strangers or maybe even some friends in these regions to fill you in, but there's always something going on to distract from your main goal.

In Pesgare, you may find yourself in the midst of a heavy rain shower. While some of you may be prepared and have an umbrella on hand, others will notice that the rain is an iridescent color that falls and curves in arcs. Getting soaked by the rain may invoke a strange desire to cause a scene and yell dramatically at whoever is close by (and perhaps even belt it out if you're unfortunately unlucky.)

In Respatrum, the sound of loud cheering and applause draws your attention to a large stadium. In the center of the ring is a man with a red cape, waving it in front of a burning, burly bull. A final flourish sends the bull back into its pen, raring and ready to go the next round. But wait! Without warning, the organizer of the bull fights grabs you by the shoulders and hands you a cape, shoving you straight into the ring with the crowd roaring above you and the bull bursting out of its cage. What a rush!

In Bosuma, the creatures of the forest appear to be out and around including rabbits, squirrels, giant woodpeckers and rainbow-colored deer that aren't afraid to approach people. In fact, all of the creatures appear content to welcome these newcomers and show them around the forest. At night, several large, blooming flowers begin to glow in various neon colors. Colored pollen also appears to be falling from the flowers, leaving a mist over you that sweeps over you like a soft waterfall. Depending on the color though, you may find yourself feeling a little different...

And finally, what's going in Magatus? Why it's sports! A winter sports competition is going on at the mountain looming above the Magatus ski lodge and the snow is fresh and perfect! However, landing on the slope is probably a bad idea, isn't it? Hope you're ready for a slippery ride down the mountain!

III.

Back in the city itself, life goes back to normal and several citizens are preparing for spring. The Recollé Community Center has gathered together to start cleaning up the local parks and community areas to plant brand new flowers to brighten up the city. Are you good with a shovel? Come join them in rehousing potted plants, picking up garbage and dead shrubbery from winter's harsh temperatures and more.

If planting's not your style, over at Recollé High School several citizens are working together to prepare for the musical production Villainous, as put on by the high school's drama club! Sets still need to be built, costumes need to be finished and advertisements need to be distributed! For you artistic types out there, the drama club would love your support and time to get them ready as the premiere draws closer and closer.

IV.
Those of you who have lived here for years know that Mayor Mayer loves holidays. He does his best to never miss a celebration of any kind and while sometimes his efforts are smaller and more personal, this year he seizes the opportunity to celebrate an entire weekend dedicated to St. Patrick's Day! Though the holiday is on 3/17, festivities extend to 3/18 for two days of fun.

What does this mean? It means that everywhere you go you'll find discounted prices for anyone wearing green, carts selling corned beef sandwiches and cabbage salads, and for those of legal age bars are specializing in green beer and green mixed drinks for miles. Seabiscuit the chocobo rides proudly through the city with the mayor dressed as a leprechaun, encouraging citizens to hunt for his pot of gold that he's hidden somewhere in the city! A series of clues will lead players onward and spreading out through locations such as Expressive, the Towers, Freshens and more. With luck, citizens playing along will find small golden coins emblazoned with a chocobo portrait!

Unfortunately, something seems to be in the air and surrounding these coins. Unknown to the mayor, those who pick up these coins will find themselves hit with the overwhelming urge to find someone not wearing green and pinch them as tradition. Whether you're doing the pinching or you're a walking target, the coins' power over you will only wear off when the deed is done.

As for the mayor? Anyone who collects more than 10 coins will find that they're eligible for a prize of $50 which can be collected at city hall. Happy pinching hunting!

BONUS.
The nice thing is that if you're in the city or if you're in one of the new regions, your phone works. Where would we be without technology? It's nice to be in constant connection with your friends and loved ones with the ability to check emails, social updates, maps and more.

However, the internet can sometimes be a strange place and you will find yourself receiving a message from a Retrospec user named Zee Carlisle.

Hey newbies, how's it going? You're probably pretty confused, aren't you? I think I can fix that.


It's all the text says before you find yourself redirected to a private chat with another Retrospec user. Don't be shy now! Say hi and ask all of the questions you need!

Welcome to the [community profile] 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 March TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here!
beneathmoonlight: (:0000000)

Bonus

[personal profile] beneathmoonlight 2018-03-18 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh?
Um
I don’t know
I was just thrown into a random chat with you
mercurio: ❥ponponpon (007)

[personal profile] mercurio 2018-03-18 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
aw

i know i mean i don't know bc i don't know latin but listen i don't think my parents cared about letting me have a good life so they started by giving me a fuckey name
prom isn't even a badass nickname either
you're the first one to point it out tho
rhapsodist: (Default)

[personal profile] rhapsodist 2018-03-18 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a bit of a reader and when something catches my eye, I research. Can't say I know the language but I can figure out this much.

Still, I can empathize in a way. Don't have a unique name but my accent is a bit of a mish-mash. Try explaining that to children though when you're growing up. It's fun.


[Read: It's not.]
beneathmoonlight: (Puppy eyes)

[personal profile] beneathmoonlight 2018-03-18 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah. That. He’d been so caught up in saving Heigo’s life that he hadn’t thought to mention that little development. He glances away, looking sheepish. He’s only shown a few people so far, and while none of them have called him strange, Atsushi finds it beyond unsettling that he’d woken up with two-toned eyes.]

...no. They’re real.

[How to explain this...?]

They’re...new. I just woke up with them a couple of days ago.
Edited 2018-03-19 02:44 (UTC)
mercurio: ❥ponponpon (071)

[personal profile] mercurio 2018-03-18 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
!
is your accent why maybe voice-to-text function is troublesome??

[he's just curious... don't get mad]

what kinda accent is it anyway? you're not from around here?
ingodswelove: (Default)

II - B

[personal profile] ingodswelove 2018-03-18 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ashura gives a small blink when the question is pointed at him. Oh, wait, he gets it! A love letter to a precious one, perhaps? Some exciting gossip to deliver in the light of a fateful demise? Oh, that would be amazing!]

Yes, absolutely! You can trust me with this quest! What is the message?

[He looks a little too happy to be trusted with this message. He shouldn't be trusted with it at all, really. In all actuality, this feels like a play to him, and he is but "The Noble Courier of the Fallen Hero!"]
rhapsodist: (📚 57)

omg i can't stand not having access to all my icons yet

[personal profile] rhapsodist 2018-03-18 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
...huh. I hadn't thought of that, could be!

I was born in Australia, moved to Japan around age four? Five? I learned Japanese growing up, of course. Moved to America a few years later. My dad has a very thick Irish accent and my mother, Japanese. They make it work, but it made learning English and Japanese a bit of a trip given I was also surrounded by fellow Aussies for the first few years of my life.
long_live_the_queen: (are you for serious)

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2018-03-18 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[A not-entirely-appeased grumble.]

You better not.

[In the meantime, though, they were both still stuck at this bus stop. Lucy was still looking at him suspiciously, not unlike a paranoid cat.]
tailchasing: (005)

[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-18 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't, really. I mean, I'm all for saying hello to cute girls, but not like that!

[He might've just inadvertently called her cute.

Oh, but one of his hands doesn't want to stay down, and instead raises so he can rub his head where the welt's coming in. Oof, that's definitely going to leave a bruise. At least it's under his hair.
]
mercurio: ❥mercurio @dw (043)

these are cute icons though :>

[personal profile] mercurio 2018-03-18 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
wow that's a global experience

never been out of recolle so i've never met an australian before
not that i know anyway
can't imagine what growing up like that must have been like
rhapsodist: (Default)

Aw yay :>

[personal profile] rhapsodist 2018-03-18 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't say it was for a fun reason.

It was tough, but I made a few good friends so it wasn't all bad. Family helped too. Hope your name didn't give you trouble in Recolle. I moved here during college, so I don't have as much experience with the place as you do.
long_live_the_queen: (are you for serious)

[personal profile] long_live_the_queen 2018-03-18 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lucy's shoulders huddle up a bit, and she watches him unsympathetically. She barely felt that pinch, it was the principle of the thing. No one touches Her Prickly Majesty. Unless she says so.]

I'm not cute.

[Clearly, the most objectionable thing there.]
ingodswelove: (Suggestion)

III.

[personal profile] ingodswelove 2018-03-18 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Uhhhnope! Ashura's not touching that. And casually sidesteps away from it, giving an innocent smile.]

No thanks, I don't handle that sort of thing. Why don't you get one of your servants to do it?

[A beat.]

Wait, are you the servant???

[Ashura, that's not how this works.]
mercurio: ❥ponponpon (061)

[personal profile] mercurio 2018-03-18 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[a life story. it's nice to share--prompto doesn't mind sharing]

i mean i've never been a popular kid
so it didn't make a difference if i had a normal name
or a butchered name
recolle isn't super big tho... do you like it here so far?
livingimpaired: (Default)

[personal profile] livingimpaired 2018-03-18 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You are right that they don't, but I accept the compliment, Everett Vale.

[ He gives a small bow of his head before starting to rake up a few leaves that are around him. It is best if he continues rather than stops. At the very least, he can do two things at once as he starts to make himself a small pile of leaves. ]

You're very diligent with your work. Most would be happy about the chance to return to work late with a good reason. After all, it is not your fault someone roped you into volunteer work, hm? Furthermore, since it is an action of charity, few would have reason to be upset. [ And he pulls in some more leaves. ] With that in mind, you could act as leisurely as you like and blame it on the goodness of others.
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[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-18 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I could've said hello to you better anyway. [He wants to argue with her, but he won't argue with her. She's not so bad looking, but even though he tries too hard sometimes, it's not usually to people that just walloped him upside the head.]

... Can I just say hello instead? Like... a do-over?
fromcoalcomes: (pic#11985957)

diamond 💎 houseki no kuni (au name: diantha stone)

[personal profile] fromcoalcomes 2018-03-18 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
city

[ is it just them or has recolle become a little livelier than usual... not that dia minds. those sentient jackhammers are ruining the main roads though, so they need to get their attention as much as possible.

too bad they're too meek and nice to interrupt in a loud enough way. ]


Hello...? Can you please-- Um. Hello? [ sighs, and turns to the person next to them - ] They can't seem to hear me... Maybe we should at least steer them to the right direction?

[ dia is that even a good idea ]

bosuma

[ all these animals are making dia feel like they're in some sort of fairy tale, so they're going to play along with that! they've soon gotten to work on making flower crowns with the various flora around them, putting them on the animals and they'd also offer one for you with a sheepish smile. ]

Ahaha, I couldn't resist making these... You don't mind if I put one over your head, do you?

[ or you can see them stare at the rainbow deer from afar, still holding the flower crowns they'd made. ]

It's so beautiful... But I think it'd be even more beautiful with these? [ turns to you with a wink ] Cover for me?

bonus

I'm not sure if this is going to fix anything, Mr. Carlisle...

[ gee dia you think ]

But I think this is a good start as any? Hello! You may call me Dia. Please ignore my complete name.

wildcard

[ plotting comment here! feel free to hit me at at [plurk.com profile] jikochuu ]
glaciers: (48)

bonus

[personal profile] glaciers 2018-03-18 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's always a surprise seeing somebody he knows.]

Dia? It's Shouto.
livingimpaired: (Default)

[personal profile] livingimpaired 2018-03-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ His eyebrows come together in confusion. ]

Then, you should go over and help him with the potting of the plants. [ Also, at this point, he is more or less set on getting the garbage under her foot. He supposes that he isn't gungho to a great degree about it -- in that he won't be disappointed if it should happen to fly away when she moves, but he's still already in position to pick it up and seems like a waste of an action to rise.

Or maybe, he's just lazy. ]
livingimpaired: (Default)

[personal profile] livingimpaired 2018-03-18 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, no.
No one else other than those attached to this app can truly acknowledge its existence.
Think of it as having an imaginary friend.
Only the imaginary friend is affecting the lives of many others.

[personal profile] promisedyou 2018-03-18 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a lot easier when you experience it than it is for me to explain it to you, but basically sometimes you would get like... flashes of memories that are generally different from the ones you have no.

But yeah, you're essentially stuck to Recolle and like... a few other areas, that's it. Welcome.
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[personal profile] fromcoalcomes 2018-03-18 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ soft gasp ]

Shou? You're here?
It's been a while, hasn't it? You're all grown up too... I feel so old already.
glaciers: (78)

[personal profile] glaciers 2018-03-18 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been here for a while now.
You're not that much older than me.
heroforhobby: (Who dwell in your soul)

[personal profile] heroforhobby 2018-03-18 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Was this guy talking to him? Why would he be talking to him? About a "stalker" of all things?

Saitama just assumes it's a weirdo and... not-so-subtly... scootches over on the bench, putting a little more room between the two of them.

There, that should do it. This invisible border between them cannot be breached, even vocally, right?]
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[personal profile] escardos 2018-03-18 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
oh i get you!!! hi atsushi!!

are you a newbie, too?