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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!
quiet_storm: (Would you like a little sarcasm?)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-03-20 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
That won't tell us what we have in common.

I'm an auto mechanic with a Master's degree. Welcome to the new economy. You?
activatingcombatmode: <user name=sefirot> (9)

[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2018-03-20 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah!? That's the spirit! Alright!!

[And he's patting Zephyr roughly on the shoulder. Hey, it's not nudging? He's so happy the guy said yes.

Off they go back over to the bar area and Zack swiftly pays for two more pints of green beer. He passes one over and holds his mug up.]


To good drinks and good friends.
espansivo: (27 come! come!)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-03-20 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You are so! Come on, come on, I stick around you both? It's sooo obvious?

[to him. to each other. leo'll cuddle nazuna once he's released, content as always with this. even if now he just wants to add kissing to the mix. that was a bad idea.]

And I mean, can not blame you, he's a real man's man. Handsome and tall, broad shouldered and strong... Brave, reliable, always looking out for others. Kuro's great.

[fuckin love the guy that is his Best Friend.]
activatingcombatmode: <user name=sefirot> (82)

[personal profile] activatingcombatmode 2018-03-20 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks.

[Zack swipes through it for a moment, a smile pulling his lips at the background image. He would have picked a Subaru but they can banter over car models later. He indeed finds the little icon to the Retrospec app and his smile falls away.]

Yep. There it is. [He shows the screen to Cloud.

So, Cloud really is back on the app again. A few months of him not being on it made Zack feel a little better, to be honest. Knowing that Cloud didn't have to go through the hell that he did last month. But now...]


If anything weird happens to you, tell me or your brother.
pronounces: (16.)

[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-20 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ is it possible for one person to be this embarrassed? every time he gets a break somehow it gets worse. nazuna has defended himself over this probably a hundred times--he's not interested, and even if he was, he's too busy to ever commit to anything, ever!!--he just.

puts his face in his hands for a second, turning back away from leo (and out of kissing distance) to try and cope with the fact that his, in his opinion, very well kept secret (ok) is actually not that well kept.

muffled, from behind his hands: ]
You're so embarrassing. [ it's not a no! ] How can you just say stuff like that...?
sanephiroth: (head bowed)

[personal profile] sanephiroth 2018-03-20 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
What does it matter what we have in common?

[Never mind that his name is unique enough. Even worse when the app seems intent on showing his surname too]
sanephiroth: (playful)

[personal profile] sanephiroth 2018-03-20 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[How is he surrounded by cheerful people? He suppresses a sigh and tags along, taking a seat at the bar without even needing to push his hair out of the way.

He warms up to Zack's cheeriness though and can't help but let a smile of his own shine through as he clinks their mugs together.]


To good friends.
espansivo: (25 and hold me tight)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-03-20 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Easily, 'cause it's true. I can talk about you too if you want~.

[it's like a threat, but not. nazuna's neck looks kissable from here too. he's resisting. someone give him a trophy for self control.]
pronounces: trying to keep in mind (14.)

[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-20 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Please don't. [ he doesn't want to know what leo thinks about him...he really doesn't...


which means he's probably going to do it anyway, so he goes ahead and starts preparing himself for the inevitable onslaught ]
espansivo: (08 let's dance! let's dance!)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-03-20 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[leo opens his mouth, then snaps it shut and pokes nazuna's cheek.]

Y'look like you're gonna die if I do. I'll just say that Nazu's sweet and kind and warm~. He's everyone's niichan, always looking out for others, and that's why I call him Mama~. My good friend Nazu! Who I don't call!

[is that ok.]
pronounces: (79.)

[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-20 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ........okay, admittedly. that's more than okay. it tugs a grin onto nazuna's face, honestly warm and fond, and he reaches out to pat him on the head. embarrassing kiss mostly forgotten (or certainly compartmentalized to think about later), he ruffles his hair a little bit, too. ]

You're my good friend too. Maybe you'd be an even better one if you called me. [ that's clearly teasing, and ends with a "nihi!" ] Even if it's a little embarrassing, never lose that loving side of you, okay? ♪
mincingminuet: <user name=axiometric> (MRRRRRR)

[personal profile] mincingminuet 2018-03-20 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Penelope's frown deepens. What a jerk. He's like this...dickhead monkey...or something.]

...Okay, kid? [The box starts levitating in the air back towards him. Her cheeks puff up some, to boot.]

How about you stop this crap and start helping me carry these fabrics. They're heavy, and I'm very small.
thexiv: (17)

[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-20 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ jouhei is keeping one eye on the jackhammer at all times, making sure that it's not off to accidentally hurt someone by running around or something ]

Have you seen it before?
quiet_storm: (Would you like a little sarcasm?)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-03-20 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Weird? Like your eyes suddenly start glowing for no reason, and you blaming a phone app?

[Too late, Zack. Weird things were already happening.]

What does my brother have to do with it?
quiet_storm: (Would you like a little sarcasm?)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-03-20 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
We both got hacked by the same person. How else are we supposed to find the security leak?

[personal profile] informantic 2018-03-20 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Notice things I missed... do you mean to say they've always been there?

[Atsushi's talking about some sort of veil being pulled back, but on reality as a whole. Even with low-key descriptors like "notice," it's all too obvious that he's trying to downplay something that's happening on a much larger scale.

And even if Heigo wanted to write it off as madness, either on his part or Atsushi's, that's officially impossible now that he knows they're experiencing the same things. He trusts Atsushi enough to believe the parts he can't yet confirm from experience, so all he can do now is get more information so he'll be prepared for the next wave of surreality.]


Regaining from where, exactly?
tailchasing: (006)

[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-20 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? [And this is the part where Zeke - hands behind his head and all - suddenly leans over like he's getting a better look at his companion's face. Hmmm, does he know or trust this guy to keep his word? Well, it would probably not matter much either way - if it ends up a dud or too suspicious, he's got the street-smarts to know when to back out, he thinks.] I won't look a gift horse in the mouth like that. How do I get in contact?
tailchasing: (006)

[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-20 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Escuse u, Pen, he's a very nice guy. A monkey, maybe, but not a jerk.

He's just stressed.
] Come on, I was carrying that and a bunch more and-

[Wait a second.] Cool magic trick...! ... Why are the boxes floating?

[personal profile] informantic 2018-03-20 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Heigo's doing everything he can to block out the noise from the ring when he doesn't specifically need to hear Kashuu's answers, because it's much too stressful to listen when he can't see what's going on. One worst-case scenario popping into his head and taking firm enough hold to slow his work is all it would take to doom Kashuu and then himself. He can deal with the delayed reaction panic later.

He's already being slowed down enough by sweat from his long, loose fringe dripping into his eyes and onto his glasses. Why does he wear his hair this long when it's a bother in any style but his severely slicked back usual, anyway? It's too saturated with sweat and now-useless gel to blow up and off his face, even. When it gets too frustrating to handle, he takes off his tie as well and secures it out of his face with a classic salaryman necktie headband.

Oh, Kashuu will never let him hear the end of this. But - !]


Got it! Throw something to distract the hellbeast and run this way! [It'll take awhile to swing the massive gate closed again behind them, so Kashuu will need a pretty hefty head start to keep them from just trapping the bull in a smaller space with them.]

[personal profile] informantic 2018-03-20 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably more sense, but that doesn't mean I want to think about it too hard. People in my line of work already feel like little more than part of the Matrix - don't make it real for us.

[No, really, don't. Even in Sigmund's light, conversational tone, the words gave Heigo a chill that won't quite pass.]
sanephiroth: (hmph)

[personal profile] sanephiroth 2018-03-20 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh. Fine. I have a degree from Recolle university. I've visited auto mechanics for my bike.
sanephiroth: (huh?)

[personal profile] sanephiroth 2018-03-20 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No. [It's probably terrorizing a few bunnies but they're leaping away harmlessly]

They're rather... cartoonish.
darkinferno: (★ the loss of friends you didn't have)

IIA

[personal profile] darkinferno 2018-03-20 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, dammit anyways, he hadn't been expecting to come back to Bosuma so soon... but hey, it looks like he's back on his bullshit again! Who knows, maybe this time there won't be any creepy nightmare yetis to fight?

But in spite of it not being where he'd intended to go, Dante can't be upset to find himself amongst the giant trees again. There's a sense of peacefulness in these woods, a feeling of time standing still and an escape from how hectic everyday life can be, and for a while he's perfectly content to wander until he sees a very familiar figure staring up into the trees in the evening light.]


Alison?

[Surprised, he'll break into a slow jog to cross the distance between them.]

Hey. What're you doing out here?
guitar_hero: (:T)

Bonus

[personal profile] guitar_hero 2018-03-20 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You would think. But when you work with people of a certain paygrade they think they should get money just for getting their asses out of bed in the morning.

[it's not entirely fun]

And don't be ridiculous. Everything is a fucking dating service unless it's fambook or bumblr. Might as well tell me your stats and get it over with.
sanephiroth: (...)

[personal profile] sanephiroth 2018-03-20 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[And this is the part where he really should have gotten himself a secondary number already.]

Give me your number. He's a little flighty but I'll get him to help when I see him.

[Which is probably pretty soon honestly]