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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!
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[personal profile] escardos 2018-03-21 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I studied chemistry, too! [ he chuckles ] Well, for a while at least. Then I went and changed to computer science.

[ but he nods, still watching the plant. ] But all the sciences are really awesome! There's so much that you can do with it, that it's basically limitless.
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-21 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ohh, minato had a roommate? he did not know about this but then again, he and minato probably only communicate through stares so they probably don't actually share a lot of things with each other. however, he tilts his head slightly at that last part. secret? does jamie mean about jouhei being a candy dealer? please give him clarification ]
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[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-21 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't just insult me and then ask for more! [ rude?!? his butt is not bony! (yes it is). he's gonna get a dirty look for that one, especially with ] --and don't call me cute, either!

[ he's cool, okay, he's cool! this time, he'll be the one going for the ticklish jab in the stomach, because leo seems to bring out an immature side of him every now and then. ] You're a pain, you know~?

[ but, somehow, it's very affectionate sounding. leo's a giant pain but he's nazuna's giant pain, and he wouldn't trade him for anything in the world. ]
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-21 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ at this point, any normal person probably would have given up and stopped trying to pinch someone who clearly doesn't want to be pinched but... the temptation is strong. so rather than trying to pry off minato's hands from his cheeks, jouhei goes in and... pinches the back of his hand ]

[ that probably hurts a lot more than a pinch on the cheek because i tried. it hurts. i regret this ]
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-21 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he shakes his head. his only attempt at interacting with them was rudely grabbing them by the handles so maybe he should talk to them. he will walk on over to its side and looks down at it ]

... please stop.

[ the jackhammer stops to look at jouhei for a second... then goes right back to destroying everything in its path. screw you, man, this jackhammer listens to no one ]
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[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-21 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Kurt nods along with his assessment. "Right, no one can blame you. An attempt was made!"

His eyes widen at the mention of pizza. "Whoa, awesome! I mean, I was just walking around, but I'll totally lend a hand, man! Especially when there's pizza involved!"
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[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-21 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kurt shrugs his shoulders slightly as he thinks it over.]

Sure... I could totally use a hand picking out the best one!
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[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-03-21 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kurt's surprised by how quickly she approaches and drags him over.]

Whoa! Um... sure? [He nervously laughs.] But, like, isn't it getting a bit late?
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[personal profile] notyourutopian 2018-03-21 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eleanor knows that little sister silence is basically 'no'. Hrm.]

How did you even get out there?

[personal profile] informantic 2018-03-21 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lasting impressions are exactly Heigo's trouble with spicy food, which he never enjoyed in the first place. He doubts he will eat anything at the shop, but he owes it to this friendly not-so-stranger to drop by sometime, at least.]

Oh no, no, not that sort of unfortunate. Even alcohol can't make me the pinching strangers type. No, I found out the hard way that whatever colouring they used in these drinks was powerful enough to stain porcelain - when it came back up. [He lifts his eyebrows in a quick "if you know what I mean, and I'm sure you do" expression.] They've probably switched to something better by now, this was years ago, but it's never seemed worth it to take the chance.

[Heigo finds himself nodding thoughtfully along with Kei's story, maybe even more thoughtfully than he'd anticipated when he asked. The whole thing sounds like a cautionary tale written from his own fears about stepping into his literary fame, and the fact that it confirms so many of them on a smaller scale is a lesson he won't discard lightly.

Of course, he'd never have people flocking after him for his looks instead of his talent - what he fears is amassing a social circle who only care about the fame itself, which some of them may feel they've given him directly, and may thus decide he owes them something more direct in return. Better to keep it all quiet, he's always felt for one reason or another, and here's one to add to the list.]


Everyone prefers their imagined versions of other people to the real thing. How much impact the discrepancy has on them depends more on how much their own happiness depends on the fantasy, not how much of the person they've dreamed up in the first place. [Hoo boy. Heigo's spirits really have taken a hit all of a sudden.] ... now you see why I'm not such a big hit at parties.

[personal profile] informantic 2018-03-21 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd like that. You still have to meet Sensei, after all.

[Heigo can't help but laugh at all the things Atsushi rattles off, amused but also rather touched that he's put so much thought into what Heigo might enjoy. Must be the caffeine finally hitting his veins that has him in high spirits, or maybe the rush of nearly losing his goddamn life today.

For all that it was a waking nightmare as it happened, that was exactly the sort of adventure he's always experienced vicariously through his writing, and he can't deny that it's given him a strange sort of high.]


You've really put aside samples for me? Sounds to me like giving you the odd ride now and then will balance us out, you don't need to chip in for gas.
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[personal profile] reaquila 2018-03-21 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Good thinking.

[Nanashi pats Jouhei on the shoulder. Thanks for looking out for him. Now he doesn't have to go back and change!!

His growling stomach is another issue entirely. It makes a lowkey rumble. ]


Let's go eat soon. My stomach is complaining at me.
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[personal profile] axeswing 2018-03-21 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
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[personal profile] axeswing 2018-03-21 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He knows this is just a Jamie Thing™ so he's not going to question it. ]

Well we're not going to kill it! Or at least try to... if we plot it somewhere else and it ends up dying, then we'll just have to come back together and grow something else!
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[personal profile] axeswing 2018-03-21 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
well if i thought a little more about it, i'd probably just come to the same conclusion
either that or a headache
but if we're both stuck in this situation together, it's better that i just trust you!

ooooooh? that's cool! which shop do you own?
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[personal profile] axeswing 2018-03-21 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And like the overly energetic and hardworking dog he is, Vane obtains a box that he tucks underneath his arm and a bottled water in hand. ]

I'm back! And here's your water, chickpea.
tobe: (and it bakes in the bad sun)

[personal profile] tobe 2018-03-21 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
That makes absolutely no sense, [is her blunt response to that. How can people accidentally ending up in another town be a common phenomenon?

But then apparently he lives in Birch Hills, too. Do people her age just say "respect" like that? It sort of makes sense, but she's really not familiar with common slang...
]

It's the perfect crime. No one would suspect you.
tobe: (and it bakes in the bad sun)

[personal profile] tobe 2018-03-21 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bebe has to take a moment to recover from the fact that her outburst is being acknowledged in the first place, and then she looks at the other girl, sizing her up.]

...That seems reasonable enough.

[Why are multiple people lost here??? Is this the Bermuda Triangle? Not that Bebe puts much stock in conspiracy theories.]

Did you come here from Recolle as well, or somewhere else?
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[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-21 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[He was about to do the same thing when he saw her grab for her phone, so his hands go back, casually, behind his head as he glances up the road again.

He turns suddenly toward her, though, when she says that, and his eyebrow raises.
]

Geeze... that's a heck of a detour from here. I thought this bus just went up and down this road with a little loop at either end. Last I checked, this doesn't go that far out.
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[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-21 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[A moment later, he's rattling off his number, fishing through his pocket for his own phone. Most people throw a text or a call or something afterward, he wants to make sure it went through alright, too.]

And um... I guess just watch my phone for it to ring?
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[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-21 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He did notice, and her box is floating, which means-

- her threat is completely disregarded.
] Ohhh, you could carry a bunch of boxes like that. That's awesome! You're awesome.

I'll give you the cute girl discount on boxes, though, since I doubt you have any reason to go up to Lighting or backstage to Costuming, which is these last couple of boxes. You can handle the one box of stage fabric, right?
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[personal profile] tailchasing 2018-03-21 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm... that's too bad. But some days are just like that. I probably didn't help, sorry about that.

[Wow, look at that, he's willing to apologize.]

I'm on my way to fifty bucks! What's not to like? Aside from the weird compulsion to grab people I don't know.
tobe: (and it bakes in the bad sun)

[personal profile] tobe 2018-03-21 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bebe stops in the process of putting a book away, setting it aside to handle later. If a patron asks for help, you help them -- not much she can do about that. It's part of her job.

She vaguely recognizes this guy when she approaches him, but can't quite place him. She's still putting names to faces for the regulars, but at his age, he's likely a professor or researcher.
]

Do you need help finding something?
tobe: (and i throw my heart)

[personal profile] tobe 2018-03-21 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[At first, Bebe thinks Anna is talking about Zee Carlisle and whoever is associated with them. Then she mentions dragging her back, and Bebe realizes she's actually talking about their parents.

What even went on between them? Why do their parents only talk about Anna in hushed tones, behind closed doors?
]

I'm not trying to get you to do anything. I came here myself. On my own terms.
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[personal profile] maskreant 2018-03-21 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HE'S JUST MAKING A FUNNY? ]

no, it's very real. no money involved which is a bonus. the app cannot be uninstalled, so we're stuck with it. even experts have tried to no avail.

i hope you enjoy Hootsuite Ver. Nirvana.