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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] lifespanned 2018-03-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's not a chat roulette, then...
This isn't the police or an interrogation, is it?
I paid to use the miamia.com domain!! I'm a good person who doesn't do anything weird
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[personal profile] lifespanned 2018-03-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her expression sours more at that - is she laughing at her? Mia has certainly never been the most emotionally mature person, especially when it came to people she viewed in not the most positive lighting, so the combination of Natalia's presence with the deer's actions and her words are all just... enough to irritate her more than she normally would get. ]

What's that supposed to mean? I'm not scary at all!!

[ The shrillness of her voice does nothing to keep the deer around them; it even begins to shy away from both of them. In her mind, it's a very well, if I can't have it, then nobody can situation. She lets go of her camera, having lost interest in photographing the deer this close if the other was going to make it into the picture. ]

You're getting in the way of my work, you know.
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-26 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone else might pinch you, though.
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-26 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ here lies nanashi, a true fool ]

[ also he looks at nanashi with a slightly confused face. um, why wouldn't he want to eat it in one sitting?? what's the point of buying it then ]
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-26 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ and jouhei tilts his head, silently asking "why" ]
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[personal profile] thexiv 2018-03-26 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ LMFAO i am truly glad that the twins are still being mixed up. that is indeed a very souji icon... perhaps i should give it to souji but then it'll take out the fun of you trying to find it again?? ]

[ anyway, jouhei won't fall for your pinchable cheeks, minato. this candy he has... it's rare. it's not something he'll just easily give away. it only comes when he feels like he should actually give it out, not to just give away willy-nilly, so rather than pinching minato's cheeks, he... just copies him, doing the exact same pose ]
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[personal profile] dirtdevil 2018-03-26 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
—Oh.

[ shit. whoops. he grimaces a little in guilt, shaking his head. ]

No, nothing, just... I keep seeing people pinch each other. If I'd known it was you I wouldn't have said that.

[ because he prooobably is not in danger of pinching right now. ]

Sorry.
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Will do :D also plz just pretend his eyes are still blue in the icons

[personal profile] allforyuu 2018-03-26 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her approach catches him so off guard that Mika forgets to glare at her. Given that Yuu rarely talks about Ava's appearance, he doesn't quite recognize her in this scenario. The only thing he experiences is a nagging certainly that he should know something, and given that he's standing right in the middle of a peculiar festival isn't that far from the truth.]

[Mika lifts his chin proudly, looking down at her the best he's able.]


What makes you say that?
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[personal profile] dirtdevil 2018-03-26 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Am I busy?

[ he glances pointedly down at his grandma's dog. which is a perfectly good excuse to peace out, but in this particular moment, his dislike for chatting with random strangers on the street is overshadowed by curiosity. how does this kid know his name? what's the deal with this goddamn app?

he sighs. ]


If you're planning on telling me what the hell is happening right now, I've got time.
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[personal profile] dejerate 2018-03-26 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think they are. Not really. But if that is what they want to keep telling themselves.

[He knows it doesn't seem to have changed Mika at least, aside from him being grateful for the comfort and opportunities his family's wealth brings. Yuu blinks with the umbrella going up, glancing up at it before looking almost sheepish and giving a nod.]

Yeah! Lead the way, Mika!
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[personal profile] floret 2018-03-26 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They're really the same thing, aren't they? It's just a matter of context.

omg that humblebrag about the leftovers was perfect! was that on purpose? (I'm not being sarcastic, I really did like it)
I wonder if you're expecting too much from fried rice. But if you do figure something out, my roommate and i would be happy to help you eat it.

(っ˘ڡ˘)っ─∈ is really good also.

I've been on Retrospec since late last October, but some others have had it for a little over a year. We don't have a direct line to anything before that, but there are some indications that something along the same lines has been around for longer, or has happened before, or something like that.

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[personal profile] allforyuu 2018-03-26 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
They still think all problems can be solved with money.

[He doesn't mean to sound so suddenly spiteful. It's simply one of those things that manages to annoy him endlessly. Mika likes to talk things out, or at least attempt to make the lives of his nearest and dearest easier, but when they constantly hope that throwing money on issues will make them go away.... Well, it doesn't exactly work.

[He wipes his face with the back of his hand, smiling in return when Yuu gives him that uncharacteristically gentle look. There's a swell of emotion in his chest, and Mika can't help but want to do something grand and showmanlike in order to express it. The urge is a little silly, but then again, Yuu has seen him be even sillier. He takes his friend's hand and starts to run, as if he's encouraging them to race.]

It's not far! Just look for that car of theirs.
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[personal profile] dejerate 2018-03-27 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuu just snorts at that, shaking his head and about to protest the idea that throwing money at an issue doesn't always work in solving it. He doesn't get a chance to voice anything more than a surprised yelp as Mika takes his hand and starts running. Well. Yuu had told him to lead the way. He just hadn't somehow anticipated this.

Still, it doesn't take long before he laughs instead of yelping, feeling the slight breeze through his damp hair as they run, as he keeps an eye out for that car of theirs. Mika's shown him pictures, and unless they got a new one since, Yuu remembers seeing Mika escorted to and from school in it before they moved and all.]


Alright then!
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[personal profile] chrysology 2018-03-27 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Dragons like in fairytales, save the princess? They're just in stories.
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Reiji Miyabi | Star Driver

[personal profile] diamant 2018-03-27 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
II. Pesgare

[You know, he was here for the beach? He's heard the beach is lovely here, but somehow the beach isn't quite where he ends up - there's a city by the sea, and a harbor, and the rain's coming down in sheets.

Not that Reiji seems to mind that, really; he's got his jacket off and he's using it for the sake of keeping his head covered, but he seems rather fascinated by the iridescence of the rain as it falls, and you...may find yourself getting pulled into it if you're particularly unfortunate and also happen to be nearby for longer than he can stand still.

He's surprisingly strong but his expression is light, gentle; he'll laugh a little if you pull away, but he'll allow it.]


Come with me - life is a little too short to let something like this stop us, isn't it?


III.

[During his time here, Reiji's often found himself drawn to the parks and squares in the city; they tend to be quiet, reasonably nice places, and the activity here isn't something that's going to go unnoticed.

So while you're working and doing your part for the community, you may notice the weirdo on the bench with a sketchbook open on his lap, working away at drawing...is that you? It's probably you. He won't stop even if he's noticed (though he might kind of huff a little if you move too much, because really) but that doesn't mean that he's entirely opposed to anyone's company, either; come join him, see what he's doing, see what he does if you decide to pose like one of his French girls...or, you know, make him actually get up and help you plant something like a useful member of society, whatever you want to do.]



WILDCARD.

[Throw a prompt out and I'll follow, or just hit me at [plurk.com profile] InstantEternity and we can work something out!]
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[personal profile] allforyuu 2018-03-27 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Mika lets go of Yuu's hand once it seems like the other boy realizes that they can be running - no, dashing through the rain. It's exhilarating, and the splash of their feet on the wet roads only reminds Mika that they are alive.]

[Perhaps it's not common to be picked up in a Bentley after school. At this point Mika can't really tell. At least it's east to pick it out in a crowd, and since his parents are so fond of it they rarely leaves Recolle without it.]

[They soon have to run up a dirt road instead of the regular one, and Mika gleefully points out the right path up to several buildings. It's a somewhat secluded place with trees. The polished car is easy to see, nevertheless. Even in the rain.]


Up here, to the left!
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[personal profile] dejerate 2018-03-27 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
I see it!

[It is pretty distinctive, after all. Even in the rain, which thankfully Mika's umbrella shields them from some of it, even if their boots or sneakers might be getting wet from the puddles they splash in in their haste to find shelter. In Yuu's haste to spend time with Mika out of the rain.

When he gets closer, he follows Mika down the dirt path and through to the house in front of the car. He's not entirely immediately paying attention to the house itself, how huge it probably is in comparison to his own more humble home in Recolle, in his haste to get dry.]


In, quick!
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[personal profile] floret 2018-03-27 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jamie is silent for a few seconds, thinking about how to answer. Christian's not a Retrospec user (he thinks), so even if Jamie responded completely openly and honestly, it wouldn't make any sense to him. Jamie doesn't know precisely how it works--Christian would forget anything specific he said that didn't fit into a normal purview, he thinks, and then he'd either be concerned about how delusional Jamie is, or he'd only be able to recall a totally mundane conversation.

It doesn't sound appealing either way. And anyway, there are limits to how open and honest he ever wants to be when it comes to "how he's been doing"... so. He may as well just have the totally mundane conversation to begin with. ]


Busy. But I got my MCAT results back a couple of weeks ago, so... that's good!
What about you?
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[personal profile] floret 2018-03-27 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ There is, indeed, absolutely no green anywhere on his person. But it's not due to any kind of committed aesthetic; he just completely forgot what day it was. (With the added cruel twist of fate that his coat is green, and today is the first day all year that he decided it was warm enough to leave it at home.) ]

Sorry for sneaking. I wasn't trying to, but I'm just one of those people who's kind of hard to notice.

But now I'm wondering what you would have told my manager...
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[personal profile] floret 2018-03-27 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
Please don't imply that I'm asking for it because of how I'm dressed...
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[personal profile] convincing 2018-03-27 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
You better believe it!
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II

[personal profile] devoid 2018-03-27 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Brooke didn't exactly plan on ending up here, but here she is and she's more determined to find her way home than she is to seek shelter from the rain. She's got a black hoodie, it's fine. She's not expecting to be grabbed and pulled out into said rain, so she jerks away immediately before pulling her hood up.]

Stop us from doing what?

[And since when was there an "us" involved? Hello, complete stranger, how are you doing today.]
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[personal profile] convincing 2018-03-27 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Really? [ oh girl, what have you signed up for ] Great! I'll catch you after class sometime!

[ she laughs a little, flicking her hair over her shoulder. ]

Yeah, you're right. I guess everyone gets into the spirit a little bit. It's contagious! Maybe you'll end up pinching someone next.

... Though I suppose that would be hypocritical of you!
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[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-27 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's definitely not why. [ ...that was a little blunt and definitely didn't come out the way he meant it to. leo's really cute! he flushes, embarrassed at his stupid tongue that seems to nothing but trip him, and shakes his head. ]

Not that you're--I mean-- [ ugh. ] --you're a lot more than that, Leochin. You always have been, especially to me. ...is what I meant.

[ he's his very special friend, after all. he's flustered again, now, mushing a little lower in the blankets like he can shuffle underneath them. ]
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[personal profile] pronounces 2018-03-27 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Chiakichin!!!! [ YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY....

not that nazuna's going to be able to stop him, he's like a human bulldozer, but he'll chase after to try and catch up. it's a tiny little rabbit trying to hop behind a labrador. stupid long legged athletes...!!! ]
Slow down!