repeter | JANUARY TDM

TEST DRIVE

JANUARY TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé. A beautiful city with beautiful people. The place you call home. It's a wonderful home, isn't it? With everything you could possibly ever want right at your fingertips, why would you ever want to leave?

In honor of this glorious city, the residents of Recollé are preparing for its annual Founder's Day celebration…you'll help out, won't you?

I.
Recollé Square is bustling with activity today and several residents are working together to pitch a large tent. Others are working together to decorate the fountain of the founders with flowers and streamers. Children and dogs run through the area and there's song in the air as everyone works together.

Are you one of the people helping with the streamers? Or perhaps you're holding the ropes of the tent taunt so it doesn't blow away? Hey, maybe you're catering the whole event to feed those hard workers! The choices are endless…but you might want to catch those balloons that are starting to float away!

II.
Meanwhile in Chata, business is booming as everyone crowds the parking lot of Freshens trying to fight their way into the store. You really should have thought to buy your groceries much sooner. Everyone knows that Founder's Day is one of the best potluck days and, weather permitting, picnic days. Are you having any luck getting into the store? Is that the last rack of ribs? You better hurry and snag them!

On the flipside, shop owners in Chata are busy setting up food stalls and merchandise tables in preparation of the main event. The smell of sweets and spices fills the air and you can't help but follow your nose to check it out. The vendors are all friendly and happy to give away samples of their goods in the hopes that you'll be back in a few days' time. Or maybe you're one of those vendors hoping to attract customers for Founder's Day. Do you have all of your supplies? Your permits? Is that teenager trying to steal apples from your produce stand? Everything's a little chaotic in the days before Founder's Day.

III.
The work doesn't stop there. Over in Tisse it's party central with flashing lights, sound tests, and a festive atmosphere that says the celebration's already started for several businesses. The line for Expressive is out the door with customers eager for their Founder's Day special. Be careful, you might have to finagle your way through the crowd. Throughout the day you may hear music and mic tests coming from the Atrium as the local schools work together during their dress rehearsal for the Founder's Day Pageant. You might even have an insider's look if you're one of the students in the pageant or one of the stage hands helping with last-minute set design, costume alteration or any of the other countless things that could go wrong.

The employees at the boutiques inside the Towers are bustling as well, swapping their floor displays and handing out flyers and coupons to shoppers to encourage them to come back for their big sales. Maybe you are one of those employees and now you're dealing with some wicked papercuts, or maybe the smell of butter is seeping into your clothing as Flix opens its doors to an early marathon of historical films depicting the life and tales of the city.

Tisse is most certainly the busiest of the districts today, but there's still so much to be done!

IV.
Most important of all, back in Tribunal Terrace residents will find Mayor Mayer out and about today which may seem unusual. The Mayor tends to stay inside City Hall keeping the city running from there, but today he's speaking with someone handling a large truck. People passing by may hear some scurrying from inside the truck, the sound of claws skittering on the metal floor, and…is that clucking? No, wait, now it's the sound of hoofs clomping and the whinny of a horse.

What's going on in there? Maybe you should investigate and ask around. Employees working for the Mayor will only give you a strange look in response, and the Mayor himself is unavailable for commentary…but it can't just be your imagination, can it?

Upon further examination and questioning residents will be told that these are horses for pony rides for the kids on Founder's Day, but that doesn't stop all of the weird noises. What on earth is going on?

BONUS.
Despite the festivities and the light-hearted mood of the city, it's still winter. Like all winters prior, it's chilly enough that you'll need a warm coat outside, but the storm season has passed. Instead, today in all districts there's a light flurry of snow falling, snowflakes gently twirling and landing on your shoulders and in your hair. It's not enough to stop the work, but it may send several people to crowd inside coffee shops for a hot drink or shops to take a break from the cold.

Bet you weren't expecting that influx of business, were you?

And later…much later, in fact, those carrying cell phones or tablets will feel a jolt from the device. A closer look will reveal that a new application has started to install itself on these devices, but you can't seem to open it right away. That's a bit odd, isn't it? It might be wise to check other devices in the city to see if the application's installed itself. Upon further investigation, though, you'll find only a handful of residents have the app installed. The app pops up on any public computer you may use but fades away the moment you log off.

Strange, strange, strange. Once it fully loads on your device, you'll find that the app, Retrospec, appears to be a social media app with the option to friend people, share statuses, pictures, videos and more. Those sections are currently blocked out, however. Take some time to fill out your profile if you'd like; that portion of the application seems to be the only one that can be accessed currently. All other social media (Facebook, Twitter, and regular texting) are accessible, but the app itself stubbornly remains on your own profile page.

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 if both parties agree, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. (Additionally: we will not be allowing TDM threads to be used for memory regains.) Write as many or few prompts as you want, tag around, and have fun!

As a reminder: as per our app rules, please try not to reference other characters in your threads or in your AUs if that character isn't being applied for! Our favorite example is as follows: if an Elsa from Frozen is being TDM'd, we ask that the player not reference her sister Anna by name unless an Anna is planning to TDM and be part of the same AU. Elsa can reference her younger sister in threads as much as she'd like if she has a sister in her AU, but we ask that names are not specified without having that character TDM'd and without the player's permission. Please also remember that posting to the TDM does not equate a reserve, which open on 1/18.

The January 2017 TDM directory can be found here. The January 2017 Workshop can be found here. The mod questions comment is here.

Our overflow post can be found here.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Let Anya be with her No Chill Nii-chan, since her other big bro apparently has way too much chill for them both.

Still though, the level of excited that Luke is just mirrored off of Anya. Even if he's going to try to mask his enthusiasm, Anya will be making no such attempt.]

It's very cool. I would say that I'm impressed, but I always knew that you would be able to accomplish great things.

I can already promise that I will be there more often too... Thank you, Luke.

[SHAMELESSLY. she knows that her older brother figures worry over her....]

[Her other big bro has way too much chill, this is true. He's chill but excited, all too ready to start crafting new ideas and executing them. Luke, as Anya may know, likes to work on several things even if not all of them stick.]

Now you're just flattering me. [Not that he'll tell her to stop. He's pretty pleased with that. But his smile grows a touch softer because...yeah. Anya probably could use a few people looking after her. If he can give people like her a chance to be somewhere better and with people her own age then why not?] You don't have to thank me though, you know? It actually works out for me since I might not be able to be around as much as I'd like anyway.

[There's a brief little laugh - of course she's flattering him but]

I mean every word.

[It's Anya. She laces her fingers together behind her back even as she hums softly, thinking about it.]

Mm, okay... I will miss seeing you if you're not around - so I will definitely have to visit. Will you let me help out too?

That depends. Are you going to sit down and take a break if I ask you to relax a little while you're there? [He knows Anya and he knows she has an earnest desire to help but. He'd still feel a little bad. Just a little.]

[Don't feel bad!!

But she has a feeling she won't be able to win this one... so she hums softly.]

Only if I do equal parts helping and relaxing.

[no more, no less!]

[A heavy mock-sigh.]

Fine, fine. I think I can compromise on that. [He thinks then...] If you want, you can help me hang up some new wall art and stuff tomorrow. My eye for interior design is kinda shitty. [Luke don't curse in front of the pure girl, god.]

[weirdly enough probably still not the worst curse she's heard all day, it's fine]

That sounds fun, though.

[she really does like helping people, doesn't she??]

You can expect to see me there then. I'm not as well-versed in visual arts, but I'll do my best.

A second opinion's definitely gonna help even if you're not much better than I am. If it looks good to both of us nobody can really complain, can they?

[Of course they can.] I'm still not sure what people would wanna see anyway to feel at home.

[A soft hum at that.]

Do you want them to feel at home? Or do you want them to feel like they're out with friends?

[???]

Or is there a way to mix both feelings?

Aren't the best kind of friends the ones that feel like family anyway? It's kind of like that. That's the way I want to make people feel, relaxed and comfortable enough to have a good time with their friends. There're plenty of other bars in Tisse for people who want to party.

[He should know, he's been to those bars, too.]

[party boy big bro

Anya just nods a little bit at that - yes, that's a feeling familiar enough to her, now that he mentions it. She has enough close family friends that she forgets that they're not actually related, after all.]

I understand.

Then I think the art can be simple - maybe more elegant than... pop? [She pauses for a moment, thinking over her words a little bit more.] It doesn't necessarily have to be "old" but... something that makes people smile? I think people might be the most relaxed when they smile.

[Better than her stick-in-the-mud big bro. As they're walking he thinks on that, though he suddenly snaps his fingers.]

I think you're talking about nostalgia. Like old memories and photographs, maybe I should install one of those fake fireplaces....[Please stop him from turning his bar into an actual cabin what the fuck Luke.]

[why would anya stop him from doing that]

That would be cute!

A growing collection of photographs, maybe? Of the people who frequent the bar...

[Encouraging your older bro to do stupid things is not good!!!]

That's not a bad idea either, but I think that means finding a photographer to get us started. Plus, you know, making sure it's legal and that people are cool with it. But the photographer would be the hardest part. Know anybody?

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