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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] repeter2018-05-18 12:09 am
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MAY TDM

TEST DRIVE
MAY TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé...

...well. Good luck!

I.
You might've noticed by now that some things in this dear city of yours are a little...weird. Most of the buildings and landmarks around you are only partially visible and the world appears to be covered in all kinds of strange colors.

As you step out the door today, you can't quite shake off the feeling that you're being followed. Every time you turn your head, nothing appears to be in your line of vision but the creeping sensation won't go away. However, with one final well-timed turn you catch it out of the corner of your eye: a large paintbrush dripping in your favorite color, floating in mid-air. The brush doesn't seem to go away no matter how long you look at it, but one of two things happens here.

For those of you who grab the brush, you'll find yourself suddenly yanked forward as the brush guides you to a nearby building, bush, or busy sidewalk, the colored paint splattering everywhere but leaving behind a black finish instead of the original color. The brush has a mind of its own as it brings you right next to a friend or a stranger to get to work. They must have a brush, too.

For those of you who ignore the brush, however...well...it doesn't like being ignored. As you turn away the brush zips forward and begins to paint your face. And your arms. And your clothes? Hopefully someone will come by and try to help soon!


II.
With that exciting chain of events out of the way, it's time to get to work! It's not hard to notice what it is you're supposed to do now. Certain members of the city have paintbrushes similar to yours and only those with brushes can restore the city as it was. Individually painting the area will highlight all items in black, but pairing up with someone else's color will allow for a bit of color to attach. Blending the brushes together will generate new, bright colors that will stick! Two reds can paint an object red while a red and a blue can change an object to purple.

Of course, you're free to go at it alone. There's nothing stopping you from embarking on this journey with your own two hands. On the other hand the longer you work by yourself, the higher your risks become of unearthing something you may not want. One minute you might be painting a garden bench back into existence when suddenly a sound alerts you that something's wrong. The object seems to warp right in front of you, sprouting teeth, eyes, and even sometimes limbs. Non-stationary objects such as vehicles, animals, postal boxes and more will begin to chase painters around all five districts of the city. Stationary objects will do anything to grab you in their grasp and stop your hard work. The only way to soothe these objects is to mix up a new color and douse them with paint, but that just might be a little harder than it looks while you're on the move.

III.

The strange thing is that even with a large portion of the city invisible to the naked eye, by now everyone around you has accepted that this is just how things will go. If you talk to your family or friends or teachers or co-workers who are without a paintbrush, they'll simply tell you that even though it started a few weeks ago there are other things in the city to worry about. They'll tell tales of people with powers and weird physical changes that shouldn't be possible and they'll point out the thinning monsters that are roaming the city and cleaning up the stray paint.

Despite this, life is expected to go on as normal. Classes are still in session and your employers expect you to be at work on time. Grocery stores are up and running and if you can find them several of your favorite businesses are still open as well. Maybe today you're in class procrastinating on a school project, or perhaps you're staring out the window at your boring job waiting for the next time you can catch a break. If you're brave enough, you might be one of those who wanders the half-missing aisles of Freshens because your family still insists on their cookout this weekend. This appears to be the new norm...so what are you doing today in the lovely "city" of Recollé?

IV.
Several citizens have been using their brushes to expand their horizons and paint beyond the limits of the city, working to recreate the roads to go back to other regions. While this will require far more work and dedication, some of the paths are outlined and cleared.

Granted, with the revival of the roads comes the revival of a few other creatures including monsters of varying breeds. Have you ever fought a monster before? No? Well now's your chance! Some of these monsters are easy to take down but others will hunt and attack. While the paint brushes won't do much to deter the creatures themselves, they're useful to paint new hiding spots until you come up with a plan of attack. That counts, doesn't it? Good luck out there.

BONUS.
Perhaps the strangest thing of all is that your phone works. It's fully functional, colored and solid without having to repaint it into existence. Being able to send texts and check maps are vital tools in the restructure of the city, but at the same time it comes with something you may not want.

The Retrospec app appears on your phone and even without setting up a profile you'll find yourself receiving a message from a Retrospec user named Zee Carlisle.

Bad timing, this was really bad timing! Hey newbies, sorry, we are a little swamped with the stabilization process right now but let me kick you to some people who can help out.


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.

Finally, please remember that this will be the last application month until September!

Your May TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here!
unlightmusic: (✿ i'd rather grow my bangs)

I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-18 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[OH NO. It's someone she doesn't really know well...! STRANGER DANGER! And even though his face is smiling, Suzu has the feeling that his soul isn't!? DANGER OF A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL...! Being shaken out of her wits, to the point she hesitates on even breathing in this guy's presence, she instinctively scoots back a little in response to his ominous looming. Actually, now that she gets a closer look, while he's pretty much a stranger, she feels like she's seen him somewhere before, like---]

---Th-The seaweed head person that's on magazines and TV sometimes...?

[SHIT. Did she say that out loud?! SHIIIIIIT! She's gonna. Actively clam up like the ports of Madagascar. Before she says anything else stupid. He didn't hear that, right? With all things considered, getting murdered by a scary model dude isn't that bad of a way to go, but she'd rather die in a more unremarkable way....!?

For now, she'll just frantically shake her head, in hopes that answering his question will push past this awkward and terrifying situation. No, good sir. She doesn't know how much it costs and she doesn't have much cash on her butpleasedon'thurther. Maybe if she doesn't make eye contact, he won't sense her fear...!?]
hareru: (seven;)

soramaru kumou | donten ni warau

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
( here is soramaru's workshop comment! )

i. paint brush
    [ for a couple hours, soramaru thought that he had finally lost his mind. maybe the loneliness finally got to him or maybe he's just having the strangest nightmare of his life.

    but the sight of the brush is the last drop for him. he groans and continues to walk away from the giant object.

    wrong move.

    if anyone is alerted by a shrill scream, they'll find a brush...trying to paint soramaru, who is currently trying to kick it away, in a bright red color. ]


    Get off of me you stupid-- Damn it gET OFF OF ME!!!!!!

iii. just another day in the life
    [ so what IS soramaru doing during these strange times?

    well, if school isn't cancelling classes, then (unfortunately) soramaru can't catch a break. he's currently in the recolle library, studying on some repainted books!

    or, well, was. he's passed out now with his book on his face. taking mostly honors classes, sports, AND having to paint the city is no doubt exhausting. snzzzz ]

bonus!
    ok can someone explain what's going on???? what is this???? who was that guy??????????????
Edited 2018-05-18 16:10 (UTC)
hareru: (eight;)

bonus

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
what???
quiet_storm: (Huh wait what... ?)

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[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-18 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Getting smacked in the face by someone else's paint, or even their brush itself at high speed, had become such a common occurrence that Cloud didn't even blink anymore. Not that he had to, he was wearing paint goggles. Still, it was strange that whoever had done it said nothing to him afterward, either an apology or a cranky complaint that he was in their way. Curious, Cloud turned and tugged his goggles up onto the top of his head.

Then he reads the message she wrote and realizes the situation is a bit more serious than he first realized. With a suddenly worried look he dropped his orange paint sprayer mechanism and held his gloved hands up, palms in her direction to try stopping her.]


Whoa! Careful! I'm fine, but try not to get any paint on your phone! It causes your text input to stop functioning! Here, let me show you on mine...

[The blond tugs off his gloves and pulls out his own smartphone, which had been dunked in orange paint and carefully wiped clean but still held paint in every groove and port. He looks up at her, eyes flicking to her phone because that's where he expects to get her reply.]

What's your name?
hareru: (two;)

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[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh. that's definitely a splash of paint across his face.

soramaru doesn't even know the shade of it, only the fact that he's about to yell at whoever thought something stupid like this would be funny!! when he wipes the paint off his face he looks angry for a hot second until...

oh. she's apologizing. ]


Oh- uh- [ he looks away, huffing. ] It's fine. 's just paint. You okay?
1620: (pic#12265003)

[personal profile] 1620 2018-05-18 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
love your neighbor as you love your motherfuckin self my dude
sup?
hareru: (eleven;)

bonus

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
nope. i'm just as lost as you are.
1620: (pic#12265030)

[personal profile] 1620 2018-05-18 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
the z guy said he’d hook me up with someone and here we are man
we ain’t here by chance this be my homie j’s doing i can’t believe this
all like shit you know who’s the motherfucker?? this guy 👊 that’s you
tell me whats up and smokin my ark building brother
hareru: (seven;)

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
i'm confused??? aren't you?
redarm: (redallenscar054)

I'm crying

[personal profile] redarm 2018-05-18 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[?????????]

who the fuck is homie j?? or z guy??
and what fucking ark are you talking about??
seriously, i think you have the wrong fucking number.
Edited 2018-05-18 16:47 (UTC)
regisrex: (Sunlight)

[personal profile] regisrex 2018-05-18 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Cloud gets a flat look. Though it's curbed enough by the fact that, yes, Regis recognizes him, with the goggles off, from some of Prompto's pictures that Noct has has shown him. ]

A better question is why do I need to be painting at all. As this seemed to be what was provided, once that question was deemed unanswerable, I rather thought details like color were not particularly important.

Where did you get paint that stays in the color it seems on brush, if I may ask?
clothes: pixiv id: 61801066 (2)

[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-18 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sena may be beautiful king hbic but akutagawa has masochist army-equivalents so he'd like to think he's in like. honorable mentions. he wouldn't take these smarmy freaks out anywhere though. ]

Perhaps you would feel more at home on idol mobile game twitter. Or if that's too threatening, there's always local twitter.

[ okay that was kind of mean. ]

I won't claim to understand where the ideas for their messages and tweets come from. As the center of their fandom, there is only so much about their culture we can understand. It's better not to think about it too critically.

[ akutagawa personally can't think of anyone he wishes would penetrate his womb or whatever, but akutagawa also hates puppies and likes fig newtons so his opinion is irrelevant. ]
Edited (pretend i can spell) 2018-05-18 19:25 (UTC)
1620: (pic#12264980)

my soul hurts

[personal profile] 1620 2018-05-18 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
your ark
haha
get it noah’s ark

but anyway some guy named zee on here i don’t motherfuckin know but he seems at chill. and maybe a little worried for some reason. you don’t know homie j? :oO
royaldifficulties: (Default)

[personal profile] royaldifficulties 2018-05-18 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sorry, Zack, confused man asking the hard questions. ]

Do you know why most things are white?
1620: (pic#12264974)

[personal profile] 1620 2018-05-18 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
about what?
clothes: <lj user=lagiacrus> (3)

:*

[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-18 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ holy shit he just wanted some yummies but it looks like akutagawa is going to have to get past this crazy fucking ssasaeng tweaker in order to get to them. Why? ]

...Anyway.

[ his expression is still somewhat judgmental and wary; having a near panic attack and looking at his phone like its haunted isn't doing him any favors. so, he just glances around the bakery, hands in his pockets. ]

Where do you keep your breads?
roughplayer: (koga15)

don't be I'm here for this

[personal profile] roughplayer 2018-05-18 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ INTERNAL SCREAMING. ]


You better not, alright? Even kids should keep their promises and all that. It's a better habit than swearing I guess.


[ he'd be gung-ho about his freedom to swear normally... but his name is right there at the top. so is the kid's, but yeah koga isn't going to take that kind of chance. also can't deal with parents who'd get fussy about this. ]

Why are you and other kids on this app though? Why does this app let kids on it even, isn't it boring? You can't play games or get trophies or anything.

[ someone played whatever the au equivalent of neopets is when he was young, sue him. ]
clothes: pixiv id: 61801066 (10)

hehuehuehuehue

[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-18 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ AWWW DAMNIT!! he genuinely thought he would be rid of the hideous thing, but the fire hydrant comes waddling towards him, no longer looking so threatening now that it's obviously panicked at the realization that it's going to get its ass kicked no matter which way it runs. with a scowl down at the dark red fire hydrant, he plants a foot into its middle eye to coax it into sitting still in the most painful manner possible. it's agonized shrieks pierce into the dreary hellscape of a toneless city.......

and while the fire hydrant's short life is flashing before its eyes, akutagawa turns his frown to the stranger who foiled his escape. ]


Is there a reason you decided to send it back to me?
royaldifficulties: (Default)

[personal profile] royaldifficulties 2018-05-18 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Bart blinks slightly, then straightens up some. He's been in the USA for most of his lifetime, but childhood habits die hard still.

"It must be the light. It is a little strange." But the man's expression is almost stricken, and Bart blinks. "Are you all right?"
clothes: <lj user=lagiacrus> (3)

[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-18 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
As I thought.

[ wow. so helpful. ]

Then we have no choice but to put up with it, or recolor the entire city. Down to the smallest details, before something *else* happens to us all on account of our refusal to cooperate.
heroofdreams: (concern)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-18 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
When Zack is expecting another attack, he hears... something? like a crash? And then one body hit the ground. And then... another? He looks over at Cloud.

"Holy shit!" Zack rushes over to the blond, shaking his shoulder. Nevermind that there is a grumbling Octorock nearby. He's completely forgotten in favour of the now-collapsed saviour. "Hey, are you okay? Hey! Oh, man, please be okay. That can't have felt good."
quiet_storm: (Face the future unafraid)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-18 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
This?

[Cloud reaches behind him to tug his brush free from the holder attachment on the pack and shows it to him. It's solid orange.]

My brush only makes orange. What I've got in the tank is mostly green from someone else. The colors show up if they're mixed, or they overlap someone else's base coat.

[He holds his brush out and swipes it along the ground, across a line that the guy had already drawn. At the intersection is a bright gold with an orange tone.]
hareru: (eight;)

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
are you BLIND?
redarm: (redallenscar053)

[personal profile] redarm 2018-05-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
jesus fucking christ.

[NOT THAT JOKE]

no i dont know him. and zee sent you here? oh that fucking arsehole, be a contact for app users is HIS job not ours. but its no fucking surprise they pushed their work on us.

ok, what do you wanna know?
thesettingsun: smile (from your cradle via trousseau)

[personal profile] thesettingsun 2018-05-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shuji almost feels bad for the hydrant. Almost.

Not enough to put down his scythe, though.]


Technically I just hit it and it went back to you on its own accord. Like the world's worst game of ping pong.

[He doesn't love ping pong.]