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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!
hareru: (seven;)

[personal profile] hareru 2018-05-22 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
We really should have, huh?

[ mistakes have been made ]

Well, it just gives me more reason to continue trying to reach them. Who knows what the hell Nii-san might be doing while I'm gone.

[ he can already imagine the place on fire. ]
Edited 2018-05-22 16:57 (UTC)
freeloaded: (gdit tenka put some clothes on)

[personal profile] freeloaded 2018-05-22 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ while Soramaru isn't wrong… ]

He’s been watching over the two of you for years. Even if he can’t cook, we have to trust that he won’t let anything bad happen while we’re gone. He’ll take care of you brother.

[ but even Shirasu feels Tired just thinking about the mess he must be leaving around the house… why is he like this. ]
heroofdreams: (Dreams)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-22 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... yea, that definitely WOULD be inconvenient.

Think we can find those people who need it most first? We can target them and then work our way to the people who can survive until then!


[He's optimistic. Forgive him.]
heroofdreams: (call me maybe)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-22 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...

Well, what if I loan you the money you need for rent? No hurry to pay me back. Don't need you to be out of house and home for something like this.
avengeme: (look this way)

[personal profile] avengeme 2018-05-22 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Right. That'd be ridiculous, huh?
heroofdreams: (thought)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-22 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Zack blinks, staring in awe, as the lamp post falls.]

Whoa! That's amazing! Great job! Hah, and here I thought I was supposed to be the one saving you.

[Zack laughs a bit. But Coulson doesn't have to tell him twice. He makes sure Coulson's ready, and then running, trying to stay as close to beside, or just beside, Coulson to make sure he doesn't fall behind.]

Let's try to weave in and out of buildings... Uh...

[Zack looks around him briefly, trying to think as he goes.]

Or whatever we can see of them. We might be able to lose it!
heroofdreams: (grin)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-22 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right, right. Uh..." he takes his dramatic pose again. "The Quills of... Com...plexion?"

His dramatic pose falls and he shakes his head, giving a sheepish grin.

"Yea, I don't know any words that start with Q off the top of my head."

Zack's face lights up.

"For real?! Tight! You have a shop, too? What do you market?"
beneathmoonlight: (Concerned)

[personal profile] beneathmoonlight 2018-05-22 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I see...

[He doesn’t know how to break it to Akutagawa that both of those things are inevitable so long as he has the app, so he doesn’t, instead handing over his bag of goodies with an apologetic smile.]

Anyway...please come back soon, okay? I’m sorry for the trouble.
beneathmoonlight: (Idea!)

[personal profile] beneathmoonlight 2018-05-22 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I do. I study here and also just read for fun sometimes.

[He’s a huge nerd, okay?]

I’m in my first year of university, but none of my homework looks nearly this complicated.

[A soft sigh.]

I’m surprised the library seems intact after all the changes in the city.
clothes: pixiv id: 61801066 (4)

[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-22 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ no way awk-tugawa doesn't have FEELINGS!! they're for WEAKLINGS!!!!! and akutagawa isn't WEAK!! HE'S A BIG BRAVE DOG HE NEeds validation and to be told to chill the fuck out can you tell. he's a sad sad mand

yeah they need to stop standing like losers and go enjoy their tea that's probably pretentiously flavored. he's so over this whole day, sena can probably tell though, assuming he doesn't feel the same. ]


If they have any sense of self-preservation, they would have thought twice about sending me here.

[ geeze, you punch your assistant manager in the nose once and all of the sudden everyone's scared of you. NERDS. ]

What is the cause of all this?
beneathmoonlight: (Idea!)

[personal profile] beneathmoonlight 2018-05-22 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, they have better tools to deal with it than we do, I think.

Of course a few people, myself included, have been trying to repaint the town to make things visible.
heroofdreams: (Default)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-22 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yea, kind of hard to do a job in arts and crafts when all your arts and crafts are blanks. But yea, if you want to place an order, I'll be happy to finish it when I get to it. I'll even give a discount for the inconvenience.

And, hey, I'll take any help I can get, too. I've got to at least start doing something. I don't even know how to differentiate between what's what in here.

If you're groceries are going to spoil I have a fridge in the back. It's only outlined, but it should still work. I think.

[Nothing wrong at all, as far as Zack's concerned. He just wants to work.]
idolworship: (Default)

[personal profile] idolworship 2018-05-22 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
( fortunately, there's enough of the edge of this roof still splattered with color that miai can see it a long time coming, and he doesn't have to test for the lip by sending them both careening down. the pace of their dance starts to slow, and gravity, unkindly, wastes no time hitting him full force with their weight once again. )

Mmm~mm... I know. You always are.

( worth his while, that is.
(and that much is true, even if he loses, somehow, his senses at times, and wanders away, and yet... shouldn't he, this time, be better?)

he hums, as if unaffected by the physics of things, as if his legs were a palanquin and there they were inside, close like this. if it weren't for the groceries, he might have liked to carry leo like this a little longer, have him soft against him for a time indefinite. )


But, I think I'd like my reward first. ( he says this intentionally childish ) Not for me, mind- I think my legs will appreciate it more.

( he sails forward at a slowing pace until finally, finally, they've reached the end of the roof- and miai doesn't let leo down so much as he sinks down to the ground with barely some grace. it's nothing so dramatic as a collapse, but he gladly flops down on the half-colored rooftop, holding leo still who's mostly on top of him. he'll be your cushion bae )

Ya~yyy, praise me... ♪

( he does look kind of tired out, but that doesn't stop him from grinning cheeky up at leo. reward please!!! )
standalonehuman: (TogusaCasual)

Re: Bonus

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2018-05-22 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
If you want normal, and gossip, I can oblige you on that front, too. Didn't used to hang out with CSI so much, but here I am doing it, now. Pretty sure Kihara has this girl he likes that he's balking on asking out.

[So sayeth the oblivious Togusa who has no idea that Mariko already knows Tatsuo quite well.]
megatechbody: (Default)

[personal profile] megatechbody 2018-05-22 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I just like to remind people.

[She looks around, sighing.]

So I’m guessing we have paintbrushes because Retrospective broke their ‘Fix it’ button.
megatechbody: (Default)

Re: Bonus

[personal profile] megatechbody 2018-05-22 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[It’s by design. As much as Mariko’s reputation precedes her, the relationships she's actually had are kept close to the chest.]

That’s a shock. Maybe he’s nervous with all the Retrospec shit going on. It’s an easy case to make for ‘Bad Timing’.
Edited 2018-05-22 19:30 (UTC)
standalonehuman: (TogusaTalkDown)

Re: Bonus

[personal profile] standalonehuman 2018-05-22 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I tried the "no time like the present" counter-argument. I'm a pretty easy case study in every reason to not wait around. I waited, Gentiana and I got so little time together, and now I have to accept that can't be a thing.

So I'm trying to encourage everyone to go for what will make them happy now.


espansivo: (45 i want you to make me yours)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-05-22 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[leo's gaze is half-lidded when they land, fondness evident in his own grin, and he wonders how bad it'd be to throw caution into the wind again, to stop dancing around it and just ask miai out once more--

but that's not right, especially now with how retrospec is, though it seems miai's thankfully aware of it..? at the moment, anyway; he recalls a time where things were normal despite their oddity again, so maybe it's like that. what would it be like, to have an aware miai? to share more than just a space for a time? are they connected by memories, too?

he tosses the thoughts away as he stretches across miai instead, tangling his fingers in the other's dark hair and kissing his cheek softly.]


Got anywhere to be later? Or can this Shishi of yours keep to his word and leave a few marks? ♪ Is that reward enough?

[though he's fine with just relaxing too, apparently, considering how comfortable he makes himself on miai and setting their groceries aside for the moment, gently carding through his hair.]

Maybe you'd like a massage instead..? I'm not that good at them, but your lovely legs did carry us this far.
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[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-22 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this whole thing feels strange and off, but all things considered now... akutagawa supposes there's no harm in being agreeable for now if it means getting to the bottom of this mystery.

no longer being reproachful, akutagawa takes his bag without ceremony. ]


You apologize too much. No matter; you'll see me again, so get it out of your system until then.

[ bye freak, akutagawa is going to shove cake in his face. ]
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[personal profile] clothes 2018-05-22 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I would have been fine--

[ is what he would say if his skinny ass didn't just get knocked the fuck over by a giant spring of water. if it could make noise, his damned paintbrush would be laughing right now, judging how happily its bobbing and sloshing paint everywhere. unfortunately, this triggers a coughing fit, so now he's drenched and coughing and getting red paint in his hair and on his clothes and he just. wants to die. right now. he wishes for death to take him right this very moment. ]
me_matey: (teachers leave them kids alone)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-05-22 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
uh no but

i can drop what im doin and help u look
quiet_storm: (Face the future unafraid)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-22 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, 'quiet' just doesn't work for you."

Yes, Cloud's face is going numb. Even super-endurance has its limit, and that limit is Zack Fair. Heading back out of the alley, Cloud waves in the direction of his motorcycle. It has an orange paintbrush clipped to one side with a metal guard ridge bolted on over it to keep the passengers from knocking it loose.

"Sort of? I'm kinda borrowing a utility basement in my apartment complex right now. I figure it's for a good cause?"
me_matey: (you are mine and we are twine)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-05-22 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I dig it, man. -Not that she hadn't encountered some annoyances.-

But I just spent most of the last week paintin' the Mayship so it's not a water hazard, so I guess I could use some of the Good News, ya feel me?
digthefuzz: (watch | nervous laughter)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2018-05-22 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Um, um... that's probably just a myth! [He tries to laugh that off nervously.]
royaldifficulties: (Huh?)

/cackles

[personal profile] royaldifficulties 2018-05-22 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
If people on authorized apps are prone to euphemisms, then I suppose so.