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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: (✩ till dusk to dawn)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Are cows really that cute...? Personally, Suzu thinks they're just a walking prelude to burgers. In her dense gloominess, the reassurance just falls on deaf ears as she just seems very confused.]

U-Um... It's a bit hard to tell with everything half-gone, huh...? It's supposed to be a candy shop... We specialize in traditional sweets from Japan. We have some modern American stuff too, for less adventurous customers...
unlightmusic: (✩ why?)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
N-No... It's me w-who should be sorry...!

[This is hopeless... Good thing he cut the feedback loop before it went any longer.]

Eh? B-But won't that get paint on your ID??? Isn't it kind of sort of important to keep clear...!? [SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? But wait, now that she gets a closer look.] ... Nhyaun? Have... we met before? Did we... have class together or something...?
unlightmusic: (✿ perhaps this unpleasant day)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[The rambling flies over Suzu's head as she gives him a rather confused stare through the entire duration of it. What does that mean??? She's dumb and can't understand!! How is having +1 difficult laundry so amusing???]

Um... I don't really get it, but I guess it's okay as long as you're not mad~? B-But look, look Garyuu-san. [She picks up her dropped paintbrush, holding it up for him to see.] Um, you know~? This paintbrush flew up to me when I left home today. I-It looks like it wants me to paint the stuff that's all sketchy-sketchy~? But suddenly... it started dragging me around, and, well...

[Here we are.]
unlightmusic: (✙ not try to fly)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, so he's one of the few who notices it too. That slightly relieves her. At the very least, now that most of her concerns were out of her chest, Suzu goes back to her usual hesitant, barely-a-whisper way of speaking.]

I've tried... talking to a few people at my other jobs about it. They just shrugged and said... something like "There's more important things to worry about." They also mentioned stuff like people with powers and monsters... as if something that sounds like bad amateur fiction is a normal minor inconvenience~?

[As a chuunibyou that spontaneously LARPs in her past life, she has absolutely no right in judging anything "bad amateur fiction"-like.]
unlightmusic: (✩ i pathetically ate those words)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[She'll never forget this, you Seaweed Bastard. rip in pieces indeed. Suzu looks as if she's a dead leaf blowing in the wind; that's how much this whole ordeal has extracted her very soul. Quivering, on the verge of tears like a frightened small animal, she just... weakly nods and opens her wallet.]

Yes... [She replies as she hands the cash to the staff. Now, this would be the end of all her suffering, if it weren't for her very ill-worded attempt at sympathy:] Nhyaun, it must be really stressful, to be such a diva with so many needs...

[Famous Last Words.]
unlightmusic: (✿ i'd rather grow my bangs)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank god, someone else that won't immediately rage at her... but unfortunately, someone she doesn't know well is still someone she doesn't know well, and while she's relieved somewhat, Suzu is still very much cripplingly timid. At the very needs, she nods in response as she hesitantly lets him help her up. Yes, she's alright! It doesn't even hurt.]

Awawawa... [Once she's back on her feet, she'll finally speak.] Um~? I-I'm sorry, I really am? It's weird but... th-this paintbrush doesn't listen to a thing I say... And everything's all weird all of a sudden...
flametheif40: http://magiicons.tumblr.com/ (blushing/nervous laugh)

[personal profile] flametheif40 2018-05-24 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Candy shop? Well freak...cows wouldn't work...what else is black and white?]

Ummmm....Well....I guess we could at least make the store stand out? like...I dont know...a picture of a candy wrapper on the front door? Or...whats the most popular candy you guys sell?

[after shrugging almost hopelessly, He is desperate to try to find something else to say, Dang it! there has to be something!]

[Actually, some pocky would be nice...or maybe an Oh Henry bar...]

Ya got some Chocolate pocky?
Edited 2018-05-24 03:43 (UTC)
longwei2go: (Default)

[personal profile] longwei2go 2018-05-24 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
yeah
something like that

its like they cant make my life worse
so they just try to make it complicated
blondferret: (serious)

Re: 3

[personal profile] blondferret 2018-05-24 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[See, the thing with Derek is, if you yell at him, he has no problems yelling right back.]

LIKE DOING OR SAYING SOMETHING YOU'LL REGRET!

[Wow, Derek, calling the kettle black here aren't we?]
unlightmusic: (✩ and warm memories)

[personal profile] unlightmusic 2018-05-24 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[GOOD TO KNOW since going silent is exactly what Suzu does when he threatens to speak to a manager. Her face goes pale, trembling visibly as the worst case scenarios fly through her head.

But in an instant, her anxiety drops at his... encouragement? Is that what it is? Tbh this is a bit of an emotional roller coaster her simple mind can barely handle it???? At the very least, she nods, looking a bit more motivated.]


Nhyaun... Y-You're right. I'll... I'll do my best!♪ [Despite the slightly chipper-than-usual tone in her last statement, she instantly deflates.] It, um, might take a bit longer though, since I'll need to paint them back first~? Er, but it's only if you're okay with it... My paint's black, so... It won't be cute or appealing or anything... Sorry...
espansivo: (44 i'm the princess of black roses)

[personal profile] espansivo 2018-05-24 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[the fact he can cheer her day is good enough for him, tbh, because suzu-tan looks best with a smile on her face..♪

he grins when she mentions his love for tsukasa -- because it's true, he adores his little brother to bits and pieces -- and continues to paint, humming softly. maybe they'll meet someday (he'd like that too, if they could be friends), but for now!!!]


Really?! You're the best, Suzu~! I couldn't ask for a better little sister! ♪ Even if you're really Kuro's and we're not that far apart in age. ♪

[the first part doesn't really matter unless they get into a debate about who's sibling is cuter though, really. the age doesn't matter to him at all.]

Let's see, he likes all kinds of sweets in general, but he's parti~cularly fond of orange and melon... and chestnut, but I don't know if you have that. Oh, it's not watermelon, just melon. So orange'll be fine. ♪ And put in some cherries too, anything that's chocolate or hard candy should be fine...

[his boy just

likes sweets, okay.]
flametheif40: http://magiicons.tumblr.com/ (Default)

Re: 3

[personal profile] flametheif40 2018-05-24 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ I already have regrets....]

[He grows eerily quiet, the memories of THAT night wash over him, he covers up his nose and gags as if he smelled blood and burned flesh all over again, eyes still watering, he chokes on his words]

No...God no...not again...not now...
blondferret: (disappointed)

Re: 3

[personal profile] blondferret 2018-05-24 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[OK, Derek wasn't expecting that reaction. Shit! Derek takes a step closer to Al, his voice filled with confusion and some concern.]

Al... are you OK? What's wrong?
burlyheart: (Default)

[personal profile] burlyheart 2018-05-24 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Peter shakes his head, agreeing with that.]

Paint is still only half-measure toward the real image. If it's not too much, could you describe what these would have been?
adoringpast: (need that pitcure of you)

[personal profile] adoringpast 2018-05-24 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hah, try being a diva on top of all this city-wide nonsense. You're lucky this is all I'm putting you through for now.

[ like making her wash his shirt too while she's at it but sena wouldn't trust her with his clothes at this point, so he'll strip off his shirt right in front of her like it's no fucking big deal and throw it into one of the washing machines, putting in the right amount and brand of soap and fabric conditioner.

welp, enjoy that view, suzu. he's still a noodle, but it's pretty obvious that he keeps his body very well-maintained. he's too used to taking his clothes off because of his job anyway, and so is not being bashful about it in front of some girl. ]
Edited 2018-05-24 06:50 (UTC)
me_matey: (which way the pressure lies)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-05-24 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
-Huh. Well. Would you look at that. May handed back the phone, a bit more gingerly than she'd taken it, letting out a sigh.-

Well bruh, I'd say your life just got a bit more complicated...
me_matey: (you gotta tip on the tightrope)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-05-24 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Would you calm down? I ain't here to cause trouble. I'm pretty sure your bro would end me if I did. -May groaned, rubbing at her temples.-
flametheif40: http://magiicons.tumblr.com/ (Default)

Re: 3

[personal profile] flametheif40 2018-05-24 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Al struggles to keep any illusion of composure...NO no no...not okay not okay! stay away!]

Stay...away...My...regret...
me_matey: (from genesis to exodus)

[personal profile] me_matey 2018-05-24 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
-She was about to mention how it was the thing she was less likely to get in trouble for snagging, considering how expensive the other booze was, but that scowl...-

Hey, hey... I'm here, okay? It's fine... You're here, too.
drizzle: (Default)

[personal profile] drizzle 2018-05-24 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Complicated is putting it lightly, but...

[She doesn't know what the other person has been through nor will she pry or even wonder about it. Everyone has their own story to tell.]

Yeah.

[After a while of thinking about it while typing only to delete soon after, she'll finally hone in on something more positive instead of something too negative.]

Well, if it helps, you've done a good deed for the day because I feel a whole lot better compare to...whenever I sent that message.
It's still hard to wrap my head around something so.....impossible without wanting to flip a table or something.
Although, I suppose attacking my brush with a tennis ball is a close second.


[No regrets on that one.]

Thank you for your public service of the day!
longwei2go: (cause you ain't that tough)

[personal profile] longwei2go 2018-05-24 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [ Yin was quiet. resigned. ] I just don't get it. I don't fucking get it, May.

Why me, again? Why now? What good does anyone think I'm gonna fucking be with shit hitting the fan this time if I'm back to square one. [ and then, a sigh. ] Except for all this crap swimming around my head I guess.
longwei2go: (Default)

[personal profile] longwei2go 2018-05-24 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
im all about flipping some tables
you ever need a hand with that
im the best candidate for it


[ ha ha get it. ]

your welcome i guess
Edited 2018-05-24 05:06 (UTC)
roughplayer: (koga15)

[personal profile] roughplayer 2018-05-24 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Koga tries to comprehend that first part. He's been here for a year or so, and he didn't notice that kind of problem? Then again, he's cut ties from his relatives and didn't have much in the way of close friends to worry about him and vice versa. He does get the notion about the app being part of the problem though, and it would be overstaying his welcome to have Sena back up what the veteran users already know as fact.

He can feel a little upset on his... lookalike's behalf though. He met his parents, and this divide between what they believe is going on for their own comfort and what's really going on... anyone would find that frustrating. He frowns, rubbing his temple ]
.

I get it, the city and that Retrospec company-app-whatever does... has been up to weird shit. [ Don't snap at the messenger, he hasn't even delivered the bad news. He's decided to hold off for now... this flat is really high up. ] I don't have anyone long-distance I'd talk to nowadays, but that must be a headache.

[ A disgruntled sound comes from his throat at having to answer where the parent be at. At this point he wouldn't soften it up to make this guy feel sympathetic, Koga doesn't think they deserve it from their son who actually wanted to contact him and do this instead. So, he'll be blunt and his tone is almost flat. It's something between disappointment and feeling sorry for Sena ]

I honestly couldn't tell if they were on a business trip or a work retreat. Can you believe they wanted to meet up with my mom at one of the hotels they're staying at thanks to their workplace paying for it, how obnoxious. Where I met them isn't far from here though, another seaside city with potential to grow for businesses and that's why they were there.

[ ... ]

Is it me, or they... really love working?
maskreant: (pic#11465223)

[personal profile] maskreant 2018-05-24 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
more like gorditos. some need to go on a diet.

[ ....... ]

yes. exactly that. are you a priest?
dejerate: (Need)

[personal profile] dejerate 2018-05-24 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure I mentioned him. My best friend from the orphanage? I mean, I wasn't able to keep as in touch with him since moving here with. You know, communication being an issue but. He's moved here now too.

[Ava he has friends. Not many, and not all are that close, but still. He's. Getting there. Slowly. It helps that he had already been here for months and seems more longer term a thing to stay here in Recolle at least.]