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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!
cardcaptured: <user name=fleeting> | DNS (You're so sweet to try)

[personal profile] cardcaptured 2018-05-19 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[It's two noises that grab his attention-- the sudden cacophony of small boxes hitting the ground, and the small, surprised noise that gets buried under it. It's easy to put two and two together, and, after uttering a tame curse under his breath, he scrambles over to the other side of the aisle, concern clear upon his face. Crap, crap, CRAP. He should have paid better attention, how did he not see that shelf earlier--

He's quick to move to Dwyer's side, picking up the boxes of tea as fast as he could, trying to uncover this stranger from the mess.]


Are you okay?? I'm sorry, I didn't even see that shelf, and... you're not hurt, are you?

[Again, not that tea was heavy, but you could never be too sure!!]
heroofdreams: (Default)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, sounds like a fair trade to me!" Yea, he.... definitely doesn't remember instructing anybody on anything last month. But... he guesses that's probably the point of forgotten memories?

"Superpowers! Right! Do we have to get by a radioactive caterpillar to become Caterpillman?"

He.... definitely doesn't seem to be taking this seriously, the way he's talking. But he's giving Cloud all of his attention without batting an eye. Even when Cloud fumbles on the ground again.

"Whoa there. I couldn't catch you the first time, pretty sure I won't be able to the second or third time, either. Take it easy." He snickers.
roughplayer: (koga11)

[personal profile] roughplayer 2018-05-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Angry Bird looks so stupid, doesn't it. Koga would laugh but he literally got half a second second before it went ballistic on him, how ungrateful! So now we here, dragging the Morrigan-guy to safety in a huff. ]

What's strange is how calm you are about this! ...A-and this dumb bird, I'm not forgetting you, featherbrain!

[ Koga shoots a glare behind him. Thank god it's not an ostrich or worse, an emu? They'd be dead or something. Still, what a noisy bird that's squawking at them. ]

It's not painted! It's... inked in? My paint isn't working right.

[ Technically, Koga here isn't working right. Teamwork! Partnership! Paint mixing! He has yes to do those things, the stubborn pooch. ]
memoryshifter: (paying attention)

[personal profile] memoryshifter 2018-05-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Black, white, or brown are the appropriate colors." Seriously, who didn't know that? Was this guy even from the city? He sighs and keeps working, nodding in approval at the black that appears as he strokes his brush neatly along the seat.

Ah, but...

"Okay, that's bothering me. Get over here and turn this entire thing blue-green, and then we can find help in turning it a decent color."
quiet_storm: (Goggles on)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
He shrugs.

"A lot of that kinda thing is going to happen to you. No matter how crazy it gets, your best bet is to face it head on, accept it, and deal with it. Things only get seriously out of control if you try to turn around and walk away instead."
heroofdreams: (whatup)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-19 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Black? Wouldn't that get hot in the summer? No one would sit on it."

Hey, look. Carpentry is his thing. Not playing colour-scheme.

"Heh. Alright, you got it! Knew you'd look on the brighter side of life."

Okay, bad joke. But he doesn't care. He leans in and blends his brush into Avery's black, lighting it up with that blue-green hue. His strokes aren't careful as Avery's, but it should be close enough for government work, and he steps back to muse at it when they're done.

"I don't know, are you sure you don't want to keep it that way? It's nice and whimsical."
quiet_storm: (Face the future unafraid)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"No radioactive caterpillars OR epic moth transformations against planetary threats. Probably. I haven't heard of it, anyway."

Cloud stands up and brushes himself off a little, then looks at his sword and frowns. The last six inches is visibly bent and warped from being embedded into asphalt. He'll have to be more careful about that, he can't carry around an infinite supply of replacement weapons.

"Super-toughness is one of them. It comes in really handy with the super-strength."
roughplayer: (koga02)

[personal profile] roughplayer 2018-05-19 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thank god Koga was able to take a few deep breaths before hitting the doorbell. Despite the current state of Recolle, boy's good at tracking things down. Houses don't even move so that makes things easier. He can't believe he took an errand from those two... but it makes for a better opportunity to meet their son than any without him being really forward about it.

The door opens, and Koga doesn't make direct eye contact. The similarities in their face shape and even how they styled their hair today though, he can see that. How unpleasant, are genetics making fun of them. ]


Take it. It's from your folks out of town.

[ Koga just shoves the parcel into Sena. He can certainly doubt him, but there's a few marks on the shipping label, which is addressed to him from his parents. ]

You're "their" kid Mizuki, right. ...What's with the silver hair?

[ The Sena parents gave Koga a photo for reference, and he definitely had black hair. By the way, Mrs. Luna had to pause when she held up the photo to this totally unrelated young man. Mr. Itsuki lost like five years of his lifespan, claiming it was coincidence and her eyes must be tired from their sightseeing that day. Hah. ]
memoryshifter: (sigh)

[personal profile] memoryshifter 2018-05-19 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes it's best not to get involved," Avery says, still just looking at this person for a moment before sighing.

"Do you have something to wipe this off of my face with. I seem to have left my paper towels inside."
heroofdreams: (lol)

[personal profile] heroofdreams 2018-05-19 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, so you have superpowers then. Neat! Did you pick a superhero name yet? I'm thinkging the Blond Blur!"

Zack may be rolling with this way too well. But. Well. Octorocks and blank canvas cities that have magic paintbrushes. Maybe it really can't get any weirder to him.

"Hey, it must be pretty cool to crash into walls like that and not get hurt. Where can I get some of that resilience?"
notthatbutler: (having a hard time making this out)

[personal profile] notthatbutler 2018-05-19 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He's trying to emerge from the boxes carefully, so he doesn't knock more things over or accidentally damage the packaging. Ugh, it'd be easier to put them back to wherever they belonged if they were their normal colors...]

Huh?

[Oh? Oh there's...someone's checking on him, someone who's not his aunt. Aw great. What a wonderful first impression this makes.]

Um...no, I'm alright...sorry to put you through the trouble...
memoryshifter: (cute grin)

[personal profile] memoryshifter 2018-05-19 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
He considers the bench for a few minutes before quirking a bit of a smile, just a turn of the corner of his lips. He knew exactly what his sister would say about this bench.

"It's not that bad, now that it's complete," he says, voice pitched low and quiet. It still wasn't an appropriate color, but he could put up with it.
quiet_storm: (Serious for a moment)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Believe me, I tried. It's not an option." Cloud tilts his head back in the direction he came from.

"Come on. I'll show you the nearest public restroom."
memoryshifter: (cute grin)

[personal profile] memoryshifter 2018-05-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
"I appreciate it. I'm not familiar with this part of town." He nods in appreciation and follows the blonde, still looking at the paintbrush out of the corner of his eye, as if nervous that it would try and smear blue paint all over him again.
floret: (than the bodies of children)

III

[personal profile] floret 2018-05-19 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jamie's out doing his civic duty, a.k.a. continuing to paint the city back into existence with his nice lavender paint that of course immediately turns black...
Right now he's touching up some areas that those little paint thinner things must have gotten to since the last time he came through here. He's very deeply focused on his task, plus he's listening to a true crime podcast, so... even though it shouldn't have come as a surprise that an overexcited pooch pack (and a human pal) was barreling his way, and he reasonably should have been able to get out of the way in time... it does, and he can't.

He lies on his back, stunned... as the pool of spilled paint slowly spreads around him... ]
quiet_storm: (Life is good)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"The what?" Cloud bursts out laughing. "Sorry, porcupine-head. We don't actually get superhero names. No secret identities here."

He kicks at the monster again, just in case. Still dead. "That's the beauty of it. You don't have to do anything in particular to get your powers. Paint stuff, help out other people on the app, get involved. Just roll with it and your powers will start to show up on their own."
breakingthrough: (pic#11121400)

Edna (Adalina) | Tales of Zestiria

[personal profile] breakingthrough 2018-05-19 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I. A Splash of Color

[Ada blinks at the paintbrush dripping with orange paint, eyes barely flinching from their usual blank stare. Yet an amused expression comes on her face.]

...for me? You shouldn't have.

[She takes it and gives it a theatrical wave like a magic wand-- and naturally, pain splatters. It. Might even splatter on you. Hope you like the color orange.]

II. Living Art

[This little task of "vandalism" is pretty fun if you ask her. She has no qualms with taking on this task by herself. Sometimes it's nice to just get away from others and express yourself in a big way. With a color as bright as hers, the alleyway between buildings that she's worked hard to bring some color to-- it doesn't seem like such a bad place. It's still naturally a little more cramped than the streets but--

That doesn't matter much until one of the benches at the edge shifts; teeth sprouting beneath the boards. Adalina jump on top of it before hopping over it and making a dash for the end of the alleyway.
]

They're not paying me enough for this.

[They aren't paying her at all.

...So why does it seem like she's actually enjoying the chaos?
]

Bonus.

...so. I heard you're the person in charge here.

[THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAID AT ALL!!!]
Edited 2018-05-19 02:35 (UTC)
redarm: (redallenscar051)

[personal profile] redarm 2018-05-19 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
the fuck
are they sending me the weirdo religious ones on purpose?


[Your past self joins ONE cultish organization and you never hear the end of it!!]
quiet_storm: (Face the future unafraid)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"It doesn't help that it's still mostly invisible. We've got the general outlines misted in from overhead but not much has been filled in on the street level."

He makes his way back to his odd mad-scientist lawnmower contraption and pulls an orange paintbrush free.

"I'm Cloud."
memoryshifter: (thinkface)

[personal profile] memoryshifter 2018-05-19 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Avery."

Why? Why was the paintbrush orange? And in a lawnmower. He doesn't question this out loud, but his expression screams 'whyyyy'.

"It's nice to meet you."
fiddlestick: (elliot093)

[personal profile] fiddlestick 2018-05-19 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...yeah, it is.
Retrospec's really not good at the customer support.

In fact it was only a couple months ago that we got one customer service representative.
Though he's usually pretty busy.
Sometimes I feel a little bad for him.
adoringpast: (ready for those flashing lights)

[personal profile] adoringpast 2018-05-19 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ they're practically the same height, so it's not like sena can look down on the mysterious guy in front of him, one that... eerily looks too much like him? hair differences aside their facial structure is almost the same that it's as though he's looking at a mirror -

but sena's handed a package before he can point that out, staggering back a little while cradling it in his arms, eyes widening at koga's words as he looks up and meets his gaze. his parents actually sent something back to him? an actual package and not some stupid letter a couple months back?! only to be sent by some weirdass lookalike?

this is really unfair. once again they've failed him, even if he should be used to their shortcomings by now. ]


Hold on, I should be one asking shit around here. Just what the fuck is going on around here? Who are you? How do you know my parents?!

[ his temper rises despite his confusion, brows knitting together. he's never talked openly about his family shit except with makoto so who the hell...? ]
Edited 2018-05-19 02:49 (UTC)
floret: (versus all that paper)

[personal profile] floret 2018-05-19 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hnngff.

[ That's the sound of a man with a frail constitution taking the full force of an impact that is objectively minor but relatively quite major! The two of them haven't ended up in a tangle, exactly, but... they're tangle-adjacent. ]

Ouch...

[ He says it weakly, almost like an afterthought, and opens one eye at a time to see exactly what just took him out. ]

...Oh!
Oh my gosh.
Are you all right, miss??
quiet_storm: (Goggles on)

[personal profile] quiet_storm 2018-05-19 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Don't ask out loud, don't get answers...

"Do me a favor and stick your brush in for a second. I'm running low on blending reserves."

Much of the area around them is much better defined on street level with an olive green colored mist-splatter. Sidewalks and business names show up with relative clarity.
floret: (and never make amends)

I

[personal profile] floret 2018-05-19 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Jamie's already busily working on the exterior of this particular building, and he's listening to a podcast on his phone, but he notices movement out of the corner of his eye... ]

...Oh!
Hi!

[ He takes out an earbud! ]

I'm sorry, I was kind of distracted... have you been here the whole time??