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JANUARY TDM - OVERFLOW
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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 overflow post! You may use this post to post new top-levels if you didn't post to the original TDM (found here) or link your original top-level to continue threading.
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. |
Jacopo Bearzatti | The House in Fata Morgana
( workshop post here, assumed CR is fine! )
i.
[the city is alive, rife with chatter and merriment. it’s a sight for sore eyes: the stream of water circling around stone, the saturated red roses, the scattered confetti.
the particularly vivacious Rottweiler that tears through the sea of people, flowers dangling from its mouth as it brushes against legs and tent poles alike, is far less pleasant however. a man in a suit follows shortly thereafter.]
Nero! You goddamn idiot—!
[the dog proceeds to craftily slide right in between a poor bystander’s legs, and Jacopo wastes only a moment before seizing the dog and scooping the big guy into his arms. it’s a strange sight, surely, with Nero biting at his wrists and viciously wriggling within his grasp, but Jacopo seems mildly irritated at most.]
Christ. Are you a dog or a rat? Don’t answer that.
[he would then casually tuck the dog into his blazer. a large hump writhes and growls from underneath. how inconspicuous.]
Anyhow, I suppose I should ask if you’re alright. If that was yours, then I could compensate in whatever way you’d prefer. Just make it quick.
ii.
[a small child, teary eyed and apple cheeked stands next to a suited man. his lips press into something between a scowl and a frown as he grips a fellow citizen by the shoulder.]
Hey! Do you have any children?
Before you ask, no, I’m not making a pass at you. I’m asking for him.
[the child wipes at his face.]
He’s a little frazzled, as you can clearly see. You can make a good inference as to what happened.
iii.
[the bar is teeming with life, as per usual — some things always have a time and place. alcohol is one of them. scotch on the rocks and a cigar in hand, jacopo braces his hip against the pool table.]
Does anything bad ever happen in this city? It’s disgustingly artificial, isn't it?
[a gulp before he then sets his glass down, reaching for a cue a stick.]
If it’s quiet in the front, it must in the back. What sort of deck has Mayor Mayer got stowed away underneath that sleeve of his...I can only wonder, heh.
i
Marigold, a desire for riches...
[She catches herself and looks back up at the man.]
The flowers he's holding. That's what they mean. But compensation aside, your dog shouldn't be out like this... Do you not have a leash? I'm fine, of course, but you wouldn't want to go to court over something like that, would you?
no subject
[he arches a brow at the woman, a hand sliding over to subdue the dog squirming underneath his blazer]
Flower language. Quite the romantic, aren't you.
[a smirk plays along his lips.]
You hear compensation and your first thought is court. It's almost cute, really. I didn't let him out — someone else did. I'll be taking my leave now unless you intend on translating something else for me.
no subject
[When you're someone who reads books as much as she does, you're bound to pick up weird little facts.]
No, actually. When I see someone breaking the law, I think of court. It's illegal to walk your dog without a leash, and if he is your dog, it doesn't matter who let him out. It's your responsibility, is all.
ii. sometimes a family is two angry uncles and a child
[ He rolls his eyes before turning away from the nice, peaceful, quiet expanse of the park just across the street to face Jacopo and the crying child. It was a mistake to think he could run into Jacopo and slip away unscathed. The scenery sketches will have to wait. ]
How do I know you didn't do something awful to make him cry like that? Like tell him his home country is filled with cowards or that he coloured the Italian flag wrong.
[ He raises his hand before Jacopo can make a smart comment back. ]
Which happened once, and we were both drunk.
....It was your fault.
ii. i don't know him
Tsk. The actual point here is that you're an overgrown child as it is. No need for a second on her end.
[the child peeks out from behind Jacopo at the mention of himself. Meanwhile, Jacopo rests a hand on his hip, an arrogant grin threatening to tug at his mouth.]
You see a child and your first thought is alcohol? Tch. Please, do me a favor and don't remind me of that tragedy. The image of you puking onto my couch with a crayon in hand is enough to raise my blood pressure. Now, exercise your manners for once and introduce yourself to the young man.
you're a mean one, mr. binch
[ Why Michel mumbles this, he doesn't know. Maybe it's because he has a soft spot for Jacopo despite everything, or maybe he's dying. The world is a mysterious place. ]
I saw you and my first thoughts were the pain of an unwanted hangover. -and it's not like kids these days are innocent, Jacopo.
[ He looks down at the sniffling boy and feels a pang of sympathy despite what he said prior. He pictures Giselle, her warm smile and how safe he feels with her. Like the feeling of home in a person. All he has to do is channel a bit of that energy and they can get this boy somewhere safer than the middle of a street with a criminal.
He crouches so that he's somewhat at eye level with the boy instead of towering above both him and Jacopo. ]
Uh, hello little....fellow? I'm, uh- Michel. Are you lost?
[ Failed step one. ]
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