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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.
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[Still sidled up against the truck, Akira continues staring through the slats in spite of his own negative commentary. No matter how ridiculous Ryoji's statement sounds and no matter how much he felt as though he was hallucinating mere minutes ago, the fact that his company agrees that he heard something like a bird of some kind within the body of the truck intrigues him.
Light catches on something and for a moment, he tenses up. He slams his forehead against the truck hurriedly and stares harder, but all he catches next is the dark mane belonging to a horse, bathed in the light shining in from the slats on the other side of the truck. It sure looked golden for a moment there, but it's definitely a horses mane.]
...Huh.
[Akira pushes away from the truck and stares down the street at nothing in particular with the distinct feeling of something slipping from his grip. No matter what he saw with his eyes, maybe his ears didn't deceive him before.]
Well. [But if it's just a duck, why bother? What is he doing this for anymore? Akira stares down at Ryoji some more, unblinking.] ...Yeah. Tell the driver that you think you saw... a duck. You do it.
[So that Akira isn't considered the weird one. you know.]
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Is there really a duck? The chances of that are low, but it doesn't hurt to try asking, and if he's wrong, then that's all the better some poor creature isn't about to get shuttled away from home and off to another part of the city. Besides— Ryoji beams warmly up at Akira. ]
You believe me.
[ Maybe not in his suggestions of ducks, but in Ryoji himself enough that he'll give him a chance to explore the option. Alright! He pushes away from the truck, gives Akira a little wave that's a cross between "I'm off!" and "Be right back!", and bounds forward to intercept the trucker before he drives off.
He'd barely got to the driver seat window in time before the engine starts up, and he has to hop onto the step by the door to keep the trucker from leaving and so that he's at a height enough to speak through the window. With the engine on, it might be hard for Akira to catch much of the conversation exchanged without abandoning cover and coming closer, but from looking at Ryoji's face, he seems to be chatting comfortably, a laugh here and there, gesturing with the one hand that's not gripping the door handle for balance.
Eventually, a small object is passed through the window, and Ryoji hops off and returns. Dangling from a loop around his finger is a small silver key. ]
The back rolls up around two feet so we can get inside without the horses escaping. He's giving us five minutes before he'll drive off, us inside or not, so let's hurry.
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There's nothing remarkable about it, right? Nonetheless, Akira feels unsettled by his easy smile and chatter. He just can't place why.
Before he knows it, Ryoji arrives with the key and the directions. The unease from before is put behind him, and he reaches for the silver key with thin fingers.]
Good work. Five minutes is more than enough time to see for ourselves...
[The taller boy slides around the back of the truck with the key in hand, where he clicks it into the lock and turns it to free the door. It snaps loose and rolls up. To their surprise, within the truck is...
...just horses. One of them tosses its head at the sudden flood of light, and they both seem anxious to leave their temporary cell. Akira examines the floor, the ceiling, the wall against the truck's cabin, but it's all terribly normal. Nothing out of the ordinary. Idly, he swings the keys on his finger.]
There's no way they'd let anything in here without noticing. It was pointless to check at all.
[Except for that bit about what they both heard. Akira turns to Ryoji.]
Tell me, what did you hope to accomplish with this? [With his harsh tone of voice, it sure sounds like taunting.] Even if it were a duck, why bother?
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There's still a good four minutes to waste though, so Ryoji pulls himself up the back of the truck and steps inside, walking slowly about the horses as not to scare them any. A hand on the side of their necks, fingers brushing through their manes, the horses settle down one by one enough for him to stand among them, peering in between their long legs for signs of feathers or trampled bird. ]
..."What did I hope to accomplish?"
[ He repeats the question softly, musingly, like he hadn't really thought about what spurs his actions. There might have been some pride at stake for proving there isn't just horses in here. Some thirst for bravado in saving a helpless, trapped animal from abduction and imprisonment. Honestly though, the overwhelming reason is: ]
I was just curious, I suppose. Besides, isn't that what you originally wanted to know? What's really inside this truck?
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[A sweeping arm gestures toward the interior of the truck: a silent motion that there is definitely no duck. That's fine. But Akira can only wonder whether it was him hearing things, or if they both heard that noise.]
What kind of sound was it that drove your curiosity, then?
[He can't give up on what he heard before, even if he can hardly decipher in his memory any longer the scraping of nails or the stomping of hooves.]