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TEST DRIVE

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Oh! Someone responded to her message. That will catch her attention for a moment as she reads the first two lines of the message over and over again. Wondering if it was an actual person on the other line or just an intelligent bot inserted into the application. It wouldn't surprise her if it were the case. Most of these social media apps are created as a way for the government to always know one's location, no matter where they may be. A branch to the Big Brother system.

But most of her thoughts were dashed out the window when she notices the next message, most specifically the way it was written -- there was a pause in between the words you and okay. The inquiry over her well-being was a little surprising, to say the least. Either this bot is very top of the line or she was speaking to an actual human being. There was only one way to find out!]

That's great! I was worried for a minute there that I was doing this all wrong.
Hello there. I'm Kurashiki. A new user.
Who are you?

Edited 2017-01-22 07:14 (UTC)

[ He pauses for a second, hands hovering over the keyboard considering her response. It strikes him as odd. ]

I'm not sure there is any way to mess up typing on a messenger. You can relax. Unless you "messing up" is because you're doing something illegal...
Kurashiki sounds Japanese, is that right?
I'm

[ He considers giving Kurashiki his usual handle but something compels him to be blunt and truthful with them. ]

Michel. I guess.
I'm here pretty often since I work from home, so you'll see me around. I can't promise I'll always respond quickly, but I'll help if you have any questions about the messenger and the regulars.

Something illegal? Unless you count someone my age being inexperience in this sort of thing -- like using a messenger -- illegal, then I'm guilty as charge!

[A little white lie. Just one. As a way to dodge that "illegal" statement of his. There was no need to alert the ITs of this app or whoever else was in charge of reading any of these messages.]

Yes, I am actually! Born and raised until junior high.
But it's nice to meet you Michel. That's a pretty name! No wonder you are so nice.
And that sounds pretty cool! Being able to work from home. What kind of job do you do? [Yes, let's just ignore the rules of online mingling by acting like a complete noob.]

[ Yup, definitely a young girl. This was a mistake. Curse his reluctant bleeding heart. ]

If general ignorance was a punishable offense, I know a few people who would be in jail...
Ah. We have that in common, I grew up in France.
...

[ "Pretty", huh? It was probably not meant to be anything malicious but it still stings after all these years. ]

I hate it. It doesn't suit me. But, thanks.
People can have nice names and be awful people, you've just caught me at a decent time.
I...uh, make games. -and write sometimes.

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(thank you for tagging me! here is to hoping I can do her justice ;;)

you're doing great! i was really excited to see her written so well

oh thank you so much! that's great to hear; i'm still voicetesting her

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