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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] repeter2017-01-17 08:13 pm
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JANUARY TDM - OVERFLOW

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 [community profile] 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!

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The January 2017 TDM directory can be found here. The January 2017 Workshop can be found here. The mod questions comment is here.
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[personal profile] justbeloud 2017-01-23 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
(You recognize her!!! Goody!

Nah, Bikki hasn't got a prosthetic. It's probably been floated around but that's a lot of time and effort and, uh, money. So yeah, they could have easily come across each other while searching Youtube for people playing music like them. I figure she just jury rigs a pick to what's left of her arm so she can play guitar.

Met on youtube, hung out in real life some? Any particular ideas for a thread come to mind? Maybe they can just talk shop about their music setups.)
]
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[personal profile] longwei2go 2017-01-23 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
((OOC: I actually play Hibiki but I haven't watched GX yet >.>; I am considering another magical punching girl for a later round but that depends on a lot of factors, mostly time, so I am more than happy to build up something here first~

I've done a lot of searching for stuff just like that, so yeah there's a few methods she could use to accomplish that! plus Yin's sister will be a guitarist too, it's just a question of if it happens this round or not with the player...

at any rate, I'm down for something music related. maybe Yin invited her over, or they are meeting up at a local freespace studio or music store for a jam session, or get some supplies? I could see them also maybe doing a collaboration! I'll roll with whatever~))
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[personal profile] justbeloud 2017-01-23 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Hibiki was, honestly, really glad to have made a friend who could relate. Relate to her in music, and, well, relate to the troubles of making music. Not to mention, Yin was older, a little... cooler? Something about her just made Hibiki admire her.

Either way, Hibiki's currently sitting on a box of, uh, something or other. There's probably some kind of equipment in there. The studio's a lot roomier than her setup back home, and she enjoys soaking in the atmosphere.
]

I've been saying this a lot, but I really appreciate you inviting me! [She chirps - more squawks, since she's feeling so awkward that it's kind of affecting her vocal chords. That won't be good for singing. She rubs at her throat with her hand for a second, then tries again.]

It's - nice? I didn't think I'd meet anyone else, uh, like this, you know? Especially not someone else who played music!

(OOC: Freespace studio sounds good! I went with them having talked online some but not having hung out IRL before.)
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ooc: excellent!

[personal profile] longwei2go 2017-01-24 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yin had been equally surprised to find someone local that had a hobby and a handicap that overlapped her own. not that she saw herself as being less than capable than others in this regard, and the same goes for others — in fact, it's the point of contention with many of the arguments in comments sections on videos like hers and Hibiki's, which makes her seem an awful lot less passionate (or just plain angry) in person.

she may be a shitty role model in reality, but Yin can hold herself together for a special occasion like this. though there's no tempering the cocky vibe she gives off in the way she struts around in those heavy boots of hers, accepting no help from anyone in unloading or setting up her kit. ]


Heh. I know. I keep saying "don't mention it", too. [ Yin finishes plugging in her pedals and steps over to the stand with her laptop on it to check the input. ] When the world can't look past what's on the outside, it's tough to put yourself out there.

[ she shoots the girl a self-deprecating smile. ] We're brave to even try or too stupid to back down. I have mixed feelings about it...