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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.

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[By now, Vanessa's got a hold of the balloon bundle and is seeing about getting the strings wrapped around her wrist to at least free her hand up when she hears the girl's shout.]

What? [And there's a rock sailing right past her and straight up into the air. She watches it complete its ascent and then... start dropping straight back down to where it came from. That being Rachel herself.] Hey! Watch out!

You... you didn't try to-!

[Her voice cuts off the moment she hears Vanessa's warning. She begins to move, but it's too late - the rock ends up smacking her right in the back of her head, causing Rachel to just sort of crumple to the ground.

Yeah, that hurt. She's conscious, but she's disoriented and holy heck that hurt.]

[She winces sharply when she sees the rock smack the poor kid on the back of the head and again when she drops to the ground. Oh, shit. That's probably not a good thing, is it?]

Damnit.

[A heavy sigh and a quick climb down and she's standing over a dazed girl with a bunch of balloons tied up nearby. She could just... walk away. Pretend all this never happened, probably not have to try to explain the entire situation to an ambulance driver. There's not reason for her to get involved past this point. It's not her problem....

... Damnit.]

Hey. [And she's crouching down, reaching out to prod at the girl's arm.] Kid. You okay?

I'm... I'm fine...

[The reply is pained, as Rachel tries to pull herself back up to her feet. She's still woozy, though. Still, a hand reaches up behind her head to feel for blood. She is a doctor's daughter, after all.

... Nope. Just the beginnings of a large bump.]

I... I'm not bleeding. I think I need to sit down though...

Okay.

[She edges back a little when the girl starts getting back up, not really moving to help her though she remains prepared if the kid suddenly topples over. If anything, her concern goes to her bag first which she's quick to grab and shrug back onto one shoulder.

Though almost as an afterthought she lets out a sigh through her nose and turns back to the younger girl.] Do you... want to sit there or do you need help finding a bench or something?

[What she does with her bag goes completely unnoticed by Rachel, as disoriented as she is. In fact, all she does is groan for a moment before answering her.]

A-A bench... I shouldn't sit in the middle of the street like this...

[It'd be a lie to say the thought hasn't actually crossed her mind that she could pretty easily make a run with whatever cash this kid happens to have on her. Briefly. She hasn't been in a spot where the kind of cash somebody like this might be carrying on her would make a lot of difference... and she likes to think she hasn't stooped low enough to mug a goddamned child.

Or at least one that just got knocked on the head by a rock. That she asked her to throw in the first place.

God. Damnit.]

Good point. [Sighing again, she gets the other shoulder strap of her bag in place and takes hold of Rachel's arms to heft her up. Vanessa isn't the biggest or strongest around but she's strong enough to get somebody at least equally as slight up on her feet.] Let's find you somewhere better to sit down.

[Rachel lets out a sigh as Vanessa helps her up, thankful someone is willing to help her. She nods in thanks, and starts to move for a nearby bench.]

Th-thank you. That's twice you've tried to help me just now...

[Vanessa just makes a sort of quiet noncommital noise as she leads Rachel along by the arm and helping her take a seat. That done, she steps back, arms folded and gives a shrug.]

Well, the first one didn't turn out that good so I thought I'd make up for it.

Mmm... still, most people would just leave me alone. Or try to rob me.

[Her mother warned her about those types of people. She's so glad Vanessa doesn't seem to be that type of person. Right?

In any case, she takes the opportunity to sit down, removing her glasses in order to rub her eyes. Once that's done, she blinks a few times.]

... Well, my vision isn't blurry, so I'm pretty sure I'm not concussed...

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