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recollecters) wrote in repeter2018-09-17 05:35 pm
SEPTEMBER TDM
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SEPTEMBER TEST DRIVE - EVENT AND FOURTH WALL EDITION The city of Recollé... ...or, at least, a good mimicry of the city. It's been a few weeks since you've found yourself in this digitized version of your beloved city. You've found yourself surrounded by NPC versions of your friends and family who aren't a part of the Retrospec project, you've encountered strange and new places, and the viruses continue to appear despite the fight you've put up. On the evening of the 17th, things change again. No matter where you are, Alphas and Betas will hear the sound of loud clacking, something similar to fingers typing frantically on a keyboard. The dial-up sound rings out, echoing off of buildings and in your ears as a bright blue flash of code scrolls before your eyes. Perhaps it doesn't make sense, but your handheld device might help. It beeps to alert you of a new message, screen lighting up as a navigation app appears and seems to stick. It appears to be an ordinary app like Google Maps or Waze, but the destination is pre-installed and your feet begin to move on their own accord. I. - IN-GAME CHARACTERS ONLY If you're strong enough, you might be able to break free of the mysterious hold that's dragging you across the city and out toward the outskirts of Tisse. It's hard to locate the source of the pull, but everyone will find that as they traverse the city they're all heading in one direction. The navigation app cheerfully blurts out instructions as your body operates on auto-pilot, causing you to stumble through the city and the other districts. You'll find yourself colliding into another user, soon walking in front or behind them as everyone around you begins to form one solid line. The human chain forms steadily and…aren't you lucky? You get to hold hands! Single file, everyone. Maybe you lucked out and you're holding hands with a friend. If you're stuck between two strangers, well, maybe that's a little awkward but the chain is impossible to break. You continue to move. Locked hand in hand with every user in the city, you'll have to help each other navigate, avoid obstacles, and make sure you don't lag behind. Viruses linger and will follow this mass of people, snapping at your heels and attempting to devour anything nearby. Can you fight without your hands? It may be time to find out. The night sky is a bit cloudy and your only source of light is the moon and the glow of lights on buildings you pass by in all districts. The walk shouldn't take you long, but as you venture further away from the center of the city the sun begins to rise and obscures your vision a bit. Has time sped up? Or are you simply walking further than you thought? What an interesting question. II-A. - IN-GAME CHARACTERS ONLY The navigation app leads the group through a long, winding journey that ends just beyond the furthest point of Tisse as the day breaks. As the app chimes, the air before you shimmers as a glass-walled building materializes. Unlike the other buildings in the city, it appears to be solid and smooth, lacking the pixelated quality a majority of the city has by now. The human chain breaks and you let go of your neighbor. You're now free to explore this place. Stepping inside, you find rows and rows of glass cases and chambers off to the sides and in stacks. Accommodated with work stations and instruction manuals, you may find yourself drawn to these computers before the empty cases. While the manuals appear old and frayed, there are instructions one can follow to create the person of their dreams. Are you looking for someone athletic? Simply change the input for a higher muscle mass than your average model. What about someone funny? Copy and paste some knock-knock jokes to embed in their code. It's easy to create anything you desire. The book allows for anything, even those who aren't exactly human. As you code and build, the glass cases and chambers begin to fog up, smoke whirling around inside as something begins to grow and take shape. Be careful! You may have a clear vision in mind of what you wish to create, but the programming may have other ideas… …for those who don't wish to experiment for themselves, or those who are strong enough to shake off those urges, there are several other floors to explore. Unlike the cases downstairs, these ones are occupied and filled with finished models pre-labeled "Projected Example" or "Reboot". Perhaps these faces are familiar to you, or they're someone who looks interesting. A lost friend. Someone from your memories. Someone who you feel doesn't belong encased in glass at all. The possibilities seem endless when it comes to who you'll find inside, but as you continue to stare at the case before you…the glass cracks. II-B. - TDM/FOURTH WALL CHARACTERS. Where are you? The last thing you remember was a wavering, dizzy spell that forced your eyes closed as you fell unconscious. Upon awakening the glass walls around you are stifling and thick, white and blue smoke dances around your ankles as you blink away black spots impeding your vision. Trapped inside a glass case held behind glass walls, it becomes clear that you aren't where you're supposed to be. Any items you had on your person are missing and the palm of your hand burns intensely for ten seconds as a black tattoo forms. Branded as either a "Projected Example" or "Reboot", it isn't easy to understand what these terms mean. Perhaps that isn't what's important though. Rather, what's important is breaking your way out of this glass case and figuring out where you are. Shadowed figures can be seen walking the hallways just outside your case, sometimes alone or sometimes with a friend. It's hard to make out any of their features, but you can hear the muffled words being said. It's only when someone is close to your case that you find your strength. The glass begins to spider crack under the pressure of your hand, allowing you to push and punch as much as necessary to break free. There's no shame in needing assistance, of course. Some cases are thicker than others, and as the glass begins to crack it becomes easier to be heard by those outside of your case. How will you escape? Who will you find on the other side of the glass? It's a mystery and one that will not be answered until you free yourself of your enclosure. Breaking free is easy if you try and it gives you a full range of motion. The glass won't harm you, but sparkles adorn your skin as the sunlight shines through the windows around you. You're free to explore the floors of the building and check out the other glass cases nearby. Perhaps you'll even lend a hand and help others who are trapped. How did you all get here? That's yet another mystery that doesn't seem to have an answer, but more importantly…how do you get out of the building? This place is huge. III. - OTA Lucky for you, this building seems to be a safe haven from the crazy world outside. Though several stories tall and filled with cases and equipment as far as the eye can see, nothing strange seems to be happening and navigating the building is almost a pleasant experience. The glass walls allow for plenty of late-summer sunshine to filter in, giving you and everyone you're with a path to follow. This path, however, won't lead you to the front door. The front exit no longer exists and any attempts to reroute to it will send citizens on their way through the halls of the building again. Several doors and laboratories are found on the journey though you may not enter. Labeled areas such as "memory restoration", "accounting", "legal" and "resources", these areas are scattered and just beyond your reach. As you venture through the building and exit out the back door, the sound of music hits you full-force. Bright lights, thick grass and the sounds of children laughing await you. The grounds are vast and empty of other people. While the area is large and sprawling, it's evident that several iconic pieces of this area are missing. A large sign hangs overhead, greeting you and welcoming you to Rainbowland. Complete with a carousel, children's rides such as spinning tea cups, bumper cars, the hurricane and the octopus, and a midway full of games, this amusement park looks like the perfect place to spend an afternoon. Along with the usual set-up, Rainbowland is host to a special event for the next week. Scattered throughout the grounds are banners and stalls proudly proclaiming "WELCOME TO RETROSPEC." Carnival food of all kinds can be found at these stalls with the Retrospec logo plastered on the side. Eat these foods at your own risk! Sweets will grant consumers super-speed, meats such as hot dogs and burgers kick in a boost of super-strength, fried foods will cause a consumer to move in slow motion and drinks may cause temporary invisibility. Weird, right? The midway has a few strange surprises as well. While most games are easy to play (and free at that, why isn't anyone around to take tickets from park visitors?), there are certain games set up by Retrospec themselves that have equally strange prizes. Stuffed animals of a variety of creatures from other worlds line the shelves (some you may or may not recognize), along with glass dolls of you and people you know. The likeness of these prizes is a little too spot-on; dolls will spout a common catch-phrase and stuffed animals will feel as though they are breathing. Finally, in addition to the Rainbowland rides, Retrospec has provided a wooden roller coaster and a large ferris wheel, both branded with their logo. For those who wish to feel the rush, the roller coaster reaches speeds of up to 60 miles per hour and comes with several hills and one full upside-down loop. Riders, however, will experience brief hallucinations after this loop; as the loop completes they'll find themselves seeing visions of a dark, underground river. The hallucination seems within reach almost as if the cart they're in will dive straight into the water. The ride ends with all riders unharmed, however. As for the ferris wheel? It's just a ferris wheel, several stories high with bright blue, encased cars to give riders a bird's eye view of the entire city and protect them inside. As you reach the top, the car will come to a gentle stop and the view from the window will change. Instead of the beloved city of Recollé, the landscape below is different. Perhaps it's a landscape you recognize, or it's an area of a battle-ridden world. Perhaps you see your friend's high school that they've seen in their memories or islands from another life. Every view is different, but by the time you reach the ground again you're back in Recollé. It's a carnival and it's fun, but several things that don't belong to Rainbowland seem off. Those with a keen eye and who have been around for a while may come to realize one important factor; the symbol is drawn inaccurately. The Retrospec symbol is missing a few loops and the particular shade of blue used is too dark to match. A counterfeit Retrospec...is it possible? Maybe it's best just to stick with what Rainbowland itself has to offer. IV. - OTA So maybe carnivals aren't your thing. No matter! You can leave Rainbowland whenever you'd like and make your way back to the city. On the other hand the city and areas around it may not be as you remember it. "Projected Examples" might not recognize this place at all, but "Reboot" will recognize that the pixelation of buildings, the NPC status of people they may know and the glitches that occur aren't normal by any standards. Exploring the city will allow all visitors to ride the trains and visit the various locations Alphas and Betas have access to, create and travel through the digital scape of half-constructed concepts, and they'll find they're even more susceptible to being attacked by bug-like viruses. These viruses will follow newcomers, snapping and biting to try and devour them. Defeating one will generate two more, and while they aren't as prominent in the digital scape you may find yourself with your hands full. There is no way to reach the outside regions of Pesgare, Respatrum, Bosuma and Magatus at this time, but there's plenty in the city to keep you on your toes. Visitors may have to find lodging for the next few weeks whether that's with friends or strangers, but at least all of the buildings remain standing. And if that doesn't keep you busy enough, the NPC citizens of Recollé are happy to provide you with jobs. If you choose to speak to any of these people, they'll go off of their pre-assigned dialogue and provide you with a small quest. "Find ten bananas and deliver them to someone with red hair." "Pet every dog that you see." "Catch three fish from the ocean and sell them to a neighbor." Some of these quests may not even make sense, but they'll be assigned nevertheless. Upon completion of each quest taken on, a triumphant sound will play from overhead and a banner will appear displaying your new title. Deliver those bananas? "Gone Bananas" will flash over your head. How about those fish? "So Long and Thanks For..." will linger for a while. Too bad no one told you those banners won't go away. When you're alone the title will be hidden, but as you speak to more people in the city the banner reappears, hovering over your head for the entire length of the conversation. The titles will change as you complete new tasks, but it appears as though they're permanent now. Congratulations! BONUS. - OTA Everyone will be equip with a handheld device much like a cell phone but downgraded. Containing only a drawing application, the game of Snake, the Retrospec app and the navigation app to lead you back to that glass building, it's...pretty useless. Technology in the city is hit and miss in its pixelated state, but perhaps it's better to ask the Retrospec network what the next step is. While Alphas and Betas are still posting as their A/B IDs, "Projected Examples" and "Reboots" will find that all posts and comments are tagged as their status and their name. Examples and Reboots will also find that a "Welcome to Retrospec" guide pops up, giving them only a brief moment to read the guidelines before a bright flash appears, snapping their photo for their profile and connecting them to someone new on the network. Whether you're sending or receiving messages, a string of colored text, numbers and code will leave or enter your device. These devices also need to be charged constantly, so be careful when taking them out of the house! You'd hate to get cut off at the worst possible moment, wouldn't you? Welcome to the recolle test drive meme, fourth wall event, and September event part two! Please review these instructions for this particular event! As we are combining a few different options here, we want to ensure players know what options are available. Thank you!
All characters who are TDMing 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, and can also be used for bonus points for future item regains. Share a few minor details of your AU, tag around, and have fun! Since this is a special event, the TDM is tied with a fourth wall event as well! For players who are fourth-walling characters (canon versions, different canon AUs, CRAU, versions from other games, etc), please label your top-level as "Projected Example." Players who are TDMing to app will fall under "Reboot" and we ask that you label your top-level as such! And finally, characters in-game are not required to label their top-levels with anything. This way, it's easier for your gamemates to know who's TDMing, who's just playing around, and who's already in-game. For Prompt III, any characters who choose to ride the ferris wheel will be able to see the landscape of any canonical world once they're at the top. It doesn't matter if they would recognize it or not, but the image will be brief until the car moves again! Likewise, stuffed animals won from the Retrospec midway games can be creatures your character would recognize from their memories or from other canons they may or may not recognize. Use your best judgment! Prompt IV may be used to create new scenarios and threads based on the prompts from Part One of September's Event! Please feel free to read the prompts in event log one and create your own scenarios for your top-levels. Additionally, you are free to make up your own silly/serious fetch-quests and titles that would be rewarded to your characters. While normally we do not allow this, please remember that current players may earn one freebie by threading with someone who is TDMing! This thread must contain 5 consecutive comments from you to be eligible. In addition, all players may use any threads accrued in this event for bonus points. As a special note, we will also allow current players to use a thread from this Fourth Wall/TDM/Event for their AC proofs! As this ties into a game-event, we are making an exception. However, your other proof(s) (at least ten comments) must come from sources outside of this log. Likewise, as this is an event log instead of just a standard TDM, you may use this log to trigger regains as normal. Please note: you will need a reserve to apply, and current characters must have full AC posted at the time of their reservation. Your September TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here! |
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Food would be great, though, now that he's awake again. ]
It's good to hear from you again. Do you know what's going on here?
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I can't get it to open. Umm...
Can you breathe and everything?
I'll go look for a fire extinguisher, maybe.
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Can he breathe? The moment Jamie asks that, Minato suddenly becomes aware of his own breathing- shallow, but no slower or quicker than usual. Maybe he shouldn't waste his breath if he's truly stuck inside without clear breathing holes.
So he stands back and nods, clasping his hands together and holding them up over one shoulder, swinging them across his chest to his other shoulder. He's trying to say something, probably. Did Jamie get that? ]
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Your nail bat?... I'm sorry, I don't have it!
[ that's what he meant, right??
anyway. Jamie doesn't know all the details about what happens to someone's stuff after they go off the app (their dogs disappear, apparently?), and of course he hasn't gone digging through Minato's possessions looking for what is and isn't there. so there's a chance, maybe, that one or more of his many items of contraband are still in their poorly rendered apartment somewhere...
but there's no time for that!!
along the same lines, he's not seeing anything around here that looks like it can open at all, much less have a useful heavy object inside. and of course he didn't think to bring anything sensible like a jagged metal paperweight along with him when he left the apartment this morning... how could he have been such a fool? ]
...We just have to try to break it ourselves, I guess.
[ he takes off his cardigan and wraps it around his hands...
god, he hopes this glass isn't up to code. ]
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Is Jamie going to punch it? With his bare hands?
Minato backs off, but shakes his head. He raises one arm, and taps the elbow with his other hand. Less nerves and stuff, in the elbow, so Jamie wouldn't have to sacrifice his hands for this, even with the protection/blunting of the cardigan. ]
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That's a good thought, but I'm not sure I can get enough leverage just swinging my elbow, you know? [ then again, he probably can't get all THAT much leverage with a double ax handle swing, either. ]
Are your shoes heavy? Can you kick it?
[ Jamie himself is wearing Vans!! But he's gonna try taking one off and hitting the glass with it! ]
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Minato's shoes happen to have extra padding in them to give him the illusion of another inch of height, so with the protection it allots, it's an idea that might actually work; he holds his hands up in a sort of "wait I got it" or "hold on for a second" or "double high five" gesture.
He points to his shoes and nods. Let him try first, because if Jamie does it, Minato sort of has nowhere to escape the shrapnel. ]
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He nods vigorously and scurries around to the side of whatever nearby object seems best capable of shielding him from flying glass. Will This Work?? ]
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Minato waits until Jamie's safely behind cover and then stares down at his legs. Out of all the ways he'd learned how to fight, whether it's with a weapon or with his bare fists, he'd never learned how to do a proper kick...
Can't be too hard.
He locks his knees, brings one foot back, and drives it straight forward like a golf swing, the glass shattering on impact so that his newfound superhuman strength surprises him too. ]
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the
shit??!!
ok well putting that aside, Minato is free!! Jamie rushes forward, equal parts heedless of the danger and confident that his Vans will protect him. ]
Minato, that was amazing!!
Are you okay? Are you hurt?
Ahh, I've been so worried!
[ So worried that he's actually just going to kind of... give him a big hug... without even asking first. ]
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Um.
[ It felt nice to breathe, for the half second he was able to before Jamie threw his arms around him, but he's able to gather himself enough to raise a hand and pat Jamie awkwardly on the upper arm. ]
I'm alright. I've only been there a couple minutes, so it's alright...
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he should've known acting without thinking would be a mistake... (letting his actions be guided by instinct and emotion, instead of the vastly more trustworthy anxiety and doubt? what is he, four?)
anyway, he lets go and takes a step back. ]
Oops! Sorry.
I got totally American on you for a second there. Ahahaha...
But... it's only been a couple of minutes? Where have you been up until now, then?
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Minato breathes a sigh of relief when Jamie rejects Americanism, glad to have his personal space back and make a mental note to redouble his efforts to keep a wall up so nobody else can take him by surprise again. ]
Uh. Before this? I was home. You've seen me lounging on the couch all day... the weather's been really nice for it.
[ The reality of it is that Jamie has to take care of three cats: two Kittys and also Minato who pile up on the couch to soak in the afternoon sun. ]
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[ ...he stops himself. He doesn't remember everything from his weeks as "Hanatarou Nito," much less remember everything he remembered remembering, but he does remember how shitty it felt to have people flatly denying his knowledge about himself. insisting he was mistaken about his own name, of all things. ...of course, they'd been right, but still. ]
...Maybe, but that's not how I remember it.
A couple of weeks ago, all the Retrospec users got sucked into this weird digital version of the city. Almost everyone else is here, too, but only in low-res NPC form. But you weren't here anywhere--at least not anywhere I could find. Neither was anyone else who'd had Retrospec before and then lost it...
--Oh!! My god!
You just kicked through glass!!
Are you okay?!
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a thought he barely gets a chance to dwell on before Jamie's shout startles him out of it, attention being brought to his shins and feet, none of which look tattered or bloody, and Minato leans over to pull his pant legs up and his legs are devoid of any sort of cuts whatsoever.
... ]
Uh. [ He rolls the legs of his pants back down and looks up at Jamie. ]
Am I even real?
[ Are you sure he's not just a digital construct? A real, flesh and blood human couldn't possibly have escaped that unscathed. ]
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...I don't know.
Do you feel real?
--You don't have to answer that.
[ he squints... this isn't the best-lit room in the world, but... ]
Are you sparkling?
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...I'm sort of wishing I weren't real right now.
[ Because he is sparkling, and he doesn't like that. Even when he tries to wipe the glitter(?) off his arms, it's not coming off. ]
Why is my imaginary self sparkling?
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[ he frowns at the shattered remnants of the display case. ]
It's not... the glass, is it?
Maybe it was really just sugar or something? It might explain why it was so easy to break.
Or maybe you're just sparkly to show that you're a rare encounter.
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At Jamie's suggested possibilities, though... Minato lifts a hand to his mouth. Pauses. And licks the back of his hand. If this were real glass, it would be a very stupid idea. ]
you really had an icon where he could plausibly be licking his hand
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Well?
it's the only reason i have this icon uploaded
Minato lowers his hand, in apparent disappointment. He wouldn't have minded the sugar. ]
It's not sugar. Not glass or anything like that either- couldn't feel any sort of texture, besides skin.
[ He will offer his other, non-licked hand out to Jamie, though. ]
Do you want a try?
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[ he might have been more tempted if minato hadn't already said it doesn't really have a flavor. ]
Do you want to get out of here?
A bunch of us kind of got magically forced to walk to this building, but I'm sure it's fine now.
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Sure. Do you feel magically forced to go anywhere in particular? Or did releasing a... fake person...? complete the objective you were meant to complete?
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[ he heads for the exit! ]
--For what it's worth, you seem perfectly real to me! Way realer than the NPC people and cats and everything. You might be surprised when you see them... it's like, N64 era at most.
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Everything else is fake.
[ It's a statement, not a question, because that's what he wants to believe. Everything is so low poly and he thinks it might be better if he just turned around and went back to his test tube, broken glass be damned. ]
I can see what you mean by the people around here... Did Kitty get inflicted too? Her fluff...
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