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repeter2017-04-16 09:01 pm
recollecters) wrote in repeter2017-04-16 09:01 pm
APRIL TDM
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APRIL TEST DRIVE The city of Recollé. A beautiful city you've called home for quite some time. While things can be a little weird, isn't that true of all homes? It's fully spring now, and there are flowers to be found everywhere. April's showers are a familiarity as well, the occasional downpour or drizzle keeping you on your toes. What will you do today? I. April showers bring May flowers, right? Well, there are already plenty of flowers to be had, but that part of the old rhyme being true doesn't save you from the first part of it. While the weather forecasters do their best, their success rate for predicting the rain seems to be about fifty-fifty. Unfortunately, sometimes when they do predict the rain happening, they misjudge how bad it's going to be. Was the sky was clear when you last looked outside? It may not be quite so clear now. Hope you remembered to bring an umbrella today. But it's not so bad, really! Maybe if you forgot to prepare, someone will share their umbrella with you. Not in the mood to talk to anyone? You can probably find some thrifty umbrella vendors on the streets of Tisse. When in doubt, there are always some loaner umbrellas scattered around in Apprassage at the Recollé Library as well. The library asks that you return any of the mismatched loaners found at the door, but it's not like the system is that strongly enforced. Well, other than the library stamp on the umbrellas, that is. If you find yourself in Chata today, you could always buy a magazine off the street corners to hold overhead. If you look like you may buy something, vendors don't seem to mind if you idle under their awnings. Check out the latest fashions coming this spring while you wait it out. It looks like buckles are in, but some of the high fashion clothes look a little odder than usual. The hot, new dresses range from large like a billowing tarp to appearing more like an artfully arranged handkerchief than anything else. Fashion sure is weird sometimes. II. Recollé Square in Tribunal Terrace boasts a huge assortment of flower gardens scattered throughout the district, though they all appear to be whatever citizens felt like planting at the time. In fact, only flowers in Apprassage seem to match, especially around the University. Today, while the rain's stopped, a large group of people seem to be taking advantage of Recollé Square's mismatching for flower picking, crown and wreath weaving, and bouquet arranging. The activities seem to be loosely led by the city's PTA and some of the other socialite groups from around town. Then again, for long-standing citizens of the city this isn't unusual either. You seem to remember that this is an annual sort of thing even though there isn't actually a name for the event. Some booths are set up around the park to swap seeds, flowers and food for cash or gossip, the guidelines a little more loose outside of the business districts. It seems as though lot of families are picnicking this weekend. There's even some kind of contest going on for the best flower crown - though usually the city tends to collectively pick a kid for the winner, so your best artistic talents might not get you the admiration you crave. In addition, there's the most accurately judged flower-growing contest if you've been waiting for this day for a year or more, but that event tends to have the same people involved every year and the majority of Recollé isn't too heavily invested in it. They're here for the picnics and flower crowns, and it seems about the same as it always does. This year, though, there do seem to be more flowers than ever...and for that matter, they're a lot bigger than usual, too. III. Despite some of the fashion fiascos the magazines are displaying, maybe you should spend some time shopping this week. It may come as a surprise to you that your clothes haven't been fitting properly as of late. Those skinny jeans are just a hair too loose, and your favorite shirt seems baggier than it used to be. The problem, however, is that every shop you go to seems to stock clothes with the same issues. You're down a size or two or three, or maybe they're just marking everything down wrong. And surely you don't have the time or money to replace your entire wardrobe...will you take your chances? Complain to the store's manager? Or maybe you're an unfortunate soul who has to try and explain the unexplainable. Maybe offering a coupon will appease shoppers today. IV. Apparently walking around your neighborhood isn't quite as safe as it used to be - or it isn't safe if you want to trust your eyes. One second the little old lady who lives at the corner appears to be walking her pitbull just as she has every day for the last several years. The next, the pitbull is gone and she's walking a rather angry-looking caterpillar. Blink and you'll miss it, but as time goes on you'll see more and more of these larger-than-life insects wandering around. No matter how hard you try to explain it, the only other people who seem to see this as the least bit weird are people with the Retrospec app. Oh, do you not have the Retrospec app? Think again. The sound of chirping crickets will follow you until the next time you look at your mobile device or a public computer, prompting you to accept a profile and upload a user picture. Congratulations! It seems as though you've been selected to be a new tester! ...it's going to be one of those days. BONUS. While the Retrospec app only infrequently has posts from the company itself - and those have thus far proven to be universally useless - this month there is an onslaught of updates. At least once per day there's a picture of a new type of flower or insect, along with a "fun fact" about whatever the company has posted. Did you know, for example, that wasps feeding on fermenting juice have been known to get "drunk' and pass out? Ancient civilizations burned aster leaves to ward off evil spirits. Ticks can grow from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a marble. Roses are related to apples, raspberries, cherries, peaches, plums, nectarines, pears and almonds. Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues. Praying mantises prey on other insects, and perhaps you'd better watch your step. Wait, what? As usual, any attempt to get the company to reply about the increasingly disturbing information they're sending out is useless. The daily facts grow less and less useful and eventually seem to be nothing but fun facts about how flowers and bugs could kill you or one another. Kind of unfortunate for you, if this is your first time getting any messages whatsoever from the app. How do you unsubscribe? Good luck figuring it out. Welcome to the recolle test drive meme! 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, 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!
The April 2017 TDM directory can be found here. The April 2017 Workshop can be found here. The mod questions comment is here. |
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[Her face breaks into a confused but happy little smile and she steps back so that he can enter. And once he's inside, swings the door closed because she's not really keen on letting anyone outside see her freak out and cry okay? Her eyes are already watering up and she wastes no time in burying her face into his chest, hugging him as ferociously as she can.]
God, where have you been? I hadn't heard from you in...God, years!
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Yeah, it's-- it's a long story. Might wanna sit down first if you want to hear it all.
[ He says with a bit of amusement because boy, is he not kidding... They lost contact long ago, so he still has about a decade of history to keep her updated on. ]
Well, how about you, little sis? I already know about your broken sink, so what else is new?
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[Pen pries herself off her brother with a little reluctance but nods towards her couch, already teetering over that way herself and taking a seat with a whuff. Adjusting herself, she pats the cushion. Because handyman or not, family is family.]
Not much has really gone on for me though. I guess...I'm in college now? I make money on Youtube, and...I pretty much am on my own except my roommate but she's out right now. I have a pretty boring life. But you?
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Youtube, huh? [ He cocks his head. ] Aster, my girl if you remember, does the same thing. Puts videos online and makes herself some money that way. Guess that's just a normal thing these days.
[ He's not really much on the online stuff so hell if he knows if Youtube is a big source of revenue for the younger generation or something. ]
But not much's changed on my side. Still with the Marines, still trying to raise a kid, but we moved here two years back. Settled in fine enough.
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[That's actually kind of hard to believe, if she's being honest, and she focuses her full attention on him. It's an uncharacteristically serious look, because she's really concerned about him.]
What happened, Frank? I haven't heard from you in...God, three? four? years. Since before mom and dad...
[She trails off, biting her lip, not wanting to spell things out that clearly. Died though, thats the word that's hanging in the air.]
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[ When Penelope brings up mom and dad, Frank can't help but grimce since, yeah, he still holds that grudge against them and he can't ever forgive them for what happened 16 years ago. But... he knows that Penelope was close with them and the way she trails off, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that something happened to them. ]
... Sorry that I wasn't around. When all that happened.
[ No need to make excuses about how he was overseas or he was trying to raise a kid or even how much he hated their parents. None of that. Excuses don't mean shit here. ]
What the others? Were they there?
[ He's referring to their other brothers, whom he also lost contact with. ]
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It's not your fault. You were away.
[She never did pry too deeply into that argument, and it doesn't matter to her now. Mom and Dad were gone. And now it's just Frank and the others.]
I have't seen either of them in nearly as long as I've not seen you. They all deployed overseas too, and didn't come back when the accident happened. I've...pretty much just been here alone. Nothing else for it, you know? I don't know how to get in touch with them though. Figured you'd probably have heard something more recent.
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No, haven't heard from them either. Lost contact with them around the same time I lost it with you.
[ He was hoping that his brothers would have at least been there for Penelope while he was gone. To think that she's been alone, especially since their parents died, it tugs something at Frank. He cares a lot for his little sister and guilt starts to overcome him for not being there for her... ]
[ He reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls his phone, holding it out for her. ]
Here, give me your number. I'll text you my address. Come visit and stay over as often as you want.
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[She sounds pretty apathetic at this point. Like she'd told Yuki and some of her other friends, she'd moved on and built a life for herself. Having one person back in it was good though, it was a little bit of a bright spot. It still hurts, knowing that the other two are out there, and that he's been here in town this whole time, but she thinks better of throwing a fit or getting upset.
After all, for the moment she's not alone.]
Sure. I'd like that. I'll definitely come by and check on Aster and you.
[She pulls out her own (rather high tech looking) phone and spouts off her number.]
Are you...going to be deploying again soon? Or are you stationed around here now?
[Am I losing you again soon?]