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JUNE TDM

TEST DRIVE

JUNE TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé. The kids are out for the summer and the weather's just fine. The sun's shining brightly, not a cloud in the clear gray sky. Everything seems at peace and citizens are out and about, smiling to one another and enjoying each other's company.

Oh, and this thing (complete with cardboard cut-out) has currently taken the place of the founders' statues in Recollé Square. But that's probably not a big deal.

What will you do today?

I.
What is this thing? Why is this thing here? For those of you in Tribunal Terrace today you may wish to investigate the five-foot-tall spinning wheel. How did it even get here? And where did the statues of the founders go? Even if you cannot answer those questions, it's hard to ignore the urge to give it a spin.

Check out those colors go 'round and 'round. Depending on what number you land on, you will find a notification pop up on your phone with a short list of…words. Are these supposed to be qualifications? Weird. That was a waste of time.

However, the moment you walk away you will find yourself accosted by various recruiters wherever you go, congratulating you on your impressive resumé and leading you to an office in Chata. Their offices have been equipped with tabletop-sized spinning wheels much like the one in Recollé Square that will spin 'round and 'round, determining the position you qualify for. Are you ready to show how these traits make you the perfect applicant? It looks like you have time to consult with your fellow candidates before your turn comes.

Or perhaps you've managed to resist spinning that wheel. The recruiters absolutely love your willpower and determination and want you to join their team! For those who can resist, they will still find themselves whisked away by recruiters to the same office and thrown straight into training to prepare for interviewing their neighbors. Recruiters will set up pairs of interviewers and applicants, leaving them alone to ask the hard-hitting questions and pick the most qualified candidate. Do your best and beat out the rest! It's your time to shine.

II.
Just because school is out for the summer doesn't mean Apparassage is quiet. Students and faculty alike are bustling about already preparing for the next school year. Campus tours of Recollé University run every two hours, and there are open house tours of the local elementary, middle and high school. Perhaps you're a future student exploring the campus and getting to know your future classmates. Maybe you're faculty or a student guide wrangling the kids and keeping them in line. Or you just might be one of the unfortunate ones who have found yourself with six weeks of summer school.

However, no matter where you find yourself in this district things get a little tricky when you're ready to leave for the day. The sidewalks outside of the buildings have all disintegrated, revealing a large void leading to nowhere beneath your feet. Without a clear path it seems impossible to escape, but stacked at the entrances of every doorway are large tiles with the letters of the alphabet carefully printed on them. When you look across the devoid path, you may notice you have a partner in a similar position with their own stack of letters.

Get ready to expand your vocabulary. Building a bridge of connecting words may be your only chance of getting home before sunset. Strangely, as the letters are laid out they seem to suspend mid-air enough to hold your weight as you make your way carefully across this pit. Balance and precision are key in this game. The stack floats along behind you as you cross the void, letters seemingly adding to the pile to provide more materials to build.

But like all games, there can be only one winner. Those who clear their letters first will arrive outside of the district safely, free now to come and go as they please. For those who do not clear their stack in time, you might have luck jumping from word to word to cross the finish line. Try as you might, if this is the method you follow, the moment you land on the winning word to leave the district the letters will glitch out, sending you plummeting into the void and landing on a long slope down to the bottom. Upon landing, you will see a series of chutes and ladders one can use to climb back up. Some ladders lead back to Apparassage. Some lead straight into Tisse, and some even lead to unexpected places. Where will you end up? The journey is up to you now.

III.
The days are longer, the nights are shorter, the sun is shining and it's noticeably warmer. Isn't it a perfect time for a summer potluck? The citizens of Recollé seem to think so and have all gathered today in Hollingberry Field with friends and loved ones to share food and fun. Kids chase after each other in friendly games of tag and hide-and-seek while other attendants mingle with one another, piling plates of food and sharing with their neighbor.

Why, even Mayor Mayer is out today for this summer kickoff with his lovely red Chocobo, Seabiscuit.

As the evening begins to wind down, however, there's a startled cry from the Mayor as he realizes someone has kidnapped his beloved pet from right under his nose. Was it you? How about you? Everyone has become a suspect and it's up to you to solve whodunnit. The Mayor provides everyone with a pen and a pad of paper divided into three sections for a suspect, a method, and a location. Grab a friend (or even a group of strangers) and get ready to interrogate each other to crack this case.

(With a little looking, however, it's easy to see that Seabiscuit's merely wandered down the hill away from the park. But maybe it's better not to tell the Mayor. He seems very adamant about this game.)

For anyone who manages to solve the case, the Mayor will be immensely grateful and reward you with a valuable prize! Congratulations! However, for anyone who fails to solve the puzzle, or even anyone found guilty of this heinous crime, by order of the Mayor you will be subjected to jail time for a full half an hour. (The Mayor can't stay too mad at his citizens. He loves them all.)

IV.
A nice, leisurely stroll through the entertainment district of Tisse seems to be in order. Summer sales are aplenty and now's the perfect time to shop 'til you drop. On the other hand, that doesn't seem to be the only thing dropping in Tisse. Do you hear that? Perhaps it is easy to ignore the sounds of stone crashing to the ground. Construction isn't unusual in this district. You think maybe you passed an ongoing demolition on your way inside a shop. But the crash happens again, and again, and again, a loud string of booms growing closer and closer.

Are those buildings tipping into one another? Or is it your imagination? You may not have time to answer while the string of events is put into motion. A crane swings overhead, knocking into a well-placed boulder that begins to roll down the street. Cranes, pulleys and wires move in sync as the ball rolls right toward you. Will you run? Will you collide right into the next set of traps? You may recall learning about this type of experiment once upon a time, coming to realize the elaborately planned Rube Goldberg machine spans the entirety of the city.

Maybe you're one of the lucky ones and you find a safe shop to dive into to escape. Or perhaps your sole focus is to run and get as far as you can, failing to notice that the large boulder herds you right to the end of the district and into a caged-in area. Make yourself comfortable. Someone from the outside will have to free you. But hey, maybe you aren't alone in this trap. Misery loves company, doesn't it?

BONUS.
The Retrospec app is at it again, just as useless as it's always been. After downloading to your device and allowing you to upload a profile picture, the app seems to take over your phone. Any time you open your phone to use it, a splash screen appears prompting you to pick one of the brightly colored wedges (or one of the two grayed out ones.)

It's time to exercise your brain and buff your trivia stats. Answering a question from your selected category will allow you to use your phone once again, but if you get it wrong? Retrospec will encourage you not to give up and try again.

...or, you know, you could ask someone to help figure out the answer. Hey, that person looks like they're bursting with knowledge! Perhaps it's best to see if they can help you stop this madness.

As usual, any attempt to get the company to reply are futile. Once a question has been answered correctly, phones will return to their usual functionality until the next time it settles into idle mode.

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!

Your June TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here!

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[He shrugs!] Never read it. [Wow, that's helpful.]

Edited 2017-06-17 23:21 (UTC)

[ "don't need to be so quiet,' he says.

be careful for what you wish for, because in the next second, stella is raising her voice. ] Oh? Is that so? Then, maybe this time I can go all out. Is that okay with you? [ now she's borderline yelling right beside him. she hasn't drawn away, either. if anything, is her face an inch closer?

nah, that's probably your imagination. (it isn't). ]

How much for both of these boxes?

[He found the key, and now he's going to be unlocking the other one. Is there a key in this one too.]

[ it's a good thing she picked her because ]

ITS RIGHT!! We did it!

[isn't that great???]

Do you want to try another? [ she pulls up a new one, apparently unfazed by the idea this thing had held her phone hostage. ] A "pigskin" is another name for what?

[Blinking at him, Yukiko watches her kouhai spell out the long form of eelgrass. It's a little bit ridiculous, and she cannot help but laugh as the letters begin to shake ominously. Having already fallen down and climbed back up a ladder, she's a little less concerned about where they'll end up, but then...if they fall would they make it back before sundown?]

I think you have to use English words, Akira.

[Gesturing to the lengthy word.]

You might have an easier time with using those letters to spell smaller words than Otohime's hair

I'm going to remember that you technically called me cool.

[... That certainly is curious though. Being stared at doesn't bother Goro a lot, but it is true the longer they're here the odder it feels, and with the candidates appearing as they are--]

You know, it is a detective's duty to solve mysteries, and this is one worth looking into. It's almost like their life is being taken from them... or maybe that's simply because it's a draining experience in general.

[But he's down for being a nosy bitch, which happens to be his own middle name. He's no Holmes and Akira's no Watson, but it'll do. It'll do. Goro likes Poirot more anyway.]

Nonetheless, we do need to discern if their intentions are nefarious or not. Do you have a plan in mind? Their eyes haven't left us.

Is it really? Well, there's one way of finding out, I suppose.

[Luckily, he's given her a lot of letters to work with in his long Scrabble word, so she surveys her tiles a bit before borrowing one of his Os to finish off an eight-letter word: E N F A D A D.

There's really no way of telling whether this game will accept "enfadado" as a valid play. But at this point, she's honestly more curious in trying out the experiment than she is is potentially missing a move for the attempt.]

[ she enters but but frowns ]

Coyote?! How were we supposed to figure that out??

[ they get rickrolled but ANOTHER QUESTION pops up so thats good right?? ]

The name for this semi-precious stone comes from the Latin for "sea water"?

Oh gee, as if I haven't heard of that one before. Be a little more creative, would you?

[ try harder next time, saotome. sena did check his weight and made sure to eat just right before going here, so. ]

All the job offerings they're suggesting are all stupid, anyway. Why they're recruiting people like this is beyond me.

Oh, come now. You don't believe in bad luck and superstition, do you, my dear Dr. Lutece?

[She's already collecting her own letters, it seems, and is intent on using that J for a branch-off of her own: O V I A L.

Fortunately, it's less a thinly-veiled critique and more that she just wanted to use that V, so.]

Though I do appreciate the rescue. I assume that's why you followed me?

Players who get a word wrong will earn one additional tile they must get rid of and they lose a turn! It is a spelling and vocabulary game, after all. We hope this helps!

[ The only reason she's here now (late, as it is) is because she'd been pinned with a job she didn't want and only just got out. She doesn't know why anyone is looking for mayor's horse chocobo...thing... and it isn't exactly something she had on her list of things to do today whether Mari is tugging on her arm or no. ]

Hey, wait-- Wait just a second. What are you talking about?

[ She can barely keep up at the moment, her mind still reeling over getting "executioner" on her own spin. She's tired from arguing with the guy in charge of the spinner for the past 30 minutes or so as well. Someone is being stubborn here. Or, was. Now, Mari is the one being stubborn as she tries to pull Korra along. The only problem with that is that she isn't budging an inch. ]

Look... I get that you're worried about something, but... why is it a national emergency again?

Edited 2017-06-17 23:41 (UTC)

If players are familiar with a foreign language and it's a widely-accepted word/spelling of the word they may use these sparingly. We hope this helps!

[Tatsuo is leaning against one of the shelves in the Grub Mart, which Kyo has just ducked into.]

I see you've meet the boulder.

[Tatsuo's tone is mildly amused, mildly annoyed. Clearly Retrospec was up to it again. Still, a boulder he can dodge. It beats out being shrunk.

Trick is to time it so you can get inside before it catch up with you, then continue down the block once it turns the corner.

It does, thank you very much!

You're helpful. [ It's a quiet sarcasm, one that he wouldn't show around anyone else. He took a guess and smiled slightly. ]

Well, I got lucky. You doing anything else tonight?

Edited 2017-06-17 23:33 (UTC)

[ why anyone would enjoy this, or ever purposely idle their phone for the purpose of trivia, is beyond john's guess. maybe if he were trapped in a jail cell. he glances at her, trying to remain friendly but still giving her a look of bafflement. ]

—How long have you been tryin' to unlock it for? It's only prompted me, what, twice in the past hour.

[ then again, he doesn't use his phone too much. ]

[Congratulations! You've opened the second box. There isn't a key in this one. It's just a box. ...It's a pretty jewelry box, but it's a box.]

That one's forty. The bigger one's seventy.

[why are you like this]

Not pretending, [he growls, making it clear he's still awake despite his best efforts and words.] I'm sleeping. Jello Fisher is my bed buddy.

[He named the bouncy house mascot. He's willing to say he's dating the bouncy house. Actually, this is ridiculous and there's something less ridiculous he can say that he wish he'd thought about ten seconds sooner.]

Guards, crime is afoot. Guards...

[Unfortunately, he's also tired and baking in the sun, so he's not putting in much effort to his alert.]

[A little disappointing, but that's fine. He'll lock them back up -- key in box, other key in his pocket -- and stack the boxes, pondering the necessity of these.

... Well, no, they're not necessary, but the look on Akira's face when he shows off his purchases would be worth it. What'd that, a hundred and ten in all? God, if that's not expensive.]

Is that with my birthday discount?

[He leans back against the chair. His phone's no longer fun. The novelty of the trivia's worn off.] Not really. [He drums his fingers on the table... Thinking about it, he should have made up an excuse. The last time Yugi asked him that question he tried to set him up on a date. Ugh.]

[While Roxas is talking and not paying attention, Sora just. Comes up behind him, and looks over his shoulder at the list. It's a weird game, but honestly that's normal around here.

Still, that is strange that Roxas is on the list, seeing as Sora knows for a fact he's innocent.]

I dunno. Why are you on the list?

Actually, it was to return something of yours. But if you'd care to paint me in such a flattering light, I shan't argue.

[Let's see, now . . . that gets her a bit closer to Carmen, at least, as she walks (just a touch tentatively) over the tiles in order to reach jovial.

L I T E R branches off the L, and there they are, a little closer to bridging that gap.]

Want to try that new fighting game? [ He learned his lesson with the date. ]

Yup. Just the way I like it.

[ okay, that's a lie on a few levels (not that he thinks his life is thrilling— it's humdrum here), but he figures it a safe answer when he hasn't a clue as to where this question's going.

there's a raise of an eyebrow. ]

Need somethin', sir?

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