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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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i. at least it's not scientology;

This is asinine.

[That's about the third time she's said that today. The first was her refusal to spin the job wheel, the second was the following apprehension by the recruiters.

Jasmine has continued with her conviction to this entire exercise being asinine all the way to the interview room. She's barely looked at the questions the recruiters gave her, and she hasn't bothered to practice at all with any of the other people the recruiters sniped to be interviewers.

But if you expected her to not take the interview process itself seriously just because she thinks it's ridiculous, guess again. As soon as someone else is sitting across from her, Jasmine lifts her clipboard into writing position and opens with a question that should be easy for any interviewee to answer. Welcome to the hot seat.]

Out of all of your qualifications, which do you think is the most suitable for this position?

iv. you've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

[One of you is inside the cage, and one of you is outside. Spoilers: Jasmine's the one outside. her brown eyes are narrowed thoughtfully.]

Oh, it actually caught someone. I didn't think that was possible. [Her tone's a little flat; she doesn't sound surprised at all, even if her words make her sound like she is.] I don't suppose you want to stay in there.

[There's the slightest curve to her mouth, now, like there's a barely contained laugh hiding in there somewhere. Despite the fact that she might be amused about this giant mousetrap's unexpected success, she also is quick to start circling the pen, looking for a latch to help this poor trapped, unathletic and/or stupid person out.]

bonus;

[Jasmine hasn't had a lot of trouble unlocking her phone so far. She's gotten her Retrospec account up and running; she's sent a few text messages; she's checked her bank account manager.

Now, she's sitting at a cafe, latte in front of her and a spread of books and papers nearby. She logging into and idling out of her phone repeatedly, occasionally stopping to writing something down or pausing when one of the questions genuinely stumps her. Occasionally, she'll drop in a brief "how interesting" or comment on the huge disparity between question difficulties.

Intrigued in the trivia game as she is, it would be easy to come over and spy on her repeat plays. Or there might be someone else on the other end of the phone, keeping score with her and sharing questions with each successful round. It all depends on what type of person you are.]

wildcard;

[Choose something else! Prose and brackets are both fine; I'll match your format! One's AU workshop comment is here and I can be reached at

antiquating if you want!]

[ Oh no, Emil does not like this game, no, he does not like this game at all. He's flipping through a bunch of letters, trying to find the ones that do make a word, but the problem is that most of the usable English he's learned, he's learned in the last year! So now he's in trouble. He digs in his pile for R, A, and Y and then clumsily looks through his pile again and tries to turn A into A-G-A-I-N, but he's missing a second A--

--He lays down G-A-I-N instead, forcing him to be 2 letters short of where he wanted to be.

He looks at her board, which is so much further ahead, and gestures towards a word she's laid down. ]

Wait, what? That's a word? What does that even mean!?

[ English!!!!! ]

Your generosity never ceases to amaze me. We'll all look forward to Fridays at this rate.

[Doing so!]

Hey! It did work. Good thing too, the timer was running low.

[ oh god, she's at it again, isn't she? sena stares at the paper she just thrust onto him and looks back at her, who's urging him to come follow her... somewhere. idk.

well. it's not like he has anything better to do, and he's tired of waiting in that room full of confused strangers. heaving a deep sigh, he goes and follows her lead through the hallways of this mysterious building. ]

So, got any bright ideas to share with the class?

[ it's not that he doesn't trust mary, but she's always been the type to put her life on the line on things like these - taking gambles on whether the outcome will be good or not. he has a bad feeling about this.

ah well. this better be good. ]

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How could that have happened?!

[ she looks very shocked, honestly. she's not taking this well. ]

Hmm... I think we should try to be more specific...?

[ she isnt sure but that sounds so non-descript. ]

AH!! We're right again!

[ mary's comment does give her pause, though. she blinks ]

Did they?

[ mari keeps tugging but it must look pretty comical, because she's definitely not strong enough to get korra to budge. but without looking back she just keeps on trying to walk...

and getting nowhere ]

Because everyone - including me - forgot horses were real! And I just remembered! Someone is stealing our memories.

[Very good thinking, Emil, because if any of those fingers had gotten near Lalli's head, he would have bit them off.

And in the worst parody of Star Wars, this isn't the hobo you're looking for. Though his eyes could be mistaken for having been blue, once.]

Mmn. Not a lot of good places. Just cheap junk.

[He's pretty used to the night scene, even if he didn't interact with it much. He suppresses a sigh and glances over, wondering if this is really worth the effort. What effort? So much effort.]

No one's ever tripped over you before. [An observation based on the fact that if someone had, he'd know it isn't hospital-worthy in the least.] I'll come find you again later if I think I have internal bleeding.

No?

[ no????????? ]

It's a just a question. [she SMILES look at her doesn't that make you go dokidoki] Couldn't you help me answer?

Huh. Not bad.

[ Well of course Sena is interesting. Wish Sena can say the same to Ritsu, though. Isn't this the guy who keeps on sleeping during lectures? So boring.

"Tall". Ugh. ]

I'm running out of letters... You better think up of a better one to get us out of here.

[ Sakura was also slated to be a b movie actor, which causes her much consternation as she's dressed in a ridiculous cyberpunk android meets samurai nightmare outfit, with a floppy weapon problem. ]

I told you! I mostly stand around and look pretty!

[ she's yelling as she get dragged onto the same set that David's waiting at ]

I don't know how to act!! Or fight or anything!!

[ have some faith!!!

as the recruiter smiles at them--he even gives sena a little "good luck!" and a wave--mary keeps up her very polite smile back until he shuts the door. then, she leans forward across the table, talking quietly. ] It's a job interview. It can't last forever. Apparently they were also looking for volunteers to do the interviewing. So I interview you, you make it to your stupid shoot on time.

[ you're welcome, she doesn't say, though mary does glance over her shoulder. ] Someone's supposed to be evaluating me, apparently, so don't mess up.

[ settling back in her chair, she places her hands in her lap, daintily spreading out her skirt. mary then mouths you owe me and clears her throat. ] Alright then, Sena, tell us about your...qualifications for this job. [ """qualifications""" ]

[He's only boring if you only saw him sleeping, honestly. Ritsu tries to keep a pretty low profile though.]

Hm...

[Looking at the gape and then what they needed...he needs to think of a good word.]

Lackluster.

[He spells it out as well and throws a smug look to Secchan.]

Ah...me either, actually.

[ she types "i dont know" and now they're in rick astley hell ]

[It takes Fai another few seconds to even start guessing what this (admittedly cute) guy is talking about, and then he decides he doesn't really mind, or care, one way or the other. It doesn't sound like the guy is actually trying to insult him--and Fai's pretty easy-going even when people are trying to insult him.]

Ah, no, sorry! I've been buried in mountains of books before, but they're usually romance novels, so I don't know if I could help you with philosophy! But why Greek philosophy anyway?

what.... i thought it was just a candy bar..... that thing doesn't spin....

[ Listen, this is the kid that thinks he might get cancer from a bruise. He's really not thinking this through all the way. And besides, he has been working out lately, and his kick is getting pretty fierce!

There's a record-scratch in that tiny little brain of his, and he runs in front of Lalli to stop him from moving forward. ]

Wait, you might get internal bleeding?

Okay, I think I need to take you to a doctor. I'll bring you food to the hospital, don't worry about that, but the more you move with your injury, the worse it'll be!

[ He definitely read that somewhere. ]

Let me call you an ambulance.

Qualifications for what? Have we figured out what, yet?

[Asks Tifa, in a stage whisper, for perhaps the third or fourth time today. She thinks it's asinine, but in a vaguely befuddled and amused way, not a way that causes actual irritation. She's let this whole surreal thing roll off her back like water.

It does not occur to her that she's actually being interviewed with any degree of seriousness. And so:] Okay, let's go. I can hold my breath for a really long time. I can bench press 150 lbs. I have a fan club. A guy paid me five thousand dollars to punch him in the chest once. I almost got a BA in music performance?

[ she looks back at him...and his sandwich ]

A...sandwich? That's more important than Seabiscuit?!

[ it is indeed hell itself but aki's question actually gets her to stop??? incredible ]

Well, nothing's wrong with them...

[ the serenading that was coming for a while from Elliot's phone is cut short abruptly with a loud clatter made from the phone being thrown towards the ground in frustration ]

No! I don't need help! Because I'll never be using this stupid phone again!

oh I meant the galaxy, not the candy bar.
The candy bar is definitely rectangular.

[ mari serious considers this ]

Oliver, maybe?

[ that's a good name yeah!! ]

In Germany a few years ago there was an Octopus named Paul, and he helped predict matches in the world cup!

[ showing off knowledge to a cute girl #nailedit ]

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