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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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[ ah, great. to add to his misery there's the guy who's somehow immune to every single one of leon's bad moods. ]

It's nothing.

[ it's this stupid trivia game that won't let him use his phone!!! but it's hard to admit that he doesn't know something. owen has a pretty clear view of what's happening on the screen though. the next question: how many imperial gallons would a firkin of beer contain? what the firkin firk even is a firkin. ]

Um, well, it's never happened to me before, but honestly it's not that weird.

But, working together would be good! I'm sure between the two of us, one of us will probably know the answer.

What question d'you got? I got 'What's the name of the dog on The Jetsons'? I don't really watch a lot of TV.

Oh, that app has you stumped, does it?

[ owen indeed can see the question on the screen. he just lets out a laugh and answers ]

That's an easy one! It's 9 imperial gallons.

Uhh, well, I've had a lot of birds, and like, mice and rabbits and stuff. Oh, I had ducks once! I dunno how crazy that is, though.

[He laughs. Sora you're the only one who'd have those pets in the first place.]

No chocobos, though.

[There's a lot he ought to respond to here, there really is. Almost nobody believing in the weird things going on? "Crazy packages"? A friend of his--well, no, he knew what 'immolated' meant, he'd just been sort of hoping it didn't...literally mean that. But no, apparently he actually did, and...

Well, no. Even still, none of that quite holds a candle to the fact that there's another abyss opening up in front of them where a sidewalk should have been now, on the other side of this door too.

So Aizawa's simply silent for a moment or so, instead, pausing on the threshold himself and scowling at all of this. Eventually, very slowly, he draws forward a couple of steps down the stairs outside the door that--should have led to pavement. That did lead to pavement, just this morning. But now...he stops halfway down, and stares down the hole stretching out in front of them with a nearly offended expression.]

...What's this. What is this? [Asking himself more than Cutter, at this point, with an irritably flummoxed air that might be a novelty to Cutter as well; it's probably something different enough from the tired but composed poise he tends to maintain in the classroom. On the bright side, it would appear that Aizawa has skipped straight from panic to weary, baffled acceptance...so at least there's that?

But that doesn't mean he has to be happy about this. ...About any of this...he looks over at Cutter.]

Your explanation skills could use some work, just so you know. You don't just dump multiple pieces of wildly different information on a person at once, you're supposed to go one topic at a time while checking for comprehension in between them. We're going to need to start this again from the top later. [Look, he's even pointing a little at you, he's serious here....but then his attention is sidelined from Cutter to the corner of the door he's standing next to, and the stack of--tiles?? On the ground by his feet. Aizawa ends up pointing at those next, a new frown settling on his features.] --What are those?

[He's surprised to hear the familiarity of his father's native tongue. Surprised, but it's kind of welcomed to hear it all the same.]

Are you locked out from your phone with the trivia questions?

[He holds his hand up in greeting. He spoke in English, but he definitely understood what she was saying.]

[It's odd--one wouldn't exactly expect qualities like sincerity and awkwardness from a kid with enough mettle to color his hair in such a weird punk-like way. But, well, that's what they say about judging books by covers and such...]

"Scripts"? [Aizawa's freed the sticky note he's been using as a list from his pocket at this point, taking a glance down it as he speaks--at the only two items he'd actually written down on it. Well, looks like he's done for sure here, at least...geez, it's a busy sort of day when he can't even remember a list this short. But a lot of odd things have been going on. Like Rick Astley persistently singly in the background...but at the rest of Shouto's words he looks back up.] Well, if he does do his best that's the most I can ask for. Too few students want to actually do that, once they get into these sorts of classes. It's a pain getting them to that point. Somebody doing it of his own volition would be pretty refreshing.

[Tucking away the list, he straightens.] I'm also about done here. If you're not that's fine, I can hang around outside for a bit. But I'm headed to the checkout now.

Blocked off, yes. ...Apparently. [Honestly that's putting it...extremely lightly, at this point, but that's a lot easier to say than "the sidewalk is an abyss now", so that's what Aizawa's going with for now.

No need to cause unnecessary alarm, anyway. The next door's probably fine. ...Surely? Either way, he's certainly not about to reject the company as he starts down the hall again himself.]

Walking's good for you. And it'd be impractical to block off every exit. I'm assuming the second one will be fine. [Glancing sidelong at his company now--] I don't suppose you might have dropped by here in the last hour or so...did you see anything strange outside on your way here?

Well, it was worth a check...guess tea will do for now. [Look, you never know!! It never hurts to check for coffee no matter where you go...when you need a lot of it every day like this guy does, you start to keep an eye out for such possibilities ok...

But the Rickrolling begins anew, and Aizawa watches on in vague sympathy, nodding a bit at the question.]

Sure. [Alright, time to transfer this cat off his writing arm and onto the other one. This process takes a few moments of maneuvering and complaints on the cat's part, but eventually Aizawa's leaning over the counter and papers with pen in hand, cat settled grumpily in the crook of his other arm.] Just the one vaccination today, right? ...And you're still fine with keeping the name as "You" on all these documents? [The last bit is in a drier tone, which is Aizawa's version of being humorous. It's still...sort of ridiculous to both say out loud like that and write down like that, after all, even though it was basically his own idea to start with. What are decent cat names.......]

Edited 2017-06-23 04:27 (UTC)

[ Yozora is ready, too. Granted, she's standing like a sumo wrestler ready to rumble, but that's irrelevant. She looks the Chocobo dead in the eye, slides her heel back, and... tosses candy at it.

CHOCOBO is watching carefully!

Yozora looks at Akira as if to send him a message. That's not what's supposed to happen! ]

[ wait how come you get cool protag skills and i don't???? life is too unfair...

but hey! knight in shining white suit! Elliot nods fervently ]

Yes! I do! Before anyone else sees me in this embarrassing state!

[Li-Na looked up in surprise and blushed slightly when she realized he must have understood what she was saying.]

Oh... yes, yes I am.

[She holds out her phone so he can see the question on the screen.]

"What sport did hall-of-famer Mickey Mantle play?"

Rude! It's totally not a mullet, and Fuzzy isn't some mascot. He's a way of life! Now you're just harshing on my rep, man...!

[ ... Her enthusiasm catches him off-guard. Taken aback, he listens to her complete story before concluding that she's definitely weirder than him.

That's okay. He'll whisper back—discreet and all. ]

A pack of beer is easier to get. [ Though illegal. That isn't the point, right? ] I think you'll do great.

[ Akira peeks through the new crevice they made, practically hogging up all the space so Yusuke can't peek in. Peering through the darkness, he thinks he makes out something... It's a bit hard, but the light from the phone helps slightly. ]

A disembodied hand. [ He backs up before turning to his friend, nonchalant and unfazed. ] Mostly debris.

[ Watching her is a lot more amusing than the Chocobo? But he has to keep his eyes on it, but it isn't budging. It's time to read her expression... While he can clearly see that what she expected to happen didn't, he also pretending she's saying he should do something.

All right.

He can really screw this up, but he sneaks up on the Chocobo before hopping onto it. It screeches a shrill noise and starts running past Yozora.

This is fine because Akira hoists her onto the bird on the way. GOING SMOOTH. However, there's one problem: ]

... Do you know how to ride these?

[ She hums thoughtfully, tapping her chin, then nods. ]

I believe so as well. Please excuse me for a moment.

[ She's off to ask some people something, and then she's... returning, looking rather put-off. ]

... They won't allow me to leave until I've had my interview, unfortunately, so there is no time to ask my caretaker if he'd bring some beer. [ Legal repercussions, what legal repercussions. ] I'll just have to act as if I do, just like during improv.

[ Now, more importantly (and, whispered with all the importance in the world): ] Have you ever played? It's very fun.

You need to relax before you start speaking another language I can't even understand...

Anyway, what would you call that, if it's not a mullet.

Edited 2017-06-23 06:45 (UTC)

Asleep?

[ So his life before this feels like a dream? Some kind of narrative written up by beings unknown, fogged from seeing the truth. He's not sure how to parse or digest it just yet, but he takes her words for now, even though the "I like you" part shakes him.

... He's not sure what's there to like about him, but he digresses. Rubbing his neck awkwardly, he thinks over what to say. ]

Thank you, Amagi. Is there something I'm supposed to do when I get these memory flashes? Should I sign myself up for a support group?

[ It's meant to be a joke, but after seeing her Persona... He may need it. ]

[ UGH... He wasn't prepared for her to say that out loud in front of other people, but it's common for minors to fish alcohol this way already. All-in-all, he's kind of flabbergasted, but tries not to let it show.

He's curious now. Maybe he should peek in during her interview? Whatever. He gives her a thumbs up for her choice in selling an extemporaneous show. It's usually the best. ]

... I actually haven't played, but I know some people that do. Do you have a favorite character?

[ So... Corrin has been swayed by the recruiters pretty easily with little struggle and sits next to Leon while going over his suited position? There's a nervous smile on his face as he glazes over his qualifications, too— a dollar, the perfect alibi, can’t lie, indecisive. ]

I think mine is pretty tame? [ He chuckles as he turns to Leon before peering down at the matching paper— ] So you're a dragon...

That'll definitely impress them!

[Jirou has no idea how much money all of that cost either. He's got no concept of that and never has. Such is the life of being filthy rich and never having had to work for anything ever.]

Awwww. I was going to spend the night and cuddle with you the whole time!

[He pouts but doesn't say that Kenta should skip work. He knows better than that.]

UYAHGUAGH—

[ Or something like that. Aaaaand off they go. Wait, what? She couldn't quite hear him through the internal (and external) keysmashing, but she thinks he asked a question? ]

No!

[ It's hard to cough up a more contemptuous Yozora-like answer when you're suddenly swept off your feet by a stupidly good-looking pair of glasses on a chocobo. She's holding him tightly around the waist and biting back the urge to scream because what else is there to do? This also wasn't supposed to happen?! What about her candy?!?! ]

Where are the brakes on this thing?!

Oh, Kurogane definitely noticed, and felt like a complete asshole. He'd only been trying to help, but he didn't even know the guy and to overstep his bounds like that was something he absolutely hated to do. No wonder the guy's heart was pounding, and he'd frozen up for a second too. Kurogane had also heard the gasp, and immediately dropped his hand to his side. not before he felt the shaking, though.

"Shit, I'm really sorry. I don't know why the hell I did that. Definitely wasn't something I intended on and I apologize."

One of the first lessons his father had ever taught him was about consent and that he shouldn't touch people unless they gave express permission, and that the only time this could be sidestepped was in a life or death situation. This wasn't one, and his years of martial arts training should have made that clear enough to have stopped this whole thing. But they hadn't, and he felt like a complete ass.

"They're just being really pushy, and I didn't want you getting mobbed for going over there. Doesn't excuse me grabbing you, though."

He totally expected the guy to just walk away, and he wouldn't have blamed him in the slightest.

Kurogane scowled, but without any serious malice. He could understand being annoyed by the complaining. it wasn't like it would do any good and it was just adding to the noise, but he was still mad.

"Tch. Yeah, sorry. I'm just pissed at how stupid this whole thing is."

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