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recollecters) wrote in repeter2017-06-16 08:40 pm
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JUNE TDM
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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!
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I see... So you're shy. In that case, have a friend go in for you, prepare them as much as you can, and then be their lifeline when they need an answer.
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That's actually not a bad idea. ]
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Hah. It'd be nice if I could pull that off.
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[... Just give him a reason why.]
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Kh! I didn't come here to be attacked, so I suppose I'll just keep you guessing.
[ If he seemed equally friendless, she might have told the truth. Oh well. Back to her phone! This time, the screen flashes the following question:
Poinephobia is the fear of what?
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......
She. Looks at him from the corner of her eye... ]
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[It's too bad he's the kind of guy who seems popular due to his looks, huh. Well, setting aside his slightly put-off expression, he can't help but glance at her phone
Poinephobia... it's a fear, but of what...]
... Punishment, isn't it?
[Mostly asking for confirmation, since he assumes she knows it.]
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At the sound of his voice, she jolts up and yelps. ]
Y-you don't know that! [ Admitting he's right is the last thing she wants to do?! Is he right? She doesn't know. God, she hopes not. (He is.) ] The root word is Latin, so...
[ She twirls a lock of her hair dammit answers come to her. ]
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Yes, most, if not all, phobias tend to be. I haven't studied Latin at all, and I haven't heard of this one before now either, so really my guess is based simply on how I assume poine is pronounced.
[Like one of those oldschooler mobsters saying punishment, frankly. Poineshment.]
It's faulty reasoning, I admit, especially coming from a detective.
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With all due respect... [ No, scratch the respect. ] You don't look hardboiled to me. And frankly, you're too friendly and handsome to be Sherlock or Poirot.
...
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[ Yep. ]
Are you a detective for real?
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I suppose you aren't... wrong, necessarily, but I hope to become more like Poirot. His flair for dramatic reveals is charming, to say the least.
[And so in line with his own!!!]
But yes, I am. Kind of. I can't say I'm employed by the city or anything, but I do take cases and seek their solutions through deductive reasoning. Also, I find people more like to cooperate if you're friendly with them.
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I guess.
[ It's certainly working on her, despite herself. ]
... I'm Yozora. [ She mumbles her name just loud enough for him to hear. ] If I let you help me with this app, will you look into something for me?
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Akechi, at your service. I would be more than happy to help you both with this app as well as anything else that may trouble you.
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Yozora answers him with a huff. She doesn't exactly have a pressing mystery he has to attend to, but she makes a mental note to get his calling card or something. His Twitter? Something. ]
Poineshment, was it? If Rick Astley pops up on my screen, I'm flying across this country to kill him.
[ She enters his previous answer: punishment. She doesn't expect it to work.
It does. ]
You were right...
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That's a relief. I was almost afraid I'd have to turn you in for possible first degree murder.
[Though his tone's joking, honestly. Goro sets his phone beside him to idle, crossing his legs at the knee and leaning with his elbow on it.]
Well then, Yozora, it would seem that the barest minimum of my capabilities have been proven to you. Will you tell me the reason you can't pull off my idea of having a friend go in for you? I promise, it's not an attack or anything, I'm curious.
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That's because... I... havenofriends.
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I'm sorry, I don't believe I caught that... What did you say?
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I HAVE NO FRIENDS!!!
Okay? What's wrong with that?! Kh, go ahead and laugh! I don't care! [dramatically points finger at!!] Not everyone is normal like you!
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Ahem. Um.]
I wouldn't laugh at anyone for that, Yozora. I'm quite alone myself. But in that case, you can simply make a deal with someone who has the same goal in mind. Friends aren't necessary to win game shows.
[Despite his smile, there is a tone of truth and sadness to it; he's surrounded by people, he's popular, but calling someone else a friend feels like he's presuming too much.]
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Her anger is quelled by another good idea, and something tells her he might have some experience with that. Winning without anyone's help, that is. ]
What I should do is none of your business!
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[ She should probably thank him. ]
Akechi...
[ RRGH. ]
Akechi Mitsuhide was a samurai and general under Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period!
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Who later betrayed him at... Honnou-ji, if I recall right, and ended Nobunaga's reign in Japan. Can you think of anyone else with the same surname as myself?
[There's a particularly famous detective with it!! He likes that one a lot more than some betrayer.]
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[ Yozora's read some Edogawa herself. She just likes giving him a hard time. ]
I guess you'll just have to make a even better name for yourself, Akechi.