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Recollé Mods ([personal profile] recollecters) wrote in [community profile] repeter2017-08-16 11:47 pm
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AUGUST TDM

TEST DRIVE
AUGUST TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé.

...yeah. Yeah, it's just sort of a mess...

What will you do today?

I.
What the hell happened here? Perhaps you're new to the city, or perhaps you've finally started to notice just how bad the damage is to the beloved city of Recollé. The convention center is still crumbled in pieces and several local shops have boarded up windows and doors to prepare for reconstruction. Vendors on the street try to urge residents to purchase monster insurance for all of their home and vehicle needs. But the moment you step outside, you'll find yourself greeted by a member of the Recollé Restoration Committee as they thrust a hardhat into your hands and eagerly chatter about your new assignment.

Whether you find yourself in Tisse and assigned to haul pieces of stone around or you're placed over in Apprassage to pour cement, you'll find you aren't alone in these tasks. It's nice to meet your coworkers, isn't it?

II.
But really, what caused all of this? This is completely insane and while some of you may be willing to help rebuild the city, others might wish to solve the mystery. Poking around the various districts, NPCs will explain that monster attacks "sometimes just happen" which seems pretty strange in and of itself. Monsters shouldn't "just happen", should they? And where are these alleged monsters anyway?

Careful what you wish for, though. Exploring too much and straying off-task will lead to finding some things you may not want. These creatures will immediately hone in on new Retrospec users and begin to chase them, though they won't outright attack. While the smaller ones may be destroyed with a bit of effort, it might be wise to either cut your losses or find someone with a bit more experience to take on the larger creatures. Don't worry; there's bound to be someone to help.

III.
By now, you may have heard the rumors from some of your fellow Retrospec users that several members of the network have disappeared. You may even hear the rumors that those members are lost in "unreality" and that the city itself is a bit...unstable. But they're just rumors, right?

Everything seems fine as you go about your day (monsters notwithstanding.) However, any time you pass from one district to another suddenly a list of names scrolls past your line of vision . As the list comes to a halt and lands on one name, you may recognize it as a friend or a stranger. If you're lucky, you may get a holographic video connecting you to someone still in the city. If you're even luckier, you may find someone speaking up inside your head due to a telepathic connection. Go ahead and say hi. You just might get some answers from those who have been lost and those you haven't met yet.

IV.
As the night begins to set upon the city, a warm sleepy feeling rolls through. Whatever you're doing, it's hard to fight off the urge to curl up under a shaded tree and take a nap. After some time it's nearly impossible to ignore any longer and no matter where you are, you'll instantly fall asleep. Strangely, even

The place that you wake up, however, may look very familiar to you. You've seen this place before. In fact, you've lived through this very scene before. Maybe it's the little league game you scored your first home run, or maybe it's your high school prom. These are your memories played back to you, and glancing back you may find that again you aren't alone. Any Retrospec user has the ability to pass through these pockets of time and can stumble right into your memories. The memory pockets can appear no matter where a person is, and they'll be able to view and interact with the memories they see. Take a walk through your childhood neighborhood. Sit through the nightmare of your college entrance exams. These memories are yours as you've lived them. However, try not to change anything about the past. Memories can be quite tricky if meddled with too much.

BONUS.
While the makers of Retrospec are a bit scattered and busy at the moment, it seems as though they have failsafes to keep their systems up and running. The latest update push operates on its own and begins to download to your device. Your profile remains the same as always (your name and your photo), but it appears you won't have access to it until you apply one of the brand new filters to your picture. Seems easy, right?

Maybe you should have given this a second thought. As soon as the filter's applied to your photo, you might find that people are stopping and staring at you as you go about your day. They may or may not comment, but what's evident is that something's going on that you're unaware of. A quick glance in your phone's camera, a storefront window or a mirror will reveal all. That fun filter's now applied itself to your face with no hope of coming off for a while. Have fun!

Welcome to the [community profile] 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!

For continuity's sake, for the first time we will be stating that the TDM is dated IC 8/17! This is all in one day. Potential applicants/characters on the TDM will revert back to NPC status on 8/18 and will not remember the events of the TDM until the mod-posted Retrospec post goes up 9/1.

Members of Group 2, since the TDM can be considered game-canon, prompts III and IV are open for you to tag around to new players while stuck in your locations outside of the city!

For Prompt III, members of Group 2 may telepathically connect to someone even if there's a video option, but their faces and surroundings will be obscured! Other members of the game + potential applicants may use video if they wish.

For Prompt IV, please remember these are memories from your AU and not your canon! Should characters deviate from these "memories" too much, they will find themselves thrown back to the beginning of the memory to start over!

And finally, the filters provided in the bonus are just examples and you can swap in any others you want.

Your August TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here!
gunsandveggies: (✿ 35)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[She pockets her phone again, speaking as she does so:] Since you just arrived, if you need any help getting around the city, please give me a call! I've lived here for almost my whole life.
missingache: ([31] How come I’m never able)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-08-30 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shiori perks up, nodding enthusiastically. Then he stops and looks away with a shrug.]

I guess I don't mind. But how am I gonna get to you?
gunsandveggies: (✿ 40)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... [She tilts her head. This sounds like it should all be familiar somehow, but...] What kind of supersuit should a heroine of justice wear?
missingache: ([58] Wish we could turn back time)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-08-30 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[A small laugh escapes before he covers it up by clearing his throat.]

If you like chicken, there's a stand that has skewers. They're really good.
missingache: ([2] No one’s ever heard)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-08-30 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Are we gonna find a computer store that's open in this mess?

[Must he be the one to think of these things?]
gunsandveggies: (✿ 27)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
But... how can something like a phone app do all these things?

[Sure, phones can do pretty advanced things these days, but this goes way beyond that. A bonafide change in cognition?]
hypermode: (Shocked)

[personal profile] hypermode 2017-08-30 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow, this lady has absolutely no shame!

A strength, in many places. ]


How about you go fetch a proper wheelbarrow instead of standing pretty over there?!
missingache: ([11] But now I’m insecure)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-08-30 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Uhm... [That's a good question... For Haru? Well, there's only one real inspiration Shiori can draw from.] How about something like what one of your favorite book characters wear? Like, maybe a knight or something?
gunsandveggies: (✿ 24)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huh... That gets her to stop for a moment, if only to look at Baren with surprise.]

Should we not try to help clean the city, then?

[Honestly, even if no one told her to do it, she'd still try to do what she could now that she knows how wrong this is.]
ohrlyeh: (dreams in the witch-house)

[personal profile] ohrlyeh 2017-08-30 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Howard would absolutely approve of that mental image. Gotta love the gruesome Gothic horror of death by being consumed by the ocean!]

Oh, I like sea creatures. They are pretty. But I'm no biologist. [A thin smile.] There's so much about them we don't know, and...well, I like to keep the mystery of it the way it is. Shipwrecks, on the other hand...to see something we consider well made and strong being taken by the ocean, a vast endless thing that belies just how insidious it is...

[He smiles a little wider, obviously pleased by the concept.]

It's rather fascinating, no...?
brokenlight: ((009) Had a voice)

[personal profile] brokenlight 2017-08-30 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[At least he's easy to agree with.]
gunsandveggies: (✿ 38)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whatever that moment was, it's shaken off now. Seems Haru's not quite in the system enough to be getting back memories in that way just yet. Still, it's enough to make her frown, like she's trying to focus on what this familiarity is - like déjà vu, but you can't recall where it's coming from.

Akira's suggestion, however, does put her in better spirits. She lifts her head, frown disappearing as a smile comes up instead.]


I would be! We can find ways to help that doesn't involve sweeping - or find another broom somewhere! I'm certain the people around here can provide another!
gunsandveggies: (✿ 23)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Amphibiman... That does roll off the tongue better than froman.

[Dang, and she thought she was on to something. Oh well!]

Well, I'd... say so? [And she sounded so confident at first, but now that she's thinking of it...] Would you consider me dry if I'm surrounded by air?
gunsandveggies: (✿ 13)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Or if... it's messing with our minds now. If this perception is wrong.

[The thought gets her to hold her hands together, fingers gripping uncomfortably. He's right: nothing about this new situation is very comforting.]

But then, that doesn't sound right at all.
gunsandveggies: (✿ 29)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[If there's any weakling monsters, please let Haru drive and run them over, because that sounds so fun. But on to more important things!]

Huh? [She'd checked her phone a few times, but hadn't noticed an app, though probably because she wasn't looking for it. With that in mind, she pulls her phone out of her little purse, swipes a few times...]

This... one? [She sounds confused by all this, and though her finger hovers over the icon, she hesitates.] But I never downloaded this? [What if it's a virus??]
gunsandveggies: (✿ 02)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
A musketeer! [That is what one of her cats is named after and all!] I'd wear a big hat and everything! Or is that not armory enough?
missingache: ([56] Us to sleep)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-08-30 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[A musketeer... That actually sounded perfect for Haru!] I think it's good! Those guys didn't fight with a lot of armor on, and they moved really fast. Maybe you could wear a mask to keep your identity a secret, too.

[Then a thought strikes him and he laughs.]

So your moped is your valiant steed then?
twostringsonebow: (65 hey if i smile with my teeth)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-08-30 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
As human beings we perceive ourselves as being "dry" if we don't have a trace of liquid on us... and as a result we "wet" things to counter that, so yes. But merpeople can't necessarily do either in the same context we use it for; I'm suspended in water, so I'm normal by their standards, but does that make me wet or dry?

[He can't ask his teammates this because it's stupid but Haru? His good friend? The girl he'd feel comfortable asking to be his beard if needed? Absolutely.]
gunsandveggies: (✿ 35)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[A big hat, a mask... Gosh, this is really giving her an aching sense of déjà vu, but she can't quite place where it's coming from or why. Haru squints a little with her head tilted as a result, but no matter how much she thinks of it, she can't put her finger on it. Maybe a childhood fantasy or something?

Whatever it is, she shakes it off. Instead, she looks down at the handlebars or her moped with a smile.]


Of course! A musketeer has to get around somehow! Can't you just see her rushing gallantly into battle?
gunsandveggies: (✿ 39)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look, if you ever need to seriously ponder incredibly stupid questions, then Haru's your girl. She frowns and taps a finger to her chin, because now this has got her thinking.]

Hmmm... Maybe it's switched around for them? "Wet" is the normal, and if they breach the water, then it's... some sort of "dry"? But then, it'd be dangerous for them if they were completely dry... Perhaps they have different words for these things? Like... hm.

How do you feel, surrounded by water like that? Are you dry or wet?
odapologist: (yagen48)

[personal profile] odapologist 2017-08-30 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They can pretend it was a more honorable death of their own choosing!

'cept they lived? Wait that's a good thing we're good people. Yanagi yelped at the bump and while both probably should fall off, since Mimori is busy with the wheels, Yanagi tries to keep them both in the chair by setting his weight back the moment he can and grabs Mimori too.

When they slow down, he takes a deep breath. This was a trip, and maybe he should get out but please let him rest... ]


We're... We're okay!

[ As for their ugly frog friend? Well. He made the Mistake of trying to hop down the incline after them. He's rolling down the hill, but thankfully the bumps knocked him off track, so he won't roll into or over this poor pair of teens.

Instead he crashes right into a parked minivan and would splat, but we're leaving out the awful imagery for the sake of the TDM and the frog ball just... bursts into confetti? Yanagi still cringes though. ]
burningblossoms: <user name=yosukesheadphones site=tumblr.com> (Serious Look)

[personal profile] burningblossoms 2017-08-30 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the one.

[Yukiko doesn't even need to look for the logo, not anymore.]

That app is how it all started. When it showed up, people just started seeming to...wake up...I guess. Realize things were wrong.
twostringsonebow: (79 ooh ooh)

[personal profile] twostringsonebow 2017-08-30 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[... You're making him think about how he feels, um. Huh. Goro rubs his arm, then plays with his hair. Very weightless. But dry or wet? Hmmmm.]

... I don't feel wet, but I'm sure if I broke the surface I would. So I guess I'm dry in the context we're used to?
cornets: (raisin bread)

[personal profile] cornets 2017-08-30 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. You're the first person I've met who does. My friends and teammates don't even have it.
gunsandveggies: (✿ 24)

[personal profile] gunsandveggies 2017-08-30 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Calling yourself dry when you're underwater just sounds so odd! Although... When I go swimming, I wouldn't considering myself wet when I'm underwater. It's a different feeling than when you get out of the water, but I don't think there's another word for it...

[But it just sounds bizarre for anyone in an underwater society to call themselves "dry". She ponders to herself a little more, then addresses Akechi again:] Maybe if you see them again, you could ask them?