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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

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ it's a dream, and dave's aware of that much. because right now he's in a lab with the others he's been stuck with since august started. they've been together for seventeen days (...minus three, because time shit) and he knows they didn't just suddenly warp back.

especially because he doesn't recognize where the fuck he is.

it's...

...a sportsball field of some kind. two of his friends play it. baseball? whatever. but this isn't in recolle, and something's strange about his sense of where he is.

and then there's a voice he's heard in his memories and dreams, and dave freezes and looks sideways. ]

...Egbert. [ why the fuck is dave dreaming about sports. dreaming about past-life best friends? that's one thing. dreaming about probably-baseball is way the fuck weirder, though. ]

[He catches the ball once more and he pauses upon hearing his own name, turning further to face Dave instead. There's a quick glance over his shoulder as if he's looking for his name on his own back, but there's nothing. So he gives Dave a very blank look before there's a hint of a smile.]

Uh. Yeah. [???] Should you really be here?

[ it's his dream, he can go where he wants to go?????

(why sports) ]

Why not? I'm the new team mascot. Or I was an hour or so ago. Go wildcats.

[ he has NO IDEA what the fuck to say to john so bullshit spews forth ]

[Oh good glad nothing changed. Granted John doesn't know anything about Dave and instead he finds himself laughing under his breath.]

You are going to have to be a little more enthusiastic than that? Our last mascot was way too peppy for his own good. [It's unfortunate that he's from a high school whose mascot is also a wildcat. Great. Fine.]

I don't gotta be enthusiastic if I can do a triple back handspring.

[ ...

he actually can do most cheerleading moves probably simply by virtue of being a goddamn ninja who has done dance since he was tiny. ]

Or flips without the hands? Like, that shit sells...spirit.

[ dave you fucking tanked the school spirit speech what do you know ]

[He's since started rolling the baseball in his hand and over his knuckles, but now he looks mildly interested?]

Prove it. I didn't even know there was such a thing as a triple back handspring, but okay.

[ weird dream john wants him to do sports, what the fuck. dave conveniently ignores the fact he claimed he could first. anyway, he can do this brand of athletics - although he probably doesn't really know all of the correct terminology. ]

And when I prove it, you'll admit that I'm the mascot king?

Sure. You have about three minutes before the storm though. Can you beat that? [He looks up at the angry gray clouds, blue eyes concentrating on those for a moment.] It was a pretty big storm then, I remember this.

[And yet he's not making any moves to find shelter just yet? So that's fine.]

I can beat pretty much anything when it comes to speed.

[ ALSO. he doesn't care about a storm, though he believes dream past life best friend.

anyway dave will actually just. run and do a few improbable handsprings, rounding off at the end easily? this. doesn't even cause him to break a sweat, so. ]

[What a cheater? But John stops anyway to watch Dave be a gymnast and he's honestly pretty surprised? What the fuck though.]

Okay. So uh. That happened. [But there's another grin.] That was even better than half of our old cheerleaders.

[There's a rumble of thunder as a few raindrops start to fall from the sky.] So...really, how did you get here? This isn't a conversation that ever happened. I would remember that. [He would remember somebody just busting out a bunch of handsprings.]

It's a dream, genius.

[ though he'd thought it was his own - ]

Please tell me what happened wasn't you just standin' around in the rain getting soaked, 'cause if so, I hate you just a little bit.

Is it? [He seems fond of the idea even as he turns to head for the dugout instead.]

If it's my dream, I am not sure you're allowed to hate me. But no, of course not. That was a totally different time. [There's a teasing grin since a dream makes sense and it means John can do whatever he wants.]

[ "who says it's yours?" is on the tip of his tongue but instead dave just follows, hands jammed into his pockets. ]

That's a little tyrannical, ain't it? Sayin' I can't feel however I want, just 'cause you think you own all the dreams in dreamsville. So what sport is it you even play?

[Good Dave, best friend.]

I think I would probably be a benevolent tyrant. I did say I was not sure. [But he gives Dave a bemused look before he quirks an eyebrow.] Water polo. Can't you tell?

Oh. Then why did everyone leave after it started to rain??

[ does he know what water polo is

no

he knows what MARCO polo is, when do we discuss that ]

...[There's a snort.]

It's a baseball field, dummy. What else would you play on a baseball field?

... [ ............... ] I was jokin'.

[ NO HE WASN'T.

dave takes a hand out of his pocket to shove john as he falls into step? ]

Why the fuck are you dreamin' about this? Not that it ain't a sight better than the usual nightly lineup.

[Haha okay Dave, sure. He laughs a little as he does his best to keep his balance.]

I do not know. Maybe because I like the field? Or I needed a break from everyone. I've never asked my dreams when they decide to show up.

So...can you change it?

[ the dream. ]

Take me on a magic carpet ride, mystery football dude. I am partial to grocery stores with apple juice.

[ IT HAS BEEN OVER A WEEK SINCE HE HAD AJ ]

...I never thought about changing it. I usually let them go through whatever they want. But I do not think I can conjure up a magic carpet. Will a change of scenery to my kitchen work?

...Is there non-vending machine food in your kitchen?

Well it is a kitchen, so yes I would assume so. Does dream food taste any better than vending machine food if it is not really there?

You would not ask that if you'd lived off it for like, several weeks. Make the dream kitchen happen, bro.

Sure, I'll get right on that. But are you going to even give me your name, or am I bringing home another stray without explanation?

You can call me Hasselhoff.

[ dave why. ]

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