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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!
falsepretentious: (just one thought)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-08-25 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
There happens to be a good cyber cafe nearby. Having some food in one's stomach can do wonders for keeping one focuses, and we can use the resources there to start conducting some research. We should look into that app and see what other information we can find about this city's abnormalities.
evidentiary: pixiv 35469354 (DECLARE ► here's the truth)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-08-27 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I have some spare time, so I'm not opposed to this plan...still, what sort of food does the cafe serve?

[ is this fast food. ]
falsepretentious: (glance)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-08-28 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Splendid. This is working out in our favor...

[He taps a finger against his glasses as they move forward.]

They have a basic variety of finger foods and sandwiches. It doesn't hold a candle to any of the big chains, but the food is filling enough to do the trick.
evidentiary: pixiv 3749617 (SPORTY ► dressed for it anyway)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-08-31 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...that sounds decent enough. And perhaps by then your phone will be done updating.

[ by the time they eat something she means. ]
falsepretentious: (what did you say)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-08-31 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
It had better be, for its own sake! [He says as if his phone can hear him, affixing a glare towards it.]

With the money I've put into this mobile plan, a simple update shouldn't be taking anywhere near this long...!
evidentiary: pixiv 603264 (INQUIRY ► is that a thing?)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-08-31 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think perhaps that is part of the strangeness...?
falsepretentious: (just one thought)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-01 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
That's a possibility... but it could just be the irrational whims of technology. Even a phone owned by me acts up from time to time.

[He pinches at the bridge of his nose in frustration. But then, his phone pings!]

It's about time.
evidentiary: pixiv 9482485 (SIDE-EYE ► is that so)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-01 10:14 am (UTC)(link)
Now you can check it for the app.

[ POSSIBLY AS THEY ARE SEATED ]
falsepretentious: (what is the meaning of this)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-01 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[They are indeed seated! This seems like one way to kill time while waiting to be waited on.]

Precisely. [He smirks confidently.] Let's see what this app is made of...

[There's a few moments of silence as he presses at some buttons.]

...What?! It wants me to choose one of those insipid filters for my picture. I swore that I'd never deface my own image like that! Are you sure that this app has any value whatsoever?!
evidentiary: (LEAN ► what's up buttercup)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-02 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Odd...it didn't request I do anything of the sort. Perhaps just...choose the least questionable option?
falsepretentious: (glance)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-02 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
It seems I have no choice...

[He sighs again as he makes a selection. Then, he gets into the app!

But now, it also looks like there's a flower crown nestled in his hair.]


There. I'll just figure out how to change it soon, before people start to see an image of me looking that ridiculous!
evidentiary: (SHOCK ► fuck i missed that)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-02 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ ................EYEING HIS HEAD SUDDENLY. ]

Byakuya...do you carry a pocket mirror?
falsepretentious: (reluctant)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-02 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He rolls his eyes.]

I'm not nearly so vain as to carry something like that around. ...Why do you ask?
evidentiary: art credit unknown, please contact (COFFEE ► sipping future)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-02 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
...The camera application on your phone, then...
falsepretentious: (what is the meaning of this)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-02 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
My phone? [He grips it with a confused look.] Are you that intent on making me look at my own face?

[He switches his phone's camera on. It's already in selfie mode, so Byakuaya immediately sees himself - and his eyes widen in aghast surprise.]

What?! [Byakuya immediately reaches for the flower crown, only to grab at his hair instead.] What is the meaning of this?!
evidentiary: (WHATEVER ► don't care)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-02 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...

just...

reaches up to poke at the filter hovering there... ]
falsepretentious: (flabbergasted)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-02 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[...He'll allow that.]

This is madness. Get it off!
evidentiary: (WHOA ► you're still a dumbass)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-02 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't seem to want to come off.

[ what the fuck ]
falsepretentious: (what did you say)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-03 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's as if it doesn't actually exist! Is it some type of a hypnotic illusion? Or is this app reacting to some sort of chemical agent within our very minds?

[He mashes buttons furiously on the phone to try to find some solution, while a waiter chimes up nearby, oblivious to the scene.]
evidentiary: pixiv 742654 (GLANCE ► what's up?)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-03 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't looking at your phone when you clicked the option, however...

[ kyouko will input her order with the waiter plz hold ]
falsepretentious: (sore wa)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-04 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
That may be true, but still...

[He does also stop as he notices the waiter.]

Excuse me.

[After Kyouko's finished, he lists off a rapid-fire order of various items.]
evidentiary: pixiv 603264 (BORED ► you don't say future)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-04 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ PATIENTLY WAITS FOR THE END OF THE LIST ]

You've been thinking about it, I see...
falsepretentious: (just one thought)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-04 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[He adjusts his glasses.]

It's easy to remember my usual order.

[A pause as the waiter leaves.]

...He didn't say anything about my "accessory". Is it still there?
evidentiary: (Default)

[personal profile] evidentiary 2017-09-05 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't think he noticed it. How odd...maybe he doesn't have the application?
falsepretentious: (glance)

[personal profile] falsepretentious 2017-09-05 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the most likely option. It's quite surreal... as if anything strange about is concealed by a cloak of invisibility.

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