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recollecters) wrote in repeter2017-10-17 08:38 pm
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OCTOBER TDM
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OCTOBER TEST DRIVE The city of Recollé... When the crypt doors creak, and the tombstones quake, spooks come out for a singing wake. Happy haunts materialize and begin to vocalize...grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize... Every year during the Halloween season, the city of Recollé comes to life with plenty of fall activities for everyone. There's something to do in every district if one were to take a look. What will you do today? I. Family fun seems to be the theme today over in Tribunal Terrace. Several tables are set up and in a semi-circle near Recollé Square with stacks of pumpkins, carving tools, paint and anything else you may need to create your own jack o'lantern. Other stations are set up for face-painting and games to win mini-sized candy bars including a ring toss, bowling, and bobbing for apples. Be careful with the apples though. They like to wiggle and jiggle with their happy little faces staring up out of the water. ...so maybe apple-bobbing is for the brave at heart. Are you the artsy type to carve a beautiful pumpkin? Are you helping to run the games (or even cheating to get more candy)? It's time to relax and let your creativity flow. II. Pumpkin-carving not your speed? Never fear, horror is here. Over in Tisse there's plenty to do for those looking for a little more adventure. Several coffee shops have harvest specials made with pumpkin, maple, and pecan flavors. Over at Flix a monster movie marathon and costume contest are taking place (with a prize of two free passes for the best monster costumes.) But the highlight of this district is the annual haunted funhouse. Anyone daring enough will find the usual spooks and scares in a haunted house, jump scares and fog machines galore. But...the house certainly didn't look so big from the outside. How did you possibly get shuffled straight to the center? No worries. This hall of mirrors will guide you out safely...if the walls closing in don't crush you first. It's a race against time as the halls narrow, and if you're one of the lucky ones you'll escape and exit through the main doors. For those not quite so lucky, the walls will stop just inches from crushing you completely before the floor drops open and you find yourself on a slide, falling through the dark and tumbling into an underground room filled with plastic skeletons, rubber spiders and more. There must be a way out, right? Hopefully you aren't alone and you can navigate the lair with a friend or two. III. Meanwhile, the rest of the city's usual hustle and bustle continues. The shopping districts are busy, students wander the sidewalks after class, and that oddly-shaped ghost appears right in the middle of the crowd. Wait, what? You could have sworn that ghost wasn't there before. Maybe you don't even believe in ghosts. You may blink a few times to clear your vision, but the faint outline of the ghost remains as a few more of them pop up around the city. They won't speak, but they will cause some trouble for anyone who gets too close whether it's by playing pranks on passerbys, stealing items and running away, sitting on a person and applying a gravitational force so they can't move or other crafty, sneaky tactics. Are the ghosts messing with you? Or are you going to find a way to mess with the ghosts? IV. As the sun begins to set, a strange sort of fog rolls in. Several citizens of the city may not even think it's unusual and others seem to capitalize on the weather. The Churchhill Downs Stables are hosting their annual haunted hayrides through Recollé Woods as soon as the sun sets. There are plenty of carts and chocobos saddled up and ready to go. Once passengers are seated the chocobos begin to trot forward into the woods as a pre-recorded ghost tour of the city takes place. The stories range from silly ones about two ghost children who like to play hide and seek in these woods to scarier ones about a jilted lover chasing her husband off a cliff at the edge of ocean. For the most part they're a bit cheesy and in good fun, but something about this haunted ride seems a bit...off. Peering into the fog you may see something strange that follows you, be it a monster or a shadow or an object. You may hear things whispering your name and you may see your greatest fear manifest right out of the fog and chase your cart through the woods. Even worse, it seems to follow you right out of the woods and back into the city. No matter where you run or where you hide, the fears from the fog will track you down and they change for every single person in the city. Will you run or will you fight? You may wish to be careful since the creatures will fight back. BONUS. With only a few short weeks left until the end of October, Retrospec's Halloween Mode is in full swing and popping up on new users' devices. Retrospec users will find their application decked out in cheerful Halloween colors, and their userpics in a randomized (work safe) costume. However, there's always a trick to each treat and this time the seasonal mode can't be turned off for new users. Notifications chime with zombie groans, a rousing game of Candy Crush must be played and beaten before you can use your device again, and the new Trick or Treat function has a few upgrades. When a user enables this function, they will be met with the phrase "Trick or Treat?" Users who select "treat" will get one virtual candy! Yay! The catch though is that they will also find themselves in a costume representing that specific candy. Should a user pick "trick", however, they will find all sorts of harmless but unpleasant things happening to them including but not limited to pranks, being splashed by vehicles driving through puddles of water, being unable to speak in anything but rhymes and other such things. None of these effects last over ten minutes, but the game will show up periodically over and over again and even giving you the option to play the game with others. 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 current players, TDM threads will not count toward your Trick or Treat freebie! Additionally, please remember that TDM threads can only be used for bonus points, not regains. Please note: you will need a reserve to apply, and current characters must have full AC posted at the time of their reservation. Your October TDM directory is here, and your AU workshop is here! Our mod questions thread for this TDM is over here! |
Shinpachi Nagakura (au: Shinpachi Kuramoto) | Hakuouki
[ This is Shinpachi, obviously enjoying his time at the Terrace's family-friendly event. By that I mean he's vengefully pointing at the lone apple bobbing in the tub of cold water, splashing around a bit and hitting him with the water. ]
I swear I'll get you next time!
[ It's mocking him with its endearing smile and mini-Charleston dance. As for its fruit brethren, they've been nicely cut up into slices. They're actually a hit with the kids, since they come with little cups of caramel dip. ]
Want one? They're delicious.
[ Originally the kids were supposed to do it, but they found it funnier when he had trouble with one particular one that's been giving him trouble, and he fished out the plain ones to catch this particular smiley one. It's nicknamed Apple Capone. ]
◤ III.
[ Ghost problems a hoy! What a person might might mistake for a spooky tap on the shoulder prank by a ghost... is actually Shinpachi! Please don't ignore him, he's in a pickle. ]
Hey... Have you uh...
[ He really doesn't know to explain this without having to accept that the goddamn specters exist and are tormenting him. It's the face of complete unamusement. ]
Do you mind helping me? This group of ghosts is playing keepaway with my neighbor's rabbit doll, she's crying, and you know how unfair that game is.
[ Speak of the devil, that poor rabbit flies right over their heads and just out of Shinpachi's reach or reflexes. Cripes, he really doesn't like reliving his days of being tiny and bullied as the new kid like this, thank you. ]
See? This is really unfair, drop it you see-through freaks!
[ He... will still try to get it back, with or without assistance. A good few yards away, there's a bright red ghost, laughing at these silly humans as a whole. ]
◤ BONUS.
[ Well, he picked treat because why wouldn't you when the choice is given by this goofy, if otherwise very good at being seasonally relevant, phone app. He's not testing his luck. Except now he's gotta deal with being in a costume that does nothing for his handsome figure. It's like, one of those cutesy mascot costumes. What does he have to say on this little side effect, well... ]
What are white gummy bears even supposed to taste like?
[ He could either be at school going to his next class, or working at Club Sunshine, attempting to be a cool, charming host. Not today, he guesses. That said, he'll roll with this, it's only temporary and better than getting splashed by random water. Please be entertained by this un-bear-ably silly grad student trying to get around, or host guy waiting tables and greeting customers. ]
◤ WILDCARD.
[[ If you want to do another one of the TDM prompts or just wing something, I'm totally cool with that! You can contact me via PMs or
iii.
And her gaze only continues to go from one thing to the next when the doll flies over them. Due to her height she jumps up in attempt to reach the doll to no avail, immediately scoffing. ]
You heard what he said, ya' jerk! Give it back before you're sleeping with the fishes!
[ WAIT A SECOND. ]
... Again! [ She thrusts a hand in one direction. ] You go over that way, big guy, we'll cut them off!
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[ Don't mind him if he laughs at the little slip. But he's glad someone believes him. You can't really tell when people can see the ghosts, so it can be a shot in the dark! With embarrassing results half the time. Not today though! He's going for the ghost with a doll, which obviously looks stupid, but! ]
The bunny's heading for the skinny ghost, little lady!
[ Go go, Iris! You got this. ]
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Gotcha!
[ Stupid or not to those blind to the ghosts present, Iris is taking this situation as seriously as he is. Meaning that she is not willing to accept defeat and the only outcome is them retrieving the doll for that poor little girl; beaming with overwhelming confidence.
She gives the ghost described an intimidating glare. One that's unfortunately met with laughter as it and Iris reach for the doll... and the ghost catches it before her. And at that point she's already had it up to here with these damned ghosts, and by some logic that seems to work in her head she thinks it's possible that if she can see the ghosts then she can also touch them.
Which proves to be false because she falls right through and lands face first in the concrete. ]
bonus
They don't add flavours to the white ones, so it just tastes like whatever's left over of the animals used for the gelatin.
[Bullshit it's usually pineapple.
But.
This is just how she be.]
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[ He almost buys it, bending over in distress. ]
But it's gotta be some fruit, right? No way parents would accept that, gummies are considered kind of healthy?
[ He's on his way to Sunshine, hoping this wears off. Majima's gonna lose his shit, otherwise. ]
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[She gives him the most blatant "are you stupid" look in the world.]
That's some of the worst stuff you can eat, man. Are you nuts?
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Still, he jumps when he feels a tap on his shoulder, before relaxing as he realizes that it's not a definitely-not-a-ghost.]
How despicable, to pick on a child like that... Of course, I will gladly lend my assistance.
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There's three ghosts and two of us now! That should help even the odds a little.
[ Cracks his knuckles. Punching a ghost seems unlikely but he wants to be intimidating! But in his dreams, headlock time. ]
I'm all ears for any plans! I'm just good muscle.
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I'm afraid I don't have any experience in handling groups of these... things, but...
[Hmm.]
As they hold the physical advantage over us, I suppose our best would be to surprise them or to give them a reason to drop the doll of their own volition.
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[She pulls off her headphones and turns to face him, Koromaru pausing from sniffing a flower on the side of the street to do the same from where he's a few feet ahead on his leash. They kind of look alike, tilting their heads like that.]
Oh geez, the ghosts again? [Minako ties Koromaru's leash to the fence and then cracks her knuckles.] Count me in. How are we going to do this?
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It's lychee.
...Right?
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[ Kiyoshi does love food, after all. But he will be taking a picture for his blog. What? Commercial for the festivities is a good thing, right? ]
Why've you declared a rivalry with a face-fruit, by the way?