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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! |
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... Wow, and here she didn't think her lie was that impressive.]
Oh! Um... sorry. [holding her hands up as if in surrender.] No, I don't think there is.
... We should probably move, actually. Before they realize I wasn't being truthful.
[Ever seen a horde of angry children who have been denied chocolate? Please don't make Sakura die for your sins, dude.]
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[Ohhhh well. It's not too bad, though, since this is a Halloween event, and there's sweets and candies by the bucketload wherever he looks.]
That's not a bad idea. I don't think I could stand them all asking me more questions again...
[He doesn't mind kids at all. He likes them a lot. But what he doesn't like is being put on the spot in any type of scenario. He turns on his heel, moving in the opposite direction, away from the doors.]
I didn't even know there was a costume contest. Serves me right for not checking where I was walking.
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You can have this, if you want. It's not much...
[But hey, chocolate. And regardless of his answer, Sakura glances at him with growing curiosity. Forget the vampire look; it's his height that's tripping her out. Do they just grow the humans taller in the western hemisphere?]
Well, I admit... it's likely you would've gotten stares regardless. [Sorry. She offers an apologetic smile] You do cut an... [God, what's the English word] "powerful" ... no -- imposing! An imposing figure.
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[He sounds honestly touched??? Look, anyone who gives him sweets for free is just...the best. Absolutely 100% good people. He bows his head slightly, before starting to unwrap the thing so that he can take a small bite out of it.]
Well, I do suppose I... [He also has to pause to think of the word he's trying to use, using that time to eat the rest of the chocolate bar.] Loom, yes? Though that isn't my fault...I can't control my height, you know.
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Mm, that's true... and it's not really fair for you to change your clothes just to avoid being noticed.
[She taps her fingers against her chin, thinking, before she visibly perks]
Well, sometimes I put in earbuds so people think I'm listening to music. That way they're more likely to keep their distance.
[Which never works on children.]
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[His expression shifts into an uncomfortable frown.]
But I can't hear people coming, then, so I'm almost always caught off guard, even if I'm not playing anything. And if I am playing anything, the music makes me sleep if I'm not careful.
[He sighs.]
Oh, well. Either way, it serves me right for wandering near areas with lots of people. It's better to avoid those, entirely...
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Do you not like being around crowds, sir?
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[He actually looks visibly nervous at even the sound of the word "crowds".]
All those people, just...staring at me. [His voice has lowered into a mumble.] Oh, goodness, it makes me itch all over. All that attention...ugh!
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Ah... no wonder you were nervous around the children. [Sakura's not judging him for it; in fact she sounds sympathetic, and doubly so when she considers his appearance would fetch unwanted attention.
She also feels reeeaaaally bad for staring at him earlier in the name of art.]
-- If I'm causing some of that, I can always... [A vague hand gesture. Listen, she gets it, she won't mind being told to leave]
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I actually do like children, but only on a singular basis. If there's a lot of them all at once, it's a bit nervewracking.
[Her start of her apology makes him blink, and he raises his own hand as he shakes his head.]
Oh, no! No no, it's fine! I don't mind people. Like, one on one, really, just...large groups of people is something I avoid. But it's not like I don't mind company. [A sigh.] Basically, what I mean to say...I'm not going to make you leave.
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[She won't press the point in that case, and instead follows up with a hum of thought before speaking again]
Do you start to feel tired when you're around too many people, too?
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[He lets out a long sigh.]
I never seem to be able to get enough sleep. Even sleeping 10 hours wouldn't do it for me.
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[Y I K E S she can not even imagine... which is a little sad for a soon-to-be college student, being robbed of the joys of sleeping in like the world's about to end.]
Mmm, well... sometimes diet plays a part in how well you can sleep. Each time I eat anything sweet before I go to bed, I'm guaranteed to wake up in three hours no matter how tired I am.
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[But...but sweets.............they're too good............]
[He actually looks fairly upset.]
I eat a lot of sweets. I just can't help it, really. They're the only thing that keeps me going, sometimes...
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[Things Sakura probably shouldn't be admitting out loud: that]
Maybe the trick isn't to eat less sweets, but just make sure you're eating other things as well!
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[A long pause.]
Nothing else is really that appetizing. Sometimes I eat stuff out of cans, though.
[HOWARD....]
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[Oh the travesty, he might as well have told her that he is unloved in this world, abandoned by fate.]
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[Guess who's too lazy to cook? It's him. It's 100% him.]
It's too much work...
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[Sakura don't do it you've discussed this problem with other people stop feeding random strangers
don't
do it
don't do it don't--]
So um-- Sir, I have a proposition for you, if you don't mind hearing it...
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A...proposition? Of what?
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[And after taking a deep breath:]
I'm going to be applying to the art program at Recollé U soon, but they require a portfolio. I'm a bit behind on my sketches, I admit -- but if I could use you as a model, I think I'd be able to complete the assignment.
I'd pay you, of course! Please name your price. And I could make you meals so you don't get malnourished either.
[A pause-- and then because don't let anyone tell you Sakura doesn't cheat:]
Or just candy bars if you prefer, since I did lie to you earlier...
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Me? A model? [He actually looks behind him in case Sakura is referring to some other (more put-together, actually handsome) person.] Uh. W-why me?
[The free meals sound wonderful, but this is all a bit out of the blue. A sudden thought occurs to him, and he states down at himself nervously.]
Wait. I don't need to be naked, do I...?
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Wh-- oh no, no! Please keep your clothes on.
[Sakura is not drawing anyone like one of her french girls, this is not that kind of gig. She wipes at her cheeks to cool some of the red away before continuing]
You'd wear whatever you normally wear, of course...
[And as for the "why", Sakura figures there's no better way to explain than to show him some of her artwork. She pauses a moment, pulling out a sketch book from her tote bag] Hopefully this explains it a little...? I think your aesthetic and mine would fit well together.
[Which is a nice way of saying "You actually do look like a vampire and I draw aesthetically pleasing monster fetishes." There are humans in there, sure, but Sakura's tastes skew towards interesting places. Many of the pictures feel like they belong in books featuring the supernatural.]
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Thank goodness. [Nobody deserves to see the absolutely unattractive landscape of his stick-thin body, thanks. He takes the proffered sketchbook, flipping through it, page by page.]
Oh. Well, these aren't bad at all. The style is nice... [Of course he'd like the dark and monstrous aesthetic. Of course. He hands the book back to her.] And you'd like to draw me like that? Really? I mean...if it helps you out...
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[Yes because obviously there's an abundance of nightmare creatures for her to draw... Regardless, sketchbook whisked back into the totebag, Sakura puffs up in gratitude]
Like I said, I'll compensate you for your time. You don't even have to pose. You can do whatever you normally do, I'll just be drawing you while you do it.
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