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NOVEMBER TDM

TEST DRIVE

NOVEMBER TEST DRIVE
The city of Recollé...

What do you mean the city's behaving for once?

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The Mayor's growing desperate with Thanksgiving right around the corner as those gosh darn turkeys continue to elude him. The birds that escaped at the beginning of the month continue to wreak havoc over the city as they mingle with the crowds and lay their golden eggs in less than convenient places.

However, with the clock counting down to Turkey Day, the birds appear to be a little more aggressive. You may find yourself actively chased out of a shop or your classroom by one of these wild birds gobbling angrily all the way. Perhaps a bird is nesting in the middle of the sidewalk forcing you to take a new path. Or perhaps you've come across one of their golden eggs, but be careful! It doesn't take more than a gentle touch now for these eggs to explode, showering anyone nearby with surprises such as candy, shaving cream, mud, bugs, plastic cars, crayons or other small tokens.

Will you attempt to catch the birds to turn them into city hall for the $50 reward? Or are you too busy running around to avoid them?

II.
Even with the turkeys on rampage, that doesn't damper the holiday season. Citizens from all over the city are preparing for the festivities of the month. Over at Tribunal Terrace several members from various volunteer groups and the Community Center are organizing their small annual Thanksgiving day parade that kicks off the city's potluck dinner. Grocery stores are swamped with shoppers picking up last-minute supplies for their big meals and you may find yourself fighting for that last jar of gravy.

Over at the community theater, children prepare for their Thanksgiving pageant and it's a flurry of activity from costumes to rehearsals to last-minute stage preparation before the big day. There's plenty of work to be done whether you're acting in the pageant or working on-set. The theater will need as many volunteers as possible to pull this show off.

Granted, there are plenty of things to go wrong in the chaos. One of the parade floats begins to drift away from Tribunal Terrace and rolls down the street on its own leaving volunteers to chase after it and fight off an onslaught of turkeys. Lights blow out in the theater and some wiring and set pieces need to be repaired. And did that person's grocery cart of food just hit your car? Good luck.

Are you prepared for your celebrations and willing to help your fellow neighbor? Or are you a last-minute straggler left high and dry?

III.

Earlier in the month several stores had discounted prices on all things blue and it looks like the prices just keep dropping. With green fully restored to all items in the city, items such as clothing, art supplies and food change prices every hour, on the hour.

The city of Recollé knows a good bargain when it sees it and hundreds of people hit the streets to snatch up what stock they can. It's like Black Friday came early and after a while some stores can't even keep up with demand. Maybe you're among the crowd hunting for just the right shade of green for your holiday packages, or perhaps you're some poor sap who got called into work at 6am on your day off to deal with a swarm of customers. No matter who you are though, you will find yourself having to answer the age-old question: which color is better, green or blue?

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The blue skies have only been back for a few weeks before the gray of winter rolls in again. The wind picks up a little and the ocean crashes against the shore down at Peach Beach. The city grows dark each day beginning at about 4:30pm and the temperature drops little by little.

It's on November 18th that residents will find that there's a bit of frost on their windows when they wake up that Saturday. Toward the early afternoon, the first snowfall of the season begins. It's nothing much, mostly flurries that swirl and dance through the air and cause a burst of excitement among people. Some residents may even remember it's very similar to the Founder's Day holiday.

Though this won't be the last time it snows in the city, there's something magical about the first sign of winter as fall exits. Get out there and build a tiny snowman or catch snowflakes on your tongue. At least the turkeys seem to retreat from the snow itself.

BONUS.
Over the course of the month residents will find that the spotty reception they've always had has grown even worse. Static rings out over the line and long-distance calls stop going through. Emails bounce back despite numerous attempts, and don't even think about getting clear audio or video through Skype. No matter how hard one tries, by November 30th it will become incredibly clear that all phone calls, texts, emails and video chats to people outside of the city have been shut down. The internet will continue to function as normal (browse and share those cat videos to your heart's content) and inner-city communication functions just fine. You can try calling your service provider...but who knows if you'll get through?

And last but not least in the world of inconveniences, in some instances your calls and emails may be rerouted to fellow Retrospec users. Sorry about that!

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, 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 November 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

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[With the turkeys everywhere it’s really only natural to want to find somewhere that isn’t overtaken by birds. The Recollé public library might seem like a good idea, but there’s unfortunately a large amount of those golden eggs scattered in front of the library’s doors.

Rossiu just looks sort of defeated as he stares at the sidewalk in front of the library. These eggs are everywhere and getting inside the library is going to be a production if he doesn’t want to get covered in whatever’s inside said eggs. He has a shift though, so he has little choice but to carefully pick his way around the eggs and try to make it inside.

He’s actually doing pretty well for himself, at least until one of the turkeys appears. It looks angry too.]

[Reasoning with a turkey is absolutely not going to go well, so do you want to lend a hand?]

I-B;

[It looks like Rossiu’s not free from the turkeys yet, however. After the incident at the library it’s off to the grocery store for some last minute shopping for his uncle. That’s a struggle even without the turkeys to worry about, but it looks like one of the particularly aggressive birds has gotten inside the store somehow. It’s now blocking the exit and the staff are trying to get it out by poking it with brooms.

Rossiu sighs and rests his head in his hands.]

[He sounds so defeated. But he feels sort of bad for the employees, so he turns to the person next to him and asks:]

IV;

[Rossiu’s out shopping when he notices the first snowflakes. He stops dead in the middle of the sidewalk to stare up at the sky, his expression softening a bit. He’s always loved snow, and if this sticks it’ll probably look beautiful...

He’ll move eventually, if only so he’s not blocking the path for anyone. Now would probably be a good time to go get some coffee or something to warm up, so he’ll just do that. The coffee shop he picks is nice and warm and once he’s ordered, he’ll take a seat and stare out the window.

The coffee shop’s pretty crowded though, and if you come in looking for a place to sit, Rossiu will gesture to the seat across from him.]

WILDCARD;

[Want a different prompt? You can hit me up on plurk at

pokerap if there’s something specific you’d like to do with Rossiu! His AU workshop comment is over here if you want to work something out there!]

[Goro's too entirely used to the eggs at this point, picking through them is as natural a kid would cracks in a sidewalk, and the call of an angered turkey draws his attention. Oh, it's someone he's familiar with. Apparently aggravating turkeys.]

It doesn't understand words! [HE. IS DOING HIS BEST. TO MAKE HIS WAY TOWARDS ROSSIU. But it will still take a minute.] Try something else!

[Hi, Goro. This is a rather unflattering situation he's found himself in.

And oh right, duh. Of course the bird isn't going to understand words. Um. He has to think of something quick...

The turkey gobbles. Menacingly.]

Here goes nothing...

[So Rossiu does the sane thing and kicks a golden egg at the turkey. Surely this won't piss it off any more!! The golden egg thankfully doesn't slam into the turkey, but it does explode in a shower of silver glitter.

Even the turkey seems taken aback by this.]

[................ You know, that works. Briefly Goro wonders if this counts as Thanksgiving shopping, if he takes this turkey as his own, and decides no. No it would not. He is not killing a turkey.

He is, however, grabbing Rossiu while the turkey's taken aback and dragging him up to their previous destination: the library. Who cares if they pop eggs, they are getting gone!!!]

I was thinking more of trying to speak its language--

[okay that one was whipped cream oh fuck this one's bugs this could not be a worse combination???]

[Thanks for not killing the turkey, Goro. It's appreciated.

The whipped cream and bugs are absolutely not appreciated, however, but Rossiu doesn't complain because holy shit we need to get while the getting's good. The turkey gobbles angrily behind them, but it doesn't seem interested in giving chase.]

Well, it worked, didn't it? That's good enough for me.

[And now we'll have a glitter-covered turkey roaming the streets, but you know what, this is. fine. probably.]

Ha! [Cain snorts at the misfortune of the employees. he's visibly covered in scratches from chasing and trying to capture turkeys all day for the money. usually he'd jump at the chance for free money but it was proving to not be worth it.]

Help 'em? I'm done chasin' these lil fuckers. [he gestures at his arms for Rossiu to see.] Y'see what they can do? S'not worth the effort at all, man.

[Rossiu glances at the other man's arms and winces.]

I didn't realize they'd be this aggressive. I suppose that's why no one wants to get close to them.

Didn't think you'd wanna get close to them.

[Cain grins, looking at Rossiu before casting his glance back at the employees.]

I think they got it handled. As long as they don't try to grab 'em.

I don't think they will. They've got plenty of brooms, from the looks of it.

[It's sort of like fencing, but with a turkey. It's a bit bizarre but it's kind of amusing to watch? Should he feel bad about that...??]

Rossiu Adai | Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

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