repeter | NOVEMBER TDM

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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?

I.
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?

IV.
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

[ into it they go!! how nice. even if it's weird, in retrospect, to be in an ice cream parlor when it's winter...... ]

What about your strawberry though?

Well, I'm fine with most sweets! [ alternately: sometimes he is willing to just make choices to keep other people happy THOUGH NOT TO SUICIDAL CANON EXTENTS, WHAT THE SHIT HAPPYEL ] And it may not come down to that? After all, a swirl milkshake should be possible~! I've worked at an ice cream shop before, it's not completely off the table.

If you're sure...

[ he doesn't want to deprive anyone of their tasty milkshake okay!! but he'll trust hinata on this, given he has the experience. tsukasa's only ever worked at the stables, what does he know about ice cream. nothing. except that it tastes good and it's cold creamy milk. ]

...Was it fun working at one?

It was super fun! We got to have ice cream in our down time~? Ah, and mostly customers were pretty happy! Sometimes there were ones who weren't but mooostly people who went to get ice cream were in more or less good moods?

[ SO THERE'S THAT. ]

[ he's imagining hinata treating those sad saps that get ice cream when they get broken up with.........

god, he feels so bad for them. ]

It sounds like it suited you. Why did you stop?

Mm, it was more a seasonal gig! Besides, I like working at the stables with you. ♪ Otherwise I might try to reapply.

[ THANKS, HINATA ]

[ sometimes he thinks he's getting used to hinata's everything

but he's wrong. he's dead wrong. isn't he basically saying tsukasa's why he still works at the stables, why is he so embarrassing— ]

Um, I'm glad I could keep you around... I think. You should really say you're staying for the animals, though... It makes them happy to hear that.

[ embarrassing your friends is like 90% of friendship? ]

Well, the animals are pretty fun to work with, too~? But they're not as good at conversation. Though, come to think of it, how'd you start working there, Tsukasa? I don't think you've ever told me.

[ well yes but please spare him a little. that 10%. ]

That's because it's nothing big... I've always loved horses, and I wanted to work with them, so I kept applying until they agreed to take me on.

[ he loves chocobos too, so it's not a big deal that that's all they have now too. it's okay. it really is. definitely. ]

[ what if he never spares tsukasa ever!! ]

...Ah, well! I hear there's a voting system to maybe get horses back~? [ LIVE IN HOPE... ] I promise to always vote for horses whenever they come up.

[ he'll die!! ]

You don't have to, Hinata! [ he can already hear the "but i want to" coming, so he sighs. ] But... Thank you. Horses aren't very important in the grand scheme of things, but they mean a lot to me...

Things that are important to my friends are important to me~! So, it's not a big deal, is it?

[ AND YET HE COULD VOTE FOR LIKE...GREEN...FOR HIS EYES... ]

[ too good too pure he doesn't deserve this ]

The same goes for me too, so if there's anything you want back, please let me know... I'll vote for it for you. [ ... ] Like, um, your eyes?

[ he sort of assumes they have not always been grey. mostly because hinata looks really weird with grey eyes. ]

Ah! Yeah, it's kind of weird to have gray eyes now? When they go back to being green sometime, we should celebrate.

[ how...? ]

With mint ice cream!

...Shouldn't we celebrate with something more traditional and suited to the weather? Such as a hotpot.

[ hinata it's gonna be december by the time green eyes come back please........ ]

Hotpot sounds great! It's a date!

[ hotpot isn't sweet but he can deal!! ]

Haha, at least your eyes are blue again~! For a while everything was grey?

[ eating something that isn't sweet isn't going to kill you, actually it'll make you healthier, okay!! ]

...I must've looked weird with grey eyes... Did I?

[ he's never sure how to categorize himself in terms of looks so

wait why is he relying on hinata, this is a terrible idea. ]

You did! Ah, but only 'cause you look much better with blue eyes?

[ thanks hinata! ]

It felt like something was missing~! And it was weird because you didn't even realize it?

[ thanks hinata! ]

Sorry. I must've been difficult to deal with. [ a soft kuaaahh noise. ] ...I'm not really sure how to keep this but, um, I promise I won't go back to being like that again?

Ah, well! It's not something that could be helped~? As long as you remember who I am, it's okay if you forget some details! I'll just have to help you remember again?

[ watch hinata spend the rest of november after the test drive trying 2 make tsukasa remember shit ]

[ he's gonna feel so bad about forgetting shit t b h he'll have to figure out a way to make it up to his pal ]

I honestly don't think I could forget you even if I wanted to. [ this is probably a good thing, even if he's sighing it. ] I'll do the same for you too, in that case.

Awww! [ AND HUGGING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. ] Squeeze, squeeze~! It's a promise. ☆

[ HE KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND YET HE'S STILL CAUGHT OFF-GUARD, oh my god p l e a s e we're in the middle of a shop this is too much for his poor heart ]

I-It's the least I can do! I mean, if you're going to go through that much trouble for me, then I should do the same for you, shouldn't I? [ it's just good manners..!! ] Hinata, please, not in public..!

[ kasa you're the one making a big deal out of this why don't you chill huh ]

That just sounds like you're asking me to hug you in private~!

[ but he lets go... ]

Haha, okay, okay. Let's order our ice creams now!

[ he kind of is but also: when you say it like that it sounds so weird, why...... ]

Alright... Let me pay for both of us, by the way. You saved me, so it's my treat.

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