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saveournumbers2018-06-16 06:48 pm
ourearth) wrote in saveournumbers2018-06-16 06:48 pm
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Second Test Drive Meme
Welcome to the SoE TDM!
Due to the premise of the game, everyone on this testdrive must be the modern day reincarnation of the characters we all know and love. Please take a quick look at our navigation to familiarize yourself with the concept and setting of the game before you jump in.
If you have a relationship plotting post comment for your character (which is NOT mandatory to play in this tdm), please link to it when putting up a toplevel on the TDM. That way, other players can easily get an idea of what kind of character they will be tagging.
Other than that, you know the tdm drill - when commenting, please put your character's name and canon in the subject line, and write one or more threadstarters so others can tag you easily. Below, you'll find some prompts that you can use or discard at will to write those threadstarters.
1. A ghostly apparition
There are many places in Mossgate Council where one may spot ghosts, but the place that yields such sightings most frequently is the ruins at the top of the cliffs. So one beautiful night, you're up there - for a date? To smoke weed? To watch the stars with a bottle of whiskey? - as you suddenly notice something out of the corner of your eye. Perhaps it is a bearded man in a long cloak, or a woman in historical clothes, or something much more outlandish... What do you do?
2. Old ships
A new exhibit at the museum has opened! ...Or rather an old exhibit has reopened after some repairs and an overhaul of the presentation. So now the old pre-Roman-times ship that is the pride of the museum can be visited by the public again, and of course there are all kinds of advertisement around town, and a large sign in the entrance are of the building guiding visitors towards the correct room. The ship sits elevated on a platform in the middle of the room and other items and explanations are placed along the walls. A volunteer guide is always close by to explain more about the ship (if your character is the volunteer guide - just make something up!).
3. Moss Manor gathers
In Moss Manor, there is reason for curiosity, gossip and free drinking. Wait. No. Of course it's just that the village gathers to warmly welcome the new vicar of the local church, and since that church is so important locally, even those who aren't directly related to it show up to say hi.
But while they're there, why not take advantage of the free food and drink and the opportunity to talk to everyone else at the welcome festivity?
4. Water activities
In Folkton, summer has begun. People are boating on the little river, sitting near the water while studying or take an afternoon nap there, older relatives try to keep children from falling into the water or at least not going in without supervision, and occasionally someone is yelling at a dog that just took a leap into the cool waters and splashed them at everyone in the general surroundings. An ice cream van is parked near the river, and some kids play football near the river.
5. The wonderful everyday
Being people living in our regular, modern world, people need to work or study, eat and commute, shop and relax... Just that all those regular, normal tasks can hold unexpected difficulties if you were just sitting at the tills at Tesco's, and this noseless customer suddenly made you remember the day you lost your parents. Or maybe you were getting some exercise, and running down the street you developed superspeed and have no idea how to control it yet...
6. How many times will they have to tell you?
Twice a year, there are guided tours through the tunnels under the cliffs east of Mossgate. Those tunnels, dug into the chalk throughout centuries or perhaps millenia, were built without a general plan, so their layout is an absolute confusing mess. On top of that, there are cave-ins and unsafe areas. It is strictly advised to not stray from your group, as people have been harmed because they got lost in them before. But you just had to get distracted, or perhaps think that it would be more fun to explore on your own, and now you are lost without a blip of signal to call for help with...
7. Fun, fun fun!
At Mossgate's seaside, a Victorian pleasure pier extends about 40 metres into the sea. The platform at the end of the pier holds fairground rides such as a merry-go-round, a small rollercoaster and a helter skelter and along the pier kiosks sell candy floss, rock candy, roasted nuts and other goodies. A small distance down the street, a minigolf site can be found and on the street along the coast there are fish and chips shops, family-friendly arcades and souvenir shops. Maybe you are actually here for the fun, or maybe you just work here or are trying to track down a wayward friend...
8. Wildcard
And, of course, the obligatory do-what-you-want option.
Mouri Ran | Detective Conan
Sarah Atwell is shivering as she heads up the last few stairs towards the ruins, hugging herself as tightly as possible as though that will block out what is to come. She hates ghosts. Hates them. How did she ever let those boys goad her into this?
Just five minutes, she tells herself. Five minutes. Sitting at the edge. That won't be so bad. She can do this.
Right?
. . . Right?
8. The somewhat mousy-looking high school girl doesn't quite look like a fortune teller, brown hair wispy and a little unkempt around her face, glasses just a little too big for her and often sliding down her nose. She has herself draped with a dark cloth with silver spangles over her head in an attempt to look properly mysterious, cards spread out before her, but in all honesty it really doesn't help to improve things.
Her mouth is set in determination, though. She's there to make a couple of extra dollars at the festival, and she's going to do it.
Care to have her read you? She's actually often strangely accurate.
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He'd just been setting up his sleeping bag in the shadow of one the stone pillars when he hears the distinctive sound of someone walking up one of the paths.
"Oi, what are you doing here?"
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. . . He's just lucky it wasn't a rock that was close at hand.
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"Hey! What was that for?"
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At least long enough for her to make a break for it.
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(For that matter, does anyone call someone else troublesome in this day and age?)
It's not enough to completely discard the idea that he might be a ghost, but Sarah at least holds off on the next pinecone (though keeps it loaded in her hand just in case). Her feet remained braced in the dirt, ready to fight or flee as the moment calls for it.
He looks like a normal boy from what she can see in the dark, but that's no guarantee of anything. Ghosts can look normal too until their heads snap off or they loom closer to expose the gaping hole in their chest and gleaming red eyes.
"Good. B-Because I'm ready for you if you don't!"
Now what? Blue eyes stare him down, as fierce as she can make them behind her glasses. ". . . Prove you're not a ghost."
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She really has very good aim.
Talking would be in his best interest.
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8 - sorry, i thought i posted already!
He's passing by, glancing over the various offerings of food, games, and various groups offering pamphlets, looking for something of interest, when he stops to doubletake at this fortune teller. It's like a last minute costume, there aren't even colorful crystals or incense decorating her little table. So it's with a little bit of judgement in his voice, when he speaks up.
"Are these... paid fortunes, you're offering here?"
No worries! I've been failing at posting in general.
"Yes . . . ?" she ventures, and loses more color still, eyes averting. "I . . . didn't have a lot of time to prepare."
Pressing her lips together, trying for firmer: "I can still read your fortune, though, just fine."
if you're interested, i'm getting going on tags again
"Well," he sounds out, buying time as he considers how to backtrack. His voice sounds a little too strained and uncertain to his own ears, and he nods and repeats himself to cover it. "Well, that stands to reason, then. You'll want to get a kit together! All the basics in a box or bag, easy to bring along... wherever."
He sticks a hand in a pocket, tests his wallet for how much he has on hand.
"And, I'd love my fortune told."