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Save Our Earth Mods ([personal profile] ourearth) wrote in [community profile] saveournumbers2018-06-16 06:48 pm
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Second Test Drive Meme

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.
lilys_poise: (You've got the right idea.)

[personal profile] lilys_poise 2018-06-27 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Does she bring you here a lot?

[She wonders what that's like. Coming to a place like this with a grown up. Her father never had time for anything like that. Then again... would she even want to come here with him?

Pushing those thoughts aside, she flashes Kitty a slightly mischievous smile.]


Well, don't worry. I won't tell her if you won't.
runs: (forward and ahead)

[personal profile] runs 2018-06-28 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
We used to come a lot, but she can't walk very well any more. [Well, a lot. But a fair enough amount that her memory made it feel like a lot.] We came one time in May, though, because she could make one of the volunteers take her down to he pier with a car. [Being too proud for a wheelchair and all. Not that Kitty would be strong enough to handle a weelchair around the slightly sloping decline from where the elderly home is towards the water.]

And then let's go!
lilys_poise: (I feel good as gold today!)

[personal profile] lilys_poise 2018-07-01 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Right!

[She's fine with putting aside the family talk. It always goes down sad roads anyway. Better to focus on the here and now. Especially if the here and now contains roller coasters.

And, just for fun, she tosses in one more comment.]


Race you there!

[She's already running. This could be considered cheating. Elise is older and taller. Then again, she's not one for exercise, so Kitty is almost certainly in better shape.]
runs: (seriously?)

[personal profile] runs 2018-07-25 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
[That most definitely is cheating, but there's no point in yelling after her - that would just be wasting Kitty's breath.

So instead she does her best to catch up, or at least not fall behind too far.

She is in much better shape, but running isn't her primary mode of exercise. She prefers climbing, anything and everything that she can. So they end up arriving at about the same time.]


You started running early! [she accuses the older girl once they're there.]