Test Drive Meme #2

[spoofer]

Test Drive #2

I saw a flower, furrow, and brook

New TDMers are free to RP here as if "new" or "established;"
"new" is likely easier to keep in continuity after apping.

When gameplay begins, the second wave will have
their own intro plot and crash log!

CREATURES IN THE DARK

Far away from the city, the wall of light that is F.A.T.E.S. seems calm, glowing peacefully. You’re on an evening walk through the city, or maybe on a camping trip in the woods, or maybe on a romantic date on the beach; whatever it is, you’re outdoors, enjoying the apparent peace and quiet, for once.

That is, until you hear a noise. It’s a rustle, or a step, a branch breaking underfoot, a heavier sound than a human would make. And that’s when you find yourself faced with one of the many Xistentia critters: the Green Backed Bison. She's massive, with small horns and a broad, mossy back, a small calf at her side. She does not appear to want to charge you^[1], but that might change, depending on what you decide to do! Either approach it, run away, or go into aggressive mode; how will you react to being introduced to the incredible fauna of Xistentia?

Glitch in the City

The city of Xistentia now boasts a population of over 200 sentient souls! Congratulations on surviving your apocalypse, now feel free to enjoy the city and outlying forest. Today, a number of local businesses are open, including the local tailor, our diner Pop's Chocklit Shop, and Sue's Salads. For now, the only bar and lounge is the atrium of the Citadel, the outpost overlooking the sea. It's a lovely day to be out and about.

But at midday, the rendering errors begin. New arrivals, those who came into Xistentia since the second crash find themselves subject to a bizarre phenomenon, where a holographic projection seems to be floating above their head! It contains data about the character's marital status, preferences for fun and dating activities, and pet peeves... and perhaps embarrassingly, it isn't necessarily accurate.

As your daemon will explain the glitch is easy enough to fix! You can either move 100 yards from the location where it began, or another character can remove it for you by touching the graphic.

RENDERING ERROR #285
Preferred Alias: F.A.T.E.S. McWeirdo
Marital Status: Hateboning Nemesis
Preferred Dating Activity: Creating new universes, maintaining the equilibrium of the multiverse, organizing temporal divergences/alternate universes, restoring damage inflicted by D.E.S.T.I.N.Y.
Other Enjoyable Activity: DJing music
Pet Peeves: Unfiltered tap water, gluten-fee pasta, unscheduled apocalypses

Optional Code
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GAME NIGHT

At 6 p.m., your Daemon starts making noise - a software update is being installed. It lasts for a few minutes, your Daemon mainly unresponsive if you attempt to make it do anything else than upload the data F.A.T.E.S. is sending it. Afterwards, it resumes acting as normal as it did before the update, but if you ask it, your Daemon will tell you:

Upgrade was installed for entertainment and integration purposes; Hangman.exe was installed.

Launch the application, and you will be given a match against one of your fellow citizens who also decided to join the game. On your holoscreen is a rudimentary, simple game of Hangman, as well as a chat window to taunt your opponent if you so choose. However, it becomes clear that F.A.T.E.S. has no idea what she's doing... the first word is 16 letters long, and she has pre-filled in the letters Z, C, and Q.

It's a good day to complain about technology, or start a new game afresh.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE

hells yeah

Footnotes

1. Note any violence or injury in your subject headers, thank you.

Comments

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[healingdork]

[Oh gods. Oh gods oh gods oh gods he could actually cry from relief.

He made it. Nico made it.

Bonus one: Nico di Angelo is still alive.

Bonus two: He remembers that Will is his boyfriend.

If this place is anything like Eudio, he's pretty sure that people can come from different points in time, but he can deal with anything as long as Nico is alive and knows who he is.]

longest three weeks of my life.
where are you???

[Look, he doesn't even care if you shadow travel as long as you're not going to dissipate into nothing. He will happily let you pass out in his arms if you need to.]

[deathkid]

[ to say nico is breathing a sigh of relief is putting things lightly. when he lost will in the shadow jump to this new world, he'd most certainly panicked. after all, this is the boy who loves him more than anything ( and the feeling is certainly mutual ). he'd gone so long without him in eudio that the thought of possibly losing will is probably the only thing that frightens him these days. ]

THREE WEEKS? i should've emerged with you
gods, i'm so sorry, will.
i thought we'd make it through at the same time.

[ okay okay breathe, nico. ]

i'm making my way into town
i think?
also this stupid raven keeps talking to me.
it's annoying.
the daemon thing, right?
do they always talk?

[healingdork]

i thought i might have lost you.
like, really lost you.
i thought you might have overdone making the jump so much, there'd be nothing of you left.
scared a few years off me.
but it's okay, you're here, you made it.
you are okay, right???
you better be okay and not about to collapse any second before i find you.

okay, i'm making my way there.
ha, i'm not surprised at all you have a raven for a daemon.
guess what i have.

[You can bet he's going as fast as he can, already having grabbed his medical bag while he was racing out the door, just in case.]

[deathkid]

you can't get rid of me that easy, caro mio
anyway, i'm here now.
and i'll make it up to you. promise.

i'm a little tired, but otherwise fine.
i swear you won't need to tie me to a bed for three days

knowing you, i imagine a slinky cat
probably one that basks in the sun a lot.

[ and he'll be waiting, not exerting himself any more than he needs to now that he knows will's on the way. ]

[healingdork]

['Caro mio' warms his heart so so much, he might just be glowing a little bit.]

aww, but what if i make tying you to the bed a fun thing? ;p

yep, it's an orange tabby. i dubbed him garfield. i've been calling him gar or g for short.

[Eventually he gets to where he thinks Nico might be, looking around for a dark-haired son of Hades, and since there isn't a ton of people here, he spots him pretty quick, face splitting into a wide grin as he runs towards him.

He doesn't even bother slowing down, full on tackle hugging him so hard he spins him around a little bit with the extra momentum.]

Best belated birthday present ever.

[deathkid]

[ laughing joyfully as he's spun, he eagerly wraps his arms around will's neck and begins peppering his face with kisses. it may have only seemed like minutes to him, but being lost in the shadows is never fun and he's infinitely glad to see his boyfriend again. ]

I missed your birthday? We'll definitely have to fix that. And if you tie me to the bed in a fun way... well, I can't say I'd be against it.

[healingdork]

[He is definitely going to be claiming a long, drawn out kiss, and Nico can probably feel the grin he can't fight back.] It's okay, it was only a few days ago.

There's a lot of people from Eudio here, Rafa and Vex and more. You should go see them if you haven't yet... Hunter and Mark aren't here either. I'm sure they'd be really glad to see you.

[deathkid]

[ there's a smile on nico's lips too as he nips at will's but it soon disappears at the mention of mark and hunter not being around. instantly, he tenses with worry. ]

Are they doing okay? Vex must be... [ he shakes his head. ] Devastated.

[healingdork]

Yeah, he's... not doing so well. [Which is probably an understatement.] Come on, let me show you the place I picked to squat in so you know where to go after you go see them.

By the way, thanks for making sure I didn't get crushed by a falling wall back in Eudio. That really would have put a cramp in my life plans. [He flashes him a joking grin as he takes his hand and starts leading him along.]

[deathkid]

[ sighs a little, at both the joke and regarding vex. it's hard to be mirthful when he's worried about his good friend, but somehow will manages it. he gives his boyfriend a quick peck on the lips. ]

Thanks, caro mio. When I get back, I promise you can tie me to the bed and have your way with me. [ a smirk. ] That'll be your birthday present.

[healingdork]

Sounds great. I'll look forward to it.