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

[poenitudo]

[ Jaden looks up from his burger, surprised that someone is actually talking to him. He takes in the guy - the hot guy, let's be honest here - that approached him, looking all cool and collected and not like he's interrupting someone's personal time.

Or maybe he just doesn't care. Or maybe he wants to be helpful. Jaden knew the type - he could be that way, himself. Not since he got to Xistentia, but he was slowly trying to get back to old habits and not be such a prickly, shitty person. ]

Huh. Thanks. Does it have to be someone special touching it, or would anyone do?

[helical]

[ hey, alec gets it. landing here has made his hackles rise. he's normally not the cheeriest of people, too, so it doesn't help matters. he's not looking too tense or unpleasant right now, considering he's trying to be nice.

help a fellow anti-nosy questions guy get rid of his private information out from the public eye. ]

I think just anyone. I can do it if you want.

[poenitudo]

[ Well, Jaden can appreciate that someone's actually trying to give him a hand, here. Because he has a burger to finish and he's not moving until it's done, but he also would prefer it if no one knew about his personal brand of 'dating', if possible.

He leans back against the booth, eyeing the guy in front of him for a second. ]

Sure. 'Preciate it, man.

[ There's a tiny, teeny part of him that does wonder what the guy's information said. And even though it's written above his head, Celestiald gleefully projecting the info, Jaden nods. ]

I'm Jaden.

[helical]

[ he's not judging. besides, who is he to know if it's accurate or not?

as jaden eyes him, alec stays stoic as ever. if it's weariness, alec gets it. he reaches over and taps the holographic image without flourish, dropping his hand once it's done. ]

No problem. This stuff isn't anyone's business unless you want it to be, and this didn't give you a choice.

[ he holds out his hand. ] I'm Alec.

[poenitudo]

[ He nods, taking the hand offered and giving it a firm shake, before offering for Alec to sit if he feels like it. No pressure there. ]

Was yours as embarrassing as mine?

[ He means it as self-deprecation, and not looking to dig for details, exactly. Just curious to know if his was particularly bad because Celestiald is an asshole, or if it's just standard. ]

I think my daemon is just trying to get at me. She is - kinda the worst. [ He glances at the little moon now orbiting around his head, who is apparently perfectly happy ignoring him now, as she chatters on and on, apparently to herself, about lunar phases on Xistentia.

Jaden leans forward a little, something conspiratorial about it. ] She never stops talking.