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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[deathkid]

magnus! you're here too?
is alec with you?

[lacquers]

Oh, more familiar faces? Alexander and I arrived together, yes!

[deathkid]

that's good to hear!
will and i got separated
but i found him.
seems he's been here a while longer than me.
how are you guys?

[lacquers]

I've heard of this happening. Apparently it's been three weeks since the first wave of arrivals?

I take it to mean that we may see more, in that case.

We're well, and you?

[deathkid]

like every time there's new people in eudio
though with worlds ending...

as for me, i'm fine.
better now that i've found will
and vex
though i'm a bit worried about him

[lacquers]

One of the similarities worth tracking, I believe. It might be a good idea to keep track of how many of us are familiar with Eudio as well, since it seems to be one point of similarity, whether or not we arrived from there.

Hm, so you've crossed paths with Vex as well. [ Translation: me too. ]

[deathkid]

that's right.
you and alec went home and now you're here
it IS a little weird.
i'll definitely look into it

as for vex
well, he wouldn't let go at first
without mark here, vex will probably
you know.
we should keep an eye on him.

[lacquers]

We arrived here from Eudio, too, actually. Technically, our third time arriving in the city, third time leaving.

That we should. [ Because this whole thing is... troubling. ] You've spoken to him about it?

[deathkid]

that's right
you guys kept coming and going...

and i have. i guess my being late only exasperated things
but i'll take care of him
i know what he needs right now.

[lacquers]

In all reality, our last visit was only an hour or two. We didn't even see the extent of the damage before I attempted to portal Alexander, Clary, and myself away. Nor did we arrive at exactly the destination I'd intended.

It's a good thing he has friends here. Actually, I'd say it's a good thing each of us does.

[deathkid]

the same happened with me and will
i meant to shadow us back to camp halfblood
but we got separated and ended up here.

but i agree.
at least we have our friends here.
nearly all of us.

[lacquers]

At least we have found ourselves in a centralized location. And hopefully that "nearly all" will soon become "all." In the meantime, I think it would be good not to assume the worst. Do you agree?

[deathkid]

in my experience
assuming the worst tends to not be enough
but maybe i'll get lucky.

[ this is where nico cracks up because haha him getting lucky that way... never happens. ]

[lacquers]

All things being what they are, I'm not sure I wouldn't say that this isn't lucky.

[ Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the universes, in other words. ]

[deathkid]

you do have a point there.
we all might've ended up somewhere else
completely alone.

[lacquers]

Yes, I think being together gives us a definite leg up. We now know that others may arrive after us, too. That's very important information to have.