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

1; very powerprose, lmk if I need to edit <3

[vexy]

[ In an odd twist of events, Nico would suddenly find himself sheathing his sword and taking steps away from the bison. Back, back, back, until he presses up against a body, where a familiar accented voice mumbles next to his ear. ]

Quiet, luv. Mummy's not in the mood for your company. [ His arm extended for Nico to see where he was pointing, at the calf that was almost completely obscured by it's mother's impressive legs. ]

[ He'd be able to move himself freely at that point, and if he looked at Vex he'd find his friend in shorts, a white t-shirt and flip-flops. Had someone got full-native? A bit. There was more silver in his goatee than there normally was in Eudio, either dye wasn't a thing or he didn't care anymore, and give the dark circles under his eyes it was likely the latter. ]

How 'bout a kiss for old time's sake?

[deathkid]

[ the sudden loss of control of his limbs has him inwardly panicking a bit. his breath catches, but when he senses a familiar, dark aura, he releases a sigh of relief. there's only one person he's known to have an aura like that and he couldn't be happier to feel it, even with how dark and painful he knows it is for that person. ]

Vex. [ breathed as he turns towards the fae. he easily tilts his lips up for the kiss, not taking immediate notices of what vex is wearing. instead, he's focusing on wrapping his arms around him and squeezing him tight. ]

Gods, it's good to see you.

[vexy]

[ His arms wind around in Nico to hug him close, tighter than he originally intended. He felt his eyes sting as they kissed, the familiar pain of tears that couldn't fall while his chest tightened. It was another case of not realizing how much he missed someone until they were with him again. That kiss lingered, was followed by a few more- each one hungry and grateful- then he finally began to relax as he set his forehead against Nico's. He whispered softly. ]

Shit, Nico... love. You have no idea. [ He definitely felt the same way: It was so good to see him, feel him, know that he was here and alive. He swallowed before he struggled to speak again. ] My place isn't far from here if you wanna get away from the natives.

[deathkid]

[ nico hadn't realized how much his being gone had impacted vex, but seeing it now made his heart thump hard against his ribcage. this man was as familiar with death as he was and as a result, was a comfort to have around. knowing that such a dear, close friend was hurting, nico made sure to prolong each kiss as much as vex needed, brushed his fingers through the fae's hair, and even cupped a cheek with a hilt-callused palm. ]

That's fine. I'm sorry I got lost along the way. I didn't mean to hurt you.

[ because hurting vex was one of the last things he'd ever want. ]

[vexy]

You didn't hurt me, love. This bloody place has, several times over.

[ Nico didn't even know the half of it. Vex had more losses than he cared to think about at the moment, so he just focused on what he had in his arms right now: his beautiful friend, a boy who more of a brother to him than his own had been. He kissed him again and again, then finally seemed to relax.

He stepped away from him but took his hand so he could guide him through the forest and towards the beach. ]

Stick close, I'll protect ya. [ He winked, knowing full well that Nico would be the one to protect them if anything bad happened, but still. Meanwhile he debated on bringing up Will: He knew how much that boy ached for Nico, but he wanted to be selfish and not mention him yet only because he wanted Nico to himself for a little while.

Because he knew the moment they reunited he'd be alone... again. ]

[deathkid]

[ hearing that just made nico sigh even more. what it could have been to make vex hurt, he wasn't sure, but he knew he'd get the story out of the dark fae eventually. his fingers continued to soothe across vex's cheek and as soon as they reached the beach, he slid his hand down to clasp vex's. ]

Tell me.

[ short and simple because he knows something's wrong and that he couldn't do anything about it until vex told him what the problem was.

[vexy]

[ This was why he loved Nico: He cut through the bullshit. Vex always had a weakness for people who did that, even if it meant they were stripping him of his barriers. Unfortunately, in this particular circumstance he found it almost impossible to voice what haunted him- as if he said it outloud then it would be true. Instead, he began to run his thumb along his wedding band. ]

... [ His lips parted but nothing came out. They closed, he took a deep breath and managed a whisper. ] Eudio feels like a dream I woke up from.

[deathkid]

[ the motion of vex's fingers draws nico's attention to the ring. he remembers clearly the first time he saw it at rafa's wedding. that had been a great night, one where he'd danced more than he'd ever had in his life. it had been a happy day, but now it seemed like a cloud had been cast over all that eudio was.

nico still remembered the feel of percy's hands on his skin, the taste of sea-salt on his lips. they'd had all lost something when eudio fell apart.

giving vex's hand a squeeze, he looked up into the fae's features, daring to ask a question to which he can already guess the answer. ]

Vex... where's Mark?

[vexy]

[ It was the hardest question he'd ever been asked. His jaw clenched as his head dipped, quiet and still while he stood in the sand, his hand almost limp in Nico's hand.

If he'd only held on tighter--

No. He really didn't want to answer that. ]

[deathkid]

[ ah- so that was it. the silence says everything and nico is quick to wrap his arms around his friend, squeezing him tight. then, in a low and quiet voice: ]

He may still arrive. There seems to be a discrepancy in timing when we all got away. Don't give up, Vex.

[vexy]

[ He almost fell into Nico's hug, his own unresponsive at first but quickly grew in strength. He didn't want to listen to him, didn't want to believe those words, didn't dare hope... ]

Don't go anywhere, love. Promise me.

[ If that sounded desperately pathetic it was because it was, he sounded broken. ]

[deathkid]

[ his hold only tightened as he pushed up on his toes to press a kiss between vex's brows. ]

I'm not going anywhere. My place is here.

[ with vex, with will, and whoever else had managed to make it away from eudio. ]

[vexy]

[ Aw, screw it. He crouched down so he could sweep Nico up into his arms, and began to carry him bridal-style across the beach and towards the direction of his house- heedless of how much it might make the demigod blush. He didn't want to stay out in the open because it was actually dangerous here, but he didn't want to let him go either- perfect solution, right? He tilted his head to rest his cheek against the top of Nico's. ]

I'm gonna hold you to that, sweetheart. Because you know when I die I'm going to be leashed to that father of yours, so I'll be sure to haunt you.

[deathkid]

[ nico did indeed blush as he was scooped up, but his arms wound around vex's shoulders anyway. this was very much where he belonged at that moment. he'd find will ( and maybe percy ) with time, but at that moment, vex needed him.

his fingers curled in the hair at vex's nape and he sighed softly. ]

I'll make sure you'll have access to my room in the palace. But I don't want to think about you dying right now. We're alive, in this moment, so let's savor that.

[vexy]

Well, on the bright side I may actually be immortal now. I got the reward in Eudio so I dunno if it holds up here, I haven't tried it out, but... [ He squeezed him a little as if to reassure him that he didn't plan on dying anytime soon, definitely not right now. Not that they were together again. ]

You wanna savor me, love? [ It was his attempt to be as flirtatious as ever, but his tone wasn't quite right for it. He still sounded too raw, too worn. It was difficult to be a pervert when he was so emotional. ]

[deathkid]

[ nico's eyes widened at this news and he squeezed vex back, the shadow of a smile forming. ]

That's good. I felt something different about you, you know. But I wasn't sure...

[ after that shadow jump, his powers need to recharge a bit and the offering of savoring vex... well, it was too good to pass up. especially when he could tell from his friend's tone that he needed the reassurance at that moment. ]

More than anything, Vex. I hope you have a soft bed for me to push you down on.

[vexy]

You sure that's immortality and not just your overwhelming lust for me? [ He countered, his tone warm and slowly returning to normal. Nico was excellent for taking his mind off of gloomy things, ironically enough, especially when he said things like that. He shivered a little in delight. ]

Ooh, sweetheart y'know how to get me going don't ya? [ Of course he did, they'd been friends/lovers for some time now. Soon enough, Vex arrived at his beach house and stepped up onto the porch. The door was easily opened, and he bright Nico to his bedroom to toss him playfully onto it. He grinned as he bent over, giving him the opportunity to pull him onto the bed if he wished. ]