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

[lacquers]

[ And we're back to "sorry, Axel." ]

_ _ _ _ L _ _ _

It would appear a lot of things could potentially be viable career options around here. Are you thinking of anything in particular?

[lacquers]

[ Huzzah! ]

P _ _ _ L _ _ _



You may be onto something there, Axel. The word, I mean. I'm sure there are plenty of ways for each of us to occupy ourselves! We're creative, after all, aren't we?

I think there might be more practical uses for my magic here than cocktails, personally. Not that I'd be averse to mixing up a drink or two! I'd never label that useless. People need to have a good time, don't they?

[lacquers]

[ Magnus truly didn't think he would be tormenting poor Axel this much. Next time, he'll pick a less troublesome word, promise. ]

P U _ _ L _ _ _



Well, you're making progress, aren't you? And that goes for both the game and life here. Unless there's something you'd like to talk about?

Presumably not anything to do with night clubs and social media.

[lacquers]

[ He's got this one beat, just watch! ]

P U _ _ L I _ _



Our lives vary a great deal from 'the usual,' I would think. But as much as we can ever have anything ordinary or normal, things are, what?

Are they all right? Are you?

[lacquers]

P U _ _ L I _ _



If there's anything I can do, please don't hesitate to ask. If it's within my power...

Alec and I are all right, for the most part. Individually and together, we're all right. There's more to be said, but I'd be doing the topic a great disservice if I mentioned it in a chat window while we played hangman.

[lacquers]

[ As if Magnus would turn down the opportunity for more chatting! ]

No need. For a friend? Certainly. And in this situation particularly so. As for ominous, it wasn't my intention! I don't think there's any reason to fret, how's that?

[lacquers]

P U Z Z L I _ _



In person! Let's talk about it soon, shall we?

You're doing very good.

[lacquers]

[ Oh boy. That's...

Well, that's. Hm.

What can we say about that? Really, what can we say... ]

P U Z Z L I N G



You got it! I didn't realize it was such a tough one, but thinking about it, I guess it is!

Let's plan to meet sometime soon. I don't really have anything filling my days aside from this and the occasional walk around the area.

[lacquers]

[ "Mostly funny" is better than "only slightly funny" or "not funny at all."

It's okay. It feels true some days. ]

It would make for an easier combination in another language, perhaps.

Let's play again! And we can talk afterward about a good time to meet?

[lacquers]

It counts! Of course it counts. I'll start with A.

[lacquers]

All right, all right, that's fair! I'm going to pick O next though.

[lacquers]

If my next guess is incorrect, then what? Why don't you give me an L.

[lacquers]

That's unfortunate. Okay, I'll give in! What about E?