xistentiaooc | Test Drive Meme #2

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

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

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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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ooh, that was a bit daring. that's the most common letter in the english alphabet, so hangmen experts typically avoid it.

So you're a hangman expert?

M, for the next letter.

i am.

[ And unfortunately, that was very true. ]

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Edited 2017-06-18 23:04 (UTC)

Says who

L.

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evony, for one (my old boss). but she's not here so i can't get her letter of recommendation, sorry i know how much you love paperwork.

Have her mail it to me someday

B.

i'm sure she'll get right on that

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It's Lightwood-Bane.

[ vex sometimes u are extremely endearing. alec will never tell u this. but it's true. ]

🎆 L I G H T W O O D - B A N E 🎆

:-)

[ He thought it was a good word! ]

Good one. Got one for you now

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well naturally i have to go with my fave letter to start:

V

Completely taken aback to hear that's your favorite letter

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well lately i've been attracted to M so go with that next

That's a good letter, but

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ooo, this one's gotta deathwish.

hm, alright then. A

Nope

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L?

by the by, have you tried the milkshakes at the diner that just opened up? to die for.

Youre like the third person to tell me that. Haven't yet

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probably because it's the only noteworthy place in this hellhole

wtf uh X???

Then make your own noteworthy place

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I didn't think you'd find this one so difficult...

Edited 2017-06-24 18:52 (UTC)

i don't have time for that bullshit here

[ Yet apparently he has time for endless games of hangman. ]

O

You want to double hang this guy? Still nothing

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double hung sound either sexy or something you'd have as a window.

try U

Dont start

Not U either. You lost, Vex

sorry i didnt know you were sensitive about windows

bloody hell, well he deserved to die. what was the word?

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