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

No way. It knows I'm pure of heart.

( a flashy smile over her shoulder -- innocent and pure! she draws her gaze back to the baby again, closer now. shuffling steps when the creatures looks at her, extended hands to see if she might be able to reach out and touch ... and then she's in touching reach, and not currently being trampled, so. she pats the baby's thick side, sliding gentle fingers against the skin underneath the foliage. )

Aw, hi, baby. You're so cute. Hello. ( looking back over her shoulder, she grins giddily at alec.) Come here, Alec! Look, she's nice.

Sure. Let's go with that. [ not doubting your purity of heart, sister, but rather the animal's ability to tell.

though maybe he's making a bit of a jab about purity. he's heard some of your stories, isabelle lightwood.

alec watches her get closer, touch the calf, then decides to move closer when she calls on him to do so. he keeps an eye on the bigger bison, though, wearily. he's at a moment's notice from recalling his bow, if necessary but he doesn't want to hurt it, so he'd rather keep proceeding carefully.

once he's right at izzy's side, he he can't help but smile at her and the baby both. his hand reaches to give the calf a light touch of his hand. ]

What do you think this thing eats? Grass? [ kind of. wants to feed it. ]

Edited 2017-06-18 23:47 (UTC)

( you're a married man, alec lightwood(-bane)!!! you're not such a pure daisy anymore either.

she spares a quick glance to alec, finding the small tell-all signs of affection on his expression that make her lips do weird smiling things, but she's quick to situate herself back to the baby, making sure not to hurt it. she can't be one hundred percent sure the plants aren't connected to its nervous system, after all -- she runs the risk of finding out at the price of hurting it. not worth it! although, there's a pink flower somewhere on its that would probably look cute behind alec's ear. hmmmmmmmmmmm.

at the question, she hums in interest, looking for any signs. )

First impression is yes. But -- ( she shuffles around him to get closer to the calf's head, poking around its jaw to find a tickle spot. ) C'mon, let me see those chompers. Pretty whites, huh?

( they are not very pretty when the baby does open it's mouth, letting out a brief, slightly smelly, yawn. izzy sticks her hand in there without a thought, not worried about getting dirty or potentially eaten, touching its teeth before letting it close its mouth. )

Round molars. Definitely herbivore.

Edited 2017-06-19 00:53 (UTC)

[ he never said otherwise!!!! unlike you, darling sister.

he watches her think about his question, enjoying the sight of izzy thinking. she's one of the smartest people he knows, if not the smartest. she'll have it figured out before alec if he tried, but he's letting her find the answer, knowing it'll be the right one by the time she comes to any sort of conclusion.

that is, until she starts touching the baby's jaw. ]

Izzy. [ it's in that warning 'i know you're about to do something i would yell at you for doing so just don't' tone, and then she effectively shoves her hand into the thing's mouth once it opens and alec's entire insides are screeching. ] Don't —

[ well, her hand is already out by the time he says this, but that won't stop him from being the fretful big brother he is. ] It could've bitten your hand clean off!

( in response to getting a very!! stern!! sounding voice, izzy only lights up like a child who has just received the best christmas present they could've asked for, giggling once or twice. full of energy, she bounces back to back on her feet, putting her fists up in a boxer's stance. )

Did you forget? I have lightning reflexes.

( she punches his shoulder once, to prove it. super fast! you can't stop this. she doesn't actually expect alec to rise to the bait and start fighting her, though, so she drops her stance just as quickly, giving a nod backwards.

the snake on her shoulder hisses in evident agreement. alec seems like a very reasonable young man, this resonates well. )

Liornd was just saying there's some fruit patches nearby. Maybe we can get some food for them?

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