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]

Well now, don't let me be pedantic, but couldn't that have been an adjective as well as a verb? I mean, the person is undeniably suspended, however abstractly.

But let's not leave them hanging, nor either of us.

How about an M?

[lacquers]

Give me a B and I believe we'll spare that poor figure a terrible fate. I hope so, anyway.

[lacquers]

I was having fun! Wasn't that fun?

[ He thought it was fun. ]

[lacquers]

I don't think it's profoundly terrible. I don't think it's even a little bit terrible. There's nothing wrong with gratitude for good things in a world gone mad. I'm glad we've crossed paths again, too, for my part.

Also, you pick the most obscure words for hangman! Someone has to be here to guess them.

[lacquers]

Well, I guess I did sort of ask for it.

[lacquers]

Well, as I said, I had a lot of fun! So I guess I'm glad for your inferences.

I wonder what other games we might eventually have at our disposal.

[lacquers]

If we do, you can be sure I'll challenge you to a game or two! [ If only they had a pool app. ]

[lacquers]

Coincidentally, I've played very recently. Oh, never mind challenging me! You should play with Alexander sometime. [ What a delightful thought.

Let's all play pool! ]

[lacquers]

We do tend to get a little competitive.

[ Sound of laughter in the distance.

"A little," he says. A little. Hahaha. Ha. A good one, Magnus.

(We shall say not a word.) ]

[lacquers]

Would I be tempting fate too much to say it could be entertaining if we had some games that required teams?

[ This right here? Pure innocence. 100%.

Also, Magnus would like to casually remind the audience that Alec is perfect and his competitive spirit is a charming trait and also if you challenge him to anything, Magnus will probably be off to the side cheering Alec on...

It's just.

This is what happens. ]

[lacquers]

What a good way of looking at it! Now I'm certain we have to do this.

[ Innocence personified. It's especially good every time we say this because of the whole Big Bad Demon thing.

Magnus would be happy to have support in this, because he doesn't gush nearly as much as he would like. If he did, his first hangman round would've looked like this:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _'_ | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _ _ _ ... and when you got done guessing, you'd have ALEXANDER LIGHTWOOD-BANE'S BEAUTIFUL EYES.

Or something like that. ]

[lacquers]

Of course! Nor I, Alexander.

[ In this case, "a lot" is an understatement. And Magnus would be charmed to know the first and would protest that if there's such a line, it has to be very far away from using my husband's eyes as a hangman answer territory.

Surely! ]

[lacquers]

Oh really? Do tell.

[ Care to indulge his curiosity?

While he's absolutely not gushing at all, not even in his head, not even a little bit about how great Alec is? Hm?

(Surely....) ]