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]

[ Oh, a good question. Magnus immediately takes it seriously. ]

Let us see. Well, I did have a few restful, lazy days while I was on my honeymoon. [ Is that cheating?

Is that destroying the foundation upon which their commiseration rests?

Sorry, Clary. ]

[creatio]

So much for solidarity.

[ No, she's teasing. She's glad Magnus and Alec have each other, that they can find solace in that. Clary's not jealous ( okay, maybe a little bit ), and she's thankful they're here with her now. ]

I'll forgive you though. Mostly because I'm too tired to not.

[lacquers]

[ Magnus gives her the most sympathetic of looks. He would apologize, truly, but he waited literal centuries for that honeymoon. And it was a startlingly short period of time between "sipping cocktails and cuddling with the hubby" to "Valentine orchestrates evil plan to massacre the Downworld."

It's been tough to catch a break and he knows she's been feeling that, too. He definitely empathizes. ]

Well, if you like, I could always give you a spell that will make anyone who comes to bother you for the next twenty four hours suddenly remember something important they had to do elsewhere? [ It's only sort of a joke. ]

That or just ward your living space against intruders. Where are you going to be living now, biscuit?

[creatio]

I have an apartment!

[ Or at least, that's what Pikad told her. She'd gone to see it and then felt a little strange being there by herself, so the centre of the city had held more of an appeal. ]

How about you? You're sharing with Alec, right?

[ Because, husbands. ]

And I might take you up on the ward thing, maybe. We'll see how it goes.

[lacquers]

An apartment! Very good. I'll be happy to help you out if you decide it's something you want, all right?

[ It's not that this world seems inherently not safe, but wanting a sense of security after everything that's happened? That's perfectly reasonable and Magnus would happily help to provide one small part of that if he could.

For Clary. ]

You're correct about myself and Alec, yes. We have an apartment as well. [ He points in the general direction of the route back to their building. ] Not all that far from here, actually!