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

[ Distant relative?

Adam's earlier conversation with Magnus now makes more sense. He waits for it to mean something, for the fear to kick in, but he finds himself strangely devoid of anything beyond calm. ]

Right.

[ Payment is slightly better than fun, but not by much. ]

What do people need them for, that they'd pay for the service?

Edited 2017-06-20 18:50 (UTC)

[ Magnus watches Adam silently a moment. There's nice ways to answer this question and there are real ways to answer this question and there are unkind ways to answer this question.

He doesn't want to be unkind. ]

It may help if you think of my role in this as a negotiator. Sometimes demons take things from people and sometimes there are things they can provide that people need. It's my job to make sure they get whatever they want or need.

Both parties.

[ It's sort of distasteful, but sometimes imperative. ]

[ Adam picks one of the cards up from before him, running his thumb over the smudgy infinity sign. What Magnus is saying makes sense, and while Adam knows it's none of his business he's almost glad to have asked and received something satisfying in answer.

People do things that might not be savoury all the time. ]

Okay.

[ He looks up again, and offers a half smile. ] Sorry, I know it was none of my business.

[ At that, Magnus gives a quick wave of his hand. ] Oh, no need! If I hadn't wanted to answer, I would've said as much.

I think it's helpful if we know a little about one another's worlds and backgrounds. Not that anyone should feel they're forced to share, but I don't mind.

[ In his eyes, this information is superficial in a situational sense. While it would mean something different to someone familiar with his world and the work he does there, here it's just so much abstract knowledge. He can't demonstrate it and it doesn't necessarily have an impact on his place among the other arrivals.

But he also doesn't mind telling Adam. He wasn't rude in his inquiry or anything of the sort and... there was a sense that having the information might help him. Magnus does not yet know why though. ] The subject of demons interests you?

Do you want to sit down?

[ He nods to the other side of the picnic table. It feels a little awkward, but he's definitely trying his best to be less of an army of one in this place. Beside, Magnus answered his question, it's only fair he does the same.

He waits, until the warlock decides what he wants to do and then lifts his chin a little, looking almost like he's squaring up for something. The truth has not always come easily to Adam Parrish. ]

There was a demon in my world, before. I wasn't relishing the idea of living through that again.

[ Magnus lets his eye follow Adam's gesture, then smiles and nods. ] Thank you! [ This feels a bit like progress.

What kind, he's not entirely sure. He's going to be cautious. ]

Oh? [ Speaking of 'what kind,' actually... ] Can I take it to mean that's not common, in your world? [ His intonation places less emphasis on it being Adam's world than on it being common, as if to allow for a segue back to an easier topic. Since Magnus has already established that demons are fairly common in his world, if he's interacted with them as much as he alludes to have done, as it were. ]

It's not meant to be.

[ But neither are mystical forests and boys who can pull living creatures from their dreams, and so Adam takes his former worldview with a pinch of salt. He keeps being proven wrong anyway. ]

I mean, I guess it could be? But a few years ago if you'd have told me it could happen I'd probably have thought you were a religious nutjob. [ He winces a little, he's not exactly trying to be insulting but it sounds that way. ] Now, though. I'm not so sure.

I find it's better not to rule anything out. [ He looks pointedly around them. ] Not that I mean to take all the fun out of life, but there are some surprises it's better to be a little bit prepared for.

[ Not that he has any idea how you prepare for traveling to a new universe and he's done it twice now. Also, ] I'm not saying everyone should expect a demon on their doorstep.

It's tricky. But I can assure you, I won't be summoning any here. Other magic, certainly. But not that.

Edited 2017-06-23 15:40 (UTC)

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