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

[ Does this narrator count as an objective third party? ]

I'm going to do something I don't often do and make an assumption. You wouldn't ask if you didn't think there was a chance he might enjoy it, would you?

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[ No one's perfect! No one... is perfect... (The narrator is certainly not perfect.) ]

If it doesn't work out, that's perfectly fine. Maybe there will be another time or another place we could spend some time together! I think we're all pretty patient.

[ He gets a bit of a thrill typing that, for reasons which shall remain undisclosed at this time.

As for explanations, Magnus would never feel entitled to one. Never. No one has to justify themselves in a situation like this. It's sort of the antithesis of friendship, in Magnus' mind, if some kind of justification is forced from someone in the name of explaining themselves to another. You offer that if and when you want, not when someone else does. ]

If you feel comfortable, you can tell him I'd be happy for his company. I won't speak on Alexander's behalf, but I have a suspicion he'd say the same. [ Someone important to Axel is important to Magnus! And he has a feeling that's so for Alec too. ]

[ It's really Alec's news to share, so Magnus won't breathe a word. You can bet he's veritably bursting at the seams with it though. ]

It would appear not. But from what I hear, the area's already begun changing a little? Become more habitable, as it were.

[ Whatever the best way to put this might be. ]

We shall see. I'll look forward to it, whatever it may be, whenever it may be! You can be certain of that.

[ And he'll be open to listening to whatever Axel has to say, whatever's all right to share, whenever it's a good time to talk about it, if at all. Everything in its own time! Again, patience, etc. Magnus isn't one to need all the info right away. Also, he might be a touch more spontaneous than Axel or Alec.

Tiny bit. ]

[ No, not at all a bad thing. ]

Not keen to live off the land? I can't say the idea excites me either. [ Mr. High Warlock of the insanely nice Brooklyn penthouse. ]

Might still be? Has something happened I'm not aware of, some development I may not have been present for?

Last I checked, you were stuck with me, Axel!

[ Nothing wrong with thinking a thing through before you do it! Nope. Not a bit. ]

Yes, of course. Thinking on it, that wasn't the best choice of words, was it? [ Oops. ] Either way, I share your sentiments about city life. It's been a long time since I lived anywhere you could really call 'peaceful.'

It's terribly tragic! I'm a regular menace, my friend. 'Menacing,' I think that's why they won't let me back into Peru.

[ And you as well, sir. It's enough to cheer a man up at the end of the world! ]

Maybe 'provincial' would be a better word? Eudio was exceedingly peaceful. The most peaceful place I've lived in a long while.

There are only so many ways to react to sinking a boat full of excrement. Some warlocks have no sense of humor!

[ He clearly does not count himself among their number. ]

Given who's here, I feel optimistic about our options. What about you? [ Optimistic outlook forever. Can't be beaten. ]

Oh no, you read correctly. Quite literally, that ship was full of it. And me and my erstwhile companion without any recourse but to let the whole thing go down.

If only we'd had a paddle. Or perhaps a shovel.

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A good point. And we don't have some of the limitations we had before, do we? I noticed as much when I arrived.

I don't want to tarnish your view of me, but it's very possible that I, at one point in my long life, might have been involved in some very secretive guano transportation. I chose a trusted friend (who did not speak Spanish, which was both fortunate and unfortunate) to help me with this and when he found out what kind of "cargo" we were transporting, he had a temper tantrum.

As I said, some warlocks have no sense of humor.

[ He's not speaking ill of the dead. This is strictly affectionate talk here. ]

I haven't tested it for myself yet, but it might be prudent. Then again, it might be best to assume it won't work.

[ He did tell Adam he wouldn't be summoning any demons.... ]

Aside from the fact that it might sound a little strange to talk about ferrying animal droppings from one place to another, it really wasn't a terrible job. Except for the end.

The part where we sank. [ He's rolling his eyes.

Fondly. Very fondly. ]

Oh, yes-- I should've clarified. I meant summoning, specifically. You should, of course, test whatever you need to test.

[ That would be best, yes. ]

Yes, very much so. The captain we worked with was afraid pirates might attack his ship. A valid concern, at the time.

I may have tried to keep that under control. It took awhile before Ragnor figured out what was happening.

[ And then, the sinking. Alas. ]

Yes, or I might end up summoning the wrong thing entirely. Who knows what resides beneath the earth on alien worlds? [ It's not the hierarchy of Hell he's familiar with... ]

Oh, yes. He sank the ship. Had nothing to do with pirates. I doubt there were any pirates within a hundred miles of us at the time.

[ Brings a tear to his eye to remember it. ]

I lost my hat. I was very fond of that hat.

Yes. I think I'd have to make out-sized summoning circles. Not that I've never done so before, but still.

I don't think he was considering the consequences of his actions very strongly. [ See icon for the face he's making right now.

Affectionately. ]

I live in hope!

I'm not sure I want to imagine what it is we're desperate for, in that situation.

Yes, we made it out in one piece. Sans hats. [ Can you tell he's never let this go for some reason? ]

I do! I prefer it to the alternative.

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