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Test Drive Meme #7
Test Drive Meme #7
LOGS | NETWORK | OOC | MEMES | NAVIGATION
You arrive in an unknown space, dressed in white clothes (player choice what kind of clothes, as long as they cover everything). Whatever was happening to you before no longer happens. It's like everything was put on a pause and you were transferred away from the situation without you realizing it happened.
The space that you find yourself in is one of these four options:
An empty landscape filled with snow and ice, almost like a blank canvas.
A field with cherry blossom trees and spring flowers.
A sunny beach near an ocean that seems never ending.
A quiet forest with falling autumn leaves.
All of the spaces seem to continue endlessly. No matter where or how far you walk it almost seems like you're not moving at all. There are no animals here - just those who happened to wake up there at the same time, in the same place. Everyone is wearing the same kind of plain, white clothes.
Despite the possible rollercoaster of emotions you might be feeling, the place somehow feels familiar. Like somehow you belong there.
And it looks like you're not alone.
After half an hour has passed the surroundings change as everyone is teleported into a room with all the other new arrivals, no matter what space they woke up in. It's a large place with plenty of seats to sit in and beverages to enjoy. Medical attention is offered to those who need it and the doctors here are very prepared for any challenging situations.
Here, in this room, everyone gets an answer to where they are and why. A hologram of a man appears at the center of the room, waiting to be heard. He brings a message on behalf of the leaders of Ellipsa.
The Message [ Click to Expand ]
Hello, my name is Olwen. I'm one of the leaders of Ellipsa as it currently is. I'm also one of the four who summoned you here.
Our world is in trouble and we need your help. I apologize for tearing you away from your world and forcing you to come here but I hope you understand. The magic we used doesn't let us ask in advance, nor does it let us choose who we bring here.
This world is composed of four Seasonal Segments. All of them represent one of the seasons. They were the places we used to get our resources from, but now they're dangerous places no one should go into unless they have the power to fight back. All of them have their own sets of powerful monsters and natural catastrophes.
We used to have plenty of people here who could control the powers of the four Seasons. We called them Seasonal Power Holders. Unfortunately, due to a tragedy you can read about later, we lost almost all of them. Now only four of us remain and the world is in chaos. We have done our best to protect the world, but we need more power holders to do that.
That's where you come in.
All of you have been assigned to one of the seasons. Whatever space you were in just now is what season you represent. You will learn different skills based on the season and those skills are going to help you save this world.
These powers don't interfere with your own natural powers. They use a new energy that has formed inside of you. It's harmless to your health, but it's vital to your seasonal powers. Your own powers should still work, even if the dark energy outside the city might interfere with them.
Unfortunately bringing you here wasn't as simple as it sounds. We couldn't do anything about how to keep you anchored to this world other than making a simple spell that helps with it. That is, you need to touch someone else who is not from this world ideally at least once a day. It will help you stay in control of your powers and boost your magical energy. If you don't, the consequences aren't very good. But as long as you hold someone's hand or give someone a handshake, you should be fine.
That's all I have to say about the situation. The staff of the Research Center will give you more information about housing and other necessary things. I will, however, promise that you will be sent home once the situation becomes better. That's the least we can do.
The hologram can be viewed in private in a separate room later, should someone wish to look at it again. For now, the staff of the Research Center hands everyone their new smartphones with their small flower lucky charms (the flower is anything the player decides). They're also told that the building next door is where everyone can find a room assigned to them with some of their belongings there and possibly even any animal companions. Those concerned about their mount-sizes companions are welcomed to the stables downstairs to see if their friends are there. The mounts are allowed to stay there until you find a place more suitable for them.
In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.
First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.
Second type of stands is for the Welcome Center that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.
Third type of the stands is for The In Touch Support Group that is led by the Otherwordly Ambassador, Kamisato Ayato. The pamphlets have contact information for businesses looking to help Otherworlders. They also focus more on the lore of the World and what they have discovered so far, as well as a guide on what to think about when preparing to venture out to the Segments.
Once you get your smartphone and necessary information, you're urged to go out and find your apartment. After that whatever you want to do is up to you.
Part 3
The building next door is where everyone can find their new apartments. As you enter, you're told by a friendly native that for the first two months you can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for you. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they have to have a job to support themselves.
All of the apartments are comfortable, two bedroom apartments with all necessary utilities. They are also completely soundproof. Sometimes the magic system, however, does glitch and you might find yourself rooming with a stranger. This is not the intention and the staff will immediately prepare you your own room if you ask them. But maybe having a roommate isn't all that bad?
In the Arrival's hall there are also several stands with information pamphlets.
First type of stand is for the local Guilds and about the benefits or joining one.
Second type of stands is for the Welcome Center that aim to show otherworlders what the world is like and help guide people in the beginning of the journey and helps in getting settled into the new world. They even have people to help if you're unfamiliar with the new phones.
Third type of the stands is for The In Touch Support Group that is led by the Otherwordly Ambassador, Kamisato Ayato. The pamphlets have contact information for businesses looking to help Otherworlders. They also focus more on the lore of the World and what they have discovered so far, as well as a guide on what to think about when preparing to venture out to the Segments.
Once you get your smartphone and necessary information, you're urged to go out and find your apartment. After that whatever you want to do is up to you.
The building next door is where everyone can find their new apartments. As you enter, you're told by a friendly native that for the first two months you can live anywhere rent-free and five meals a day are paid for you. After that they get a monthly payment that helps with some of their living expenses, but otherwise they have to have a job to support themselves.
All of the apartments are comfortable, two bedroom apartments with all necessary utilities. They are also completely soundproof. Sometimes the magic system, however, does glitch and you might find yourself rooming with a stranger. This is not the intention and the staff will immediately prepare you your own room if you ask them. But maybe having a roommate isn't all that bad?
Nightwake City is now full of posters for a new place that has been opened recently. The Titanic Dome is accessible with a teleport crystal from any of the Guilds. It's specifically made for those who want a safe place to fight with their powers without worrying about harming their surroundings or others. It also has enough room for giant transformations to fit comfortably.
There are two different arenas. One of them is a private one that needs to be reserved beforehand, but the other one is a public one that has audience seats for those who don't mind people watching. It's here where there's an event going on to celebrate the opening of the dome.
Riki's Rewards has provided a free single dose of the Enlarge potions for anyone to use. These potions give the user a temporary boost in height and general body size (including clothes). Abilities will work the same as in "normal" size, but may appear bigger. When the potion is consumed, all the person has to think about is how large they want to become and that will happen. This limited version of the potion has a limit of 60 meters / 196'10 feet and only lasts for one hour at a time.
Using these potions, people are challenged to a giant pillow fight. All the pillows are very soft and fluffy and won't do any actual harm, but if someone is "defeated" by a pillow they will gain a bunch of feathers all over their body and hair for the next five hours as a silly punishment.
There's a scenic route you can also take from or to the Titanic Dome. It's a longer hike: the journey takes three days in one direction on foot (less with horses or snowmobile). The whole route is protected by barriers, so even natives sometimes find joy in just taking the longer route in the wilderness. There are even small gazebos for taking a break and dedicated spots where you can set up a tent.
Of course, sometimes natives do get out of the paths and might need rescuing from wayward winter monsters or wild fauna. Usually it's because something looks shiny and they go to investigate because "what could go wrong with a little visit outside the safe route".
Some of the "shiny things" the natives see are various frozen flowers that shine in different colors. The closer someone gets, the more tempted they are to touch the flower. All of the flowers give a different effect. Red flowers boost the feelings of love and will make someone show more affection towards people, platonic or otherwise, purple flowers make someone want to show their feelings through physical means (even negative, so a punch would also be included) within character's boundaries, yellow flowers will make someone (temporary) fall in love with the first person they see and orange flowers will make someone more giggly and more likely to make jokes, with the possibility to make others laugh with them. All the effects last 1-3 hours.
The flowers will melt after they're touched, only to grow back somewhere else later. They will also melt if they're brought to a warmer atmosphere. If one manages to put them in a potion there and then, they work as a highly potent ingredient in long term love potions.
All around Nightwake, a special festival is taking place. Even if the seasons are very fixed in all of the districts, they still want to host celebrations according to calendar, like this time: it's a festival to say goodbye to winter and to say hello to spring.
All of the districts have set up bonfires here and there that will be constantly burning. They're not at the centers of the districts, so they're easy to avoid, if someone wishes to. These bonfires are gathering places, where people come to dance and celebrate in costumes that are inspired by both winter and spring. Various masks are sold at the booths, for those who want to get into the mood but don't want to dress up. The masks represent devils, witches, goats, swamp fae, and other joyful and frightening characters.
Otherworlders new and old are also asked to act out the battle between winter and spring. One of them will be dressed up as winter: big sized (additional pillows stuffed in clothes if necessary), wrapped in various furs. The other one will be dressed up a spring: a scrawny person in much lighter looking clothes. The only advice they're given is: make it dramatic and let the spring win in the end!
Another important part of the celebrations is the pancakes. All districts have booths where people can either make their own pancakes or buy from others. There are various different toppings and fillings that can be added, as well as warm and cold drinks to enjoy them with.
Some of the districts may have slightly different views on how to make a proper pancake and what can and cannot be added to it. Especially the winter and spring related districts are constantly bickering over whose pancakes are better and will shamelessly promote theirs in the others' district. It seems Coldreach is the only one that falls in between their silly argument, considering it's in between the two seasons (and the alcohol they serve there might also have something to do with the peace).
Inspired by the friendly (?) competitions, a new mini event has appeared! It's called the Pancake Tours! The goal is to visit each and every district to taste each of their pancakes and rank them. This all doesn't need to be done on the same day, at least. Those who complete the tour and bring the results to the Research Center will get a spell that will make anything taste good, even things they would normally hate the taste of and 2000 Moon Coins.
Attracted by the smell of pancakes, a new creature has appeared in the city. These relatively small creatures are called jellycats, due to looking like cats that have jelly-like shells protecting them. The shells wiggle everytime they purr and they can retreat back into them whenever they're uncomfortable. Despite their appearance and name, they're not edible.
Jellycats come in a variety of colors and smell different to each person. A yellow jellycat, for example, may smell like lemons to someone, but flowers to another, depending on preferences. The scent becomes stronger the more a jellycat likes and trusts a person.
Befriending these creatures is rather easy: they really like anything and everything sweet, which is why the pancakes attract them so much. It is also likely for a jellycat to follow someone home.
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[When in Rome, or whatever. MK downs the entire drink and swallows. Then coughs because oh that burns. That burns a lot. It takes him a moment to respond.]
I...uh. I got X-Ray vision here from a magic tattoo. Um usually I have gold vision? I can see stuff for how it is. See through illusions and stuff. Ugh oh that burns all the way down. Wow.
Um. Right. I can make clones with my hair. Super strength. 72 transformations. Fly on a cloud. Stuff like that. All the powers the Monkey King has. Still haven't learned eye lasers yet.
OH wow. Still burning. Ack.
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[Husk doesn't hide his smirk as MK coughs. Honestly, he's handling it pretty well considering. But he'll be nicer on the drinks going forward.]
So...Monkey King. That's, uh...some old Chinese folklore ain't it?
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Wait - hang on. You can make clones? Like... how many we talkin' at once? ( No one cares about your folklore, Husk!!! )
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[He's guessing from what little he saw earlier. He finally stops coughing.]
Uh yeah. I mean, it's real. In my world. And as many as I have hairs to pull. [To demonstrate, MK pulls out a hair and blows on it. It floats away from the couch and transforms with a poof of golden smoke.
Now there is another MK in the room. The clone opens his arms and wiggles his hands.]
Tah-dah!
[The clone says.]
See? They take damage and they just turn back into a hair.
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[Husk studies the clone.]
The last one was different. This guy is literally just you again.
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Angel was intrigued by the clone, a look of delight in his eyes. ) Can they fuck? ( Did that count as damage??? )
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They one was my party clone. I left some of them out too long once and they kinda became, like, different.
This one is just a copy of me. And, yeah. They can. Just don't bite them too hard, or they pop.
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So they're you, just squishier.
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( why did you bring this poor boy here husk :) )
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I-I mean...you're very hot and uh I would be down. [Another distraction. And Angel seems interested. Like others are in his clones. Especially Porty. He tries to drink from the already empty glass again. He's not fully used to this yet and it's clear he's not looking at this like an easy way to score. It's something to distract himself. To not feel empty.]
Can I get another drink? [The clone provides and takes the glass. It pours some peach vodka from the bottles MK got. At least he wouldn't be dipping into Husk's and Angel's new stash. Just his own. That was gonna burn too.]
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[Whether he means Angel as a joke or the vodka, is anyone's guess. But that's not the reaction of someone who's secure in himself. A bunch of power and the willingness to use it to help people...but what's eating him? Because it's something.]
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Yeah? Well I can take ya whenever you want, baby. I'm sure he can handle it.
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I'll let you know. And you can tell me too. [MK downs the glass again, all at once. Oh it burns again. He coughs a little less this time. It doesn't feel so bad this time. It's going right to his head too. Such a lightweight.]
Hmm. Okay. Maybe the hard stuff isn't that bad after all.
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Apparently not compared to what you've already got.
[Not his go-to solution, but maybe the kid does need to get laid or something.]
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( Angel got up to refill his own drink. And as he stood in the kitchen, leaning back against the counter, he heard Husk's comment. Hmmm. )
Working that bartender magic again, Husky?
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I mean, the drinks just kinda make it easier, you know? I get drunk fast. My head's already all light. Last night I drank chocolate drinks and cherry ones. Those were good.
[He looks over at Angel in the kitchen and smiles.] You look so soft. Are you soft? Like fluffy soft? I get fluffy sometimes. Only when I'm like, real mad or feeling like super strong OR during the full moon. Then I turn into a Weremonkey. Hehehe. I make nests and everything. [Oh look. He rambles when he's tipsy.]
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[He lifts his empty glass in a request for Angel to bring the bottle over when he comes back.]
Last night huh? So...you make a regular habit of drinking outside your weight class?
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Angel took the bottle to Husk, his drink to the couch and settled back down, puffing his chest up with two free hands. ) You can feel for yourself, baby.
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Only since I realized I'm totally empty inside. Like rocks are supposed to be hard and solid but nooope. I'm empty. Go figure. Oh wow. Do you use conditioner on your fur? It's super soft.
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Empty, huh? How's that?
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He'd just let Husk field that, while Angel provided fluff support. )
Trade secret.
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[He feels his hair now with one hand as the other hand still feels the fluff.] So much softer.
[The clone, at this point, feels truly awkward and just poofs himself. Bye. Have fun dealing with his original.]
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You've been stewing on that awhile. What makes you say you're empty?
[He looks at Angel again, rubbing the back of his neck, then up to the ceiling and closes his eyes.]
Because I know a thing or two about emptiness.
[he doesn't expect the spider to get in on sharing or anything. MK just got here and It took over a month for the two of them to be open. But he doesn't carry quite as much close to the chest.]
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That said, it was... upsetting, hearing the guy speak like that. He let him play with the fluff, unbothered by it since, well, plenty of people did that without asking. So.
A hand came to rest on top of MK's head in a gesture meant to be comforting. )
Yeah... we all do.
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MK looks first to Husk and then to Angel. He blinks and his face turns sad. His hand finally leaves the chest fluff and rests in his lap.]
I'm sorry... [He sniffles a little.] I just...I cling to people because if I don't, I feel empty inside. If I don't have people to care about, people close, I feel empty. I think I always have. Since I can remember. I'm sorry you both feel that too. That's no fair. You're nice. You don't deserve that.
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