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Test Drive Meme #6
Test Drive Meme #6
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?
The whole city of Nightwake has completely gotten into holiday season. Christmas exists in Ellipsa, but it's just a celebration of winter spirits and a chance to exchange presents with your loved ones. Things like Santa Claus do exist, but they're not as important in Ellipsa traditions. The most important thing about Christmas, for Ellipsa natives, is being together with someone you truly care about and watching the Christmas lights.
Due to the holiday spirit, some of the cleaning related machines have started cleaning on their own, especially in the Starter Apartment Building. It's not weird to see a roomba entering an apartment through someone's dog door or a vacuum cleaner to knock on the door to enter. Natives will tell anyone wondering what's going on that this is perfectly normal and they should just let them do their job.
Some machines are, however, a little too eager and will try to clean even people, unless they've been to the shower that day.
Any items lost during the cleaning frenzy can be found from the Lost and Found of the Research Center - or they're potentially returned to the wrong apartment completely.
Along with holiday decorations different sized and shaped mistletoes have appeared all around the city. A good part of them are actually just normal mistletoes that you can just ignore and continue, but some of them are magical plants.
Mistletoes will use various methods to trap someone under them. Some grow vines to grab the person (magically infused, very difficult to break), some form a barrier around them that allows another to walk in but no one to walk out. There are even methods still unknown (make your own)! So it's definitely recommended that people use caution when passing a mistletoe.
The regular way of getting out of a mistletoe's hold is to kiss someone. Even platonic kisses count, so there's no need to force oneself to do mouth to mouth action. Another less known method - that the natives will tell people about - is to dance a little dance for the mistletoe; there's usually enough room inside a barrier, or the vines are loose enough, to let someone dance!
Another type of mistletoe is a roaming mistletoe that stubbornly follows someone who very much wants to kiss someone, but for some reason won't. The mistletoe will be waiting for them when they walk outside or appear out of nowhere when the person is talking to someone. It can only be chased away by actually kissing the person they want to, so even kissing a random person doesn't help this one.
CW/TW: Hanahaki Disease
Some of the mistletoes have a less pleasant effect (they're extremely rare). Those caught under one of them and who have something they need to confess to someone (may it be romantic or platonic) will be inflicted with the Hanahaki disease. They will be coughing up flowers that have started to grow inside them due to the secrets they're hiding. It's a painfully slow process.
Best way to cure the disease is to confess whatever it is they have on their heart. After that the flowers will start to disappear and everything can return to normal.
Other methods are getting a spring power holder to lift the disease off them, make a potion out of the hanahaki flowers and flaming ginger roots (found from the Summer Segment, near the Temple of Life) or surgically removing the source. All of these methods, however, will make the person lose all of their emotions for the next 24 hours.
During the winter holidays there's plenty to do in the city. Various workshops have been set up in every district. The goal of these workshops is to make all districts look as close to Christmas as possible, even the ones that are in the middle of summer. They're looking for creative ways to celebrate the festival and are always looking for help to make their wishes come true.
All the districts also have an ice rink built to them. They're magical, so even the heat of Solarpeak won't melt them. Skating in one of these ice rinks will make different colors appear around the skater. All the colors are somehow related to the skater and make beautiful art in the air (e.g. rainbows, whirlpools, flowers, animals). These colors don't have any other magical properties and will fade away after a while.
Those who skate together will find their colors mixing together. The more balanced the color mix is, the better relationship they have. This works even if there are more than two skaters having fun together. Those who are in love with each other will find their colors intertwining together into different kind of lines and ribbons.
It's a common rumor that if the colors turn into gold, silver or platinum instead of just mixing together, the couple skating is destined to be together.
If a relationship is rocky or either one of them has doubts about the other, the colors may completely disappear when they're close together in the rink. The colors will return again once some distance has been taken.
Christmas is largely a holiday for families and couples. That's why all the natives are excited to hear that there will be a Wedding for two otherworlders soon. That's why a lot of shops are doing promotions for any couples that enter them (even sometimes mistaken two friends as a couple). They're also excitedly making different wedding themed charms that will make the person dream about their dream wedding when it's put under a pillow (or if they don't have a dream wedding, they will dream otherwise pleasant dreams).
It's a great tradition to kiss under a Christmas tree. Those who do this will find a present appearing next to them. This present will have a pair of lockets that have pictures of each other in them. The locket will vibrate and the pictures will change its expression any time the person has an emotional crisis.
Those who are loners, or just don't have anyone to call their own, will be able to enjoy the holidays in their own special cabins filled with familiar scents and colors, located on any districts. They are, of course, welcome to invite friends over to enjoy it as well - and if one thing leads to another, that's a very good bonus.
Another important day to celebrate is the start of the New year. These celebrations, as well as the winter holiday ones, tend to continue far into January, as the natives find the atmosphere soothing and a great way to start an entirely new year.
Most important new year tradition is the Fireworks show. Booths have been set up for people to create their own fireworks. These fireworks will explode in the skies with the chosen colors and shapes (a picture, some text, anything really). All the person has to do is create the design they want and choose their colors. These fireworks will be sent to the skies on midnight when the year changes.
Those who create fireworks will receive a blessing for the new year that will let them regain one item from home/a previous world (works like a normal, non-magical regain would). Those who don't know what they want will be able to receive a random item that has been in their possession at any point. This item will appear near wherever they happen to be when the fireworks are set off, so after midnight in the new year.
Of course, there's plenty of food and drinks to go around everywhere, and most of them are even free. Some may even find their favorite dish among the various dishes available.
- Mistletoes (at least a good chunk of them) and all the Ice Rinks will be available until the end of January. Mistletoes are hard to control so not all of them can be taken down easily - and the ice rinks are just fun to have around. Some other traditions can also be still done during January, even if they might not be as powerful after New Year.
- Sawyer, the Autumn Guild Leader, is still missing, so the atmosphere around the Autumn Guild is a less cheerful one, unfortunately.
- Ask your questions related to the TDM here.
- The TDM is available only to friends of the mods and their friends. If you want to play in the TDM, please leave a note here to inform us who invited you over. We will get to you as soon as possible.
- Test Drive is open for current characters to make a top level as well. New characters can add TDM on their subject line to indicate they're new!
- Current characters cannot access the starting area again to meet new arrivals. They can, however, be at the Research Center when the newbies are teleported in.
- The TDM is game canon so anything in the TDM can happen for your character(s) in the game as well.
- Smut is not allowed on the TDM. You can play situations leading to it, but if the thread is turning into smut, please move it to a private space such a post in your character's journal, or a locked post in the game's log community if you decide to app!
- Check Locations: City to find more areas to explore inside the city. Every place in the districts are open.
- Similarly, Locations: Segments is useful for outdoors adventures.
- You can find monsters to encounter on Beastiary.
- FAQ has information on characters' smartphones as well as general things about the world that might be handy.
ichijouji ken | digimon 02 (post-the beginning) | spring | new player & character hello
[ under a tree in the vast spring field, ken awakens with a groan - he'd gone to bed aching from the exertion of the day, the fatigue of being thrown into a fight something their impromptu mood-recovery snowball battle had done no favours for. instinctively, before even registering that he isn't in bed in his apartment and the grass under his cheek isn't a pillow, he reaches a hand out for- ]
...Wormmon?
[ the lack of immediate reply from his usually clingy digimon is what startles him to consciousness, pushing himself up rapidly enough to cause momentary dizziness. a few sakura petals that had settled in his hair fell in front of his eyes and to the ground. ]
Wha- oh no.
[ ken stands, frantically patting down the strange outfit he now wore, coming up predictably empty-handed. he calls wormmon's name again, knowing full well he would not get a reply. ]
pt2
[ however past that initial shock, as no stranger to unfamiliar landscapes, ken is able to maintain his composure fairly well for someone who had woken up facedown in a field of pink petals. the white shirt-and-pants combo, miraculously unstained by the grass and flowers, had given him pause at first - it oddly reminded him of his old middle school uniform, a silhouette of straight lines.
later, you might see him perusing the many pamphlets, skimming the information with the intense stare of someone trying to solve a riddle. ]
It's independent of Earth and the Digital World... seems like everywhere needs help.
b; merry kissmas!
[ yeah, no, he hates this place actually. the mistletoe vines snared around ken's wrist and ankle aren't painful, but they're definitely not welcome. usually he'd have wormmon to cut through something like this no problem, but on his own with the extremely limited spring-related powers he'd dared to test out, there was no easy way to break free. ]
H-hey, can someone tell this thing to back off, please...?
[ or you can tell ken his best bet is to get a smooch and watch him flail. it is entirely up to you. he is at the mistletoe's mercy, and yours. ]
c; new year
[ it's entirely coincidence that the timelines of this world and his original one roughly lined up, ken knows. nevertheless, it's startling to see the christmas and new year's decorations in full swing in this unknown space when he'd likely see similar ones out and about in tokyo had he never been swept up into this seasonal business.
the fireworks are lovely, of course, and ken is entranced by them lighting up the sky as any normal person would be.
the other thing that draws him into the crowds is the distinct smell of ramen. it's the same exact smell he'd have clinging to his coat after visiting daisuke, either alone or surrounded by the other chosen children - somehow nostalgic, despite the little restaurant only having opened quite recently.
the stall he finally finds selling noodles and broth has none of the homeliness of that, but the smell is a dead ringer. how bizarre. ]
I guess there's all kinds of food for all kinds of people.
d; wildcard
[ own prompts go here, or build off any of the tdm prompts! feel free to contact me at
pt2
[While he did not know what this "Digital World" was, it wasn't exactly a difficult concept to grasp that it was yet another world from which others hail from. Earth, however, was certainly one he had heard of from many of the Otherworlders since his own arrival.
Hello Ken, have charcoal skinned man with rabbit ears and golden eyes approach you. Of course, it's probably not all that weird considering he likely wouldn't be out of the ordinary in the digiworld. Not that Erenville is aware of that.]
In fact, there are many worlds aside from this one and your own.
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after a moment, he nods. an image of the dark ocean had briefly flickered in his memory. ]
Yeah. I kind of knew, but hadn't expected to wind up in another.
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[Erenville couldn't help the shrug, his accented voice a little curt but not unkind.
As for being overheard, well... his ears are quite large. It could not be helped.]
But, many are here and many are from the star called Earth, from what I have gathered via the network. You may find your friends here. If nothing has changed in the months since I arrived, then you will also find your belongings in the apartments nearby.
[He was quite eager to get out of the unfamiliar clothes when he had first arrived all those months ago, something familiar in this unusual place.]
If you like, I can show you the way?
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[ ken shakes his head with mild amusement. the chosen children getting randomly kidnapped and stuck in alternate worlds together? wow couldn't be them. at least it isn't a tube in a basement this time.
returning all but one of the pamphlets to their respective stands, ken turns as if intending to follow. ]
I'd appreciate that, thankyou. Are you a local, um...?
[ he prompts for a name, sort of awkwardly. ]
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[His world actually had two names, but most of those who arrived from his star use the old name, rather than the modern name. No need to confuse the lad.
The walk was not going to be far, the apartments were actually next door.]
I was among the first group of otherworlders to arrive. I would encourage you to develop the new powers you have been given, they will prove useful.
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[ giving only his given name felt kind of strange, but single-name basis for someone offering only a single name seemed logical enough.
the missing weight of wormmon usually atop his shoulders has ken walking with a tenseness to his gait, limbs feeling as if they weren't supporting enough mass. he hoped he would feel better back in his own clothes, at least. ]
The powers are natural, correct? Like I could just- [ he raises a hand, willing... something to happen. a soft breeze stirs his hair, but nothing more. ] -ah. Without a catalyst or anything.
c; (hi it pan)
Even though I cannot partake, myself.
[... The reason why is fairly obvious, of course.
Purple Mage is a gigantic, hovering shadow that looks like a silouhette punched out of reality - it's safe to say they probably can't eat.
]
Are you new to this realm? I would be happy to purchase something for you, if you'd like.
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A friend of mine would say the same thing. This variety really exemplifies that.
[ the offer is more surprising than the rest of purple's presence, and ken instictively raises a hand to decline politely. ]
O-oh, thankyou, but I think- [ he pauses as the smell of fresh dashi washes over him again. ] ...ah, only if it's not inconvenient.
c!!! (hi it not pan)
[There is a small mage, about 3 feet tall, standing on their tip toes next to Ken to get a look at the stall's wares. They used to be human, but they don't remember it. So these fun looking noodles? Completely new to them. And it smells delicious!!]
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People from my home country, originally. It's very tasty.
[ he asks the proprietor for a small sample cup of the dashi, which is surprisingly granted. he offers it down to the mage. ]
Would you like to try the broth?
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I would love to!
[They grab the cup with their little racoon hands, and.. eats the entire cup, broth and all, in one toss into their mouth.]
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Is it tasty? It's probably better without the cup as well, I recommend.
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[Brown Mage says that with a satisfied grin, and they tilt their head in curiosity at Ken.]
I think the cup adds to the flavour.
new year
[Ed has just finished his bowl of ramen. He got curious with so many people coming to eat them.]