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Test Drive - 004

TEST DRIVE 004

Welcome to Aterat!


Here is our forth Test Drive Meme! There are a lot of areas of the city to explore, so please have a look around! In case you need a little help getting started, I've included a few prompts below, or feel free to start your own! Exploration and player initiative are the names of the game here!

Helpful Links to Get Started

Arrival & General Information | Locations & Bestiary | Residences & Housing Info | Businesses | Rules & FAQ (ask questions here!)


A. Crash into Me
Not exactly, but close enough. You have just arrived and received a strange satchel from a tiny, strange little man and are left more or less to your own devices (more information on what to expect upon arrival can be found here)! Follow directions to the north and check out the housing, or maybe have a look around the Historium and try to get some information from that giant glowing ball, see what you can waste your meager starter coin on in the Market District, or maybe just meet the neighbors.


B. A Winter's Ball
What brand new ballroom would be complete without a fancy new winter's ball to break it in? Things are a little strange at the ballroom (check the prompts) with mistletoe that traps you for a kiss with a random passerby, strange gray meringue that makes you willing to overshare, not to mention the fact that one of your strange possible overlords funded the whole thing. What's the worst that could happen?


C. We're all hanging out at the park, right?
The park near the Complex has become a glittering expanse of show! Children and adults alike build snowmen and even sled down some of the higher hills in the area. There are stands around the park selling hot chocolate, coffee, tea, and cider, as well as sweets and wrapped snacks for the day in the park. Speckling the park at regular intervals are standing fire pits designed to ward away the cold and allow for gatherings and conversation.

The pond in the park has frozen over as well, affording the abilities to ice skate as the ever-industrious Raimon is renting skates, and maybe even challenge people to a hockey game. How hard could it be to find some makeshift pucks and other accoutrements in order to play a game?


Tell Phone
The Tell Phones everyone are provided when they arrive are capable of voice transmission and texting as well and photo texts!



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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Had Llewellyn meant to literally stumble into Rhy? No, but if he were being honest, it probably was most fitting considering how they’d originally met. Although, in his defence, at least he hadn’t interrupted a nap this time.

No, the tone in the other’s voice as he was caught up in their arms is so much less grumbly this time. So he laughed as well, a bright and full thing that was a rare enough sound to be surprising. “Mm... Well, seeings as I’ve already fallen for you— I suppose it might be one of those other two things.” He responded, an almost silly grin on his face as he wrapped his arms around the other’s neck.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ah yes, his lovely husband. Rhy raises a hand, now that the other is standing, to cup his cheek.

“Seeing you in the true light of day leaves me breathless.”
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
And even now, that brings a flush to his cheeks. He was very sure the same could be said in return, but instead all he could do was hide his face in the other’s shoulder as he gave him a delighted hug. “Now you know how I feel about... 95% of the time?”

He drew away though, grinning again. He felt ridiculous to be so hung up on the fact that they were here. In a different world, above the sea, together. At least Rhy seemed as elated over this turn of events. “The light of day— Rhy, how long as it been since we seen a real sun? Or Clouds, even?”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
How long? Too long. Rhy hasn't felt the truth brush of sun on his skin in so long. Longer than even he was in the Sphere. No, the sun had been blotted out after all.

"The smell of water in the air, of the distant flow of it too. Imagine weather, Llewellyn. Imagine rain from the sky, and sunsets and fresh plants and... animals."
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Llewellyn glanced around them once more, Rhy was right. There was just... so much to take in. It was almost overwhelming in a way, but not a bad overwhelming. Just a reminder of how much they’d missed, and after the last year it almost didn’t seem real.

“I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t all some kind of dream...?” He murmured, finally turning his attention back to Rhy. Though on the subject of animals... “You haven’t... you haven’t seen Pretzel, have you?” He had to ask, if only because he had to check.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course he hadn't. Rhy's expression fell.

"Darlign, no. I thought I was here alone."

because he had been. The only sign of his connection with his partner had been the ring he had borne on his hand when he came here.
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Llewellyn’s expression fell a little, he knew it was a long shot considering he’d arrived on his own as well... But at least he was sure now. “Mm... A pity... I’ll miss the little pup... But I’m glad that if I could have one thing in this place that it could be you.”

Clearing his throat a little, he looked around. “There’s so much we’ll have to do, to uh— figure out here... I suppose it might be more sensible focus on those things for now. Did you get one of those bags as well? From the uh— shorter fellow, I think he said his name was Raimon.”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Well yes, he was pretty sure he had. Rhy pulled it out and showed off his bag.

"It seems the technology level here is... lower. And we are once again among a populous that is native. But they seem... so much more established."

These people felt like they belonged. But that was what they felt like lastime.
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Llewellyn took a look, comparing what they had received curiously. “Yes, it is... Still more advanced than either of our times in some instances, though.” He held up the tell-phone before continuing. “But the architecture, the transportation... A lot more like our own. With the absence of street cars or the odd motorcar... And the birds are definitely not horses.” He added, gesturing at one as it passed.

The subject of the people gets a low hum, “Yes, they do... I’m going to see if I can’t find out a little more about what we might not have been told. Just to be sure of a few things,” Not that he was going to go into full-blown paranoia mode. Regardless of the people, this was still far more ideal than where they’d been. And they were here together, which was another whole plus. “The ‘Aspects?’ They seemed about as vague as the Sphere was, as I recall.”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Very much more advanced, but less convenient. And Rhy was likely to forget the tellphone a lot. It wasn't attached to him. BUt hey, less accidental announcements and all of that.

"They are most definitely not. Though I do miss carriages. It's nice to see them again."

He looked around, then took Llewellyn's hand to guide him toward what looked like a shop with food.

"Do you think they are like the Sphere?"
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The avoidance of accidental announcements would be a plus, as would the lack of the dangers that the sphere’s network connection had presented. “It is... a little more familiar, a little like home? Though I was more fond of street cars, I’m not fond of being stuck in a small space for long.” And getting anywhere in his province could take a day or more by carriage... Not ideal. So trains and streetcars had been his go to if he couldn’t go on foot.

It isn’t hard to redirect his attention, fingers knitting with Rhy’s as the man drew him off towards a shop. They’d have to get more familiar with this place, learn its layout and what there was to choose from.

“It’s... not impossible that they are. At least I wouldn’t rule it out, given the reason we’ve been told for being here. Rebuilding a world... Not quite the same as reviving a dead people, but they still wish to bring something back without giving us much to go on or say in our arrival.” He responded with a frown, he wanted to know more before he made any judgement calls. “I’ll need a new notebook, and to start making some connections, I think.”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-04-30 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"The market reminds me of the Night market, and I like it," he said. Like home without overwhelming him with the work he had to do.

Exploration was something they could do together, with time. They might have time.

"We'll have to buy you one. And I'll help with your investigations of course. Charisma never hurts."
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-04-30 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
“There really is nothing like an open air market... A proper one.” He added, smiling a little as he kept his eyes open as they walked. Looking for anything that stuck out that was worth noting, anything that might be needed to remember later.

Rhy’s words, his offer, get a small smile from the detective. “Of the two of us, you are the more charming one. Between the two of us we might just stand a chance of getting enough figured out that we won’t be too surprised if something comes up.” And he wants to be ready, as beautiful as this place is, he doesn’t want to miss something crucial... Not after some of the things they’d seen at the Sphere.

But for now... He wanted to enjoy this. Being outside, under an open sky, looking around a market. “I wonder if there’s a pretzel stand somewhere around here.” Because of course he’d want to know that.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-05-01 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course he wanted to know if there was one. Rhy wished to as well. For now though he herded his husband into the little tavern and found them a seat.

"There is much we will have to determine. Such as residence situation."

What if they were torn apart again?
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-05-02 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
As much as Llewellyn felt the strange pull to remain outside after so long under the ocean, he allowed Rhy to lead him inside the tavern. It would be easier, he supposed, to sit down and talk about their new situation. The first topic was definitely an important one, considering that they’d both gotten rather accustomed to their little home at the sphere...

Putting his own bag on the table in front of him, he dug through it quietly for a moment. “I believe... When I went through this earlier, there was a key? I presume that means that similar to the sphere, we’ll have some sort of designated space to live in.” That said... He wondered if those who brought them here had accounted for their preferences or if they were all given a place by default. “Do you have a key as well, dear?”

He eye’d the other’s bag curiously. If so... “We should see if we can find the buildings or rooms they go to.” Llewellyn certainly didn’t like the idea of living along again, “Depending on how large they are... We may have to consider doing what we did before the double dome opened up. To squeeze into one until we can find someone in charge of lodgings to request something more practical.”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-05-02 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, they can go back outside after they eat a little bit. And the way they could talk with less risk of being heard by others. The noise of the tavern could cover serious talk and planning. Rhy sat as well and considered the key question.

"Yes, I definitely got a key. But if they have not provided something for us together, we will find a way, beloved. I wedded you and I'm not giving up on you, not now, not ever."

They were actually going to live rather comfortably, weren't they? How intriguing.
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-05-02 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
The comment and the certainty in his husband’s tone soften his expression, those words meant so much to him. More than he could really say, considering the way his life had progressed before Rhy. “Of course, love. We’ll certainly figure this out, I don’t intend to give up on you either.” Besides, this world already seemed so much brighter than the one they’d been in before. He wasn’t about to give up because of a few uncertainties. They would enjoy this new step in their journey together.

“We’ll check where the keys go to first, then.” He decided with a small nod, before tucking it back in the bag. “That way we can work out our next step. Surely if they expect us to simply live here and contribute, they’d have considered the possibility of couples that expect to live together. It would be a bit shortsighted on the part of these aspects to not think of it if they haven’t...” Something for after they eat, of course, he was rather eager to try some of the food here.

After ordering them something, he tapped the table lightly and propped himself up on his elbow with the other. “After that... We’ll have to see what sort of things to expect from this place. Work out what we’ll need— or need to do, I suppose.” It occurred to him that they’d be starting fresh here. No council work for Rhy, no private investigation office for him. It really was a new start...
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-05-03 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Rhy toyed with his red pouch, knowing it had a red phone and a red key. Seemed the world had known how to accessorize with him. but that didn't mean he liked the idea of not being with his love.

"I don't know that they anticipated couples at all. The Sphere had not seemed to expect them to arrive. There were not many, but it did provide. I will have to hope they provide."

What they'll need. Well, from first glance...

"This place seems to have an economy," Rhy noted, given the arrival pouch had some coinage in it. "We'll need gainful employment. I suppose I can look for a tailor or seamstress and see if they will take me on, even with my level of skill. It could hold us steady enough for a while, leave you free to investigate. And places like that could draw gossip."
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[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-05-03 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Llewellyn’s eyes drifted to the small bag, noting its colour... It definitely suited Rhy, but it was quite different from his blue one now that he thought about it. That didn’t necessarily mean their keys were for different buildings, but it did strongly suggest it was likely... Still, they’d made small quarters work before and if this world thought he was going to follow some arbitrary rule about sleeping in our own apartment? They were sorely mistaken. 

“We’ll work it out, I promise, Rhy.” He added with a comforting smile. This would be a matter he’d be stubborn on. After everything they’d been through, they deserved that much.

Employment was something he’d also been thinking about, and he offered a nod and leaned forward. “I’m sure that anyone would be lucky to have you, Rhy. There should be one or two around, I’d think... Everyone needs clothing.” He added with a grin. That did remind him that they’d probably need to find some themselves, having only arrived with the clothes on their back... 

Humming a little, he refocused and moved on, “I’ve heard there’s a city guard... I’m going to ask around, maybe see if there are any investigation firms or a need for a consultant like I did in the last word. Failing that... I’ll see if I can’t find some sort of job— that way between the two of us we should be stable enough to keep ourselves fed and comfortable.”
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2021-05-04 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like a plan," Rhy agreed, thoughtful. This was at least something he was good at. He planned things, and made arrangements. For now, he would help figure things out. "But we should flesh it out. After we eat, we'll investigate the residences, and then start seeking work. The sooner we have that done, the sooner we'll find information I think."

Or perhaps that's only something of wishful thinking.
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You did not see me throw this in the wrong tag tab I had open… nope… not at all…

[personal profile] gadaboutdetective 2021-05-04 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
And Llewellyn couldn’t help but nod, prioritizing their next steps was important. Food, then looking at their new accommodations, then finding work… They should come first, the rest would come later. Even if it was hard for him to not get ahead of himself sometimes, with the way his mind jumped around. It was good that his husband had spoken up, and was there to keep him from jumping much further.

He looked up from his plate and smiled a little, brow rising slightly as he spoke. “It’s almost like we’re uh— good at this. Only just arrived in a new world and already we’ve got a rough outline of some rather practical plans.” He still had some things to worry about, yes, but not nearly as much panic as when he’d arrived.

(ooc: Do you want me to migrate this to the main com’s in the comments where I put up a log post?)