Test Drive - 004

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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!

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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!

NAVIGATION

Comments

[gadaboutdetective]

The attempt at not squeezing his hand too hard was much appreciated, considering he was pretty sure the woman could break his hand easily. The way she pronounced his name got a small rise of his brows, but he’d had worse pronunciations and had certainly been called worse things. “It’s nice to make your acquaintance, Lauri-Ell.”

His hand returned, he tucked them both in his pockets and offered a look around. “So uh— on the matter of teaching... Is there anything beyond hot chocolate and the weather that you think I should know about?”

[kree_soldieress]

Other things he should know about.

"Well, if the Captain of the guard tells you to stay in at night, you should obey. I hear there was a thing with a very unkind Bear."

[gadaboutdetective]

“An unkind bear? Mm... They do tend to wander though if they’re hungry, I suppose. I’ll be sure to listen for the warning from the guard.” He was thinking of a very normal bear doing normal bear things, as they were prone to doing in his world.

“It’s good to know that they’re sensible enough to let citizens know, I suppose.” He added thoughtfully, sorting that away to revisit later. He might have to introduce himself to them, if they needed someone to investigate any strange situations around the city... He did need a job, and offering consults like he had in the last world might be a good start.

[kree_soldieress]

"This one was supposed to create fear, from what was whispered in the streets," Lauri-Ell answered, frowning. This wasn't something she remembered well, not personally.

"Caelan knew more, but he is gone."

[gadaboutdetective]

“Not the normal kind of bear, then…” He frowned himself, a deeper expression and definitely troubled. Something that generated fear where it went? Sounded uncomfortably similar to the unfortunate ‘nightmares’ that took place in the last world he was in.

A pity his ‘Caelan’ was gone. He would have liked to ask for more details… But perhaps he could find someone else in time that did know more. “I presume the bear isn’t a problem now? As in it left or uh…?” Had it disappeared at the end of a month as other things he’d seen had, or had it been driven away? He wished he had an empty notebook to start jotting things down.

[kree_soldieress]

"I do not know what the normal sort of bear is, but yes, I imagine that would be true."

She didn't like his frown, but she stayed quiet as he clearly caught himself up in thinking.

"IT was hunted down, by some very talented fighters I understand."

[gadaboutdetective]

“They’re still not really safe to approach, but uh… they definitely don’t do what it sounds like this bear did.” He responded with a little awkward shrug, realizing that perhaps he’d gotten a little too lost in thought. It was important, though, to know what they might be dealing with here… If they should be ready for things like the last world, Llewellyn wanted to know sooner rather than later.

The fact that it’d had to be hunted down, dealt with rather than it just disappearing at the end of the month, was actually rather good to know. Sure, it still wasn’t ideal… But at least it was a sign that it was different. “Well, that’s good… I’m glad to hear that there are people here who know how to handle such things.”