TD006

[ateratmods]

Test Drive 006

WELCOME TO ATERAT

Here is our Fifth 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 | Setting & Bestiary | Locales & Businesses | Residences & Housing Info | Rules & FAQ (ask questions here!)

I. 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.

II. What Goes Bump in the Night

It looks like Aterat proper has a spirit problem. Maybe you're seeing specters, hearing disembodied voices, your windows rattle when there's no breeze outside. Maybe there are cold spots in your place of business (or your apartment, which is so much worse). Either way, you're 100% convinced you're haunted. Hopefully, someone else believes you, or maybe you're used to feeling crazy.

III. When the Carnival Came to Town?

Take a look at the prompts from our latest event and go to town (or the carnival).

IV. Try the Network

The Tell-Phone allows for text, video, and audio transmissions to everyone else who has one. Give it a whirl!

V. Wildcard

The above prompts are all options, and there's much more to the setting than what they provide. Do your best (or your worst)!

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Comments

[privatechat]

A house, apartment?

[faeshim]

i have even put it in writing.

i need to speak to those who are already living in the forest.

[faeshim]

i have never lived in such places. the forest has always been my home.

[privatechat]

That's kind of weird.

[faeshim]

[daeshim's kind thrive on trickery. there was a time when even he was known for wording a bargain to his advantage, or making it so that only he had a way out of it. so as for her "cheater's" portal: respect.

he presses his lips together. it would probably be wise to not put himself too much in her debt.

but.]

I also like bread! And sweets!

[faeshim]

ok.

is weird a good thing or a bad thing?

[privatechat]

I mean it's... both or neither... I guess.

It's just like are you some mowgli type from the jungle book or tarzan or something?

[faeshim]

....

i cannot answer your question.

i do not know what most of those words mean.

[soulsword]

Who doesn't like sweets? [ After a few seconds of careful deliberation she took a few more coins out and offered them up to him. ]

Here. There's a decent place for sweets in the noble district. There's also a place around the market here that sells pretzels and they have cinnamon sugar ones. They're not bad.

[inkspot]

what do i need to do? i want to help!

[faeshim]

what can you do?

[faeshim]

[who doesn't like sweets. yes. yes! daeshim has wondered this exact same thing himself. he's met those who prefer meat, and those who'd rather have food that tastes like it's setting your mouth on fire, and he's understood none of them. it's exciting to meet a kindred spirit.

he stops in his tracks, hesitating to take the coins. fae don't believe that a gift is ever really a gift. this would put him back into her debt, and daeshim doesn't know her well enough to know what she might call on him for. it's unwise for him to even consider-

wait, did she just say cinnamon and sugar?]

I am Daeshim of the Ruinwood! I will accept your shiny coins, and return them to you threefold once I am settled here.

[soulsword]

Nice to meet you Daeshim of the Ruinwood. I am Illyana of Limbo and Earth. [ Was she trying to imitate how he said it? Yup. It wasn't exactly mocking, but she liked to have fun with people. Everyone needed a way to pass the time. ]

I'll hold you to that!

[usestwohands]

How would it be beneficial?

[privatechat]

What the fuck do you mean?

[faeshim]

mowgli, tarzan. this book of the jungle you speak of. i'm not familiar.

[privatechat]

Did you grow up under a rock?

[faeshim]

no. under a mushroom.

[privatechat]

Hah. Hah.

[privatechat]

Lennon glances at his hand and after a moment of contemplation he reaches out to shake it firmly.

"Lennon."

[privatechat]

None really.

[ A sigh and then he adds. ]

I mean I'm... I was going to school for art.

[neurotoxicity]

What was your focus?

[faeshim]

i am...amusing?

[faeshim]

[he does have a slightly...different way of speaking. but he's like a sponge too. who knows what he'll soak up from her and use in his own weird way.]

Limbo and Earth...can a person really belong to two places at once?

[maybe she has two kinds of blood the way that he does, though daeshim doesn't claim either court.]

[faeshim]

i've lived in the forest for as long as i can remember. i can make things grow and lay down a boundary to help protect it. i fear i might perish without it!

do you know where i might find them?