Test Drive - 002

[ateratmods]

TEST DRIVE 002

Welcome to Aterat!

Here is our second 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!

NOTE: While you do need an invite to apply to the game, you do NOT need one to tag or top level on the Test Drive!

Helpful Links to Get Started

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

---

A. Free-Fallin'

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. For the Benefit of Mr. Kite there will be a show tonight on trampolines

Just to the north of the market district, a small carnival has been set up in a square. As the sun sets, the stalls around it come alive with callers, carnival games, roasted meats are available as well as sweet treats. The games have prizes, stuffed animals and the like, and there are musicians. It's almost as though it's all in celebration of something, but what is anyone's guess. You're welcome to attend and see what's what, and any performers among the gathered are welcome to take part. The whole affair is very mirthful and fluid.


C. Delve Down into the Dark and Deep

If you're a more adventurous type, why not see what all the fuss is about in the sewers, or, if heroics are more your style, maybe look into why people seem to think it's fine to have monsters living just under their feet. Or just use the opportunity to keep your skills sharp. The sewers are pretty vast, after all.


D. Tell Phone™

Why not give that phone a shot and see who answers?

---

If you have any questions at all about setting or what is or isn't acceptable, please submit it on the FAQ!

If you would like to explore any aspect of the setting more indepth, please PM the mod account OR comment here! All comments are screened!

» N A V I G A T I O N

Comments

[asthecroweflies]

"Unique style points." He chuckles, shaking his head. Mostly they just got him weird looks and whispered words behind his back, at least when he'd been in high school. Really, Shalimar. You weren't missing anything.

"I'm not taking that as an invitation or anything, just so we're clear, but I do work with the police on occasion. I've 'seen' my share of nasty, and for the most part, I can sort it out."

[abreedapart]

"Trying to be nice," she said with a half shrug and tiny smile. Maybe she felt a bit bad for being so prickly to his revelation. Not that she wasn't still a bit suspicious of him, but she didn't need to be aggressive from the get go.

"What do you do for the police?"

[asthecroweflies]

That actually earns a wry smile from Jagger as he returns the shrug with one of his own. "It was a solid effort. Good show."

He looked down briefly, because he never knew what to expect from stating the honest truth, but he went for it. "Psychic consultant."

[abreedapart]

"Thanks," she said with a heavy dose of sarcasm. She watched him closely as he responded to her question and shook her head. "Surprised the police in your world will work with psychics. Then again, where I'm from, it's not common knowledge that psionics exist."

[asthecroweflies]

"Honestly, I think it's more they don't have another way to file 'occult consultant'." He shrugs. "Either way, they pay me for my work."

[abreedapart]

"Make a good living that way?" There was some genuine curiosity in her voice towards that question.

[asthecroweflies]

"I get by." Which was to say not really, but it was what it was. He was using his abilities to help people, and he supposed that was something. He wasn't sure what but something.

"What about you? What do you do to get by?"

[abreedapart]

"Little of this and little of that. I tend to move around a lot," she said with a shrug. It wasn't a complete lie, but it was pretty far from the truth. Not much else for her to actually say about the truth about what she did.

"Always nice to get to travel."

[asthecroweflies]

There was nothing wrong with that, though a hunch told him there was more to it than that.  Still, there wasn't anything overtly dishonest in her explanation and he had no reason to question it, at least not yet.

"Planning on doing any traveling here? Seems to be there's quite a world beyond the walls."

[abreedapart]

She shrugged and then ran a hand through her hair. "Haven't thought about that much. Can't say I like the idea of being stuck here in one place. Especially not knowing much about what else is out there."

[asthecroweflies]

"I wonder if there are any scouts to be found among the populous." It was a thoughtful statement, made more to himself than anyone else present, including Shalimar. "Might be worth looking into."