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Test Drive - 001
TEST DRIVE 001
Here is our first ever 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!
Arrival & General Information | Locations & Bestiary | Residences & Housing Info | Rules & FAQ (ask questions here!)
A. Welcome to the Jungle
The URBAN jungle, that is. 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, see what you can waste your meager starter coin on in the Market District, or maybe just meet the neighbors.
B. We've Got Fun and Games
At least there's entertainment. In various parts of the city, there are street performers, slight of hand tricksters, and probably a game or two of poker in one tavern or another (there are several to be found, after all). Start up a game of darts, or just sit broodily in a corner and watch the others coming and going.
C. You can have anything you want but you better not take it for free
The Harbor District is a rough joint. There are pickpockets, swindlers, but also hardworking folk and more than a few buildings that seem to be locked. It sure would be a shame if someone were to go about performing some casual Breaking & Entering...you know, as long as you don't get caught. There are guards around, though not nearly as many here as in the other districts. It's almost as though they like to avoid the place. People talk about wererats in the shadows at night and it's not unheard of for the unaware to go missing when they're traveling around here after dark...
D. What's that smell?
As if being carted off to what looks like a city out of a video game weren't bad enough, there's an entire district to the northeast that seems to be walled off, warded, and in all ways inaccessible. According to the sign, it's the cemetery...and boy does it smell.
E. Speaking Crystal
You could always take a look at the instructions that came with your crystal and see who else is listening. Remember, though, these devices are Voice Only and cannot be filtered. If you speak, anyone with a crystal can and will hear you. Now, whether or not they choose to respond is another thing entirely.
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!
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It wasn't entirely clear whether she was still speaking to him or just quietly to herself, but after a handful of moments and another, long drink, she actually looked at him.
"Where have you come from..?"
Whether she was actually interested or if she just needed him to keep talking to keep her distracted, she wasn't entirely sure.
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Of course, her question was met with what was probably the most boring answer that one could expect on a day when most of the other people who had been brought here were all from very magical worlds themselves. So, as he put his drink down, he shrugged a little. “Mm... Well, I’m from Canada. Toronto, Ontario to be exact.”
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"I've never been to Canada." Was all she said at first, until she'd had another drink. "I was going to apologise for this being an odd question, but everything about this day is odd, so- what year is it for you?"
Because while time-travel was not a concept she generally bought into, now that she was really looking at him, she was realising that he wasn't quite...dressed the way men from the 2010's tended to. Maybe she was wrong, but she'd literally been zapped from London to whereverthefuck this was, so.
Perhaps whatever she was drinking to open her mind a bit more to the possibility.
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The question about what year he was from gives the detective pause, his eyes flitting over her strange attire once. It was... not standard for his era, so perhaps there was some time displacement going on. That was just another layer of ‘oh...’ to pile on, but he answered with a curious little frown. “1905... I uh— I presume your from another time. From the... future...? Perhaps?”
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It was a relief, but a small one in the newly-presented face of apparent time travel. Or some kind of time travel related nonsense.
His answer, though- it made sense, given how he was dressed, but...1905.
Jesus.
"...Yeah, it's uh- it's 2018 for me."
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Yup. This was getting weirder... He’s going to need another drink before long.
“Oof...” He mumbled absentmindedly, before taking another drink. “This must be uh— even stranger for you though.” The detective added, nodding at her and her attire again. If her clothes said anything, it was that 2018 was very different. “The architecture and over all feel isn’t too dissimilar from my time at least.” If you... ignored all the magic... which was impossible.