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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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[She sounds a little disappointed but her tone picks up a moment later.]
Yes. I am not supposed to tell anyone either. I was told that it wasn't safe. I didn't really believe it until recently and now I am here. I am not sure what to think anymore. I don't want to lose hope but I am scared that I might, in time, lose my mind as well. Readers without Viewers do not last... the weave is not so kind.
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It's not safe. Not really. It wasn't back home. Everyone got real mad at me and even before that everyone was scared of us. [ Again she pauses for a minute. ] I've lost my mind a bit and lose it more sometimes. It's not so bad. [ She tries to sound as upbeat and positive as possible there and she manages to sound exactly that. ] Maybe I can help you.
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If I were to shut myself off, I won't be able to see as much. It is a curse but it is what i was born to do. To lead the clan and to keep them safe and to do that... I need to see everything.
[She hopes that this woman might understand why she can't do that. She's already lost her father, Syeira doesn't want to lose anyone else.]
I need to be stronger and see beyond the vale of lies.
[She pauses briefly.]
I can see what will happen should I lose my mind. I will likely take my own life.... it scares me but if you could... if you're really willing to help.
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[ She pauses for a second and her tone shifts briefly to something almost sad: ] It can't be one person's job alone to take care of everyone. Connor tried and it just hurt him a lot. [ But she understands the desire and she understands being the one that has to do something that might cause you harm. ]
Our powers, if we push them too much and expand them too much, sometimes it makes us not so right in the head. I'd already died once and wasn't quite right, so it became my job to push our powers. So, I understand jobs. I can help you.
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It is my job. I don't- it's okay if you don't understand.
[Her voice softens.]
It may be different for me. This is all that I am but... I would like to help. At least some.
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Nobody is ever just their jobs, sweets. You shouldn't think that.
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[Her mouth tilts into a frown.]
I don't think many like my people. Not in cities like this, not to stay.