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TEST DRIVE 001

Welcome to Aterat!

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!

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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!

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Yuna's expression fell, her lips pressing together in a thin line. "That wasn't what I was talking about." She didn't know why she was annoyed. Those gifted in the summoners arts were rare and it was entirely possible he didn't feel the weight of the souls in the way that she had.

Her eyes followed his movements curiously and she was nearly about to follow him when he dropped back down to the ground. He was silent but Yuna was getting the feeling that this man did everything for a reason.

"You don't know what kind? Maybe we can break it?" She placed her palm at her side and in a soft glow of silver light, summoned a twinbee gun into her palm. "If this doesn't work there might be a seal that we can break. I've seen old ruins with something similar." The mountains always had a strange mix of magic and machina. Maybe it was something like that...

As had he. He'd seen stranger than a woman summoning a weapon to her hand as well, and all he did was reach for his own. His palm rested on the grip of the Cerberus at his hip while the other, clad in a brass claw, flexed as he prepared for whatever might come.

He shook his head slightly to answer her question and allowed her to proceed. It seemed as though her mind was already made up.

Power swelled and gathered at the tip of the Twinbee gun before shooting free in a powerful burst of magical piercing energy. Yuna didn't know if her pot shot would work on the magic that surrounded the cemetery but she'd seen strange things while exploring the mountains.

The energy burst overhead, slamming against the shield but she didn't notice a change.

"Did it do anything? Maybe there is a switch..." Yuna stepped forward with the intention to jump up and check on the outcome of her shot.

Vincent didn't flinch at the burst of energy, but he did pay attention to the magical barrier, which didn't seem to budge at all at the report. He was one step ahead of her though, making his way back up to investigate, and returning just as swiftly, shaking his head as he approached.

"Maybe, but if it's that simple, why ward it?"

"True... there must be a way inside." Yuna have yet to find a ward that she couldn't make her way past. "We just need to find the source of the magical force. If it's locked here then that source has to be grounded nearby." At least, that's what Yuna's always found when approached by the old strange machina and magicks she's come across.

Her head tilted to the side before glancing back and forth along the cemetery wall. "Let's walk around it and see what's behind it."

He'd already tried that particular option and he shook his head, crossing his arms. "There is no walking around." He looked up the tall edifice. "Or going over..."

"Then we'll find another way." Yuna wasn't going to give up... ever. "We'll split up and search. When we're done we'll see if we found anything."

It might take time but it's worth it.

It was an agreeable arrangement to Vincent, as well. He worked better alone, as a scout, than he did in groups. His friends would disagree, but they weren't here to argue. He nodded once.

"Where should we meet?"

"What about the Blue building? In the common area. I think there is one on the first floor." She wasn't actually sure but it was one of three places that Yuna knew in the city.

"We'll meet in an hour or so."

"Agreed." And he was off, making his way to the rooftops quickly and silently.

Test Drive - 001

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