aftr_ooc | TEST DRIVE MEME ( 021 )

Test Drive Meme #21

Hello, and welcome to LifeAftr! We're pleased that you're expressing an interest in the game. Here, you can test the waters, gauge how your character may fare in the world of LifeAftr, and even gain some in-game incentives, if you so choose.

In conjunction with our monthly Test Drive Meme, Reserves are now open! Applications will open on March 24th!

Two important notes:

1. LifeAftr's test drives take place on the island of Mu, which exists apart from the real world and possesses a dream-like quality that characters are innately aware of from the moment they appear on its shores. No need to panic or fret. Dreams are odd things, after all - and anything can happen in them. Why would anyone question where their mind chooses to wander in its sleep?

2. Due to the nature of Mu, threads in our test drive can not only be accepted as thread samples in your application, but can be accepted as game canon as well. In fact, certain choices your character makes in Mu have the potential to bear in-game consequences, largely in the form of test drive reward items.

Come to Ink Of It
Mu is a strange land, and one that seems to take a conscious interest in the activities conducted upon the waking world. This month, its fixation takes an almost childish delight in emulating the ink-spattered wars and hazing that have occured on Ensō's shores - which is to say, Mu would absolutely enjoy a charming little game of Splatoon.

When you wake, it's in a labyrinth of soft, stonelike material that manages to be the rough consistency of foam. If you take the time to inspect it, you'll discover that it's as good at cushioning blows as it is serving as adequate cover...and it appears to have been shaped into plenty of buildings and barricades, threaded throughout the cavernous room in which you've found yourself. In fact, the whole place looks very much like a battlefield of some kind.

In case you didn't get the picture, the paint gun in your hands should give you an inkling. Colors may be up to personal preference, but the rules are simple - solo, in a team, or as a double agent, your goal is to paint the town red, or blue, or purple, until victory is tasted in the form of aesthetic domination.

Do keep in mind, however, that battle cries may be a double-edged sword in this scenario. Unless you wanted green teeth.

I AM THE SHADOW, THE TRUE

-looks at smudged writing on hand-

...SHELF

What's more trouble than the true manifestation of all your darkest fears, desires, and secrets? The manifestation of all of the above that's just - not very well-made. In order for a shadow, a true self, to appear, one really should know themself somewhat consciously. Of course, this also applies true to the world in which they're standing; an effort Mu is willing to make, but not quite hitting the mark.

And by "not quite hitting the mark," we mean egregiously.

"Shadows" are an off-brand simulation of what one might expect during a typical shadow event, though their attempts at acting like the character they should be are closer to emulating the opposite. Whether based upon a looser definition of canon, a fanon-style iteration of what your character might have been in worse hands, or simply going in a direction that veers into the territory of edgy Harry Potter OCs, your "Shadow" is here, and ready to be a nuisance.

Unlike ordinary Shadows, a "Shadow" cannot be accepted and dissipate as one would hope. Respite from these garish versions of who you really are will come only upon waking. So until then, enjoy attempting to explain just what, precisely, is dogging your every step, and probably refusing to shut up all the while. Though granted, if they share any of your powers - grossly magnified or otherwise - you might be grappling with them in far more ways than one.

A Bug's Eye View
The lush, verdant shores and the peaceful population of newly-arrived island of Cahypdo have been noticeably present on the minds of the islanders lately. Mu has shifted to reflect those thoughts, but as with many things Mu reflects, things have become a little...skewed. For, you see, the native inhabitants of Cahypdo are the Roaka, and as tree-people, they tower over much of the current inhabitants. They range from six to twelve feet in height, generally, but it seems that their heights have left a....very marked impression.

The Roaka certainly tower over you now, even more than before - but so does everything else. Wherever you find yourself in the verdant, fertile valley that houses much of Cahypdo's plantlife - whether it's rich jungles or well-tended farmland - you'll be met with the same undeniable height difference.

Trees are dizzying heights to be scaled the same way a mountain might. Blades of grass and colourful flowers you might once have trodden on without a second thought are like a forest unto themselves. And the fields of crops you might have known from the waking world, like sweetcorn, peas, and tomatoes? Even a single ear of corn or a solitary tomato is now a much, much larger obstacle.

Just pray you don't run into any of the native creatures here, as even ordinary beasts can become potential dangers when they're all the size of giants relative to you, and can stamp you to jelly without so much as a second glance. Snaplings might regard you as a tasty little snack, tigerlilies might think you make for a fun little toy, and worst of all, the native Cahypdo entities known as hydrac, warped hybrids of sharks and dragons, might very well decide that you'd be a fine addition to their hoards.

There's a lot to look out for, when you're this small and the world is this big.

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[Bakura seems to be telling the truth, as least as far as Asriel can tell. But that only confuses poor Asriel further.]

Then what do you mean by "other worlds"?

Parallel universes! Alternate realities, like stuff you get in sci-fi!

Oh, like alternate timelines?

[He's very familiar with those.]

I guess those could be called "other worlds"...

Edited 2019-03-23 03:08 (UTC)

Un! Sort of like those! Like the one we went to where there was the magic school, it was only a few years ahead of when it was when I left Domino, but that world had magic in it aaaaall over the place! I think almost everybody there had at least a little bit of magic, and it was all linked to doing art stuff, which was really cool! And then there was the other one that I think was a few years more ahead than that, were we were up on this ski resort in the Alps!

[[a slight pause]] Though I'm not sure when the pogemon world was, time wise... it was a lot more different than back home... That was the world Rappy had come from, where humans and pogemon formed bonds and did battle side by side, which was really cool! Only they had just bridged the two worlds when we were there... which was after Rappy and Dakki became partners, so I think there may have been time travel involved too...

You've kind of lost me... but I think I get it. Your "world" is something like an alternate timeline from mine, and you've been through alternate timelines before?

Well, I, um, definitely have no experience with those. I've just heard theories. [He lies. Rather blatantly.] Guess those were right, huh?

A few, yeah! [[Bakura nods not even picking up on that obvious lie]]

There's a group of us that all got sort of sucked into this in between space and get to go between different worlds doing neat stuff! And the best part is finding out that all the stories and games and stuff that you liked back home are all real in other worlds! I even made a friend who lived in the Final Fantasy world! She'd ridden chocobos and everything! She was the one who healed my hand up too!

So... [He hates himself for saying this.] anime is real?

And what's "Final Fantasy"? Is that a video game? It sounds like a dating sim... [And a rather... adult one.]

Probably! I didn't meet anyone from any anime I knew, but if video game worlds are real, I'm sure anime worlds are real too!

And Final Fantasy is a series of RPGs! Turn based combat ones that use a world that's like a futuristic fantasy realm, where they have knights and magic and stuff, but also airships and interplanetary travel and stuff like that!

Oh, that makes sense. It's called "Final Fantasy" because it's futuristic fantasy, right?

[He would have loved that when he was younger, he's sure of that. He never got to play any video games, but he liked fantasy and sci-fi, and this "Final Fantasy" sounded exciting. And also... a lot like something Alphys would like. Because she's a nerd.]

I think so, un! I got a few of the newer ones, when I got to work part time at a game shop, back at that one world, so if I can get back to Liminal Space, I can see if I can bring it back here to show you!

Though they are mostly console games, not handhelds... [[And he hadn't seen anything that looked like a TV or an outlet anywhere... he'd have to figure something out.]]

[Asriel looks excited at that idea, even though he doesn't know what Liminal Space is exactly.]

I'd really like that - thank you, Baku-

[And Asriel is interrupted by being splashed by someone's ink, right in the face, almost right in his eyes. Someone far away yells "Get back to the game, kid!" while Asriel shakes his head and tries to get the ink out of his fur. So gross!]

-ra.

[Once he's clean enough, he cocks his ink gun and looks ready to charge back into battle.]

Sorry, Bakura, but I've got to get back to the game... and get revenge. But I hope I get to see you again - you seem nice.

Aaa---

[[He. Had forgotten about the game, whoops. He nods, smile returning before growing a bit imish.]]

Want a little help distracting them?

[[His grin grows before he focuses his concentration--

and suddenly in his place is that small white fox that Asriel saw before, tail wagging with high energy.]]

[Asriel looks surprised. He'd nearly forgotten about the fox.] That was you? Whoa.

[But he nods firmly, smiling as he charges back into the mock-battle with his new friend.]

TEST DRIVE MEME ( 021 )

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want to start wrapping up?

Sure! They kinda forgot there's a game going on because oh hello new friend! :D

LOL yeah

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and wrap! thanks for the thread!