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TEST DRIVE MEME ( 005 )
Test Drive Meme #5
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.
Remember that Reserves will open on November 17th and that Applications will open on November 24th!
Two important notes:
Remember that Reserves will open on November 17th and that Applications will open on November 24th!
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.
All That Glitters
The caves deep beneath the island's surface are not dimly lit; in fact, they practically sparkle with a strange, unearthly greenish light. Blame it on the crystalline growths that protrude plentifully from every nook and cranny, stalactites and stalagmites alike.
Their glow might be soothing to some, and viscerally terrifying to others, but one thing remains absolutely certain: based on the creaking, groaning noises of shifting rock and the high-pitched tinkle of breaking shards of crystal...
You aren't alone down here.
Formed entirely from crystal.
Upon spotting a living creature, each of them will begin to lurch closer and closer, arms outstretched. Every one is slow and cumbersome and even fragile enough to be smashed, if you dare venture close enough. But once they've trapped you, there is no escaping whatever fate they have in store for you.
And rest assured, it is not a pleasant one.
[The above prompt is a version of our Crystal Clear event from October! Feel free to give the event write-up a read for more information.]
It's High Tide
When you initially wake on the beaches of this strange island with its bleeding, dreamlike edges, you might notice that something seems deeply amiss...something like the fact that you're lying in a whole mess of seawater. Assuming you're not thoroughly soaked already, you'd better figure out a way to get to high ground, because the water level is rising very rapidly. Pretty soon, there might not be anywhere safe to go besides the trees, and even those might not be safe the longer this goes on.
Fortunately for you, if you can find them quickly enough, the island of Mu has helpfully provided some assistance for those who don't feel like doggy-paddling for the duration of the dream.
A Crappy Endeavor
In your travels on this strange new land, you might start to notice something following you. Something...oddly shaped, like a lot of dirt and clay that's consolidated into one great awkward moving lump of a creature. What lies beneath is far more like the common beetle...just much, much larger. And unfortunately for everyone involved, they have a very specific appetite:
Your poop.
Mu has produced a very close approximation of the creatures known as f'rshaymes, animals that go beyond merely being useful for disposing of all that nasty waste. Doiing so comes with significant benefits, as the combined process of mud and excrement as it goes through a F'rshayme's digestive system leaves behind pure clay for the...brave.
Often found in small herds of six to eight individuals, f'rshaymes are extremely docile and would be very easy to turn into a herd of your very own. How nice!
( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )
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Akira sighs as well. It's like a sigh brigade. ]
You never know. What if we stay here long enough we count as pollution? We'd be a threat then.
[ He sloshes his arms through the water, idly. ]
Probably. There could be a strong current under there, and that'd be trouble.
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[You know, when they get pulled out to sea.
On one of these ridiculous flotation devices.]
I think by the time we have stayed here long enough to be considered 'pollution', the tide will have gone out... and if we're lucky, it won't be so long that something else happens...
[Well, that's a dark thought. Except...] Hopefully this is just some weird dream. It feels enough to be one... and that's saying something considering some of the Palaces we've been in. [She leans forward, pushing the... swan? Thing?'s head down toward the water a little, and then letting it spring back up.]
... Where did these things even come from? Maybe there's dry land wherever they came from.
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Because that
does not look like a swan, yo. ]
If it is, it's weird that we're sharing the same dream. [ That speaks of something more deliberate to him. If this isn't the Metaverse, then how are they sharing the same experiences? There must be something, or someone, forcing the issue. ] Maybe if someone brought us here, they left us a gift. So we didn't drown horribly before we can get round to whatever it is they want us to do?
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Look, she doesn't have a dirty mind, she's not a teenage boy.]
Yes, it is strange. [She looks around again.]
Well this isn't exactly going to help us for food or water... though I suppose if it's just a dream that's not a concern. But what are we supposed to do? We really can't do anything if we're stuck on these things in the middle of the ocean.
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For now... all we can do is float.
[ he flops back down and waves a hand. He's tired, and there's a lot to take in. For the moment, the most they can do is try not to get seasick or bob too far away from the island. Or, that's what it seems like. ]
Once the tide's lower, we can get back on land and scout the area. At least we know to head for higher ground when the tide comes back in this time. We'll be prepared.
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... So I guess we have plenty of time to think about what we're doing while we're waiting for it to recede. [He's going to flop over. She's too... stuck in her own brain to do that. So she kicks her feet a few times and turns around, thoughtfully looking over their surroundings.]
This is some high tide, though. How are trees able to survive being mostly submerged during it so often? There's only a couple of the highest places on that island over there outside of the water.
[A pause.] No, I'm not sure that's the question I want to ask. This is more than just 'high tide'. The shoreline increase of water should only be... maybe a couple meters. This is more than just that. [Yeah sorry, Akira, you're going to be stuck with Makoto in Pondering mode.]
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Maybe we can examine the trees more when the tide is down. They don't look any worse for wear, if this is a common thing.
[ Trust Makoto to come up with the interesting questions though. Why the intense change in the height of the tides... and how do the trees not drown every day? Why aren't they all gathered on the highest ground...?
... Mrrr. He tries rolling over on the floaty without wobbling it ridiculously. It's An Effort. ]
Maybe there are secrets. [ They're good at uncovering secrets and dragging them, kicking and screaming, into the light. ]
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For her part, though, she's just sitting on her little swan with her chin in her hand in her classical Thinking Pose.]
Yes, that was part of my concern.
[Back up and over the island, back down to what she can see of the trees...]
Secrets behind a natural phenomena? Well, I suppose it wouldn't be the wildest thing we've discovered, but it would be worth looking into. [That's right: "we".]
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Uncovering what people keep hidden is kind of our trademark. Can't stop now, just because we're not in Kansas anymore. [ or. y'know. Tokyo. But cultural references are hip.
... even that means he just volunteered himself to poke around trees for hours on end to figure out why they aren't waterlogged and dead. good... ]
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You're right, even if our hands are a bit tied at the moment. There's not much we probably can't get to the bottom of, if we work together and think about it enough.
[Welcome to once again being dragged around on a Makoto Investigation Outing. It'll be just like their Confidant. Minus the fake dating.
Maybe.]
Do you think, if the tide goes in this fast, it will recede just as quickly? In that case, we will have to watch out for undertow. It might be worth it to slowly start working our way toward the high ground either way.
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See? Teamwork.
[ TEAMWORRRRRRRRRRRRK ]
Maybe. Maybe we'll get sucked out to see and find a secret island full of treasures and mythological creatures....
... Ryuji'd probably love this. [ Pirates. ]
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That's a thought. Maybe we'd find Captain Kidd's treasure, even. [Not Ryuji's Persona, the actual Captain William Kidd.]
But more realistically, I'd imagine, hopefully we'll be able to find signs of where where are. Or somewhere to maybe dry out the phones and start figuring it out.
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They work better together, as a group, anyway. They cover each other's weaknesses, and that's really all you can ask for from a group. ]
Oh. Are we in Madagascar then? Or was it Gardiner's Island...?
It's warm enough.
[ ... ]
Don't they say that you need to dump water-logged phones in rice to drain the water out? Maybe we can substitute it for sand.
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We'll need to find out eventually. If we are, even better.
[Makoto does look back over toward Akira, though, and frowns.] Sand doesn't naturally absorb water like rice does, but maybe giving it some time to dry in the air will help.
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If we come across anyone else, maybe they'll have more of a idea.
[ because, y'know. they're still here on these floaties. in the middle of the ocean with no one else around. can't really info gather like this. ]
Maybe there's a phone shop somewhere. That'd be convenient.
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Perhaps... but what are the odds we do? They could be anywhere... even...
[Pause. Frantic look over her shoulder.]
... Oh no.
[Phone shop? Who cares about that. Team Mom Makoto is now worried about people being pulled out to sea.]