Test Drive 18

[sixthiteration]

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→ Choose one of the scenarios below or make up your own. Feel free to try multiple scenarios.

→ Write LOGS or TEXT prompts, or both.

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1. It has to take place in the 6I universe.
2. It cannot be the character's arrival into the game.
3. Please only test new characters who do not have a version in the game. Our cast list is here.

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Prompts

Summer is here, villagers! Sunny skies, warm weather and plenty of weirdness are on the horizon. Don't forget your sunscreen!

1. THE MILK FOR FREE - Somehow, someway, you have been wrangled into milking one of the GROFFLES recently rounded up by your fellow villagers. Maybe you felt guilty for not helping, or maybe you owe someone scary money. Point is, it's just you, a bucket, and your green milk-giving friend. Just a tip: Groffles are good-natured, but you probably shouldn't squeeze too hard.


2. LIGHTNING ROD - Earlier today, you made your way into the upper foothills — Were you hunting? Maybe just roaming? — and you came into contact with a BLUE LILY. Maybe you thought it was so pretty you've carried it back to the village with you. If your house didn't have electricity before, it definitely does now!


3. MEET CUTE - It's a classic: You've gone down into the 6I INN'S dirt-walled root cellar off the kitchen. Maybe you needed supplies or were dropping off some fresh produce. Whatever the case, someone's followed you down for a similar reason... and the door has jammed shut behind them. Seriously, it's not budging. Enjoy getting to know your new best friend in the cozy light of the furnace!


4. WILDCARD - Choose your own adventure. Maybe play powers roulette.

Texts

All characters are fitted with a smart watch-like device on their left wrist, which they can use to send text messages to other villagers.

- Texts may only be 140 characters long
- No video or voice, text only
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Please list your CHARACTER NAME, CANON & PROMPT in your SUBJECT LINE.

Comments

[oversight]

The flurry of movement draws Blake's attention, but he's not rushing to his feet now that he's started to dry out a bit, instead satisfied to drop back fully on the shore and prop his head with his arms up behind his head.

"You're the only 'villain to the fish' that matters right now. Don't let this be the one that got away." Blake thinks he so much funnier than ever before, and that's entirely Dean's fault for encouraging him to have a sense of humor. Once upon a time he wouldn't have even risked such a poor presentation, but as it stands, he figures the other guy has to give him a pass.

[righteously]

"Yeah, yeah," is the most Blake's gonna get out of him at the moment. It's completely and totally dismissive, because Blake's not the only one that regrets his newly developed sense of humor sometimes. Your jokes are lame, Robert, and so's your face.

Within no time Dean's sporting whatever this place's equivalent of a salmon is, hanging safely from his line as he shoots Blake a triumphant look. One that got away his ass, thank you very much. "Think it's the same one you lost, Robbie. Interested in some vengeance?"

[oversight]

"Calling it vengeance is a little dramatic even for this crowd," he remarks. But John did make a deal and he's not about to go back on that, even if this timetable hadn't yet accounted for the napping portion of the so-called lesson. On another day he'll ask to come back - make a proper try at it - but for now he's content with this tradeoff, particularly since he's hungry now and it's not going to be an instant dinner.

He brushes himself off on the way up from the ground, and then grabbing up Winchester's makeshift bucket, he drags it through the water before presenting the partially filled container out for hunter and his prize.

"Maybe we outghta consider makin' a little fish trap. Know it takes the fun outta it for you, but it'd speed up production, so to speak."

[righteously]

Fish trap is far from a bad idea; they both tend to act like Dean's some sort of bastion for rustic living and tend to forget that Blake ought to be the brains of the operation. It's clear the idea catches him by surprise, and he seems to ponder over it for a minute. On the one hand, fishing's one of the only pass-times he has left to ease the boredom, but on the other it'd be nice not to have to rely on it for a steady meal.

"Any ideas on how to slap one together, Survivorman?" He asks, folding his tackle box in on itself and threading his fishing hook through one of the eyelets of the rod to keep it from swinging in the breeze.

[oversight]

It's good to know he's not useless. As it stands, Blake's always been a clever little shit, but he's definitely not the type to take the easy way out. On the other hand, if it were just him relying on the fish, he'd probably learn how to be an angler, but since there are many more mouths to feed than just his own, John's bent on thinking smarter, not harder.

"Might have a few," he croons, amused as the way Dean seems to take so easily to the idea. For a guy that might be out a decent hobby, he sure does seem to understand that some things are better left to automation. "And while we're at it, dunno why we couldn't make somethin' hydroelectric happen." Using water as a source of power can happen in so many ways if only someone around knows the engineering principles needed to make it work.

"We can talk 'bout it over dinner," John says, cheeky and pleased that all this was not for nothing.

[righteously]

And that's when Dean does scoff. Hydroelectricity is something of a lofty goal; don't get him wrong, Dean's got a pretty good set of skills when it comes to electrical work and wiring. He's laid ground and fixed circuit breakers, but developing a generator that converts current into current dips into engineering way over his head.

"Yeah, about that," Is his wry and incredulous response. They'll talk about it over dinner, sure, and Dean will remain completely unconvinced it's possible. Either way, he saddles up with tackle box in one hand and fishing pole in the other. Figures he'll leave the chair instead of dragging it back again tomorrow. "Cook on, Martha."