Test Drive 20 (August & September)

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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.

→ THERE ARE ONLY THREE RULES FOR THE TDM:

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.

→ TDM threads cannot be used to meet AC, but if the character is accepted into the game and both players agree, you may keep the CR.

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Prompts

Happy anniversary, villagers! Buckle up!

1. HEAT WAVE - Poor you. All you were trying to do was get yourself a little something to eat from the kitchen at the inn. Maybe you cooked it up yourself (The inn does, after all, have an electric stove — FANCY!), or maybe you just grabbed some leftovers. By accident or on purpose, you ended up with way more RED SALT in there than you maybe should have, and this is no ordinary seasoning. Whether you like things eye-wateringly spicy or not, it's August, you're sweating buckets, and it's only getting worse.


2. SKUNK DRUNK - Isn't that just the way? You're out and about, minding your own business, and you get sprayed by a BROWN SKUNK. The good news? It doesn't stink like a normal skunk. The also possibly good news, depending on who you ask? You're now in for about 5 hours of being very, very friendly. (Just remember to keep the test drive PG!)


3. BRAIN CANDY - Whether you made it to the anniversary party or not, you've gotten your hands on a piece of leftover candy from the big bash. Careful, though, these treats are more than meets the eye: Whatever COLOR it was, you've now taken on the associated personality traits. (Not the power, just the traits.) At least it only lasts 10 minutes.


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
- Display names may be changed by characters on the fly, but anyone can tap to see someone's real full name

Please list your CHARACTER NAME, CANON & PROMPT in your SUBJECT LINE.

Comments

@The Mechanic

[nonstopnarcissist]

Within reason. I can't get wifi built but shit like a toaster, a record player, a clock? That I can do.

@The Mechanic

[houmaprotector]

...Flashlight?

[It gets dark living out in the woods at night and maybe he can steal a book and pass the time reading instead of staring into space feeling sorry for himself.]

I can trade. Some kind of a light, preferrably non-flammable.

[nonstopnarcissist]

That'd mean making batteries, which- miniaturizing tech is kind of my thing, still might take a bit.

[houmaprotector]

[The man can make batteries.]

What do you want in exchange? I'm a botanist by trade. I can get you any kind of plant you're looking for.

[It'll just be delivered in the dead of night so you can't tell he's a swamp creature.

Maybe.]

[nonstopnarcissist]

Blue lilys and Goldbells, if you can. I'd just about kill for a coffee plant but that's wishing.

[houmaprotector]

Of course. Easily. I also have some good Arrow Root.

Soil's not too bad near the rundown village. If you or I could get there chances are there might be an Arabica plant.

They're surprisingly hardy. Get a pot, put it in your window still.

Either way, lilies and goldbells are very doable for this. I'll throw in some arrowroot too. I worry about injuries.

[He's a bit of a worry wart.]

[nonstopnarcissist]

You are now my new favorite person. Ever.

[houmaprotector]

If I find any seeds you can get first crack at them. They're hardy.

Any sort of light that doesn't burn is...appreciated. Thank you Mr...

[nonstopnarcissist]

It'll take awhile and it'll be bulky as fuck, no lie. Want me to see about an enclosed lamp in the meantime? Something that won't be easy to break or burn.

[houmaprotector]

...You can do that?

I mean, yeah. That'd be great. It just - it really can't be the sort of thing that burns. I'm in a cabin pretty close to the woods and in a place like this I worry about forest fires since everything here is so Archaic.

[nonstopnarcissist]

I'll have to brush up on glassblowing, but yeah I can give it a shot. Exposed flame generally isn't my favorite thing. We get or find any magnets I could rig you a hand crank light, probably.

[houmaprotector]

...I don't want you to put yourself out. Whatever you can create I'll happily take.

I'm hoping to start supplying others with any plants they might need but you'll have first crack at them.

...Thank god my step dad taught me how to forage for plants right?

[nonstopnarcissist]

I'll need to work on it if I want to start making my own tubs and bulbs anyway. It's as good an excuse as any.

Yeah, I have a feeling those of us with previously assumed bullshit skills are real glad for them now.

[houmaprotector]

I was working for the government. I mean my skills weren't entirely not...useful.

Okay they weren't useful most people don't care about plants as much as they should. I hope I'll be able to help.

[nonstopnarcissist]

We need a botanist- some of the native flora here? Kind of wild. Tempering it would be useful if that's possible.

[houmaprotector]

I can help with that. I have a degree in botany and biology. Any plants or animals people come across I can help identify and

[nonstopnarcissist]

Yes? Yes. We've got a list, really.

[houmaprotector]

Can you forward it via text?

[nonstopnarcissist]

Sure, one second-

>>SHOPPINGLIST.TXT

[houmaprotector]

Where can I leave you these items?

[nonstopnarcissist]

The forge in the south village. If it's lit I'm probably still working, don't mind me.

IDK if thread or not but we can leave it here.

[houmaprotector]

[This is...a test. That's what Alec says to himself because if he can make himself useful maybe people won't scream or set him on fire. He feels humbled, humiliated, but it's all he can do. He has a great big slimey pile of various things that he's carrying in his arms trying to figure out how to mark things out for easy access.

He can say he's on a mission for this "Tony Stark" fellow and he does as a few people give him wide eyed looks and run in the opposite direction. No, he's in scrubs same as they are with a communicator around one big green wrist.

When he gets there he starts organizing his package. Medicinal, edible, important but people might not think they're important. The plant kingdom has a lot that can offer. Seeds too.

Let people stare. Let people look at me. I've got things I'm doing.

He needed this maybe. Hopefully, it bears fruit. No pun intended.]