sixthiteration | Test Drive (December & January)

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→ Holds and applications are always open. Holds are required for all applications.

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

→ Write LOGS or NETWORK 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.

→ Character want ads are here.

Prompts

SNOW BLIND - It's snowing, a lot, and pristine landscape though it might create, it also brings plenty of problems, especially when you live in an Edwardian-style village with a serious lack of snow shovels. It's currently blizzard conditions and visibility is nil — Maybe you gave in and ducked into the nearest house for temporary shelter, and discover someone else had the same idea (or just lives there, oops). Maybe you're stubborn enough to still be out in it, struggling against the wind and snow. Or maybe you've tromped into the South Village Inn like a human popsicle, and are just hoping you don't lose any fingers before you make it to the fireplace.

JUMPED-UP - Winter's here, which means it's the perfect time for an expedition to warmer, southern climes. You've joined a group following the river all the way down to the far southern beach, for fun and for science. On this latest break in your journey, you've spotted a large, jewel-colored feather and picked it up, maybe as a specimen to bring back or just a feather for your cap. Turns out it's an archaeopteryx feather, and you're now, well... let's call it a little gravity-challenged. Not a bad benefit once you figure out how to control it.

COLD CALL - The snow has slacked off, leaving behind a winter wonderland. Sure, there's plenty to do, but after being cooped up inside for days, most people won't blame you for a morale-booster — That is, unless your way of starting a snowball fight is to pop up and throw them at unsuspecting passers-by. Making a snow man or snow angels might come with a little less retribution, but you do you.

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

Network

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

- Text and/or video, any length
- 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You're the one who thinks I can't fill a bath.

Which... Okay I'll be honest, I probably can't. Just, you know. It'd be too weird.

If you don't bathe on your planet, how do you keep from smelling all the time?

You've never heard of a sonic?

The Hedgehog?

Whatever that is... no.

Uh. The shower that uses sound waves to clean?

...a sonic shower.

Are you kidding me? That sounds fucking awesome!

It doesn't sound like anything.

...a pun.

Good one, bro.

[You can hear her rolling her eyes.]

But seriously, you gotta tell me about that tech. We don't have anything like that on my stupid planet.

Can't you just... get it from another planet?

Not really.

We’re not so much with the interplanetary travel. Or, like, life in our solar system.

I don't get it. Why wouldn't you want to travel?

A shit ton of us wanna, actually. But we don’t really have the tech. Although a guy named Jean-Luc says we will someday.

Huh. That just seems so foreign to me. I'm used to just wanting to leave, not ... not being able to.

Welcome to the fucking multiverse. Things rarely make sense.

I'm getting that. Well. I'm getting that I'm not getting it.

Okay.

Ever heard of Einstein-Rosen bridges? Or...uh...wormholes?

No, but I think what I mean is... I understand that there's no real understanding it. If that makes sense.

It makes sense. But as it turns out, there is understanding it now. Kind of. These people. Some call them 'Observers' but I call them 'Overlords.' They can somehow utilize Einstein-Rosen bridges. Enough to get samples of our DNA here.