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TEST DRIVE MEME #1

A Blood Offering

You wake up cozy in bed at the Saturn Motel. As you observe the room you may realize that it looks a little dated. Or, perhaps from your point of view the lamp and TV are wildly futuristic. Or, like Goldilocks, it may seem just right: close to the world you just left behind. Either way, you just had a very strange dream (see the arrival scenario) and now you're here. And you're not alone: there's a bed next to yours and someone else is waking up just like you are.

You can chat for a while if you like, but if you try to leave you'll find the door is firmly locked and no amount of kicking, punching, or hitting it with an object will do you any good. Instead, there's a letter on the nightstand which reads:

"Good morning and welcome to your new home!

You may be wondering why you're trapped in this room. Fear not, the door will open easily if you offer a bit of blood. More than a few drops but not enough to be a serious wound. A handprint's worth will do, let's say, and it only needs to come from one of you.

I'll let you sort that out yourselves. See you on the other side.

Sincerely,
The Mayor"

And indeed, a handprint's worth of blood pressed against the door will unlock it and let you out into the world. Do you volunteer your own blood? Do you take it from the other person by force? It's up to you! But there's no food in here, so you better figure it out eventually.

Roller Rink

As a celebration of your new lives here (and an apology for the whole blood offering thing - they were just testing something out, really) the Mayor has invited everyone to the Crazy Eight Roller Rink for a private, after-hours party.

Attendance isn't mandatory, but it is heavily encouraged so that you can meet your fellow Cursed and know who's in on the whole secret. It'll help you down the line at some point if your Curse gets out of control and you need someone to wrangle you.

As a reward, everyone who shows up and completes at least one lap around the roller rink (you must be wearing skates, but you can crawl the lap if you can't get the hang of them) will receive a free walkman with a mystery tape inside. The color, style, and mystery tape your character gets are up to you.

Mallrats

Everyone loves the mall! Right? Right! And this group of newcomers is lucky enough to be here for the White Pines Mall Grand Opening celebration! Feel free to walk around the mall and partake in sales galore, check out the attractions, or just get to know the layout of the place.

The Mayor has given everyone a gift card for $100 that can be used anywhere in the mall as long as they attend the Grand Opening.

They also strongly suggest that you familiarize yourself with the mall and its layout, just in case you ever get stuck there for a while and have to compete with others for food and resources. But that probably won't happen.

Extra Info

The test drive meme and the IC intro log will have the same prompts, and threads between two accepted characters can count as game canon.

The first prompt is flexible: technically you're supposed to be with one other person, but if you want to do larger groups that's fine.

Rooms at the Saturn Motel initially contain two beds for the prompt, but upon leaving and returning characters will find that they all have their own rooms with one bed. If you want a roommate, someone better be ready to sleep on the floor or snuggle up! The room doesn't have to look exactly like the reference image as long as it's not too fancy and suitably dated.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

☞ 001. NO-TELL MOTEL !

[ Deely's already read the letter on the nightstand, and has come to the conclusion that whoever wrote it must think she's dumb as shit. In-fucking-sane, she is not doing that under any circumstances. What is this, a Saw trap? No. She's just gonna sit right here, reclined on this outdated old bed with her arms folded across her chest, lips pursed, and wait until "The Mayor" gives up with this crazy bloodletting shit. She's stubborn as hell and will dig her feet even when most other reasonable people would have long ago capitulated. Deely can outwait anyone. ]

Hey, I just had a great idea: fuck this.

☞ 002. ROLLER ROAST !

Don't worry, you look so cool right now.

[ Deely's hanging out by the side of the rink, elbows on the low wall that surrounds it, watching everyone who's decided to throw caution to the wind, hop in there and start rolling. Deely herself has no intention of joining them, at least not yet; she'd much rather hang out on the sidelines, slowly erode people's self-confidence by yelling stuff at them, and possibly witness a few pratfalls. Much more fun. ]

I bet nobody else can tell it's your first time. You're barely shaking at all!

☞ 003. PINBALL WIZARD !

[ Pinball was always Deely's favourite game in an arcade. This does not mean she was ever good at it. At this point it's basically a money pit into which Deely is pouring that $100 she was so graciously given for showing up, but it's kind of like gambling, in that she simply can't seem to stop herself. When someone comes up to the machine, whether it's to stand in line or just to watch, she doesn't look up from the ball bouncing around inside. ]

There's like a million other games in this place, why don't you make like a bee and— Aw, shit! [ Her last ball drops into the hole and disappears, and the machine plays a frankly depressing little stinger. ] That was your fault.

☞ 005. FASHION SHOW !

Oh, wow, this place is awesome.

[ Judging by the tone of Deely's voice, it's pretty clear she thinks exactly the opposite as she's standing outside Oblivion, which looks to her like Hot Topic before it started selling Disney merch. She has her arms folded as she stares at the window display, taking in the mannequin wearing a trenchcoat, a studded belt and a pair of black pants so tight they look painted on. ]

I've always wanted to look like Neo from The Matrix trying to sneak into an R-rated movie.

☞ 005. WILDCARD !

[ character info here, sorry it's still a wip. tl;dr: late 90s child actor is now washed up adult with way too much trauma. hit me up

crowders if you wanna do something else. ]

Edited 2022-08-20 20:12 (UTC)

Like who?

[ Steve was pretty easily bribed by the giftcard. Maybe he can find himself a new Members Only jacket, or some Ray-Bans, or something suitably cool. He's not even going to stop and look at Oblivion until he hears her say something as he walks by, and, yeah, of course he has to butt in and find out what she's talking about. ]

What's a matrix?

What a question.

[ The more she stares at this outfit, the more she's kind of enamoured by it. It's insane and she'd never be able to pull it off – she simply does not have the confidence for a coat like that – but god, if she could, she'd look like such a fabulous piece of shit. ]

It's a movie. It's about this guy who finds out he lives inside a computer, so he breaks out and makes friends with a bunch of people who only wear leather. It's pretty heartwarming.

Uh, no it's not.

[ Steve laughs a bit, more amused than anything else. Like, if anyone's gonna know movies, it's gotta be him, right? ]

I work - [ Worked?? ] - at a video store so I have a pretty good idea about what movies are out there. A guy living in a computer? Please.

[ This is hilarious. Deely has to swallow a laugh before she's just standing here in public guffawing at a stranger. She knows some people haven't seen the Matrix, but denying its existence? That takes nerve. ]

A video store? Damn, where did you get here from, 1985?

[ Not outside the realm of possibility, since this whole town reeks of waterbeds and Cabbage Patch Kids mania. ]

Yes.

[ Said like that should be absolutely obvious, because where the hell else would he be from? ]

I mean. Technically it's 1986 but it was 1985 like. Four months ago. So, yeah.

[Alec has enough siblings that the goading feels downright homey. Being annoyed by someone who has no reason to be as smug as they clearly are about watching him fumble something? Why, it's warm and familiar territory. He scoffs, hanging onto the other side of the same low wall, which he'd just used to haul himself back up after a messy little spill that he's absolutely not going to acknowledge even happened, thank you.

What he wouldn't give to actually be able to activate his equilibrium rune right now.

Dryly:] Thanks, you're very helpful. [Then, unable to not complain:] I can't believe m— uh, people do this for fun. [Alec is decidedly not having fun, by contrast. And not just because he's accustomed to being much better at things on his first try than this. (Although, mostly that, yeah.)]

[ Deely smiles politely at the notion that she's being even remotely helpful. She's not and she knows she isn't, but it still feels quite satisfying to hear otherwise. ]

Me neither. So here's a question, actually, while I've got you.

[ She holds out her hand in a fist towards him, miming holding a microphone, and adopts a professional on-the-scene newscaster voice. ]

Sir, you acknowledge rollerskating is dumb and for nerds. And yet there you stand in your rollerskates. Care to explain this rampant hypocrisy to the viewers watching live on MSNBCNBCNN?

[Alec absolutely does not get the joke, but like hell he's just going to admit to that. He has never once owned a tv, and Shadowhunter society is too far up its own ass to watch mundane news. He squints at Deely's hand for a moment like he expects her to do something else with it, but after meeting Simon and Clary he has learned better than to ask follow-up questions upon encountering regular people pop culture references that he doesn't understand. Unless he has a lot of patience saved up for the frequently painful subsequent conversations, of course.

Alec is a friendly guy, see.]

Never tried it before. [His raised eyebrows say so how was he supposed to know that it was terrible, actually?? Check and mate, Deely.] Is there a reason you're standing here watching?

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deely newberg — original character

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