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TEST DRIVE MEME #1
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.Roller Rink
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.
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.Mallrats
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.
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.Extra Info
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.
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.
no subject
she takes care of his hand with quick and sure motions, although she's already missing the state of the art equiment of enterprise's med bay. it's not that she needs it for a wound this small, but —
all she's saying is, there people here had better already invented antibiotics.
(she's reasonably sure she knows which century this is, at least, and what she knows of medical history means penicillin was discovered earlier, but that's assuming she's been somehow transported into the past of the earth she knows, rather than some other earth. and given how no one's mentioned knowing starfleet yet to her network ping, she's not so sure she can make that assumption.) ]
There, all done. You'll live.
[ she drops his hand. ] Food's this way.
no subject
[Yeah. Considering what he knows of this place so far? He'll take living for now. It's quite high on his priority list, actually? And it's nice to get professional confirmation.
When she lets go, Rodney inspects his hand and flexes his fingers again. He's still a bit tentative but for now seems reassured.]
And food sounds great, I'm starving. Could be all of that blood loss, I should probably, uh, get something sugary, some orange juice...
[Okay, almost reassured. Fortunately, he doesn't continue the litany because they are about to fix that little problem too. Instead he offers his good hand to her.]
Name's McKay. Dr. Rodney McKay.
no subject
she hates the uncertainty, the feeling of the floor being pulled from her. so she's trying hard not to think about it too much just yet. ]
Christine Chapel, hi. [ a beat, while she shakes his hand. ] So, what kind of doctor? [ it's obviously not medical. ]
no subject
[He gives her a smile because this is now entering territory he loves to talk about. His job. Himself.]
And, uh, dare I say I have run into similar phenomena before. So you needn't worry. I am positive that I will have this situation solved and resolved in no time.