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cursedcontent2022-08-20 11:49 am
cursedmods) wrote in cursedcontent2022-08-20 11:49 am
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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.
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Just for you, so don't think this is going to be a regular thing.
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(You know what they say, right? Rules are made to be broken.)
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It means you can break the finger of whoever breaks the promise.
I don't think anyone actually does that though.
ONE DAY I won't suck at html. ONE DAY.
Luckily I'm not that sort. Hope you aren't, either.
html is eternally the worst
( not over a promise, anyway. he's put his bff4eva on his ass for not letting him know he wasn't dead, but that's like
that's totes not the same. )
Knowing's a very vague term. I know people who'd do the same, but they're not people I'm pals with.
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I'm more of a talking about my issues kinda guy.
( no, no he is not. he's more of a wallow in self-pity kind of guy. )
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Noted. You can always talk to me. I'm a good listener.
[She doesn't know anyone that talks about their issues. Baby steps!]
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( hashtag abort, he is never talking about his feelings unless he's drunk, tired, things are-slash-he's desperate, he's convinced he's about to die, someone else has died, or some combination of all of the above.
so by 'never' we really mean 'he thinks it'll never happen but it happens more often than he'll ever acknowledge'.
but moving swiftly on— )
Soooo, number one culture shock?
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That's tricky. There's a lot of things I could name. Fashion, the carriages, music. But I think I'll keep it simple: Electrickity. And all that comes with it. That's the biggest culture shock. I think I spent an hour just turning the lights on and off!