folkmeme | August-September 2024 Test Drive Meme

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August-September 2024 Test Drive Meme

August-September 2024 TDM

Introduction

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This Test Drive meme is open to all.
Welcome to Folkmore's monthly Test Drive Meme! Please feel free to test drive any and all characters regardless of your intent to apply or whether you have an invite or not.

All TDMs are game canon and work like "mini-events". For new players and characters, you can choose to have your TDM thread be your introduction thread upon acceptance or start fresh. Current players are also allowed to have in-game characters post to the TDM so long as they mark their top levels ‘Current Character.’

TDM threads can be used for spoon spending at any time by characters accepted into the game.

Playing and interacting with the TDMs will allow characters to immediately obtain a canon item from home, especially weapons or other things they may have had on their person when they were pulled from their worlds! There will always be a prompt that provides some sort of "reward" to characters who complete certain tasks.

Current players are always encouraged to tag new people on the TDM!

🦊 New Star Children meet the Fox still in their worlds, and she brings them into the new realm of Folkmore. As you follow her, your body begins to change and new characteristics emerge. These may stay for a while, or perhaps they will hide away after. And during all of this, the Fox explains to you where you will be going: to Folkmore.

and then... you fall like a shooting star, falling to the land in a burst of starlight.

🦊 Experienced Star Children are already familiar with this time of the month. There are shooting stars all across the sky, and some fall to the land, which means the Fox has brought new arrivals. These newly arrived Star Children will face some tests, but Thirteen wants the more seasoned residents to participate as well.

Perhaps you follow the falling stars on your own, or perhaps the Fox simply teleports you there, but it appears you too will be part of this.

[ Prompt One ★ Prompt Two]

Scavengers Survive . ★

Content Warnings: Potential Wilderness Survival, Potential Death

New Star Children arrive in Amrita Academy, the largest school in Folkmore. They might arrive in the medical wing, or they could arrive in areas of the school that don't look like a school at all: forests with animals to hunt or gather, including for their medicinal properties; rocky crags with climbing routes; fields full of growing grains; meadows with sheep covered in soft wool; lakes and rivers with unusual denizens. It's like a miniature of Folkmore all in one school.

A fox with a clipped ear and a few scars greets each Star Child upon arrival. She explains that while things can be summoned with Lore, the best survivors learn to scavenge and to find what they need. New Star Children haven't earned much Lore yet, so that surely applies to them double. In fact, as befits a survival school, there are items that will help Star Children survive hidden all around and immediately outside the school. Star Children are directed to make a list on their Relic of everything they think they need to survive. Once made, the list cannot be changed. They will be more likely to find those items than others (though it will not be impossible).

Race, jog, or stroll around the expansive school in search of these items: clothes, bags, first aid kits, tents, survival supplies, etc. They might be harder to find than expected as they will be miniature and in little cubes aka survival squares (a misnomer). These cubes may be tucked away above, below, beside, or inside something. They also may float against a rock face or in the air among tree branches. The most likely locations are those densest in Lore. The longer Star Children explore, the more they will realize that these cubes are best and most easily obtained by working together. In fact, they will try to dodge and avoid the grip of a Star Child more than ten feet away from any other Star Child. Perhaps that's because two Star Children interacting are creating Lore and a Lore dense location? Once two Star Children touch the cube at the same time, the cube will disappear, and the item inside will grow to full size. Congratulations on being one step closer to survival. Remember to share.

Come mid-September, few cubes will remain inside the school. Star Children will have to check the perimeter of the school to find more survival squares. That task grows exponentially harder as the cubes are in the molasses-thick moat of concentrated Lore surrounding the school. Should anyone dip their spoon in the moat, in the Lorasses if you will, they will find that it tastes sweet, a rich spicy sweetness. Amazing! Less amazing? It is impossible to get past the moat of Lorasses. No matter how strong a swimmer or oarsman, it is impossible to make headway through or atop the Lorasses. Anyone attempting to fly across the moat will find themselves slapped by a giant sticky slappy hand rising like a goliath from the depths with perfect aim. Star Children can find themselves slapped anywhere from the shore to the center of the school. Star Children are free to get creative with ways to dig the survival squares out of the Lorasses, but beware! They'll have difficulty freeing themselves on their own from the sticky substance, should they fall in.

Since Star Children are likely to find themselves in sticky situations quite literally, they may be pleased to know that Amrita Academy has showers available for use. Unfortunately, due to one student's experiment, the shampoo is all made of beer. That's right, beer. It's good for one's hair! Or so the study should demonstrate. Be sure to fill out a feedback card outside the locker rooms.

All new Star Children arrive in Amrita Academy.
Star Children are greeted by a fox who prompts them to write a list of what they need to survive. These lists cannot be changed once made.
Star Children search for tiny cubes with survival supplies, especially ones on their lists.
Star Children must work together to catch & open the cubes.
Come mid-September, Amrita Academy is surrounded by a Lore-rich molasses moat—Lorasses. Thou shalt not pass.
Once the moat arrives, most cubes are in the moat. Shower to get clean afterward with beer for shampoo.

This is Our Get Along Shirt . ★

Content Warnings: Forced Close Contact, Coerced Behavior

It can be stressful to arrive in a new place among strangers and strange things. It can be even more stressful, sometimes, to be among people one knows. The fact remains that in Folkmore, no one is an island. The Shattered Spoon Shrine is a testament to that. Interact or perish. Those interactions usually don't even have to be positive. An emotionally charged argument generates Lore same as a touching reunion. However, Amrita's iteration has taken charge of Folkmore this month. She values cooperation and connection.

What does this mean for Star Children? It's time to get along.

When Star Children fight—physically, vocally, emotionally—they get stuck together in a magical t-shirt. This plain white t-shirt has 'This is our get along shirt' written on it on both sides, one in each Star Child's handwriting. (If a Star Child does not have handwriting, Thirteen will invent a handwriting she feels best represents them). The shirt works exactly as written on the tin. Until the two Star Children can get along, they will be stuck together in the shirt. Getting along can look a few different ways. It could be working through the reason they were fighting. It could be cooperating to accomplish something else. It could be helping someone else together. It could be large or small. Somehow, Star Children will have to get along to accomplish something.

The shirt will disappear, leaving them standing next to each other, only to reappear duplicated in each of their hands, perfectly sized to fit each individual. Should they so choose, either can be used for a repeat performance, with both of them trapped inside again. While the same condition will apply—they must get along to get out of the shirt—the shirt will now make it easier for them to work it out. Note: only the two people who originally wore the shirt can put it back on. No one else can wear these shirts.

One time only, a Star Child's cooperative escape will have an additional prize: their souvenir t-shirt will be wrapped around an item from either their home universe or their partner's. That's right, getting along can get a Star Child something from another universe.

When Star Children get in a fight of any kind, not just physical, they get stuck together in a magical t-shirt.
The shirt says “This is our get along shirt” front and back in characters’ own handwriting (or imagined handwriting).
As written on the tin, Star Children are stuck until they figure out how to get along
When they separate, both partners will get a copy of the t-shirt that fits them. They can choose to get back into said t-shirt together to figure out how to get along easier in the future.
One time only, Star Children receive an item from their home universe or their partner’s.

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"Mm hm. Oh, did you want some? I have some more metal for another spoon if you want." Belldandy would be so proud of her for sharing.

"... Ah. Thank you, but no," Sephiroth said. "Have you seen any cubes floating in the molasses? I've heard there are some. You might accidentally ingest one." They were small, and if one was completely covered by molasses....

She stretched her wings a bit before they settled against her back. "Like marshmallows, you mean?"

"No, I mean the cubes with our belongings in them," Sephiroth replied. He had retrieved all of his by now, thankfully, but he still saw others collecting cubes.

"Oh, those!" she said. "I built a small search robot to look for them!" she said with a bright smile.

Sephiroth raised an eyebrow. "Has it found any?" Somehow he couldn't picture the Fox allowing that method to work.

"Not yet, but I'm sure he will!" He... just might be looking for Sigil first. She wasn't sure he really listened when she said that Sigil wasn't actually here with them. but this was a copy of Banpei... he couldn't possibly have the same programing and memories if she didn't give them to him... right?

She... might be in trouble...

"... How long has he been looking?" Sephiroth asked, humoring her by not saying "it."

"Um, about ten minutes.. maybe a bit longer. Harder to tell time without a TV," she admitted.

Without a TV?! How did this person make it as long on this assignment as she had?

"You don't know how to tell time otherwise?" Sephiroth frowned. The Fox really would bring anyone here, apparently.

She gave him a smile. "Of course I do, after all, I am a Goddess!" she said, flushing a bit even as she boasted.

"... A Goddess," Sephiroth repeated. "I see. Of which world?" He doubted it was any world he had heard of.

She blinked, confused. "All.... of them...." she said slowly. She was used to people less intelligent than her, but this was a new question even K1 didn't ask. Well, she was pretty sure he hadn't. She'd have to check with big sister Belldandy. But she gave the question more thought, to be fair and kind. "Well... I do specialise in the N3 dimensional worlds primerally. Earth and the like, but I debug the whole system... wherever I am needed."

This is honestly something Sephiroth is not familiar with, the idea of a god or goddess for everywhere and not just bound to one world.

"Earth?" he says vaguely. "Have you ever been to Hollow Bastion?" A much more important question. If she has any familiarity with his world, maybe she will know ...

"Hmmmm...." she considered. "Can you narrow it down any? Dimension? Number? Native life forms?"

He sighs. Of course it wouldn't be that simple.

"Unfortunately, I do not know what the dimension or the number is. It's populated by humans."

"Oh! Humans, that helps for sure. My sisters and I service the human worlds. As far as I know they're all in the same dimensional sphere."

A bright smile. Which then suddenly faded.

"Oh..." her shoulders slumped. "Were... you hoping for a wish? I'm sorry... I don't have that liscence yet... I'm still second class, limited liscence." Because they said she was too young to test. Why did everyone always have to treat her like a kid?

Well, that was encouraging. Somewhat.

A wish?

"I don't know if you would call it a wish, exactly," Sephiroth said. "I'm trying to find the whereabouts of someone. Zack Fair."

"Oh. Um. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, I could just call Yggdrisl and have someone run a search routine..." that someone would also search history to see if giving an answer would be a good idea or not...

"But maybe I can build a search Banpei? I'd need supplies. And info so I can program him."

Sephiroth perked up. "What kind of supplies?" Could they be found here, or would that be too much to hope for, he wondered.

"Basic robotic supplies," she said, relieved she could do something useful. And excited about building another Banpei. "Anything electronic can help too. Computers, printers, TVs. Anything, really. Oh, and ice cream." Ice cream was essential.

And just when things were starting to make sense.

"... Ice cream? What is the purpose of the ice cream?"

Sephiroth was trying and failing to understand where to put ice cream in an important machine that wasn't a freezer.

"I have to eat something while I work on building him, don't I?" she asked.

Look, Goddesses didn't really charge for their services, but Skuld was sliced off of the rest of herself and she didn't know how much she could count on her connection to Yggdrsil, and she had no way to recharge her moonrock bracelets. So best to be safe and just get lots of ice cream.

Lots and lots of ice cream.

"Ah."

Sephiroth looked around the area. "We may not be allowed to collect anything else until the survival training exercise is over." He had no luck flying over the moat when he tried, to his great annoyance.

"Well... I put all of that on my list, though. So if the rules are consistent with what we were told, we should be able to find everything we need, right?"

Of course she was right. After all... she was a genius!

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