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October-November 2024 Test Drive Meme
October-November 2024 Test Drive
Introduction
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 canon items from homes 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.
🦊 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. 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.
Content Warnings: Natural Disaster/Natural Disaster Relief
It seems as if the Star Children will be restricted to Amrita Academy forever, when nothing changes at the one month mark. Yet, after another week has stretched endlessly past, a morning dawns to show that the moat of Lorasses has vanished. The way is clear to discover what the chaotic storms have left behind.
Most of Folkmore's resident spirits return. Good thing Catbus is among them because the train is not operating. Debris litters the tracks throughout the land. Someone's going to have to work to clean all of that up before normal schedules can resume... within the first week or so, everyone fervently hopes.
That is far from the only wreckage from those storms. As Star Children have seen, even Amrita Academy hasn't really been spared; between the Lorasses moat and the various structures built to weather the storms, the past weeks have left a mark on the school.
The rest of Willow shows signs of extreme growth and age, as if decades, not weeks, have passed. Epiphany and Tides suffer major flood damage, and Exile is entirely soggy and saturated with a sense of sorrow. Avalanche debris covers Wintermute, and the mountains aren't in the same place. Cruel Summer is even dryer, cracked, and in part of it littered with exploded, partially melted robot parts. Never Fade may be the best off; the ground has leveled off, and only the unsecured outdoor items have crashed around or dropped off the island. In general, all regions show signs of warping.
Talaria has been outright knocked down (once again) and will need to be rebuilt (once again). The contents of Talarian homes have been thriftily saved by Thirteen (yet again). They'll be back as soon as the homes are ready to be redecorated! There's also a new elevator connecting Tides to a platform in the ocean at surface level, making it a little bit easier to get in or out of the neighborhood. Fly, swim, or use a boat from Nereid marina to reach it.
Many of the buildings throughout Folkmore, businesses and residences alike, have been damaged, some past the point of habitability. For better or worse, some residences will wait unclaimed, as their resident spirits have not returned from wherever they went while gone from Folkmore. Newly arriving Star Children (or those interested in relocating) just might find those residences awfully appealing. As with all unoccupied homes in Folkmore, they're free real estate.
Each neighborhood has a new (and structurally-sound) building near its center: a hospitality station of sorts, stocked with basic foods (to suit a variety of dietary needs, relevant to the known local residents), clean water, personal protective equipment, basic tool kits, fresh clothing, and clean linens. For those ill equipped to cook for themselves for whatever reason, there's also a canteen/soup kitchen area. The canteen tends to collect idle spirits and Star Children who might be willing to assist with any cleanup tasks too big or too complex for one person to tackle on their own.
Working with the neighbors has an additional benefit, of course: sooner or later, whether while helping clear the train tracks or fixing up someone's home or business (including a Star Child's own), shifting the debris will reveal a weathered container of some sort, locked up tight, that will only fall open at a touch if and when the right Star Child finds it. There is only one chest per Star Child. Inside, is an item from home, either that of the resident whose house/business it's found in or the one keyed to the lock. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
There's some good news as well, in the midst of all the chaos: most Star Children will find that their homes are wholly unharmed; their pets, companions, Pokémon, etc. are all hale and hearty, having spent the entire time cozily asleep in their boxfoxes — which can be reused if kept, and just as easily abandoned now that they've released their occupants.
It seems as if the Star Children will be restricted to Amrita Academy forever, when nothing changes at the one month mark. Yet, after another week has stretched endlessly past, a morning dawns to show that the moat of Lorasses has vanished. The way is clear to discover what the chaotic storms have left behind.
Most of Folkmore's resident spirits return. Good thing Catbus is among them because the train is not operating. Debris litters the tracks throughout the land. Someone's going to have to work to clean all of that up before normal schedules can resume... within the first week or so, everyone fervently hopes.
That is far from the only wreckage from those storms. As Star Children have seen, even Amrita Academy hasn't really been spared; between the Lorasses moat and the various structures built to weather the storms, the past weeks have left a mark on the school.
Other regions show clear signs of the warping they have endured similarly.
- Wintermute alternated between blinding light and pitch blackness, with mountains growing and crumbling away alike. Cabins were transformed into igloos.
- Willow experienced all the seasons in a matter of days multiple times, growing crops and new trees, losing old ones, and its buildings weathered as though through decades.
- In Epiphany, the streets ran with water so high it was difficult to walk, and the buildings shifted to reflect related settings.
- Cruel Summer grew hotter and more oppressive, so that survival away from the Selkie River was impossible. On the 13th, there was an explosion, and it rained robot parts.
- Exile was swallowed entirely by the Swamp of Sorrows, leaving no dry land.
- Tides filled with water, dark deep water that could not readily be seen through.
- Never Fade became even more purple, with a thick haze that erased visibilty of borders. It also became steeper, so there was no flat ground.
The rest of Willow shows signs of extreme growth and age, as if decades, not weeks, have passed. Epiphany and Tides suffer major flood damage, and Exile is entirely soggy and saturated with a sense of sorrow. Avalanche debris covers Wintermute, and the mountains aren't in the same place. Cruel Summer is even dryer, cracked, and in part of it littered with exploded, partially melted robot parts. Never Fade may be the best off; the ground has leveled off, and only the unsecured outdoor items have crashed around or dropped off the island. In general, all regions show signs of warping.
Talaria has been outright knocked down (once again) and will need to be rebuilt (once again). The contents of Talarian homes have been thriftily saved by Thirteen (yet again). They'll be back as soon as the homes are ready to be redecorated! There's also a new elevator connecting Tides to a platform in the ocean at surface level, making it a little bit easier to get in or out of the neighborhood. Fly, swim, or use a boat from Nereid marina to reach it.
Many of the buildings throughout Folkmore, businesses and residences alike, have been damaged, some past the point of habitability. For better or worse, some residences will wait unclaimed, as their resident spirits have not returned from wherever they went while gone from Folkmore. Newly arriving Star Children (or those interested in relocating) just might find those residences awfully appealing. As with all unoccupied homes in Folkmore, they're free real estate.
Each neighborhood has a new (and structurally-sound) building near its center: a hospitality station of sorts, stocked with basic foods (to suit a variety of dietary needs, relevant to the known local residents), clean water, personal protective equipment, basic tool kits, fresh clothing, and clean linens. For those ill equipped to cook for themselves for whatever reason, there's also a canteen/soup kitchen area. The canteen tends to collect idle spirits and Star Children who might be willing to assist with any cleanup tasks too big or too complex for one person to tackle on their own.
Working with the neighbors has an additional benefit, of course: sooner or later, whether while helping clear the train tracks or fixing up someone's home or business (including a Star Child's own), shifting the debris will reveal a weathered container of some sort, locked up tight, that will only fall open at a touch if and when the right Star Child finds it. There is only one chest per Star Child. Inside, is an item from home, either that of the resident whose house/business it's found in or the one keyed to the lock. It may even be a magical item or weapon.
There's some good news as well, in the midst of all the chaos: most Star Children will find that their homes are wholly unharmed; their pets, companions, Pokémon, etc. are all hale and hearty, having spent the entire time cozily asleep in their boxfoxes — which can be reused if kept, and just as easily abandoned now that they've released their occupants.
- The moat is gone! Freeeeeedom!
- The train is not operating for one week until October 27th due to debris over the tracks.
- Every region of Folkmore shows scars from the past month's extreme disturbances. Things have not reverted to before.
- Most spirits have returned; some remain absent. Claim the free real estate, if quick or bold enough.
- Hospitality stations have appeared in each neighborhood stocked with food, water, clothing, and linens.
- The canteens serve as a social hub and place to ask for/volunteer assistance.
- One time only, cleaning up or moving debris will reveal a container holding an item from home: yours or the person's you're helping.
- Most Star Children's homes will be unharmed; any damage should match the region's damage flavor. The level of destruction is up to you.
- Creatures in boxfoxes are out, fine and dandy! Boxfoxes can be kept/used again.
Offshore near Agrona Academy, there's something new. Something bewildering, maybe. Something growing. There's also something swimming up to any Star Children near the coast: a very large sea turtle, not willing to come far ashore. She's singing and chirping to get attention, in case being big enough to have a six-foot-long shell isn't quite good enough for some reason. (Or the way she has a blue-green bioluminescent glow when underwater, as becomes quite visible around dusk.)
She's happy to explain that she needs a place to lay her eggs. She doesn't have eggs to lay, just yet, but she wants to have her place all ready anyway. To that end she's busily building a brand-new island not very far from shore. It's just over there, visible once she indicates it with a flipper, barely any higher than the waves cresting around it. Here's the sad part: while she's used a great deal of cleverness in building it, from rocks and sand and bits of broken reef, she's all out of construction materials that she can reach! So she needs help: more construction material for the island.
It seems she's got a very loose definition, though, so pretty much anything that can later be covered in sand or dirt is fair game. Lucky that she wants it now. There's a perfect place todump all that debris in the ocean recycle all the debris, anything not structurally sound enough for a repair-in-place job. Bigger is probably better, too. Work together with other Star Children to haul up the big stuff. It brings more and more joy to her songs as she finds the exact place for each and every item, making her island grow bigger and bigger.
Anyone who actively participates will be rewarded five (5) spoons by the turtle directly, as a thank you for helping her to keep her eggs safe. (If anyone asks, she'll explain that it's the number of limbs she has, so she thought it was perfect!) In addition, she gives each person a smooth and shiny sea rock that fits in their palm perfectly! If the island gets big enough to be more than a sandbar, anyone who helped with the construction will find it far more welcoming than those who didn't. She isn't expecting to use anything but the beach.
She's happy to explain that she needs a place to lay her eggs. She doesn't have eggs to lay, just yet, but she wants to have her place all ready anyway. To that end she's busily building a brand-new island not very far from shore. It's just over there, visible once she indicates it with a flipper, barely any higher than the waves cresting around it. Here's the sad part: while she's used a great deal of cleverness in building it, from rocks and sand and bits of broken reef, she's all out of construction materials that she can reach! So she needs help: more construction material for the island.
It seems she's got a very loose definition, though, so pretty much anything that can later be covered in sand or dirt is fair game. Lucky that she wants it now. There's a perfect place to
Anyone who actively participates will be rewarded five (5) spoons by the turtle directly, as a thank you for helping her to keep her eggs safe. (If anyone asks, she'll explain that it's the number of limbs she has, so she thought it was perfect!) In addition, she gives each person a smooth and shiny sea rock that fits in their palm perfectly! If the island gets big enough to be more than a sandbar, anyone who helped with the construction will find it far more welcoming than those who didn't. She isn't expecting to use anything but the beach.
- A large sea turtle—with a 6 foot in diameter shell and about 3 feet tall at the shoulder—starts building an island off Cruel Summer.
- She needs help getting more building supplies. Bring your debris, bigger the better, here!
- All Star Children who help will be rewarded five (5) spoons and a shiny and smooth rock from underwater that fits in their recipients' palms just so.
- Star Children who help find the island more welcoming than those who didn't.
loid forger | spy x family | familiar
The entire experience getting here was something Loid will never forget. He had thought the Fox was a dream. A dream that was guiding him, a dream that was perceptive of him, that seemed to know him about as well as he knew himself. He doesn't fall for schemes, and he's certainly not one to be typically lured to places without taking precautions.
Still, he came along willingly. He followed her without being forced to. He couldn't argue against that. He noticed the change immediately. There's a long, curling tail behind him. It's awkward, but he'll make due. There's no change in his expression to show how odd he finds this whole thing. He stays calm, observant. He has to figure out what to do here exactly. What his mission is - or something.
After landing, he walked a little until he ended up in this strange place that felt like the middle of a battlefield. It brings back parts of him he'd rather not think about it long. So he shoves it to the back of his mind. He'll find others. He'll put on a face and help where he can and is needed.
He'll do what he's good at and talk to people and find out all the answers that he can. He'll help in his own way. People are easy.
And at least there seems to be others here. So he'll approach. A smile, a small wave. "Hello," he says. "I'm new here, it seems. What happened here?"
More - what happened to cause such destruction.
II. Helping a Turtle
Of course he's helping an oddly large turtle build a place to lay eggs that she hasn't laid yet. It's not exactly what he expected that he'd be doing, but nothing here so far has been expected. Funny enough one of his first thoughts before he was asked for help was that he thinks Anya would really enjoy this. Why is he thinking about that? She's just part of a mission, isn't she?
So as he drops a piece of debris, he says. "Hopefully she finds this suitable for her one we're done. Here - can you help me with a larger piece of debris?"
III. Wildcard
[ OOC: Open to also doing an arrival meeting, too. I'm also open to either brackets or prose and will match. Whatevers! He'll be around. ]
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Then there she goes, just like that, hefting up half of the debris like it's nothing. She's all of 3'3" tall but sure enough she's got her arms up over her head and that debris ready to tote along.
"I'm sure she'll love it! Making a comfortable home is a very important thing."
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His expression becomes one of total shock and amazement.
"It certainly is. Do you -- can you do that on your own?"
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"Make a home? Sure! I have one at Home!"
The neighborhood she lives in, not her actual home. Or Wally's sentient house Home. She explains absolutely none of this though as she blinks up at the man.
"Can you not make a home on your own?"
Aww, poor guy!
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"I don't need to make one of my own."
She's so small, he's still fairly impressed with how good of a job she does with seemingly little effort as he picks up and carries some debris from another pile.
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"Of course! I'm a strong monster just so you know! Why I can lift ... um."
Hm. She sweeps her eyes over him as she starts trotting off with her own debris here. A big ol' spare wheel off of something or other?
"Maybe you? Hm." She can lift Wally just fine and he's not so different from this big guy, yeah? Wally's all of three foot but surely height doesn't make that much difference! Maybe?
There she goes, sizing him up again with a critical expression, lips pursed out and all. He's about Eddie's size and Eddie can lift way more than she can so maybe not?
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He shakes his head. "I was just curious. You're pretty small so that's pretty impressive." It's interesting to know. He's gathered there's a lot people from other worlds here, but she's the first like her that he's encountered.
"I appreciate your help, though."
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— helping a turtle
"Sure, what did you need help with?", she asked, wondering how large the piece was going to be. In comparison to him, she looked rather small and dressed in punk clothing.
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He shifts, stopping at the piece. It's weirdly long - with a giant awkward crack throughout it - and it just wasn't working on his own. He expects even someone who isn't strong would be able to assist with it with ease. The debris needs to go anyway, so the turtle deserves to have it.
"I'm Loid, by the way."
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"It does seem rather difficult to move. We'll have to grab it from both ends and walk in a straight line with it...", she said, placing a hand to her chin. It seemed they would have to work together just to maneuver it correctly. At his words though, she rose up and offered her hand out to him.
"Nice to meet you Loid, I'm Nana. Nana Osaki."
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"Nice to meet you, Nana. A piece like this will cover a bit of area, too. It's a shame it's cracked, though. If not, it may have still been use to them for building." But that's not the case here, so they may as well get rid of it.
The best place it can go is to helping someone. Rubble rarely does that, so it's a change of pace for him.
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"Maybe we can find other pieces to cover that crack with. I mean there's a lot of garbage around and I'm sure the turtle would appreciate it.", she said. It was clear she was here to help and however long it took, she would remain.
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"It will also put the debris to good use. Which seems to be the goal, ultimately." And it's a good way to start to get a feel for this place. If he engages with more people, then he'll inevitably learn.
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after the storm
"A storm of some sort. I don't know all the details myself, yet, but everything I've seen is consistent with a massive storm having blown through." He jerks his head toward the water buckets. "All this came out of a basement, and there's still more. ...Why ask me?"
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"And I think if I just ask, someone will have information. You can't tell on sight if someone is new here, necessarily." After all, this guy went right to work. Loid, however, wants his information first.
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"It's probably dangerous to go asking any random stranger like that. You could be bothering a yakuza boss as much as an office worker. You'd probably do well to pick who you ask a bit more carefully in the future."
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"I didn't have a reason to think you'd do anything to me." He's not really interested in getting into fights right now, either. He just got here, and there's no WISE that he knows of so far. Best to still stay under the radar. Still, he thinks himself smart enough to know when he needs to escape a situation.
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It was the only real explanation Kazuya could think of. He wasn't familiar enough with nationalities in general to come close to pinning down a nationality for Loid, but his hair at least marked him as European at least. Of course the eye would be harder to explain but perhaps it would not be odd to find people with heterochromia where Loid was from. "It's... odd to get used to strangers not really caring as much about appearances."
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He can think on his toes. He's always been good at that.
"Well, I'm a psychiatrist. I've met many veterans with scarring. I don't find yours all that odd." It sounds honest, at least.
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The blonde teenager - seeming trying to take care of some of the plants that had been growing wild all over Willow - looks up and over at the man with clear surprise on her face, like there's a realization hitting here that she hadn't considered before.
She's even dropping the garden shears she was using to try and form a little bit of order back into this plant chaos due to the surprise.
"You're.. new? You're really new? At a time like this?!"
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"A time like what?"
Presumably, whomever brought him here thought it as the right time regardless as to whatever was going on in the world. How unfortunate and irresponsible.
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"Well, there's-- A lot has been happening, as you can see." With the destruction everywhere. Minako winces a little bit, only now realizing what it must have looked like from his point of view. ".. Sorry, it must have been startling to suddenly find yourself in a place looking like this.. We were all stuck in one part of this place, and apparently everything outside of there got destroyed like this in the meantime. We've only just been able to return here too."
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And an interesting piece of information to have.
"It's never being trapped somewhere like that. I hope I can be of some help to everyone. I'll do what I can." Certainly he will help because it's what must be done. But he knows that's a good way to make connections and learn more about this place. It seems to have quite a lot of power to trap people.
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The girl quickly shakes her head. Sure, it's not like she can sense anything reluctant about the other at all, but maybe that's exactly why she's saying this in the first place. When he seems so polite and is smiling so kindly, she kind of feels like maybe he's still feeling sort of obligated.. Maybe he wants to be nice, despite the fact that--
"Surely everything must be super overwhelming to you right now, right? Being thrown into a different world like this all of a sudden is a lot to deal with! I wouldn't blame you if you first needed some time to yourself to process all of that.."
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"I need to see if my family is here before anything. And I figure helping and being around others will let me know if either of them are here."
It will also let him know how he can proceed while here.
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