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February-March 2024 Test Drive Meme
February-March 2024 TDM
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.
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.
Content Warnings: Power Nullification, Potential Kidnapping, Potential Animal Spirit Harm
The island of Never Fade can no longer be seen in the sky from elsewhere in Folkmore, enclosed within a large purple tinted cloud. Within that cloud, the island is under water—a dreamy purple underwater that all Star Children can breath in if they breath and function in if they function on electricity, so on and so forth. It causes no more difficulties than reduced visibility and greater effort to walk. It's even possible to swim underneath the island, so long as Star Children make sure to make landfall before they get too exhausted and… well… fall.
Friendnapped
Spread the Love
The island of Never Fade can no longer be seen in the sky from elsewhere in Folkmore, enclosed within a large purple tinted cloud. Within that cloud, the island is under water—a dreamy purple underwater that all Star Children can breath in if they breath and function in if they function on electricity, so on and so forth. It causes no more difficulties than reduced visibility and greater effort to walk. It's even possible to swim underneath the island, so long as Star Children make sure to make landfall before they get too exhausted and… well… fall.
Friendnapped
The purple water has streaks of silver shot throughout it. Beware, these silver streaks neutralize powers, canon and role abilities alike, for at least an hour. A neutralized Legend won't be able to sense others in danger. A neutralized Myth won't sense danger coming. A neutralized Familiar won't be able to shapeshift to help others. That may set of a danger alarm but not any spidey-sense. These silver streaks are harbingers of spirits recently returned to Folkmore thanks to donations at the Shattered Spoon Shrine: lonely sharks.
The source of the silver streaks in the water, these silver gray sharks swim up and gently bite people. These bites make people go instantly limp but otherwise don't do any damage. They won't even break the skin. Once limp, the lonely sharks take theirpreynew best friends down to a cave or grotto off the underside of Never Fade. These caves are full of silver water, saturated by the magic of lonely sharks, and the entrances are covered by a thin silver barrier that prevents Star Children from leaving. That means should a Star Child track down where someone is being kept, should they enter its home, they too will be trapped there.
Being held by the lonely sharks isn't the worst experience. These spirits will try to please their new friends, giving them their favorite foods and perhaps even an item from home. This may even be a weapon or magical item. Mind, the magic of these items will be neutralized in the shark's cave. It is possible to fight a lonely shark, even to kill one, but that will only be a temporary measure. Star Children will remain trapped and have to wait for the lonely shark to revive—with even more golden cracks than before. In the end, the only way to escape are hugs, cuddles, and other measures of friendship. Once all the golden cracks have thinned and disappeared, Star Children can leave.
Spread the Love
By the time mid-March comes around, most of the lonely sharks have been fully healed and no longer kidnap Star Children. Instead they swim the None of the Above tunnels below the island's surface, where they provide guidance to Star Children who ask them how to get somewhere. If Star Children have nowhere particular in mind, the lonely sharks encourage Star Children to make their way toward the Shattered Spoon Shrine.
The lonely sharks still create silver streaks in the water that neutralize powers, but they will accompany Star Children and warn them of some of the dangers. When voices call their names, the sharks will snuggle up against Star Children to provide comfort. They're devoted to helping Star Children reach the shrine. Once there, they will encourage the Star Children to donate Lore to one of the broken spoons there, each spoon representing spirits who have left, spirits who became shells of themselves from lack of lore, or ghosts.
Star Children who donate Lore will find their companion lonely shark presenting them with an item from home. This may even be a weapon or magical item. Mind, the magic will be neutralized until the Star Child has spent at least an hour away from the silvery water lonely sharks create. Lonely sharks will happily spend as much time with Star Children as they're willing but will show the way back to the surface either via LIM (Lavender Institute of the Mind) or the None of the Above tunnels.
- Never Fade is underwater within a cloud.
- Silver streaks in the water neutralize powers, both canon and Role based.
- Lonely sharks kidnap Star Children and take them to caves on the underside of Never Fade.
- Star Children who find those caves are trapped too.
- Escape by hugs, cuddles, and being friends.
- By the second month, most lonely sharks are healed and found in the tunnels.
- Lonely sharks guide Star Children to the Shattered Spoon Shrine to donate Lore to help others.
- Either when captive or once donating Lore, lonely sharks will give Star Children an item from home.
Content Warnings: Forced Relocation, Potential Secret Revelation, Potential Coerced Physical Intimacy
With the wide range of Star Children from many different worlds, sharing similarities, it's no surprise when moments of deja vu happen. That sense of the familiar with the new, the sense of something that happened before without quite being able to place it… or perhaps it being impossible. Regardless, when that connective moment happens, the Star Children involved are transported to a windmill home from the Cloud Colonies. They land together on a couch before a large television with all the makings of a movie night. There could be wine and cheese. There could be soda and popcorn. There could be tea or other hot beverages. There's a cozy blanket (only one). The movie has already been selected, and it starts playing.
Headliner
Remake
With the wide range of Star Children from many different worlds, sharing similarities, it's no surprise when moments of deja vu happen. That sense of the familiar with the new, the sense of something that happened before without quite being able to place it… or perhaps it being impossible. Regardless, when that connective moment happens, the Star Children involved are transported to a windmill home from the Cloud Colonies. They land together on a couch before a large television with all the makings of a movie night. There could be wine and cheese. There could be soda and popcorn. There could be tea or other hot beverages. There's a cozy blanket (only one). The movie has already been selected, and it starts playing.
Headliner
The movie is roughly based off one of the Star Children's lives, specifically for the Star Child that experience deja vu and triggered this experience. Regardless of the moment of deja vu, the plot of the movie is based off of some real or potential relationship—romantic or queer platonic—in their life. That Star Child can recognize some similarities immediately. If they had any doubts, they get a text message on their relic as the movie starts:
You need to get closer with your companion(s). You can either talk about what happened (or didn't) or not talk wink wink about it with them. The choice is yours (and theirs)! Have fun!
It's possible to ignore the message, at least for a while. The longer the movie plays, the more apparent it becomes that it's based off that Star Child. The starring character's clothes will change to resemble theirs. The cadence of their voice will shift to imitate theirs. Their facial features will shift. These changes will become more and more heavy handed as the movie goes on until even the most clueless companion will have real trouble not picking up on it. It may get harder and harder to distract them from talking about it! There's no pause button, and the only way to mute the movie is to *ahem* distract themselves from it until it becomes an indistinct background murmur.
Remake
If any Star Children thought this experience might have been a Valentine's Day prank, they'll be poorly mistaken come mid-March when it continues with a twist. The movie less closely resembles any one Star Child's life (whew?)… because it blends the lives of all those present together into a new story. One character is based off each Star Child, and it fits the other Star Child into the role of someone who was or could have been emotionally and/or physically intimate with them. If they had any doubts, each Star child gets a text message on their relic as the movie starts:
You need to get closer with your companion(s). You can either talk about what happened (or didn't) or not talk wink wink about it with them. The choice is yours (and theirs)! Have fun!
Not only does each Star Child have to decide what approach they want to take, but the other Star Child may pick up on what they're putting down! One Star Child may want to talk it out, but the other one desperately doesn't. Oh noes, how shall it be resolved? Well, the longer it takes, the more clearly the film demonstrates one way they could resolve it—a fictionalized ending, happy or sad or bittersweet or anything else, between the characters as they more closely resemble those watching them on the sofa. No one's free until they have a heart to heart or a something to something else. Any physical intimacy can do.
- Experience a moment of deja vu and get transported to a cozy living room in a Cloud Colony windmill.
- For the first month, the 'host' Star Child gets a text letting them know to get intimate—emotionally or physically.
- For the second month, all Star Children get that text.
- For the first month, the movie is based on the 'host' Star Child's experiences, what did or could have happened. As the movie progresses, it becomes more and more obvious that's the case.
- For the second month, the movie is a story blending Star Children's experiences together. That too will become more obvious over time.
- Some form of intimacy is the only way out!
no subject
He already had too much blood on his hands and he quickly pulled his hand away from the shark and he curled his hand into a fist so he couldn't see the blood red claws the fox cursed him with. He wasn't that person anymore, yet there was a dark gleam in his eyes as he glared at Wanderer.]
No.
[The casual way Wanderer suggested they kill the creature reminded Altair of someone else. Letting someone like that know he had an aversion to killing sent a chill down his spine and he quickly tried to disguise it under logic.]
A reckless decision like that could leave us trapped here with no way out.
no subject
[Still, he didn't miss the way the other replied. Reaching out and pulling back like that. And he could comment on that but frankly, he doesn't care. This man's problems are his own.]
Perhaps the key lies with killing our friendly host. [It doesn't seem very squishy and fragile like a human. More like a spirit.] Or maybe it wants something from us. From you, perhaps.
no subject
The shark brought us here so there is a way out. There's no guarantee whatever magic is keeping us here will disappear if they die, in which case we really will be trapped with no way out if you are wrong.
[Is he speaking slow enough for you this time? He hated to admit it, but Wanderer might be right about one thing and he turned back to the shark.]
Given the annoying nature of this place maybe we have to become friends with it?
[He didn't sound very happy about the idea.]
no subject
Perhaps. Then it is up to you to prove me wrong, not?
[To be fair, he also knows he needs to get up and do something eventually. Sipping tea with a ghost shark gets quite boring.]
Hm? [Now Wanderer looks up a little, turning halfway to look at Altair.] What is the annoying nature of this place?
[Its bonds and friendships, not? Caring for the sake of surviving.]
the snail returns! sorry I'm late
You've been here longer than I have.
[Altair already had enough on his plate with distracting himself from the terrifying, watery prison they were stuck in. Unfortunately he didn't have a choice if he wanted to protect the shark and he turned back the creature with a small sigh. This would be a lot easier if he could speak to it. Instead he hesitantly held his hand up.]
Touch my hand twice if you know how to get us out of here.
[Yes he knows this is a longshot but it will help him figure out how intelligent the shark is, hopefully. He has never worked with animals before. He looked up with Wanderer's question.]
Didn't you listen to the fox?
[Caring for the sake of surviving was exactly right but Altair didn't feel like explaining everything to him.]
It is me, I am the snail
[Still, he does rise from his chair and places the cup on the table. The look on his face is a semi-annoyed one. But then again, that is his default expression. Wanderer lives a hard knock life with all those people talking to him and what not.
He is silent when the other asks the shark to touch his hand. Not a bad idea, really.]
Heh. I have heard some things yes. Bonds and friendship, not? [Slowly he comes closer.] Did the creature touch your hand? Otherwise, since it seems to be rather generous, ask... [Hold on. After a brief silence he turns towards the shark.] Are you able to bring me the weapon I use? It is bell-shaped.
hi fellow snail! I have returned
[Altair snapped back with a glare. If they had met under different circumstances Altair might have sympathized with him more. People were more hassle than they were worth most of the time so all this forced interaction was annoying.
Altair blinked in surprise when the shark bonked his hand. He hadn't expected that to actually work. Unfortunately they only touched his hand once and his eyes narrowed slightly. So is that a yes or no? Before he could think of how to simplify it further the shark turned its attention the Wanderer. After hearing his request the shark swan off.
Altair watched the shark swim off before turning to Wanderer with a confused frown.]
Why a bell?
Let us crawl forward to the light~
[Wanderer leans back a little, watching how the shark finally swims off.]
Because it is a bell, idiot. [Really, he has no idea why his catalyst is shaped like a bell. It was provided to him and, even though there are a lot of things he can say about being given a vision, he isn't going to be a fool and reject it.
So yes, he does find himself pleasantly surprised when the shark returns with something that looks like the catalyst he didn't have before. The animal seems so eager to please.]
Why don't you tell me and the idiot what you want in return? [Nothing is life is free.] A hug? A kiss on the cheek?
<3
[To be honest, he wasn't sure why he followed the damn fox. He had asked himself that same question countless times since he came here but he hadn't been able to come up with an answer and his frustration spilled out into his sharp tone.]
Keep calling me an idiot and I'll use it as a club.
[Luckily the shark returned before he could follow through with his threat. It answered Wanderer's question by snuggling up against him.]
no subject
I don't know you and I would not care either.
[Wanderer can solve his own problems. And really, it isn't that he dismisses all help he can get. Just most of it.]
Ah? [He chuckles softly.] Bold words for an idiot.
[He wants to tell the other that he'd love to see him try but apparently the shark has other plans. Hugging plans.]
Tch. Yeah. That is enough. [He gets up and squirms away from the affectionate animal.] Go hug the idiot.
the snail returns!
Altair was about to act on his threat when the Wanderer sent the shark back his way. He glared at him as he reluctantly pet the creature as it snuggled against him.]
It was your weapon so it should be hugging you instead.
[Still maybe it was better for the shark to go to Altair since Wanderer had talked about killing them earlier.]