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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!
Remake
Think nothing of it, my good sir.
[At least, if Fjord is willing to be apologetic, even if Kotarou didn't think it was something that needed to be said, he figures Fjord is probably nice enough of a person. As for the next question...]
I do not know. I am new here myself. Tell me, are you also new here?
[If Fjord is asking for common occurences, they could share a moment of being new. But then, it isn't unheard of for Kotarou to be wrong. Maybe he just doesn't come to these comfy sofa movies.]
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He wasn't exactly comfortable around kids, but he could be less of an ass to them. Especially if they were new here too.]
Oh, yeah... I'm pretty new myself. This place is pretty wild compared to what I'm used to. [Familiarity hadn't registered just yet in the almost idyllic little scene being shown on the screen that he wasn't really paying mind to yet, a pleasant beach, with several children darting across the sand, some splashing in the surf while others were picking across the slippery rocks near one side of the little area.] What about you? Doing okay here so far?
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[Kotarou's gaze returns to the screen, watching the children play on the beach. He envies them, to some degree. But this is just a film, he assumes.]
Though, I do agree, this place is most strange. I am unfamiliar with most of my surroundings and the residents here.
[Kotarou eyes Fjord for a moment, mentally noting the features that differ from human.]
What is the world you are from like?
[He's curious. People like Fjord are usually creatures of fantasy in his world.]
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Fjord wasn't watching or he'dve clocked the familiar elements- the coastal city visible in the background, the variety of races of the children- humans, elves, half-elves, even a dwarven girl with her hair in braids. A dark-haired man posted up near a horse and wagon watching the hubbub as it became more purposeful, older children grabbing nets from the back of the wagon before darting back towards the water, the younger snatching up buckets and scattering across the sand and rocks.
And Fjord himself definitely sported differences. Tusks too short still to be seen, but the skin color was the most obvious difference, the yellow, slit-pupil eyes another change. And while Kotaru wouldn't know that it was because of this new place, the black and white wolf ears and tail were definitely another inhuman element.]
Well... I suppose it depends what the place you're from is like, what might be different or not. [He considered the question though, rubbing thoughtfully at his jaw.] Talked to a couple people who said their worlds were... all humans. No magic, so they do stuff through technology. My world we've got lots of different sorts of people. Humans, elves, dwarves, tieflings, the list goes on. Got magic too, but your average person probably isn't gonna make use of it in their day to day life typically. Takes time and money to learn it if you don't have some naturally, so it's not real practical, you know? See a lot of it around though.
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Aye, my world is all humans. We don't have magic, but we do have technology.
[Kotarou wonders if those other people who spoke of the same are also from his world. He wonders how many worlds there could be that fit that description that are not his home.
But he also wonders...]
The humans of your world, could they also learn magic?
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It was practical knowledge!]
Humans? Sure, they could learn same as anyone else. Some of 'em get pretty dang powerful too.
Sorry for the delay, got eated by real life
[Kotarou pauses for a second or two, giving it some thought.]
I wonder if I, too, could learn such abilities. Though, I am not sure how I would use them, as you said.
[Life is... pretty much practical back home. While most kids would dream of superpowers, Kotarou rather wouldn't know how to apply them to daily use.]
Do you have magic, as well?
RL is rude like that sometimes, no worries!
[Fjord considered the idea, tilting his head slightly.]
Some stuff is more practical than others... like mending or message. Beyond that, I suppose it'd depend what you wanted to do with your life in the long run. Some spells are more practical for some people than for others. A wizard would definitely be able to tell you more.
[Some jobs just lent themselves to different magic types and all.]
I've... got a bit. Not really useful unless I'm adventurin' or somethin' of the sort, but pretty good in that sorta pinch.
CW: hinted abandonment and abuse
Maybe... a finding spell.
[So he could find where his mother went. Or to be able to avoid his dad if he came too close to finding Kotarou again. Though those almost certainly wouldn't help here, unless the Fox saw fit to bring his parents to this world as well... Would the Fox do so?
So Fjord knows magic, and has adventures.]
Tell me about your adventures. Do you fight villains in your world?
[Would it be like the fairy tales where a knight saves a princess in distress from a terrible dragon?]
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[And it spoke to a practicality in Kotarou. Fjord wasn't sure if such a thing was normal in a child his age, but he's never really had much chance to interact with kids in a normal setting himself.
And he was quite happy to ignore the screen and the film showing the group of children, one of whom was quite clearly being avoided by the others, definitely on purpose if the way the others giggled and whispered was any hint. And he definitely was aware if the wary glances he cast their way was any hint.
But had the lone child always been green?]
Villains? Heh, haven't really had anything like that so far, but there's plenty of dangerous bandits and monsters that folk need help with. Saved a little bird girl not too long back that was... probably about your age? Same size, anyways. Was caught out in a swamp with some crocodiles givin' her grief.