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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!
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[She'd rather be liked than hated, of course, but if people dislike her then at least she'll still be able to get that sweet mansion, right? She'll still have somewhere fancy to live, and she'll laze about and laugh at the guys because they're not experiencing this with her.]
Well, whatever. I just want a mansion, so I can shove it in Dennis's face if that dickhead ever shows.
[Will people hate her? Surely not!]
And I hope he never does, because he sucks. He sucks so much.
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You know what? I support your mansion dream. Gettin' back at someone by livin' your best life is the best way to get back at 'em. Doesn't matter if he shows or not. You've still got your mansion. Bonus points if it's got a pool.
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Exactly! You get it! I'm sitting pretty, no matter what, but if he does show? I'll have everything I need to get under his skin. [She giggles again. God, she loves this.] And a pool is mandatory. A pool that that dickhead is preemptively banned from using!
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If you've got enough lore, you can probably put a magic spell on the pool. Make it so he bounces right back out the water if he tries to jump in, or somethin'. Maybe you don't even need lore for that. There's plenty of magic users in this place who might be up for enchantin' it if you ask around.
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Goddamn, that would be perfect! [She says with a gasp, followed by another high-pitched giggle.]
I'm gonna take that suggestion, okay? God, I wanna see him go sky-high. And... Oh! What about a barrier!? I could do a barrier around the house to stop him from getting in!
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[Because surely nothing bad will come from feeding someone hilarious troll ideas. Surely.]
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[She speaks in a low voice and looks into the distance, narrowing her eyes. There's something a little sinister about that glint in her eyes and about the smile on her face. The wheels are turning in her head -- she's imagining a spell where he gets turned into a goose, or goes bald, or instantly grows older by at least two decades. Oh, those are great ideas. Top notch. Hilarious. For her, not for him.]
Yeah, it is, isn't it? I gotta say, I think I'm gonna like this place!
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Okay, full disclosure, it's not all fun and games here. There's gonna be trials from the Fox, and they're gonna suck. It could be you who gets covered in fur some day, and the only way to get rid of it would be to... I dunno, let someone else brush it with a magic brush or some shit. The Fox likes to bully us into bonding exercises.
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Seriously? We can't just... opt-out?
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Not of our own choice, no. Sometimes you can get lucky and not be thrown ass-first into all that bullshit, but it's a roll of the dice. Or maybe the Fox's 'mercy', I dunno.
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Why is there always a catch? I did not sign up for magical... [She huffs.] ...group therapy.
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Guess that's the real price you pay for your magic mansion.
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Yeah, no kidding. I mean... I think the Fox said some shit about reaching your potential. I'm guessing forced group therapy is how she thinks people are gonna... reach it?
[God, this is stupid.]
Sounds dumb.
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Best thing to do is just to grin and bear it. The trials usually don't last all that long, so before you know it, you'll be back to sittin' on the couch scrollin' through the vast media library on your Relic. [...] Speakin' of, you got a free communication device. Probably also in your pocket. It's kinda like a smartphone, but better.
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And at least the stupid trials don't last too long?]
Oh!
[She looks at him as though she doesn't quite believe him, but still reaches into the pocket of her jacket, and...
Well, look at that. There's a device in her pocket, as he said.]
How is this better than a smartphone? Looks like some kind of gaming device.
[Not that she has anything against gaming devices. She loves gaming! It's just... she really liked her iPhone. How could this be any better than her beloved iPhone?]
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Sure, looks like one. It's much more than that. It's got a sort of internet function where you can talk to everyone else who's got one of these, either through text or video, so... Yeah. Smartphone. And it's got a basically limitless media library on it. Movies, series, music... Everything is on it, and you can hook it up to a TV. No lag, no quality issues, nothin'.
[He's binged so many series since arriving. SO many.]
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Really? [Her brow furrows and she looks up at him. If he's speaking the truth, then she is going to spend so many days drinking beer and watching series.]
I can watch my stories on this thing? I don't have to settle for shitty local Folkmore shows?
[Are there shitty local Folkmore shows? She imagines there would be...]
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[He should do that at some point, come to think of it. Might be fun to watch stuff from a culture that's unlike anything he's familiar with.]
Congrats on hittin' the media jackpot.
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[She is in love with this. Of course, she doesn't consider how this might blow up in her face once she tells everyone she's a famous actress.]
Okay. I like this. I mean, I am right in the middle of this one show, and it's getting real good, so I'd be real pissed if I couldn't watch it anymore. Guess it kind of makes up for the trials? Almost?
[Maybe if you squint.]
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[Depending on the trial, Marc's inclined to think it does make up for it. Because half the trials aren't that bad. He'd never admit that out loud, though. The Fox can't be allowed to get too much credit for anything.]
So get your drink, find a nice place to get settled and start amassin' that lore fortune for now. You'll be fine.
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[Dee will be happier if the Trials allow her to punch a guy (or several) in the face. And hopefully, those guys will be doppelgangers of her asshole "friends" back in Philly. A trial like that would be better than... facing her feelings. Ew.]
Thanks for your help, bud. You've really cleared a few things up.
[And she's not even being sarcastic.]
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No problem. And it's Marc. Marc Spector.
[He used to be skittish about introductions, but a year in Folkmore has him feel more comfortable with it. This isn't his own world, so his identity doesn't really matter all that much. He won't go as far as a handshake, though. Way too formal. Dee can watch him shrug his shoulders instead.]
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That is a very cool name! [To her, it sounds like the name of a Halloween-themed superhero.] I'm Dee. Dee Reynolds. Nice to meet you.
[She's trying to be amicable, at least! She's cool with forgoing the handshake. She isn't into that either.]
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Yeah. Nice to meet you too. ... Lookin' forward to seein' Reynolds Manor around.
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It's going to be pretty fancy, and it'll host the best parties in Therapy Wonderland. [No, it won't. It won't host the best parties. Stop trying to be impressive, Dee.] And before you even ask... yes, you're invited.
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