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test drive meme
Hello, and welcome to Vella's TDM! As a reminder, this game is invite-only and open to anyone on the mods' timelines: Cocoamplitude , Avery
- A Mysterious Gift
Good morning! Today’s shaping up to be a bright, sunny day on the island. The weather is balmy but not too hot, and there’s a gentle, cool breeze. It’s as idyllic and perfect as you could want… but there seems to be something being carried by the wind. It won’t take you long to notice because it’s so out of place - it’s bright and colorful and definitely not something normal. It’s a balloon floating towards the island at a leisurely pace, and hanging from the balloon is what looks to be a… wrapped present? It’s a white box with a red ribbon, and it doesn’t seem to be weighing down the balloon at all. How odd...
If you happen to be armed with a slingshot, you can use it to pop the balloon. When the balloon is popped, the present will fall to the ground - but be careful where you’re shooting! There’s a river running through the island, and your gift could easily end up swept away if it falls just above the water… And if you don’t have a slingshot, feel free to get creative! Or you can make one and be ready for the next mysterious package - because there will be one just a few minutes later, drifting along.
Should you choose to unwrap the present, one of two things will happen: Maybe you'll get something small in size but no less valuable: a shiny, pristine crown that looks like it might cost a fortune. Whether or not you take care of it is up to you, but hey, you run this island now! (Not really.) Alternatively, you might get a very large red double sofa; when you unwrap the present, it suddenly springs out and lands with a loud thunk onto the ground. Pray that it doesn't smash your toes! How something so big squeezed inside a box so small is a mystery, but hey...congrats?
Gotta Catch 'em All (cw: Scorpions)
The island has tons of natural resources. There are the apple fruit trees dotted around the island and plenty of flowers that you can see up on the cliffs, but beyond that are the rivers threading through the island and the beaches themselves. They seem to be filled to bursting with fish - you can see their dark shadows in the water clear as day, and the fish seem to come in a variety of sizes. Make yourself a fishing pole and go for it! The fish are not only good for cooking and eating, but you can also sell them off for bells. Or keep them as pets, that’s fine too.
But if you’re not a fan of fishing, there’s still plenty to catch. The island is also completely filled with… Well. Bugs. The island is filled with bugs. Butterflies flutter around, and you can get some bells for selling them off...and don't count out the dragonflies, grasshoppers, and mantises, either! You'll need a bug net to nab these critters, but once they're yours, you're free to do what you'd like with them.
When it gets dark, though, be careful! That’s when scorpions come out, and they’re known for their sting. They're far and few between, but when you find them, try not to panic. If you don't have your net out, they'll leave you alone and stay at the edges of your general vicinity. If you bring your net out, though, they'll raise their legs and shake their tails defensively at you. Get too close too fast, and they'll chase after you. They're fast.
Henry's Quest
Henry the frog has been living on the island with you, and today he has a request! He wants to make some hedges to put around his house (or maybe he just wants to tidy up the island), and for that he needs weeds. Twenty of them, in fact. More is fine, but less is just unacceptable. If you choose to accept the task, he’ll give you a reward for helping him: ten iron nuggets! It’s all he has though, so whether you choose to do this solo or with some friends, you’re only getting ten iron nuggets total. Still, while it’s not exactly a rare resource, it’s certainly a limited one, so you may find the reward enticing. Or perhaps you just want to help him out of sheer kindness. Whatever the reason may be, it’s time to get to work.
The island has plenty of weeds, so it shouldn’t be too hard to pick the ones you need. If someone happens to be plucking in the same spot as you, maybe you can work together! After all, more hands means more weeding, which means you can all make Henry happy even faster.
For those who are less teamwork-oriented, you’re free to do this solo, but where’s the fun in that? … Ah, you’re thinking of hogging all of the nuggets for yourself, aren’t you? Well in that case, maybe you should consider sabotaging the competition...though do you really want to draw the ire of the people you’ll be spending at least the next few weeks with?
(OOC Note: We will not be NPCing Henry on this TDM.)
Winding Down
Another day at the island has come and gone. The night sky is clear and the stars are out -- the perfect way to wind down after a day’s worth of hard work. Someone - maybe you! - has built a campfire on the beach, and it’s as good a time as any to get to know the people you’re living with. You’re stuck here, after all.
Sit around, chat, maybe tell some spooky (or not so spooky) stories. Enjoy yourself! You’ve got many more days ahead of you, but for tonight you can just rest and enjoy the peace of the island you now get to call home.
Rin Hoshizora | Love Live!
[So today is pretty, and someone wants to tidy up the island - at least, that's the impression Rin is under! She doesn't quite understand how twenty weeds makes a hedge, so she's assuming that it's this island's version of the stories you tell little kids to get them to do their chores - she thinks it's cute, and honestly a little funny, so she's more than happy to help out!
So she can be seen pulling up weeds throughout the day; the first few times are bad, and she kind of stands over the places where she accidentally pulled them up too hard, head tilted and an almost worried expression on her face as she stares at the barren patches left behind.]
Oh, I should come back and fix that when I'm done…
[...She seems legitimately concerned…
That said, though, later in the day it's going well! She's on her knees and being much gentler about it, and she can even be heard humming a little song as she works. What can be heard of herand pleasant, and she seems very content to just do her thing over here; of course, if she notices you nearby, she'll stop humming abruptly, though she doesn't sound embarrassed at all when she raises an arm to wave.]
Hey, hey! Do you want to come help? It'll make it go faster, and we can both get some iron for tidying up, nya!
[Gotta Catch 'Em All]
[Twenty weeds goes pretty fast, though Rin definitely dropped off some extra to Henry when she went back. But that still leaves a good portion of the day to herself, and eventually she settles on spending it…
...Not catching bugs, apparently.
Oh, she can be found in the grassy, flowered areas, watching the bugs go by; there are some butterflies near her, actually! But she isn't trying to catch them so much as she is coaxing them over, lying on her back in the grass and stretching her hand out to see if they'll land.]
It seems sort of mean to sell you. Is it really okay?
[The butterflies, obviously, do not answer.]
[Winding Down]
[It seems no one has told Rin what the purpose of downtime is.
As nighttime falls, she finds that she still has too much energy to really be comfortable sitting down; the fire is great, and she doesn't want to wander too far from it, so when she goes off a little ways by herself she keeps within its light but makes sure she has a decent amount of room.
When she moves, it's to some sort of music playing in her head; she isn't singing, but the soft humming from earlier in the day has returned. The movements she's doing are obviously choreographed, but that doesn't make her dancing any less energetic, and she's willing to go a little off-script if someone approaches her - anyone coming close enough will get a laugh and a wink tossed their way as she twirls around a little, the motion ending in an outstretched hand, an obvious invitation given to whomever is nearby.]
Come dance with me, it's fun!
winding down
Ah. [It's definitely caught him off-guard, but he recovers quickly enough.] Your style of dancing is very... unique! I'm entirely unfamiliar with it. I'm not sure I could keep up!
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Do you know other ways? I'd like to learn if you do!
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[let it never be said that the luminary knows how to dance. this is just kind of pathetic, i'm so sorry rin.]
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today is clearly a blessed day]
Oh, that's so cute!
[She is absolutely sincere about this. Thumbs up for you!]
The dances I do back home with my friends are all things we had to learn, it's nothing we just do - if we're going to be here for a while maybe I could teach you, nya!
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I would like to learn, yes! It does look a bit complicated, but we do have plenty of time, it seems!
[Which he clearly doesn't mind at all; this is quite literally fine!]
Are you and your friends dancers, then?
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[She says, though at least she has the self-awareness to reali,e that this very fancy guy may not know what on earth that is.]
Ah, that's... We sing and dance, and put on shows. To make people happy!
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Ah! Performers! We do not have "school idols" but it sounds like it's very fun! Does everyone at your school participate in these performances?
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[She. She loves her friends.]
Ah... What do you do, where you're from?
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[That part is obviously mumbled to himself but then he straightens up and rests a hand on his chest before ducking slightly in a bow.]
I am Prince Faris of Gallopolis. Please forgive me for my failure to introduce myself! I keep forgetting that no one here is familiar with my homeland, so you have my apologies! I am the heir to the sultanate and also a knight of Gallopolis.
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[...as opposed to a fake dead prince i guess rin please-
That said, she immediately drops into a bow, though she sounds more starstruck than truly alarmed.]
It's good to meet you, Your, uh...
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Your...Majesty? Or is it Your Highness...? Imperial Majesty is the Emperor...
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A-Anyway! I'm Rin Hoshizora, first-year student of Otonokizaka High School and member of µ's, and it's great to meet you, Your Faris!
[...PUNCTUATED BY HER STICKING HER HAND OUT ABRUPTLY FOR A HANDSHAKE, LIKE AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER.]
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[Wow, he's never had this reaction before. She definitely recovers well enough, and it's kind of cute how quickly she bounces back to being this energetic.]
Your Highness. Though it isn't as though you need to use such titles! We aren't in Gallopolis. Or Erdrea at all, for that matter. So it's fine, you can call me whatever you wish.
[It's going to be kind of weird not to be addressed by title all the time, but maybe it's sort of nice too.]
It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Rin! [i'm so sorry, rin] I am sure we'll get to know each other quite well during our stay here!
[He'll shake her hand though, sure!]
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I hope so, Faris-kun! [OKAY, SO WE'VE MOVED ON TO THAT ALREADY, GOOD TO KNOW.] I've been meeting so many great people here, nya! We can be friends if you want, I don't mind.
[Most people have a problem with just walking up to someone and asking to be friends, having left that tendency behind in elementary school. Rin is not most people.]
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Hah, it isn't often I hear someone express such a sentiment so easily, but I would like that!
[listen it's okay sometimes you just decide someone is your friend and it's fine, he's absolutely okay with this.]
Tell me about where you're from. Is it anything like this island?
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Oh! It's nothing like this. I'm from Tokyo, it's a big city - it's always very busy, with a lot of people in it! Fourteen million, I think. There are a lot of tall buildings, and it's all a lot more modern than this. And the people are all humans - I'd like it if there were animal people around, they're so cute! But we don't have any...
It's kind of weird being somewhere so unlike home, and I want to go home someday... But for now, it's an adventure!
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Fourteen million people? I can scarcely imagine such a large number in one place...
[i don't know what the population of erdrea is but i refuse to believe that we are cramming that many people in any of the big cities.]
That is a very good way of looking at it; that this is an adventure! This place is so strange to me as well, but that is part of the fun, is it not?
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Yeah! I think so, anyway. You meet all sorts of new people, and make all sorts of friends that you normally wouldn't have made if you just stayed home. I love my friends, but that doesn't mean I won't like making new ones.
This sort of thing is probably hard for some people, though. Being away from home in an unfamiliar place... It's kind of scary, too. So I think I'd like to find a way to make the others happy. You know, while we're here.
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[So it's not close enough to remind him of home, but it's not so surreal that he just wants to head home. It definitely helps that things are way more chill here.]
You're absolutely right, though. This is an excellent opportunity to meet people and there's no reason to focus on the negative when there are so many positive things about this place and the people here!
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henry
That sounds fun! Should we just dig them all up?
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[She pauses for a moment, though; right, uh...]
Be careful, though, we don't want to rip up all the grass.
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That's okay! I'm sure I can get it!
[So she starts digging with her hands instead, pulling the weeds out that way, and then patting the ground back when she's done.]
Like this?
henry's quest
she lets out a tired little sigh before someone calls out to her. ruby lifts her head and sees a girl waving towards her, asking for her help. ]
Oh - [ she hurriedly gets up on her feet, grabs her water bottle and walks towards rin. she tries to hide her exhaustion, but even so, her smile is sincere. this must be about henry's quest, right? ] Sure! I could use more iron, and two sets of hands are better than one!
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That's what I was thinking! We'll have it done in no time, Henry-san will be so happy...
[...Although, hm.]
But if you're getting too hot or anything, let me know! It's really warm out today, we want to be careful, right?