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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.
Steve Burnside | Resident Evil
[Steve completely misses the fact that there's a box attached to the first balloon. He just sees a bright red target, whoops loudly, and races after the sling shot he'd found earlier. He pops it in one shot.
That first one was a test shot.It's not until the box splashes into the water that he realizes he lost out on a prize.]
Awww shit!
[There's another one not too long after and he's quick to pop that one in a better location. The crown he gets from it is kinda cute. But it reminds him of the gaudy over the top decor in the mansion, of Alfred's maniacal laughter, of suits of armor and other things that make his stomach twist in knots. At first, he just kicks it into the sand. Eventually he's made a little dude out of sticks stuck in the sand and has propped the crown on top of it.]
You'll never escape, peasants~ [He titters in a high falsetto before pulling back on the slingshot and letting a rock fly, clanging off the metal of the crown and cheering when it goes flying into the forest on the first hit.]
YEAH!?!? WELL TAKE THAT YOU FUCKING FREAK!!
Winding down 1.0
[Campfires, beaches, starry nights outside. It's the best vacation of his fucking life. It's so much easier to appreciate this kinda thing with no parents and after being so close to dying. He flops back on the sand with a loud, exaggerated sigh, crossing his arms beneath his head.]
Oh yeah, this is the life~
Winding Down 2.0 [CW: body horror, transformations, mind control(ish), canon-typical trauma]
[He can still think. That's what he keeps telling himself. If he can still think then it's not the virus, it's still him. Sort of. Isn't it?
It's easier to pretend in the dim light that his skin isn't tinted green, that there's no scales clinging to his arms and face in patches. That his eyes are not a bright scarlet that nearly glows with the reflection of the fire. He still has his hair, so like... that's cool? But there's more of him that's lizard than he's comfortable with and all he can think of is losing control, that screaming, violent rage that blotted out all else. The way he almost hurt Claire.
It wasn't safe for him to be around these people, he was a monster.
He shifted, further from the fire, creeping back near the tree line, scared and disgusted. With himself more than anything else. If someone wanted to approach him then... he'd curl tighter in on himself, for once looking as young as he is. But he wouldn't actively move away. He can't help looking, though, slitted gaze flickering up, curious, then quickly looking away before anyone can see too much of what he is.]
((Can't decide if I want to traumatize him and make him a lizard or let him be happy(er) and human so 2 options!))
winding down 2
[But she is carrying some sticks, and a bag of marshmallows.]
Hello. Do you like marshmallows? You look like you could use something to warm you up.
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Oh.... uh...
[It's still his voice though, not mangled and garbled and thick with some strange malformation. It's not the snarling growl that had come out of him before, unable to even form Claire's name. That's good right?]
No... I mean, nah I'm not cold or anything- Too old for that kiddie shit anyway.
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[Well, if that won't help... She still manages a small smile.]
Is it really that childish?
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You... actually gave a shit about 'em? 's hard to believe that.
[Maybe not all families are selfish assholes like his dad, maybe... maybe there were more people like Claire's brother out there. But he doubted it. People were shit, that's all there is to it.]
I mean yeah? That's like summer camp shit. I'm seventeen. Almost a damned adult.
[Indignant, even as he hides.]
Whaddya mean "human ages" tho?
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[At first, it had simply been a babysitting job of sorts, following a person who saved her while emotions fluttered in her little froggy heart... because even accompanying a human on a dangerous venture down into the depths of the dungeon had felt far more preferable than staying in her old life, with an abusive drunk of a husband.]
[She doesn't regret that decision at all, and part of that has absolutely been how much closer she'd gotten to Gobumi, Harpiko, and Kuneka. Getting married to Takeshi had simply been a formality, after a little while.]
[Still, his next question has her tilt her head to the side, making sure to adjust the food she has in her arms.]
Oh, well, I'm not human, you see. [It's said so casually.]
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It honestly sounds too good to be true. Bullshit. People aren't like that. There's no way.
Then she says something that makes him turn to look at her, scarlet eyes wide and startled. This time he doesn't go back to hiding, he shifts so he's facing her, making sure she doesn't have access to his sides or back. It even has him releasing the hold he had on his knees so he could hold a slightly more defensive stance, ready to move if she came at him.]
The fuck are you then?
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[Well, that was a long time ago. But if anything, being with her husband has already given her nerves of steel after this long.]
Oh, I'm simply a frog girl. It's even in my name. [She tilts her head to the side, which takes some of her upper body too; frogs aren't meant for that particular gesture too much.] Are you worried?
mysterious gift
... Nice hit.
[No comment on the rest of that display, apparently.]
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[He spins around, grinning and dramatically crossing his arms with the slingshot held up like some sort of superhero pose. Of course then he realizes it's a chick, kind of a cute one too. Like, not as cute as Claire, obviously. But still cute.]
Oh, hey... Wanna try your luck?
[He can set back up if you want~]
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Sure, sounds like fun.
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Then he steps back, waving an arm graciously and bowing as he does so.]
Alright, cutie. Take your best shot.
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Yes!
[It's punctuated with an excited little fist pump.]
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[He's way more excited than she is, shouting and throwing a hand up to make that horribly 90s kind of fist pump, hopping on one foot for a moment so he can bring his knee up to meet his elbow.]
I gotchu~
[Then he's diving back into the foliage to find their target one more time.]