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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.
Sasuke Uchiha | Naruto | cat humanoid
[Sasuke had just gotten to this place, and immediately decided to find a spot to rest, eating an apple as he laid against the tree trunk. His ears flicker and he looks up, finding a balloon. Where did a balloon come from? He stares at it for a few moments, and then decides, ok, he's gonna get that balloon.
He walks under it, the thing moving slowly, and starts picking upon as many small stones as he can carry in his pockets. He walks a bit faster and throws a few well aimed stones until the balloon pops. The gift box it was carrying hits him on the head, and he hisses, covering the spot with his hands. He sighs, grabbing the box and opening it. Only to find a crown. Why was there a crown floating on the sky?
Also, what can he do with a crown... Besides wear it?
And so he puts it on, the thing contrasting with his hair, and slightly heavy. He's looking at the thing on his head as he walks, and of course walks into someone. Damn shiny things.]
.... Sorry.
Gotta catch... A few Sea bass.
I hate fishing.
[He's been trying to catch something for what feels like hours now, but all he seems to get are sea bass. Just a bunch of Sea bass. No matter what spot he tries to go to, there's a sea bass. No matter what kind of technique he uses while throwing the bait, sea bass. He stares and glares at the water? SEA BASS.
He has then laying around him too, as he sits in a spot on the sand, trying to fish. There's a little, very little, space between two of the sea bass, and so he uses that to move around. Sighing, he casts his rod again, and waits.]
[Time to rest.]
[He sits by the campfire, slightly wary of the people around him. He feels naked without his weapons. He still has the rinnegan on his left eye but he can't seem to be able to activate it. Good thing it's covered by his hair or it would freak out people.
So he sits, roasting an apple on a stick, and pouting when said stick breaks and falls into the fire. Well, time to get another one. He takes an apple from his pocket and looks around for a stronger stick, finding nothing.
Sasuke shimmies over to the person beside him, not really looking at them but asking nonetheless.]
Do you have anything I could use to roast an apple?
time to rest
Here.
[She's got a number of particularly sturdy sticks sitting next to her, one of which she offers to him with a smile.]
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Thank you.
[And sticks his apple on the stick, ready to roast it. He stays quiet for a few minutes, watching his apple so it doesn't burn. When it's ready, he takes a piece and offers it to the woman.]
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[She takes the piece with a smile.]
... It's a nice night, isn't it?
[Byleth can't get over how peaceful this place is... a far cry from Fodlan, really.]
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It's a bit unnerving how peaceful it is. Not used to it.
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[A few months of teaching and she's still not used to peaceful nights. Living the mercenary life for so many years didn't exactly lend itself well to that sort of thing.]
I keep expecting something to happen, to tell you the truth.
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[There's no such thing as a perfect, peaceful place, after all.]
I feel like there's something looming in the distance, ready to take us by surprise.
Could be the whole war experience though.
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[She spears an apple with another stick to roast it.]
I was thinking about suggesting some of us sleep in shifts just in case, but I don't know how well that would have gone over with the others.
not apping, just voice testing; fishing
Seems like no one's had much luck with fishing today.
[ why are there so many of them? geez. ]
Fewix!
[it's a curse, nothing more.]
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[ this is the hill he's going to die on. ]
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A GIFT...Emporio here is a Sheep
[Emporio startles from where he was preparing to try and shoot down something himself- he's not having much luck, especially with that last shot going off to who knows where. It's fine, it's probably nothing, he's sure.
Speaking of nothing- the sheep turns and shakes his head.] Oh- ...It's alright. I probably wasn't going to hit it anyway... [...That's a crown.]
Um. [....] ...Where did you find a crown..?
o/
[He looks at the sheep, and shrugs.]
It fell off from the sky.
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In...one of those? But the box can't be that big right..?
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[That explains nothing, so Sasuke hums.]
I don't know how something this big can come out of it, but it did.
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O..oh... [Nothing makes sense...well. Sort of.] I guess it's sort of like how ghost objects work...
...Except, that crown is probably pretty real right? It doesn't feel...spooky?