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August 2022 Test Drive Meme
AUGUST 2022 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. You can choose to have your TDM thread be your introduction thread upon acceptance or start fresh. Each TDM will provide a scenario for how characters arrive in-game that particular month.
Playing 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.
Current players are allowed to have in-game characters react to TDMs via the Network or make a log with the prompts. Current players are always encouraged to tag new people on the TDM!
TDM threads can be used for spoon spending at any time by characters accepted into the game.
Content Warnings: snakes, cultists, optional violence.
FALLING DOWN LIKE PIECES INTO PLACE
FALLING DOWN LIKE PIECES INTO PLACE
A breeze with the crisp smell of dying leaves caresses you awake. You sit up to find yourself in the middle of an apple orchard, rows spreading out in all directions. Mouth watering apples hang from the branches, and nobody will stop you from taking one. You can wander the orchard as long as you like, but eventually you will find yourself emerging into the front yard of a little farm. There’s a red barn with perfect white trim set far back, and to one side of the yard is a kiosk modeled to match the barn. This is staffed by a woman who sure looks a lot like the fox that brought you here.
On the side of the kiosk are advertised a few different items: pumpkin spice lattes, hot apple cider, cold alcoholic apple cider, and hot chocolate. The cider, you will be informed, is made on site. (But you have to be of legal age to be given that hard cider!)
There are two other things advertised: APPLE PICKING and a SCAVENGER HUNT.
“You need a buddy for those, though,” the woman running the kiosk will tell you. “Lucky for you there’s plenty of people you can pair up with.”
If you elect to try the scavenger hunt, you and your partner will be handed a piece of paper. On it reads the following:
TAKE A PICTURE OF THE FOLLOWING ON YOUR RELIC! :)
- YOU HOLDING HANDS WHILE YOU GO DOWN A PATH
- FEET WITH AUTUMN LEAVES
- SOMETHING YOU THINK IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL
- A GENUINE SMILE
“When you’re done, bring it back here and show me,” the woman instructs you. “You’ll get a prize if you do.”
It’s an easy enough list, right? Although you have to follow the instructions - you really DO have to find something you genuinely think is beautiful, and that smile can’t be forced! Those might require opening up to your partner a little bit!
If you succeed in the scavenger hunt, you will be gifted with an item from home.
Now, what if you decided to go apple picking?
You will be given a bucket. “Be careful to only pick apples from the trees in the rows,” the kiosk woman tells you with a secret smile. “You don’t want to bother the old trees off the path.”
Yeah. That sure sounds like a challenge, doesn’t it?
If you do stick to the orchard proper, you will be able to pick your fill of apples. All of them are crisp and sweet and delicious. But at some point you will see the other trees.
They’re both huge and old, standing on two sloping hills just past the orchard rows. One of them has apples red as blood, and the other apples gold as the sun. In the shade of these trees are weapons sticking half out of the earth, as if they were carelessly buried many years ago.
If you pick one of the red apples, you will find that you are suddenly besieged with huge snakes. They are as big as anacondas and an inky black that absorbs the light, with eyes the same red as the apples. They aren’t poisonous, but they bite and they crush, so you’ll have to fight them off at least long enough to run like hell!
If you pick the golden apples, a crowd of people will silently begin appearing from the orchard. They are all wearing animal masks… and they are all holding hand scythes. Uh oh. You’ll have to fight them off in order to escape! If you don’t manage that, well, in some places it’s traditional to have a big ol’ sacrificial bonfire…
All the weapons below the trees are non-enchanted items, but you may keep them.
Content Warnings: Optional themes of identity and school trauma.
IMAKEOVER MAKEOVER
SAVED BY THE BELL
IMAKEOVER MAKEOVER
Thirteen believes passionately in education. There are, after all, five academies in Folkmore all catering to different types of learning. While these academies are open year round, it becomes apparent if you walk through any of the districts housing shops that back to school is definitely a thing.
A new school year represents a chance to learn more about the world, and about yourself.
Also? It’s a great time for a makeover!
Yes, step into any of the shops selling clothing and accessories anywhere in Folkmore and you will find yourself passionately invested in helping another person discover who it is they want to look like! Do they want to look cool and aloof? Warm and approachable? Are they an e-boy or a cottagcore witch? Punk or prep? You two can figure it out together!
As you shop together you will find it easier and easier to open up to one another, sharing who it is you want to be.
You’ll also be able to score a sweet outfit. Nice.
SAVED BY THE BELL
Wander into any school in Folkmore and you will find a handmade poster instructing all new students and faculty to report to the auditorium. Normal enough, one supposes… but the moment you enter the room you will find reality swims all around you and all of a sudden you’re stuck in a school nightmare!
You know the kind. You’re late for class, no matter how fast you run. You’re in gym class, trying to climb that goddamn rope. You’re getting your books dumped. You’re naked and giving a book report.
These could be memories, but it’s just as likely that they aren’t - you and another person are just trapped in this cliche together. Whichever one of you is in the audience role could maybe help the other one out? Get them some pants or something? Yeah.
cerasi ☆ star wars ☆ legend
apple picking
[ Cerasi doesn't remember the last time she saw this much green. The smells and sights are entirely foreign but nice.
She's been given a basket and sent on her way. She can't say she's used to any of this, but she has to admit that the smells are amazing and her curiosity had overtaken everything else. To that end, she's climbed one of the trees to reach some of the fruit. Should someone come by, they may hear a voice coming from above. ]
Do you need any?
[ She's already up here, after all. ]
imakeover makeover
[ Cerasi hasn't seen so many open shops with such a variety of goods before. She's drawn to one of the clothing stores-- she only arrived with the clothes on her back, after all.
Normally she just wears whatever remotely fits her so she can't help but feel a little overwhelmed. Cerasi wanders aimlessly, brow furrowed as she looks at a few shirts every so often. ]
makeover makeover
she sees the young woman looking overwhelmed and approached with a smile] You look a little lost. If you like, I can help?
no subject
I'm not used to this kind of selection, so I'd appreciate it.
no subject
Nor I, but I think I can find some things which will suit you just fine. But, first a few questions? Do you have a specific favorite color? And skirts, dresses, or trousers? Trousers are probably more practical, at least until we know for certain what's expected of us, but [with a smile] I'm not sure I can make myself do that. Too many years working against me.
[Susan, you're barely twenty-seven]
no subject
Some of the answers are simple, at least. ]
I prefer trousers. I'm used to clothes that are durable and easy to move in. As for a color, I guess my favorite would be blue.
no subject
Then, I'm sure we can find you a good pair. It's going to be getting chilly, so a thicker fabric may be best for now. [she sorts through a rack of clothing until she comes upon a selection of blue wool trousers] Hmm. Wool is a bit scratchy, but Aslan knows it's durable and easy to move in?
apple picking (CW: climate change)
so she's wandering around the orchard in something of a daze when she hears a voice calling from above her. she looks up and smiles shyly]
Yes. Yes, that would be very kind of you. Do you...know which ones are the best?
no subject
I haven't seen this kind of fruit before, but I think the bright red ones are the ripest.
[ With practiced ease, she walks to the edge of the branch and picks an apple right above it. ]
Here.
[ She drops the apple, aiming for Dezba's basket. ]
no subject
They're the prettiest, too.
[Dezba can't do that, at least not without shifting into Mountain Lion. though, she hasn't tried it since she got the "cute" version of the transformation]
Thank you. [a pause] I'm not sure what to do with these. I've never seen fresh fruit before.
no subject
She sits on the branch to talk more easily. ]
I haven't seen this kind of fruit before. You can eat it raw, but I saw that they sold pastries and drinks made out of them at the farmstand nearby.
no subject
I haven't had a pastry, either. At least one not from a can.